Union shall strike the first name, the State Negotiator shall then strike one (1) name, and the process will be repeated and the remaining person shall be the arbitrator. Expenses for the arbitrator's services and the proceedings shall be borne equally by the Appointing Authority and the Union, however, each party shall be responsible for compensating its own representatives and witnesses. If either party cancels an arbitration hearing or asks for a last minute postponement that leads to the arbitrator's making a charge, the cancelling party or the party asking for the postponement shall pay this charge. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding upon the parties and the arbitrator shall be requested to issue his/her decision within thirty (30) calendar days after the conclusionteam are coming to terms with the huge expectations of people amid a media-driven leadership exercise. But how does one process thousands of complaints at one source?”

Be it Kerjiwal’s waiver on power tariff or cut in water rates, the Gujarat chief minister said confusion due to hasty decisions and announcements could leave the system even more damaged, without delivering any relief to the public.

Kiran Bedi criticises Kejriwal for 'Janata Darbar'

Modi told his BJP colleagues in Delhi about the SWAGAT (State Wide Attention on Grievances by Application of Technology) system of grievance redressal, which has been functional in Gujarat since 2003.

He said it was an innovative concept that enabled direct communication between the citizens and the CM, without people having to throng the corridors of the secretariat.

In Gandhinagar, the


he said.

The Gujarat chief minister suggested that Delhi study SWAGAT, which relies on information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure, particularly the Gujarat State Wide Area Network (GSWAN).

He said it connected the state secretariat with all central ministries and departments, the 25 district headquarters, the hundreds of district-level offices and all 225 taluka headquarters.

Delhi chief minister Kejriwal holds janata darbar, leaves midwayentire family.

When Marsha started learning with Esther, her husband Norm and children, Jeffrey and Jamie, were trailing behind her in observance, but that all changed in 2004 after Esther and Nosson graciously invited Marsha and her family to spend all 11 days of Pesach with their family in Brooklyn. At the time Marsha had been married to Norm a number of years, and they had recently transferred their children from public school to day school. Marsha was worried that Flatbush would be too intense for her family, but they embarked on the adventure, and Marsha sees this time as pivotal to the religious transformation of her entire family. She elaborates:

“My husband and I have always lived in a very secular Jewish community. He never wore a kippah every


I were in the bathroom at the end of the school day together and I saw her stop for a moment, mumble something to herself, and keep walking. I asked her if she was okay and she told me about Asher Yatzar. I was totally fascinated. Hadassa recommended that we became Partners in Torah, learning over the phone each week, and I very enthusiastically said, “Yes!”

“That was in February of 2004. I never stopped asking her questions, and I started my journey with one small step – I decided to take one hour out on Friday nights away from watching television! By July 2005, I had given up pork and shellfish and eating milk and meat together. And then, in August of 2005, my marriage fell apart. Iprogram located near Lake George, NY for college students and professionals. She knew Rabbi Drucker, Rav of Agudath Israel of Highland Park, NJ from this program, and I called him on her recommendation. He set me up with the Feuers of Highland Park for Shabbos. The Feuers are pillars of the community, and my community rapidly started expanding. Zehava introduced me to many of her friends, who were very welcoming, so then I started rotating Shabbosim in Highland Park amongst her friends. When Zehava went to the country in the summer, she introduced me to Rikki Samel, a phenomenal sheitle machor in town who knows just about everyone. Rikki introduced me to a whole new set of friends, and then I met Adina Pruzansky, another well-connected member of


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In the sea of chaos and uncertainty that is modern life, one of the most crucial struggles we wage is the struggle to achieve, and hold onto, peace of mind. Free Your Mind is both sage advice and the title of Boston-based Saxophonist/vocalist/educator Walter Beasley's new CD. "All I wanted to do", explains Beasley, "was accurately reflect the times and how I felt about them".

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allowed to pass.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) issued a statement in advance of the vote:

As the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I oversee the United States assistance to the United Nations. The United States is currently responsible for approximately 22 percent of the United Nations total budget. If the United Nations moves forward with the ill-conceived resolution, I will work to form a bipartisan coalition to suspend or significantly reduce United States assistance to the United Nations.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) agreed, in a statement after the vote: “The United States provides considerable financial assistance to the United Nations and Security Council members. The UN and nations supporting this resolution have now imperiled all forms of U.S. assistance. I look forward to workingProtoceratopsidae

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of the Government of India for fundamental and applied research. The award was instituted in 1958; it seems a monumental shame that only 14 women (out of over 450 total awardees) were given this award until 2012! It certainly doesn't bode well for women scientists in India.

Neuroscientist, faculty member at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai; major research interest: Genetic mechanisms and signaling pathways of the cerebral cortex and amygdala of the developing brain.

Professor at the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta; fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), and Indian National Academy of Engineering; main research interest: Computational Biology and genetic algorithms.

Professor at the School of Mathematics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai; Professor at Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; PhD student of Raman Parimala(see below); mathematician renowned for algebraic theory; fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS), NAS, Indian National Science Academy (INSA).

Emeritus Scientist, Bose Institute, CSIR; former professor, Department of Biochemistry, Indian Association of Cultivation of Science; main research interest: tumor biochemistry and molecular enzymology.

Physician Scientist with major focus on immune responses in Leprosy; recipient of innumerable national and international awards, including Padmashree, the fourth highest civilian award in India; fellow and former vice president of the NAS; fellow of the IAS, National Academy of Medical Sciences, and many other national and international bodies.

(1932-2008) Scientist in the field of Cytogenetics and Genetic Toxicology; founding editor of the international journal The Nucleus; Second woman to be conferred a Doctorate of Science (D.Sc.) by University of Calcutta formerly, professor of Botany, University


of Calcutta; member of INSA; author of several books on Chromosome and Genetic techniques. [Link to Obit]

(1917-2006) Formerly Professor of Chemistry, University of Calcutta; first woman to be awarded a D.Sc. by an Indian university (University of Calcutta); noted for her work in organic chemistry and medicinal plants; member of INSA. [Link to Obit]

In addition to above, the following is a list of elected women fellows of prestigious national science bodies in India, such as IAS, NAS, and INSA. This compilation is gleaned from the websites of IAS, INSA, as well as individual institutions of the concerned scientists.

Professor at the Molecular Biophysics unit, IISc; she did her PhD on collagen triple helix under the mentorship of world-renowned biophysicist GN Ramachandran; her work has elucidated the connection between DNAstructure and specific functions such as transcription initiation and replication.

Scientist and Director of the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai; she studies the dynamics and evolution of ionospheric irregularities, which are produced by unstable plasma in earth's ionosphere, and scatter radio frequency waves.

Adjunct professor, University of Pune; she developed a hairless mouse model sensitive to tumor initiation and promotion by environmental agents, such as tobacco; she has identified genetic polymorphisms that confer high oral cancer risk to tobacco users.

Honorary Scientist at the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, ICMR; her work has greatly enriched the fields of ribosomes and protein synthesis in Salmonella typhimurium, and of the functions of bacteriophage P22.

Director-In-Charge & Scientist, National institute of Virology; she has conducted excellent research work in pathogenesis of Hepatitis E


Virus (HEV) and antibody immunity against HEV infection in pregnant women; she has developed a vaccine Candidate for HEV.

Chief Scientist & Head, Division of Pharmacology, Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow; she has made seminal contributions in the understanding the role of Nitric Oxide in free-radical generation by innate immune cells, and in degenerative pathological conditions.

Professor of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, at IISc, Bangalore; current research focus includes molecular mechanisms of signalling mediated by cyclic nucleotides, and phosphodiesterase enzymes.

Professor of Plant molecular biology, Bose Institute, CSIR; she has worked on carbohydrate-binding insecticidal plant proteins that inhibit certain agricultural pests, and created transgenic rice, mustard, chickpea and tobacco that were resistant to these pests.

Formerly, Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, JNU; currently, adjunct professor, Special Center for Molecular Medicine,JNU; she has made numerous contributions to studies on mammalian physiological processes.

Primarily a mathematician, she is currently an Honorary Professor at the Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences of IISc; she has contributed significantly to the understanding of monsoon dynamics, tropical convection, coupling of the tropical atmosphere to the oceans and agricultural strategies for a variable climate; she also spearheaded the efforts culminating in the Indian Climate Research Programme (ICRP).

