guy doing to her? Ruth concentrated on him and tried using her power but nothing happened.

"I'm computer generated against mind illusions," he said, "and if you want to watch your friend wither into ashes, see her suffer, her scream, her-"

"STOP!"

A shockwave went through the whole forest, a shudder that broke some of the trees. I realized that my eyes were shut and my hands had gone up to cover my ears. When I opened them, I saw Seth. He looked pretty scared. No, envious, jealous. He had a weird look on his face that I couldn't really describe.

Everybody stared at me, shocked.

Ruth came walking up to me and said, "Good job, Filomena."

She disappeared. So it had been a set up. The forest disappeared, the virtual boy along withFormer Press Herald building eyed as boutique hotel

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Two developers have signed a purchase-and-sale agreement to buy the former Portland Press Herald Building at 390 Congress St. The building is near the historic Old Port District and across the street from City Hall.

Jim Brady, former president of the Olympia Cos., and Kevin Bunker, a downtown redevelopment advocate and developer, plan to convert the now-gutted building into a 100-room boutique hotel with a first-floor restaurant, according toPortland Press Herald. The two are buying the building from John Cacoulidis, president of Grand Metro Builders of New York Corp., who purchased it and the newspaper's printing plant for $6.2 million in 2009 from parent company MaineToday Media Inc., and initially had planned to renovate the building


NY Times sheds more tears for Palestinian terrorist killers than for Giilad Schalit

The New York Times, in its Oct. 18 edition, runs an article by Mideast correspondent Stephen Farrell and Jerusalem bureau chief Ethan Bronner about preparations in Israel and in Gaza on the eve of the release of Gilad Schalit, the abducted Israeli soldier held by Hamas for more than five years, in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners ("Israel and Palestinians Prepare to Swap Prisoners" page A8).Setting the scene for the prisoner swap, the article tells Times readers that "the Tuesday handover will end five years in captivity for the Israeli soldier, Staff Sgt. Gilad Schalit; hundreds of the Palestinians have been held much longer."

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Larry Burrows is unhappy and feels powerless over his life. He believes his entire life could have turned out differently had he not missed that shot in a baseball game when was a kid. One night he meets this mysterious man, who could change his fate by offering him that alternative life he always dreamed of. But as Burrows embarks on this journey of self discovery he realises that even this new life has its problems and drawbacks..


James
MacArthur peered out the window of his Honolulu apartment facing the Pacific
Ocean, his eyes aching from the brightness of the late morning sun. In
the distance he knew was Kauai Island in the Ferngato sector of the Hawaiian
Islands. Within a few hours he would be there, exchanging wedding vows
with Melody Patterson.

Excitement
swept him at the thought. After more than two years of courtship and a
couple of breakups, he would soon take Melody as his second wife. His
thoughts were interrupted by the ringing of his phone, the first of several
calls he would receive within the next few hours from friends, his mother,
actress Helen Hayes, and business associates who had gathered in Honolulu
for the occasion.

Too
nervous to really eat a big lunch, Jim waited patiently for his roommate,
a stuntman on TVs Hawaii Five-O
calledBeau, to finish dressing. Beau would be Jims best man.

Keeping
with tradition, Melody had stayed with her parents, Pat and Rosemary Patterson
who had flown to the Islands from Inglewood, California, at a nearby hotel,
and Jim would not see his bride until the 4 p.m. ceremony.

A
short time before then, Jim, Beau, and a group of a dozen friends and
relatives boarded a plane that would take them to Kauai. An awaiting bus
took the party to the wedding barge, decorated from end to end with orchids
with a four piece Polynesian musical group aboard.

During
the next 25 minutes, the barge made its way up a narrow river before arriving
at the foot of what years before had been sacred wedding grounds for the
first inhabitants of the Islands. Up a winding, flower shrouded path,
Jim and his


party climbed the mountain to the entrance of a mountain chapel,
located inside an ancient cave.

There
they would wait, and watch, as a second wedding barge carried Melody,
her bridesmaids and parents to the foot of the mountain. Hawaiian
Love Song echoed across the river and through the mountains as the
barge docked.

Lit
only by candlelight, the cave chapel was filled with reverence and solitude
as Jim waited for Melodys arrival. As he did, his thoughts flashed
back to that evening more than two years ago when they first met.

It
was at a social affair in Hollywood just before Jim left the mainland
to begin his role as Danny Williams opposite Jack Lord, as members of
a state police force.

Only
a few months had passed since Jim and his first wife, Joyce Bulifant,
had been divorced, and it was one ofthose rare occasions in which Jim
decided to attend a party. Seldom, either as a bachelor earlier in his
life or during his marriage, had Jim frequented any party, and particularly
none that could be considered typically Hollywood.

But,
this time a close friend of his had also just recently been divorced and
both were in need of a night out. Melody was there with a date, and yet
when they looked into each others eyes, something very definite
clicked.

Within
a few days, Jim built up enough courage to call her.

That
was one of the hardest things Ive ever had to do. You remember that
I had been married for nine years and was a father of two children, so
itd been a long time since I had called a girl for a date,
Jim insisted.

Nevertheless,
Melody agreed to accompany him to


a movie, and thus their romance began.
In the ensuing months, Melody was introduced to Jims children, Charles,
9, and Mary, 6. An only child herself, Melody shined like a new mother
herself as she grew to know Charles and Mary.

She
admitted to a certain amount of jealousy when she learned that both children
would spend at least a month of their summer vacation in Hawaii with their
father while she remained on the mainland. But, she was quick to realize
that Jim was their father, and she was not their mother.

Her
concern was quickly erased a few weeks later when she received one of
Jims frequent calls from the Islands. In fact, what had started
as occasional calls had developed into regular weekly calls each Sunday
evening, and both Jim and Melody found themselves arranging their weekend
activities aroundthat call.

During
one conversation, Jim invited Melody to join him in Hawaii for a vacation.
The owner of two residences in the Islands, Jim had arranged for Melody
to have her own private apartment during her stay. Without a seconds
hesitation she agreed and within a week she boarded a jet for Hawaii.

Despite
Jims hectic work schedule of 10 to 12 hours a day, six days a week,
Melody discovered what she had thought for some time -- she was in love
with Jim.

While
he had extended himself to show her everything on the Islands, he had
yet to hint his feelings for her, and while she confided her deep devotion
and love for Jim to her friends, she was careful not to question him.
She knew that not much time had passed since his divorce from Joyce, and
at


Melody often joined him at his 35-year-old
secluded home hideen in the tree-covered hills of Tarzana, California,
a Los Angeles suburb, to find his children happily playing either in their
specially built playground or in the backyard pool.

There
was but a short amount of time for the couple to be alone, and yet it
was evident to Melody that Jim too was in love, though he had still not
spoken those three little words.

When
he returned to the mainland he was in Los Angeles only a short time before
he flew to the East Coast to visit his mother, Helen Hayes, at the family
home in Nyack, N.Y. and then spend nearly two weeks in New York on business.

It
was April and Melody would be celebrating her birthday.

A
personal appearance trip to South Carolina for a film she hadrecently
done would break the monotony, but she still would not be with Jim.

Much
to her surprise and pleasure, however, Jim asked her to join him in New
York, and therefore she spent her birthday seeing the sights with Jim.
A year later they would spend an evening together for her birthday in
Los Angeles before Jim returned to Hawaii for the start of another season.

When
he left, a close friend of Melodys confided, it was
fairly well accepted that they both loved one another, but there had been
little discussion about marriage. I guess the flame was wavering somewhat,
and finally Melody accepted an invitation to go out with someone else.

The
date was an actor named Ron Taft, whom Melody had met through a mutual
friend. In the few weeks that followed her letters to Jim became fewer
in


of years was for real. Jim proposed,
and Melody said yes, something she had hoped for the past
year and a half.

It
all happened so fast, its like a dream come true, Melody related.
When he asked, I just hugged him.

Within
two weeks, all the wedding arrangements had been made. Melody broke the
news to Ron, who, while disappointed gave the couple his best wishes for
a happy marriage.

A
waterfall, splashing over the entrance of the cave, caused a chilly breeze
as Melody and her father entered to the music of the traditional wedding
march.

Soon
the ceremony was over, and the wedding couple and their party were taken
to a secluded tiki house near the Cocoa Palms Hotel on the Island. The
ground on which the hotel sits was once sacred, available only for royalty
of the early settlers. It was herethat a gala reception would be held,
with more typical Polynesian music, a champaign toast to the newlyweds,
and the traditional cutting of the cake.

Discreetly,
and politely, Jim and Melody finally slipped away as the sun began to
disappear behind the Pacific. A soft shower that had begun to fall just
as the ceremony ended, had stopped, and the warm Pacific breeze brushed
aside the towering palms. At still another hideaway on the Island, Jim
and Melody would have two days to enjoy their honeymoon before he had
to return to the demanding chores as co-star of Hawaii Five-O.

Two
days seemed to be such a short time, but after more than two years of
dating, Jim and Melody were now man and wife, a most happy day for both,
and blessed with the everlasting love that only a marriage


Coronavirus is an unprecedented medical, scientific and economic challenge. It is also the first global health crisis Britain has faced in an age of social media in which misinformation can spread as fast as the virus itself. Last month, as the crisis hit China, the director of the World Health Organisation warned of a “misinfodemic” and launched a platform to channel information and advice out to the world. In a vacuum people take action to protect themselves and their families but it can make things worse. The public stand ready to help and will act responsibly, but they need the knowledge and power to do the right thing.

This weekend, the government got this wrong. On Friday morning, the chief scientific advisor toured TV studios explaining why mass eventsor trench suppresses etching of the side to prevent bowing, which is a phenomenon in which a cross-sectional shape of the hole or trench is expanded, from being generated.
However, when the high aspect ratio hole or trench is formed by the plasma etching, the duration of the plasma etching becomes longer, and as a result, the amount of the generated reactive product increases until the end of plasma etching process. When the amount of the generated reactive product increases, the amount of the reactive product deposited on the bottom of the hole or trench also increases, and as a result, etching of the hole or trench is impeded in the end of plasma etching time, thereby deteriorating an etching rate.


