dissembling. Just two days later, on November 3, he convened a few like-minded generals and civilian officials to formulate a war plan and write the necessary public script. On that day, the Peace Policy breathed its last.

Grant had taken nearly a month in choosing his collaborators. He knew he could count on his secretary of war, William Belknap. And earlier that fall, when he had to replace his secretary of the interior after a corruption scandal, Grant broke with the custom of consulting the cabinet on secretarial choices and privately offered the job to Zachariah Chandler, a former senator from Michigan and a hard-liner in Western affairs. Also invited were a pliable assistant interior secretary named Benjamin R. Cowen and the commissioner of Indian affairs, Edward P. Smith(who, like Belknap, would eventually leave office after a corruption scandal of his own).

Opposition to Grant’s plan might have come from his highest-ranking military officer, Sherman. He was one of the men who had signed the Fort Laramie Treaty on behalf of the United States. He advocated using force against Indians when warranted, but he had once written Grant of his anger at “whites looking for gold [who] kill Indians just as they would kill bears and pay no regard for treaties.” And though Grant and Sherman had become close friends when they led the Union to victory, they had grown apart over politics since the Civil War. After Belknap usurped the general’s command prerogatives with no objection from Grant, Sherman had moved his headquarters from Washington to


St. Louis in a fit of pique. He was not invited into the cabal, though two of his subordinates—Sheridan and Crook—were.

That Grant held a meeting on November 3 was public knowledge, but the outcome was not. “It is understood the Indian question was a prominent subject of attention,” the Washington National Republican reported, “though so far as learned there was no definite decision made upon any subject relative to the policy of the Administration in its management of the Indian tribes.”

Crook, however, shared the secret with his trusted aide-de-camp Capt. John G. Bourke, and it is thanks to Bourke’s Herculean note-taking, embodied in a 124-volume diary held at the West Point library, that we can discover the secret today. Buried in one of those volumes is this entry,the second of the four incriminating documents: “General Crook said that at the council General Grant had decided that the Northern Sioux [i.e, the Lakotas] should go upon their reservation or be whipped.”

The conspirators believed that Sitting Bull and the non-treaty Lakotas had intimidated the reservation chiefs out of selling the mining rights to the Black Hills. Crush the non-treaty bands, they reasoned, and the reservation chiefs would yield.

Despite overwhelming popular support for seizing the Black Hills, Grant could expect heated opposition from Eastern politicians and the press to an unprovoked war. He needed something to shift the fault to the Lakotas.

He and his collaborators came up with a two-phase plan. First the Army would deliver the ultimatum to which Bourke referred: Repair to the reservation or be


Terry, suggesting to Sherman they “had best be kept confidential.”

Sherman exploded. How could he be expected to command, he wrote to his brother, Senator John Sherman, “unless orders come through me, which they do not, but go straight to the party concerned?” He vowed never to return to the capital unless ordered.

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To manufacture complaints against the Lakotas, the Grant administration turned to an Indian Bureau inspector named Erwin C. Watkins, who had just come back from a routine tour of the Montana and Dakota Indian agencies. Watkins’ official duties were administrative, such as auditing Indian agents’ accounts. But in reporting on his tour, he went well beyond the scope of his authority to describe the behavior of the non-treaty Lakotas, though it is unlikely he ever saw one.

Thethat the conspirators had ordered Watkins to fabricate his report, or even wrote it themselves.

While leaking the Watkins report—it made headlines in a handful of papers—the conspirators obscured their war preparations. At Crook’s headquarters in Wyoming Territory, rations and ammunition were being stockpiled, pack trains prepared, troops marshaled in from outlying forts. Something clearly was afoot, but Crook and his staff declined to discuss it with the local press.

The Chicago Inter Ocean correspondent who had stoked the gold frenzy, William E. Curtis, actually came close to exposing the plot. After sounding out his Army contacts, Curtis told his readers just five days after the White House meeting, “The roving tribes and those who are known as wild Indians will probably be given over entirely to the military until


in all probability be regarded as a good joke by the Indians,” Sheridan wrote to Sherman, who had lost interest in what his subordinate was up to.

By then the Lakotas were snowbound in villages scattered throughout the Unceded Territory. Their attitude hadn’t changed; they had no truck with the wasichus so long as they stayed off Lakota land, which their chiefs had no intention of surrendering. Their response to Chandler’s ultimatum was unthreatening and, from an Indian perspective, quite practical: They appreciated the invitation to talk but were settled in for the winter; when spring arrived and their ponies grew strong, they would attend a council to discuss their future.

Indian agents dutifully conveyed the message to Washington—where Edward Smith, the commissioner of Indian affairs, buried it. Sticking tothe official line secretly scripted in November, he declared that the Lakotas were “defiant and hostile”—so much so that he saw no point in waiting until January 31 to permit the Army to take action against them. Interior Secretary Chandler, his superior, duly endorsed the fiction. “Sitting Bull still refuses to comply with the directions of the commissioners,” he told Belknap, and he released authority for the non-treaty Lakotas to the war secretary, for whatever action the Army deemed appropriate.

