e.g., spaced below the seal, and a connection member in moveable sealing contact with the lip seal and in a sliding fit with the spacer. The connection member includes an outwardly extending flange having an outer region which includes a sealing arrangement. Most preferably, the lip seal is unitary with the stationary ring member and is a segment of a conical surface and thereby has a proximal edge region which is unitarily joined to the ring member and an opposite distal terminal end which projects downwardly and inwardly into the opening defined by the ring member. The stationary ring member preferably includes a connection flange which defines an annular recess concentric with, but spaced from, the unitary lip seal. The spacer may include an annular spacer ring whichModel of the colorful Montgolfier balloon, on which the first untethered hot-air balloon flight, was made in 1783 located in the Smithsonian.

On the 19th September 1783 Pilatre De Rozier, a scientist, launched the first hot air balloon called ‘Aerostat Reveillon’. The passengers were a sheep, a duck and a rooster and the balloon stayed in the air for a grand total of 15 minutes before crashing back to the ground.

The first manned attempt came about 2 months later on 21st November, with a balloon made by 2 French brothers, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier. The balloon was launched from the centre of Paris and flew for a period of 20 minutes. The birth of hot air ballooning!!!

Just 2 years later in 1785 a French balloonist, Jean Pierre Blanchard, and


his American co pilot, John Jefferies, became the first to fly across the English Channel. In these early days of ballooning, the English Channel was considered the first step to long distance ballooning so this was a large benchmark in ballooning history.

Unfortunately, this same year Pilatre de Rozier (the world’s first balloonist) was killed in his attempt at crossing the channel. His balloon exploded half an hour after takeoff due to the experimental design of using a hydrogen balloon and hot air balloon tied together.

The next major pivotal point in balloon history was on January 7th 1793. Jean Pierre Blanchard became the first to fly a hot air balloon in North America. George Washington was present to see the balloon launch.

Now a large jump in time, of over100 years: In August of 1932 Swiss scientist Auguste Piccard was the first to achieve a manned flight to the Stratosphere. He reached a height of 52,498 feet, setting the new altitude record. Over the next couple of years, altitude records continued to be set and broken every couple of months - the race was on to see who would reach the highest point.

In 1935 a new altitude record was set and it remained at this level for the next 20 years. The balloon Explorer 2, a gas helium model reached an altitude of 72,395 feet (13.7 miles)! For the first time in history, it was proven that humans could survive in a pressurized chamber at extremely high altitudes. This flight set a milestone for aviation and helped


pave the way for future space travel.

The Altitude record was set again in 1960 when Captain Joe Kittinger parachute jumped from a balloon that was at a height of 102,000 feet. The balloon broke the altitude record and Captain Kittinger, the high altitude parachute jump record. He broke the sound barrier with his body!

THE ATLANTIC CHALLENGE
In 1978, the Double Eagle II became the first balloon to cross the Atlantic, another major benchmark in the History of Ballooning. After many unsuccessful attempts (see our section on Atlantic Crossings for more detailed accounts) this mighty Ocean had finally been cracked. It was a helium filled model, carrying 3 passengers, Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman. They set a new flight duration time at 137 hours. There is a fullstory breakdown here in the Atlantic Conquered part of the site.

THE PACIFIC CHALLENGE
The first Pacific crossing was achieved 3 years later in 1981. The Double Eagle V launched from Japan on November 10th and landed 84 hours later in Mendocino National Forest, California. The 4 pilots set a new distance record at 5,678 miles. 3 years after this, Captain Joe Kittinger flew 3,535 miles on the first solo transatlantic balloon flight, setting yet another record.

In 1987 Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand were the first to cross the Atlantic in a hot air balloon, rather than a helium/gas filled balloon. They flew a distance of 2,900 miles in a record breaking time of 33 hours. At the time, the envelope they used was the largest ever flown, at 2.3


million cubic feet of capacity. A year later, Per Lindstand set yet another record, this time for highest solo flight ever recorded in a hot air balloon - 65,000 feet!

The great team of Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand paired up again in 1991 and became the first to cross the Pacific in a hot air balloon. They travelled 6,700 miles in 47 hours, from Japan to Canada breaking the world distance record, travelling at speeds of up to 245 mph. 4 years later, Steve Fossett became the first to complete the Transpacific balloon route by himself, travelling from Korea and landing in Canada 4 days later.

Finally, in 1999 the first around the world flight was completed by Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones. Leaving from Switzerland and landing inThat being said, North Carolina vacations in the summer remain popular. The weather, particularly along the coast line and up in the mountains, is at its most enjoyable. If you plan to go to any of the larger cities such as Charlotte, Raleigh or Greensboro, try to schedule your sightseeing on a weekday whenever you can. Popular attractions like the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Mint Museum and Discovery Place will have longer lines on the weekends.

The popularity of North Carolina beach vacations certainly experiences its height during the summer and early spring. The Outer Banks, and especially Kill Devil Hills and Cape Hatteras, will literally be crawling with people, but there still tends to be room for everyone, and the atmosphere can't be beat. The weather


along the coast in the summer is warm but breezy, making most North Carolina beach vacations pleasant where weather is concerned. If you plan to take North Carolina beach vacations during the summer, plan your accommodation reservations as far in advance as possible. Vacation rentals in particular tend to fill up quite fast in the summer.

If you plan to travel North Carolina during the autumn months, be sure to plan a drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway. This roadway is known throughout the country as one of the most colorful drives in North America during the fall when the leaves are changing. As you drive, you can stop in the early fall for some overnight camping, or park the car and take any number of short to longUnion Berlin FC of Germany striker, Anthony Ujah popped back into the spotlight with a goal last weekend, just as SC Paderborn left-back, Jamilu Collins also hit target in the latest round of matches in the German Bundesliga, but they both ended up in defeat at home, megasportsarena.com reports.

Collins could not get total satisfaction for the result from his first goal in Die Bundesliga, as his side fell 3-2 against visiting Bayern Munich, while Ujah’s maiden hit on target this season was also not good enough to prevent Union Berlin from a fourth loss of the campaign by their guests from Eintracht Frankfurt.

Ujah, who joined Berlin as a free agent this summer, started from the bench for the second time this campaign, but soon entered the fray after


– having picked up points in all league fixtures so far this season.

The Bavarians, though, could not put up a dominant outing against Steffen Baumgart’s team, then faced a tough struggle when Collins halved the deficit with six minutes remaining, after firing home a superb long-range shot, but Bayern held on to get all three points and return to the top of the pile after previous leaders RB Leipzig came unstuck at home to Schalke.

Whiole Collins and his side put up a battling fight, it was the reigning champions that dominated from the whistle at Benteler Arena and both Robert Lewandowski and Philippe Coutinho wasted early chances.

Left-winger Kingsley Coman also failed to capitalise on an opportunity, lacking the accuracy to convert a one-on-one with Paderborn goalkeeper Jannik Huth.

After15 minutes and several near misses, right winger Serge Gnabry eventually connected with a Coutinho cross to give Bayern the advantage.

That advantage nearly disappeared, however, when Thiago Alcantara came close to handing the hosts an equaliser with an own goal.

The scoreline remained unchanged as half-time approached, with Coutinho and Gnabry falling short when presented with chances for a second Bayern goal.

Paderborn then reemerged from the break with conviction, looking threatening in the opening moments of the second half.

But it was Gnabry who took the initiative again, passing to an unmarked Coutinho who neatly put away his first Bundesliga goal from open play to give the Bavarians a two-goal lead.

Gnabry threatened a second goal in the 65th minute but saw his shot comfortably dealt with by Huth.

The hosts fought


point both Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley (the
other founding members of the group) had committed to an abstinent lifestyle. Frehley
admits to past mistakes, including at one point leading police on a high speed
car chase, and reports that he is happier now than he has been in a long time. On
sobriety, he muses, "I should have done this a lot sooner."

While Frehley insists he has no desire to preach to anyone
on the dangers of drugs or alcohol, he acknowledges that he may have served as
a role model to some fans, who may have partied a little harder than they otherwise
would have, following his very determined lead. He says that he hopes his sobriety
can prove just as inspiring to people, saying "Hey, you know, maybe by my
example, maybe if you'reits 5G commercial product requirements this year and launch the first pre-commercial terminals in 2019, which will play an important role in such areas as fixed home access, industry video and smart manufacturing."

Yang Chaobin, president of Huawei 5G product line, said: "3GPP 5G NR based interoperability testing will further promote the commercial process of 5G. Huawei will actively work with operators and industry partners to promote the maturity of China's 5G industry and help operators to obtain 5G business success. "

"As we work to accelerate 5G commercialization after the finalization of the 3GPP 5G R15 standard, Intel has been actively partnering with leading companies in 5G NR trials in preparation for the availability of Intel’s XMM™8000 series of 5G commercial multi-mode chipsets in commercial devices in 2019,” said


IRAVATHAM MAHADEVAN, an administrator-turned-scholar, has done acclaimed work on the Tamil-Brahmi and Indus scripts. His Early Tamil Epigraphy (From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D.), which was published in 2003, is the fruit of 40 years of dedicated work on Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions. His earlier work Corpus of Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions created a wave of exploration for Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions. Mahadevan received the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship in 1970 for research on the Indus script and was awarded the National Fellowship of the Indian Council of Historical Research in 1992 for his work on Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions. He has also authored The Indus Script: Texts, Concordance and Tables. He received the Padma Shri this year. Excerpts from an interview Mahadevan gave Frontline on Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions and their place in history:

Tamil-Brahmi sitesalso numerous gold, silver and bronze rings of merchants and noblemen from the prosperous trading town of Karur of the Sangam age. Again, recently, excavations at Pattanam in Kerala have brought to light the remains of the ancient and famous Sangam age port of Musiri, known as Muziris to the classical historians of the West. These facts demonstrate the importance of Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions to our history.