The significance of cultural patterning for the "alcoholic family".
This paper presents findings from a recent study of a population of middle-class Catholic families, primarily Irish, German, and Italian, among whom alcohol-related problems are frequent and severe. To understand alcohol usage in this population, a knowledge of the historical and cultural roles of drinking in the relevant ethnic or national groups and a holistic view of contemporary family life are essential. It is suggested that massive social controls in major areas of family life are closely related to problematic drinking behavior. The delineation of cultural prescriptions regarding behaviors and attitudes directly and indirectly related to drinking patterns may contribute a significant cultural dimension to proposed models of the "alcoholic family" system.line

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PFD

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:   very-low-fluence response

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[^2]: Reviewed by: Matt Jones, University of Essex, United Kingdom; Xiaosa Xu, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States

[^3]: ^†^Present address: Aaron I. Velez-Ramirez, Laboratorio de Investigación Interdisciplinaria, ENES León, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, León, Mexico; Frank F. Millenaar, BASF Vegetable Seeds, Haelen, Netherlands

[^4]: This article was submitted to Plant Physiology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Plant


developing a working definition that captures the complex nature of substance abuse disorders. Controversy remains regarding chemical dependency""s disease status, its etiology and the nature of its development. It is clear that those who are afflicted with the disorder suffer varying degrees of misery, the effects of which are also shared by society. However, objective, consistent and quantifiable methods for properly approximating the severity of such substance misuse have not yet been developed and widely accepted.
In the early 1950s, the American Medical Association (AMA) recognized alcoholism as a disease. However, the medical establishment""s frustration with treating and even diagnosing the disorder has marked its historically troubled involvement in dealing with this universally acknowledged health problem. The human and financial costs to our society are overwhelming. There is alsoST. PETERSBURG — Distrust and frustration are mounting on both sides of the bay over plans by the city of Tampa to produce up to 50 million gallons a day of drinking water from treated wastewater by pumping it into the Floridan aquifer.

St. Petersburg City Council member Darden Rice said a push by Mayor Bob Buckhorn to get the project approved has more to do with the departing mayor's legacy than it does with the best interests of her city.

Tampa is seeking approval to proceed with the $350 million project from the regional water authority, Tampa Bay Water.

"We're getting the shaft," Rice said Tuesday during an editorial board meeting at the Tampa Bay Times. She said Tampa isn't sharing all the possible costs and risks associated with converting


wastewater to drinking water and that more time is needed to vet the project.

In October, the Tampa Bay Water board — made up of three elected officials each from Pasco, Pinellas and Hillsborough counties — voted to delay approval of a project sometimes referred to as toilet to tap.

Buckhorn said Tuesday that Rice, a member of the Tampa Bay Water board, is "wrong on all counts."

"For somebody who is known as being an environmentalist, we're all a little surprised at her unreasonableness on this," Buckhorn said. "We've been at this since 2013. It's been fleshed out. It's going to allow the partners to have even more water, it will drought-proof the city of Tampa permanently and it's the wave of the future."

Tampa has provided its studies and documentsthe paranoia. There is no plot," Buckhorn said Tuesday, approached before a regularly scheduled lunch with St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman and Clearwater Mayor George Cretekos.

Clearwater, which is not a member of Tampa Bay Water, is also pursuing a toilet-to-tap project but recently slowed down on it because costs have risen and technology has changed, Cretekos said.

During her meeting with the Times editorial board, Rice said she has Kriseman's full support. Outside the lunch Tuesday, Kriseman said he supported the vote by the Tampa Bay Water board to delay approval of Tampa's project but still hopes for a solution.

"I've also said to her, 'I'd love to see us get to a place where it's a win-win for everybody," Kriseman said.

He said he has concerns about Tampa Bay Water,


St. Ives plant.

In 1972 new models included the P100 and P50mkII integrated amplifiers, the R40 transmission line loudspeaker and the T50 FM stereo tuner.

Export sales had also begun and were proving very buoyant, in part due to the introduction of export-only products, including the TL100 and 200 transmission line speakers, the P75X integrated amplifier and the T75X stereo tuner.

Stan Curtis put together a new team and re-designed the existing products as well as introducing a raft of new models. 1973 saw the introduction of the P110 integrated amplifier and the company's first turntable, while the P140X integrated amplifier was introduced for export markets.

Other innovations included the design of what was believed to be the world's first digital tuner, the T120, which worked well but proved impractical forThen a boom and then a little force."

Fire officials said the damage was contained to the kitchen area and most of the injuries were burns.

The road was shut down between Route 275 and Spring Hill Road.

The Connecticut State Police explosion unit was called in, as well as other local departments.

The Spring Hill Inn posted a statement on Facebook thanking first responders.


Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Clergy Disclosure List

Clergy for whom allegations of sexual abuse of a minor have been admitted, substantiated or determined or considered to be credible.

Cardinal's Statement

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo released the following statement, Jan. 31, 2019, disclosing the names of clergy who at some time served in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston and who have been credibly accused of child sexual abuse.

"Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

"Today the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston joins with the other Catholic dioceses of Texas to publish the names of priests credibly accused of sexual abuse or misconduct with minors since 1950.

"The Bishops of Texas have decided to release the names of these priests at this time because it is right and just and to offer healing and hope to those who have suffered. Onthe reported abuse occurred. In several instances, the allegations were made after the priest had died. Some of the allegations have been the subject of civil litigation and several have previously been reported in the media. The assignments for the priests on this list can be accessed from the list posted on the Archdiocese website. The assignments are listed alphabetically.

The Archdiocese of Galveston Houston, like other Dioceses in the United States, adopted a Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People in 2002 and since then the number of credible allegations has dropped significantly. At the same time Dioceses created Diocesan Review Boards which are comprised primarily of lay persons of multiple professions and of various religious affiliations. Since 2002, the Archdiocesan Review Board has reviewed allegations


Mathias the Apostle, Magnolia St. Thomas More, Houston (in residence)

Alphonse Rodrigue Hemond

Religious: La Salette Fathers

Incardinated Galveston-Houston 1986

Birth Year: 1916

Ordained: 1949

Status: Retired 1990

Deceased 1990

Assignments - Hemond Assignments: Christ the King, Houston Most Holy Trinity, Trinity Our Lady of Lourdes, Hitchcock Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral, Houston St. Dominic, Houston St. Francis of the Tejas, Crockett St. John, Hungerford St. Joseph, Brazoria St. Mary, Cleveland

Stephen R. Horn

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth Year: 1944

Ordained: 1973

Status: Removed from Ministry 2008

Assignments - Horn Assignments: Christ the King, Houston St. Luke the Evangelist, Houston St. Mary Cathedral Basilica, Galveston St. Mary of the Miraculous Medal, Texas City St. Theresa, Houston

William Jimenez

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth Year: 1927

Ordained: 1953

Status: Removed from Ministry 1959

Assignments - Jimenez Assignments: Resurrection, Houston St. Mary Cathedral Basilica, Galveston

Joseph Giles Leduc

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth Year: 1929

Ordination: 1955

Status: Deceased 1981

Assignments - Leduc- Martin Assignments: All Saints, Houston Annunciation, Houston Assumption, Houston Blessed Sacrament, Houston Holy Cross, Bay City Holy Name, Houston St. Anthony Cathedral, Beaumont St. Joseph, Bryan St. Mary Cathedral Basilica, Galveston St. Patrick, Galveston

Donald A. Neumann

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth Year: 1946

Ordination: 1972

Status: Removed from Ministry 2013

Donald A. Neumann Assignments: Catholic Chaplain Corps Our Lady of Fatima, Galena Park Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral, Houston (in residence) St. Gregory the Great, Houston (in residence) St. Paul the Apostle, Houston St. Pius V, Pasadena St. Thomas More, Houston

Lawrence O. Peguero

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth Year: 1921

Ordained: 1947

Status: Retired 1993

Deceased 2000

Assignments - Peguero Assignments: Holy Name, Houston Our Lady of Sorrows, Houston Our Lady of St. John, Houston Resurrection, Houston St. Anne, Beaumont St. Gregory the Great, Houston St. Joseph, Beaumont St. Patrick, Galveston

Dennis L. Peterson

Diocesan: Galveston-Houston

Birth


Immaculate Heart of Mary, Houston Our Lady of Guadalupe, Galveston St. Patrick, Houston St. Thomas the Apostle, Houston

Jack Hanna, CSB

Religious: Basilian Fathers

Birth Year: 1944

Ordained: 1974

Status: Faculties Removed 2013 (Galveston-Houston)

Assignments - Hanna Assignments: St. Thomas High School, Houston

Anthony Keil, SSJ

Religious: Josephite Fathers

Birth Year: 1894

Ordained: 1927

Status: Deceased 1969, MM

Assignments - Keil Assignments: Our Mother of Mercy, Houston St. Francis Xavier, Houston

Dennis Laroche, MM

Religious: Maryknoll

Birth Year: 1946

Ordained: 1974

Status: Left Priesthood 1987

Assignments - Laroche Assignments: Our Lady of Fatima, Galena Park St. Cyril of Alexandria, Houston

Pius Lawe, SVD

Religious: Divine Word Fathers

Birth Year: 1976

Ordained: 2005

Status: Removed from Ministry 2009

Raphael O’Loughlin, CSB

Religious: Basilian Fathers

Birth Year: 1916

Ordained: 1942

Status: Deceased 1998

Assignments - O’Loughlin Assignments: Holy Family, Missouri City Our Lady of Guadalupe, Rosenberg St. Basil (Most Holy Trinity), Angleton St. Thomas High School

Vincent Orlando, SJ

Religious: Jesuit

BirthAustin)

Birth Year: 1928

Ordained: 1954

Status: Deceased 2012

Assignments - Willemsen Assignments: St. Jerome, Houston St. Mary Seminary, Houston

Extern Priests (from other dioceses)

Luis (Eugenio) Eugene DeFrancisco

Diocesan: Cali, Colombia

Birth Year: 1908

Ordained: 1931

Status: Removed from Ministry 1960

Assignments - DeFrancisco Assignments: Methodist Hospital St. Vincent de Paul, Houston (in residence)

Fernando Noe Guzman

Diocesan: Morelia, Mexico

Birth Year: 1951

Ordained: 1979

Status: Removed from Ministry 1987

Assignments - Guzman Assignments: Our Lady of Fatima, Galena Park Our Lady of Guadalupe, Navasota St. Patrick, Navasota

Francisco Ordonez

Diocesan: Nuevo Laredo, Mexico

Birth Year: 1930

Ordained: 1995

Status: Removed from Ministry 2003

Assignments - Ordonez Assignments: Immaculate Conception, Houston St. Augustine, Houston St. Helen, Pearland (Assisted with Spanish Masses) Notre Dame, Houston St. Benedict, Houston St. John Vianney, Houston St. Vincent de Paul, Houston

Joseph Tully

Diocesan: Rockford

Ordination: 1925

Status: Retired 1971

Deceased 1982

Assignments - Tully Assignments: St. Anne, Beaumont St. Mary


Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose is a place of learning not only for children and families. For more than two decades, the museum has been a living laboratory for developmental psychologist Maureen Callanan, whose work focuses on understanding how children learn to think about the world around them.

