Harry S. Phillips or paying to Humble no cash but giving Humble a 3/16ths of 8/8ths overriding royalty and the assumption of the 1/16th overriding royalty to Harry S. Phillips provided for in the farmout agreement between Humble and Harry S. Phillips. Two or three days after September 30, 1960, Humble and Jack L. Phillips for the first time reached an agreement by which Loyce Phillips was to take the Pace Well farmout, which agreement is set forth in a letter from Humble to Loyce Phillips dated October 5, 1960, which was accepted by Loyce Phillips on October 11, 1960, and a letter from Humble to Harry S. Phillips dated October 6, 1960, which was accepted by Harry S. Phillips on October 6, 1960, and by Loyce PhillipsPhillips. Therefore, neither Loyce Phillips nor Jack L. Phillips were "operators" within the meaning of the applicable regulations when the costs of drilling the Pace Well to the casing point in the Woodbine sand were incurred nor did Loyce Phillips and Jack L. Phillips, or either of them, undertake or incur the drilling costs incurred in drilling said well to the casing point in the Woodbine formation.
In accordance with the agreement contained in Paragraph 18 of the Stipulation of Facts filed in this cause on May 8, 1964, the parties should undertake to reach an agreement as to the amount of refund due the Plaintiffs in light of the Stipulations between the parties, hereinabove referred to, including the Supplemental Stipulation filed on May 21, 1964, and the findings


Reuters, adding that the group would cooperate with the investigation and hand over all information at its disposal.

The discovery of weak spots in the reactor vessel of the EPR reactor under construction in Flamanville in 2014 led Areva to review manufacturing procedures at its Creusot steel forging plant.

ASN said in September that Areva had identified 87 irregularities related to reactors operated by state utility EDF, 20 concerning equipment for the Flamanville reactor, and one related to a steam generator for EDF’s 900 MW Gravelines 5 reactor on halt since April.

Gravelines 5’s restart has been pushed back to June 2017 after an executive told parliament in October that something suspicious had been discovered.December 25, 2005

Obviously, Mommy was taking the picture. Dell was resisting the onslaught of the popping flashbulb. I was trying to prove that I belonged on "The Mickey Mouse Club" more than Karen. There's George in his cowboy pajamas. Is Daddy asleep or has he had more than just that one beer? He's got his Lucky Strikes. Note the creche, the Christmas tree, and the inexplicable 1950s pattern on the curtain. The dolls are not Barbies. Barbie comes out in 1959. We are Barbie-innocent here in 1958 with our Ginny dolls and Jill dolls.

And here's a second photo from the same year. The classic dangling string approach to displaying Christmas cards was used. Pole lamps seemed perfect. Surely, in the future everyone will always want three lights on


who attended the McMartin Preschool on about ten occasions in 1983. Johnson told Detective Jane Hoag that a school aide, Ray Buckey, the 25-year-old son of the owner of the preschool, had molested her son. Despite the fact that the young boy was unable to identify Ray from photos and medical investigations of the boy showed no signs of sexual abuse, the police conducted searches of Buckey's home, confiscating such "evidence" as a rubber duck, a graduation robe, a Teddy bear, and Playboy magazines. Detective Hoag arrested Buckey on September 7, 1983...ContinuedArticle content

Murderers, crypt keepers, the dead and the undead will soon be descending on Calgary.

Calgary Horror Con will be celebrating its seventh year at the Clarion Hotel on June 10 and 11.

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The event is the first and largest annual convention in Canada dedicated to all things horror.

There will be over 80 vendors, a horror film festival, panels and celebrity guests.

Some of the guests include Doug Bradley and Ashley Lawrence from Hellraiser, Zach Galligan from Gremlins and John Kassir, the voice of the Cryptkeeper from Tales From the Crypt.

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so they can maintain access to the country on which their research depends."

[RELATED: Congress looks to curb Chinese infiltration of higher ed]

Last year, Congress responded to these fears by passing a bill, first introduced by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, restricting Department of Defense funding for Chinese language learning from colleges that host Confucius Institutes. President Donald Trump signed that legislation into law.

Despite legislative efforts, 91 Confucius Institutes remain across the country, according to data supplied by the National Association of Scholars. While a majority of the institutes are hosted on college campuses, a handful of the institutions are at K-12 schools.

Since 2014, 22 Confucius Institutes have closed their doors.

This map displays the locations of the 91 open institutes and the 22 closed locations. The open institutes are representedSocialist tyrant Nicolas Maduro is cracking down hard on Venezuelan media in his bid to retain power, shutting down television stations and yanking radio hosts off the air if they dare to mention any number of banned topics, according to reports surfacing this weekend.

According to a report at the UK Telegraph on Sunday, two local television stations in the city of Maracaibo were taken off the air on the day interim President Juan Guaidó took the oath as interim president for the “crime” of broadcasting his inauguration. Equipment belonging to the stations was seized or destroyed by government forces.

A popular national radio host named Cesar Miguel Rondón found himself taken off the air after 30 years for talking about Guaidó, so he has turned to Internet streaming:

The government’s


From mass inductions of new members to TV and radio galas of revolutionary songs, China's Communist Party this weekend celebrated its 80th anniversary in time-honoured socialist fashion.

In the past 10 years membership has grown by some 20 million to over 64 million - making it the world's largest political party

At the site of the first meeting of the Communist Party in Shanghai, where Mao Zedong and 12 others met in secret in July 1921, 800 party members of all generations took part in a ceremony to renew their oath of loyalty to the party.

Yet just around the corner was a reminder of the changing times in which they live.

The rest of the city block containing the revered party museum has in recent months been converted by a HongKong property developer into a high-class leisure complex of luxury restaurants and boutiques, aimed firmly at expatriates and China's new rich.

Pride of place there this weekend went to a new Maserati sports car, on display just metres from the party shrine.

Massive changes

And the speech made by China's president and party secretary-general, Jiang Zemin, to thousands of party loyalists in Beijing's Great Hall of the People was a clear attempt to convince the Chinese people that the party remains relevant despite the massive changes in society over recent years.

China has made great strides in recent years

These changes have led to the jettisoning of many aspects of socialist ideology and of the party's once basic pledge to provide social welfare for all.

Mr Jiang pledged to represent the most progressive economic


and cultural forces in society - and he sought to reach out to China's growing number of private business people, giving perhaps the most explicit sign yet that the party will shed its ambivalence about accepting such people as members in the future.

That would fit in with the party's attempts, in the decade since the Tiananmen protests of 1989, to increase the number of young and well-educated among its members.

Ideological fervour

In the past 10 years membership has grown by some 20 million to over 64 million - making it the world's largest political party.

Mr Jiang pledged to represent the most progressive economic and cultural forces in society

Yet many people in China believe that young people who join the party are often motivated largely by a desire to improvetheir career prospects within official organisations.

The ideological fervour of the old days seems far away - even President Jiang himself said that while the party could never abandon Marxism, such ideas needed to be constantly enriched and developed in line with the demands of China's "socialist market economy".

He added that it was neither possible nor necessary to envisage the details of what path the nation would take in the future.

In the absence of a powerful political ideology, he made it clear that the party would continue to make use of what some would call nationalism but what the party calls patriotism and national unity to rally popular support.

Widespread corruption

Mr Jiang listed reunification with Taiwan as one of the party's most important tasks for the 21st Century, along with


continuing modernisation.

The party now presides over capitalist-style reforms

Yet while such ideas may have widespread support in China, the country's leaders are aware that, on their own, these do not necessarily guarantee public loyalty to the Communist Party itself.

In an acknowledgement of the public anger at widespread corruption, which he has repeatedly called a life and death issue for the communists, Mr Jiang promised that there would be no hiding place for corrupt elements in the party, and pledged that officials at all levels would be subject to the scrutiny and supervision of the people.

At the same time he ruled out any type of Western-style multi-party democracy, which many ordinary people in China believe would make such scrutiny rather more effective.

After 80 years, the party founded to build communismBreadcrumb

With Keynes to Market Socialism – on the work of the German Marxist Stephan Krüger

7th Mar, 2017

Thomas Weiss on Stephan Krüger

Thomas Weiss works since 1991 as an economist with the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in Berlin, Germany. His research interests are empirical studies with a background of Marxian economics, for example, about the tendency of the rate of profit to fall.

Abstract

This article presents selected aspects of the work of the German Marxist Stephan Krüger. With his numerous publications since the 1970s Krüger has covered a wide range of topics such as Marxist economic theory, the development of world and German capitalism, the relationship between Marx and Keynes and questions of policy for socialists. This article deals first with Krüger’s Marxist explanation of the capitalist economy.


the “demiurge of the bourgeois cosmos” [45] began in the early 19th century and lasted till the Second World War. The period of “accelerated accumulation” was followed by “structural over-accumulation” during the interwar years. The tendency of the rate of profit to fall ending in structural over-accumulation finally undermined the position of the “demiurge”. With the First World War the US was not yet the demiurge, but became the hegemon inside a polycentric regime. This First Era of modern capitalism ended with the First Great Crisis of 1929 and the following world war.[46]

The Second Era began with the Second World War with the United States now as the new demiurge. After the Second World War gold as money commodity played a minor role and finally the gold standard“Theory of National Economic Planning” was published in two editions in the United States, in 1944 and 1947.

Krüger expects the future market socialism to have three sectors.[77] The biggest sector will still be a market economy. Enterprises - private, cooperative, and state owned - will mainly to be located here. The decisions of the enterprises will be guided by expected profits, but market data will be influenced by state policy. Control in enterprises will be exerted by the owners, that means by boards which consist of members representing different parts of civil society.[78] As Keynes suggested: “…all manner of compromises and of devices by which public authority will co-operate with private initiative”.[79] In spite of their present faults, Krüger sees in private-public partnerships or in the Greater London


not yet complete, decommodification of labour. Whereas flexible handling of changes in demand or supply will still need the ongoing existence of markets, these include, in addition to private companies, cooperatives and other enterprises which are, at least partially, under public control. On markets profits will still have a role to play, but structural policies and a democratic guidance will now be crucial in order to guarantee the socialist character of the economy. All this will be under the guidance of parliamentary parties supported by progressive trade unions and social movements.