It is, therefore, a great tragedy that the cave inscriptions of Tamil-Brahmi and Jaina sculptures [and beds] are being systematically vandalised by ignorant tourists and destroyed by granite quarries. It is impossible to stop quarrying because of vested interests and the money power and the muscle power at their disposal. Already, in my lifetime, many Tamil-Brahmi cave inscriptions have been lost or have


time the government of India and the State government recruited scholars of international repute by invitation to head the ASI and the State Archaeology Department for a fixed tenure.

Personally, I think it is also tragic that the original estampages of thousands of inscriptions from Tamil Nadu are stored in the Epigraphy Branch of the ASI in Mysore, out of reach for researchers in the State. Originally, the office of the Government Epigraphist was at Udhagamandalam. Since the vast majority of inscriptions are in Tamil and in Tamil Nadu, the Epigraphy Branch of the ASI should have remained in Tamil Nadu. The State government did nothing to retain the office in Tamil Nadu. We can at least think of digitising the ink impressions available in Mysore and store themof Portland's container business with it. About nine months of slow dock work during West Coast-wide contract negotiations between port operators and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union brought West Coast ports to a near standstill. Even as the union announced Friday that its members plan to ratify a new contract, and the backlog of ships at other ports is expected to clear out soon, Portland's labor dispute continues.

ICTSI Oregon and the dock workers have fought for years, with the longshoremen saying the port operator is mismanaging the port, and Ganda saying the workers are intentionally sabotaging the company to drive it out of business.

The antagonism on the docks hurts more than shipping lines' bottom lines. Port and agriculture industry officials said earlier this week that they worry


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May 28, 2018 - Update #26 - Hall Street Project Phase II

Hall Street Project Update – Week of May 28 to June 1, 2018

The Stores to Shores project on Hall Street completed a major milestone this week, with install of the deep utilities under the CPR tracks. The City contractor, McNally Excavating mobilized several large pieces of machinery to site, and with assistance by CPR and their specialized track replacement equipment, completed the difficult install without disruption to train service.

The focus for the upcoming week is to carry on with deep utility work near the CPR tracks and extend new sanitary sewer along Hall Street to the large brick building at 625 Front Street. The secondary focus is to install shallowutilities and place the concrete bases designed to support the street lights. New curb and gutter is scheduled to proceed north of the CPR tracks the first full week of June.

Additional road restrictions or closures are not anticipated during the coming week. However, motorists are still requested to follow all traffic control signs. Motorists are requested to please drive slowly in this area.

Due to high lake levels, the dog walk is closed and access to the boat houses is limited.

The City remains committed in keeping traffic moving and ensuring access to businesses along Hall Street and Lakeside Drive. The City requests that the public remain patient during the construction and to continue to support the businesses along Hall Street and Lakeside Drive.

In Photo: The install of large diameter


Postgraduate research training: the PhD and MD thesis.
Higher research degrees, such as the PhD, MPhil and MD, have existed within universities for 80 years or more, although the differences between the MD and PhD remain confused. A higher research degree training provides individuals with greater research knowledge and skills, and benefits the specialty. Concern exists about the levels of supervision sometimes provided, failure to complete degrees, and the variable levels of research knowledge and skills attained. We propose that higher research degrees in palliative care have four functions: extending personal scholarship, generating knowledge, training for the individual and contributing to the growth of the specialty. Such an approach may include: a formalised first year with taught components such as in research MSc programmes, formal supervision and progress assessment.Sitting in the passenger seat of a car affectionately known at Nvidia as "BB8" is an oddly terrifying experience. Between me and the driver's seat is a centre panel covered in touchscreens detailing readings from the numerous cameras and sensors placed around the car. There's also a large red button helpfully labelled "stop."

As BB8 pulls away to take me on a short ride around a dedicated test track on the north side of the Las Vegas convention centre—with no-one in the driver's seat, mind you—it's hard to resist keeping a hand hovering over that big red button. After all, it's not every day that you consciously put your life in the hands of a computer.

The steering wheel jerks and turns as BB8 sweeps around a corner at a


him in his lab, and he sat in his dark blue power armor; his visored helmet sat on a nearby table, half-disassembled. He was adding some new part, it seemed.

I liked the beard. He had to as well, considering the helmet would've left his mouth exposed even if he'd worn it.

"Good morning. The Administrator, was it?"

His voice was gruff, his words clipped; the Efficiency Tinker power he'd been given seemed to fit him well. I nodded.

"Yes. I'd rather you called me Taylor, though. Much shorter." He nodded.

"Colin, then." He glanced down at the papers in his free hand, more as a gesture than necessity, because a man like him had the important parts memorized. "Vouched for by the Triumvirate. You're a rare Thinker, it seems."

"So I'm told." Iso much as a word. He simply continued to look straight ahead... And in its own way, that was damning.

Eyes turned to Shadow Stalker. When she tensed, ready to move, to say something, they followed suit. Her eyes flicked to her right, looking at the others who were looking at her; there was a kind of silent negotiation, and by the end of it, she backed off. She had to.

I paid them no mind, continuing to speak. "So." I clapped softly on the word, and it echoed in the silent room, bringing all eyes back to me. "I have something to say to each of you, but the order is your choice, and I can dedicate more or less time to each individual issue. Anyone interested in going


entirely undermined my carefully cultivated atmosphere of strict professionalism," I said (I really should stop smiling), "we should probably move on. Vista or Shadow Stalker, please." Vista raised her hand. I nodded at her. "General advice, or do you have an issue in mind?"

"General advice."

The first thing you'd notice about Vista was her height: short. Her costume was alternating white and green in long, twisting lines, but it couldn't hide the fact that she was the youngest person in the room. For all that her power couldn't be used directly on others, her ability to alter and shape empty space made her the second-most dangerous person in the room... Especially considering she was the second-most experienced.

She was trying, and failing, to look like she was paying close attention.Q:

What vintage movie had this blue floating holographic head talking to some kind of military installation?

In the comedic music video SPACE FORCE - The Theme Song there are many clips of vintage scifi films, some of which I recognize.
This one however, of a large blue floating holographic head talking to some kind of military installation does not look at all familiar.
Does anyone recognize this film?

A:

The Last Starfighter (1984)

Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best starfighters to defend their world from the attack.

The character in question is Xur.

I found this by doing a reverse image search on the screenshot you


June 15, 2009, Appellant Whitaker, represented by counsel, entered a
guilty plea to a charge of Distribution of a Controlled Substance in Tulsa
County Case No. CF-2008-6121. Whitaker's sentencing was deferred for a period of
four years, subject to terms and conditions of probation. On May 24, 2013, the
State filed an Application to Accelerate Deferred Sentence, alleging Whitaker
committed the new offense of Domestic Assault and Battery as alleged in Tulsa
County Case No. CM-2013-407.1
¶2 On July 11, 2013, at the conclusion of the hearing on the State's
acceleration application, the Honorable Tom C. Gillert accelerated Whitaker's
deferred sentence and sentenced him to four years. From this judgment and
sentence, Whitaker appeals and raises the following propositions of error:

1. The District Court abused its discretion in acceleratingreconciled with Whitaker
and returned to the home they shared. The couple again argued, but this time
Whitaker took Connor's phone to prevent her from calling her mother, and would
not return the device. Connor tried to leave, but Whitaker would not let her
leave the house. Connor alleged that Whitaker bit her on the shoulder.
Eventually the couple fell asleep and when Connor woke up she found her phone
and called her mother to pick her up. That night Connor's parents took her back
to the home to get her clothes. Whitaker arrived at the house while Connor and
her parents were there, and her stepfather called the police.
¶4 Connor's testimony at the acceleration hearing was consistent with the
State's allegations. On cross-examination, Connor admitted that she


and Whitaker
argued. After first denying that she bit Whitaker, Connor admitted that she bit
him on the finger prior to him biting her on the shoulder. Connor was 5 months
pregnant at the time of the altercation. A photo was admitted into evidence
showing the mark left on Connor's shoulder as a result of the bite. Whitaker
argues that he and Connor engaged in a conflict which she initiated by biting
him on the finger, and therefore his biting her on the shoulder in retaliation
was not "unlawful" because Connor consented to the fight. Whitaker cites no
controlling authority supporting his claim that consent is a defense to a charge
of assault and battery.
¶5 This Court has consistently held that an acceleration proceeding does not
require thePhysicians at Hadassah University Hospital in Ein Kerem have discovered a genetic disease heretofore unknown in the scientific literature, and also succeeded in treating it.

The disease, which has yet to acquire a formal name and is known as TPP2 deficiency, is a blood disease in which a particular protein deficiency causes the immune system to attack itself, and leads to accelerated cell aging and severe side effects that cause death. It is most common in populations in which close relatives marry each other.

The doctors first encountered the illness a decade ago but could not diagnose it. In recent years, however, a hospital team succeeded in defining the disease and characterizing it in terms of its clinical presentation, genetics, and immune cell function. A report on the research, which


she died.”

When the little boy, started exhibiting the same preliminary symptoms, “His mother was the first to understand that it was apparently the same illness and it was liable to end the same way,” Stepensky said. The mother therefore brought the child to Hadassah.