Professor at the Center for High Energy Physics, IISc, Bangalore; she has done important work on hadronic structure of high-energy photons; she is also known for her hypotheses around innovative ways to seek new particles.

Emeritus Professor at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Biotechnology, Bharati Vidyapeeth in Pune; she had established the cancer immunology division at Cancer Research Institute, and developed


the intracellular dormancy phenomenon of this bacterial pathogen.

Currently, a Professor of Mathematics at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Mohali; her research contributions have been in theory of valuations, function field theory and algebraic number theory.

Scientist affiliated with the Water Technology Center of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute; her work has involved photosynthesis in relation to crop productivity, mechanism of heterosis and drought resistance in crop plants, and she has successfully hybridized drought tolerant and high yielding wheat varieties.

Former Director of the National Institute of Nutrition, ICMR, where she also established the Advance Centre for pre-clinical toxicology at the Food and Drug Toxicology centre; her research has involved diet-cancer interactions, nutrient-drug interactions, environmental toxicology, non-communicable chronic diseases and vitamin B-complex deficiencies.

Former Additional Director General, ICMR,and founder Director of the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology, New Delhi; her work significantly progressed the understanding of cancer of uterine cervix, and the role of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in these cancers in India, she was also the Project Director of the National Cancer Registry Project and played a major role in establishing a network of population and hospital-based cancer registries for providing data for cancer research and control in India.

Senior Scientist at the Infectious Disease and Immunology division of the Indian Institute for Chemical Biology (IICB), Calcutta; her current research interest involves the study of glycosylation of biomolecules in various physiological and pathological conditions.

Physician Scientist with major focus on gastrointestinal ultra-structure; she made two important contribution to infectious disease research: (a) established an in


vaccine candidates.

Currently, a Professor of Biology at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali; formerly, a Professor at CCMB, Hyderabad. Her research interests include theoretical biology, nonlinear dynamics and complex systems, with the aim to understand the logic and design of biological processes. Her work has also involved analysis of epidemiological data of infectious diseases, studies in host-parasite evolution using genomic data and computational modeling, and use of graph theory to understand macroscopic properties of intracellular networks. In addition, she is an avid Science Educator.

Professor of Biochemistry, IISc, Bangalore; she has made significant contribution to the understanding of biochemistry and mechanism of viral infection of plants, and elucidated the natures of some plant viruses native to India; her work led to the development of transgenic cottonplants resistant to cotton leaf curl disease.

Staff Scientist, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi; her work has contributed to the understanding of the mechanisms of cellular defense from oxidative stress and modalities of cell death in both multicellular and unicellular environments; her earlier research involved physiology of reproduction and contraception, and she has served as a member of the ICMR Task Force on male contraception.

Professor of Zoology, Karnataka University; her research has made outstanding contributions to reproductive and behavioral ecology of South Indian Agamid lizards, elucidating reproductive events and socio-sexual mechanisms controlling reproduction. A first in her field in India, she successfully raised and bred the lizard Calotes versicolor in captivity, and demonstrated how the lizards trade-off energy for manipulation of many reproductive physiological processes; she was one


of the first to provide experimental proof to the "stress induced evolution of viviparity" hypothesis.

Formerly, a Professor of Mathematics at University of Delhi, and currently, an INSA Senior Scientist; she has worked in the "areas of linear operators in locally convex spaces, locally convex algebras, spectral synthesis on hypergroups, applications of harmonic analysis to differential equations and orthogonal polynomials, geometry of the range of a vector measure, and Quotient Rings of algebras of functions and operators" (Note: Text quoted from her INSA page, because I have no clue about Mathematics.)

Associate Professor, NCBS-TIFR; current research interests include analysis of higher level structure and function of proteins and theoretical prediction of protein function from its structure using Bioinformatics and Genome Analysis tools.

Former Director of the Malaria Research Center, ICMR; aninsect geneticist by training, she focused on biology, epidemiology, as well as insecticide resistance of mosquito vectors of various diseases including Malaria; her studies paved the way for the genetic control of mosquitoes; she also developed diagnostic assays to identify non-vector sibling species to the vectors, which helped develop effective control strategies for the malaria vectors.

Professor of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune; she is recognized for her work on nanomaterials, hard coatings and high strength aerogels, and she was made noteworthy contributions in the field of Nanotechnology, Materials Science and Surface Science; she is also an enthusiastic author and science communicator.

Mathematical Scientist at TIFR; she is regarded as an expert in the field of "moduli spaces of torsionfree sheaves on singular curves" (Note. Again,


formulating national policy in this area.

Professor of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University; her area of research is the taxonomy and developmental biology of terrestrial and aquatic nematodes. She is an internationally acknowledged expert in nematode taxonomy, and has contributed to the existing knowledge by inventorying numerous nematode taxa specific to the Indian habitats; she also studied their role as indicators in assessment of the environment quality particularly of Indian wetlands. She holds the distinction of being the first Asian to receive ONTA (Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America) Special Award (2005) for sustained excellence in Nematology.

Professor, Center for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore; her research work specializes in the evolutionary ecology of inter-species interactions, and she investigates the sensory biology of these interactions, especially their chemical and visual ecology, usingvarious insects as model systems.

An accomplished danseuse in the Odissi tradition of India, Priyambada Mohanty-Hejmadi left her dance recitals in favor of pursuing a career in science, which eventually brought her a Padmashri. She was a former vice-chancellor of Sambalpur University, and was an Emeritus Professor of Zoology at Utkal University, both in Orissa; she was one of the first scientists to demonstrate the phenomenon of homeosis, substitution of body parts, in vertebrates [Link to PDF], and had once worked on temperature-dependent sex determination in Olive Ridley turtles of Orissa, an effort which made way for conservation of these endangered species.

Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore; her group studies host-pathogen interaction in Malaria, and the current research interests


immune pathways involved using gene expression profiling.

Physician Scientist in the Department of Gastroenterology, Christian Medical College, Vellore; her research focuses on enteric infections, including rotaviral diarrhea, in children. She studies transmission modes and immune responses to design interventions, and hospital- and community-based disease surveillance utilizing new molecular techniques. Her clinical research work on rotavirus vaccines has lead to the establishment of facilities for Phase I to Phase III studies, as well as laboratory support for vaccine evaluation.

Professor of Plasma Physics, the Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar; her research in plasma science and electron-magentohydrodynamics has brought her international recognition; her work on "Study of Plasma Turbulence" brought her the recognition from the Department of Atomic Energy - Science Research Council for the Outstanding Research Investigator award in 2006.

Currently, Professorof Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali; her work on Chaotic systems is internationally known, and has been featured in the media in connection with its implications for computing systems.

Professor of Physics, SN Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Calcutta; her current research interests include: first principles electronic structure calculation and study of magnetic, optical and electronic properties of complex materials, and realistic theory of strongly correlated electron system.

Scientist, CCMB, Hyderabad; her research interest involves the process of gene transcription in relation to the chromosome, emphasizing on assembly of eukaryotic transcription complexes, epigenetics of transcription, chromatin organization, dynamics, and mechanisms.

Professor Emeritus, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, IISc, Bangalore; her major research interests are transcription and replication processes catalysed by the RNP complex of two


morbilliviruses, and the development of recombinant subunit vaccines; she is also working to understand the molecular epidemiology of the bacteria Streptococcus in India.

Executive Director, Fluorosis Research & Rural Development Foundation; formerly, Professor of Anatomy and Chief of the Fluoride and Fluorosis Research Laboratories at AIIMS; she has been a vocal opponent of artificial fluoridation of water, and has made depositions against the process in many countries.

CSIR Emeritus Professor of Molecular Biophysics, IISc, Bangalore; her main research interest is focused on the understanding of Protein-Structure, Folding, Function and Dynamics through computational biology approaches.

Professor, TIFR Center for Applicable Mathematics; her main area of research is in the analysis of solutions of partial differential equations, which includes questions related to existence, uniqueness and qualitative properties of solutions; her work has importantrecognized for her work in magnetism in Condensed Matter, strongly correlated systems and exactly soluble quantum models. Her current research interests also include Quantam Information theory, Statistical Mechanics, and Systems Biology.

(1953-2010) Formerly, Professor of Biology at TIFR, Mumbai; Senior Professor at the NCBS-TIFR, Bangalore; was internationally recognized as a pioneer in the field of neurobiology of smells [Link to Obit].

