EXCLUSIVE: NBCUniversal International Studios is teaming up with Marcella producer Buccaneer Media and Danish scribe Ingeborg Topsoe on crime-drama series Moths.

Topsoe is riding high following the Berlin Film Festival premiere last week of Scandi crime-drama feature Wildland, which was one of the best-reviewed movies at the festival. She previously collaborated with NBCUniversal’s international TV arm on Hanna.

The premise of Moths is that a young woman in California receives a call that her sister has been found dead of an apparent suicide in Tokyo, where she had been working as a scientific researcher. Thus begins a journey to uncover in death who her sister was in life – and how she both adapted and failed to adapt to her new native land.

Topsoe, who has already written multiple episodes ofof that evidentiary hearing and the trial court's findings of fact now before us, we are able to reconstruct the sequence of events from defendant's arrest to his plea of guilty.
The defendant was arrested in June, 1978. He was given a preliminary examination on June 29, 1978, and bound over to circuit court. Within ten days, defendant filed a notice of insanity defense. On July 10, 1978, the trial court ordered the defendant committed for diagnostic examination to determine his competency to stand trial and his responsibility for the offense. The defendant was admitted to the Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric Hospital on August 30, 1978,[1] due to behavioral problems. He remained in that facility until July 6, 1979. On that date, the defendant escaped while on a therapeutic outing.


The defendant returned on February 8, 1980. He was discharged on February 29, 1980, but was readmitted on March 12, *625 1980. By June 26, 1980, it had become apparent that the defendant had not been given a forensic examination and, on that date, the trial court ordered a second commitment for diagnostic examination. The psychiatric report was filed on September 8, 1980, and, on that day, the defendant was found incompetent after a hearing. An order adjudicating the defendant not competent to stand trial was entered on September 17, 1980. Six days later, the defendant was transferred from the Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric Hospital to the Center for Forensic Psychiatry for treatment. Defendant was later re-examined for competency and, on December 17, 1980, the trial court entered anspecially designed to permit easy modification without damage to the system.
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A laser radar device, as it is known, emits laser light into the air and receives scattered light reflected by fine liquid or solid particles (aerosols) floating in the air, to calculate a wind speed. A possible use of this laser radar device is mounting on an unsteadily moving platform such as an airplane or a floating body on the ocean. Usually, such a platform unsteadily moves due to an external factor such as a wind or a wave.
For example, a conventional laser radar device mounted in a platform is disclosed by Patent Literature 1. The conventional laser radar device performs a Fourier transform on scattered light scattered by aerosols in the air for each time, thereby to calculate frequency spectra of the scattered light for respective times.Black Book

While the winner Morton's Fork was the clear standout in the race, High Mist also caught the eye with a much improved run after the High Chaparral colt disappointed in his first city race. Tracked stablemate Tumultuous early in the straight and was held-up for a run at the 350m. He was also stiff late in the race when crowded by Harper's Choice and Tye Angland had to stop riding on the heels of Morton's Fork. It probably cost High Mist third place in the race.

Lightly-raced six-year-old for Matthew Dale. Won first-up by a big margin at Canberra this campaign before tackling the Highway Handicap. From barrier two he was able to land in a good position midfield. After momentarily getting held-up at the top of the


straight, Tommy Berry was able to get the gelding into the clear, but under pressure he was inclined to lay in and ended up running up the back of Star Shaft at the 150m. He struggled from there to get going again, finishing out of the placings. He is right down in the ratings and Dale should be able to place him in a winnable race next start.

Wouldn't drop off the import quite yet. He took a bit of time to wind-up in the straight and once he started to build some momentum, jockey Rory Hutchings had to change course to get out of traffic. Squeezed through a gap at the 125m, but was still unable to be fully tested over the concluding stages. Still finished just overtwo lengths off the winner. He's had two cracks over 1500m now and should be ready to step-up to the mile.

Promising mare from the Snowden yard who hasn't finished outside the top two in her first five race starts. Sam Clipperton found a gap for the mare at the 125m, but had to shift out and it took the mare a few strides to balance up again, bumping stablemate Thud. Hit the line strongly however to grab second behind a good mare in Elle Lou. Came into the race with a rating of just 70 so there is the opportunity to have her line-up in weaker races than she faced at Rosehill. Also went to the 1350m first-up and should benefit from the run.

On a note from the


on her father's pillow, as a loving token of farewell. She absolves Theseus of blood-guilt. The ship beaches for the night on Naxos. Aegle watches Theseus sadly, then goes off alone. Theseus finds her, blames Aphrodite for sending him a new love, and offers her a dowry. Aegle is devastated. That night Theseus and Ariadne become lovers. He promises to make her Queen of Athens. At dawn Aegle's body is discovered. She has stabbed herself. Ariadne learns of Theseus's earlier love for Aegle, and decides to leave him. The single love based on ecstasy is what she wants (and which she later seeks in Dionysus). Too late, Theseus recognises that Aegle was his one true love. Approaching Phalerum he forgets to raise the signal white sail, Aegeus commitslove', on shared values of courage and loyalty, may be seen as its primary theme. The realistic, psychological interpretation of the Minotaur story reflects Lucas's interest in the discoveries of modern psychology. The contrast between light-loving Athens and benighted Minoan Crete, hag-ridden with religion, reflects another authorial preference. (The epigraph, from Bacchylides, is δίζησθαι δὲ φιλαγλάους Ἀθάνας, 'Set out for Athens, land that loves the light'.) Extracts from the poem were read on the BBC Home Service in 1934. Ariadne was reprinted by the Cambridge University Press in May 2014.

Reception
Ariadne was, in the main, well received. "An exception to the generalisation that all modern epics are tedious," declared The Cambridge Review. "Its plot is a model of epic construction in its compactness, directness and speed."  "The


for the businesses; it will call them transportation network companies.

The for-profit ridesharing sector kicked into high gear last year with the launch of Lyft and Sidecar in San Francisco. Uber, also based in San Francisco, started in 2009 with its luxury rides and added lower-cost service in 2012.

Ridesharing has spread from the West Coast to dozens of cities nationwide. Much of the industry’s local operations are concentrated in downtown San Diego, Little Italy and Hillcrest, with some service provided in outlying suburban cities.

Ridesharing drivers typically own, insure and maintain their own vehicles and often live in communities where they work. They are not employed by ridesharing companies, which facilitate the rides and take 20 percent of each fare.CARLTON’S inaugural father-daughter prospect, Abbie McKay, will officially pull on the Old Dark Navy Blue for the first time this weekend.

The eldest daughter of 1995 premiership player and outgoing Head of Football Andrew McKay, Abbie has been named in the Club’s Round 16 VFLW team.

The 17-year-old recently represented Vic Metro in the under-18 national championships on the Gold Coast and has been invited to participate in the upcoming AFLW draft combine in October. She’ll also play in next Friday’s under-18 exhibition match at Adelaide Oval showcasing the country’s best young talent.

Named as the 23rd player, McKay is one of three inclusions to the squad to face Essendon at Windy Hill on Saturday afternoon.

Captain Kristi Harvey and Jess Malouf also make their way back into the side, while AFLW-listed


Take the French race where over 20 FDJ riders can take on large mobs from Ag2r La Mondiale, Cofidis, Europcar, Bretagne-Séché and others swell the ranks. Ditto in the Netherlands with domestic teams Lotto-Jumbo and Roompot both having a terrible season so far to the point where you wonder if a lone wolf like Lars Boom or Niki Terpstra will win the day. Napoleon once said “a soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of coloured ribbon” and it holds true for racers trying to sport their national flag for a year.

Suited and booted

A man in a hurry: Talking of national champions you might remember David Lappartient’s ambition for a “French Team Sky”. He once took this a step further with the call for the TourRIA. Earlier, she spent 11 years in a number of senior legal and compliance roles at Morgan Stanley, including as associate general counsel and head of the firm's San Francisco litigation department.

Oroschakoff noted in the same statement that she was "excited to be joining LPL Financial during this time in the firm's history. I look forward to working closely with Mark and the rest of the executive team to continue to enhance the firm's compliance infrastructure, policies and systems. Having a robust compliance, risk management and controls function will help ensure that growth is well-managed and sustainable.”


Narendra Modi, who faces attacks on Gujarat riots, today raked up the massacre of Sikhs in the aftermath of the assassination of Indira Gandhi and questioned Rahul Gandhi whether he was angry over these killings in which Congress cadres were accused.

The BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate took a dig at Gandhi saying he had not come here to "shed tears", an apparent reference to the Congress leader's emotional speech in Churu, Rajasthan, where he had spoken about his angst over the assassination of his grandmother Indira Gandhi and father Rajiv Gandhi.

"I heard about the speech of the shahzada (prince). I want to raise serious questions. He said he was angry when his grandmother was killed. I want to ask the shahzada, is it true that all Congressmen got angry?

"IsMLA from Punjab visiting his office recently telling him that had they met 20 years ago he would have killed the Congress Vice President due to anger.

Indira Gandhi was assassinated on October 31, 1984 by her Sikh bodyguards at her official residence in Delhi.