As part of the diagnostic process, Stepensky and Prof. Orly Elpeleg of Hadassah’s genetic research department, used an innovative technique to create a genetic sequence of the boy and his family, and discovered a damaged gene in the family that expressed itself in a deficiency of the protein TPP2. With the help of German researchers, the mechanism of the disease was characterized, as well as the way in which the TPP2 is involved in the proper functioning of the immune system’s cells.

The protein helps identifyJerusalem Post: “Netanyahu indeed shares with the messianic right a lot less than many realize. A secular rationalist, he does not mystify soil and does not see borders as articles of faith.”

Since last January’s election, Netanyahu has been an increasingly lonely figure in his own Likud Party, virtually the only member of its parliamentary faction who still believes in two states. In internal party elections last month, Likud chose hardliners who want to annex most of the West Bank to key leadership positions, spurning the views of their supposed leader.

Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon, an outspoken opponent of the two-state solution, became chairman of the party’s Central Committee while another hardliner, Deputy Foreign Minister Zeev Elkin, took over the Likud bureau, which defines party ideology. Days later, Netanyahu


Ireland’s relationship with Britain; a revolution in the history of Irish democracy, but, most of all, a revolution in how we saw ourselves as a nation. The first revolution in an era of revolutions throughout Europe.

Its membership read like a ‘who’s who’ of the people who framed the twentieth century in Ireland – de Valera, Cosgrave, Mulcahy, O’Kelly and Collins, among many others. It also included the first woman elected in Ireland, Countess Markievicz.

I am moved by the spirit of those who preceded us in this place, particularly by those elected to that 1st Dáil who later became the leaders of the Cumann na nGaedheal Party and later Fine Gael over which I now preside as Leader.

The most striking characteristics of the First Dáil were its simplicity andits austerity. There was no fanfare, no pomp or ceremony, just a short prayer in Irish read by Fr Michael O’Flanagan and then the roll call of members. The majority of the 103 members returned in the 1918 election were not present – some by choice, others through force of circumstance, their absences recorded in the recurring phrase of that day ‘faoi ghlas ag Gallaibh’.

Those who scoffed at this new Body – and there were many – totally underestimated the seriousness of purpose, the utter determination of this new emerging generation of Irish politicians. It was easy to be sceptical. The new assembly had no legal standing or international recognition, no building of its own, no government apparatus to direct or carry out its wishes. Its very calling


a Dáil which leads events rather than reacting to them.

But there are other things to reflect on today. There is for example the debt our democracy owes to those who were not present 90 years ago today – the old Irish party, the party of Parnell, Redmond and Dillon. It is easy to forget the enormous part they played in the shaping of Irish parliamentary democracy. For 40 years it was the voice of nationalist Ireland and for 40 years its goal was an independent Irish parliament. For all of this it got little thanks. The great Sean MacEoin, the ‘Blacksmith of Ballinalee’, expressed it well in 1938: “the old Sinn Fein members should apologise to the members of the old Irish Party…we blackguarded them up and downexpression.

To this end, Mesrvy and fellow BYU professor Jeffrey Jenkins, along with colleagues at the University of Nebraska-Omaha and the University of Arizona, looked into determining how one might be able to tell if someone is lying during digital communications.

There are many financial, security and personal safety implications of digital deception; and the researchers sought to set up ways to track possible cues of online lying. The team created a computer program that carried out online conversations with participants, and this was designed to be similar to the experience consumers have with online customer service questions.

The study looked at the results from 100 students at two large universities - one in the southeastern United States and one in the southwestern US – where these participants had conversations with


usually when one is debating who the modern queen of the romantic comedy is they will bring up names like julia roberts or sandra bullock .
others will mention meg ryan .
but for me , it's not even close .
janeane garofalo is not only the queen of the romantic comedy , she is the best comic actress in hollywood right now .
and it's a good thing she's starring in the matchmaker , because without her presence the movie would be bland , unfunny , and dull .
garofalo stars as marcy tizard , a top aide to boston senator john mcglory , who is suffering in the polls .
in an attempt to capture the irish vote , he sends marcy on a mission toa small irish town called ballinagra in search of other mcglory's that never moved to america .
unfortunately for marcy , her visit coincides with the town's annual matchmaking festival .
things get off to a rocky start for marcy though .
she has no hotel reservations ( for no rational reason ) and the tiny confined room ( tired old cliche' ) she has to stay in has a visitor in her bathtub .
his name is sean , and marcy finds him repugnant at first , so you can obviously tell where this is headed .
the movie runs into a few roadblocks .
for instance , the story is very thin .
none of the characters ( except the old local matchmaker ) are nearly


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23 July 2009 – SEACOM today announced that its 1,28 Terabytes per second (Tb/s), 17,000 kilometres, submarine fibre optic cable system linking south and east Africa to global networks via India and Europe has been completed and commissioned. Backhauls linking Johannesburg, Nairobi and Kampala with the coastal landing stations have been established and SEACOM is also working with its national partners to commission the final links to Kigali and Addis Ababa shortly.

The launch of SEACOM opens up unprecedented opportunities, at a fraction of the current cost, as government, business leaders and citizens can now use the network as the platform to compete globally, drive economic growth and enhance the quality of life across the continent. (extracted)…. read in fullis often much more unstable since they are not used to the disorder and since, as adolescents, they are facing the typical problems and conflicts of young persons beginning a new phase in life. They are confronted with a painful psychological crisis with two aspects, and the symptoms of psychosis might be only a part of this crisis. In addition other syndromes, such as mood disorders and addictive behaviors, complicate the situation and increase the risks for the individual.

Though various approaches for first-episode schizophrenia have been developed in recent years, it is still difficult for a person suffering from symptoms of psychosis for the first time to find appropriate support. It usually takes several months until this person is diagnosed correctly and treated by a psychiatrist. The current


Just 37 percent of Americans approve of the job he is doing, according to the latest survey by the Pew Research Center, lower than any modern president after a year in office and no better for all of his efforts. Forty-one percent think he will be an unsuccessful president, twice as many as last year and nearly twice as many as those who think he will be successful. Far fewer Americans think he keeps his promises than thought so when he was inaugurated.

Mr. Trump’s outsize personality has so polarized the country that he may not be able to win over many converts easily, even with opportunities like a national television audience of tens of millions. His goal for the speech was to reach beyond his base and putWESTLAKE, KATE EVA (Yeigh), journalist and author; b.1856 in Ingersoll, Upper Canada, daughter of William Westlake and Ruth Carne; m.1 Oct. 1892 Frank Yeigh* in Toronto; they had no children; d.there 4 March 1906 and was buried in London,Ont.

Kate Eva Westlake spent her early years in Ingersoll and then in London, where her father was a successful merchant. In the 1880s, along with Sara Jeannette Duncan*, Elmira S. Elliott, Kate Massiah, and others, she spearheaded the entrance of women into the ranks of professional journalism in Canada. Her career, like those of women pioneers in many fields of endeavour, was sparked by the death of a male relative. In 1881 her elder brother, William Edward, in partnership with James Samuel Brierley and Edmund Ernest Sheppard*, established the first


daily paper in St Thomas, the Evening Journal. Upon her brother’s sudden death on 6 Oct. 1881 at the age of 27, shortly after the appearance of the new paper, Kate took over his business and editorial position; she would retain some connection with the Journal until at least February 1893. However, so few issues and records have survived that her contribution can be assessed only in general terms. It was likely here that she published the humorous sketches she is known to have written under her pseudonym Aunt Polly Wogg and also some of her untraceable serial stories, such as “Stranger than fiction,” “A rolling stone,” “Eclipsed,” and “A previous engagement.” A number of the latter may have appeared as well in the weekly Canadian Fireside, whichshe edited for a time. This family story paper was published in Toronto by Sheppard, but all record of it seems to have vanished.

An enterprising literary entrepreneur, Kate took quick advantage of the death of Chief Sitting Bull [Ta-tanka I-yotank*] to compose an anonymous dime novel for the American market, according to Hector Willoughby Charlesworth*, a Toronto journalist. Sitting Bull’s white ward, written in a sensational style, hit the New York stands in early February 1891, less than two months after the demise of its subject, and earned its author $500. After her marriage the following year to Frank Yeigh, Ontario public servant and man of letters, Kate continued to write, with signed stories and articles in Saturday Night (founded by Sheppard in 1887) and the Canadian Magazine


Street Presbyterian Church in Toronto, but during her last years an eventually fatal heart disease curtailed her public activities. Described in the early 1890s as “quiet and retiring, strongly sympathetic, with a keen sense of humor and a ready wit,” she was memorialized in obituaries for her courage, intelligence, and warmth: “Strength of purpose, and soundness of judgment, and breadth of compass, such as few men possess, were hers, and associated with them those softer attributes of heart and feeling which constitute the special charm and power of womanhood.”

In addition to the works mentioned in the text, Kate Westlake Yeigh is the author of “Hunting for Jacques Cartier,” “The heroine of romance: an autobiography,” and “Coals of fire; a story of Cacouna,” in the Canadian Magazine, 7 (May-OctoberThe enemy four times used f weapons banned by the Minsk agreements.

Over the past day, April 13, Russian proxy forces in eastern Ukraine fourteen times violated the ceasefire.

There have been no losses among Ukrainian troops, reads the morning report of the Joint Forces Operation HQ.

The enemy fired on Ukrainian positions from anti-tank missile systems, grenade launchers of various types, large-caliber machine guns, and small arms.

Four times, militants employed weapons proscribed by the Minsk agreements (120mm mortars – two times, and 82mm mortars – two times).

Read alsoJFO: Ukraine reports six enemy attacks in Donbas April 13

It is noted that not a single enemy shelling was left without an adequate response on the part of Joint Forces.

According to intelligence data, on April 13, two invaders were killed and five –


not in PJs for breakfast!!