(1924-2009) Formerly, Professor and Chair of Department of Physical Chemistry at Jadavpur University, Calcutta; she had the distinction of being the first woman member of the Indian Society of Lighting Engineers, and was the founder of Indian Photobiology Society [Link to Obit].

(1897-1984) Emeritus Scientist with Center for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras; main research interest: cytogenetics, plant geography, ethnobotany; recipient of Padmashri for her contribution to science.


[Link to Life and Times.]

(1938-2007) Former Professor of Plant Molecular Biology at JNU; mid-60s onwards, she did seminal work that gradually established her as an expert of Plant tissue culture and Plant Biotechnology; fellow of IAS and NAS. She had a charming, serious personality, and was extremely pro-student as a professor. [Link to Obit].

(1929-2012) Dr. Swaran (sometimes written as Swarn) Nityanand is the mother of Dr. Sonia Nityanand whose name features above; I mention this because PubMed and other database searches for her are made difficult by the fact that her daughter, also "S Nityanand", has been featuring prominently in research papers from around late 90s. Dr. Swaran Nityanand appears to have been a long term associate of the Central Drug Research Institute of Lucknow; during this time,she was involved in research, development and clinical trials of at least three medicinal substances: centporpazine, an anti-depressant; centchroman, a non-hormonal anti-fertility agent (which works by selectively inhibiting estrogen receptors, and is still in use in India under a few brand names); and gugulipid, a cholesterol-lowering agent of plant origin (from gum of the Myrrh tree Commiphora wightii; despite favorable mode of action, its performance in large-scale clinical trials was questionable). She also appears to have worked on atherosclerosis and pulmonary hypertension. I couldn't find much more information on her.

Apart from these luminaries, I learnt about several other celebrated women scientists of India in course of this exercise: see the following list. Note that I have tried to include only those who made some contribution to science as


a researcher - which means I have omitted some names of accomplished women professionals in the field of medicine and healthcare.

Professor of Physics at the Theoretical Sciences Unit, JNCASR, Bangalore; her current research interests include Condensed Matter physics, physics of metal surfaces and computational nanoscience. She is also a vocal advocate of women's participation in science in India.

Born in 1944, she had the distinction of being simultaneously many firsts: the first woman officer to have completed the Defence Service Staff College course in 1978, and to command the Indian Air Force's Central Medical Establishment; the first woman Air Force officer to become an aviation medicine specialist, and eventually the Director General Medical Services (Air); the first woman officer to be promoted to the rank of Air Vice Marshaland then Air Marshal; the first woman Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Society of India and the first Indian woman to have conducted scientific research at the North Pole (during late 80s, studying the physiology of extreme cold acclimatization). She was also the the first Lady Honorary Surgeon to the President of India.

Professor of Physical Sciences at JNU; her varied research interests include Experimental and Theoretical Quantum Optics, Laser Physics, Nonlinear Optics, Quantum Information, Quantum Measurement, and Magneto-Optics. She is well known for her advocacy for gender-justice and environment-consciousness.

Senior Professor of Chemistry at the Bose Institute, Calcutta; her current research interests include host interactions with pathogens Helicobacter pylori and Mycobacteria, stress response in Mycobacteria in cellular and genetic level, and study of bacterial efflux pumps and their role


in drug resistance.

Currently, Professor of Physics at IIT Madras, with research interest in nonlinear dynamics, statistical physics, and chaos; she also studies spatio-temporal intermittency in extended systems, chaotic advection and networks.

A physicist and Fellow of the NAS, she is currently Scientist and Coordinator of the Bioinformatics Center, IICB, Calcutta; she specializes in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. Her wide research interests include in silico analysis of genome/proteome architectures of host/vector/pathogen systems, and she is internationally acclaimed for her work in these areas.

Physicist, currently an Associate Professor at the SN Bose National Center for Basic Sciences, Calcutta; her research interests include complexities in natural/granular and intelligent systems, whose examples abound in the natural and human world. She has explored game theory, nonlinear dynamical systems, theories of surfaces and interfaces, andin Science project of the Indian Academy of Sciences, called Lilavati's daughters; it is a collection of biographical essays about past women scientists of India, as well as autobiographical essays written by some current women scientists.

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I don't know if this qualifies as an Indian scientist, but turns out that the ME in the Trayvon Martin Murder trial was trained in India. "As a native of Madras, South India, Rao received her Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology from Stella Maris College in India, as well as a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from St. John’s Medical School at Bangalore University in India. In addition to fulfilling the requirements for the Federal Licensing Examination to become board certified in the U.S., Rao completed both a one-year


hosted an Olympic Games. The wheel of fortune is likely spinning back to an American venue. Most communities lunge at the opportunity to bid for the Olympics; they bring world recognition and a tsunami of capital improvements and enhanced infrastructure. Many people still remember how Squaw Valley successfully hosted the 1960 Winter Games, an event that showcased the area's sheer natural beauty and the Tahoe-Truckee region as a year-round playground.

It's been 53 years since those Games at Squaw Valley. Alex Cushing, the man who convinced skeptical international delegates to vote for his California "cow pasture" always said he considered landing the 1960 Games a "miracle." Fewer folks are aware of Tahoe City's failed attempt to garner the 1932 Winter Games, a disappointment that forever changed how California promoteswinter sports. It also launched an alpine skiing revolution that benefited from new conveyances like rope tows that eliminated the tedious uphill climb. Better skis and equipment also made downhill skiing easier and more fun. Before 1932 visitors reached Truckee by train, but that year California's legislature funded snow removal on Highway 40, which crossed the Sierra between Sacramento and Reno. Thousands of avid skiers thronged up the plowed road to patronize ski areas that sprouted up from Cisco to Donner Pass.

Truckee had initiated a popular annual winter carnival in 1895, so locals were familiar with catering to the winter sports crowd. Then, as now, people played hard and partied hard at night. Sledding and toboggan slides, ice skating, and cross-country skiing were among the most popular daytime


activities. Dining, drinking and dancing pumped money into community and business coffers. Ski clubs formed in Truckee, Tahoe City, Auburn and Reno, Nev. Ski jumps were built, and tournaments held to develop the athletic skills of local youths and adults.

By the late 1920s, many businessmen wanted to expand California's winter sports industry. Truckee had its downhill ski area and wooden scaffold jump at Hilltop across the river from downtown. Not to be outdone, Tahoe City established a Winter Sports Grounds at what is now Granlibakken Resort, and in 1927 built an on-the-snow "trajectory" jump on a small slope marketers dubbed "Olympic Hill." In 1929, the United States was chosen by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to host the 1932 Olympics, summer and winter. A wave of excitement spreadover the nation's snow country as advocates began speculating about which state would be selected for the coveted event. Competition to host the first Winter Olympics in the United States grew into an intense contest between three established snow play areas; Yosemite National Park, North Lake Tahoe, and Lake Placid near Whiteface Mountain, New York. Yosemite had the opulent Ahwahnee Hotel; Lake Placid promised to construct modern facilities; and Lake Tahoe promoters boasted of a $3 million bankroll that could build anything the IOC wanted.

In California the odds were stacked against Lake Tahoe. Yosemite enjoyed a well-deserved reputation for scenery and political support that ran all the way to the White House. The Golden State secured the Summer Games for Los Angeles, but the Winter Olympics movement ran


into opposition. Businesses and chambers of commerce marketing California's mild year-round climate feared the emphasis on snow and mountains would harm their efforts.

There was another problem. At the time, California skiers were poorly organized and there were only a few ski clubs, and none affiliated with the National Ski Association. This lack of organization played a major role in 1929 when the IOC turned down the Yosemite bid during a meeting in Switzerland. Ultimately, Lake Placid was picked because of its location in upstate New York's snowbelt and its history of staging winter sports events. The Olympic rejection was disappointing, but it served as a catalyst for the emergence of California as a winter sports powerhouse. The Chamber of Commerce switched gears and embraced winter sports as aJim In the News

By Dan Roberts

The conservative Republican who co-authored America's Patriot Act is preparing to unveil bipartisan legislation that would dramatically curtail the domestic surveillance powers it gives to intelligence agencies.

Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner, who worked with president George W Bush to give more power to US intelligence agencies after the September 11 terrorist attacks, said the intelligence community had misused those powers by collecting telephone records on all Americans, and claimed it was time "to put their metadata program out of business".