Response of a patient with pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma after second-line chemotherapy with lipoplatin and gemcitabine.
We report the case of a 56-year-old patient with malignant pleural mesothelioma of epithelial type, who responded to second-line chemotherapy with lipoplatin plus gemcitabine. Diagnosis and staging of the disease was done by medical thoracoscopy with biopsies of the right pleura in December 2003, when he was treated with talc pleurodesis. Eighteen months later, he presented with pleural effusion of the left side and underwent first-line chemotherapy with cisplatin plus vinorelbine. After 8 cycles, the patient presented renal toxicity limiting further cisplatinum chemotherapy and disease progression with peritoneal invasion of the tumor and ascites. Treatment with lipoplatin-gemcitabine was decided on in November 2006, and the patient showed important improvement in the clinical statusnot all social networks). This month, I asked them to do the same run again for October, 2007.

Office 2008 for Mac to feature iPhone sync capability — Microsoft is planning to provide as part of Office 2008 for Mac — the final version of which is due January 2008 — technology that will allow users to export PowerPoint 2008 presentations onto their iPods and/or iPhones.

Laptops for kids group sued over keyboard design — A Nigerian entrepreneur based in Natick says the One Laptop Per Child Foundation of Cambridge stole his company's design for a multilingual keyboard. — Ade Oyegbola, founder and chief executive of Lagos Analysis Corp., or Lancor …

There's No Money In The Long Tail of the Blogosphere — In 2004 Chris Anderson wrote an influential book


called The Long Tail. In it, he argued that the future of business is to sell less of more. The main premise is that collectively, things that are in rather low demand can amount to quite large volumes.

LinkedIn CEO: We'd only sell for "a helluva lot" — I sat down Tuesday afternoon in Mountain View, Calif., with Dan Nye, the newish CEO (he joined earlier this year) of LinkedIn. That's the company that is like Facebook for grownups, a businessperson's social networking site.

What the Google Intranet Looks Like — What do around 16,000 Google employees stare at in the morning when they've arrived at the office? They might be looking at Moma, the name for the Google intranet. The meaning of the name of "Moma" is a mysterythe two Voyager spacecraft to launch. It is the only Earth spacecraft that has visited Uranus or Neptune, and is now on its way to interstellar space. Read about the NASA engineers who have spent decades guiding this mission here.

August 21

Total solar eclipse crossed the United States

All across the United States, people put on their special eclipse glasses for what was one of the most memorable events of 2017. Times reporters covered the eclipse along the line of totality, which is where the sky gets darkest. Learn more about the eclipse here.

NASA

September 5

Voyager 1 launch, 40th anniversary

On Sept. 5, 1977, Voyager 1 began its mission through our solar system, the second of the two Voyager spacecraft to launch. It gave us amazing views of Jupiter and Saturn before


becoming the first spacecraft from Earth to enter interstellar space in 2012. Learn more about the legacy of the Voyager missions here.

NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

September 15

The Cassini spacecraft ended its mission by crashing into Saturn

The Cassini mission first launched in 1997 and finally reached Saturn in 2004. After 13 years of science and amazing images of the ringed planet and its many moons, we said goodbye. Learn more about how the spacecraft will come to a fiery end here.

Joel Kowsky/REX Shutterstock, via Associated Press

September 18

The moon blocked three planets and one of the brightest stars in the sky

An occultation occurs when one body in space lines up to obscure others. On this night, the moon got in the way of Mercury, Venus and Mars, as well as the starRhianne Blockley | IBM

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and prayed that the motion for summary judgment be denied.  On the same day an affidavit of defendant was filed setting forth that in March, 1946, she and her family occupied the first floor, consisting of 6 rooms, at 1527 South Kedzie Avenue, and that she and her family continuously occupied said accommodations until August, 1948, at which time they moved to 13330 South Kedzie Avenue, Blue Island, Illinois.  The affidavit then set forth that the defendant had created 5 units on said first floor, the changes including plumbing, plastering, carpentry, equipment and furniture, and that each of said units contained complete cooking facilities, but that the bath was shared.  She also denied that she had received any of three notices sent by the Rentevent outside of an armed conflict on the territory of the former Soviet Union,” said Swerdlow. “That day defines Karimov more than anything else. The fact he leaves this world not having to answer for any of that is very sad for the victims.”

Karimov has been accused of all manner of rights abuses and torture, and in recent years attention has also focused on his family. Nothing is known about the current whereabouts of his older daughter, Gulnara Karimova. For a long time she was considered a potential successor to her father, and was a highly public figure, launching a fashion brand and a music career under the name Googoosha. She even released a bizarre love duet with Gérard Depardieu.

In 2014 Gulnara’s son, Islam Karimov Jr, who was


studying at Oxford Brookes University, told the Guardian he feared for his mother’s life, and revealed an extraordinary feud brewing in the first family. He explained how he and his mother had been kept from visiting his grandfather, the president, by armed guards, and that when they finally did get an audience, there was an almighty showdown involving the president, his wife, and their daughter. Shortly after, Gulnara was placed under house arrest, and nothing is known of her whereabouts since, or even whether she is still alive.

“There are plenty of rumours but no solid facts about Gulnara for two years already,” said Kislov.

Details may become clear later in the week, when it will be difficult for the authorities not to mention and explain Karimov’s absence if celebrationsexploring country houses, beautiful gardens and historic architecture

Ragley Hall (Warwickshire)

Ragley Hall could fade into the mists of my brain were it not for two things:

(1) the long vista has a stripe of red and a stripe of green trees. Ingenious; and

(2) the family has redecorated the main stair with murals by Graham Rust (which took 14 years to complete, Rust travelling up to Ragley on the weekends). Brave. Bold. A sign that this family intends to remain in its seat.

For me, the remainder of the hall was run of the mill despite James Gibbs & James Wyatt interiors. Perhaps the mission started in the 1950s to restore the house simply hasn’t reached full fruition yet (there is, for example, still a brown carpet in the dining room). In


GURGAON, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Tuesday said his government cannot ensure 24-hour electricity supply in the state in the present situation, going back on a poll promise.

"We will not be in a position to provide 24-hour power supply in at least our current tenure, but we may do it in our second tenure and will surely review the present situation," Khattar told IANS.

The comments came as the state government decided to increase the electricity supply to the industrial sector by cutting the supply to the rural and urban areas by a couple of hours.

"The government has decided to supply more power to the industrial sector. So a couple of hours of the power share of the rural and suburban areas has been shifted to factories," atheir election rallies prior to the Lok Sabha and assembly polls last year.

The BJP has a clear majority in the 90-member Haryana assembly.

"We feel cheated. On an average, we are getting eight to 10 hours of power supply, much less than under the previous government," a resident said.

Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Yogendra Yadav told IANS: "It's a fraud on the people of the state. The government which promised to give 24 hours electricity supply is actually reducing it after coming to power."


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About Badarwase

Badarwase

Badarwase, commonly known as Badarwas, is a city in the Shivpuri district ofMadhya Pradesh. This city belongs to the Gwalior division. The villages near Badarwase include Budadnagar, Mangrolm Vijroni and Barai. Badarwase is encircled by Kolaras, Isagarh, Guna and Bamori. Some of the cities near Badarwase include Guna, Shivpuri, Vijaypur and Ashok Nagar.

Places to StayBadarwase has limited options of accommodation to offer its visitors. However, Guna (50 km from Badarwase) has many budget-friendly options. Some of them include Hotel Varun (Tariff- Rs. 500), Hotel Siddhart (Tariff – Rs. 600) and Hotel Jain Residency (Tariff – Rs. 500.)

LanguageThe official spoken language of Badarwase is Hindi.

EventsSome of the festivals that are celebrated in Badarwase include Janmastami (August), Diwali (November), Dussehra 9October), Holi (March) and Makar


Sakranti (January.)

Places of InterestSome of the popular tourist attractions around Badarwase include Guna (49 km), Shivpuri (57 km) and Gwalior (180 km.)

How to Get ThereAir:Gwalior airport is the nearest airport and is located about 180 km from Badarwase.Rail: Badarwase has its own railway station and is well-connected with other cities through the railway network.Bus:There are daily bus services to Indore, Bhopal, Ujjain, Mumbai, Nagpur and other cities from Badarwase. Some of the best bus operators in this region include Baba Travels and SRS Travels. Bus booking online facility enables travellers to get to popular destinations without any hassle.Marta is located in the northern part of the country, on the coast of the Caribbean Sea, between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Magdalena river. It was declared a Ramsar Site, as it is one of the ecosystems with main ecological significance in the country. It is made up by a group of marshes and a network of creeks and rivers; it is the largest lacustrine complex in Colombia, with an area of 4,280 Km2, from which 730 km2 are water surface.

The lacustrine towns of Bocas de Aracataca or Trojas de Cataca (township of the municipality of Pueblo Viejo), Buenavista and Nueva Venecia, also known as “El Morro” (the latter located on the jurisdiction of the municipality of Sitionuevo) were located on Cienaga de Pajaral


marsh and the Cienaga Grande itself since the mid XIX century.

These fishermen neighborhoods have achieved a level of adaptation and integration to their environment by developing houses that are immersed in the aquatic medium, with the use of wood as the main construction material and the improvement of the stilt construction techniques, on which platforms and docks are built in order to support the houses and thus guarantee their stability and enduringness when facing the changes and movements of the water of the marsh. The main economic activity of the inhabiting communities is artisanal fishing. Fishing has been a determinant factor for houses to have living and working spaces, and has favored interaction between the inhabitants and the marsh by incorporating drying areas (Trojas), as well as fishfarming and storage.