Lydia came out of her room with her shirt like this, this morning!! I told her that her shirt was funny. She smiled back and said that she really liked the shirt and she had "picked it" to wear today:)

But like most of Lydia's initial morning clothing choices, the shirt didn't make it through her bowl of oatmeal:)

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We are a young family with 4 little sweet blessings!! Together we are learning to love the Lord, each other, our extended family, friends and our neighbors!

Anna is 10 and is the best big sister around!! She works hard in home school enjoying math, science and history! During play she likes being Lydia and Chris' teacher as well as practicing the piano, riding her bike, and

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Star Wars: Battlefront Flaunts Equality– Falls Short

EA DICE released Star Wars: Battlefront on November 17, 2015. While the game has been criticized for not having the same range of weapons, vehicles and campaign play as its previous iteration, the new Star Wars: Battlefront has made some awesome advances, including absolutely gorgeous graphics and stunning sound effects and music.

One notable different between the new Star Wars: Battlefront and its previous versions, is its inclusion of female and minority Stormtroopers. In fact, the game has gone to great lengths to provide a diverse range of skins to choose from, male, female, young, old, black, white. Each are listed innocuously as “Human” followed by a number, with a brief descriptor for each version of the skin of their hairstyles. This isor any part thereof, existing at any time before actual cancellation of this instrument on the probate records of the county or counties where the Mortgaged Property is located.... The Loan and the Other indebtedness... shall be secured by this Mortgage."
The mortgage was recorded on April 14, 1995. The due date was October 14, 1995. On August 14, 1995, Compass advanced $35,000. Builder's Supply began furnishing materials on September 13, 1995. On September 28, 1995, Compass advanced $30,000. On October 30, 1995, Builder's Supply filed in the probate court a materialman's lien for approximately $45,000. On November 22, 1995, the Pooles executed a mortgage[1] and note providing for permanent financing over a 30-year period. The amount of this last mortgage and note was $145,240; the amount of the


balance due Compass on that date. In January 1996, Builder's Supply sued the Pooles to enforce its lien. The Pooles defaulted on their debt to Compass, and the mortgages became subject to foreclosure.
Ala.Code 1975, § 35-11-211(a), states that a materialman's lien "shall have priority over all other liens, mortgages or incumbrances created subsequent to the commencement of work on the building or improvement" and that "all liens, mortgages and incumbrances... created prior to the commencement of such work shall have priority over all liens for such work." Our supreme court has interpreted this section as follows:
"The date of the recording of a mortgage and the date of the furnishing of materials by the materialman control in determining the priority between the mortgage and the materialman's lien."
Metro Bank v.lift systems on the front, central and rear portions of the tractor with a very minimum number of hydraulic cylinders for operating the lift systems.
Often, for example, it is desired to use the power unit or hydraulic system that operates the linkages in the rear-mounted 3-point hitch to raise and lower a centrally mounted mower deck. Also, while a mower deck is mounted on the central portion of the tractor, it may be desirable to mount and use a loader extending from the forward end of the tractor. Often, due to limited hydraulic capacity on the small tractor, it will be necessary to use cylinders using the same hydraulic circuit for operating the lift mechanism for the centrally mounted mower and the loader arms.
Typically, to accomplish some of


is freely swivable on the floor but is fixed against the vertical movement with respect thereto. The lower end of the swivel member is hollow and has an internal hexagonal axial opening. Fixed against rotation on the channel wall structure is a pipe-like member disposed beneath and generally as a downward continuation of the swivel member. This member has an internal threaded portion. A threaded stud with an hexagonal head fitting into the open bottom end of the swivel member is threadedly mounted in the threaded portion. As the swivel member is rotated, the stud is adjusted vertically in the threaded internal portion of the pipe-like member. A vertical connecting rod is connected to the rockshaft in a radial offset position with respect to its axis and hasHe was in a rough spot with his girlfriend, and I was in a rough spot with this guy (super ill-advised boyfriend, 14 years older than me, he dumped me for a YOUNGER girl, WTF?! Classy). At the time, my heart was raw and Eames’ heart was raw, and he was a better climber than I was (translate: he led all the climbs and set the route so I could just top-rope it ha ha ha ha, you wimp, you, Nik), so it was a match made in heaven. We hung out a lot and drove all over to climb. I kept a soft spot in my heart for Eames for a long long time. Though we spent a lot of time in the car driving to climbing


Q118X mutation of M1S1 gene caused gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy: the P501T of BIGH3 gene found in a family with gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy.
To analyze BIGH3 and M1S1 genes in two Japanese brothers with gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy and five unaffected family members. DNA was extracted, and each part of the two genes was amplified and directly sequenced. On the BIGH3 gene, a heterozygous P501T mutation was found in the elder brother and three unaffected family members. On the M1S1 gene, both brothers with gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy showed a homozygous Q118X mutation, whereas all unaffected members were heterozygous. The Q118X mutation of M1S1 gene caused gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy. Although the P501T of the BIGH3 gene found in this pedigree was precisely the one reported for lattice1963; M.A. from Ohio University in 1964; Ph.D. from Ohio University in 1966. Taught at California State University, Long Beach from 1967 to 2007. Retired and currently writing and blogging.

Dubliners Centenial

One hundred years ago, the great collection of stories Dubliners by James Joyce appeared. If you are interested in my comments on that collection, see my posts in April 2012 when the book was featured in Dublin's "One City, One Book."


looking at the details, where I took time."

The Swiss champion said his third time trial win of the season - after a stage victory in the Tour of Austria as well as the Swiss national championship - was worth the two-hour long wait at the winner's podium whilst the overall contenders completed the course.

"If I lost, all this waiting around would be a waste of time and I would just go off to the hotel. But having won, I'm really happy about it, and I can see I'm on the good road."

The good road to where, though? The world time trial, road race or trade team time trial? Despite such a blistering chrono result, Cancellara visibly weighed his words when asked what his objective would be in amonth's time.

"This course was very different to the Worlds so it's difficult to give it a value," he said. "In the end I'm just focusing on myself, not Nibali, not Tony Martin, just concentrating on myself. My ride, my condition."

One of his biggest worries, he said, was that he did not know how he would react after the rest day and the change of pace from racing to easing back to going flat out again, but in his case, he had no problems.

Asked again about his targets, Cancellara said he had not made any decision yet about whether he would make a planned abandon of the Vuelta, although given his form is so good, there is speculation he may do so.

"I'm just looking at the Vuelta, then I'll


Trump opioid plan includes death penalty for traffickersWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's plan to combat opioid drug addiction nationwide calls for stiffer penalties for drug traffickers, including the death penalty where appropriate under current law, a top administration official said. It's a fate for drug dealers… More

S. Korea offers talks on tension, family reunions with NorthSouth Korea on Monday offered talks with North Korea to ease animosities along their tense border and resume reunions of families separated by their war in the 1950s. It was unclear how North Korea will react since it remains suspicious of new South Korean ...07/17/2017 - 12:59 am | View Link

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Dispute Over Alleged Trump Affair . The adult-film actress who claims she had an affair with Donald Trump before he became U.S. president offered on Monday to return $130,000 (£93,550) that Trump's personal lawyer paid her in what she said was hush money to remain silent about the alleged relationship.03/14/2018 - 2:19 pm | View Website

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Highway horror: ‘I thought he’s going to kill me’

A GRANDMOTHER feared she was going to be killed by a truck driver who repeatedly rear-ended her after she pulled in front of him in traffic.

The Courier Mail reported that Merran - who did not want her surname published - was travelling from Brisbane's western suburbs along the Warrego Highway to collect her grandchildren from Middle Park when the incident occurred at Bundamba.

The 68-year-old said she was caught in heavy traffic on the highway just before 2pm on Tuesday and said she saw several cars swapping lanes, and saw a gap to merge in between two trucks.

But then Merran said the truck banged against her vehicle repeatedly, shunting her forward a little each time.

"It was just a horrible feeling ofYa nadie se fija en él, otras cosas captan ahora la atención: el féretro es rociado con agua bendita, el muerto que ríe es inhumado. Un sentimiento de autocompasión se apodera de André, pues ¿acaso no es él quien está siendo enterrado ahí? Él, siempre él. Con cierta cautela empieza a deambular por delante de los muros abiertos del cementerio y lee los nombres de los muertos: José María Tur y Vicenz, Pedro Hermano Marau, María Dols Nogueira. De vez en cuando roza con la mano una lápida y piensa en los cuerpos descompuestos o semidescompuestos que yacen ahí bajo tierra, una masa compacta de putrefacción. ¿Cuántos habrá? Y siente que la misma agitación de siempre le recorre el cuerpo, una procesión de alucinaciones. Le gustaría ser capaz


of engine.
The high-pressure fuel-supply plunger pump 1 has a cam 10 driven by the engine output to operate the pump, and a plunger 11 riding on the cam 10 to move in and out, with the plunger 11 forming at its top surface a part of the inside barrel wall defining a pumping chamber 12. An inlet valve 15 is arranged between the pumping chamber 12 and a fuel inlet line 13, and acts to regulate an amount of fuel forced into the pumping chamber 12 from the fuel-feed pump 6 through the fuel inlet line 13. A non-return valve 17 is disposed along a fuel discharge line 14 connecting the pumping chamber 12 with the common rail 2, and may open when the pressure created by thethrough the fuel inlet line 13 to the fuel tank 7 as long as a fuel inlet valve 15 in the fuel inlet line 13 is kept open, even during the lift stroke of the plunger 11, is forced towards the delivery side of the pump just after the inlet valve 15 has been closed, thereby controlling the amount of fuel at the delivery side of the pump. The control unit 8 regulates a duration during which a solenoid 16 is kept energized, thereby governing fuel-delivery duration ranging from the timing for closure of the inlet valve 15 to the timing the plunger 11 reaches top dead center to adjust the amount delivered out of the high-pressure fuel-supply plunger pump 1, finally controlling the common-rail pressure Pr. As


pressure level required according to the engine operating conditions.
In the conventional common-rail fuel-injection systems, the sudden pressure drop caused in the common-rail pressure owing to the fuel injection leads to the pressure surge or oil hammer in the common rail, which keeps on pulsating for a length of time after the end of the fuel injection. The pulsation experiences much variance in its waveform, depending on the mechanical characteristics and aging of the individual injectors, the position and/or arrangement of the individual injectors along the common rail, and the pressure average of the common-rail pressure and the engine operating conditions. This makes it impossible to measure precisely the amount of pressure drop in the common-rail pressure. After all, the scattering arises in the amount of fuel injected everySunday, March 27, 2011