Needless to say, there are numerous problems still to be solved. Krüger himself mentions, amongst other things, the attitude of the existing bureaucracies. On the other hand, he hopes that, combined with the, in his view, progressive achievementsday and the even rarer clear sky day or two. This season starts in late October/early November and hits full force in January then does not abate until mid to late June, in normal years.

But this year has been the dryest I remember since I was pregnant with Lily (2005). It has been in the fifties and sunny or partially sunny with no rain for weeks on end, just the occasional rainy day then back to the warmth and sun.

I suppose fifties with partial sun does not sound warm and dry to most, but it is a rare treat around here this time of year, so far north and at the edge of the Willamette Valley right in the cusp of two major seaward rivers and four or


Mamata Banerjee said the showdown was because she organised the opposition's rally. (File)

A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team's surprise visit to the Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar's house triggered a bitter war of words between the BJP and opposition leaders on Sunday. The team was whisked away from his residence--first to the Park Street police station and then to the local Shakespeare Sarani police station. Various leaders of the opposition parties rallied in support of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who sat on protest at Metro Channel area in central Kolkata.

Leading the opposition's onslaught was Lalu Yadav's son Tejashwi Yadav, who said the state government had to take the move due to the "political decisions" the CBI had been taking at the behest of the BJP.

"Forthe past few months, the CBI, under pressure of the BJP office, had been taking political decisions, forcing state governments to take such decisions. If the CBI continues to work as an alliance partner of the BJP, it won't be surprising if the people take matters into their own hand. Nobody is above the people in democracy," he tweeted.

"Because of BJP government's exploitative policies and CBI's brazen political misuse, the constitution and the people's independence is in peril. Hence, we completely support Mamata Banerjee's dharna. People and the opposition of the country are united to defeat the BJP in elections," Samajwadi party chief Akhilesh Yadav tweeted.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said the incident was an example of how Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit


Shah are "destroying institutions".

We strongly condemn the incidents happening in Kolkata, a glaring example of how Modi-Shah duo are destroying the institutions. Attacking political opponents in different States, few days before the Parliament elections commence, will have disastrous consequences in the country. — N Chandrababu Naidu (@ncbn) February 3, 2019

Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha was quick to slam the government for the showdown in Kolkata.

"Prime minister is determined to destroy all the institutions of democracy. Now he destroying the federal structure of our country. Wake up and stop it before it is too late," he tweeted.

Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi also slammed the CBI's action.

Kol cbi action clearly mala fide. Done within 48 hrs of Modi shah rally threat 2 CP; done on Sunday on mere s 160order. She is shredding apart the constitution," news agency ANI quoted her as saying.

Rajeev Kumar, who headed the special investigation team probing the Saradha and Rose Valley Ponzi scams that had surfaced in Bengal in 2013, was asked to help with the investigation when several key documents of the cases allegedly went missing. Over the last two years he had received several summons for questioning, CBI sources said.

This afternoon, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had tweeted describing Mr Kumar as the best police officer in the country. She also accused the BJP of engineering the controversy and media reports that Mr Kumar may be arrested for evading questioning in the chit fund case.

A bitter turf battle is on between the BJP and Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress for the last


few months. While Ms Banerjee is currently leading the anti-BJP block of opposition parties, her government in West Bengal recently blocked BJP's planned political procession.

Ms Banerjee on January 19 organised a rally of opposition leaders, in which she attacked the Modi government. "Just because I organised a United India rally, they are doing all this. Amit Shah and PM Modi are doing all they can to target us," she said today.

This was not the only point of confrontation between the BJP and Mamata Banerjee on Sunday

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who was scheduled to address the "Ganatantra Bachao Rally" at Balurghat in South Dinajpur district, more than 400 km from Kolkata, could not attend the rally after permission was denied for his chopper to land near the20 U.S.C.A. §§ 1401-85. In New Jersey, IDEA has the effect of investing the Office of Administrative Law with original jurisdiction to hear disputes respecting the education of mentally disabled children. C.S., by his parents, brought the action to determine the school in which he is to be enrolled. He is presently enrolled in a public school class of mentally disabled children. His parents wish to enroll him in an unaccredited private school where he would be with children who are not mentally disabled.
The appeal is from the ALJ's interlocutory order in which he ruled that the legal obligation to educate C.S. may not be satisfied by enrolling him in an unaccredited school.
On further consideration we conclude that we are without jurisdiction to hear an appeal from the


whatever ghost there is i am sure that Najib has it under control!!
lets hope the spirits of all that is good come upon him like the fury of a hurricane!!
Maybe even that wont suffice as Najib is never remorseful, has a good bomoh and also a very good ally in Satan.

When the Chinese saw that I had a gun, she begged me not to kill her saying that she was pregnant, says Sirul Omar. Azilah threw her to the ground and I pointed the gun to her left temple. Then Azilah took her clothes off and put them in a black plastic bag. Azilah saw that her hand was still moving and I was ordered to fire a second time, which I did. Liberation has obtained a 5-pageowning any piece of it is a smart fantasy investment. Kansas City's running game hasn't been a major factor in its early-season success, but as teams shift to stop the pass, it will open lanes at the line of scrimmage. Kareem Hunt is secure as the starter, but a Hunt injury would thrust Ware into a starring role. He should be stashed in more than just the nine percent of leagues he's currently unavailable in.

Hayden Hurst, TE, Ravens

After fracturing his foot in the preseason, the first-round pick is likely to miss the first month. In his absence, the Ravens are using an uninspiring committee at tight end. Once he's healthy, Hurst should return to a full-time role on a team that's targeted the tight end 24 times in


origin;

Medical Health Certificate (HIV, drug, etc.) issued by an authorized practitioner in the country of origin;

Student visa; and

Certificate of passing the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or English Language Test (ELT).

Deadline for Submission of Application

Applications for admission to graduate studies must be received by the Office of the Graduate School not later than the following dates:

February 28 (for the Summer Term)

April 30 (for the First Semester)

September 30 (for the Second Semester)

Status of Admission

Admission is either regular or temporary as determined by the Admission Committee based on the following criteria:

Regular

The degree to be pursued is in line with the applicant's bachelor/master's degree and

Grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.0 for the master's degree and 1.75 for the doctorate degree.

Temporary

The degree to be pursued is inline with the program finished by the applicant but his/her GPA is below the grade requirement.

The bachelors'/master's degree is not in line with the degree pursued.A student on temporary status must obtain a GPA of at least 1.75 or 1.5 for the master's and doctorate levels, respectively, within the first two semesters of residence, otherwise he/she shall be automatically disqualified from pursuing the degree.Registration New students can only enroll upon presentation of the notice of admission. Old students must present duly accomplished GS clearance in the preceding semester.Enrolment is within the registration period prescribed in the University Calendar. A student who enrolls beyond the regular period is charged of late registration fee.The distribution of the GS programs' course requirements is presented as follows:

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the environmental group Sierra Club launched federal court action against the city, arguing that its overuse of the aquifer water was putting a number of endangered species at risk of extinction. One was the Texas blind salamander, an eyeless amphibian that lives only in the water-filled caves of the aquifer. It became symbolic of the court’s decision to force San Antonio to use less water.

The first ruling, in 1993, said that, during droughts, San Antonio would have to reduce the water it pumped from the aquifer by as much as 60%. At the time, many in the city thought it impossible – and subsequent legislative action served only to prolong debate.

The Texas blind salamander. Photograph: Joel Sartore/Getty Images/National Geographic Creative

“The people in San Antonio are very upset thatrainwater to golf courses, industrial customers and even into the River Walk’s canals. It devised the aquifer storage program, an engineering marvel, to store rainwater underground, and it replaced 250,000 older toilets and urinals with more water-efficient models.

San Antonio residents were given cash rebates on their bills for using less water, which encouraged the use of native, drought-tolerant plants in landscaping, as well as more judicious lawn watering.

Ken Kramer, a longtime water resource and legislative advisor for the Texas chapter of the Sierra Club, credits the city with implementing better standards following the court case. “Even though it was the litigation that put them into that situation, they did step up to the plate and follow through with an effective and meaningful way in how they provide water


the time of iftaar, Allah sets free one thousand souls from the fire of Jahannam who had previously been found deserving Jahannam. On the last night, He sets free as many more as had been set free throughout the month. On the night of Laylatul Qadr, Allah commands Jibra’il to descend to the earth with a large group of angels. They descend carrying a green flag, which is then planted on top of the Kaa’bah. Jibra’il alayhis salaam himself has one hundred wings, two of which are spread out on this night only. He spreads out these two wings so that their width extends from east to west. Jibra’il (alayhis salaam) then sends out the angels in all directions to offer salutation to anybody they find standing inU.S. Senate Passes Sweeping Immigration Bill

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate passed a sweeping immigration bill Thursday that would allow the nation's 11 million unauthorized immigrants to become U.S. citizens, overhaul the country's immigration system and spend billions to secure the southwest border with Mexico.

After years of failed attempts, the Senate passed the bill on a 68-32 vote. The bill, drafted by a bipartisan group of senators known as the Gang of Eight, would represent the biggest change in immigration laws since 1986.

Although Republican leaders in the House of Representatives said they will not the bring the bill up for a vote in that chamber, Thursday's vote represents a historic step forward for President Obama on one of the most important planks of his second-term agenda. Vice President Biden


agree on was that the nation's immigration system was broken. The 1986 law signed by President Ronald Reagan allowed 3 million immigrants to become citizens but did not fulfill its promise of securing the border. Ever since, millions of undocumented immigrants have poured over the porous southwest border, millions more have entered the USA and overstayed their visas with little government oversight, and U.S. business owners have complained that they can't get the workers they need from overseas.

States such as Arizona, Alabama and Georgia began tackling the problem on their own in recent years, passing laws to crack down on unauthorized immigrants. That set up a court battle that was decided when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year in Arizona v. United States that the federal governmentalone had the right to create immigration laws.

After the 2012 elections, when Mitt Romney garnered only 27% of the Hispanic vote, the Republican Party was open about its need to court that fast-growing electorate. That prompted the creation of the Gang of Eight, which drafted the bill and shepherded it through the Senate.

For Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. - one of the members of the Gang of Eight - the Senate vote could bolster his prospects for a presidential run in 2016. Rubio has said he did not take on immigration for the politics of it but did so because, as the son of Cuban immigrants, he grew up around immigrants and feels its critical to fix the broken system.