His imminent bill in the House of Representatives is expected to be matched by a similar proposal from Senate judiciary committee chair Patrick Leahy, a Democrat. It pulls together existing congressional efforts to reform the National Security Agency in the wake of disclosures by whistleblower Edward


public trust that followed Snowden's disclosures, which revealed how the NSA was collecting bulk records of all US phone calls in order to sift out potential terrorist targets.

In July, a temporary measure to defund the NSA bulk collection programme was narrowly defeated in a 217 to 205 vote in the House, but Sensenbrenner said the appetite for greater privacy protections had only grown since.

"Opinions have hardened with the revelations over the summer, particularly the inspector general's report that there were thousands of violations of regulations, and the disclosure that NSA employees were spying on their spouses or significant others, which was very chilling," he told the Guardian in an interview.

Instead, the main opposition to Sensenbrenner and Leahy's twin-pronged effort is likely to come from the chair of thethe law, and we need to change the law quickly."

Publication of the House version of the USA Freedom bill, jointly sponsored by Democrat John Conyers, has been held up by the government shutdown, which has furloughed a number of congressional legal staff, but is still expected within the next few days.

A spokesman for Leahy's office told the Guardian on Thursday that the senator was still on track to introduce his version of the legislation through the Senate judiciary committee once the shutdown effects had passed.

The main thrust of the bill would tighten section 215 of the Patriot Act to limit the collection of business records such as telephone metadata, to instances where the NSA was able to convince courts set up under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Fisa)


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Fort recovery middle school is a public school locatedFlying Lotus, Shabazz Palaces, and Thundercat have announced a new project called WOKE. Their first release is "The Lavishments of Light Looking", which was shared as part of Adult Swim's Singles program. The song also features Parliament-Funkadelic's George Clinton. Listen to it above and download it here.

This year's Adult Swim Singles lineup also includes DOOM and Ghostface Killah's DOOMSTARKS project, Run the Jewels, Flying Lotus, Chromatics, Owen Pallett, Shabazz Palaces, Skrillex, Slayer, D∆WN (formerly Dawn Richard), and Swervedriver, among others.

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1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to an uninterruptible power supply and, in particular, to an uninterruptible power supply, a battery assembly thereof, and a charging-discharging method thereof.
2. Related Art
In order to maintain continuous operation of server equipment, the server equipment nowadays is usually equipped with an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). When the electrical power supplied to the server equipment is interrupted, the UPS provides a backup power supply to the server equipment.
The conventional UPS usually includes a host computer and a battery. The host computer is electrically connected to the main power source, the server equipment, and the battery. When the main power source is normal, the host computer distributes the power supplied from the main power source for operation of the server equipment and electrical chargingthereby facilitates the shaving procedure. This device is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,167,069 issued to Quinn, which discloses a telescopically extendable and retractable body having a manual handle at one end and a pivoting razor shaving assembly at the opposite end. The body consists of a first and second tubular member which are telescopically interconnected, the first tubular member being pivotally connected to the shaving assembly support arm and the second tubular member being inserted into the handle assembly. The telescoping connections between the first and second tubular members and the handle assembly enable the apparatus to be extended to three different lengths depending on the needs of the user. The first and second tubular members are spring-biased by a coil spring to their telescopically extended positions


Angulation of the radius in children's fractures.
A study of 79 children with malunion of forearm fractures is presented. Age at the time of injury, the site of the fracture and the degree and direction of angulation at union were correlated with loss of forearm rotation at review 3.5 to 6 years later. Some guidelines are proposed for the acceptability of angular deformity at union, importance being placed on the avoidance of radial deviation of the radius, and the maintenance of the interosseous gap between the shafts of the radius and ulna.1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to covers for infant car seats and, more particularly, to an infant and infant car seat cover having an elastic band enclosed within the hem of the cover and having a flap centrally located within the upper half of the cover with means for closure of said flap in the form of engaging mating pieces of hook and loop material located on the periphery of the flap and the centrally located opening of the infant cover and further said flap having an aperture located at the base of the flap providing air circulation within the infant cover when said flap is in the fully closed position thereby said flap selectively provides means for protecting newborns and infants from adverse


FBI. Yet my people nor myself do not know why you would be so concerned about an organization that has brought so much shame to the American people, but you are. Your conduct during this trial leaves no doubt, that you will do the bidding of the FBI without any hesitation.

You are about to perform an act which will close one more chapter in the history of the failure of the United States Courts and the failure of the people of the United States to do justice in the case of a native American. After centuries of murder, of murder of millions of my people, brothers and sisters, by the white race of America could I have been wise in thinking that you would break that tradition and, HONORABLE JAMES GARDNER COLINS, Senior Judge

OPINION BY
JUDGE McCULLOUGH                                         FILED: July 14, 2017

            Dr. Carlinda Purcell (Purcell) appeals from a June 21, 2016 order of the
Court of Common Pleas of Berks County (trial court), which affirmed an adjudication
of the Reading School District (District) terminating Purcell from her position as
District Superintendent.

                           Facts


on November 5, 2013),
was not a Loudermill notice but rather constituted a Notice of Right to Hearing and
Statement of Charges, along with a recommendation to terminate. (R.R. at 160-62.)
             After Purcell and her lawyer did not appear for the hearing which had
been set for November 5, 2013, the Board continued the hearing to a date not
specified in the record, but neither Purcell nor her lawyer was able to attend that
rescheduled hearing. The Board denied the request for another continuance, held a
hearing on November 19, 2013, and terminated Purcell “on or about November 26,
2013.” (Trial court op. at 2.)

                  on the grounds of neglect of duty, incompetency, and immorality. (R.R. at
838.)
                 The first of the charges under section 1080 was based on the testimony
of former Board member James Washington, who said that the Board told Purcell that
three schools within the District needed building principals on a permanent basis
before the start of the 2013-14 school year, but that Purcell appointed two District
employees to fill two of the vacancies, without Board approval, which is also in
violation of section 580 of the School Code. Ultimately, none of the positions were

        1
            Section 508 of Act of


for Lake Erie by 2016.

Canada and the U.S. agreed to develop domestic action plans by no later than February 2018 to help meet the new targets.

Environmental groups praised the 40 percent reduction agreement.

"The adoption of the phosphorus reduction loading targets for Lake Erie is a critical step towards the restoration of Lake Erie," said Mike Shriberg of the National Wildlife Federation. "Collective agreement on the targets on both sides of the border positions all parties for coordinated action on meeting the shared goal of a healthy Lake Erie."

Last June, Ohio, Michigan and Ontario signed a pact agreeing to reduce phosphorus by 40 percent by 2025, with an interim goal of 20 percent by 2020. The Ohio EPA is expected to offer its proposal for ways to meet thoseHistory of USDA poisonous plant research.
Research on poisonous plants was instituted by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a result of serious livestock poisoning by plants as the pioneers moved west in the mid-to-late 1800s and early 1900s. Historical records indicate the USDA began poisonous plant research in 1894 under the direction of Mr. V. K. Chestnut, a botanist (Table 1 briefly summarizes those who have directed poisonous plant research from the inception to the present). Mr. Chestnut's responsibility (1894-1904) was primarily administrative, although he did extensive field work in Washington and Montana. Temporary field stations were set up to study specific poisonous plant problems. These included field stations at Hugo and Woodland Park, Colorado, and Imperial, Nebraska (1905-1909), to study locoweed; Gunnison, Colorado (1910-1912), to


primarily study larkspur; and Greycliff, Montana (1912-1915), to study the poisonous plants of the Yellowstone Valley. Dr. Rodney True replaced Mr. Chestnut in 1904 and in 1905 hired Dr. C. D. Marsh (1905-1930) to establish the temporary field stations listed above. In 1915 a permanent facility was established at Salina, Utah, under the direction of C. D. Marsh who remained in charge until 1930 when he retired; he was followed by A. B. Clawson until 1937 when Dr. Ward Huffman was placed in charge. Research on poisonous plants was located at the Salina Experiment Station until 1955 when the station was closed and the laboratory moved to the campus of Utah State Agricultural College at Logan, Utah, where it is currently located. Dr. Wayne Binns was hired asthe director of the laboratory in 1954 and retired in 1972. In 1972 Dr. Lynn F. James, who joined the PRPL staff in July 1957, was appointed as Research Leader and presently directs the research at the Poisonous Plant Research Laboratory.


new precedent that would make it harder to succeed in the future,” Chervinsky wrote in an email.