Sheridan had a green light. On February 8, he ordered Terry and Crook to begin their campaign.

The winter operations were a bust. Terry was snowbound. Crook mistakenly attacked a village of peaceable Cheyennes, which only alienated them and alerted the non-treaty Lakotas. Worse, the Army’s stumbling performance hardly persuaded


the reservation chiefs that they needed to cede the Black Hills.

That spring, thousands of reservation Indians migrated to the Unceded Territory, both to hunt buffalo and to join their non-treaty brethren in fighting for their liberty, if necessary. The Army launched an offensive, with columns under Crook, Terry and Col. John Gibbon converging on the Lakota country. The Indians eluded Gibbon. Crook was bloodied at the Battle of the Rosebud on June 17 and withdrew to lick his wounds. Eight days later, some of Terry’s men—the 7th Cavalry, under Custer—set upon the Lakotas and their Cheyenne allies at the Little Bighorn and paid the ultimate price for Grant’s perfidy.

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Then came the cover-up. For eight months, Congress had paid little heed to events in the Lakota country. Only afterPlot

The game starts off with the final movie scene, in which the Parr family walk out from Dash's race, only for The Underminer to drill out of the ground and begin to monologue on how he will rule the world, as the Incredibles get into their suits and prepare for battle. The game then takes its own storyline, as the Incredibles face off against the Underminer. Frozone comes in and the six Supers face off against the supervillain. Before they can confront him, however, drills and robots come out of the ground like moles in a garden. Mr. Incredible tells his family to stop the drills. Then, Mr. Incredible and Frozone team up and agree to get to the Underminer before he causes any more damage. Along the


way, the two Supers fight against robots and avoid things falling out of the sky, thanks to the Underminer's attack (a la, cars, boulders, etc.). The two get to the Underminer's machine, but he quickly escapes underground. Mr. Incredible and Frozone venture underground and fight more robots.

As they continue on, Mr. Incredible and Frozone get to a computer that maps out the Underminer's plans and they learn of the Magnomizer, a machine that he has built which can be a threat to the world (in the form of extreme pollution) if it isn't stopped. In order to stop it, the two Supers must go through the Sludge Station.

Mr. Incredible and Frozone fight through more robots and obstacles in the Sludge Station. They eventually destroy a machine blocking theirdestroyed the Magnomizer and alerts the Crustodian, the head of the Giant Robot Factory, that the two Supers might arrive to the Factory, and the Underminer also tells the Crustodian to hurry the deadline for all 100 of the Underminer's giant robots called the Gilgenbots up to Earth's surface for his final attack on Earth and reign supreme as ruler of the entire planet. The Crustodian alarms every robot in the factory about Mr. Incredible and Frozone's arrival. Finally, the two arrive and fight against even more robots as they travel the Factory, where they destroy three Gilgenbots still in production. Eventually, the two reach the main office where the Crustodian is. And because of the three Gilgenbots' destruction, the Crustodian decides that this is an unacceptable failure


and declares that he will destroy the other 96 Gilgenbots to cover his failure (the Underminer already has a Gilgenbot with him). The Supers fight the Crustodian and take down more robots helping him, also accidentally activating the bomb that will blow up the Factory - starting with the office! Eventually, Mr. Incredible and Frozone defeat the Crustodian in battle by destroying his giant robot body and the entire place slowly starts to crumble. The Crustodian, who is really just a glass cylinder with electricity in it to keep it active, begins to leave, as his remaining live head rolls and jumps off a ledge, and Mr. Incredible is obsessed with stopping him. Frozone tells Mr. Incredible they have no time, and Mr. Incredible leaves once the CrustodianThe two damage the machine, but the Underminer returns to the Gilgenbot to rest while the rest of his machines try to defeat Mr. Incredible and Frozone. The two Supers succeed in taking down the machines and the Underminer returns to fight Mr. Incredible and Frozone. Even though he returned to his machine, he quickly came back with only laser-firing turrets lashing for Mr. Incredible and Frozone to face. In the end, Mr. Incredible and Frozone finally defeat the Underminer, making his machine go haywire, fly into the sky, and come down hard on the Gilgenbot's head, causing a giant explosion that most likely kills the Underminer and destroys the Gilgenbot. Mr. Incredible and Frozone escape the blast and Mr. Incredible's family arrive just in time to watch


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Last night saw WB take part in an event with the co-runner of the DCEU films, Geoff Johns, in which Aquaman footage and a new Justice League trailer was shown off.

The Aquaman footage is said to be the same from Comic-Con, but the Justice League trailer is said to have been new.