"This is not just my story. This is our story,"


Another amendment by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, would require the United States to begin fingerprinting all foreigners departing U.S. airports to better track who's left the country and who has stayed past the expiration of their visas.

The bill would revamp the legal immigration system to increase the number of temporary work visas for foreigners trained in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. There would also be an increase in work visas for foreigners who work in the agricultural industry, and a new class of visa would be created to bring in people to work lower-skilled jobs in construction, retail, hospitality and insurance.

Several Republicans worried that unauthorized immigrants would get "amnesty," despite claims from bill sponsors that they would have to endure a long, costly process to get legal status.NewsOK Log In

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Members of the Texas band walk the fair during the Red River Rivalry college football game between the University of Oklahoma (OU) and the University of Texas (UT) at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman


Leeds United think positive after promising start to season

Tony Harber

With their initial burst over Leeds United are now in the middle of a brief break satisfied with their efforts so far this season and with fans satisfied with dealings in the transfer window that is now shut.

Uwe Rosler’s men go into the first of the international breaks with a top 10 position gained after the first five games and with a positive feeling following a win at last over Derby County that came after four successive draws.

The players will now be given some down time after coming through a tough schedule in the first three weeks of the season and there will also be more time for the head coach to get out on the training pitch toand refused to meet NEC Nijmegen’s £2.5 million asking price for Anthony Limbombe so turned to Congo international Botaka.

The 22-year-old arrives from Dutch side Excelsior for an undisclosed fee believed to be around the £1 million mark and has signed a two-year deal.

On signing he said: “I am very happy, it happened very fast. In two or three days everything was arranged. It was just crazy.

“I knew Leeds were a big club. I looked a few things up and I heard from other people. This is a new adventure for me.”

Botaka is currently away on international duty with Congo and will link up with his new team-mates next week at Thorp Arch after playing against Central Africa. He follows Charlie Horton, Lee Erwin, Sol Bamba, Chris Wood, Tom


Adeyemi, Ross Turnbull and Stuart Dallas as United additions for this season and has been given squad number 20.

No more business player-wise was done on transfer deadline day despite late speculation about an Alex Mowatt move to Newcastle, although Leeds agreed to free out of favour forward Nicky Ajose on Wednesday and the newly made free agent was quickly snapped up by Swindon Town.

United are set to make another signing off the field with Paul Hart expected to return to the club as the new head of the academy.

Hart, 62, was in charge when United won the FA Youth Cup in 1993 and 1997 and helped bring through the likes of Alan Smith, Harry Kewell, Jonathan Woodgate and Paul Robinson. He has since gone on to manage NottinghamWhen Carol Marak was in her 30s, she asked herself whose life she wanted: her brother's – the life of a successful and well-traveled businessman – or his wife's – the life of a woman whose career better accommodated raising three children.

The answer was a no-brainer: "My brother was in a position I wanted," says Marak, now a 64-year-old editor at SeniorCare.com who lives in Waco, Texas. Although she had been married and divorced earlier in life, at that point she had no kids and "made a very conscious decision" to keep it that way, she says.

Plenty of Marak's peers did the same thing. According to a 2012 study in The Gerontologist, about one-third of 45- to 63-year-olds are single, most of whom never married or are divorced.


That's a whopping 50 percent increase since 1980, the study found. What's more, about 15 percent of 40- to 44-year-old women had no children in 2012 – up from about 10 percent in 1980, U.S. Census data shows. "My career was No. 1 in my life," says Marak, who worked in the technology industry for years.

But today, Marak and her single, childless contemporaries are facing a repercussion of their decision that never crossed their minds as 30-somethings: "How in the world will we take care of ourselves?" she asks.

Dr. Maria Torroella Carney, chief of geriatrics and palliative medicine at North Shore-LIJ Health System in New York, is asking the same thing. In research presented this year at The American Geriatric Society's annual meeting, Carney and her colleagues founddelay your treatment or care, and your wishes may not be respected [if you can't communicate them]," says Carney, also an associate professor at Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine.

Take "Mr. HB," a 76-year-old New York man described in Carney's research as "a prototypical elder orphan." After attempting suicide, he arrived at a hospital with cuts on his wrist, bed sores, dehydration, malnutrition and depression. He lived alone and hadn't been in contact with any relatives in over a year. His treatment was complicated, the researchers report, in part because he was too delirious to make clear decisions or understand his options. He wound up at a nursing facility with plans to eventually be placed in long-term care.

But growing older without kids or a partner doesn't mean you're


equity provision is an exception to the usual requirement that reimbursable costs be closely linked to providing medical care.
Further support for this can be found in the legislative history. Senator Long, in the Congressional debate leading to the passage of the return on equity capital provision, stated:
The purpose of the Senate amendment was certainly laudable. What we sought was to guarantee to the individual who invested his funds in a facility organized for profit that he would receive a fair return on the money he had put into the operation. As the proposed medicare regulations stood he would have been only reimbursed for the actual costs of providing services with no specific return given on his investment.

112 Cong.Rec. 27608 (1966) (emphasis added). Several days later, Congressman Byrnes reiteratedstock. After the stock purchase, ITS continued its operations as a wholly owned subsidiary of AMI. In 1971, the contract between ITS and the eight subsidiary hospitals of plaintiff AMI was amended to include significant new additional services as well as adjust the computation of fees. Subsequent to the merger with AMI, ITS expanded its operations in rendering respiratory therapy services to 22 related hospitals (i. e., subsidiaries of plaintiff AMI) and 29 nonrelated hospitals as of August 31, 1973; 22 related hospitals and 46 nonrelated hospitals as of August 31, 1974; and 27 related hospitals and 120 nonrelated hospitals as of August 31, 1975.
The 27 plaintiff hospitals who were receiving services from ITS claimed as an allowable cost the amount charged by ITS. The fiscal intermediaries determined


return on equity computation. They also claimed as a cost related to medical care, interest on debt incurred by Chanco to purchase their stock.[16]
The respective fiscal intermediaries of plaintiff hospitals determined that there had not been a "purchase of ongoing facilities" within the meaning of the regulations because the purchase of stock is not the purchase of assets. They therefore made adjustments to reduce depreciation, interest and return on equity costs claimed by the nine providers. Six of the fifteen providers did not claim the interest or increased asset valuations and goodwill on their cost reports on the advice from their respective intermediaries.
The nine providers who claimed increased asset valuations and goodwill and interest on their cost reports, as well as the six who did not, raised thisfor what Vault 7 could possibly mean.
Vault 7 seem to have the internet going in a frenzy for
what Vault 7 could possibly mean. Wikileaks began tweeting
out a series of cryptic tweets with the hashtag #Vault7 on
Feb. 4, suggesting that the international whistleblowing
organization has something juicy in store for the public
very soon.

The tweets only provided a single word accompanied by a single
photo. The Wikileaks Org graciously provided some background on
each of the photos. Who can solve this puzzle? Only the Zetas
can explain.

What: The first tweet shows a
picture of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

Where: The second tweet shows a
picture of a mine vault in Merkers, Germany where Nazis
stored money, gold, paintings, and other valuables during
World War II. This mine vault was captured by the United
States in April 1945.

When: The third


tweet shows a
picture of a Pratt & Whitney F119 airplane engine,
which is the engine for the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
The picture in the tweet was taken on April 9th, 2010 at
Langley Air Force Base as part of a story published on
April 12th about the soundproof "hush houses" used for jet
engine testing.

Who: The fourth tweet shows a
picture of the Manning, Assange, and Snowden "infamous
spies" posters released by the Defense Security Service.

Why: The fifth tweet shows a
picture from the article Keeping Structures Strong, which
discusses the 509th Civil Engineer Squadron's work
repairing infrastructure on Whiteman Air Force Base. The
specific picture tweeted is captioned "Staff Sgt. Adam
Boyd, 509th Civil Engineer Squadron structural supervisor,
welds a box blade for a snow plow, Feb. 27. Structures
Airmen perform jobs such as this one to save the Airthe common man the truth, but the Norway Seed
Vault (What) revealed the truth. Vault 7 is related to the
elite preparing in secret, and how this is about to be blown
open, revealed. We have stated that the Gold in Fort Knox
(Where) was stolen years ago by the Bush/Clinton criminal
cabal. Gold was seen as the one commodity that the elite
could barter with, up to and beyond the coming Pole Shift.

But Hillary Clinton got
sloppy after she forced Obama to assign her to the State
Department in 2009. Her correspondence on her homebrew server
(How) revealed much, and set in motion investigations (When)
in 2010. The Sequester (Why), which forced the Department of
Defense to cut corners financially, is driving the process. We
have stated that secret court hearing are in process, with the
Clinton and Bush family


UFO’s over France on February 11. France has
been in the news as a conflicted country, a member of the EU
thinking of leaving the union, and one of the first countries in
the EU to suffer from the migrant horde flowing in from Syria.
Is there a relationship? The Zetas explain.

ZetaTalkInsight2/18/2017:Pointed
UFO displays have been on the increase, in step with an
increased Earth wobble and visibility of the Nibiru complex
and earthquakes and activating volcanoes. As with the
exploding Palestine UFO in late January the UFOs are warning
about pending devastation, plate movement and the effect on
the residents in the city below. The Mexico City UFO on
January 28 was obviously warning of a pending eruption. Just
as the UFO seemed to increase in size as it deliberately raced
toward the camera, the eruption will likewise overtake the
residents.in the wrong place, vis a
vis the Sun, and too bright. It does not cast a reflection on
the water. It is rather perfectly placed in relationship to
the real Sun for a ghost capture, including the deformations
caused by the clouds around the Sun. All these recent efforts
are attempts to detract from the very real awakening done by
Dr. Zakharovich.

And the beat goes on! The panic over the Russian astronomer Dr
Zakharovich getting into the news, admitting the Nibiru is real
and is in the Solar System, has the establishment all in a
tither. From the start of the ZetaTalk message back in 1995, the
Zetas have emphasized that the establishment would blame
the Sun for all the Earth changes, right up until the Last
Weeks when the presence of Nibiru would be too obvious to
ignore, if


possible. The elite want the common man like sheep,
quiet and obedient. Thus this excuse, to blame the Sun,
dutifully popped up again in the Science Daily news on February
7.