"Unlike what the field of developmental psychology assumed for years, children don't all just think one way," said Callanan, a professor of psychology at UC Santa Cruz. "Children are learning different ways to think depending on the family, community, and culture they're growing up in."

Callanan's research focuses on the "why" questions children ask and how children learn to explain causes and effects, and she is committed to learning about children in the social and cultural contexts where they grow up.

That'schildren if they remembered the mammoth in Ice Age," said Callanan. "Another parent pointed out that the mammoth fossils in the exhibit were discovered 'near where Daddy works.' "

Engagement is key to learning, and the children whose parents made those types of connections were more involved with the exhibit, as measured by the questions they asked and the observations they shared on their own.

Callanan's findings are based on observation, and she is careful to clarify that her results establish correlation not cause. Still, this study, coauthored with graduate student Claudia Castañeda, research associate Megan Luce of Stanford University, and Jennifer Martin, director of education and programs at Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, adds to what Callanan has learned about child development over more than 20 years.

"Parents often


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**Svenja Hinderer** received her Ph.D. in chemistry in 2014 from the University of Stuttgart, Germany. During her Ph.D. thesis, she worked in the field of tissue engineering and biomaterials design with focus on cardiovascular applications. Since 2014, she is a Post‐Doc at the Fraunhofer IGB in Stuttgart, Germany in the Department of Cell and Tissue Engineering. Her research focuses on biomaterials design, electrospinning, and establishment of biocompatibility assays.

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The petitioners had entered the United States with visitor’s visas in January 2005
and overstayed. Petar and, derivatively, Katerina applied for asylum and withholding
of removal in 2007, the same year that Bulgaria entered the European Union. In their
application the couple claimed that they had been persecuted because of their
Macedonian ethnicity and membership in OMO Ilinden. That organization, which
advocates for the rights of ethnic Macedonians, was registered as a political party in
1998 but two years later declared illegal by the Bulgarian Constitutional Court because
the country’s constitution prohibits political parties formed along ethnic lines. The
petitioners said they fear reprisal by Bulgarian authorities because they had been active
in OMO Ilinden after joining in 2000. The couple was running a restaurant, and when
they began hosting the organization’s leaders for meetings, the police cameby warning
that they should drop out of the “separatist organization” if they did not want trouble
for the restaurant or their family. On one occasion, Petar said, a police officer had
punched him in the stomach. The worst incident, the couple said, was in 2004 during a
peaceful cultural commemoration when police officers restrained them, slapped
Katerina, choked Petar, and confiscated their identification cards. The officers had said
that they knew where to find the petitioners and would “deal with” them later.
        The petitioners further asserted in their application that they had entered the
United States not intending to stay but changed their minds after learning from their
adult sons in Bulgaria that authorities were looking for the couple. The petitioners
explained that they had not sought visas for


of
removal in June 2007.
        Roughly six years later, at a hearing before an IJ in July 2013, Petar expressed his
belief that the situation in Bulgaria had deteriorated. He testified that Macedonians still
are not recognized as an ethnicity by the Bulgarian government, and that, because of his
ethnicity and political activity, he could be killed or, if he got sick, would be unable to
No. 15-2464                                                          Ilinden in Bulgaria, though he did not meet
the petitioners until 2005 in the United States, and that he continued to be active in the
organization. Passov said he had started making yearly visits to Bulgaria in 2007 and
nearly every time had been summoned to a police station. Passov was asked if he had
met any of Petar’s relatives, and he responded that he had met the petitioners’ son
Boris 1 and discussed with him “the situation of the Macedonians in Bulgaria, and that
they were still looking” for Petar. Passov then was asked when he had met with Boris,
and he replied, “Almost every time when I went back, but the first time was in 2007.”
        The petitioners also submitted documents describing the history and treatment
of


ethnic Macedonians in Bulgaria. A 2009 report from Amnesty International mentions
that in May of that year representatives of OMO Ilinden had alleged that police officers
continue to interrogate supporters about the organization. That report and a U.S.
Department of State report of the same year further explain that the Bulgarian
government still had not allowed the organization to register as a political party,
despite a 2005 ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that nonrecognition
violates the European Convention on Human Rights and ignores demands from the
European Union. In contrast, a 2012 Country Report from the State Department,

        1  At the removal hearing in 2013, Petar testified that his second son, Georgi, came to the United
States in 2008 and was living with the petitioners.The present invention relates to an image telecommunication system for facilitating mutual understanding between a worker who actually works at a workplace and a manager who manages the worker from a remote place.
Guard and maintenance of security, patrolling around a factory, etc. are generally carried out by a single person. In normal cases, the routine work itself, such as maintenance and patrol, can be performed by a worker who is not familiar with the workplace. However, in preparation for some unusual situations, a manager stands by in a managing room, who has a full knowledge the workplace environment and the handling and performance of the apparatuses in the workplace.
When the worker finds anything unusual in the workplace, if necessary, he/she can tell the manager in the managing room


A police officer in West Clare is in shock after he received a pig’s head in the mail at his family home.

The head was delivered by registered post to the unnamed officer’s home in recent days.

Police have launched an investigation with police colleagues and friends of the "well respected" officer said to be outraged by the incident.

The Irish Independent newspaper reports that the officer is "highly regarded by his colleagues and those in the community where he works."

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The package failed to alert post office workers en route to its destination andBOSTON - Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney announced today, January 7, that the club has placed defenseman Adam McQuaid on injured reserve with an upper body injury and has recalled forward David Pastrnak from the Providence Bruins (American Hockey League). Pastrnak will join the Bruins for Thursday's 11 am practice at Ristuccia Arena.

McQuaid has appeared in 38 games for the Bruins this season with one goal and five assists for six points with a plus-six rating. Over the course of six-plus NHL seasons – all with the Bruins – McQuaid has played in 321 regular-season games, totaling 10 goals and 39 assists for 49 points with a career plus-57 rating.

McQuaid has also appeared in 54 NHL playoff games with the Bruins in which he has posted two


goals and six assists with a combined plus-13 rating. He was a member of the Bruins' 2011 Stanley Cup-winning team.

The 6’4”, 212-pound defenseman was acquired via trade from Columbus on May 16, 2007.

Pastrnak has appeared in 10 games with Boston this season, registering two goals and two assists for four points with eight penalty minutes. In total, the 19-year-old has skated in 56 games in a Bruins uniform, totaling 12 goals and 19 assists for 31 points with a plus-nine rating. At the conclusion of his rookie season in 2015, Pastrnak was named the winner of NESN’s Seventh Player Award, presented to the Bruin who exceeded the expectations of Bruins fans during the 2014-15 season.

This season, Pastrnak has played in two games with Providence, tallying one point.

In December,Pastrnak was loaned to the Czech Republic’s World Juniors team. During the tournament, he skated in four games, registering one goal and three assists for four points with a plus-one rating. His sole goal stood as the Czech Republic’s game-winning goal in a win over Slovakia on December 28.

The 6’0”, 167-pound native of Havirov, Czech Republic was drafted by the Bruins in the first round (25th overall) of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.


hands of the DPW – which could ultimately force some of them to lose their homes – over inaccurate and antiquated billing and water systems in our city,” resident Marianne Silva said in an e-mail Wednesday.

Silva was one of four city residents who complained to the state attorney general about an Aug. 30 closed-door meeting of the Brockton Water Commission, which oversees the department that issued the bills. Residents have accused the commission of violating state law by discussing policy and media coverage in private.

The commission cited an exemption in the law that would allow members to meet privately to discuss the reputation or potential firing of an individual.

But a tape of the Aug. 30 session revealed the board elected a spokesman, complained about media coverage, berated oneRashford, Iwobi, Iheanacho Nominated For UEFA Golden Boy Award

Premier League trio Marcus Rashford, Dele Alli and Alex Iwobi have all been named on the 40-man shortlist for UEFA’s Golden Boy award. Iwobi and the other two listed join Kelechi Iheacho and a host of other youngsters already running for the award.

UEFA’s prize is awarded with regards to the performances of players under the age of 21 in a calendar year, with the winner decided by a panel of 30 journalists.

Last year’s winner was Manchester United forward Anthony Martial, while Paul Pogba, Raheem Sterling, Wayne Rooney and Cesc Fabregas are all previous winners.

Rashford, 18, has been rewarded for his fine breakthrough year at Old Trafford and with England, notching eight goals in 15 appearances for United as well as


his first senior international strike against Australia.

Tottenham’s Alli, 20, played an instrumental role in Spurs’ title challenge last season, transitioning from League One football with MK Dons to the Premier League with consummate ease.

Arsenal’s Iwobi, 20, has come to the fore slower than his Premier League counterparts, but burst onto the scene during the 2015/16 season and has also played a part in the Gunners’ recent unbeaten run.

The favourites for the 2016 edition of the award are Bayern Munich pair Kingsley Coman and Renato Sanches, though in addition to Rashford, Alli and Iwobi there are a further eight current representatives from British clubs.