The partial shutdown, which affects a number of government departments including the U.S. Treasury (of which the SEC is a part), began on Dec. 22 following disagreements over the funding of a proposed wall on the U.S.-Mexico border sought by U.S. President Donald Trump. It is the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

Caught in the crossfire of the shutdown are a number of other projects in the crypto space, including bitcoin futures platform Bakkt and crypto trading platform ErisX, both of which are waiting for the Commodity Futures Exchange Commission – an independent U.S. agency that has also been affected by the funding lapse – for approvals.

Capitol Hill image via ShutterstockWORRY DOLL

As a child Elsa had always been anxious and shy. Almost painfully so. Meeting new people had been what she dreaded most, alongside heights. At three years of age her mother had found just the thing. A tradition that had been suggested by one of her maids.

A worry doll. A little doll that the child could tell all of her fears and secrets. A confidant for a child that had none her age. So a doll was found and chosen by the Queen. The doll was dressed finely in green and had the brightest red hair done up in pigtails. Her button eyes were teal and she even had freckles. The gift came in winter, and Elsa fell in love with her doll right away.

After a little


deliberation between Elsa and her mother the Queen, the doll was christened Anna. From then on, where so ever Elsa went, so did Anna.

Every little worry and woe was shared with the cherished doll. Even the meeting of strangers like the ambassadors or her new teachers they weathered together. Formal dinners had the doll hidden under her chair as Elsa bravely finished her veggies like a good girl. They even spent many a sleepover in tidy pillow forts made with what had to be all the pillows in the castle.

When Elsa turned eight, she had the joy of informing Anna that there was to be a new family member. As the royals of Arendelle had been blessed with the announcement of her mother’s pregnancy by the royal physician.childish things. Which, sadly, included a little loyal doll with teal button eyes.

This was only proven further when in ten years she lost her parents. In her grief she sealed herself away in the castle. Throwing all of her attention and thought into learning to be a good queen. To give her people everything they needed and to be as good a ruler as her parents before her. In her grief she ignored her own worries, her own fears.

And so three years passed, and it was the night before the coronation. On that night she missed her parents more than ever. Wishing they were there; for advice, for comfort. Hundreds of people were coming to the event, and all of them would be watching her, the main event.


Worse, most of them would be strangers and the representatives of other nations. What if she made some mistake?

Her fear held her so that she hid as night came on. She needed the solitude to pull herself back together, to settle her nerves. With all of the servants hard at work throughout the castle she eventually sought out that solitude in the depths of the attic. There she found herself hidden and safe from curious prying eyes.

It was dim and there was enough dust to choke on, but for all that it was secluded. There was little chance of a servant coming up here for any reason and so she tolerated it. In the dark she found the only glass window, bright with moonlight, and sat beneath it.By that light, scant as it was, she managed to see something she was shocked to find. A portrait of her dear mother and father.

It had come to pass that she had stopped looking into the various portraits downstairs. Years of grief had her memorize where each and every single one was. It hurt to look upon them. It hurt to see smiles she would never see in person again. Faces done in paint did nothing to capture their voices, their warm hugs and the love they had for their daughter.

Downstairs she was soon to be the crowned Queen of Arendelle. But here in the dark, with an already heavy heart she could do naught but allow herself to sit and cry like she had lost them all


don't change from here on out; they simply evolve naturally.

Firefly is set several centuries in the future, where mankind has expanded civilization to planets outside of our solar system, terraforming planets for human life.

If anyone is worried about the science fiction element of this show, that's about as science fiction-y as it gets. Apart from the setting and the fact that the main characters live on a spaceship, the show is about as grounded in the human element as anything out there.

We meet Malcolm (Mal) Reynolds first, who is knee-deep in battle during a civil war. Mal believes in his cause, and his faith in God is unwavered in the midst of the battle. That is, until he and his comrade, Zoe, are deserted by their command, causinghim to lose everything. The Alliance, a merger of two political superpowers (the American and Chinese governments) is the winning side of this war.

Six years later, Mal is operating as captain of his own ship (Serenity) and crew in the shadows of the Alliance, pulling illegal salvage jobs and barely scraping by financially. Mal's first mate is Zoe, who is now married to Wash, the jocular yet talented pilot of Serenity.

Serenity's crew includes the mechanic Kaylee, whose mind for machines is as bright as her sunny disposition. We meet Inara, who is a "Companion," this being an era in time where prostitution is one of the most highly regarded professions.

Then there's Jayne, who is surly, crass, money-hungry and impulsive, but not quite as heartless and dumb as he


appears to be.

When a salvage job goes bad, Mal and his crew are forced to pick up some passengers, who turn out to be a whole lot of trouble, as two of them are Alliance fugitives and one is an Alliance agent. They also pick up Shepherd Book, a Christian pastor who ends up at odds with Malcolm; Book is a man of faith, and Mal lost his faith when he lost the war.

Our introduction to Dr Simon Tam is a great misdirect. Every indication is given that Simon is a shady, pretentious doctor with a secret. It isn't till later that we see he's really a softie with a heart for his sister River, a prodigious teenager who was abused by the government.

Each character has several definingmoments in the pilot.

For example, we see a lot of who Mal is during his confrontation with Badger, his prank on Simon, his conversation with Simon at the end of the episode, and his rather unceremonious resolution of the problem with the Alliance agent on board the ship.

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Wash's character was as defined by his evasion of the Reaver ship as it was by his


playtime with the toy dinosaurs. We see who Jayne is when he crudely embarrasses Kaylee at the dinner table, when he smartly interrogates and intimidates the Alliance agent, but also when he watches quietly as Kaylee fights for her life after being shot.

During Inara's first conversation with Shepherd Book, the pastor that joins the ship, she mentions that Malcolm intrigues her because so few men are mysterious anymore. Ironically, she says this to a shepherd who is a little too skilled at disarming a man with a gun.

We get great introductions to all the characters on the ship, but the pilot also sets the tone for what this show is going to be: basically, it's a western set in space. They're on a spaceship, but they dress, speakand carry weapons straight out of a John Wayne movie.

The integration of modernism of the central planets with old western motifs of the border planets speaks to the political and social climate in which the show is set.

Even the music of the show tells the story, the score being a beautiful combination of Western and Eastern musical influences. The sharp, witty dialogue of the show brings levity which helps weave in and out of dark and serious territory.

The pilot episode of Firefly is one of the best pilots I've ever seen, and really set the stage for some great story-telling in the next 13 episodes to come.

OTHER NOTES:

The characters all speak English and occasionally Mandarin; this is a result of the American/Chinese governments in power.

Quite a bit of


Yoan Antonac could record an out. In fact, for the sixth time in seven games, the home side scored in the opening frame.

It was Kyron Bibis, who has served in the leadoff spot with Victor Ngoepe unavailable for the three games in Cape Town, who got South Africa started. The centerfielder walked to start the game and went to third on a two-bagger by Nicholas Eagles. Ebersohn then drove both runners home on a single to centre. Antonac, as he did in first start, recovered momentarily to notch a pair of strikeouts, but his defence let him down.

Benjamin Smith bounced a ball to shortstop that should have erased Ebersohn, but the transfer was bungled and South Africa had two on. Dayle Feldtman made France pay with a hitturned into a nifty double play, but veteran Andy Paz singled through the left side to break up the shutout.

An inning later, South Africa’s defence imploded. Leonel Céspedes started a rally with a leadoff double and José Paula joined him on the bases after a walk. A double steal moved both runners into scoring position and groundball by Kovals turned into a two-error, two-run safe call. Gleeson then bounced another ball to shortstop with the same result, with Kovals coming around to score. A fourth error on the infield sent Gleeson to third, but the unlucky Timothy Lee finally generated a grounder that was fielded and the nightmare inning was over. France, however, had posted three runs on the board.

The next two half-innings saw three-up, three-down in each,


with South Africa clinging to a 5-4 lead. A switch by France to Jonathan Mottay, however, jumpstarted South Africa’s bats again.

With one down against Mottay, Ebersohn mashed a longball to centre for one run and Brandon Bouillon took a pitch before belting his four-bagger, targeting the left field wall for back-to-back jacks. A pair of walks spelled the end of the day for Mottay and Clémént Esteban had to come in to get France out of the inning.