Found some Polartec Windbloc at Rockywoods and made lobster cycling gloves for him and her. The fabric description says - "Brown Nylon Canvas face and Cream Shearling back. This fabric would make a nice jacket, vest, hat, mittens and other outerwear". The fabric is pretty stiff and thick, so these were put together slightly differently to the previous pair. I trimmed the fleece from the edges before stitching, overlapped most of the seams, handstitching where required, and made the gusset between the pincers from the more pliant windstopper fabric used for the last pair. The photos show one hand from each pair. James' pair came out too tight, because I stupidly used the same pattern as before even though this time the fleece was on


Assad out into one that set the terms of his remaining. It has proceeded more or less to script.

The overarching trend for the last year is the regime mopping up. The insurgency has been divided into besieged cantons that are then being shrunk down and starved into submission, either permitting regime control to return or seeing the population expelled entirely, as happened in Daraya recently and seems likely to occur in Maadamiya soon.

With no decisive Western assistance forthcoming, these were the ideal conditions for JFS to expand its reach. Insurgent unity was clearly necessary, and JFS was able to dominate the coalitions formed.

Long before the last year, one of the key factors enabling JFS to embed itself in opposition dynamics so thoroughly was presenting itself as better-serving oppositioninterests and security than the West, which it portrays as conspiring against the revolution. Both perceptions are widespread among anti-regime Syrians, and not without reason.

Before this deal, the West had compiled a “spotless record of having protected not one single Syrian inside Syria from the mass homicide campaign conducted by Assad and facilitated by Iran and Russia,” as Fred Hof put it. Concurrently, the U.S.’s pro-Iran tilt had made the line between jihadi conspiracy theory and U.S. policy an increasingly hazy one, since the U.S. had all-but ceded Syria to Tehran, whose ground forces now lead the pro-regime coalition, as a sphere of influence.

Operation INHERENT RESOLVE’s unwillingness to deal with the pro-regime terrorist groups has compromised its legitimacy among the opposition from the start. The impression that the


Judges, and KELLAM, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.
PER CURIAM:

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Pursuant to the provisions of the Miller Act, 40 U.S.C. Sec. 270a et seq., the United States brought this action to recover for federal withholding taxes due on certain bonded government construction contracts.  The named defendants were all sureties of Merritt Dredging Company, Inc.  ("Merritt"), a now bankrupt construction concern, employed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers ("Army Corps") during the fourth quarter of 1983 and the first quarter of 1984 to perform dredging services.  Upon motion for summary judgment, the district court ruled in favor of the United States and against the sureties.  The government's recovery was limited to only that tax which hadnotice to each of the sureties concerning taxes owed from the fourth quarter of 1983.  On June 21, 1984, the United States again sent written notice concerning taxes owed for the first quarter of 1984.  It is conceded that both of these letters of notification satisfied the 90-day requirement.  The sureties assert, however, that these letters did not provide "notice" as required by the Miller Act in that all of the amounts stated as being owed were substantially inaccurate;  the April 24, 1984, letters did not inform the sureties of the amount owed for each bond;  the April 24, 1984, letter to USF & G included bonds on which it was not a surety;  and the April 24, 1984, letter to USF


by deposition of ascospores and germination to produce epiphytic growth followed by penetration of the fungus through stomata. Ascospore deposition occurred mostly in May and June, but epiphytic growth began only after the onset of the summer rainy season in June in 2002 and 2003. Ascospore deposition was lower in 2002 than in 2003, but development of epiphytic growth was similar in both years. Timing of fenbuconazole sprays was evaluated in the 2001, 2002, and 2003 seasons. Of the single-spray applications, those in July were the most effective, sprays in June and August were moderately effective, and those made in May or September were ineffective. Two- and three-spray programs from June through August were usually more effective than single sprays, and four monthly sprays from May to AugustThis subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Important progress has been made in the past reporting period. RTI-336, a compound first tested and characterized in our laboratory and has been approved for Phase I clinical trials in humans. It is expected to be a medication for psychostimulant (cocaine, amphetamine, and methamphetamine) abusers and addicts. As of this writing, no toxic effects were found that preclude further study, and additional studies are planned in humans. The utilization of


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Promises from chief minister BS Yediyurappa of not indulging in vindictive politics against the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) have been belied by his actions in power, a fact that the opposition parties have been quick to seize upon.

In the latest case, the Bharatiya Janata Party government has launched a probe into Krishi Bhagya Scheme, started by the then Congress CM Siddaramaiah, which provided assistance to farmers to dig small farm tanks to store rainwater. In the two months in power, the government has gone about systematically launching probes into flagship programmes of the two previous governments, especially those launched by Siddaramaiah.

However, for a brief moment after the coalition government collapsed and Yediyurappa was on the verge of assuming power, there was aApple used an obscure group of islands as its tax haven during a time when the tech giant received criticism for using Ireland for the same purpose, according to an analysis of The Paradise Papers released Sunday.

After Irish officials and U.S. congressional investigators accused Apple around 2013 of avoiding billions of dollars in taxes through the foreign country, Apple reportedly shopped around for prospective locations to shift its profits to. It eventually settled on the island of Jersey, part of the Channel Islands, an archipelago and dependency of The Crown in the U.K.

“We pay all the taxes we owe, every single dollar,” Apple CEO Tim Cook claimed at a hearing organized by the United States Senate investigative subcommittee, prior to the subsequent discussions to potentially alter its tax


the lowest-mass planet ever found through microlensing," Yossi Shvartzvald, a NASA postdoctoral fellow based at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, said in a statement. Shvartzvald is lead author of the study announcing the new planet's existence, which was published online Wednesday (April 26) in the Astrophysical Journal Letters. (You can read the paper for free at the journal's website.)

The team was also able to determine that OGLE-2016-BLG-1195Lb's host star is tiny, containing just 7.8 percent the mass of Earth's sun.

That's so small that the parent may not be a proper star at all, researchers said: Its mass is right on the boundary between the "failed stars" known as brown dwarfs and ultracool dwarf stars such as TRAPPIST-1, which hosts seven recently discovered Earth-size planets.

ThreeAlso Present—California Department of Education

Call to Order

Lawrence (Larry) Herrera, Chair, called the meeting to order at 10:10 a.m.

The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Members and other attendees introduced themselves.

Approval of Agenda

Carol Chase Huegli made the following changes to the Child Nutrition Advisory Council (CNAC) agenda: add Sandip Kaur to Item 1; change Item 5 title to “Professional Standards for State and Local School Nutrition Programs Personnel as Required by the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010” (now Item 6 on minutes). Lucy McProud then moved to approve the agenda for February 10, 2014, and Barbara Rohrer seconded the motion. The CNAC voted to approve the February 10, 2014, agenda.

Approval of Minutes
to the December 9, 2013, CNAC Meeting

Larry Herrera made one edit to Item 1, page 6. Lucy McProud


children, three to five years old. This program consists of 10 main elements and criteria including Garden-Enhanced Nutrition Education, which fosters healthy habits during the early years of growth and development, promotes healthy eating and physical activity, and develops an appreciation of food and gardening. The CNAC and Ms. Frinzell stated that programs such as Preschools SHINE, gardens and salad bars, and campaigns such as the Jamie Oliver campaign and press events are very important to help schools, parents, students, food service staff, and communities to learn, promote, and encourage good nutrition education (e.g., through cooking demonstrations or classes) for overall positive outcomes and benefits for all (e.g., more consumption of fruits and vegetables by students). Ms. Frinzell stated that the Professional Standards for State and Local Schoolfor 2014.

Subject: NSD Priorities for CNAC for 2014

Finalizing CNAC Objectives

Mr. Danzik reiterated to the CNAC about the NSD staff plans and priorities for 2014 that were discussed by Ms. Kaur in Item 1. Mr. Danzik re-opened the discussion from the last CNAC meeting in December about CNAC’s 2014 objectives and priorities in order to finalize these priorities. Mr. Danzik talked through the PowerPoint slide showing the CNAC 2014 Priorities (discussed at the December meeting and referenced on Item 5, page 11 of the December meeting minutes) and the NSD 2014 Priorities (referenced on Item 1, page 2 of the February meeting minutes). The additions and changes to the CNAC 2014 Priorities discussed included:

Current and new USDA proposed rules and frameworks, public comment periods, and requirements

Continuing implementation of HHFKA


Personnel as Required by the HHFKA.