Rashford, Iwobi, Iheanacho Nominated For UEFA Golden Boy Award

Premier League trio Marcus Rashford, Dele Alli and Alex Iwobi have all been named on the 40-man shortlistfor UEFA’s Golden Boy award. Iwobi and the other two listed join Kelechi Iheacho and a host of other youngsters already running for the award.

UEFA’s prize is awarded with regards to the performances of players under the age of 21 in a calendar year, with the winner decided by a panel of 30 journalists.

Last year’s winner was Manchester United forward Anthony Martial, while Paul Pogba, Raheem Sterling, Wayne Rooney and Cesc Fabregas are all previous winners.

Rashford, 18, has been rewarded for his fine breakthrough year at Old Trafford and with England, notching eight goals in 15 appearances for United as well as his first senior international strike against Australia.

Tottenham’s Alli, 20, played an instrumental role in Spurs’ title challenge last season, transitioning from League One football with MK


machine without friction.

In other words, almost in every historical period, the social, political and economic parameters of a society, what we could call as Matrix, were being set by the ruling classes in order to secure their domination through the consent of the majority. That Matrix is in a sense a cultural totalitarianism through which the individual is being trained to serve the dominant system from the day of his/her birth.

During the last four decades or so, the dominant neoliberal ideology has penetrated in the minds of entire generations, shaping their cultural characteristics. Essentially, a significant part of the Generation X as well as the entire Generation Y (Millennials) was born and raised inside the cultural totalitarianism of neoliberalism with radical individualism, economic cynicism and uninterrupted consumerism asBy now, you should have seen enough to decide whether you're inclined to vote for Justin Trudeau in the next election.

With the arrival Thursday of legislation to legalize marijuana use, with two of their four budgets behind them, and with most of the agenda implemented, imminent or abandoned, the Liberals' first term has largely taken shape. Should it also be their last? Let's take a look at how the government has performed thus far. Consider this one observer's midterm report card.

Mr. Trudeau came to power vowing to admit 25,000 refugees displaced by the Syrian civil war. The rookie government missed the Dec. 31, 2015 deadline, but not by much, and the airlift has been welcomed by most Canadians. Former immigration minister John McCallum also increased the annual intake


and 2019? If so, the Liberals could count trade as one of their signature achievements.

On the environment, Justin Trudeau promised a new resolve in Canada's efforts to fight global warming. In the end, he simply embraced the targets established by the previous Conservative government. But the Liberals appear determined to meet those targets, and to that end have persuaded most provinces to impose some form of carbon tax. Promise made; promise at least partly kept.

The Liberals also deserve qualified praise for their handling of the health-care file. Their funding broadly follows the targets set by the Harper government, but Health Minister Jane Philpott did find some extra dollars for mental health and home care, which the provinces, for the most part, accepted. Should Ottawa be meddling in howto commit to a peacekeeping mission in Africa, a defence review has been repeatedly postponed and the shipbuilding program continues to be plagued by delays. A very mixed bag.

Closer to home, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould skillfully piloted an emotionally charged bill on assisted dying through Parliament. The marijuana legislation is another big, important file that she has kept on top of. But the government's efforts to streamline and modernize the criminal-justice system haven't prevented impatient judges from throwing out cases that take too long to come to trial. Delays in appointing judges are making things even worse. The minister has to take responsibility for this serious miscarriage of justice.

People have reason to be disappointed in this government's handling of Indigenous issues. Mr. Trudeau's most impassioned promise was to


When will this government keep its promise to balance the budget?

On two files, the Liberals deserve unremitting scorn. "We are committed to ensuring that 2015 will be the last federal election conducted under the first-past-the-post voting system," Mr. Trudeau said, over and over again. But when a parliamentary committee urged a move to proportional representation, Mr. Trudeau balked; he also resisted calls for a national referendum on the subject. In February, the government announced it was scrapping its electoral-reform plans. A total fail.

The Liberals promised, as well, to end the conversion of home delivery of mail to community mailboxes. A subsequent study estimated that abandoning conversion would cost $400-million and sink the Crown corporation's efforts to stay in the black. A final decision is expected this spring onwhether to break the promise or lose the savings. Both choices are lousy. Shame on the Liberals for painting themselves into this corner.

On one vital issue, the jury is still out. Foreign policy under the Trudeau government has broadly cleaved to the principles established by Stephen Harper: a strong commitment to NATO and to free-trade agreements, caution in dealing with trade and human-rights issues in China, and stern disapproval of Russian ambitions in Ukraine and elsewhere in Europe. But the election of Donald Trump as U.S. President changed the game. Keeping the Canada-U.S. border open, successfully renegotiating the North America free-trade agreement and preventing a crippling import tax from applying to Canadian exports are the most important priorities for Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland. Her success or failure


Despite it being a tech hub and home to Harvard and MIT, Cambridge is considering banning the use of facial recognition technology by city departments.

Cambridge Mayor Marc McGovern and two other city councilors proposed an ordinance Tuesday banning the computer programs, which identify and track people by analyzing videos and photos. Critics say the surveillance and investigative tools invade privacy and are prone to error.

McGovern's proposal would amend an ordinance passed last December requiring the city manager obtain council approval before using biometric or facial recognition technology.

Three cities have already banned the use of facial recognition technology by municipal agencies: San Francisco, Oakland and Somerville, Massachusetts, which is next to Cambridge.

Bills pending in the state Legislature would also ban use of the technology by governments or establish aof Esther, and there we stopped.

We stopped short of the
next thing — essential service. It is perfectly
evident in that book of divine sovereignty in operation,
for undoubtedly that is the meaning of the book, that
Esther was not just selected, chosen, called to the king,
to the palace, released from the embargo of her exile and
captivity, redeemed, and then adorned with everything
that was essential to make her suitable for the presence
of the king and enriched with his riches for the sake of
Esther herself. It was not just that she might be able to
sport herself in her new position and privileges, and
strut in and out of the palace and show off all that she
had become and with what she had been endowed. The real
meaning of that book, as the sequel shows, is


attain
unto...the fulness of Christ.” These gifts
are only, but essentially, to bring the church into the
place where it can fulfil its ministry. Make no mistake
about that! The ministry belongs to the church. The Lord
has made provision for the church to be helped to fulfil
its ministry by these gifts.

This is a wonderful
statement (in verse 8)! As you know, it is a quotation
from Psalm 68. You recall that psalm! It is the psalm of
the triumphant return of the victorious monarch after his
campaign in which he has overthrown his enemies, has
taken great spoil and has brought back many prisoners. In
his triumph and in the bounty of his gains he is now
generously distributing his gifts to the people in his
kingdom in order that they may come into the good of his
great triumph. ThatBut that that might be so
there are distributors of the good and the wealth, and
those distributors are named here — “He gave
some apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists;
and some, pastors and teachers.” The object we shall
come to again.

There is another little
illustration, not so perfect or so complete, and perhaps
not in such a good setting, but quite an illustration of
this same thing in the life of this same man, David.
During the time when he was driven out by Saul, hunted in
the wilderness and he went to the land of the
Philistines, he was given for his own possession and
dwelling the town of Ziklag. One day, he having gone out
on one of his raids, the Amalekites raided Ziklag, burned
it with fire, took all its contents, David’s wives
and all the people,


  Repackaged

Securities ("STARS") transaction that Sovereign had engaged in.

This STARS transaction was initiated in 2003 and was scheduled to

last five years, but it ended early, in July 2007, when STARS and

similar transactions became the subject of heightened scrutiny

from the IRS.          See Determining the Amount of Taxes Paid for

Purposes of Section 901, 72 Fed. Reg. 15,081 (proposed Mar. 30,

2007).      Sovereign       and   Barclays     Bank   ("Barclays"),    which   is

                                      - 3 -
chartered in the United Kingdom, were the two parties to the

transaction at issue.

            Sovereign brought suit to obtain a refund from the IRS

in the District of Massachusetts in 2009.          The amount of the refund

sought is approximately $234 million in taxes, penalties, and

interest.      Sovereign asserts that it is entitled to foreign tax

credits against its U.S. taxes for taxes it paid to the United

Kingdom as part of the STARS transaction at issue.                     As the

government


   13   Moreover, there is no tension between denying foreign
tax credits for the STARS Trust transaction and the U.S.-U.K. tax
treaty: As the government correctly notes, the treaty requires the
grant of foreign tax credits "subject to the limitations of the
laws of the United States."    Convention with Great Britain and
Northern Ireland regarding Double Taxation and Prevention of
Fiscal Evasion, art. 24, July 24, 2001, S. Treaty Doc. No. 107-
19.    Among those limitations, of course, are "anti-abuse
principles" such as the economic substance doctrine. See Treasury
Dep't, Technical Explanation of the Convention Between the
Government of the United States of America and the Government of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the
Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion
with Respecttax was artificially generated through a series of circular

cash flows through the Trust and was the quid pro quo for the Bx

payment.        The   assets   in    the   Trust   never    effectively    left

Sovereign's control, nor did they perform any function when placed

in the Trust that they could not without the Trust -- other than,

of course, creating the tax effect that made possible the Bx

payment.       Indeed, when calculating the profit potential of the

STARS transaction, Sovereign deducted the income from the Trust

assets, as that income would have been earned without the Trust's

existence.


Sunday, December 14, 2014

The holiday started in 2000 and was the inspiration of a pair of students from Michigan State University. When the pair began to include the ‘holiday’ in their artwork and comic strips, other artists took up the idea and played along. Over time, the holiday began to be promoted online and caught the attention of artists and activist around the world.

Although called Monkey Day, the holiday has become a time to raise awareness for all primate related causes. Animal rights organizations, sanctuaries and rescue groups use the day to generate attention to their causes, and to have a little fun along the way. Over the years, numerous artists have produced Monkey related material during the holiday.