Neither club could change the 7-4 scoreline until the eighth inning. Yesterday’s hero Kyle Botha, who had entered as a defensive replacement at first, led off with a base on balls issued by Franklín de la Rosa and moved over two bases on an errant pickoff throw and a wild pitch.After a free pass to Cordier, Bibis drove a ball to centre for the sacrifice fly and Eagles drew yet another base on balls.

Up stepped Ebersohn and crushed a home run to right field and the scoreboard changed to double digits for the fourth time in seven games. Jayde Thorne then concluded the contest with a quick 1-2-3 and South Africa celebrated its resounding series win.

South Africa picked up 110 rankings points during the recently concluded Under-23 World Cup and will add at least six more points for its defeat of France. As previously reported [link], when the new WBSC World Rankings are released, South Africa will find itself at No. 23, quite possibly the first time it appears inside the Top 25. France will fall a place


to 25th.

Ebersohn finished 3-for-5 with six RBI and three runs, the only player on either side with more than one hit. His pair of dingers gave him five in his last 10 games. Bibis reached base three times in the victory. South Africa totalled nine hits and eight walks as a team, while France could muster only five hits and four free passes. Maxime Lefevre, Paz, Céspedes, Paula, and Kovals all had a hit and a walk for France.

Six pitchers saw action for France, with Antonac (0-1) taking the loss. The Phillies’ farmhand had his second-straight rough appearance as one of the youngest players in the tournament. Bodet put in one of France’s better pitching performances of the series with three innings of one-run relief, sending down threeThe second edition of the best-selling original Groove Essentials features a book and CD package with 53 brand new grooves and over 100 variations for intermediate to advanced players.

The companion play-Along book and CD contain over 90 tracks, including every song from the DVD in their full-length versions, minus the drums; allowing drummers to expand their skills by playing any of the grooves with a band and recording themselves on audio or video (optional) to help facilitate the learning process. These tracks also supply a variety of fill-in and soloing opportunities to challenge advanced players.

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Gibson Township, Michigan

Gibson Township is a civil township of Bay County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The township's population was 1,210 as of the 2010 census. It is included in the Bay City Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Communities
Bentley is an unincorporated community in the township, situated at the intersection of Standish Road and Bentley Road. (; Elevation: 738 ft./225 m.) The community was named after Oscar Bentley, the proprietor of a sawmill.

History
A post office was opened on Feb 26, 1887, called Bently. A post office was opened on Stevenson Road just east of Standish Road on March 15, 1900, called Glover and operated for exactly five years. On June 30, 1909, the Bently post office was renamed Bentley.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total areaThe fine structure of adult Onchocerca volvulus. V. The digestive tract and the reproductive system of the female worm.
The morphology of the oesophagus, the intestine, the ovary, the uterus, the vagina and some inclusions in the body cavity are described in worms of different ages. The oesophagus wall comprises mostly muscle fibrils and a few glandular regions located only in the posterior portion. In the lumen, some material was found. From the anterior to the posterior end, the lumen of the intestine is reduced. The plasm of the intestinal cells of older worms is filled with concentric spherules containing iron, which are absent in mature but not full-grown worms. The ovarial cells contain in their outer region some fibrils and in the inner region some dense bodies. The


ring-muscles of the uterine wall run in clefts of the basal lamina. They usually have accumulated iron containing bodies. In the final portion of the uterus and in the vagina the muscles are very thick. A comparison of the general morphology of the midbody regions of young, not full-grown worms, one less than five years old worm and some worms at least five years old is given.troop in early 1906. Nai Sobe Sonbai III was banished to Sumba and later died on Timor in 1922. In modern West Timor he is considered an anti-colonial hero and is honoured with a monument in central Kupang.

List of rulers

Ama Tuan (Ama Utang) c. 1650-c. 1680
A son late 17th century
Dom Pedro Sonbai (Tomenu) mentioned 1704-1726 (son)
Dom Alfonso Salema (Nai Bau Sonbai) before 1748-1752 (son)
Don Bernardo (Nai Sobe Sonbai I?) 1752-1760 (son)
Albertus Johannes Taffy (Nai Tafin Sonbai) 1760-1768 (brother)
Alphonsus Adrianus (Nai Kau Sonbai) 1768-1802 (son)
Nai Sobe Sonbai II 1808-1867 (son)
Nai Bau Sonbai 1867-c. 1885 (son)
Nai Nasu Mollo co-emperor 1870-1885 (cousin)
Nai Sobe Sonbai III 1885-1906 (son of Nai Sobe Sonbai II)

References

Further reading
G. Heymering (1847), 'Bijdragen tot de geschiedenis van Timor', Tijdschrift van Nederlandsch-Indië IX:3, pp. 1–62, 121-232.
P. Middelkoop (1938), 'Iets over


individual and, I think, a great danger. Erdogan won an absolute majority of the Turkish parliament, which will enable him to rewrite the constitution. Once he had that total power to impose an absolute dictatorship – which he intends to do – and he publicly said that his model is that of Adolph Hitler.”

At its height in the 16th and 17th centuries, the Ottoman Empire encompassed southeast Europe, western Asia, the Caucasus, North Africa and the Horn of Africa. During World War I, the Ottoman Empire declared a military jihad on France, Russia, and Great Britain, but ultimately lost.

The Adolph Hitler comment Black referred to comes from an interview back in January when Erdogan told journalists that he wanted to transform his office into a US-style executive “super-presidency,”parties.

Senator Black thinks the civil war in Syria would never have happened without the efforts of Saudi Arabia and Turkey. He said the war in Syria was not a domestic uprising or part of the Arab Spring, with civilians seeking democracy. Instead, he called it an uprising of hardcore jihadists, aided by the CIA and MI6, with the help of Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Saudi Arabia was able to control governments across the world with its financial strength, and the Turks had their own agenda with regard to Europe, Black argued.

“Virtually all arms, ammunition, equipment, supplies, jihadists, medical support – all of it comes from Turkey. Right now, ISIS sends 44,000 barrels of oil per day – stolen barrels, most of it from Syria – across the border


OC Amusement Park Recognized On 125th Anniversary

OCEAN CITY — The historic Trimper’s Rides amusement park is celebrating its 125th anniversary this summer and will be recognized for the accomplishment this weekend by a national historical association.

Trimper’s, which opened in 1893 with a pair of hotels and a handful of amusements in the fledgling seaside town of Ocean City, is one of the oldest continually-operating amusement parks in the country. Of the 4,000-plus amusement parks that have existed in the U.S., Trimper’s is one of only 13 to have reached the 125-year milestone and only 10 of those are still in existence.

The achievement will be commemorated by the National Amusement Park Historical Association (NAPHA) and the American Coasters Enthusiasts on Sunday at 11 a.m. with a special ceremony atamusement park in the world. A family-owned park in Great Britain has technically been around longer, but it began as something different and only added amusement rides well after Trimper’s was up and running.

Daniel Trimper and his wife Margaret opened the park in 1893 with two hotels and a handful of amusements. In 1900, after a severe storm, Daniel Trimper rebuilt the Sea Bright Hotel and modeled it after the Windsor Castle in Great Britain and the two hotels coupled with the growing amusement park became known as the Windsor Resort.

In 1912, Trimper’s purchased the massive carousel that still operates today from the Herschell-Spillman Company in New York. The massive carousel is 50 feet in diameter and was driven by a steam engine in the early days.

Over the


years, the Trimpers added numerous rides in the historic indoor portion of the park and several have historical significance, including the smaller carousel and the kiddie Ferris wheel, which date to the 1920s. Trimper’s also has one of the largest collections of antique kiddie rides manufactured by pioneer William F. Mangels and the park is recognized for its vintage haunted house and pirate’s cove attractions.

“With its large collection of vintage rides, many of which are rare in today’s industry, Trimper’s represents on the best remaining examples of the classic seaside amusement park experience,” he said.

In the 1950s, the Trimper family began adding outdoor rides and the pace of expansion increased through the 1960s with new rides being added nearly every year. One of the most popular rides inwe always want to add new things to keep it fresh and appealing and there is only so much square footage.”

NAPHA’s commemoration of the 125th anniversary of Trimper’s on Sunday is a precursor of sorts for a larger celebration of the milestone later this summer. Trimper said the family is planning to mark the 125th anniversary with a special celebration at the park on Aug. 17.