By analyzing the level of a
carbon isotope in tree rings from a specimen of an ancient
bristlecone pine, researchers have revealed that the sun
exhibited a unique pattern of activity in 5480 BC. By
comparing this event with other similar but more recent
phenomena, they reported that this event may have involved
a change in the sun's magnetic activity, or a number of
successive solar burst emissions.

All Dams Fail

Early in the ZetaTalk saga, the Zetas stated that before or
during the Pole Shift that all dams will fail. This warning was
directed at the population of Phoenix and Los Vegas, who would
both be affected by the failing of thethe Oroville Dam in California are billed as
being due to excessive rain, but the frantic efforts to shore up
the dam indicate problems that are not being admitted. The
spillway split and spread into an abutting hillside, eroding
this, but the water was still directed correctly. Excessive
water caused the emergency spillway to be used for the first
time. Everyone was told to evacuate.

With the water level at
California's Lake Oroville dropping, authorities lifted a
mandatory evacuation order, allowing tens of thousands of
residents to return to homes near the reservoir's dam.
Heavy rains last week caused the lake level to rise until
the water began to pour down the emergency spillway.
Authorities ordered people to leave the area when a hole
developed in an eroded area of the spillway, affecting
about 188,000 residents. Officials worried the spillway
would fail, and one


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Obituary for Dorothy Kathleen Granberry

Dorothy H. Granberry passed away on July 26, 2017, a few weeks before her 100th birthday. She was born in Colorado in 1917 to the late Frank J. and Hilda B. Henry, and the family moved to Atlanta during her infancy. She was a graduate of Druid Hills High School and Duke University. After World War II, during which she was an officer in the U.S.Navy Supply Corps, she married the late Edwin R. Granberry, who had been an Army officer during the war. They remained residents of DeKalb County for the rest of their lives. Dot was known for her generous nature and her wide variety of interests. Her brother likes to recall her phone call, when in her seventies, saying, “You aren’t the only one who can make a hole-in-one”. She had recently taken up golf so she could join her dear husband on 9-hole rounds. On a short par 3, only 115 yards but still longer than a football field, her 5-iron shot had landed in front of the green and proceeded to the cup. Survivors include her daughter, Doris G. Cook, daughter-in-law Charlene Granberry, her brother, William C. Henry,


       Defendant-Appellant.

           Appeal from the United States District Court
                 for the Eastern District of Texas

                               (June 20, 1994)

Before GOLDBERG, HIGGINBOTHAM, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

     TK's Video, Inc., an adult book and video store, sued Denton

County, Texas, contending its licensing requirements for "adult"

businesses violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments.1          to de novo review by the state district court

and, by the terms of the Order, filing an appeal stays a Decision

of the Director of Public Works in suspending or revoking a license

until final decision by the state district court. Because TK's was

in business when the Order was adopted, its free speech activity

cannot be suppressed pending review of its license application by

the County.

                                           5
      TK's also contends that the Order is deficient in failing to

provide an automatic stay pending appeal of an


After criticism, Brazil transfers Zika samples to US

London: Brazil said that it was sending a set of samples related to the Zika outbreak to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, an announcement that follows criticism over the country's hoarding of disease data and biological material.

The Associated Press reported yesterday that researchers across the world were being starved of access to Zika virus samples and information, with many countries relying on older strains from outbreaks in the Pacific and Africa for tests and research.

The World Health Organisation and Brazilian health officials told a news agency that legal issues were complicating the sharing of data. Brazil's health ministry today said it had just wrapped up Zika field work with an American team and would be shipping two-thirds ofreceived entry as lucky losers:
  Damir Džumhur
  Matteo Viola

Withdrawals
Before the tournament
  Tomáš Berdych → replaced by  Damir Džumhur
  Laslo Đere → replaced by  Matteo Viola
  Miomir Kecmanović → replaced by  Jozef Kovalík
  Corentin Moutet → replaced by  Janko Tipsarević
  Stan Wawrinka → replaced by  Salvatore Caruso

Retirements
  Márton Fucsovics
  Janko Tipsarević

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

 Rankings are as of September 9, 2019

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  Evgeny Donskoy /  Konstantin Kravchuk
  Evgeny Karlovskiy /  Andrey Rublev

Champions

Singles

  Daniil Medvedev def.  Borna Ćorić, 6–3, 6–1

Doubles

   Divij Sharan /  Igor Zelenay def.  Matteo Berrettini /  Simone Bolelli, 6–3, 3–6, [10–8]

References

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Their eyes looking pensively into the camera lens, these are the women of an Indian royal court.

Fascinating pictures shed light on the life of Maharaja Ram Singh II, who ruled in the famous pink city of Jaipur between 1835 and 1880.

A keen photographer, his portraits of the royal harem and their female supervisor, as well as the dignitaries and fakirs who made up his inner circle, give a stunning insight into the workings of the court.

Two members of the royal harem in Jaipur, where Maharaja Ram Singh II, a photography enthusiast, set about capturing the culture and costumes of his kingdom

A double portrait of a woman in the Maharaja's harem, pictured looking sternly into the camera

The royal meticulously photographed members of his court, including this woman, who waspart of his harem

The costumes and culture of the city were captured in the Maharaja's images, which remained untouched for more than a century

They were taken between 1857 and 1865, and the collection of glass negatives were to remain untouched for more than a century.

Under the watchful eye of British photographer T. Murray, the Maharaja - who became known as the country's first Photographer Prince and who often used his four wives as subjects - developed his interest in the emerging art, and took intimate shots of the ornately-dressed people who surrounded him each day.

According to accounts of his life, he spent hours in his laboratory developing photographs and recording images which proved a treasure trove for historians.

The elderly woman on the left was a supervisor of the


harem, of which the woman on the right was a member

Maharaja Ram Singh III, pictured in the royal palace in Jaipur between 1857 and 1865, was an avid photographer whose images give a fascinating insight into life in the Indian city

The Maharaja's collection includes portraits of a fakir (left) and one of his ministers (right)

A portrait of noteworthy men taken between 1857 and 1865 in the royal palace in Jaipur

The guard of Maharajah Ram Singh III, in the Royal Palace of Jaipur, pictured in 1858

The images were found in the Madho Nivas Wing of the City Palace in Jaipur, in Rajistan, in northern India.

A child when he ascended to the throne, he embraced modern amenities, and under his leadership the city became one of the most distinctive inthe country.

He would often roam the streets incognito to observe how state officials were carrying out their work, and was recognised by the British Government, which added four guns to his salute an nominated him as a member of the Viceroy's Legislative Council.

During his reign new water works, gas works, museums and schools were built, and he devoted a lot of his time to capturing the costumes and culture of his people with his then state-of-the-art camera equipment.

The Maharaja's horse, pictured between 1857 and 1865, is among the images found in the Royal Palace in Jaipur

The Maharaja, an avid photographer, took portraits of noteworthy members of the royal court and visitors

A group portrait of noteworthy men and visitors, in the Royal Palace of Jaipur, India

The images were found


climate change was calculated using the number of Australian adults at the 2016 census (19.4 million), multiplied by the proportion who chose each bracket, multiplied by the lower end of the bracket.

This data came from the Australia Talks National Survey, conducted by the ABC and Vox Pop Labs, which was fielded to 54,000 Australians in July 2019. The survey data was weighted using sex, age, education level, language of use, State, geographical region and voting choice in the 2019 Federal election, to offer a representative sample of the Australian population.

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If you'd like to be notified about futureSweety Sharma lives a comfortable lifestyle with her mom and dad, Col. S.K. Sharma. She is fond of dancing and is invited to a dance party by Rocky, ... More
Sweety Sharma lives a comfortable lifestyle with her mom and dad, Col. S.K. Sharma. She is fond of dancing and is invited to a dance party by Rocky, who crusades against drugs and wants youngster to beware of this unhealthy habit, which had taken the life of his sweetheart, Julie D'Souza. She meets with Sanjay, son of businessman Rajaram, and both fall in love with each other. Both attend the party, and that is where Sweety gets to see the true colors of an intoxicated and flirtatious Sanjay, and decides not to have to do anything with him. She


Briana Williams, J.D., is a Harvard-educated lawyer, single mom and inspiration to many.

Williams, a 24-year-old from Los Angeles, defeated incredible odds when she had a baby in law school -- literally. She was in labor in a Harvard Law School classroom while taking a final exam.

"I went into labor in April -- during final exam period," Williams writes in an Instagram post that has gone viral. "I immediately requested an epidural so that my contractions wouldn't interfere with my Family Law grade. And, with tears in my eyes, I finished it."

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How did this woman get through two incredibly tough things -- law school and labor -- at the same time? She says she simply "bit the bullet."

She completed her exam and thengave birth to her daughter, Evelyn. She had one more year of law school left, and being a young, single mom did not deter her. She kept biting the bullet.

After Evelyn was born, Williams learned how to breastfeed with one arm while writing a paper with the other, USA Today reports. She said some days she was so mentally and emotionally fatigued that she did not leave her bed. Williams struggled with childcare and Evelyn often had to attend class with her.

"It was not atypical to see me rushing through Wasserstein to the Dean of Students' office with Evelyn in her carriage, asking DOS can they keep her for a few until class was over," Williams writes. "If not, she'd just have to come with me to class."

"I


did not think that, at 24 years old, as a single mom, I would be able to get through one of the most intellectually rigorous and challenging positions of my life," Williams wrote. "It was hard. It hurt. Instagram can make peoples' lives seem seamless, but this journey has been heart wrenching. However, I am happy to say that I DID do it." Last week, all of the pain and hard work paid off for Williams.

With her 1-year-old daughter in her arms, Williams walked across the graduation stage and received that hard-earned law degree from Harvard University. It was an image of inspiration and determination.

She said she knows that when she became a single mother, she became a statistic, but she didn't want to be just that --Citizens in Madrid Hardly Bat an Eye At Continual Strikes

ByVictoria Colliver, Special to The Christian Science MonitorJanuary 9, 1995

MADRID
— STRIKES that would paralyze a major city in the United States are not much more than an inconvenience in an otherwise typical day in Madrid, Spain's capital.

In the first 10 months of 1994, Spaniards endured 1,031 strikes, causing a loss of more than 42 million work hours. December was filled with transportation strikes during the busy holiday season, and the strike calendar for 1995 is already filling up.