Director Peter Jackson, in a nod to International Monkey Day,series of seven cryptids that includes: Bigfoot, Yeti, Loch Ness Monster, Kraken, Jackalope, Furry Trout and the Coelacanth.
These quality miniatures are made of hard plastic and look great on any cryptid hunter’s bookshelf. They’re available from the International Cryptozoology Museum for a limited time. While you’re at the site, check out the other fine offerings from them including t-shirts and Museum passes:http://cryptozoologymuseumstore.tictail.com/

Boggy Creek T-Shirt
Back in 2012, author Lyle Blackburn penned the ultimate book on the Legend of Boggy Creek. Many modern cryptozoologist remember the film fondly and consider it an early inspiration in their pursuit of strange creatures. Since his book release, Blackburn has released a number of Boggy Creek items featuring the legendary creature. A favorite is the Best of Boggy Creek T-shirt, produced on high quality


of Leake County, Mississippi claim that a local man has killed a chupacabra, the legendary creature known as the ‘goat sucker.’

Twenty eight year old local man, Matthew Harrell shot the creature when he caught it in a chicken coop. “My neighbor said the creature had killed three of his chickens. I thought it was a coon at first.”
Harrell says he realized the animal wasn’t a raccoon when he saw its glowing red eyes.

“This one wasn’t lunging. He was down like a cat…and I was seeing the teeth and red eyes. It looked like he was going to jump down there and I didn’t give him the chance.”The animal that Harrell killed appears to be a canine, but it is mostly hairless. Local animal officials believe that the animalCanion stated that she believes the creature was responsible for almost 28 chickens killed on her property.

“Each time we found a chicken dead, it was opened up…in its throat area. It appeared that all the blood was out of it.”
The creature that Canion discovered weighed almost forty pounds had blue eyes and a long snout with a pronounced overbite.
DNA test conducted by the University of California, Davis, have suggested that the animal is a coyote/Mexican wolf hybrid. Canion herself disagrees and believes the animal is a separate species. She’s been studying the creatures for several years and has offered to pay for DNA testing on the animal killed in Mississippi.

Harrell however, threw most of the corpse away, keeping only the jawbone and teeth, along with a couple of


the region have long told stories of Sasquatch living in the area’s forest.

The report below is from a witness who encountered what he believes was a Bigfoot in Show Low, Arizona in September of 2012. He and a friend were staying in Show Low and had started taking daily walks in the surrounding forest.

“My friend and I were taking a walk. It was about five o’clock in the afternoon. We heard an odd sound, sort of a low grumbling noise. It was very deep, not like a dog but like something from a larger animal. We both stopped and started looking around to see what had made the noise. My friend spotted it first and pointed to me saying look! Over by some pine trees there was aIt can reach lengths of fifteen feet and weigh up to eight hundred pounds. It’s the Atlantic sturgeon.

In times past, the fish was in great abundance in the Atlantic. Fishermen were not interested in the massive fish until the meat became popular as an export. In more recent times, it has been caught primarily for the production of caviar. The product became so popular that the fish is now endangered.

As of February 2012, this amazing fish was officially classified an endangered species. The Atlantic sturgeon’s official range extends from New Brunswick, Canada to the eastern coast of Florida. It’s considered threatened along its entire range, although it is completely absent from some of the areas that it previously populated. In Virginia, in the Chesapeake watershed, the James river


weird aquatic creatures.

In March 2012, a large carcass washed up on Folly Beach in South Carolina. Area residents were puzzled by the massive carcass and there was much talk of the discovery of a ‘sea monster’. The animal was soon identified by a local veterinarian from the South Carolina Aquarium as an Atlantic sturgeon.

Sturgeon have survived for over 100 million years. An individual fish can live to be over 60 years of age. Let’s hope this modern monster can survive the ravages of man.

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Tales of massive, many armed sea creatures date back to ancient times. The Greeks wrote about the Scylla, a six headed creature from the depths that threatened Odysseus during his journey. The most well known legendary monster of the deep however, isthe Kraken.

First mentioned by name in the 1700s in Norway, the Kraken was typically described as a giant squid or colossal octopus. Sailors long feared encountering this creature since it was reputed to attack ships, pulling them underwater in order to devour the men on board.

Could there be truth behind such a legendary creature? Some scientists think so and have been searching for species giant squid deep in the ocean.
A team of scientists led by Japanese researchers captured the first footage of a giant squid in it’s habitat in the waters south of Tokyo. The images show a ten foot long cephalopod moving through the murky darkness of the waters almost 1 km below the surface. The footage was filmed near the Ogasawara Islands off the coast of


famous “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” to Pirates of the Caribbean but many mysteries still remain.
Perhaps more answers will be found in the ocean’s depths.

Friday, July 18, 2014

Reports of so called "Phantom Kangaroos" have appeared periodically around the United States since the late 1800s. They are often witnessed by numerous people and the animals usually vanish as suddenly as they appear.

Back in 2012 I received one such report out of central Texas. A woman, her boyfriend, and her daughter all witnessed the animal.

Barbara had driven out to west Texas to visit friends for the holidays. Her boyfriend and her teenage daughter made the trip with her. On Thursday, December 29th, 2011, they were driving back home to the Austin area. It was early afternoon and Barbara wasat the wheel. Seeing an animal ahead on the right hand side of the road, she began to slow down. Barbara's boyfriend was in the passenger seat and leaned forward trying to distinguish just what the animal was.

"Suddenly, it sprang into the air and landed on the highway."
Barbara now had the car at a complete stop on the road and she realized exactly what she was seeing.

"Oh my God! It's a kangaroo!"
The three travelers sat in the car and stared in amazement at an animal that clearly didn't belong in Texas. After a moment, the kangaroo leaped again, landing in a field on the left side of the road. It paused a moment, then bounded across the field, vanishing in the brush and tress.

Barbara pulled off the road


and the three got out, trying to catch another glimpse of the animal, but it was gone.

Thursday, June 19, 2014

New Yorkers may have more to worry about than alligators in the sewers. A photo has gone viral on the internet that purports to show a three foot rat.

The giant rat was allegedly found dead in a Foot Locker shoe store located in the Bronx. The photo, which was apparently taken in the fall of 2011 shows the rat on a shovel.
Employees working at the Foot Locker location have refused to comment on the incident.

This is not the first giant rat discovered in New York. A similar creature was speared to death with a pitchfork at a housing project in Brooklyn.

Jose Rivera, an employee with NY’s Housing Authority, wasclearing a rat hole in Brooklyn when three of the rodents came out.
Rivera struck out hitting one of the rats but the other two escaped. The creature appears to be about three feet long and is covered in white fur.

Residents of the project say they have seen the giant rats running around the area and that even cats are afraid of them. Sightings of the massive rodents have been reported for at least six years.
Animal experts believe the Bronx rodent may be a Gambian pouched rat which can grow up to three feet in length.

Gambian pouch rats were once imported to the US as pets but were officially banned in 2003. The exotic rats are nocturnal and in the wild are very social, living in large groups.
Experts believe


bestseller, Never Cry Wolf: Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves was made into a feature film by Disney in 1983.

Mowat started writing early in his life, penning a regular column on birds for the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. He later started his own newsletter, Nature Lore.

During his long career, Mowat received numerous awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award and the Governor General’s Award. In 2012, he was given a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame.

Mowat passed away on May 6th, and a private funeral was held on Tuesday May 13th in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada.

In 2012, Canadian publisher Douglas & McIntyre announced plans to create the Farley Mowat Library series that would re-release many of his most popular titles with new cover designs and introductions.

Mowat’s claim to “neverof the first stories of the animal may have come from the exaggerated campfire tales of lumberjacks in the early 1900s. These rugged men spent much time in the forest and the telling of tall tales became their entertainment. Outrageous stories of rare animals and strange things that lived in the wild were standard fare at lumberjack camps.

One popular origin story for the American jackalope says the creature was the brainchild of a Wyoming hunter named Douglas Herrick. An article published in the New York Times claims that Herrick got the idea when he saw the carcass of a jackrabbit next to a set of deer antlers. Using taxidermy skills he learned from a mail order course, Herrick and his brother put a set of antlers on a


jackrabbit head, mounted it for display, and the jackalope was born.

Herrick sold his first mounted jackalope to a gentleman named Roy Ball who put it on display in the LaBonte Hotel in Douglas, WY. It drew a lot of attention and an entire legend began to unfold around the Jackalope. Herrick’s mounted jackalope remained on display at the LaBonte Hotel until it was stolen in 1977.

Herrick may have actually gotten his idea for a jackalope from lumberjack tales, or, he may have seen depictions of so called ‘horned hares’ in early animal encyclopedias.

In the 18th century, many "Bestiaries,” (fanciful animal encyclopedias) contained depictions of various horned hares. They were in fact listed in so many “scientific” texts of the time that they were given their own, formal Latinyear ago, Matthiessen died of the disease in New York at the age of 86.

Matthiessen’s life story reads like an adventure novel and his travels spanned the globe including Asia, South America, Africa, Europe and Australia. A highly educated man, he served time as a journalist, explorer, novelist, professional fisherman and even a spy.

In 1953, he co-founded The Paris Review, a well known literary magazine. Years later, in a 2008 interview with Charlie Rose, Matthiessen admitted that he “…invented The Paris Review as a cover” for his CIA operations. He worked for ‘the company’ for two years before moving on to other ventures.

After the passing of his first wife in 1927, Matthiessen spent time in Nepal trekking into the Himalayas. Also during the 70s, he experimented with LSD,


practiced Zen meditation and later, became a Buddhist priest. He believed that his Buddhist path was a natural progression that evolved from his experimentation with hallucinogens.

Matthiessen was a three time National Book Award winner and a prominent environmental activist with a focus on the effects that humans have on the animal world.

He also had a long standing interest in reports of Sasquatch type creatures from around the globe. In his 1978 bestseller “The Snow Leopard” he spoke about his search for the Yeti, a creature he would write about again in his 1995 book, “East of Lo Monthang: In the Land of the Mustang.”
Matthiessen was in attendance at one of the first gatherings of those interested in the study of the Sasquatch, a conference in Vancouver, British Columbiais scheduled for release this week. He will be deeply missed.

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Scientists have reported success with a coelacanth tagging program launched in 2013 off the coast of South Africa, and they have retrieved a satellite tag holding nine months worth of data about the rare fish.Because of the creature’s endangered status, only one coelacanth was tagged under the project in May, 2013. The tag was programmed to release and float to the surface after nine months.
Since coelacanths spend much of their time in caves on the floor of the sea, scientists were not sure the tag would ever make it to the surface.