The product of this economic activity is traded in the nearby markets of Barranquilla, Soledad, Malambo, Sabanagrande, Santo Tomás and Palmar de Varela, in the Department of Atlántico, and Sitionuevo, Remolino and some others in the Department of Magdalena. The main means of communication amongst the different towns and markets is water, in canoes and motorboats.

The conditions of the marsh, including the presence of freshwater and salt water tributaries, as well as shallow surfaces, have made it a very rich ecosystem with abundant fish. Fish group themselves in big masses and resemble floating food islands during the subienda (time in which fish swim up river to spawn). Additionally the fact that the swamp is closed causes fish to have reduced mobility, which makes them bigger in


of the mangrove wooden stilts into the ground, on top of which the wooden floors and walls will be supported. The general dimensions of the houses include one storey, with a gabled roof oriented depending on direction of the wind. The indoor outline follows a traditional distribution that includes a social living room / dining room area, a bedroom area, bathroom services as well as a kitchen with a stove.

A significant element in these houses is the possibility of constructing a patio by filling a fenced area with solid waste such as oyster shells, branches, mud and rubble, all brought in by boats and canoes: "Thus, with surprising constancy, by force of accumulating the most diverse waste and materials, a very humid terrain is achieved at last, aftertwo or three years, which is more of a marsh that any other type of terrain, whose area is 20.50 or 80 sq. meters. According to the economic possibilities of the landowner, this word can be used here. After some more time, the long – awaited patio is obtained which, if not completely dry, has less humidity."

In general terms, it has been necessary to fill in areas in the three lacustrine towns to establish common use areas during the dry season when the water level is lower; places like soccer fields, and areas next to churches and schools, which normally take the place of main squares in traditional towns.

Stoves used to be located at the patios for fish smoking; nowadays, fish is not smoked but sun dried on


discharged directly into the seawater. If houses were arranged in a continuous manner, a health problem of great dimensions would arise. Without being symmetrically arranged, houses establish river flow areas between one another, analogous to roads of any mainland town. These houses are similarly arranged by sectors or neighborhoods, almost always resulting from family associations.

The strategic location of these villages has turned the population into targets of illegal groups seeking to control the territory, with massacres such as that of November the 22nd, 2000. This event remains in the memory of settlers due to its cruelty and depravity, as a profound scar which marked and transformed their lives and those of their families, with the loss of life and displacement into other towns. Displacement has caused abandonment ofsome of the houses, as well as lack of interest in continuing to live in the villages.

Housing in Medio Atrato

This type of housing can be seen in the municipalities of Quibdó, Medio Atrato, Bojayá Murindó and Vigia del Fuerte. It is the result of the superimposition of a system of space occupation by people of African descent on the previous Indian settlement system, in a territory mainly populated by ethnic groups exploited and oppressed by the Spanish presence.

Narrations by indigenous people in the area tell that African descendants learned the production and construction techniques of the houses of the former, as they were most appropriate to the environmental conditions of the tropical rainforest. Said housing solutions are practically identical to those built a hundred years ago.

In order to


better understand the origin of the settlement system, it is necessary to understand that it was primarily influenced by an economy linked to mining and, subsequently, the farming system developed in the region in the twentieth century.

Between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries there is rudimentary mining activity in Chocó, which is controlled by the Spanish colonial regime from the mid-seventeenth century. This activity entered into crisis in the nineteenth century when slavery was abolished. The conquest of this territory was not easy, and it was not achieved by the Spanish colonizing expeditions but by small civilian mixed groups of Creoles, mestizos and mulattos coming from cities like Pasto, Popayán, Cali, Buga, Cartago, and in general of the West Cordillera. This is therefore a land of settlers, at leastinitially. The sparse population in the region was located in low-density cores on the areas where mining - the source of income at the time- was taking place. None of these townships was upgraded to "Villa" or "City", being at most classified as "Town", and predominantly in the "Real de Minas" (Royal mining) category, many of which disappeared shortly after their creation.

Some time later there came a phase of land settlement and an independent mining mainly driven by Cimarrones, libertos (freed slaves) and manumisos (freedmen) who peacefully ended up covering primarily the banks of the main tributaries of the region, beginning in the late eighteenth century, reaching a peak in the early twentieth century and remaining valid to this day. The spontaneous land settlement also generated numerous agricultural


enclaves deeper into the jungle, there appearing plantations of maize, sugarcane, coconut, rice, cassava and plantains. The stage of self - sufficiency is reached, subsequently achieving surpluses which could be traded and leading to the emergence of collection centers.

The river populated areas are exposed to continuous rains typical of a super-wet tropical climate like the jungles of Chocó; there can be found over 150 of them in the study area. In general, more than 400 river villages can be identified in the country's Pacific region with a population reaching 300,000 people.

The transformation of the pattern commonly used in the plot planted in the middle of the forest is transformed into scattered cultivations and linear villages. These are generally rural populations with no more than two thousand persons, notAtrato, this cultural landscape is the result of adaptation of human groups (mainly formed by African descendants) who settled this area in the middle of the tropical rainforest of the Pacific since the seventeenth century in its natural environment. These groups adapt the rhythm of their day – by – day activities to fluctuations in water levels both from rainfall and the river itself, with linear settlement patterns of houses on stilts along the Atrato river. The Atrato river is the heart of the area and is the ultimate means of communication amongst villages, since it drives the economy and travelers going daily between Quibdó city (located near the headwaters of the river) and the Gulf of Urabá (located in the Caribbean Sea) over a length of approximately


can serve as a reference for this case:

1. The stilt houses of Chiloe in Chile, which are associated with a set of notable churches declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

The city of Castro is the capital of the homonymous municipality, on the Big Island of Chiloé archipelago, located 1200 kilometers south of Santiago de Chile. It's the beautiful Los Lagos Region.

Typical stilts houses line the steep and rugged coastline in the region. The stilt -shaped buildings are not just limited to homes, but also restaurants and hotels. The stilt houses of Chiloé are also world famous for being one of the few cases of this type of constructions so large and over the sea.

2. Santa Rosa de Agua. Maracaibo, Venezuela

This set stilts appears with news of being declaredaround

8:00 in the evening, R. became fussy and cried a lot. Father tried to give R. a pacifier,

but he did not want it. When Father took the pacifier out of R.’s mouth, it had blood on

it. His mouth was also full of blood. They took R. to Loma Linda University Medical

Center.

       R. had blood in and around his mouth and the following injuries: a one-inch

laceration on his upper left thigh, a laceration behind his ear that looked like a small burn,

bruises or Mongolian spots on his back, a torn frenulum (the skin between the lip and

teeth), and scratches on his back, scalp, torso, and the back of his head. A doctor told a

social worker that “‘there is no way a child that


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room. It was not clear to the social worker, however, whether the child’s apprehension

was because she was left alone or she wanted to be with Mother.

       CFS recommended adoption as the permanent plan for the children. The agency

identified the maternal grandmother as the prospective adoptive parent. Both children

have lived in the maternal grandmother’s home since they were born and were formally

placed with the maternal grandmother in July 2012. According to the social worker, the

maternal grandmother is dedicated to the childrenWhile many areas of the northern hemisphere are still decked out in the reds, yellows, and oranges of autumn, Siberia has just cloaked itself in one color: white.

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on Suomi NPP acquired these images of southern Siberia. The left image was taken on October 14, 2018, while the right image shows the region covered with snow on October 29.

While Siberian winter reaches full force around December, cold temperatures and snow start to settle in around October. The cold is largely due to a high-pressure atmospheric circulation system called the Siberian High, which is usually present from October to April and is centered around Lake Baikal. The weather system is accompanied by a mass of cold, dry air created by intense cooling of


27 December 2012

The Best of 2012

The 10 best movies I saw in 2012:

DREAMWORKS, 20TH CENTURY FOX, DAVID JAMES
Daniel Day-Lewis, center rear, is shown in a scene from "Lincoln."

1. "Lincoln"

Steven Spielberg directing a film about our 16th president,
with Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role—sounds like a slam dunk, right? Well,
yes, it is, but expecting it to be great doesn't diminish its tremendous
achievement.

Instead of being a biopic spanning decades, the movie is set
primarily in January 1865, when Lincoln
pulled out every political trick he could find to secure passage of the 13th
Amendment (abolishing slavery).

Day-Lewis fully inhabits Abraham Lincoln, bringing him to
life in a way we've never seen before, whether he's delivering a passionate
speech or telling one of his folksy stories. It's a performance of
extraordinary power in a career filled with toweringachievements. The
supporting cast, including Tommy Lee Jones as the abolitionist congressman
Thaddeus Stevens and Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln, is filled with many of
today's best character actors.

This is the work of a restrained Spielberg, who allows the
extraordinary performances to carry the film.

WARNER BROS. PICTURES
Martin Freeman is shown in a scene from "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey."

2. "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"

The first film in a trilogy that will serve as a prequel to
"The Lord of the Rings" is a triumphant return to Middle-earth.
Lighter in tone than the "Rings" movies (but nearly as long),
"The Hobbit" follows Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) as he joins a
band of dwarves—and the wizard Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen)—on a quest to
reclaim their homeland from the dragon who drove them out years ago.

Beefing up the


back story of the would-be dwarf king, Thorin
Oakenshield (Richard Armitage), director Peter Jackson supplies an epic scope
somewhat lacking in J.R.R. Tolkien's book and adds material to set up stronger
links to events of "The Lord of the Rings." It all comes together
smoothly, especially in the thrilling second half, during which Bilbo finds the
One Ring and engages the creature Gollum (Andy Serkis) in a game of riddles—the
scene of the year.