The day before New Year's Eve -- ominously dubbed the ''dia negro,'' or black day, for transportation -- Madrid's metro, trains, and buses between cities held simultaneous strikes in the midst of the preholiday rush hours. The strike affected hundreds of thousands


of the city's roughly 4 million residents. The metro slowed to half-service in the morning and evening; the trains ran even less frequently; and intercity buses stopped altogether. A 12-day strike by pilots for Spain's national airline company, Iberia, was scheduled through the same time period, but it was settled on the eve of the strike.

Madrid residents are surprisingly accepting of the inconvenience strikes cause. Angel Garcia, a student waiting at a bus stop, smiled weakly and shrugged his shoulders. ''Another strike. Well, we're used to it,'' he says. ''At least it's a vacation, and there aren't so many people.''

On average, Spain loses 600 work days a year through strikes and work slowdowns for every 1,000 Spanish workers. ''Spain has more strikes and loses more hours than anyCoalition of Trade Union Workers (Union Sindical Obrera).

WHILE Spain lacks a formal law, it does have a series of regulations that control the timing, notice, and amount of service provided during a strike. Most of the time, strikes are slowdowns rather than shutdowns, and the hours affected are usually flexible, short-lived, and widely publicized in advance. During the past holiday strikes, the Transportation Ministry guaranteed between 40 percent and 75 percent minimum service, and most passengers knew the schedule changes.

Spain has already started bracing itself for another year of strikes. Metro workers plan to strike five days in early January for a few hours at a time. Intercity bus drivers held slowdowns in late December and were planning to strike again last Friday and Saturday over contract disputes.

Some


Real People as Fictional Characters: Some Comic, Sad, and Dangerous Encounters(CONTINUED)

She was a Mexican-American woman, not yet 40. She had luscious black hair, waves and waves of it--and into those luminous cascades she had placed a fresh rose, red against the black of her hair. She was a few pounds heavier than she might claim to be—the word "lush" occurred to me. She was dressed in a fashion beyond fashion, entirely her own. In a gesture of decorum, she had added to her red blouse a lacy ruffle that, however, did not compromise the splendid fullness of her breasts. It occurred to me, then, that, rather than having tried for decorum, she had actually called more attention to her ample endowment with the enamored ruffle. She wore adark skirt with winking slits on either side of her legs and over sling pumps.

There was my flesh-and-blood Amalia!

I followed her along the aisles. Noticing me, she added to her stride a slight swing of her hips. I pursued her, until, at another aisle, a Mexican man with an aggressive mustache—he was shorter than I, I'm delighted to tell you—stood in my path. "Pos?" he challenged me. "Well, nothing," I answered. The woman looked somewhat thrilled, as if she might welcome a good fight over her. And yet—and this in retrospect was what had held me spellbound—there was something yearning, something touchingly defiant about her bold presentation. It was to her that I would donate the enigma of the intersecting clouds.

No other character of mine has taken over


I add: In life, be kind. In your art, be ruthless.

There are times when one has to change real-life protagonists into exaggerations to see them clearly, create a closeup of their souls. I spent a summer once as the guest of a fascinating man on his private island. With him was his 12-year old son, already a near-replica of his cunning father. During my visit, the man's exotic mistress was staying with us. Then his famous first wife came and stayed, and then his second wife, an heiress, came and stayed. What to make of the cauldron of conflict and accusations stirred? What to make of the sinister boy who threatened to drown me? I converted them all into vampires, and titled my next book that—I made theevil crew decadent and gorgeous. The powerful heiress became "the most beautiful woman in the world."

On Venice Beach one afternoon along the boardwalk, a youngish man in jockey shorts and cowboy boots was performing there, dancing and singing and playing a guitar. Nearby a pretty girl with him looked at him sadly while passersby giggled and nudged each other and heckled the man, even while dropping money in his hat. What had led him there?

I subsequently found out that the same man went on to become notorious as the Naked Cowboy—a silly figure courting derision, dancing almost naked on Times Square even in snowy winter.

I didn't like the actual life revealed of the man who had moved me on the beach. So I gave him another life. In


cruelly disowned him. After he died, the opportunistic family sued the producers of his movies, my publisher, Grove Press, and myself for—of all things—besmirching the notorious-man's reputation. I had not even known him, did not use his real name, wrote sympathetically about him, and I even disguised him by changing a famous tattoo of a kangaroo on his left buttock to that of a rabbit on his right one. I believe the matter was dismissed since I heard no more.

At times real people turn themselves into fictive characters. Along Melrose Avenue once, a man sprinted toward me, his hands imitating a shotgun aimed at me—"Bang, bang, bang! Don't you recognize me?" I remembered him, vaguely, from some brief encounter. "I'm Orin, in your book, the ending, remember? Bang,was ambushed by guilt. Since many of the characters I had written about were people in a turbulent world then secret except to them, I wondered whether I had betrayed their lives by having lived among them, with them, as one of them, and then violently separating from them, becoming a writer—escaping, as it were—a life that I had recorded having for most no exit.

What, I wondered, happened to Chuck, the lazy cowboy who lingered under apathetic palm trees and the Los Angeles sun in the old Pershing Square? He was genial, popular, a cowboy without a horse—no frontier left to discover—living from day to day as long as his youth survived. In my novel he will always be basking in the warm sun, untroubled, certain that tonight


will allow him another tomorrow. In real life, did it? How old would he be now? Alive? The world I shared with him and others was only blocks away from skid row, waiting.

For me, finally, there is, unassailably, this to justify it all: Within the artistic creation occurs the only means of stopping time. All characters can be brought back to life, simply by opening the first page of a book. Don Quixote begins his quest, the Governess moves undaunted into Bly; Molly pursues the evasive Yes of her ruminations, Marcel struggles for his mother's kiss, Tristram delays his birth, Odysseus is on his way back to Penelope, Emma prepares for the ball, Catherine's ghost searches along the moors.

In a favorite movie of mine, "Moulin Rouge," the originaljust wandering around, taking in the eclectic city, as some of the most interesting buildings you'll come across will be just by taking a stroll through town. A few that deserve special mention include City Hall, Reykjavík Cathedral, and Imagine Peace Tower, Yoko Ono's memorial to John Lennon, projecting a "tower of light" into the air that can be seen from around the city. Culturally, the local area is just as rich, with several museums of art and of history found all throughout the downtown area such as the National Gallery of Iceland and The Culture House, a grand building previously housing the national library and is today home two world class exhibitions. There’s also a hip and vibrant music scene with live concerts most evenings, as well


as a thriving theatre scene, with two main theatres staging around ten plays a year each (as well as a number of smaller theatre groups specializing in different kinds of modern theatre). Catch a show at Harpa, the new home of the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, or the National Theatre of Iceland, which is in many ways the focal point of Icelandic theatre. And make sure to party it up with tons of great food and the notoriously "enthusiastic" nightlife scene!

There are even a number of opportunities to experience at least a bit of Icelandic nature without leaving the city itself, as outdoors activities in the immediate vicinity of the city are simple to come upon. Embark on a volcano tour, go diving in the otherworldly waters of Silfra,minerals which make up the mountain – and offers tons of hiking trails to make your way around. Try starting out at Mógilsá, beside the Ringroad, where the Icelandic state forestry station has its base.

Other options include venturing out to Skogarfoss waterfall, Skaftafell National Park, or Snaefellsnes Peninsula in western Iceland, which is one of the most popular destinations for visitors, with countless of lava caves, hot springs, and waterfalls. The Blue Lagoon and Grimsey Island are also vacation destination favorites, as well as Golden Circle's Classic tour, a full-day guided tour around Iceland that’s become one of the most popular day trips from Reykjavik. Stops include Thingvellir National Park, Gullfoss waterfall, the famous Geysir, and several other popular must-see sights.

Reykjavik Accommodations

Whether you're seeking luxury style rooms, spaces


square from Hallgrimskirkja.

And just as there are surprisingly few cheap accommodation options in Reykjavík, there are unsurprisingly many more expensive ones such as 101 Hotel, the Radisson Blu Saga Hotel, or Hótel Holt, which sits by a quiet street in the central part of town. Modern luxury apartments in the downtown area can also be found at Black Pearl.

Transportation In Reykjavik

Walking in Reykjavík is always highly recommended, as many attractions are within walking distance from most area hotels. Plus, the city is extremely beautiful all on its own and the sidewalk and pathway system have been rated one of the bests in the world. There’s also a very long and scenic pathway for walking and cycling that circles almost the entire city that’s typically unknown to many tourists.Try starting point at any place where the city touches the sea and follow along on a path that leads by an outdoor swimming pool, a sandy beach, a golf course, and a salmon river.

For those looking to take on the road, however, Reykjavík also has a public bus system that is clean and reliable, with Sterna and Reykjavík Excursions operating regular bus service from West Iceland, South Iceland and Akureyri daily. There are even numerous rental car services to choose from (the cheapest car at the cheapest dealer would probably average out to about 5500 ISK each day). In addition, several cruise liners stop in Reykjavík each summer, mostly arriving in Sundahöfn which is three kilometers east from the city center, so those hoping to travel by


when singer Joe Cocker mimicked the playing of the keyboard and guitar during his performance of "With a Little Help From My Friends". Cocker's signature elaborate moves helped display air guitar to the broader public.

The term "air guitar" gained popularity in the 1980s, with one of the first contests held at Florida State University in 1978. Contests multiplied in Sweden and the United States during the 1980s, and since 1996, the annual Air Guitar World Championships have been a part of the Oulu Music Video Festival in Oulu, Finland, and the festival currently administers the Air Guitar World Championships Network of official national championship competitions. The idea of the contest was originally coined as a joke, meant only to be a side attraction for the music video festival,motions and produce the guitar sounds. This guitar simulator was made popular in the UK motoring show Top Gear by presenter Jeremy Clarkson. He was seen playing the Tomy Guitar Rockstar in one of Top Gear's famous challenges.

In March 2008, Jada Toys of California introduced the Air Guitar Rocker toy which featured patented technology in a belt buckle. When the user strums a magnetic pick in front of the belt buckle, guitar music plays through a portable amp attached to the users pant or belt. The Air Guitar Rocker is marketed with the popular Guitar Hero license and was created by toy inventor David Führer and his team.