About The Author: Shawn Soper

Shawn Soper has been with The Dispatch since 2000. He began as a staff writer covering various local government beats and general stories. His current positions include managing editor and sports editor. Growing up in Baltimore before moving to Ocean City full time three decades ago, Soper graduated from Loch Raven High School in 1981 and from Towson University


when they
determined that the Charter School materially deviated from its charter; (6) whether
CAB and the District erred when they determined that the Charter School failed to
meet the student performance requirements; (7) whether the Charter School suffered
disparate treatment; (8) whether CAB and the District erred when they determined
that the Charter School failed to meet generally-accepted standards of fiscal
management; and (9) whether CAB and the District violated the Charter School’s due
process rights.
                                       Background
              In 2000, the District issued athree-year charter to the Charter School
pursuant to the Charter School Law (CSL).1 The District subsequently voted to
extend the charter two years and, in 2006, the District renewed the Charter School’s
charter for another five years, starting July 1, 2007. In 2011, after the Charter School
prematurely sought to renew its charter, the District initiated a comprehensive five-
year review. Since the charter would not lapse until 2012, and the District wished to
terminate the charter prior to that date, it issued a Notice of Revocation to the Charter
School on March 16, 2011. The Notice of Revocation set forth five revocation
grounds with each containing multiple reasons. The five categories were: material
violations of the charter; failure to meet student performance standards; failure to
meet standards of fiscal management; failure to provide the District certain reports
and


Charter School’s charter and executed the order memorializing CAB’s
decision. However, as nominee to fill the vacancy in the Secretary of Education
position, Harner was Acting Secretary for the Department of Education8 at all
relevant times during the proceeding before CAB involving this case.                       Harner
withdrew his nomination on August 27, 2013, before being confirmed by the

       8
         Harner was appointed Acting Secretary of Education effective June 3, 2013, when then
Secretary of Education Ronald Tomalis left the Department in May 2013 to become an advisor to
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett on higher education. Specifically, “Harner was nominated  7
Pennsylvania Senate which date was after the order issued and appealed from in the
instant matter.
             The District retorts that the Charter School waived this issue because
although it could not be raised below since Harner did not withdraw his name for
consideration until August 27, 2013, the Charter School had 30 days from CAB’s
August 2, 2013 order to amend its petition for review to include this issue. On
August 26, 2013, the Charter School moved to amend its petition for review to
include three additional issues which this Court granted.       The Charter School’s
Motion to Amend its Petition for Review did not include this issue. On September
17, 2013, the Charter School filed a


    which shall contain the provisions of the charter application
              and which shall be signed by the local board of school
              directors of a school district, by the local boards of school
              directors of a school district in the case of a regional charter
              school or by the chairman of the appeal board pursuant to
              [S]ection 1717-A(i)(5) [of the CSL]and the board of
              trustees of the charter school. This written charter, when
              duly signed by the local board of school directors of a
              school district, or by the local boards of school directors of
              a school district in the case of a regional charter school, and
              the charter school’s board of trustees, shall act as legal


                          Charter School By-Laws
             The Charter School next avers that CAB and the District erred when
they determined that the Charter School materially deviated from its charter because
the Charter School was specifically permitted by its approved by-laws to make
changes to its operations, and the Charter School’s Board of Trustees is statutorily
responsible for such decisions. Section 1716-A(a) of the CSL provides:

             The board of trustees of a charter school shall have the
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years ending June 30, 2007, June 30, 2008, June 30, 2009, and June 30, 2010, the
audits for which were dated May 2, 2008, October 17, 2009, and October 27, 2010,
respectively. The audit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, had not yet been
filed as of the July 7, 2011 hearing date. There is no record evidence indicating why
the Charter School filed its audits late. As CAB explained in its decision: “[T]he
reason for requiring the regular filing of financial audits by a charter school is to
promote accountability and to enable the chartering school district, which has
oversight of the charter schools it authorizes, to identify possible financial
mismanagement before it becomes a serious problem[.]” CAB(2) Dec. at 60.


of revocation or nonrenewal of a charter given
             by the local board of school directors of a school district
             shall state the grounds for such action with reasonable
             specificity and give reasonable notice to the governing
             board of the charter school of the date on which a public
             hearing concerning the revocation or nonrenewal will be
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Forward Akil Mitchell received a poke to the eye early in the fourth quarter, collapsing to the court.

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Page excerpt from the book, "California Calls You, The Art of Promoting the Golden State 1870 to 1940," by KD Kurutz and Gary F. Kurutz.

Page excerpt from the book, "California Calls You, The Art of Promoting the Golden State 1870 to 1940," by KD Kurutz and Gary F. Kurutz.

John BalzarTimes Staff Writer

THIS was a boom you could actually hear.

Steam trains rumbled in from the East, from the Midwest, from the mining camps of Arizona and from the grand metropolis of San Francisco. Sometimes four a day, they disgorged fresh legions of dreamers and schemers. Before it was over, circus elephants trumpeted in parades down the once tranquil streets. Brass bands, like so many pied pipers, led crowds into orange groves. Marchers carried banners. Preachersbegan in the winter of 1886-87 when a perfect storm of hope, avarice and opportunity converged.

In the years just prior, visitors found Los Angeles a drowsy burg. An account in The Times described "a quiet, slow-moving, half-way frontier town" with a population of just over 11,000. Yes, there had been violent outbursts in Chinatown, but most accounts of the era recalled something closer to a pueblo ambience, beginning with the adobe Spanish quarter and extending to the modest, gaslight business district, where every improvement was a news event. Outlying lands were planted in oranges and barley, with vast herds of sheep and cattle grazing on hillsides.

Los Angeles was served by the Southern Pacific Railroad, but travel to the edge of the continent remained expensive.Then, the Santa Fe Railroad


arrived. And it happened.

A second railroad touched off a fare war. Prices of tickets from the chilly Midwest and East plunged, and plunged still more. A promotional ticket reportedly went for $1 on March 6, 1887.

In turn, each visitor seemed to want to outdo the other in reporting back home about this landscape of sunshine, open space, mountains, ocean, orange blossoms and opportunity.

In the history "Los Angeles: Epic of a City," Lynn Bowman tells of one. Frank Wiggins arrived ill and was carried off the train on a stretcher. He recovered rapidly. It was a miracle he credited to the climate. As it happens, his occupation was publicity agent. "From then on his mission in life was to tell the rest of the country how wonderful Southern Californiawas."

Thus began a boom that historians describe as washing over the city in two distinct, thunderous waves.

The first surge brought people who had uprooted themselves and boarded the trains with settlement in mind. In addition to glowing newspaper accounts, letters and word-of-mouth, these homesteaders also were coaxed West by the feverish promotion of Santa Fe Railroad magnates, who had the foresight to scoop up tracts of property ahead of their customers. Worried about water for your property in this arid landscape? One fanciful brochure showed an entirely fictional scene of steamships navigating the San Gabriel River.

As word of the boom spread, a second wave crashed on the city: speculators and scalawags. Among them were veterans of land rushes in Iowa and Kansas. The tantalizing smell of free money


had drifted across the continent.

As one historian put it, Angelenos "could not have been blamed for visioning the world coming their way."

The region's first automobile was still a decade away, but our destiny was foretold as far-flung cities were sketched out like tick-tack-toe games on open maps throughout the basin. Leonard and Dale Pitt's "A to Z: an Encyclopedia of the City and County" recounted that the Santa Fe Railroad alone sited 25 towns with 75 others planned by subdividers and syndicates. Among those subdividers was Horace Henderson Wilcox, who carved 120 acres into lots under the name "Hollywood." A whole alphabet of other communities sprang into life, from Azusa to Whittier. A new county, named Orange, was formed.

By the summer of 1887, residential lots were selling andby street, the astonishing profits that came from quick turnovers of land.

With ballooning advertising and circulation, The Times ordered new steam-powered presses and broke ground on a new building.

The euphoria extended beyond Los Angeles. The number of registered businesses in San Diego tripled from 1886 to 1887, as did the price of land.

The dim, the foolish and the unlucky never imagined an end to the westward flow of newcomers hungry for a piece of the action.