In February of 2014, the tag’s location information was transmitted to project members and a search party found the small egg sized device the


following day.

The coelacanth has been called a ‘dinosaur fish,’ a ‘living fossil’ and a ‘Lazarus fish.’ It was thought to have gone extinct in the Late Cretaceous period about 65 million years ago. In 1938, a coelacanth was discovered among a catch of fish off the coast of South Africa. Brought in by the fishing ship, Nerine, the bright blue fish was taken to a museum by curator Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer. Debate over the authenticity of the specimen raged until another was caught near Madagascar fourteen years later. Following the discovery and verification of the coelacanth’s existence, countless specimens were caught, so many in fact, that it led to their endangerment.

The fish is not considered a food source since its oils give the flesh a foul taste. It ishim through his exploration into the
strange connection between owls and unidentified aerial objects.

British researcher Timothy Good was on hand discussing his
new book; “Earth: An Alien Enterprise.”Good is known to many in the field for his classic “Above Top Secret” as
well as several other UFO titles. Good hasn’t made many recent appearances so it was nice to see him at the Congress

George Noory presented a special Q&A session.Noory never fails to capture the crowd’s
attention with his humor and anecdotes from his years hosting Coast to Coast
AM.

The EBE awards were presented following the Saturday night
banquet.Stephen Bassett was awarded the
“Researcher of the Year” for his work with the Citizen’s Hearings on
Disclosure.Bassett, head of the
Paradigm Research Group, is a hard working advocate for disclosure and the
award is well deserved.

This year’s lifetime achievement


award was given to Dr.
Bruce Maccabee.Maccabee has been active
in UFOlogy since the late 1960s and has investigated countless cases including
the Gulf Breeze Sightings and the Phoenix Lights.He is an author and has appeared in numerous
UFO related documentaries and shows.

Unfortunately, due to health concerns, Maccabee was not able
to be on hand to accept the award and instead, a video recording was played of
his acceptance.The year’s film awards were wrapped up solidly by L.A.
Marzulli and Richard Shaw who won both the People’s Choice award and the Best
feature film award for their outstanding work on Watchers 7: Physical Evidence.

Daniel Perez, editor of the Bigfoot Times newsletter, has produced a cool, fold-out postcard of the Patterson-Gimlin filmsite. The card features five different images of the famous location, showing how it has changedover the years. Beginning in 1968 and ending in 2012.

About Me

David Weatherly is a paranormal investigator and author. For 40 years he has explored the world of the strange, investigating cases around the country and abroad. He has written and lectured on a diverse range of topics including Cryptozoology, Ufology and Hauntings.
David has also studied Shamanic and magical traditions with elders from numerous cultures including Europe, Tibet, Native America, and Africa.
He has appeared on numerous radio programs including: Coast to Coast AM, Dreamland, Veritas and Darkness Radio. David was also featured in Watchers Volume 5 and on Ancient Aliens.
He is the author of "The Black Eyed Children," "Strange Intruders" and the Wood Knocks series.

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of them.
18th of November I was able to order my Nexus
6 in like the ten minutes before it sold out.
September 12th 2014 I ran in Electro Dash
for the first time. 30th of July I went to
the Calgaryrolla meet up, met Gunnarolla and
lots of cool people and it was also my first
YouTube meet up that I've ever been too. That
meet up was a lot of fun. September 1st I
finished reading Note from the Internet Apocalypse
by Wayne Gladstone. July 26th I ran in Zombie
Survivor 2014, lost all my lives but still
had fun and I also filmed the entire event
and there's actually a recap video of the
event on the Second Sun YouTube channel. Which
you go to by going to YouTube.com/SecondSunYYC
and it's sun as in s u n. 14th of November plus
thegot my first video response to a video called
Finding Myself. Which is pretty cool even
though video responses are dead it's still
I would consider it a video response but it's
not a video response in the old school way
of video responses. May 22nd I went to the
Coke Covert show with my friend Dallas and
saw Said The Whale and Tokyo Police Club.
30th of January I went to a talk held by Laci
Green about sex at the University of Calgary
and it was very informative. September 27th
I was a guest on a live show that my friend
Kyle did. On the 30th of August I hiked Mount
Yamnuska. On the 23rd of August I finished
reading Paper Towns by John Green. August
8th and 9th I went to Chasing Summer with
my friend Vero. It was so much


his .256 batting average and .313 OBP and wonder why such a mediocre line was worthy of promotion?

I find it ironic that the Mets chose to demote Jesus Feliciano who wielded a .346 batting average in as many games as F-Mart in Buffalo. Was F-Mart really an upgrade?

When I took a look at the rest of the outfielders the Mets could have promoted, one clearly stands out above all of them; Lucas Duda.

Duda, 24, has vaulted to the top of the Mets prospect list this year after a tremendous effort in Binghamton, and then even more production after his promotion to Buffalo. All told he has combined to hit .299 with a .392 OBP, .582 SLG and a .974 OPS. When he got to Buffalo, he got better.

TheA Rosemount school district employee has resigned over a social media post in which she appeared to suggest that someone should kill new U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

The district said Tuesday that the instructor at the Alliance Education Center, whom it did not name, had voluntarily resigned from her position with the district. In a statement posted on the district's website, Intermediate School District 917 Superintendent Mark Zuzek wrote that the staff member did not make the post on Twitter while at school, adding that "there were no school devices, equipment or other school staff involved in the actions."

"At no time were students or staff in danger," he wrote. "The employee was placed on paid administrative leave and an investigation conducted."

Zuzek said the district began receiving complaints


*[[Boxer:Jack Root:016477|Jack Root]]: the first manager of the Olympic. He was a former World Light-Heavyweight Champion.

*[[Boxer:Jack Root:016477|Jack Root]]: the first manager of the Olympic. He was a former World Light-Heavyweight Champion.

*[[Tom S. Andrews]]: the first matchmaker at the Olympic. He perhaps is better known for his [[T. S. Andrews World’s Sporting Annual Record Books|record books]].

*[[Tom S. Andrews]]: the first matchmaker at the Olympic. He perhaps is better known for his [[T. S. Andrews World’s Sporting Annual Record Books|record books]].

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*[[Joe Levy]]: Matchmaker at the Olympic from 1925 to early 1927 with another stint for a brief period in 1931. He managed [[Mexican Joe Rivers]] and served as a matchmaker or promoter at a number of other boxing venues as well.

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*[[Joe Levy]]: Matchmaker at the Olympic from 1925 to early1927. Also shared matchmaking duties with Wad Wadhams at the Olympic for a brief period in 1931. He managed [[Mexican Joe Rivers]] and served as a matchmaker or promoter at a number of other boxing venues as well.

Frank Garbutt: A prominent Los Angeles businessman who was a major driving force in the Los Angeles Athletic Club, the owner of the Olympic Auditorium for many decades.

Frank Garbutt: A prominent Los Angeles businessman who was a major driving force in the Los Angeles Athletic Club, the owner of the Olympic Auditorium for many decades.

*[[Jack Doyle]]: the promoter at the Olympic from early 1927 to 1933.

*[[Jack Doyle]]: the promoter at the Olympic from early 1927 to 1933.

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Wad Wadhams: the matchmaker at the Olympic from early 1927 to 1933.

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Wad Wadhams: the matchmaker


at the Olympic from early 1927 to 1933. Shared some of the matchmaking duties with Joe Levy for a brief period in 1931.

*[[Tom Gallery]]: promoted cards at the Olympic for awhile after Doyle. He was a boxing man who was involved in staging cards in Hollywood and San Francisco during the 1920s and the 1930s in addition to the Olympic. In addition, he was a network executive during television's early days.

*[[Tom Gallery]]: promoted cards at the Olympic for awhile after Doyle. He was a boxing man who was involved in staging cards in Hollywood and San Francisco during the 1920s and the 1930s in addition to the Olympic. In addition, he was a network executive during television's early days.

*[[Joe Waterman]]: a longtime boxing man who was the matchmakeat the Olympic starting in 1935 with a great deal of success. Had several stints as the matchmaker at Olympic, the last one ending in 1942.

*[[Joe Waterman]]: a longtime boxing man who was the matchmake at the Olympic starting in 1935 with a great deal of success. Had several stints as the matchmaker at Olympic, the last one ending in 1942.

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Located at 1801 South Grand Avenue, the Olympic Auditorium opened in 1925. Its first boxing program was on August 5, 1925. Seating capacity 10,400 (although this included "standing-room only" patrons).

The many people associated with


the Olympic include:

Jack Root: the first manager of the Olympic. He was a former World Light-Heavyweight Champion.

Joe Levy: Matchmaker at the Olympic from 1925 to early 1927. Also shared matchmaking duties with Wad Wadhams at the Olympic for a brief period in 1931. He managed Mexican Joe Rivers and served as a matchmaker or promoter at a number of other boxing venues as well.

Frank Garbutt: A prominent Los Angeles businessman who was a major driving force in the Los Angeles Athletic Club, the owner of the Olympic Auditorium for many decades.

Wad Wadhams: the matchmaker at the Olympic from early 1927 to 1933. Shared some of the matchmaking duties with Joe Levy for a brief period in 1931.

Tom Gallery: promoted cards at the Olympic for awhile after Doyle. Hewas a boxing man who was involved in staging cards in Hollywood and San Francisco during the 1920s and the 1930s in addition to the Olympic. In addition, he was a network executive during television's early days.

Joe Waterman: a longtime boxing man who was the matchmake at the Olympic starting in 1935 with a great deal of success. Had several stints as the matchmaker at Olympic, the last one ending in 1942.

Joe Lynch: staged cards at the Olympic during the early 1940s

Babe McCoy: the matchmaker at the Olympic from 1942 to the middle 1950s. He is regarded as the driving force at this famed arena during the period.