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Ben Affleck is shown in a scene from "Argo."

3. "Argo"

Based on the real-life rescue of six American diplomats from
the home of the Canadian ambassador during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, Ben Affleck's
"Argo" is a meticulously crafted, intelligent picture that seamlessly
blends elements of the thriller, political drama, heist movie and comedy.

Expertly paced and edited, it is one of the mostgripping
thrillers in years, accomplishing that feat without the benefit of action set
pieces or flashy computer effects. It's a love letter to the movies, their
power and appeal, while also poking fun at the Hollywood
culture that produces them.

Raising the stakes and widening his scope, this is Affleck's
most ambitious effort as a director and his biggest success. He also headlines
a cast that features fine supporting work by Bryan Cranston, John Goodman and
Alan Arkin.

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Fran Kranz is shown in a scene from "The Cabin in the Woods."

4. "The Cabin in the Woods"

From the minds of writer-producer Joss Whedon and
writer-director Drew Goddard, "The Cabin in the Woods" manages to
comment on the nature of horror movies, the making of them and why they have
endured throughout the history of cinema—all while being an effective


bring them to life, including
Albert Brooks, John Lithgow, Megan Fox, Charlyne Yi, Jason Segel, Chris O'Dowd
and Lena Dunham. It might not be Apatow's funniest movie, but its heart and honesty
make it his best.

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Mike Birbiglia is shown in a scene from "Sleepwalk With Me."

6. "Sleepwalk with Me"

In this only slightly fictionalized story from comedian Mike
Birbiglia, the combined stress from his struggles to make it on the standup
comedy circuit, his long-term relationship with his girlfriend (Lauren Ambrose)
and pressure from his family lead to often-dangerous nighttime activities for
Matt Pandamiglia (Birbiglia).

Breaking the fourth wall, telling the story directly to the
camera, Birbiglia's easygoing nature shines through, making Matt relatable if
not always likable. His casual tone carries forth throughout the movie,
welcoming the arrival of a unique new voice.

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Jennifer Lawrence, left, and Bradley Cooper are shown in a scene from "Silver Linings Playbook."

7. "Silver Linings Playbook"

David O. Russell's offbeat romantic comedy features Bradley
Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro as three of the year's most
memorable characters: a man fresh out of a mental hospital determined to win
back his wife, a young widow who draws his attention and his
obsessive-compulsive father.

Funny without being glib, dark and serious without taking
itself too seriously, this is a movie that, until its fairly standard
conclusion, refuses to adhere to the well-worn traditions of its genre.

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt, left, and Bruce Willis are shown in a scene from "Looper."

8. "Looper

In the year's best science fiction movie, Joseph
Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis play different versions of the same man, the
elder sent back in time to


be executed by the younger.

Writer-director Rian Johnson uses this setup to dig deep
into the character and tell a story that exists in the gray areas of morality.
Young Joe (Gordon-Levitt) wants to kill his older self and collect the hefty
payout that comes with it; Future Joe (Willis) wants to kill a child who will
grow up to become a ruthless mob boss. There are no easy answers when it comes
to the question of who is right and who is wrong.

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Denzel Washington is shown in a scene from “Flight.”

9. "Flight"

Denzel Washington takes on his most challenging role in
years as alcoholic airline pilot Whip Whitaker, who miraculously crash-lands
his plane, saving the lives of almost everyone on board—while drunk. Instead of
being the story of a man wrongfully accused, which is as itappeared in
promotional materials, it is a dark, harrowing tale of addiction. A welcome
return for Robert Zemeckis, directing his first live-action feature since 2000.

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Jack Black is shown in a scene from “Bernie.”

10. "Bernie"

In Richard Linklater's fact-based film, Jack Black gives a
nicely understated performance as Bernie Tiede, a kindly mortician so popular
in little Carthage, Texas, that the district attorney (Matthew McConaughey) has
to request a change of venue to get a fair trial after Bernie shoots his
wealthy, elderly companion (Shirley MacLaine) four times in the back.

Incorporating interviews with real Carthage residents, "Bernie" is a
darkly comic take on the quirks and simplicities of small-town living.


succeed in part because they define their own vision
of success (one which would probably not receive Series A funding) and because
that vision aligns closely with the interests of those who use it (rather than
Series A funders).

However, its success is in no small part because it has mapped itself onto
natural markets (i.e. MSA's) with a simple format that scales up to Denver and
down to Dothan. It's reached critical mass.

Sure there are probably enough iPhone users in Boston to create a marketplace
from an app. But that's probably not the case in North Platte Nebraska.

Craigslist works because it is community based, and somewhat akin to a public
service. People can access Craigslist on the computers at their public
library, and no app can compete with that. No app can reach the sort of
criticalSigns of the Times

New York Says Goodbye To Cardinal O’Connor

Thousands filled St. Patrick’s Cathedral for one service after another as New Yorkers said their final goodbyes to Cardinal John J. O’Connor. The 80-year-old cardinal, who died on May 3 after an eight-month battle with cancer, was archbishop of New York for 16 years. At his funeral, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the Vatican secretary of state, was chief celebrant, and Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Boston preached the homily.

Cardinal Law recalled that Cardinal O’Connor was known as an unremitting champion of human life and dignity, of workers and of peace. But most of all, he said, he was a priest who kept the Eucharist at the heart of his life and ministry, a man of profound and uncomplicated faith in


a good and gracious God who has revealed himself in Christ Jesus. Two minutes of sustained applause greeted his mention of Cardinal O’Connor’s constant reminder that the church must always be unambiguously pro-life.

In an earlier statement Cardinal Law summarized the late cardinal’s church career thus: There was a transparent consistency to his teaching, making it impossible to pigeonhole him as a conservative’ or liberal.’ No one in the history of the church in the United States has been more powerful in advocating the inviolable dignity of every human person.

Among the hundreds of church leaders and civil dignitaries at the funeral were President Clinton and his wife, Hillary, former President Bush, and the presidential contenders Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush. Hundreds of Catholic cardinals,bishops and representatives of other religious faiths took up places of honor for the Mass.

Before the funeral and final interment, Cardinal O’Connor’s body lay on view in the cathedral where a steady stream of mourners filed past the casket. They formed a line that stretched out the doors and at times filled the sidewalk on the south side of the cathedral, going back and forth along the entire block.

Born in Philadelphia on Jan. 15, 1920, John Joseph O’Connor was ordained a priest of that archdiocese in 1945. For the next seven years he taught high school and pursued advanced studies, earning master’s degrees in ethics and clinical psychology. He later earned a doctorate in political science. He became a Navy chaplain in 1952 and rose to the rank


of admiral. From 1975 until his retirement from the military in 1979 he was the Navy’s chief of chaplains.

Pope John Paul II personally ordained him a bishop in 1979, making him an auxiliary bishop of the military vicariate. In 1983 he was appointed bishop of Scranton, Pa. He was named archbishop of New York in 1984 and became a cardinal the following year.

Nationally Cardinal O’Connor was noted for his work on the U.S. bishops’ 1983 peace pastoral, his vigorous pro-life work and opposition to abortion, his promotion of Catholic-Jewish relations, his efforts for peace in the Middle East and his defense of church teaching on homosexuality.

New Yorkers also saw the cardinal as their local bishop and pastora man who personally engaged in ministry to people with AIDS, whoextended an open invitation to any woman considering an abortion to come to him for help, who went out into the community to ease racial tensions, who studied Spanish in order to serve the Hispanic community better.

Among those with him when he died in his residence were family members and a few close friends, including Cardinal Law and Cardinal William W. Baum.

Accolades poured in after the cardinal’s death. In an unusually personal comment, Pope John Paul II said, Through the years he has been of great support to me in the service of the universal church. Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, said, He was a champion of the poor, the immigrant, the sick and the unborn, and he spoke


and acted on their behalf with eloquence, vigor and an extraordinary measure of wit. Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, said, He was always stalwart in his support for the Jewish community and remained a tireless advocate for improving and expanding the Catholic-Jewish relationship.

Three Men Killed in Chiapas Ambush During New Bishop’s Visit

A two-day visit to indigenous communities in the Chiapas highlands brought the area’s new bishop close to the violence that has rocked the southern Mexican state since 1994. As Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of San Cristóbal de las Casas awoke on May 7 in Actealthe community where 45 indigenous women, children and men were killed in 1997three men were killed in an ambush on a road nearby. Bishop Arizmendi, installed as bishop ofSan Cristóbal on May 1, heard the news of the latest killings during a visit to the town of Chenalho several hours after they occurred. He called immediately for clarification of the incident by authorities, but said he did not believe it would damage a fragile reconciliation effort in Chenalho.

Continued Peaceful Protests over Vieques Promised

Church-sponsored civil disobedience on Vieques will continue as long as the U.S. Navy uses the inhabited island as a bombing range, said Puerto Rican Bishop Alvaro Corrada del Rio, S.J. We are assessing the situation with the people of Vieques. We will return to areas where we can do civil disobedience, he said after federal agents removed scores of protesters from Vieques. Bishop Corrada is apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Caguas, which includes


Vieques. The demonstrators removed on May 4 included 14 priests, 5 nuns, 5 seminarians, a permanent deacon and 15 lay people sponsored by the diocese, he added.