Subject: Professional Standards for State and Local School Nutrition Programs Personnel as Required by the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010

Ms. Punia provided the CNAC with an overview of the Professional Standards for State and Local School Nutrition Programs Personnel as Required by the HHFKA proposed rule in the Federal Register, Volume 79, Number 23. Ms. Punia provided a handout of this proposed rule during the meeting and talked through the handout.

Ms. Chase Huegli said that this proposed rule defines the expectations and criteria for the multiple levels of staff classifications in school nutrition programs including setting minimum hiring standards and requirements for directors and requiring continuing education and training for all school nutrition program personnel in local educational agencies. All thiswill share the CDE’s final comments on this proposed rule.

Item 7

Agenda for the April 14, 2014, Meeting

Government Affairs Division Updates and Legislative Updates with Whitney Staniford

Bringing in one funder (such as The California Endowment,Western Growers, or the Orfela Foundation) and two teachers (such as a teacher from Oakland Unified and a teacher from Santa Barbara County) to speak at the CNAC

CNAC Membership Election Nominations

LCFF Negation of issues: Provision 2 and 3 schools

Nutrition Education from school districts (Nutrition Education integrated: Local Control and Accountability Plan)

California Food Policy Advocates Survey: follow-up

AR Progress Report (Update on AR process)

CNAC 2014–15 Meeting Dates

Agenda for the next meeting

Lucy McProud moved and Barbara Rohrer seconded that the meeting be adjourned. The CNAC voted to adjourn at 2:40 p.m.


Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an agency many Democrats want to abolish, recently conducted a raid in Newark, New Jersey and arrested dozens of illegal aliens. The overwhelming majority have serious criminal records.

ICE targeted Illegal aliens who had been incarcerated in the Middlesex County Jail and released into the community by local law enforcement without notice to federal immigration officials. The aliens arrested had ICE detainers that were not honored. Newark is a “sanctuary city.”For Immediate Release

Presidential Candidate Governor Gary Johnson Survives Brutal Republican Challenge

Republican President candidate Mitt Romney has likely lost his last hope for a victory in the electoral-rich state of Pennsylvania.

Commonwealth Court Senior Judge James G. Colins ruled late today that the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania has filed nominating petitions containing more than the required 20,601 valid signatures and that the entire slate of statewide Libertarian candidates will remain on the November 6 general election ballot, including Libertarians two-term Governor Gary Johnson for President and Judge Jim Gray for Vice President.

The ruling was a stinging defeat for Republicans who waged a grueling and expensive 9-week battle to force their Libertarian Party competition off the November ballot.

Governor Johnson said, ‘It is a travesty of the democratic process that Libertarians were


required to endure such a drawn-out, expensive and unnecessary attack on their right to be on the ballot. Voters in every state deserve real choices in this election, and it is clear that the Republican Party, not only in Pennsylvania, but in key states across the country, will go to any lengths to keep liberty, nonintervention and smaller government off the ballot.’

With little money and an army of dedicated volunteers, the LP stood up to the superior resources of the Republican Party, never once considering capitulation, even though faced with the possibility of a significant assessment of costs, sanctions and attorneys fees that may be assessed on the losing party.

Statewide Libertarian candidates were required to file nominating petitions containing at least 20,601 signatures, far more than most statesrequire and many times the number that the old party candidates must file. On August 1, Libertarians filed petitions containing over 49,000 signatures, more than twice the number needed.

Libertarians were required to field teams of at least 20 people each day for two weeks in Philadelphia. Each was paired with a Republican and a computer operator in order to tediously review challenged signatures. A similar operation was conducted in Harrisburg the following week. After this effort, approximately 14,000 signatures remained contested. For the next four weeks, four teams of lawyers and volunteers meticulously re-reviewed the contested signatures under court supervision.

The herculean effort to defend against the challenge was supported by more than 85 very dedicated volunteers hailing from seven states. Roy Minet, who coordinated the massive, marathon volunteer


Limited Dorsal Myeloschisis: A Diagnostic Pitfall in the Prenatal Ultrasound of Fetal Dysraphism.
To determine the ultrasonographic characteristics of limited dorsal myeloschisis (LDM) at prenatal ultrasound (US) and to highlight the main features that may help differentiate LDM and myelomeningocele (MMC). In a tertiary reference center in fetal medicine, we prospectively collected the medical data and ultrasonographic characteristics of all patients referred for in utero prenatal repair of MMC between November 1, 2013 and April 30, 2015. Among the 29 patients assessed, the diagnosis of MMC was revised in 7 cases. In 6 cases, the diagnosis of LDM was established. On US scan, LDM was characterized by a spinal saccular lesion with a thick peripheral lining in continuity with the adjacent skin. Within the saccular lesion, a thick hyperechoicBroch of Gurness

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The Broch of Gurness – also known as Aikerness Broch – was an Iron Age tower house and surrounding settlement dating back to between 500 and 200BC. It’s located on a square-shaped headland on the northwest coast of Mainland Orkney. Close to the edge of a small shoreline cliff, it overlooks Eynhallow Sound. Brochs are tower houses that were made of dry stone walls and were architecturally sophisticated for their time. Often quite large they resembled simple elongated domes from the outside but had multiple rooms and levels inside. Some even featured an early form of double-wall cavity insulation as a protection against the extreme winter cold of the region. The remains of the Broch of Gurness


tower are approximately 3.6 metres in height with dual walls up to 4 metres thick. The central living area was circular and 8 to 9 metres in diameter. It was probably the residence of the leader of the settlement. It was vacated around 100 AD and the surrounding protective ditches have subsequently been filled in. Some pieces of Roman pottery dating back to around 60AD suggest that the inhabitants had contact with the international traders. The grave of a Viking woman dating back to 900AD was located close to the main site. Iron Age artefacts from various excavations are on display in the nearby visitor centre.

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Just a two-hour drive down the 417, the Ottawa REDBLACKS are gearing up for a quarterback competition of their own. Many assume free agent signing Jonathon Jennings will win the No.1 job, as the 26-year-old looks to return to his previous trajectory as one of the league’s rising star pivots.

Not so fast. Head Coach Rick Campbell has said Dominique Davis will be given every opportunity to flip the script, as the veteran of four seasons already has


a knowledge of the offence after spending 2018 with the club.

Toronto, Edmonton and Hamilton will wait until May 19 to open camp, but there are plenty of other storylines for the six teams taking the field this week.

In Kamloops, B.C., DeVone Claybrooks will make his head coaching debut along with a new-look staff that includes former players Nik Lewis, Ryan Phillips and Drew Tate. Marquee free agent signing Mike Reilly will lead the first huddle of what promises to be a banner year on the West Coast.

At McMahon Stadium in Calgary, the Stampeders begin their title defence with a new-look defence after losing nearly two-thirds of their starters from last year’s Grey Cup. New defensive coordinator Brett Monson, promoted to replace Claybrooks, will try to get his rookiesoff to a quick start before veterans report over the weekend.

After a busy off-season, expectations are especially high in Winnipeg. The usual battery of Matt Nichols and Mike O’Shea leads the team into Wednesday’s session, hoping to take the next step and become the top team in the always-contentious West.

On Thursday the Riders will take the field at Mosaic Stadium, where their season ended last November at the hands of the Bombers. The new bosses, General Manager Jeremy O’Day and Head Coach Craig Dickenson, will oversee camp following the off-season departure of Chris Jones.

Training Camp Important Dates:

May 15, 2019 – Rookie camps open

Non-veteran players, quarterbacks and veterans coming off season-ending injuries are permitted to participate.

May 19, 2019 – Training camps open

Teams are permitted to participate in training camp


with 75 roster players in addition to 2019 CFL Draft picks; two additional national non-counters; and underclass national quarterbacks ineligible to sign a contract or play in a pre-season game as part of the QB Internship program, among others.

May 26, 2019 – Pre-season begins

The first game of 2019 kicks off with pre-season action between the BC Lions and Edmonton Eskimos. Every team will play two pre-season games between May 26 and June 7.

June 8, 2019 – CFL rosters reduced to 46

Expect a flurry of activity on June 8 as clubs must reduce their roster to 46 active players, excluding those on the six-game injured list and those transferred to the one-game injured list, by 10:00 p.m. ET.

June 13, 2019 – CFL regular season kicks off

The regular season kicksFighting reported at Saturday dawn between Syrian soldiers and dissident soldiers near a presidential palace in the coastal region of Lattakia, reported the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR) and activists. The NGO said that the clashes took place in the village of Borj Islam, where the presidential palace is located.

Sema Nassar, an activist in Latakia, said the fighting erupted when " 30 officers and soldiers from a military base near the presidential palace in Borj Islam were preparing to desert with their weapons . " " Upon leaving the base, heavy fighting broke out between soldiers and deserters, loud explosions were heard and were heard even in the city of Latakia ," the activist added.

Meanwhile, the official SANA news agency said that the army troops had repulsed


an attempt by “armed terrorists” to infiltrate from the sea in Lattakia area. According to the agency, soldiers and terrorists were killed or wounded in the fighting. At least 10 deserters were killed Saturday in fighting against government troops in Damascus area, sources reported.