The bust came with hardly a sound. Just the splat of raindrops that brought floods and dampened the promotional imagery of endless sunshine, not to mention interrupting rail service. Perhaps if you listened carefully, you might have also heard the sobbing of families who were rich beyond their dreams one day and destitute


a month later.

By spring 1888, it was over.

Some returned home, if they could afford a ticket. Others looked for work. Significantly, though, the business elite of the city survived without calamity. Not a single bank went bust.

This wasn't like the Gold Rush in Northern California 38 years earlier. When the gold was gone, the boomtowns emptied. Here, the treasure remained intact. Lots could be had at fire-sale prices, and homes too. Plus, a ready labor pool was on hand. This suited some shrewd, far-sighted investors just fine.

On the motion of Times publisher Harrison Gray Otis, business leaders voted to establish the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. A metropolis sat on the horizon, they were sure of it.

Summing up the mood of the city fathers on April 12, 1888,Diana Trilling

Diana Trilling (née Rubin; July 21, 1905 – October 23, 1996) was an American literary critic and author, one of the New York Intellectuals.

Background
Born Diana Rubin, she married the literary and cultural critic Lionel Trilling in 1929  after an extended stay in Paris with childhood friend Margaret Lefranc. Her parents, Sadie (née Forbert) and Joseph Rubin, were Polish Jews, her father from Warsaw and her mother from the local countryside.

Career
Diana Trilling was a reviewer for The Nation magazine. Her works include We Must March My Darlings (1977), an essay collection; Mrs. Harris (1981), a study of and meditation on the trial of Jean Harris; and The Beginning of the Journey (1993), a memoir of her life and marriage to Lionel Trilling.

She was elected a Fellow of


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Back when Mark Arcobello was placed on waivers by the Nashville Predators the first time around, I aggressively campaigned for Arizona to pick him up.

Undrafted at any level of professional hockey, Arcobello has a prospect report from his AHL days that says explicitly — his size, combined with his initial struggles on the defensive end of the game, made him an unlikely candidate to ever break into the NHL.

Imagine everyone’s surprise, therefore, when he not only broke the NHL — but did it as a member of the Edmonton Oilers.

Mark Arcobello is the Edmonton Oilers GM Craig MacTavish’s worst nightmare — an undrafted, undersized player with a low prospective talent ceiling, who managed to outperform some


COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Shortly after not getting picked in the 2018 NFL Draft, Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett looked set to go to the Colts for their rookie minicamp.

But instead of heading to Indianapolis, he is heading to New Orleans after agreeing to attend the Saints' rookie minicamp.

Darin Gantt of Pro Football Talk reported that the rookie minicamps for the Colts and Saints are on the same weekend. So he is off to New Orleans.

Should Barrett get a roster spot with the Saints, that will reunite him with several other former Buckeyes including Vonn Bell, Marshon Lattimore and Michael Thomas among others.

Get caught up with where all of Ohio State's undrafted free agents are heading.the purpose of the efforts to repeal the anti-discrimination law is to keep women safe. But activists on the other side say it was born out of simple anti-trans bigotry and prejudice.

But while Beckwith argues safety is at the core of the repeal efforts, the views of the Massachusetts Family Institute appear consistent with those of the Christian right. The group says it is committed to “strengthening the family” and Judeo-Christian values. They say marriage can only be between a man and a woman, promote sexual abstinence outside of marriage and oppose euthanasia and abortion as well as the legalization of recreational drugs.

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Outlaw motorcycle gang members have carried out threats and assaults for the construction, forestry, mining and energy union (CFMEU), Victoria's Assistant Police Commissioner has told an inquiry.

Stephen Fontana told the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption that police have begun several investigations into allegations of violence, intimidation and debt collection carried out by outlaw bikie gang members for the union.

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Romney may not like the plan and, surely, he is entitled to make his best case against it. But that's a lot different from suggesting the plan doesn't exist.

The South Korea deal, the biggest for the U.S. since the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994, removes duties on almost two-thirds of American farm exports, and phases out tariffs on more than 95 percent of industrial and consumer exports within five years.

Still, the night’s most memorable Mitt-statement wasn't a lie. It was one of his evasions, about a topic that's become a real problem for the campaign: Romney's unwillingness,the first activist to come around, Mark Lynas is, or rather has become, a public figure. His admission and apology at the 2013 Oxford Farming Conference went viral and it is a presentation I recommend you watch.

Seeds of Science starts off with some of the antics he got up to during his time as an activist, highlighting his part in getting this movement going and getting an anti-GMO attitude embedded in the public consciousness. It was while writing several books on climate change that Lynas started appreciating the value of doing background research, and found himself trying to reason science with climate change deniers. Accepting the scientific consensus on climate change made him realise that he could not accept the science on one topic, but then refuse it


these stories--and not wholly due to translation issues, either--most of the covers are just gorgeous--I'd buy a few of them as framed prints, absolutely.

Well, the British series is based on an Italian series that was also released in Spain and Brazil, so they just got it from there. Of course, that's really just passing the buck; why is it in the Italian book?

This is also a prime example of the dumbness of the UK editors--they could've just used the script from the original US printing, but nooooo...they had to translate it back into English, badly, from the Italian edition. Sheesh.Venezuela cracks down on opposition in wake of 'attack' Published duration 8 August 2018 Related Topics Venezuela crisis

image copyright AFP image caption President Maduro said opposition politicians Julio Borges and Juan Requesens were behind an attack on his life

A Venezuelan opposition lawmaker has been arrested and a warrant issued for another living in exile, amid a crackdown after an alleged drone attack against President Nicolás Maduro.

The government has blamed Juan Requesens and Julio Borges for what it calls a bid to kill the president.

The moves came as a powerful government official revealed plans to strip the pair of their immunity.

But some government critics denounced the alleged attack as a "farce".

Who are the lawmakers?

image copyright Reuters image caption Juan Requesens was beaten up during an anti-government protest in April

Both


Mr Requesens and Mr Borges are members of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, and of the Primero Justicia (Justice First) party.

Mr Borges, 48, founded the party and led the National Assembly before going into exile.

Mr Requesens, 29, is one of President Maduro's most outspoken critics, and has taken part in many anti-government demonstrations.

According to Mr Requesens' party, he and his sister Rafaela - an opposition student activist - were taken from their apartment in the capital Caracas by members of the secret police, Sebin.

Primero Justicia tweeted a video which appears to show CCTV footage of the two siblings getting out of the lift before being apparently pushed back by armed masked men in uniform, one of whom turns the camera to the wall.

Rafaela Requesens was later released but JuanRequesens has not been heard of since he was taken away.

It is not clear if official charges have so far been brought against Mr Requesens, however, the government is preparing to put him on trial.

The government later issued a warrant for the arrest of Mr Borges.

President Maduro accused the pair on television of plotting Saturday's alleged drone attack on him.

He said those already detained in connection with the incident had implicated the two men, saying Mr Borges had the "cowardice" to carry out the attack. He called Mr Requesens "one of the craziest and psychopathic ones".

image copyright Getty Images image caption Julio Borges received the Sakharov prize on behalf of the Venezuelan opposition last year

Some in the opposition, like Mr Borges, think the attack was staged by the


government to justify a further crackdown on the opposition.

They say the fact that the president of the powerful National Constituent Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, has called for a session later on Wednesday to strip the two lawmakers of their parliamentary immunity proves their point.

Venezuela's attorney general said Mr Requesens would go on trial once his immunity had been stripped.

National Constituent Assembly

Convened by President Maduro in 2017 ostensibly to rewrite Venezuela's constitution

Entirely made up of government supporters

Most decisions are approved unanimously by a mere show of hands

Government critics say it was created to bypass the National Assembly

The opposition says the government launched two drones, one of which exploded near the podium where President Maduro was giving a speech on Saturday, to back its theory that the opposition are coup-plotters conspiringto bring the leader down with the help of Colombia and the US.

What happened in the attack?

TV footage of the event shows President Maduro's wife looking up startled. Then an explosion is heard and the president's bodyguard is seen rushing to shield him.

media caption Footage showed dozens of soldiers running away before the transmission was cut off

A second, more muffled explosion can be heard and Mr Maduro leaves the stage.

The footage does not show any drones or explosions, only the startled expressions of those on the stage. This led many to speculate that there were no drones.

However, two videos have since emerged apparently showing two drones. One, published by Caracas News 24, shows a drone exploding:

An analysis carried out by website Bellingcat , which uses open-source information to