Vatican Official Investigates Ordination by Mexican Bishop

A Vatican official said he was investigating alleged liturgical irregularities carried out by the former head of the Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas at the ordination of more than 100 indigenous men as deacons in January. Cardinal Jorge Medina Estévez, the prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and Sacraments, told reporters in Mexico City he was heading the investigation of Bishop Samuel Ruiz García, who retired in March. News reports alleged that Bishop Ruiz had ordained women during the ceremony. But Bishop Ruiz’s successor, Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel, said Bishop Ruiz hadPope John Paul II paid tribute to Christians who gave their lives for their faith in the 20th century. And there were many, the pope said on May 7 as he led an ecumenical prayer service honoring Christian victims of Nazism, communism, dictatorships, civil wars and religious intransigence. In preparation for the ceremony, the Vatican collected more than 12,000 names of witnesses to the faith from bishops’ conferences, religious orders and other Christian churches. More than two dozen leaders from 19 Christian churches joined Pope John Paul, reciting prayers and reading brief testimonies from a representative group of Catholics, Orthodox, Anglicans and Protestants killed around the world. Although the story of murdered Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador was not among 16 chosen to represent Christian suffering around


the world, he was the only person mentioned by name in the prayer for the 20th-century martyrs of the Americas.

Rector Says Fatima Shrine Briefly Owned Nazi Gold

The Marian shrine in Fatima, Portugal, briefly owned some gold bars bearing the Nazi insignia, but only 30 years after World War II ended, the rector of the shrine said. Father Luciano Guerra, the Fatima rector, said that in 1970 the shrine purchased gold as an investment and deposited it in a local bank. The bank, which has since failed, borrowed some of the shrine’s deposit and repaid the loan in 1976 with some bars that bore the mark of the Third Reich, Father Guerra said. Between 1982 and 1986, he said in a statement on May 2, the shrine sold aCities and states aim to take up Paris Accord after Trump's withdrawal At least 68 mayors across the country have vowed to uphold the Paris Accord.

 -- Cities and states throughout the United States are vowing to uphold the obligations of the Paris Climate Agreement despite President Trump's decision to withdraw.

The governors of New York, California and Washington announced in a joint statement Thursday the formation of the U.S. Climate Alliance, a coalition that will convene U.S. states committed to upholding the Paris Climate Agreement and taking "aggressive action on climate change." The governors urged other states to join the alliance as well.

Alongside the state actions, the mayors of 68 cities across the nation who had previously joined the Mayors National Climate Action Agenda also pledged Thursday to


adopt the Paris deal themselves. Also known as Climate Mayors, the group "commits U.S. mayors to working together to strengthen local efforts for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and to supporting efforts for binding federal and global-level policymaking," according to its website.

One of those mayors, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, said that New Yorkers are already experiencing the extreme effects of climate change, such as hotter summers, more powerful storms and rising seas.

"President Trump can turn his back on the world but the world cannot ignore the very real threat of climate change," De Blasio said. "This decision is an immoral assault on the public health, safety and security of everyone on this planet."

De Blasio said he is committing to honor the goals of the Paris Accord"alongside mayors across the country" and "on behalf of the people of New York City." Several more mayors took to Twitter to vow to uphold the obligations from the Paris Accord.

Former President Obama Thursday urged climate action to be taken up below the national level as well.

"I'm confident that our states, cities and businesses will step up and do even more to lead the way, and help protect for future generations the one planet we've got," he said in a statement after Trump's decision. Although it will be "difficult," progress can be made at the city and state level, said Jamie Henn, co-founder and strategic communications director for 350.org, an international climate campaign nonprofit.

Even before Trump came into power and announced his decision at the White House's Rose


their own policy standards, the ultimate decision comes down to the people. "Really, it depends on what users of energy choose to do -- not producers -- because it's the users of energy that potentially generate CO2 [carbon dioxide] and natural gasses if they choose to," he said.

"Wyoming won't continue to produce as much coal as it did in the past if demand goes down from the states that consume it," Godby said of the largest coal-producing state in the United States.

Addictive fossil fuel

A national poll conducted by the Yale Program on Climate Communication found that by more than 5 to 1, voters said the United States should participate in the Paris Agreement. The poll, which surveyed participants from a national sample, also found that about 47 percentThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) stages the inaugural Asia Universities Summit with Times Higher Education on 20 and 21 June, 2016. The Summit, being described as “one of the most prestigious gatherings of university leaders in the world’’, will see some 30 presidents of top universities from 15 countries and cities from around the globe provide expert opinions focusing on how universities nurture creativity and innovation.


dispensing mechanism includes a hollow container reciprocally mounted within a longitudinal bore. The container has an inlet opening in the top thereof and an offset outlet opening in its bottom wall. At one end of its path of travel, the inlet opening is in register with an inlet spout communicating with a cream reservoir. At the other end of its path of travel, the outlet opening is in register with a lower drain spout.
The sugar dispensing mechanism includes a block having a longitudinal bore with an upper inlet port and an offset lower outlet port. Reciprocally mounted therein is a block having a plate secured thereto in spaced relationship to one end thereof. The reciprocating block is movable from a first position wherein the space between the blockand plate is in register with the inlet port, and a second position wherein the space between the block and plate is in register with the outlet port.
Steele shows a rotatable valve member having two radially opposite measuring pockets which alternately receive powder from above and discharge it below as the valve member is rotated. The volume of the measuring pockets is adjustable by means of a longitudinally moveable end wall.
Ziegler shows a device mountable to a container of instant coffee for dispensing a measured amount thereof. It includes a cylinder mounted to the top of the container and having a longitudinal inlet slot and a radially opposite longitudinal outlet slot. Rotatably mounted within the cylinder is a closed-end measuring sleeve having a longitudinal opening in the side


My coffee shop friend has too much time on his hands

After leaving his parents & shaking the homeless phase, Jeremy decided to take a page from Batman - to fight for justice & train in the Himalayans - realizing how ridiculous that would be, he decided to become the next best thing: A Ninja Turtle.

Waking up the next day under a dumpster, battered & bloodied; Jeremy quickly realized he failed to fill the two most important pre-reqs of his crime fighting career. He was not a mutant turtle, not did he know any form of martial arts. Angered - he grumbled to himself; "You either die a hero, or live long enough to become the villian." - Just before he passed out again & was carried off byan “employer” under the FLSA, under the plain language of the KMWMHL, NFM was not an “employer” under the Kansas Act and, thus, had no obligation under the law to pay the truck drivers and helpers overtime.

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During the time measured the general index peaked in March 2008 at 139.7 and bottomed in February at 112.8 after which it has recovered to 123.1 at the end of April. As noted, a large part of the drop in the latter part of 2008 and into 2009 was a sharp decline in the value of production of durables which fell (on an index basis) to a low of 65.9 in February 09. At this point in


have just rapped up Q2 in real time it appears that Chile is poised to surprise somewhat on the downside in terms of prior expectations, but in relative terms Chile looks better than most.

The External Sector

The analysis of Chile's external balance and the country's currency is of course closely tied to the evolution of international copper prices as Chile is, by far, the world's biggest producer and exporter of copper.

Although copper prices have fallen back somewhat in the midst of the global recession relative to the average values through 2006-2008 they are still higher than they were at the turn of the century. In fact, the graph should make any trader look more than once since with the recent increase the price of Copper is very close tointerest rates. In the context of the currency this meant that just as we were rounding up Q3 2008 the Chilean central bank decided to hold back on its frequent endeavors into the market to stem the rate of appreciation of the Peso against the USD. Endeavors, which by the way, have been unable to buck the overall trend in appreciation of the CLP ever since 2003 against the USD.

Of course, events had it in Q4 2008 that markets were to experience a significant amount of stress and rising volatility which sent the Peso down against the G3 currencies where it is only now recovering. In the context of the stress encountered in the market and seeing that the spread on Chile's sovereign debt increased less than the


with the Angiotensin II Antagonist Losartan (RENAAL) study demonstrated that losartan prevented the progression of diabetic nephropathy. In this review, evidence from these and other clinical trials with losartan shall be discussed. The pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties of losartan are described to explain its mechanisms of action. Among the ARB class, losartan possesses certain unique properties, which may enhance its cardiovascular protective effects. These include an increase of urinary uric acid excretion and antiatherothrombotic properties. Potential future roles for losartan and other ARBs shall be discussed, in addition to emphasizing areas in which evidence is currently lacking or indecisive, including head-to-head comparisons of ARBs and the effects of combining an ARB with angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors.76ers big man Al Horford has a reputation for being one of the nicest, most likable guys in the entire NBA. It shouldn't come as much of a surprise, then, to see him playing an active role in the efforts to stop the spread and repair the destruction caused by coronavirus all around the world.

According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, Horford is focusing his donation on his home country of the Dominican Republic, though he's also including locations within the United States that are of importance to him and his career.

76ers’ Al Horford (@Al_Horford) has donated $500,000 to aid coronavirus pandemic in his home country of the Dominican Republic, as well as each U.S. region in which he has played basketball (Michigan/Gainesville, FL./Atlanta/Boston/Philadelphia).

Horford joins a continually growing


list of NBA players that have donated large portions of their contracts in order to help out in multiple areas regarding the virus. Earlier on Thursday, Blazers star C.J. McCollum donated over $100 thousand to Portland in their efforts of COVID-19 relief.

The Sixers were one of the teams that publicly announced that they had been affected by the virus directly, as three members of the organization tested positive for coronavirus. They had also been involved in a controversial decision to cut pay for employees during these trying times.