In June 2011, San Francisco, CA startup Yobble announced the Air Guitar Move, an appcessory for iPhone and iPod Touch. Users


between Fox News and FreedomWorks. Beck does not inform his audience of the connections between the organizations and his project. [SaveTheRich (.com), 4/17/2009; Media Matters, 9/11/2009]

The right-wing advocacy group Americans for Prosperity (AFP), funded largely by Koch Industries (see August 30, 2010), has worked closely with the “tea party” movement since its inception (see February 27, 2009 and April 15, 2009). In the weeks before the first Tax Day protests (see April 8, 2009, April 15, 2009, and April 15, 2009), AFP hosts a Web site offering its visitors “Tea Party Talking Points.” The Arizona branch of AFP urges people to send tea bags to President Obama. The Missouri AFP urges its members to sign up for “Taxpayer Tea Party Registration” and provides driving directions to nine protests.Forbes, the billionaire publisher of Forbes magazine, lives in a New Jersey home valued at $2.78 million, owns a chateau in France, and recently sold a private island in Fiji and a palace in Morocco. [Wall Street Journal, 5/16/2008]FreedomWorks Supports Armey's Lobbying Efforts - Armey’s lobbying firm, DLA Piper, represents pharmaceutical firms such as Bristol-Myers Squibb, medical device supplier SleepMed, health care provider Metropolitan Health Networks, and another pharmaceutical firm, Medicines Company. One member of FreedomWorks’s board of directors is Richard Stephenson, the founder and chairman of Cancer Treatment Centers of America. He is also the president of International Capital and Management Company, which runs a hospital consulting company. The president of FreedomWorks is Matt Kibbe, the former senior economist for the Republican National Committee and the former


Bush; many of the organization’s senior officials are veterans of the Bush-Cheney 2004 presidential campaign, former Republican lawmakers, and conservative lobbyists. American Majority is itself an offshoot of another organization, the Sam Adams Alliance. That organization is headed by a former executive director of the Illinois State Republican Party, and by a former Dow Chemicals engineer who also heads a large conservative think tank. Another sponsor of Recess Rally is a group called Let Freedom Ring, whose founder provided the funding for the 2008 Republican campaign ads that used footage of the 9/11 attacks to promote the Iraq war. Another sponsor was responsible for the 2004 “Swift Boat” campaign advertisements that besmirched then-presidential candidate Senator John Kerry (D-MA). Two other groups sponsor Recess Rally: Americans for Prosperity (AFP—seemovement, Wolfe writes, has given “American intellectuals whose views have been out of fashion for some time” a new platform with which to express their ideas. The same ideas that drove the McCarthyite “Red scare” of the 1950s are driving the tea parties today, Wolfe writes, and points to the increasing involvement of organizations such as the John Birch Society (JBS—see March 10, 1961) in the tea party movement (see July 22, 2007, August 4, 2008, October 10, 2008, April 13, 2009, April 19, 2010, and August 24, 2010). Like the people who support the JBS both now and in the 1950s, tea partiers are driven “not so much to their economic circumstances as to their status anxieties.” They fear the changing, increasingly diverse and cosmopolitan society around


8, 2009, August 8, 2009, August 10, 2009, August 10, 2009, and August 11, 2009). The tea parties have begun to win the approval of right-wing Republican figures, including many of those who intend a presidential run in 2012. But, he concludes, their rigid disapproval of taxes as a concept, and taxation as a reality, means that they will inevitably “repeat the folly of those early Americans who thought there could be government with no taxes.” Anger without Willingness to Make Real Change - Law professor Susan Estrich notes that the poll indicates a large reservoir of approval for former Governor Sarah Palin (R-AK), the 2008 vice-presidential nominee for the Republican Party, but a strong doubt that she is competent to lead the nation. “Tea party types maywas written on Mr. Williams’s personal blog, and not on any Tea Party Express Web site, blog, or social networking page.” However, a tea party activist says of Williams’s post, “This is hate speech and has no place in the tea party movement.” [TPM Muckraker, 5/18/2010; Gawker, 5/19/2010] Some time after the press learns of the blog post, Williams removes it from his blog.

The advocacy wing of the Americans for Prosperity (AFP) Foundation, founded by right-wing billionaire David Koch in 2004 (see Late 2004 and August 30, 2010), holds a weekend summit called “Texas Defending the American Dream” in Austin, Texas. Koch-Funded, Koch Brand Not in Evidence - Neither David Koch nor his brother, Charles, attend the affair, and the name Koch is not in evidence. An advertisement


May 14, 2010), and labeled the NAACP “racists” who are like “slave trader[s]” (see July 14, 2010).

Tim Ravndal, the head of the Big Sky Tea Party Association, makes comments on his Facebook page that many interpret as condoning the murder of homosexuals. Ravndal will apologize for the comments (see September 4-7, 2010), which he makes in response to a lawsuit filed on behalf of same-sex couples by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). He will also remove the comments, but they will be preserved in a screenshot and documented by the Great Falls Tribune. Ravndal is described by the Tribune as “a prominent figure in [Montana]‘s tea party movement since its early days.” In an exchange with two others, Ravndal says the following: Ravndal: “Marriage is between a(see October 9, 1998 and After). During the trial of Shepard’s murderers, testimony proved that Shepard was killed because he was gay. [Great Falls Tribune, 9/4/2010]

Citizens Reclaiming Constitutional Liberties PAC logo. [Source: Citizens Reclaiming Constitutional Liberties PAC]Mark Williams, a conservative talk radio host in Sacramento, announces his return to tea party activism. He recently resigned as the chairman and spokesman for the Tea Party Express after facing withering criticism for a spate of racist, inflammatory comments (see July 14, 2010, July 15, 2010), July 17-18, 2010, and July 19-23, 2010). Williams also criticizes many in the tea party movement for being, he says, unwilling to move beyond “the cheerleading stage.” Williams tells a CNN reporter that he is forming a political action committee (PAC) called the “Citizens Reclaiming


Bill Gates and Wall Street financier Warren Buffett as the nation’s richest people. Longtime Libertarians - Personally, the Koch brothers espouse a libertarian philosophy—drastic reductions in corporate and personal taxes, huge cuts in government expenditures on social services, and widespread deregulation of industry, particularly environmental. Koch Industries was recently listed in the top 10 of US air polluters, and has for years funded organizations that oppose climate change, giving even more than ExxonMobil to organizations, foundations, and think tanks that work to derail or overturn climate change legislation. Koch funds so many different organizations that oppose various initiatives of the Obama administration that Washington insiders call the Koch ideological network the “Kochtopus.” While the Koch brothers have protested being characterized as major supporters of the right-wing agenda—David Kochas “grassroots” organizations started by “ordinary citizens” (see 1984 and After, 1997, and Late 2004). Disrupting the Obama Administration - Since well before the 2008 presidential election, the Koch brothers have been involved in full-throated efforts to derail any policies or initiatives that would be launched by a Democratic president. In January 2008, Charles Koch wrote in the industry newsletter that America was on the verge of “the greatest loss of liberty and prosperity since the 1930s.” The Kochs have used their “astroturf” advocacy group, Americans for Prosperity (AFP), to great effect against the Obama administration, launching its efforts even before the November 2008 election (see October 2008 and January 2009 and After). Conservative activist Grover Norquist says that AFP’s August 2009 anti-health care rallies were instrumental in


after he scored 60 points in his career finale. His company recently filed to trademark that phrase, though it will be second in line behind two men who filed a trademark a couple days after Bryant said it.

Other NBA players have made a dent in the investing world, including former Lakers great Magic Johnson. His personal business, Magic Johnson Enterprises, made investments in urban-area real estate, and he has had several real estate funds, with Canyon Capital, Yucaipa and JLC Loop Capital, that raised more than $3 billion.

Former San Antonio Spurs center David Robinson has also been part of the investing world. His Admiral Capital has acquired and sold real estate reportedly worth more than $350 million. Admiral Capital also invested in sports highlight capture company Krossover andseries
Because the changes are too big, it is already another series
This issue starts from where the legend begins
The purest and most representative in "Galactic Castlevania"
The strongest grandmother led by Sister Sa-2D "Meteor" series
About the birth of Metroid
That was a very legendary historical moment
It’s that Lao Ren suddenly wanted to make a space-themed shooting game
By the way, combining the action of "Mario" and the puzzle solving of "Zelda"
As a supplement to your own game type, there is no legend, right?

Chinese:
不过从时代背景来讲
很多人会忽略当时制作游戏的一个隐藏限制——容量
在FC上制作游戏   减少体积是个大学问
国内很多人玩的都是几合一  几十合一
甚至几百合一的盗版卡带  可能没有这个概念
以为一卡在手天下我有
但80年代FC刚发售那会  别说二合一了
一张卡带能不能放下一个游戏都是让人头大的事情
这个问题在FC的初期尤为严重
64KB的容量在今天连一张小姐姐的照片都放不下
《银河战士》所强调的巨大地图  完整世界
那就是想太多了
然而卡带其实并非FC的唯一载体
在FC发售后的第三年
任天堂推出了一套特殊外设——FC磁碟机
这让FC可以读取任天堂定制的软盘
当时的软盘不仅比卡带便宜
更重要的是容量上限提高至了128KB
可以纠结怎么那张小姐姐了
彻底改变了游戏的制作规模

English:
But from the background of the times
Many people ignore a hidden limitation of making games at the time-capacity
Making games on FC to reduce volume is a university question
Many people in China are playing several in one, dozens in one
Even a few pirated


thought I could finally go home after completing the task
The game is at the end of the story
Arranged such a plot of the little tadpole looking for his mother
For the first time, Sams did not hurt the killer
And call this little guy baby
From here until the return to the spaceship game clearance
We will never meet any enemies along the way
The silent ending is like an invisible boulder quietly pressing on the player's shoulder
Was the previous hunting just right?
The appearance of baby not only brought a special ending
It is also the turning point of the whole game conception of Metroid
To the "Super Metroid" generation
The game has increased its efforts in the creation of plot and atmosphere

Chinese:
開場方式就和前兩作截然不同
寂靜的空間站  倒在地上的研究員屍體
道路的盡頭是被關在玻璃罐中的baby
黑暗裏薩姆斯的宿敵利德雷慢慢顯現
在一場猝不及防的劇情戰後  跑出搖搖欲墜的空間站
緊隨擄走baby的利德雷
我們再次回到了所有故事開始的地方——行星SR388
這段極具感染力的開場
從一開始就展現了本作在把控玩家情緒上的強大實力
第一次  玩家不是為了殺死什麼怪物
而是為了拯救另一個生命踏上了冒險
在之後的流程裏遊戲也通過敵人和BOSS
安排了不止一次的母子情節
這些看似不必要甚至難以被察覺的細節
其實都是遊戲對玩家與baby關係的一種映射
而這些點點滴滴都在為最後的爆發做鋪墊
終於  我們擊敗了利德雷
但破碎的玻璃罐裏並沒有baby的身影
繼續探索  一個巨大密特羅德擋住了玩家的去路
那正是被宇宙海盜改造後暴走的baby

English:
The opening method is completely different fromthe previous two games
The silent space station The researcher's body fell to the ground
At the end of the road is a baby locked in a glass jar
Lidley, Samus’s old enemy, slowly appeared in the darkness
Run out of the crumbling space station after an unexpected plot war
Lidley who took the baby
We are back to where all the stories started-planet SR388
This very contagious opening
From the very beginning, it showed the power of this game in controlling player emotions.
For the first time, the player is not trying to kill any monsters
But embarked on an adventure to save another life
In the subsequent process, the game also passes through enemies and BOSS
Arranged more than one mother-child plot
These seemingly unnecessary or even hard to detect details
In fact, it is a mapping of the game


vivid
The subtle depiction of the relationship between the player and the baby
Even more, silence is better than sound.