Elsewhere in the country, Sana reported fighting between members of the security forces and a “terrorist gang” at dawn in Efrine in the Aleppo region, adding three troops and two of the terrorists died. The new violence came a day after 14 people died in violence, including 10 civilians, mostly protesters shot dead by regime troops.RickRossRichForeverVideo

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made no agreement to pay for services provided to him. Pelo explained that upon being admitted to the hospital, he refused to complete the hospital release form so that his health insurance carrier could be contacted for payment because he believed that he did not need evaluation or treatment. Pelo argued he later signed the release form under duress and that he did not agree to pay for medical services provided. Pelo stated he had health insurance and was not indigent at the time he was hospitalized.
The district associate judge concluded that there was no statutory requirement that Cerro Gordo county pay for medical services provided to Pelo during his hospitalization because Pelo was hospitalized at a private hospital and not a state hospital. *23 See Iowa Codeagainst Cerro Gordo county. The county is therefore not involved in this appeal and is out of the case.
On Pelo's appeal, the district court judge affirmed. The court concluded that by signing the hospital form, Pelo had entered into a valid, enforceable contract to be financially responsible for the hospital bill. In doing so, the court rejected Pelo's contention that the agreement was not enforceable because he allegedly signed the form under duress. In the alternative, the court concluded that Pelo was liable for payment of the hospital bill under a theory of contract implied in law or quasi-contract, based on the court's conclusion that Pelo benefited from his hospitalization for which he should pay.
We granted Pelo's application for discretionary review. See Iowa Code § 631.16.

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Isolated segments of the guinea pig small intestine were used to examine the transmitter circuitry of the neural pathways subserving the ascending enteric reflex (AER) contraction of the circular muscle. Inflation of an intraluminal balloon provided the distension stimulus for the AER. The ascending contraction was reduced to 5% of its original amplitude by atropine and to 10% by hexamethonium, which indicates that cholinergic interneurons and cholinergic motor neurons constitute the main AER pathway. However, in the continued presence of atropine or hexamethonium for 60 min, the AER recovered to approximately 30% of its original amplitude. The atropine-resistant AER was blocked by hexamethonium and the tachykinin antagonist spantide [( D-Arg1,D-Trp7,9, Leu11]-substance P) suggesting that it involved cholinergic interneurons and tachykinin-utilizing motorhas been Gramm, who said that the bill will go
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unless it contains provisions he thinks are necessary to exclude banking
products from the act and to keep certain types of swaps out of the hands of

certain regulators.
After the House bill passed, Gramm put forth 34 revisions to it. When
discussions last left off before the federal elections, Gramm and Treasury
had
resolved about 15 of those issues.
"One man, Senator Gramm, is holding up this bill," Ewing said at a press

conference last month.
Ewing, who retires from Congress at the end of this year, has taken the
lead in shepherding the bill through the House and is now actively trying to

get it passed through the Senate.
If agreement on legislative language is reached, the idea is that the
Senate bill could be attached to a legislative package.


TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with a story about a monument that was supposed to be erected in the late 1800s, but never happened.

Oscar Dunn and the New Orleans Monument That Never Happened.

Recently New Orleans has been in the national spotlight over the removal of four city monuments—three statues of confederate war heroes and one monument commemorating the Battle of Liberty Place. These monuments were erected after the end of Reconstruction, years after the Civil War, to reassert white power. But long before these monuments even went up, another monument was supposed to go up—one honoring Reconstruction’s success. But that never happened.

I spoke with a guy named Brian Mitchell. He’s an Assistant Professor of history at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, but he’s from Newhostile environment.”

Hostile is one way of putting it. One could also say, or may I say, it was crazy times. Things were insane.

The Louisiana governor at the time is a man named Henry Warmoth—a white, 20 something Republican

from New York. He and Dunn are elected on the same ticket in 1868 three years after the Civil War ends. Dunn is 20 years older than Governor Warmoth, and at first, he really believes that this young yankee wants equality between whites and blacks, but then Governor Warmoth betrays Lieutenant Governor Dunn.

Brian told me, “When it actually came time for him to sign a bill that would protect blacks, he says no.”

When Governor Warmoth refuses to sign a civil rights bill, it divides the Republican party. There is basically a


in New Orleans’ history,” Brian told me. “The composition of the crowd was made up of every facet of New Orleans society, black and white. And I always point out that it's probably one of the oldest second lines in New Orleans history. There are Jazz bands that are there.”

The mourners include most of Dunn's political rivals, the men who may have poisoned him. And Governor Warmoth, of all people, is a pallbearer. The second line stretches a mile long, from the intersection of Claiborne and Canal (where Dunn's house is) to Magazine street. After that it proceeds to the St Louis #2 Cemetery.

“So yeah,” Brian said. “To say he was well loved in the city would have been an understatement.”

Which brings me back to that monument—the oneThe Australian Classification Board seems to have outed a Game of the Year Edition of Dishonored, which would likely include all of the DLC released for the game, including The Brigmore Witches, which is due later this month.

The Brigmore Witches is the next downloadable content coming to Arkane's Dishonored and Bethesda has released some teasing artwork ahead of their official announcement, which should be dripping with more info.

The team said that "Daud's journey concludes," with new details due real soon. Daud is the assassin responsible for the death of the Empress, and in The Knife of Dunwall we explore his world.

Arkane's Dishonored was a knife in the dark, and a very lucrative one at that for Bethesda. Pete Hines says they "try not to wade into anything as


Irish man jailed in Holland on airport porn charges

A man from Co. Dublin, whose name has not been released, was jailed in Amsterdam on Tuesday after he was caught traveling with hardcore child pornography at a Dutch Airport in January.

Five child porn DVDs were discovered in the man's hand luggage at Amsterdam's's Schiphol Airport when he arrived off a flight from Thailand.

The man, described as a widower, was at Amsterdam's airport awaiting a transfer to Dublin on January 17. He was arrested after he left the baggage hall after missing his onward Aer Lingus connection to Ireland.

The judge at Schiphol East Meer Court decribed the material as "shocking and disgusting."

The man, 68, was sentenced to eight months in Haarlem Jail but was moved to another Dutch prison becauseinmates threatened to kill him after discovering the reason he was in jail.

He told the court "All my life I was careful I have never done anything wrong before and I am very sorry, I made a very bad mistake."

He also said he was disgusted at the idea of anyone having sexual intercourse with children.

Public Prosecutor in Amsterdam, Marjanne Eising, described the material as "among the most hardcore child pron on the market" which featured shocking images of girls as young as seven years old.

The man, who has no previous convictions in Ireland, admitted to liking pictures of young naked women but said he had no idea the DVDs he purchased in Thailand contained any child pornography.

He said he had bought the DVDs in a bar in Pattaya,


Thailand, the night ebefore he left.

He sais the cover of one of the DVDs showed a naked young woman so he agreed to buy them. He admitted to being "a bit tipsy."

The man lives with his daughter and family outside of Dublin and has a part time job delivering medicines.

In a letter to the court, his daughter said the family were in "shock and dismay on learning of her father's arrest." She also said her father had a heart condition.

The court learned that the man has made 10 trips to Thailand since his wife's death 11 years ago.

The mans lawyer said his client made a foolish mistake. He said it was normal for men to go to Thailand "and have a very good holiday enjoying the company ofdiligence and continuing hard work, he was no longer capable of managing internal problems and heavy daily operations. He simply did not possess the delegation or business management skills to handle expansion. As a result, Anwar found it difficult to generate bigger business opportunities for the workshop.

It was not until Anwar joined the business courses at the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) – a joint initiative between UNIDO’s IPI project and the Chamber of Commerce in Nassiriya – that his vision and his business started to expand. At EDC training courses in Thi-Qar, Anwar was able to hone his skills in business management, time management, customer service, marketing and finance. More importantly, he learned how to lead teams and delegate responsibilities within a larger operating business scheme. Consultants at


Laura Bush, a teenager at that time, became the cause of death of
another teenager, her classmate and a star athlete in the school, in
car accident. In 2000, police released a report to the public,
disclosing a car accident took place back
in 1963 in Midland, Texas. It has been disclosed that Laura Welch (now
Laura Bush), 17 years at that time, had wrongly run a stop sign, which
had lead to the death of a teenager, her classmate. The report
described that Laura has been driving Chevrolet sedan in night, a clear
on, after about 8 pm on November 6, 1963, entering into an intersection
without noticing the stop sign and struck to the “Corvair secan” driven
by Michael Douglas, a 17 years boy. Judy Dykes, 17 years old, was also
sitting in Laura’s car.

The idea ofNasratiyeh

Nasratiyeh (, also Romanized as Naṣratīyeh) is a village in Rostaq Rural District, in the Central District of Khomeyn County, Markazi Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its existence was noted, but its population was not reported.

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Alaska

Using Fire to Rekindle the Wilderness

Kenai National Wildlife Refuge – 2005

In 2005, the Fox Creek Fire on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska grew to more than 26,000 acres in less than two weeks. It was successfully managed on Service-managed land within a wilderness area during a period of high fire danger while being in close proximity to people and property under national guidelines for wildland fire use.

The fire was allowed to burn in such a way that it helped reshape a portion of the wilderness the way wildfire had done for centuries, but within specified areas and with fire breaks and other safety measures set in certain areas to anticipate and counter the fire escaping its approved boundaries.

The Fox Creek FireFriends: Epsom teen killed in crash wanted to be a state trooper

The Epsom teen who died in a car crash early Sunday after officials say he sped away from an approaching police officer planned to work in law enforcement and was eager to start a degree program in criminal justice this fall, his mother said.

Friends who gathered yesterday at the crash site in Epsom remembered 18-year-old Allen Field for his laugh, for his wide smile and for the strong hugs that he gave generously.

“He was just the most genuine and kind friend anyone could have. Everyone Allen met instantly liked him,” said Shane St. Onge as he stood with a half dozen others who graduated with Field from Pembroke Academy last month.

Field died shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday


when the police say his car hit a tree while taking a turn on New Rye Road in Epsom and landed on its roof. According to the state police, Epsom Officer Dana Flanders attempted to talk to Field a short while earlier when he saw the teen parked behind Epsom Central School.