Do you agree with the Sixers’ decision to cut pay during the coronavirus crisis for employees making $50,000 or more?

Horford's stint with the Sixers hasn't been a great one on the floor, as he had been demoted to a bench roleNecromunda: Dark Uprising Review By Charles Theel

In the grim darkness of 1995, there was only Necromunda. It was virtually the lone skirmish game on the scene and it had everything we wanted: looks, immersion, and unrivaled brutality. It played as part Warhammer 40k and part its own thing with rules for territory control, shopping for rare goods, and modifying your gangers with both cybernetics and permanent injuries.

That was a long time ago. After years of silence our screams were answered in 2017 with a return to the subterranean ruins and the release of Necromunda: Underhive. But it's been a bit of a bumpy ride. This new edition was a completely revamped ruleset that was surprisingly contemporary and electric. It featured an alternating activation system that was explicitly not


Baby Grover On 'Girls' Has A Middle Name & It's Actually Kind Of Perfect

The last great Girls mystery has been solved. OK, so it's not so much a mystery as it is a lingering question people who love baby names might be pondering after the finale. According to TVLine, Hannah's son Grover has a middle name. And it's a very Hannah Horvath middle name, guys. Are you ready for this? Drum roll, please

Grover's full name is Grover Theo Horvath. TVLine reached out to Lena Dunham for an answer about whether or not Hannah's son had a middle name, and while she confirmed the little guy's second name is Theo, she didn't share why she chose the name. Baby Grover's first name is a nod to his father Paul-Louis,who thought the cute moniker would make a great name for a child. Since the baby's middle name wasn't revealed onscreen, Dunham's reasoning behind "Theo" is more mysterious.

It's not related to any past Girls character, but it could be tied to Dunham and Hannah's love of children's literature. The actor has a tattoo of both Eloise and an unnamed storybook illustration. At least one beloved children's author was given the name Theo, even though he was known by another name. I'm talking about Dr. Seuss, whose real name was Theo Geisel. Having Hannah name her son after Dr. Seuss makes sense given the character, like her portrayer, is a writer.

Of course, there are other famous Theos out there as well. There's author Theodore Dreiser, former President Theodore Roosevelt


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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES starring Pierce Brosnan and co-written by Philipp Meyer

The critically acclaimed, New York Times-bestselling epic, a saga of land, blood and power, follows the rise of one unforgettable Texas family from the Comanche raids of the 1800s to the oil booms of the 20th century.

Eli McCullough is just twelve years old when a marauding band of Comanche storm his Texas homestead, brutally murder his mother andsister and take him captive. Despite their torture and cruelty, Eli - against all odds - adapts to life with the Comanche, learning their ways and language, taking on a new name, finding a place as the adopted son of the band's chief and fighting their wars against not only other Indians but white men too, which complicates his sense of loyalty, his promised vengeance and his very understanding of self. But when disease, starvation and westward expansion finally decimate the Comanche, Eli is left alone in a world in which he belongs nowhere, neither white nor Indian, civilized nor fully wild.

Deftly interweaving Eli’s story with those of his son Peter and his great-granddaughter JA, The Son maps the legacy of Eli’s ruthlessness, his drive to power and


Cornell, where he studied English. Since graduating, Meyer has worked as a derivatives trader and a construction worker. His writing has been published in McSweeney's, The Iowa Review, Salon, and New Stories from the South. From 2005-2008 Meyer was a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas. He lives near Ithaca in New York State.At least 21 refugees and migrants drowned on Friday and up to nine others were missing after a Europe-bound boat sank off Turkey's Black Sea coast, the Turkish coastguard said.

Forty people who had been on the fishing boat were saved.

One pregnant woman who was rescued was taken to hospital but lost her baby, state-run Anadolu news agency said.

Search and rescue efforts are under way to find people still missing off the Kefken district, a Coast Guard statement said.

The area lies about 130km east of Istanbul, Turkey's biggest city.

Mehmet Unal, a local official in the nearby town of Kandira, said the boat was believed to be carrying 70 migrants, most of whom were Iraqis.

Unconfirmed media reports said the refugees and migrants had boarded the boat in Zonguldak, which lies


further to the east, and were trying to cross into Romania.

The boat reportedly sank due to bad weather and rough waters.

Western Turkey and the Black Sea had been hit by a heavy storm and rains overnight.

Turkey has emerged as a hub for migrants from troubled countries around the world including Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan who are seeking a route west to the European Union.

In 2015, around a million people undertook risky sea journeys to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, mostly to Greece from Turkey over the Aegean Sea.

Thousands died in the perilous crossing. Responding to international pressure, Turkey tightened its sea borders and cracked down on migrant smuggling rings as part of a 2016 deal with the European Union.

The numbers of refugees and migrants crossing the Aegean has‘They, based on the Jataka Tales, claimed that the Buddha was originally a Christian’

Research Fellow and an authority on Buddhist art and architecture Monika Zin has traced the root of a beautiful, early third century Buddhist relief found during excavations in the Amaravathi sites to the Jataka Tales in the Panchatantra and how the Christian Missionaries, who used the translated version of the Panchatantra from Persian, Arabic and other languages, converted a large number of Japanese to Christianity with the claim that the Buddha was originally a Christian.

Delivering a lecture at the Central University of Karnataka at Kadaganchi in Aland taluk in Kalaburagi district, Prof. Zin, who is a KHK Visiting Research Fellow 2015 and Associate Professor, Indian Art History in the Department of Asian Studies, Institute of


Indology and Tibetology at Ludwigs-Maximilian Unversitat Munchen in Munich in Germany, said that the relief found at the Nagarjunakonda Museum in Telangana has striking similarities in the figures shown in the Panchatantra translated into Pahlavi language and later into Arabic and other languages.

The beautiful relief

Prof. Zin said that the beautiful relief, which is still intact, shows an unidentified king, initially looking angry, being prevented by a couple of women from attacking a sage and later, paying obeisance to the sage. It has an interesting scene of a man hanging over a well holding onto two branches of a tree over which are a tumbling elephant and a white and black mice. In the well below, there are four figures of serpents creeping up and another with its fangsopen.

She said that this picture of a man hanging from two branches of a tree over a well and all the other details is found in all translations of the Panchatantra in other languages. The Panchatantra tales were first translated for the Persian royals in Pahlavi language in the sixth century and later, into Arabic in the eighth century. In both these translations, the sequence of this relief is brought out in a pictorial form with all the details. It was the translation of the Panchatantra first to Pahlavi language and later to Arabic language that led to the translation of the tales into other languages.

However, the translation of the Jataka Tales by John of Gapna in the 13th century to Latin language was significant as it also


carried the details of the relief in pictorial form.

The Greek translation in the 10th century of the Panchatantra titled “Barlaam and Josephat” was used by the missionaries working in Japan to claim that the Josephat in the tale was the original Buddha and that he was a Christian, leading to conversion of a large number Japanese to Christianity.Taking the matter seriously, the council called a meeting to address the issue. The boy’s parents reluctantly apologized to Rajkumari. However, the boy himself did not show up.

Unsatisfied and undaunted, Rajkumari stood by her demand that the boy himself apologize to her and be punished for his behavior. So, threatening legal recourse, the council gave him only one option.

They required the boy to bow down and apologize to Rajkumari in the presence of the entire village, which he finally did.

Promising not to mistreat any girl again, the boy was given a chance to mend his ways or face police intervention. The incident not only brought the issue of “eve-teasing” and street harassment to the attention of the village council, it also strengthened Rajkumari’s confidence in her own power


By Seanna Adcox

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Officers whose K-9 partners were killed in the line of duty asked South Carolina legislators Thursday to stiffen penalties for people who kill a police dog.

Under a bill discussed by a House Judiciary panel, anyone convicted of killing or torturing a police dog could spend between two and 10 years in prison. The crime is currently punishable by up to five years.

"As it looks now, they can get a slap on the wrist and walk away," Greenville County Deputy Brandon Surratt said.

Criminals can get longer prison sentences for property crimes than killing a beloved partner and protector, he said. His dog of six years, Hyco, was fatally shot in October as they chased three men who ran from a wrecked vehicle afterfive counts of attempted murder and killing a police dog. An armed robbery charge was dropped as part of the plea deal.

Cavanagh said he's thankful for the attempted murder charges, stemming from McCreary shooting at him and fellow officers. Without those charges, he said, McCreary and Hyco's shooter likely "would be on the street on probation."

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In the night's co-feature, top-ranked bantamweight Marlon Moraes (11-4-1) earned his third win under the World Series of Fighting banner, destroying an incredibly tough Brandon Hempleman (9-2) in a 15-minute affair.

Moraes and Hempleman engaged quickly, both firing off punches and kicks in speedy exchanges that left it apparent brutality was likely to ensue. Hempleman's forehead and nose was bloodied early on, and Moraes tagged his legs, as well, but he continued to walk forward until he was rocked and hit the deck. Moraes unloaded with strikes as a bloodied Hempleman tied things up from the bottom and looked to recover.

Moraes eventually worked free, posturing up and working in a few short elbows to his opponent's face. Hempleman continued to slow things down underneath, and the fighters were eventuallybrought back to their feet. Doctors came in to check a blood-soaked Hempleman, but he was allowed to continue.