One of the most storied venues in boxing history, The Olympic Auditorium had weekly boxing shows during the 1920s, 30s, and


40s, usually on Tuesday nights. It later shifted to Thursdays during the early-to-late 1950s. After the Hollywood Legion Stadium shut down in 1959, the Olympic's shows moved to Fridays and Saturdays, and ran continuously until 1980. The Olympic Auditorium ran spot shows during the early 1980s, before closing in the late 1980s, as it had lost much of its luster due to age and the decay of its surrounding neighborhood.

In the late 1980s, it was refurbished extensively and its seating capacity reduced. The famed arena reopened for Oscar De La Hoya's WBO Lightweight Title defense against John Avila in 1994. As of 2005, it still holds boxing shows, and is now known as the "Grand Olympic Auditorium."A 30-year-old man has been charged with murder in the case of the 28-year-old man who was stabbed to death at a Maryland Popeyes last week, after he cut the line for their chicken sandwich.

Police released the name of suspect, Ricoh McClain, who was pictured on surveillance camera at the time of the incident last Monday.

But he had still not been detained and they asked the public to help locate the man who is believed to have killed Kevin Tyrell Davis.

McClain is considered armed and dangerous and faces charges of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, and reckless endangerment.

Ricoh McClain (left), 30, was named as the suspect in the stabbing death of Maryland Popeyes customer Kevin Tyrell Davis (right), 28, on Tuesday evening

The Oxon Hill Popeyes


restaurant where the incident occurred last Monday is located at 247 Livingston Rd. in Maryland

PGPD charges suspect wanted for fatal stabbing outside of restaurant Posted by Prince George's County Police Department on Tuesday, 12 November 2019

A warrant is out for his arrest and police believe he's still in the area based on information from the public and authorities.

Jennifer Donelan, a spokeswoman for the Prince George’s County Police Department, said it was an officer who first identified the suspect, claiming to recognize him from interactions he'd had with him on the street several times.

It was followed by a number of phone calls from the public 'backing up the assertion'.

On Tuesday, the Prince George's County Police Department said: 'The preliminary investigation reveals McClain and the victim got into a briefverbal argument after the victim cut in front of several customers waiting to order food.

'They both then got out of the line, walked out of the front door together and McClain immediately stabbed Davis. McClain then fled from the area.'

Davis entered the fast food joint on the 6200 block of Livingston Road around 7pm on November 4 where about three dozen people were in line, many waiting for the newly released chicken sandwich, Police Chief Hank Stawinski said.

Davis then cut the line and was confronted by a male suspect. The two exchanged words and the argument escalated to the point that the two went outside the restaurant and Davis was stabbed. Cops say the entire confrontation lasted just 15 seconds.

Police revealed that officers arrived to the fast food


chain and found Davis in the parking lot with a single stab wound.

They applied lifesaving measures to Davis. He was rushed to the hospital and died from his wound 51 minutes later.

Prince George County Police previously released a surveillance photo of McClain, pleading for the public in identifying him.

Police asked for help identifying a woman he appeared to be with who fled the parking lot with McClain. They eventually interviewed her and said she was not facing charges at this point but is considered a witness.

Wanted: Prince George County Police previously released this photo McClain pictured above in surveillance footage from the restaurant

Close-up: Police released surveillance stills of the stabbing suspect (left) and a woman he was with (right), pleading for help in identifying either of them

Police saidbeyond the restaurant.

The Police Chief said a knife was recovered from the scene.

A cop first identified McClain as the suspect, claiming to recognize him from interactions he'd had with him on the street. Police Chief Hank Stawinski (pictured) last week said: 'This is pointless, this is disrespectful and that's why I'm asking for the community's help'

The stabbing incident took place at a Popeyes restaurant located in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Police said that Davis entered the restaurant around 7pm and cut the line, inciting the confrontation. There were about three dozen people in the restaurant at the time

This footage shows Maryland EMS on the scene taking the stabbing victim away on a stretcher

No transaction had taken place when the two men got into the fight.

Tributes have poured in for


Davis, who was known as Oside KD by his friends.

'I failed you. I'm sorry #longlive KD,' one friend shared on Instagram.

'LongLiveKD Another Bro From the Lawd. Senseless...' another friend added.

The next day, his friends returned to the Oxon Hill Popeyes restaurant location to lay out candles that spelled his name and lay flowers as a makeshift memorial.

Friends of Davis say the fight was not over a chicken sandwich but did not elaborate.

The harrowing attack unfolded in the midst of the Popeyes chicken sandwich craze, which has incited brawls in other restaurants across the nations as the popular burger attracts long lines and busy wait times.

A friend shared this tribute sharing a picture of Davis with his brother (center)

Family and friends created a makeshift memorial for KD outside thePopeyes restaurant

The sandwich was first introduced in August and sold out in two weeks. The crispy sandwich returned to menus across the nation November 3, reigniting the frenzy.

In the Maryland Popeyes attack, one eyewitness described how a 'dude cut the line' before they 'went outside' and 'dude got stabbed', adding: 'And now we can't leave because they have to make sure there is no blood on the road.'

A representative for Popeyes told DailyMail.com last week: 'What happened in Maryland last night is a tragedy and we are saddened to hear about this senseless act of violence.'

'Our thoughts are with the victim’s family and friends. We, along with the franchisee, are fully cooperating with local authorities and actively working to gather more information,' the chain added.

A reward of $25,000


The self-made myth is one of the most cherished foundation stones of the conservative theology. Nurtured by Horatio Alger and generations of beloved boys' stories, It sits at the deep black heart of the entire right-wing worldview, where it provides the essential justification for a great many other common right-wing beliefs. It feeds the accusation that government is evil because it only exists to redistribute wealth from society's producers (self-made, of course) and its parasites (who refuse to work). It justifies conservative rage against progressives, who are seen as wanting to use government to forcibly take away what belongs to the righteous wealthy. It's piously invoked by hedge fund managers and oil billionaires, who think that being required to reinvest any of their wealth back into the publicFiddler of Wind River Software (you're probably running his stuff in your cell phone or car) went to the University of Chicago, and started his computer career at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. Bookseller Thelma Kidd got her start at Texas Tech and the University of Michigan. Warren Buffet went to the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Nebraska as an undergrad. And beyond that: several interviewees paid for their educations with federal Pell Grants and Stafford loans.

Over and over, the point gets made: public universities -- and the good public schools that feed them, and the funding programs that put them within financial reach -- have hatched millions of American entrepreneurs who might not have been fledged without that opportunity to get an education.

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The strongest wind and heaviest snow was forecast for late Thursday and early today, with a foot or more of snow and high winds expected in parts of Pennsylvania, into New Jersey and New York and up to parts of New England.

Parts of western Maine received nearly a foot a snow, while Philadelphia received a dusting.

About 7 inches of snow fell in New York City, where a man was killed by a falling snow-laden tree branch in Central Park — one of at least three deaths being blamed on the storm.

In parts of southern and mid-coastal Maine more than 3 inches of rain had fallen and forecasters say some areas could get more than 7 inches. The Presumpscot River in Westbrook was expected to crest at 9 feetover flood stage by this afternoon. The river in the flood-prone New Hampshire town of Goffstown was nearing flood stage and residents were told to prepare for possible evacuation.

Hundreds of flights were canceled at major East Coast airports.

The latest blast of winter was expected to linger more than 24 hours, meaning more headaches today. More snow is predicted for much of the region Saturday, too.

The National Weather Service put much of the East Coast under wind advisories and warnings until 7 a.m. today.

The agency warned that winds could blow steadily between 20 and 30 mph in some areas, with gusts of 55 mph or higher in coastal and mountainous areas.

Even coastal New England, which was seeing rain but nothing like the 18 inches of snow expected in some


independence or U.S. diplomatic recognition for Taiwan, and was first agreed to in 1972 by President Richard Nixon and China’s Mao Zedong.

China, whose expansion in the South China Sea continues to be a friction point with the United States and other nations, had several interactions with U.S. military aircraft in 2014 that raised concerns at the Pentagon. In one case, a Chinese J-11B fighter jet brought the tip of one of its wings within 20 feet of a Navy P-8 Poseidon surveillance plane. But U.S. officials have said those sorts of incidents have dwindled since.

Davis said there was normal radio contact between the Navy plane and the Chinese aircraft, a KJ-200 that is designed to perform airborne early-warning and control, a mission that detects planes, ships and vehiclesthe specific FIC products that allegedly infringe the Patents.
LGE is a Korean corporation with its principal place of business in Seoul, Korea. (Am.Compl.¶ 1.) FIC is a Taiwanese corporation with its principal place of business in Taipei, Taiwan. (Id. ¶ 2.) FIC has no offices outside of Taiwan. (Decl. of David Wang ("Wang Decl.") ¶ 3.) FICA, a subsidiary of FIC, is a California corporation with its principal place of business in Fremont, California. (Id. ¶ 7; Am.Compl. ¶ 3.) Fremont is located in Silicon Valley, which is within the jurisdiction of the Northern District of California. Expert, a reseller of computer goods, is a New Jersey corporation with its principal place of business in Fairfax, New Jersey. (Am. Compl.¶¶ 5-6.)
FIC designs and sells computer hardware, such as


storage.

Utility-scale CSP with storage goes back decades. The technology got its first big start in the 1980s and ’90s when nine CSP power plants were built in the California desert. The Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) produced 354 MW, making it the largest solar power installation in the world at that time. The company that built the plants morphed into what became BrightSource Energy, Ivanpah’s builder.

Initially, some of the nine facilities in the complex had the ability to provide three hours of thermal energy storage, but in 1999, SEGS caught fire and the storage system was damaged. It was not replaced when the facility was rebuilt and improved, according to DOE. Most of SEGS is still operational today.

“The SEGS plants have been operating reliably, providing steady power for2014 IFBB Nordic Championships

The 2014 Nordic Championships will be held in Reykjavík Iceland on the 1.st of November.

The competition, which is the biggest Nordic Championship that has ever been held, will take place at Haskólabíó Hagatorgi 107 Reykjavik and will feature all the biggest names in Bodybuilding, Fitness and Bikini fitness from the Nordic countries.

There are 119 competitors registered.

Iceland 40 competitors,

Norway 17 competitors,

Sweden 9 competitors,

Denmark 19 competitors,

Finland 18 competitors,

Estonia 7 competitors.