English:
It can be said that it is the unusual ending of "Sams Returns"
Gives soul to the success of "Super Galaxy"
In turn, it planted the seeds for the series to continue its narrative efforts.
8 years later, in 2002, this seed finally blossomed
The 4th and final 2D new work of Metroid
Many domestic players’ pitted work "Metro Warrior: Fusion" is on sale
"Fusion" is a very special "Metro Warrior" game
Structurally, it abandons the nonlinear process of "Super Galaxy"
Revisited the zoning design of "Sams Returns"
Most of the time players can only explore in the area allowed by the plot
And this game also arranged for us an AI commander
The first dialogue text appeared in Metroid
Even Samsa result, the game uses the evolution of caterpillars and the destruction of the scene
Reverse the player's mentality again and then the mimicry appears to climax
Finally, on the way home, I did not forget to use the changes of caterpillars again
Continue to maintain tension
Our emotions are always pinched by the game
Only 20 minutes process
Has experienced ups and downs up to 8 times
Can the sense of substitution be bad?
Both ensure the conflict in the story
Without letting the game fall into the mechanical operation of strong guidance
This is how the "fusion" generation has a linear process
The answer to simulate the exploration experience of "Galactic Castlevania"

Chinese:
至此2D《银河战士》的叙事
完成了从说明书上的介绍文字
到引发玩家思考的点缀
再到丰富角色创造经典的独立
最终和游戏玩法融为一体  无法分割的蜕变
这一系列进化 让原本冷冰冰的萨姆斯
一下子变的丰满起来
嗯 真的挺丰满的
这次我之所以会想到做《银河战士》的视频
就是因为最近重玩了wii上的《另一个M》
它同样是一款非常重剧情
并且和《融合》渊源颇深的作品
我发现自己对这个系列想的起来的  最怀念的
一直都是那说不清道不明的叙事氛围
而不是如何引导玩家  关卡有不有趣
我相信多年之后 没有多少人
还能记得这个视频前面唠叨的那些细枝末节
但我也坚信  一定还很多人
忘不掉萨姆斯和baby的相遇
忘不掉baby牺牲自己的画面
忘不掉一个名叫亚当的AI指挥官
因为这就是故事的魅力
《银河战士》仅仅4部作品

Chinese:
至此2D《銀河戰士》的敘事
完成了從說明書上的介紹文字
到引發玩家思考的點綴
再到豐富角色創造經典的獨立
最終和遊戲玩法融為一體  無法分割的蛻變
這一系列進化 讓原本冷冰冰的薩姆斯
一下子變的豐滿起來
嗯 真的挺豐滿的
這次我之所以會想到做《銀河戰士》的視頻
就是因為最近重玩了wii上的《另一個M》
它同樣是一款非常重劇情
並且和《融合》淵源頗深的作品
我發現自己對這個系列想的起來的  最懷念的
一直都是那說不清道不明的敘事氛圍
而不是如何引導玩家  關卡有不有趣
我相信多年之後 沒有多少人
還能記得這個視頻前面嘮叨的那些細枝末節
但我也堅信  一定還很多人
忘不掉薩姆斯和baby的相遇
忘不掉baby犧牲自己的畫面
忘不掉一個名叫亞當的AI指揮官
因為這就是故事的魅力
《銀河戰士》僅僅4部作品

English:
So far, the narrative of 2D Metroid
Completed the introduction


the area. Though having no legal authority, the Sharia courts in Jammu and Kashmir hold great sway in the regions.

Two thatched-grass structures belonged to evangelist who received threats.

NAIROBI, Kenya, April 21 (CDN) — A Christian near Ethiopia’s southern town of Moyale said suspected Islamic extremists on March 29 burned down his two thatched-grass homes.

Evangelist Wako Hanake of the Mekane Yesus Church told Compass he had been receiving anonymous messages warning him to stop converting Muslims to Christ. The Muslims who became Christians included several children.

“Inside the house were iron sheets and timber stored in preparation for putting up a permanent house,” said Hanake, who is in his late 30s. “I have lost everything.”

The incident in Tuka, five kilometers (nearly three miles) from Moyale in southern Ethiopia’s Oromia Region,world’s only Hindu kingdom until 2006, when a people’s movement led by former Maoist guerrillas and supported by political parties, including the Nepali Congress and the Unified Marxist Leninist, ousted King Gyanendra.

An interim constitution was enacted in 2007, and the Constituent Assembly was elected through Nepal’s first fully democratic election a year later. The Assembly was supposed to promulgate a new constitution by May 28, 2010, but its term was extended by one year.

It is still uncertain, however, whether the approaching deadline will be met due to persistent disagreements among parties. The Maoist party has 220 members, the Nepali Congress 110, and the Unified Marxist Leninist 103 in the 575-member Assembly.

Rokaya, a member of the newly formed United Christians Alliance of Nepal, comprising a majority of Christian denominations,


congregants were leaving a New Year’s Eve Mass celebration.

The explosion ripped through the crowd shortly after midnight, killing instantly most of those who died, and leaving the entrance-way to the Church of the Two Saints, a Coptic Orthodox congregation, covered with blood and severed body parts.

The blast overturned at least one car, set several others on fire and shattered windows throughout the block on which the church is located.

Egyptian authorities reportedly said 20 of the victims have been identified. At least 90 other people were injured in the blast, 10 seriously. Among the injured were eight Muslims. Many of the injured received treatment at St. Mark’s Hospital.

Burial services for some of the victims started Sunday (Jan. 2) in Alexandria, located in northern Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea.

Witnesses reportedlyOrthodox clergy, were being held against their will after converting to Islam. The statement came after ISI claimed responsibility for an attack on a Baghdad church during mass in which 58 people were killed.

The Egyptian government continues to suspect foreign elements mounted the Alexandria attack, but an unconfirmed report by The Associated Press, citing anonymous government sources, said an Egyptian Islamic group is being investigated.

Bishop Mouneer Anis, head of the Episcopal Diocese of Egypt, said in a written statement that he thinks the attack was linked to the Iraqi threats. He added that his church has taken greater security measures at its downtown Cairo location.

“We pray with all the people of Egypt, Christians and Muslims, [that they] would unite against this new wave of religious fanaticism and terrorism,”


he said.

For weeks before the ISI issued its threat, Alexandria was the site of massive protests against the Orthodox Church and its spiritual leader, Pope Shenouda III. Immediately after Friday prayers, Muslims would stream out into the streets surrounding mosques, chant slogans against the church and demand the “return” of the two women. Before that, as early as June, clerics from at least one central Alexandria mosque could be heard broadcasting anti-Christian vitriol from minaret loudspeakers during prayers, instructing Muslims to separate themselves entirely from their Christian countrymen.

The Alexandria bombing comes almost a year after a shooting in Nag Hammadi, Egypt left six Christians and one Muslim security guard dead. In the Jan. 6, 2010 attack, a group of men drove by St. John’s Church, 455 kilometers (282miles) south of Cairo, and sprayed with gunfire a crowd leaving a Coptic Christmas Eve service.

Three men were eventually charged with the shootings, but the case has yet to be resolved.

Egypt wasn’t the only place in the Middle East plagued with anti-Christian violence over the holiday season.

The day before bombers struck the Alexandria church, an elderly Christian couple in Baghdad was killed when terrorists placed a bomb outside of their home, rang the doorbell and walked away, according to media and human rights reports. The bombing happened at the same time other Christian-owned homes and neighborhoods throughout Baghdad were being attacked.

Estimates of the number of people wounded in the attacks in Iraq range from nine to more than 13.

Karnataka, India, October 29 (CDN) — Police arrested Pastor Muthyalan


Paul on Oct. 26 in Nelamangala, Bangalore, after Muslim radicals barged into a prayer meeting, accused him of forceful conversion, tore Bibles and damaged household items. The Global Council of Indian Christians reported that police, alerted by the Muslim extremists, charged the pastor with “deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage the religious feelings of others.” A judge sent the pastor to Nelamangala Sub-Jail, but with area Christian leaders’ intervention he was released on bail the next morning.

Karnataka – Hindu nationalists on Oct. 20 burned down a house church in Bellakatte village, near Chitradurga. The Global Council of Indian Christians reported that Pastor Mallappa Hanumanthappa Andrew of Samadhana Prayer House and his brother were walking on a village road when six area extremists waylaid them and began slappingthe pastor, falsely accusing him of forcible conversion. They also slapped and shoved his brother when he tried to come to Andrew’s aid. Cursing, the extremists then burned down the house used for worship. Baramasagara police arrested four extremists identified only as Manjunath, Parashuram, Ramanna and Devaraj, charged them with unlawful assembly and released them after two hours.