Hempleman pressed forward to start the second, but he was quickly toppled to his back as he tried to work with a wounded left leg. Moraes punched the ribs as he worked from top position, but Hempleman asked for a standup and was somewhat surprisingly rewarded. On the restart, a Moraes leg kick left Hempleman hopping on one limb from the pain, but he was allowed to continue fighting. To his credit, Hempleman did everything he could to fight, but he was obviously wounded prey.

The two embraced to opened the third, and Hempleman somehow found the will to attack. Moraes sat back for most of the frame, seemingly willing to


more than 39,000 followers on the photo-sharing site, each enjoying beautiful pictures of destinations from Turkey to Costa Rica.

Her work has given her the opportunity to experience activities that top most travellers’ bucket lists - everything from watching the Northern Lights, to wildlife-spotting and enjoying champagne breakfasts on safari.

Eser flies a Boeing 737 for Istanbul-based Pegasus Airlines to destinations in Europe and the Middle East. She was born and raised in the Netherlands and began flying just three years ago.

“Being a pilot was my childhood dream,” she told the Mirror. “I was kind of a tomboy so I always wanted to fly an F16, but since I'm against war, violence and armies, flying big jets is so much better.

"The eternal blue of the sky, fluffy clouds and thefree to students. The East Moline camp location was made possible this year thanks to a $12,000 grant from the Kenneth and Sharon Glassman Fund.

The East Moline site, located at Ridgewood Elementary, is in the heart of a community loved by the Glassmans. Kenneth passed away in 2001 and Sharon passed away in 2013. The fund is now managed by the Quad Cities Community Foundation. The Glassmans were interested in education, and providing opportunities for children who might not otherwise have them. Kenneth was a sheet metal worker in a factory setting and those who knew them say the couple would have wanted their legacy to be about helping individuals and families better themselves.

“They were very focused on supporting programs like ours that support people in East Moline,”


Hyper-fast Internet coming to parts of Westfield, but it's not from a company you'd guess

For a select group of Westfield residents, the annoyances of video buffering and long download times may soon be a thing of the past.

Westfield Gas and Electric, the city's municipal utility, is launching a fiber optic Internet pilot program that will provide speeds of up to one gigabit per second - the equivalent of downloading a two-hour movie in eight seconds, according to the company's website. Residents and business in the pilot area, which is bordered by Route 20, East Mountain Road and Rachael Terrace, can sign up now, with service expected to start in the third quarter of this year.

General Manager Daniel Howard said the move into public Internet service, which the companytrying to take control. He knows that relationship has to happen between the catcher and pitcher.

St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina exited Wednesday night's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the third inning after suffering a right thumb sprain while sliding hard into third base on an Allen Craig groundout. The team announced he will be re-evaluated Thursday before a course of treatment is decided upon:

INJURY REPORT: Yadier Molina left the game in the bottom of the 3rd inning with a right thumb sprain. Will be re-evaluated tomorrow.

Molina, 31, appeared to jam his hand into the base during the second inning and came up wincing in obvious pain, though he stayed in the game for the defensive half of the third inning. Manager Mike Matheny and the training


one cup,” it carried serious weight. And for poorest members of that congregation – they brought water and tasted wine. For a faith that transcended the social barriers and classes of the day, that was nothing short of a miracle. And if Jesus was pointing towards anything, I suspect it was that.

The sign he performed here at Cana, in Galilee, on the brink of his ministry – is the promise of a new age, a new order. A new way of being together – and as such a new politics – one that would bring with it, a new economics. In coming weeks, we’ll explore further how this new economics brought down the wrath of the Roman empire upon those early Christian communities – resulting in the widespreadOil market investors are pricing in only a small risk that Middle East unrest spreads to top oil producer Saudi Arabia -- an event that would instantly catapult oil to the top of the global economic risk list.

Assuming Saudi Arabia's oil flows unimpeded, the blow to global consumer spending looks relatively modest. Food prices, however, are expected to remain elevated for some time, which puts more pressure on household budgets.

"At the moment, the increase in food prices is much more of a concern," Thomas Helbling, an advisor in the International Monetary Fund's research department, told Reuters Insider.


Venezuelan migrants' dreams of new life dashed by Ecuador passport rule

Venezuelan migrants stand in line to register their exit from Colombia before entering Ecuador at the Rumichaca International Bridge in Ecuador August 17, 2018. -- Reuters photo

Tears welled up in Gabriel Malavolta's eyes on Saturday as he realized his dream of a new life in Peru was over, at least for now.

The 50-year-old mechanic fled Venezuela three days ago. He had hoped to make the overland crossing into Ecuador and then on to Lima, saying the deepening economic crisis in his homeland had left him without the basic means of survival.

Traveling by bus with his fiance Yenny to the border town of Ipiales in southwest Colombia, Malavolta said he heard on the final leg of the trip thatVenezuelan migrants have entered Colombia over the last 15 months, according to official estimates, but Ecuador has also received many refugees until now.

About 300 Venezuelans were lined up at the border crossing early on Saturday. Like Malavolta's fiancee, many indicated they had no passports to gain entry to Ecuador.

Peru's government announced immigration measures similar to Ecuador's on Friday, with passport requirements for Venezuelans beginning on Aug. 25.

In Ipiales, Venezuelan mirgrants who said they had hitchhiked for days were huddled under blankets in tents when a team of Reuters arrived there late on Friday. Exhausted and hungry from their travels, some had scraped a few pesos together to buy food.

‘I understand why Ecuador's doing this, it's for security, but we have to understand this is a particular phenomenon, given


Venezuela isn't issuing IDs to people leaving the country,’ Jorge Enrique Quiñónez, deputy representative of UNICEF Ecuador, told Reuters.

Over the last two years, especially, many Venezuelans have struggled to obtain passports amid the OPEC nation's political and economic chaos. Waiting in line for her passport to be stamped, 43-year-old Berta Casteñada, a Venezuelan math teacher, said she knew people who had been waiting for the prized documents for years.

‘It takes forever,’ she said.

Sitting on the floor outside a public toilet with her head in her hands, Adrianil Blanco sobbed.

She said she had spent two weeks hitchhiking and walking to reach the Rumichaca crossing. Her tattered canvas shoes were a testament to hardship.

Blanco had arrived at the border at 11 p.m., with an hour to spare. She said sheWASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Thursday, a coalition of mainstream Christians and progressive advocates will hold a media conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. to take back the mantle of religion from anti-LGBT extremists. They will offer a different, more enlightened vision for the future of America – one where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. The media event will take place one day prior to the annual Values Voter Summit, the annual conference that is organized by America's most virulent anti-gay activists.

The Values Voter Summit's featured speakers include individuals who send the destructive message that LGBT people are unworthy, morally and spiritually broken, and a danger to society.

BACKGROUND: This is National Coming Out Week. At Thursday's media conference, NALT Christians will


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An international sporting event set to begin in Miami Friday is now the focus of a fraud investigation — and, for thousands of excited participants and spectators, including many Canadians, a source of major disappointment, too.

Warren Cass had just stepped off the plane in Miami when he received an email from the organizers of the fourth annual World OutGames informing him that virtually all of its roughly 450 events — with the exception of aquatics, country western dance and soccer — had been cancelled, just hours before they were set to begin.

The Toronto athlete couldn't believe it.

"I was shocked. People have paid registration fees," he said. "There are people literally coming from all over the world that have been training for this for years ... and made avery large financial commitment to as well."

A water polo player, Cass is one of the few who will compete.

'Money I didn't need to spend'

CBC Toronto has confirmed the Miami Beach Police Department and Florida State Attorney's Office have opened a joint fraud investigation into the games.

The investigation follows an alleged "potential misappropriation of funds," states a release from the City of Miami Beach, which said it was "deeply concerned" about the cancellations.

The World OutGames are one of the largest high-profile competitions for LGBT athletes. They branched out from the Gay Games after a disagreement between organizers a decade ago, leading to the first World OutGames being staged in Montreal in 2006. The Gay Games were held that year in Chicago.

At his Mississauga home, Vincent Chan received the same


note as Cass did, citing financial challenges as the reason for the cancellation.

Vincent Chan spent all of Thursday packing ahead of his trip to Miami where he was supposed to be competing in an international badminton tournament. (CBC)

Chan just spent the day packing for the games, which he'd registered for back in January. His partner had registered too. Both had taken time off work and put in an estimated $2,500 in registration fees, airfare and hotel costs — all for naught, with the games now cancelled.

"All of that is money I didn't need to spend," the badminton athlete said. "It's just super irresponsible."

There's been no word about compensation, nor any word on why participants weren't told earlier. CBC Toronto reached out to the games' organizers Friday afternoon, buthas yet to receive a response.

'A gay man and an athlete'

For Chan, who said he's played badminton for about 35 years, it was supposed to be a chance to compete at a world level.

Paulo Senra participated in the games for the very first time in 2006.

"At that time I wasn't even out to any of my friends and family," the soccer player said from Toronto. "That was the first time I was able to see myself as a gay man and an athlete. And after those games, I actually came out."

Senra recalled walking into the arena in Montreal to an audience of some 40,000 people — and an unforgettable feeling of acceptance.

Paulo Senra participated in the very first World OutGames in Montreal in 2006. He says he decided


Toronto by phone.

For now, Cass said he hopes the organizers will take steps to salvage the games and reach out to all those who had been getting set to compete. So far, he and others say, the only communication they've had is the one that came hours ago, letting them know the games were cancelled.

"It's more than just a vacation, it's also more than just the money," he said. "You feel like you're something bigger than you, something international, something that really reaches across borders and unites people."