Amongst these competitors is a World champion, Europian champion and a Nordic champion.


Kurds gained political office and started working within the framework of the Turkish Republic to further their interests but this move towards integration was halted with the 1960 Turkish coup d'état. The 1970s saw an evolution in Kurdish nationalism as Marxist political thought influenced a new generation of Kurdish nationalists opposed to the local feudal authorities who had been a traditional source of opposition to authority, eventually they would form the militant separatist Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan (PKK), or Kurdistan Workers Party in English.

Ottoman Empire

Under the millet system, Kurds' primary form of identification was religious with Sunni Islam being the top in the hierarchy (millet-i hakimiye). While the Ottoman Empire embarked on a modernization and centralization campaign known as the Tanzimat (1829–1879), Kurdish regions retained much of their autonomyhave put up in alleys and hallways. The images seem to be a collage of broken noses,

collapsed veins, swollen eyes.

JOHNSON, Patricia. DOB: 1975/12/02, last seen March 3, 2001. She smiles through what looks like a busted lip. Her eyes seemed to have just been healing from bruises.

MAH, Laura. DOB: 1943/03/23, last seen Aug. 1, 1985. Her face seems to be lopsided and her cheeks are swollen.

CRAWFORD, Wendy. DOB: 1956/04/21, last seen Nov. 27, 1999. She presses her lips together and looks into the corner of some unseen room, her skin is red. She is not smiling. Wounds on her face have not yet closed.

"Some of the women, you wouldn't notice them if you stepped on them," Mearns said. "They end up looking quite different from the pictures."

In the


beginning, in 1983, when the first of Vancouver's prostitutes went missing, few people wanted to acknowledge the women were disappearing. Then an outcry came from women's groups, applying pressure on the police to take action. Now police put out the posters and a tip sheet for prostitutes about "bad dates," specific men who beat up women.

There is a man out there about 5 feet 6 inches tall, about 55 years old, with short gray hair. He met a prostitute in the "Pat Hotel bar." He took her to an alley, paid $10 to touch her. But when she tried to leave, he started hitting her face and chest. Then he took his money back and threatened to kill her if he saw her again.

There is another man about5 feet 10 inches tall, 200 pounds, with long red hair and thick, black-frame glasses. He was wearing a green-and-black plaid jacket when he picked up a prostitute and offered her some crack. "He then said he was going to have to kill her," according to the sheet. "He began to suffocate her, when someone came along and chased him away."

Mearns said there are hundreds of predators. Some come in family sedans with baby seats in the back. The women are told whom to look out for, but there is no foolproof method for staying safe. "It upsets the women, but it really hasn't changed much," Mearns said. "The drugs take over and the fear isn't as great."

Ann Bravo stood down the street. Her mouth runs a mile


a minute. She said all the women are petrified. Women are disappearing. A friend went to look for a friend and there was no sign of her. "She didn't open her Christmas presents and she didn't open her welfare check," Bravo said.

"Nobody cares," she continued. "Nobody does anything about it. Is this just one guy? Can one guy do such a horrible massacre?"

Her mouth moved fast. She kept turning, looking for customers. "These women were women just like us, except they are not as smart because they are dead."

It was still raining in Vancouver, a consistent rain. The streets were getting washed. One of the posters of the missing women slipped from the building upon which it was pasted. Inside her office, Mearns hung up a revised listTribeca Film via Everett Collection
Unfortunately saddled with one of those titles that leaves itself open to pun-filled reviews , there's not much truth to be found in The Truth About Emanuel, a film that's sadly unaware with how utterly ridiculous it comes across to the viewer.
The story follows Emanuel (Katia Scodelario), a surly teenager who's closing in on 18, but still feels pangs of guilt due to the fact that her mother died while giving birth to her. She takes out her anger on her new stepmom (Frances O'Connor), and her doting father (Alfred Molina) struggles to understand the fire burning inside his daughter. Emanuel begins to connect with her mysterious new neighbor Linda (Jessica Biel), who Emanuel agrees to babysit for.
The film's twist, which is revealed within


the first act of the movie, is that Linda's daughter isn't a real baby, but a doll that Linda thinks is real and is using as a coping mechanism. Not wanting to break the spell that Linda has cast on herself, Emanuel goes along with Linda's psychosis, and what follows is a ridiculous game of "keep away" (or, better put, "pretend the baby is alive") like some twisted, direct-to-DVD sequel of Weekend at Bernie's. Emanuel bends over backwards to prevent anyone to get a glimpse at the plastic baby, and the last hour of the movie feels like a rejected C-plot of the worst mid-'80s sitcom never created.
The film's two protagonists are flip sides of the same grief stricken coin. Emanuel is a daughter riddled with the guiltThey are expanding their online platform CC Studios with six new shows which are currently in development.
According to The Hollywood Reporter these include:
The Midnight Beast: The eponymous show features the British hip-hop comedy trio which has racked up nearly 64 million views on their YouTube channel.
Idiotsitter: Starring the hilarious Jillian Bell from Workaholics as the childish daughter of a wealthy man who needs a babysitter to monitor her behavior while on house arrest.
Biatches: An animated series written by and starring Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov about two school girls who are presumably biatches.
Pixelheads: A video game-themed animated sketch show
Strong Island: The story of two brothers living on Long Island featuring Kevin "Dot Com" Brown from 30 Rock and Artemis Pebdani from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
These shows,


the most likely plot for the film would center on Vince attempting to get the movie version of a successful television show that he starred in off the ground. However, tensions arise when he discovers that several of the cast members have decided to hold out on signing films contracts until they are paid the same amount of money as Vince, who became the show's breakout star. Things get even worse when Eric, who produced the show and is trying to produce the movie, calls the stars "greedy" to TMZ. Luckily for them, Turtle bonds with one of the actors, and together they help broker a deal while giving cheerful interviews to the media, exciting legions of frat-boys fans the world over.
2. In another storyline inspired by real-lifeevents, Vince makes his Broadway debut in a play by David Mamet, alongside several well-respected theater actors. However, barely two months into the run, he gets sick and drops out the play immediately, leaving the cast in the lurch and surrounded by bad publicity. When his replacement gets better reviews than he did, Vince goes on the defensive, which only brings about more negative press, and he is forced to lay low for a while. He finally manages to turn his luck around when E convinces him to star in a PBS miniseries, which makes people respect him again. The chances of the Entourage writers using this plot depend on how frustrated they are with Jeremy Piven at the start of production.
3. Instead of continuing from where the


show left off, the team behind Entourage decides to scrap a film about Vince and the guys and instead give fans what they really want: a feature-length version of Queens Boulevard. Since it was Vince's breakout role, the movie has been referenced on the show often, and the tagline "I am Queens Boulevard" has become one of the show's most famous lines. Alternatively, the writers are inspired by Hearts of Darkness and decide to turn the Entourage film into a mockumentary detailing the making of Queens Boulevard, and the nightmare of working with Billy Walsh, the most unstable director in Hollywood history.
4. In an attempt to lure in a new audience, Entourage goes highbrow with Turtle and Drama Are Dead, a Tom Stoppard-inspired film which outlines the majorevents of the series through the eyes of two of the more minor characters. Due to salary disputes, only Ferrara and Kevin Dillon actually appear in the film, but Vince, E, and Ari are all mentioned throughout. At the end, the two are ambushed by mafia hitmen after being unknowingly sold out by Vince after her couldn't pay back the money he owed for a drug deal.
5. The Entourage team decide to find comedy in a more domestic set-up, and the film follows E and Sloan in their attempts to raise their kids in their Westchester mansion. Between one of their kids being bullied at school, attempting to help another break into show business as a child actress, and Sloan's ongoing conflicts with the obnoxious neighborhood mothers who


look down on her for not raising their kids vegan, they think things can't possibly get worse until Vince, who is unable to properly function without E around, moves to New York and into their pool house. Vince gets into hilarious hijinks while babysitting the kids during the day and throwing massive parties at night. However, in a touching happy ending, he finally learns to grow up and let go.
6. After the producers read on Twitter that the young people of today love when things get "meta", the film follows Vince's attempts to get a television show based on his life and his friends off the ground. Having never produced a show before, Vince must work with writers, casting directors and studio heads in order to get Hangers-Onagents grow quickly. However, his unbelievable success is putting a strain on his relationship with his fiancé Tom, and Lloyd must balance work and love while trying to plan the most outrageous wedding Hollywood has ever seen. When they eventually make it down the aisle, Ari is his man - the two reconciled during the film's third act.
8. Hoping to rebuild their roster of celebrity chefs, Drama gets offered a cooking show by Food Network. His builds his culinary empire quickly, and suddenly finds himself richer and more famous than his brother. He hires Turtle to manage the business side of things, which upset E, who thinks Turtle isn't qualified enough. However, they must set find a way to band together when Drama insults Guy Fieri on a


morning talk show, sparking the tackiest and worst-dressed feud in celebrity history. When Drama opens up a pop-up restaurant outside of Guy's Time Square eatery, Guy challenges him to a cook off of epic proportions, which will be televised after the hot dog eating contest on the Fourth of July. Paula Deen will attempt to recover from her recent scandals by making a cameo.
9. M. Night Shyamalan comes aboard the project as the new writer and director, hoping to boost his profile after a string of flops. The boys fly to a remote village in the countryside in order to start work on Vince's next film, only to discover that the cast and crew are being mysteriously killed, one by one. Mark Whalberg will take on the roleof the gruff detective in charge on investigating the murders after his wife, a costume designer, dies tragically on set. Shyamalan's twist is that the scripts are possessed and killing people, and only Turtle makes it to the end. It gets uniformly negative reviews, but still inexplicably becomes a hit.
10. After years of their storylines being criticized as unrealistic, the Entourage film takes a more true-to-life approach in seeing where all of the characters have ended up. As a consequence of his constant stupid decisions, Vince has endured a second stint in rehab and a nasty divorce from his reporter wife, Sophia. He mostly makes ends meet through nightclub appearances and a string of mediocre films. E is also divorced, and has moved back to California to live