Before Flanders stopped his cruiser, though, Field sped away, the police said. The officer followed but stopped his pursuit when he was unable to catch up to the car.

The police say Flanders later came upon the crash, which was about 2 miles from the school.

The state police were unable to provide further details about the incident yesterday, such as how much time passed between when Field left the school and when he hit the tree.

The police alsohaven’t given any indication of why Field sped away from Flanders.

Friends said Field worked until about 10 Saturday night at the Hooksett Market Basket. He went home and played Call of Duty, a video game, on Xbox for a while. Several friends said they saw him logged into the live gaming system.

Dillon Girard said Field ended up at the school because it was a warm night and the two planned to swim in a stream near the property. Girard said Field sent him a text message about 12:50 a.m. saying he was on his way.

St. Onge thinks his friend “just wanted to avoid confrontation” when Flanders approached him in the parking lot.

Friends and family members said Field had never been in trouble with the law beyond a few


Interview: The “New Jews” of Latin America

Journalist Graciela Mochkofsky, whose father is Jewish and whose mother is Catholic, had long been curious about Jewish life in Latin America. While living in Buenos Aires in 2003, she came across the story of a Peruvian man who had converted from Catholicism to Protestantism and finally to ultra-Orthodox Judaism, eventually bringing a community of more than 100 followers with him to Israel.

Mochkofsky believed that this case of unmediated collective conversion to Judaism was isolated, finding just a couple of modern precedents during her reporting about the community. But it turned out to be just the beginning of years of research into what she calls a phenomenon: dozens of group conversions across Latin America to Orthodox Judaism by groups of former Catholicscounties of Terrell County or Calhoun County, Georgia for at least ten years. Calhoun (population 6,094) and Terrell (population 10,657) Counties are located in rural Southwest Georgia and are similarly characterized by poverty and low educational attainment \[[@B34]\]. In both counties, approximately 35% of adults 25 years of age and older have not earned a high school diploma and 23% of families live below the federal poverty level. Both counties have large African American populations (\> 60% of residents), with significant disparities in income and education levels between African American and White residents. A purposive sampling approach was used to recruit 60 participants evenly divided by gender and race. The CAB chose to focus on adults aged 50 and older because the research findings would be used to


story: On the anniversary of a classmate's suicide, Blaire (Shelley Hennig) and her five friends find themselves haunted by an unseen figure that they can't get rid of as they talk over Skype.

Why you should watch it: Unfolding in real time and solely from one computer screen, Unfriended is the year's most original and relevant horror. Far from just a gimmick though, it delivers strong scares, excellent deaths (including an unforgettable encounter with a blender) and, crucially, feels authentic in how its characters act.

29. Jurassic World

The story: 22 years after the original Jurassic Park failed, a new park called Jurassic World has been opened and everything is running swimmingly. That is until the scientists decide to dabble in genetics and genetically engineer a new breed of dinosaur, thebest-ever openings and a train sequence to rival From Russia with Love. It wasn't for everyone, but long-term fans will certainly have appreciated several throwbacks and the expert handling of the re-emergence of Bond's greatest nemesis.

27. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

The story: In the climactic instalment of The Hunger Games series, Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) sets off to liberate Panem and assassinate President Snow (Donald Sutherland), aided by her closest friends including a recovering Peeta (Josh Hutcherson).

Why you should watch it: As with the other outings in the series, Mockingjay - Part 2 nails the big moments of the books - including one tragic, shocking death and an downright terrifying sewer sequence - as it refuses to shy away from the bleakness. J-Law is predictably excellent, yet


it's Hutcherson who threatens to steal the movie away from her with a raw turn.

26. Brooklyn

The story: Young Irish immigrant Eilis (Saoirse Ronan) attempts to find her way through 1950s Brooklyn and falls in love with Tony (Emory Cohen). But when tragedy strikes, she finds herself caught between two countries and two loves.

Why you should watch it: With a career-best performance from Ronan and strong support from Cohen and Domhnall Gleeson, Brooklyn is a gorgeous and defiantly old-fashioned romantic drama that has been winningly adapted from Colm Tibn's best-selling novel.

25. Bridge of Spies

The story: Based on the real-life tale of James Donovan (Tom Hanks), a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself having to first defend a Russian spy (Mark Rylance) during the Cold War, and then negotiate the releaseof a captured American U2 spy pilot (Austin Stowell).

Why you should watch it: Pair Steven Spielberg with Hanks and movie magic invariably follows, and Bridge of Spies proves no exception. A seriously classy and grown-up spy drama with an exquisite supporting turn from Rylance that has already established him as an awards contender. And rightly so.

24. Kingsman: The Secret Service

The story: Unrefined street kid Eggsy (Taron Egerton) is recruited into a super-secret spy organisation by top agent Harry Hart (Colin Firth) for its training programme, just as the villainous Valentine (Samuel L Jackson) unleashes his plan of controlling the human race.

Why you should watch it: Shot through with Matthew Vaughn's typical hyperkinetic style, Kingsman is not for the easily offended due to its often breathtaking un-PC audacity, particularly


of all sorrows
The pain, the hate
The song remains insane

Unrest, the last retaliation is red
The few, the youth
And now you must kill
The roar, the war
The roar of the war
The sick, the weak
Awaken in their sleep
The fallen not forgotten
Shall inherit this earth
The blood, the flood
The blood and the fire
The hate, the fate
The hate of the land
Incinerate the hate
Apocalyptic rage
Beyond, beyond
Will thrash and burn
The call, the call
The call of the unknown
The fall, the fall
The fall of Babylon
Inflikted, inflikted
Muthafuckin' wicked
Slaughter, slaughter,
Slay without sorrow
Tomorrow, tomorrow
Will bring the new order
The storm, the storm
I follow the storm
Ta'foda, ta'foda, detona mixhell
They tell me about a place, another race
Another life, another world without a trace
A world without name
They tell me about a place
Where they don't stab you in the back
They don't spit in your face
They don't shameuntil three minutes in, after a dense, psychedelic junket through a sea of vocals and unintelligible sounds.

When the dust settles, the song bobs into a 7/8 time signature, and a vocal cut from the Dead's "Unbroken Chain" bubbles to the top of the mix. Avey Tare ices the music with an emotional vocal as surreal electronic swirls and bleeps dive in and out of the song. It's colorful, lush, rewarding and, above all, a welcome rebuttal to critics of music sampling.

Listen to yesterday's Song of the Day, and subscribe to the Song of the Day newsletter.


I have just completed my fourth week of interning at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in New Delhi India. When I arrived at the TERI I was assigned to work in the Climate Change and earth science division, however, I have a growing interest in energy, finance and climate change so in the first few days I spoke with several people in different departments to see with whom and what I wanted work on. I decided to work on a project with Arnab Bose, who holds two masters degrees, one in finance and one in economics and has studied in Amsterdam, Beijing and New York, that focuses on the adaptation finance and real options project.

This project applies methodologies used in finance to climate policy. Options valuation ison several occasions at national and international levels. He observed: 'To me the Blue Chakra or wheel in India's national flag represents the potential of Blue Revolution or the Ocean Economy'. That is how central the ocean economy is to us," Saran said.

The workshop came ahead of the 10th edition of the Delhi Dialogue that will be hosted by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj here from July 19-20.

The Delhi Dialogue is a premier annual track 1.5 event to discuss politico-security, economic and socio-cultural engagement between India and ASEAN.

The theme of the dialogue this year is 'Strengthening India-ASEAN Maritime Cooperation'.

This is the first major event to be organised after the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit, that was held in New Delhi in January 2018.

Chief ministers from the north-eastern states have also


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Everybody leads with the capture and arrest of Khalid Sheik Mohammed, a top al-Qaida operative suspected of masterminding the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Mohammed, aka "The Brain," and two other suspected al-Qaida members—Ahmed Qadoos Khan, a Pakistani, and a man identified only as being of Arab decent—were apprehended in a pre-dawn raid yesterday in Pakistan. U.S. officials described the arrest as being the most significant detention yet in the ongoing war on terrorism and would be surpassed only by the capture of Osama Bin Laden.

Specific details about how Mohammed was captured vary among the papers, which together publish more than a half dozen stories on the arrest. The Los Angeles Times' lead says "a joint team of Pakistani and U.S. agents" apprehended Mohammed, but write-ups


in the Washington Post and the New York Times go overboard to emphasize that Pakistani agents (tipped off by U.S. intelligence officials in Islamabad, according to the WP) led the raid on their own. According to the papers, that's a major change from previous operations, when FBI and CIA agents assisted their foreign counterparts in arresting other suspected terrorists. Yet the U.S. role in such raids is "politically sensitive" these days, as possible war against Iraq looms, the NYT notes.

Whatever role the Americans played, Mohammed was placed in U.S. custody and taken to an unknown location outside both Pakistan and the U.S. (The WP, alone among the papers, says the unidentified Arab was also placed in U.S. custody, while Khan remains in Pakistan.) According to the LAT, U.S.officials are looking to "disorient and break" Mohammed in hopes of finding out information on Bin Laden's whereabouts and other terror attacks that might be in the works.

An ethnic Pakistani who grew up in Kuwait, Mohammed studied engineering at a college in North Carolina in the 1980s, according to a NYTprofile. He fought with Afghan rebels against Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and was "radicalized" by the experience. In addition to the Sept. 11 attacks, he is suspected of planning virtually every major al-Qaida bombing in recent years. Officials also believe Mohammad was involved in the 1993 attack against the World Trade Center. Ramzi Yousef, who was convicted of that bombing, is reportedly Mohammed's nephew.

All the papers note that Mohammed also is suspected of playing a role in the