On the website for the World OutGames, the registration page remained active Friday night.

"The Board and staff of World OutGames Miami 2017 thank you for supporting this event," it reads. "We look forward to seeing you in Miami the place WHEREKuwait on Tuesday said that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the international community should work together to stave off Israel's criminal actions.

The remarks were made by Kuwait's Assistant Foreign Minister for International Affairs Nasser Al-Heyn in an "extraordinary" OIC session held in the Turkish city of Istanbul.

"Israel's flagrant violation of the sanctity of the Al-Aqsa mosque represents a new chapter in its violent and malicious tendencies," said the Kuwaiti diplomat.

He pointed out that grave humanitarian challenges are rife in the Middle East, chiefly, Israel's continued aggression towards the Palestinian people, saying the Palestinian cause tops the OIC's priority list.

Al-Heyn described Israel's efforts to alter the demographic landscape of Jerusalem as reprehensible and said that the international community has a responsibility to make sure that Jerusalem would


at the time of removal of the holder if the frictional resistance between the stopper and cannula is greater than the frictional resistance between the tubular member and stopper. Further, the use of a large-sized cannula would load the patient at the time of collection of blood samples.
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This book focuses on the different aspects that contributed to the development of Northeast American sports car racing during the 1950s. The evolution from amateur drivers racing on public roads in 1950, to both professional and amateur drivers racing at private, purpose-built tracks in 1959, demanded huge leaps of faith, trust and understanding. The transition was neither easy nor uneventful for drivers, clubs or track owners, and the tragedy, politics and intrigue that came to characterise the period are covered here in fascinating detail.Wisconsin and then unexpectedly lose the state to Trump.

Trump also went on to win Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, each of which voted twice for Barack Obama.

Milwaukee is among three finalists — Houston and Miami Beach are the other two — in the running to host the 2020 convention. The DNC is expected to announce its pick as early as next week.

“If the decision is made on the basis of where in the nation we need to focus our attention, then Milwaukee will be the choice,” Pritzker said.

Aside from Pritzker’s involvement, Chicago donors and business leaders are engaged in the effort, including Chicago Bulls CEO and President Michael Reinsdorf, a source close to Reinsdorf confirmed.

In August, a coalition of Midwestern senators signed on to a letter to the DNC


Who Is PLAYERUNKNOWN & Introduction

Who The Hell Is PLAYERUNKNOWN?

PLAYERUNKNOWN is actually Brendan Greene, who is the Creative Director at Bluehole, which developed PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. Greene is the man responsible for the Battle Royale genre, and I owe him my utter gratitude. The Battle Royale game mode is incredibly fun, and Battlegrounds has now become my favorite first-person shooter - totally blowing away games like Battlefield, at least IMO.

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Greene started off working on the Battle Royale game mode when he was working on ARMA, after which is licensed the game mode to Sony Online Entertainment, which is now Daybreak Games, who used the mode in H1Z1. H1Z1: King of the Kill was my first personal taste of Battle Royale, but PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds takes it toPlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.

Bluehole had their pre-alpha of Battlegrounds in June-September 2016, the alpha in October-December 2016, the closed beta in February-March 2017 before launching in Steam Early Access on March 23 - where they have enjoyed over 2 million sales since. The team is aiming for a September 2017 release for the full game.

Powered By Unreal Engine 4

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is in very Early Access form right now, with the game powered by Unreal Engine 4, meaning it looks great - but needs much more optimization before it's buttery smooth.

I've pumped around 100 hours into it so far, and I've found that with each patch, the team is delivering more and more performance. The recent change from v2.2.33 helped in a huge way, smoothing out the average performance of the


to help them closer resemble humans. People who opt to switch over to prosthetic bodies also have bio-synthetic hair, even though they're now cyborgs instead of being complete robots. In the later category, The Major is unusual for selecting an unnatural colour for her hair.

In Joss Whedon's run on X-Men, the Danger Room developed sapience and (after creating a body from an old Sentinel) became Danger◊. "She" has cables coming out of the back of her head that resemble hair.

Justified with the PICAs in David Weber's Safehold novels. They are built to be a perfect replica of a specific human being. The hair is usually "grown" from ingested organic materials (ie food that the PICA "eats").

Some of the more human-like robots (including Freya the protagonist) in Saturn's Childrenwhich resembled pony tails.

Most reploids from the Mega Man series (although the eponymous character hides his under his helmet most of the time). Mega Man ZX justifies the trope by explicitly saying it was an attempt to "making humans and reploids closer to each other to make better peace":

Mega Man Zero has Elpizo (blond), Omega (a pinkish/fuchsia ponytail sprouting out from the top of his helmet), and Kraft (dark spiky hair which appears to also form Go Nagai Sideburns), among others. Seeing as Omega's body is a shell/Power Limiter for Zero's original body, this means that Omega also shares Zero's infamous Rapunzel Hair.

Splash Woman (from Mega Man 9) and Fairy Leviathan fall into the "Mechanical Facsimile" category: their helmets frame their faces in a manner that resembles hair


witnessed in recent years. The ceilings remain high for every top seed. But no team in the field will enter this tournament as an infallible group. North Carolina is a strong group and favored by many to cut down the nets in Houston. But Tar Heels fans should keep the tissues close because Providence will defeat USC in the opening round and upset North Carolina in the second round.

Roy Williams and the No. 1 seeded-Tar Heels have a difficult road ahead of them in the East Region. Andy Mead/YCJ/Icon Sportswire

2. Three Final Four teams will come from the Big 12

Last season, the Big 12 earned the "best conference in America title" after sending seven teams -- 70 percent of the league -- to the NCAA tournament. But theof upperclassmen DeAndre Bembry and Isaiah Miles, will stop that momentum in the second round.

6. No Sweet 16 squads from the Pac-12

It's not just Oregon. The Pac-12 won't send any teams to the second weekend of the NCAA tournament. Nothing against the Pac-12. Great league throughout the regular season. But the NCAA tournament selection committee didn't give any Pac-12 team an easy path. Arizona may face Wichita State in the first round. That's vicious. Cal has to get through Hawaii and Maryland, possibly, to reach the Sweet 16. In the first round, Colorado has to deal with a Connecticut team that caught fire and won the American Athletic Conference tournament.

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7. Northern Iowa messes with Texas and Texas A&M on the way to the Sweet 16

Wes Washpun. Google the name now or just wait until he leads the Panthers to the Sweet 16 via upsets over the Longhorns and Aggies.

8. Kansas will win every game by double digits on the way to the national championship

The Jayhawks haven't lost since Jan. 25. They won the regular-season and conference tournament championships in the strongest league in the country. They're deep and backed by Devonte' Graham, Frank Mason, Wayne Selden and Perry Ellis. Get ready for a dominant Kansas run to coach Bill Self's second national title.

9. Temple will win the all-Philly matchup against Nova

Philadelphia is rich with college basketball interest. The NCAA tournament selection committee knew a potential second-round matchupTag: giveaways

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thrust of curiosity that leads men to try to go where no one has gone before.

(Note that there is a cover page and introduction, so the quote is actually on the third "page" of the scanned copy above).
As far as Roddenberry having heard it, it wasn't Roddenberry who originally brought the quote to Star Trek. Roddenberry's original narrative didn't include the quote, but according to The Making of Star Trek, one of the writers, Sam Peeples, suggested it as the title for an episode (which became the second pilot episode). It was subsequently worked into the opening narration as well.
It's not clear exactly where Peeples originally read the quote. Besides the White House booklet, very similar phrases had appeared in several places beforehand, including a famous quote byOscar Winners, Nominees Protest Jokes About Asians; Academy Responds

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has issued an apology after receiving a letter of protest from 25 Asian American members of AMPAS, including Oscar winners and nominees, over jokes made during the Academy Awards program on Feb. 28.

Although the absence of African Americans among this year’s nominees for best lead or supporting actor/actress was a major issue throughout the program, critics have accused host Chris Rock and the show’s producers of hypocrisy because of jokes about Asians.

Three Asian children were brought on stage and introduced as accountants from PricewaterhouseCoopers, which tabulates the votes for the Oscars — an apparent reference to the stereotype of Asians being good at math. Rock then added that if anyone was offended,


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Thirty-five-year-old Vimla Devi is mourning for her father-in-law, Basti Ram (60) who died barely three months after she lost her husband Purna Ram (42). Both men worked in the stone mines around Choti Khatu, in Nagaur district, Rajasthan. Both succumbed to silicosis. Vimla Devi has three children to look after. Her sons, 15 and 11, and her five-year-old daughter had not even been able to come to terms with their father’s death when their grandfather passed away. The family is left with no earning member. Ashok, the eldest son, has no choice but to take up a job in the same dreaded mines. The family has still not received any compensation from the government.

Silicosis is a deadly lung disease caused by breathing tinyto live beyond 60 years in the area, as most men who work as mine labourers die in their 40s and early 50s. The situation in another mining district that HT visited is no different. In the mine workers settlement of Jodhpur’s Bhil Basti 12 Meel, almost every home had a widow and a similar story to tell. Basu says that mine workers in the informal economy have little or no knowledge of the risks they face at work and are highly susceptible to occupational diseases such as silicosis and asbestosis (asbestosis is a chronic lung disease caused by over exposure to asbestos).

MINES OF DEATH

“My 2014-16 study of Jodhpur district points out that the husband starts falling ill in his 20s, and many die young in their 30s