Madhya Pradesh – Threatening to file a police complaint, Hindu nationalists in Chattarpur on Oct. 19 accused Pastor Kunal Parichha of forcibly converting people and sending them to Bible college, a source said. The pastor and the nationalists met for talks the next day, only to have the extremists threaten to kill him if he continued to lead worship meetings. At press time area Christian leaders were taking steps to resolve


the conflict.

Karnataka – Police detained a pastor identified only as Surendra for more than three hours on Oct. 15 after Hindu nationalists disrupted the worship of Calvary Assemblies of God Church and beat him in Boothanhalli Kaval, near S. Bidra village, Chickmagalur district. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that at 7:30 p.m., as the pastor was leading worship in another Christian’s house where 15 others had assembled, nearly 25 cursing extremists stormed in, chased them
out and repeatedly slapped and punched Pastor Surendra. A GCIC coordinator told Compass that the extremists dragged the pastor outside, ripped his shirt off, took away his mobile phone, and telephoned police that “conversion activities” were taking place. Conversion and “conversion activities” are legal in India. Police arrived at 9 p.m.,arrested the pastor and interrogated him. With GCIC intervention, Surendra was released at 12:30 a.m. without being charged.

Orissa – Hard-line Hindus in Paikamara, Puri, Orissa district on Oct. 14 confined three recent converts to Christianity in a house, assaulted them and pressured them to deny their new faith. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that Aswini Sahu, Sanatana Jena and Amulya Swain became Christians six months ago after listening to Christian radio broadcasts. When the Hindu extremists learned of it, they threatened them and expelled them from the village after the Christians continued to worship Christ. The Christians took shelter in different homes, and then went back to their village after receiving word by telephone that tensions had cooled. As soon as they returned, however, the


extremists caught hold of them, beat them and confined them. With GCIC and area Christian leaders’ intervention, police rescued the Christians and warned the extremists not to disturb them again.

Haryana – Hindu extremists on Sept. 30 attacked a church’s Christian school in Ghaziabad. A source said that the extremists showed up in a truck armed with guns and other implements of destruction at the Ingram Institute and broke a wall. Trying to occupy the church property, they started building a wall around a student hostel and other properties near the school and verbally abused director Hepesh Shepherd, staff members and students. Christians immediately filed a complaint, and police detained two extremists. They were later released without charges.

Chhattisgarh – Hindu extremists assaulted Pastor Suresh Deep of The Church ofGod on Sept. 28 in Rajnandgan. A source reported that the incident began the previous day when two church members, Shilembra Sahu and Raj Kumar, started quarrelling about whether Kumar was meeting standards for Christian living, and as villagers came to become involved in the conflict, Hindu extremists took Kumar’s side. The extremists filed a complaint against Sahu, and police arrested him for joining an assembly likely to cause a disturbance. The next day, Pastor Deep went to submit a bail petition for Sahu, and some 20 extremists who had gathered at the court verbally abused him, beat him and dragged him to a Hindu temple. There they forced him to drink dirty water and to write that he would refrain from any conversion activity. The pastor sustained


bruises all over his body. Area Christian leaders intervened, and police registered a case against the attackers, but no arrests had been made at press time. Sahu was sent to Rajnandgan district jail but was released on bail on Sept 30.

Kerala – Muslim extremists beat a Christian convert from Islam after they saw him worshipping Jesus on Sept. 22 in Vikas colony, Ambalavayal. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that a pastor identified only as Chacko had established a friendship with a Muslim man who was an alcoholic. After attending the church, the Muslim stopped drinking alcohol, led a changed life and decided to follow Jesus Christ. Enraged by the change in him, the extremists seriously injured the convert. They also damaged Pastor Chacko’s pipeline, the12 near Bengaluru, accusing area Christians of large-scale, forcible conversion. The extremists broke into the church building and tried to pull it down, reported the All India Christian Council. Police arrived in time to stop them, but the extremists filed a complaint against Pastor John Babu and other Christians for alleged forcible conversion. Under the extremists’ pressure, the police later issued a notice to the church to stop construction and issued arrest warrants against the pastor and seven others. To avoid further harassment, the Christians applied for anticipatory bails. They also filed petitions seeking court intervention to stop the extremists from further assaults. At press time the church building remained abandoned and unguarded.

Karnataka – A mob of about 100 Hindu extremists on Sept. 5 barged into the house


church worship of a congregation of the Indian Pentecostal Church and beat a pastor in Doni, Gadag. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that the extremists ripped Bibles, tore the clothes of Pastor Mallikarjuna Sangalad, dragged him out of the house and beat him. Police arrived and arrested Pastor Sangalad, where they ordered him to stop leading worship meetings, according to the GCIC. Christian leaders intervened, and police released the pastor without charges.

Karnataka – Ramnagar police Sub-Inspector Babu Madhar on Sept. 3 forcefully entered a Calvary Fellowship Prayer house church meeting led by Pastor P.R. Jose and ordered him to immediately stop the service. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that police accused the Christians of forceful conversion and ordered them to close downThe present invention relates to a commercial laundry collection apparatus of the type having a removable laundry bag maintained on an appropriate bag stand for receipt of soiled laundry.
In various commercial and institutional facilities, apparatus are often provided for collection of soiled laundry generated during operation of the facility. Generally, the apparatus will include an expandable bag stand upon which a removable laundry bag is maintained. The soiled laundry is deposited into the laundry bag, which is removed from the bag stand when full. Generally, full bags will be picked up on a regular schedule by a commercial laundry service. The commercial laundry service will then typically wash the bag with its contents inside an industrial washing machine.
The standard laundry bag which has been used for this purpose


has a width of approximately 30 inches and a height of approximately 40 inches. The bag is formed of two rectangular pieces of fabric which are stitched together across the bottom and up the two sides. The upper portion of the laundry bag remains open to define a bag mouth. A narrow piece of material is stitched around the circumference of the top edge of the laundry bag to define a hollow tunnel. A drawstring is inserted into this hollow tunnel to act as a closure. Specifically, when the ends of the drawstring are pulled, the mouth of the laundry bag closes. The ends of the drawstring may be tied together to keep the contents of the bag inside during transit and washing.
Two types of stands are generallyused with the standard laundry bag. The first type is generally referred to as the up-right stand. The up-right stand has four rigid rods extending upwardly from the respective corners of a rectangular base. The laundry bag is maintained in the area between the upstanding rods by folding the upper portion of the laundry bag over the upper end of each rod.
The second type of stand is referred to as the x-stand. The x-stand is constructed of a pair of generally rectangular frame members interconnected at their respective midpoints to pivot. In this manner, the frame members may be expanded to a predetermined maximum extent at which the stand resembles an "X" when viewed on end. The laundry bag is maintained on the stand by loosely folding an


causing it to be displaced from the bag stand. Often, the restaurant staff will continue to throw pieces of laundry toward the bag, resulting in a pile of laundry on the floor.
Another significant problem which occurs with a standard laundry bag is tangling of the drawstring during washing. Unlike a household washing machine, an industrial washing machine holds between 50 and 800 pounds of laundry per load. Such machines typically load from the front and turn in full revolution (clockwise six times, then counterclockwise six times). Because of their light weight and rough surface, the drawstrings of the laundry bags tend to wrap around and twist together during the washing process. Often, the drawstrings of several laundry bags will become tangled together. When this happens, the wash attendantmust generally cut off all of the drawstrings to get them untangled.
In an effort to overcome the problem of drawstring tangling, the assignee of the present invention developed a laundry bag which did not have a drawstring. Instead, this prior art laundry bag utilized a pair of flat tie members attached to the upper portion of the laundry bag at opposite locations across the bag mouth. The tie members were approximately 45 centimeters in length and had a substantially uniform width of approximately 5 centimeters. When this laundry bag was full, the tie members were tied together to close the mouth of the laundry bag for transit and washing.
While this laundry bag did eliminate the drawstring, the tie members still had a tendency to tangle during washing. Additionally,


Next Steps in VenezuelaBy Alvaro Vargas Llosa | Posted: Wed. August 25, 2004Also published in San Francisco Chronicle

I witnessed the recall referendum firsthand in Venezuela on Aug. 15, and I would suggest that, despite its taking place under very intimidating circumstances and a high degree of government control, it cannot be denied that President Hugo Chávez had enough real popular support to withstand the effort to oust him at the polls. Major soul-searching is now required among Chávezs foes if they want their efforts to bear fruit in the future.

Let there be no doubt about the nature of that regime. Had it not been for the efforts of more than 3 million Venezuelans who have, through civil resistance, made life difficult for Chávez, Venezuela, the worlds fifth largestoil producer and the U.S.s third largest supplier, would be on its way to becoming a semi-totalitarian state. After coming to power in 1999, Chávez threw away the constitution and used referendums and ad-hoc elections to replace the standing institutions with a loyal National Assembly, a government-controlled Supreme Court and a subservient electoral tribunal. With the use of thugsthe infamous Bolivarian Circles modeled on the Cuban Committees of the Revolutionhe has intimidated opponents. Two violent incidents with many fatalities have produced no indictments, and there are political prisoners, such as Henrique Capriles, the mayor of Baruta Municipality accused of organizing a demonstration against the Cuban embassy (I tried unsuccessfully to visit him at the headquarters of the DISIP, the feared state-security apparatus).

Still, as Chávez proved, he has a


considerable social base. Various factors come into play here. By far the most important is the hatred of all things related to the old regime, known as el puntofijismo, the name given to the agreements signed by the major parties in 1958 that inaugurated four decades of corrupt democracy in Venezuela. A coterie of private interests tied to the state and, particularly, to the oil industry (nationalized in the 1970s), enjoyed the spoils of a system that deprived the masses of access to capital. The military, bribed with oil money, stayed out of politics, and the people received what little the unproductive system of redistribution could channel to them.

One figure says it all: In the last quarter-century of that era, Venezuela accumulated some $300 billion in oil revenue(based on official government data), more than two thirds of Latin Americas foreign debt in the early1990s. Little of that was used to develop the country, and the people became convinced the rich, white upper classes had stolen their wealth. Chávez, a man of Native American and African descent, was a child of that deeply felt resentment. Rather than dismantle the apparatus that had impoverished the people, he took it to the extreme. That is why he became unpopular after his first two years in office. But since then, the polarization of Venezuelan society has allowed Chávez to position himself again as the champion of the poor against the remnants of the old regime.

He has also been ableand this is the second factor in his victory Aug. 15to