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Here are tweets about the WB event, Aquaman footage and new Justice League trailer:

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et al.
Affirmed in part and reversed in part and remanded.
MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:
This case is a consolidation of six separate actions brought in the name of the People of the State of Illinois to recover unpaid real estate taxes on land held in land trusts. The State seeks to impose personal liability for the *485 real estate taxes on three entities: the banks or trust companies in their individual corporate capacities; the banks or trust companies in their capacities as land trustees of land trust property, and the beneficiaries of the land trust, all as "owners" of the tracts of land trust property. The trial court found the trustees in their individual corporate capacities liable and dismissed the cases as to the banksthe proceeds of the property. Under the *486 agreement, all money advanced by the trustee must be paid by the beneficiary, and the trustee is not required to pay any taxes or assessments. The beneficiary may order the land sold at any time, and the trustee may not act except on written authorization of the beneficiary.
In each of these cases a complaint was filed against the trustee in its individual capacity, and was subsequently amended to add as defendants the trustee as trustee and the beneficiaries of the land trust. Prior to this action, the parcels had been listed on the county collector's application for judgment and sale for delinquent taxes, the Cook County circuit court had ordered the real estate sold, and it was offered for sale.


turn to the pertinent facts, which were established from uncontroverted evidence in the form of documents, statements, letters and the oral testimony of Dr. Cody adduced at the hearing before the referee.4 In summary, Dr. Cody, born in 1888, was a medical doctor, specializing in surgery, and he had practiced his profession in Sioux City, Iowa, for about forty years. In 1945 he formed a partnership with Dr. Phillip L. Bettler, also a surgeon, and then or sometime later sold a half interest in his equipment to Dr. Bettler. In 1950 Dr. Cyrus L. Beye, also a surgeon, became associated with the partnership.5 This arrangement continued until June 1, 1955. Prior to that date and because of a heart attack previously suffered, coupled with general failing health andBettler and Beye, the desire of the firm to engage the services of Dr. Cody as "associate physician" and his acceptance of such engagement; the effective period of the agreement, which was from June 1, 1955 to July 31, 1957; a provision requiring Dr. Cody "to devote a reasonable measure of his time to serve the professional practice of the firm. Dr. Cody shall himself determine the extent of his activity;" it contains a provision with regard to fees and Dr. Cody's compensation, the latter being fixed on a percentage basis with the amount decreasing from a maximum of 20% to a minimum of 10% of the net income which was to be computed in the manner provided in the contract. Paragraph 6 provided that Dr. Cody's compensation


"shall be subject to the customary payroll deduction for withholding and other taxes," and paragraph 7, that "this contract is not and shall not be deemed to be a partnership agreement * * *." On execution of the employment agreement, Cody sold to Bettler his remaining interest in the equipment, for which he was subsequently paid. In turn, and on June 1, 1955, Bettler sold to Beye a half interest in such equipment. On the same date the old partnership was terminated and the new firm of Bettler & Beye was formed. The latter opened a bank account in a different bank; the lease on the premises occupied by the doctors was transferred to the new firm; the insurance policies on the equipment were transferred; a new federalprofession and are peculiarly unsuited to direction and close control by an employer. See James, 1956, 25 T.C. 1296, 1301; Rev.Rul. 57-21, 1957-1 Cum.Bull. at p. 317."

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From the record, we find that the evidence of Doctors Bettler and Beye, submitted on an approved form, was opposed to the referee's finding of absence of control. It disclosed that Dr. Cody was engaged as an "associate physician to assist the members of the firm in their duties and under their direction and to advise and consult with the members of the firm on matters as directed" (emphasis supplied); that the "individual [Dr. Cody] was a full time employee working for this one firm only." Evidence establishing the actual practice of the parties under their contract discloses that Dr. Cody was


His income in 1956 was $5,847.46, and to July 31, 1957, the termination date of the arrangement, it was $3,153.17. It is apparent that his remuneration depended upon continued service to the firm, with the devotion of "a reasonable measure of his time" thereto. He had no interest in the fees earned by him, all inured to the benefit of the firm; furthermore, the evidence indicates that he had discontinued his operation as an independent practitioner, in toto. He had no office of his own — the lease on the premises had been transferred to Doctors Bettler and Beye. He had no office furnishings or medical equipment. It had all been sold to Dr. Bettler. He had no share in the risks and liabilities of the new partnership.

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Thereferee and the district court attached considerable importance to the fact that Dr. Cody paid his own automobile expense incurred while carrying on his limited duties, and the expense of attending medical conventions and deducted them as business expenses in computing his federal income tax. It is said that this arrangement was contrary to the provisions of paragraph 5.04 of the employment agreement which in effect was that the firm should bear Dr. Cody's transportation cost and expense, medical society dues, cost of protective insurance and expense of attending professional meetings. We agree with the contention that the unequivocal testimony of Dr. Cody and the statement appearing in the letter of the attorney who drew the contract established that this provision was deleted before the contract was actually


Her plays have been presented in New York at Daryl Roth's DR2, the Cherry Lane Theatre, Culture Project, Ensemble Studios Theatre, The Lower East Side Festival of the Arts, and HERE Arts Center among others. Regionally her works have been presented at The William Inge Center, Carnegie Mellon University, UT Dallas, Bishop Arts Theatre Center, Cara Mia Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company Susanne Robert's Theatre, University of Iowa and Ohio University. Internationally her works have been presented at Theatre Royal Stratford East London, Finborough Theatre London,The Anarchist Theatre Festival Montreal, Gun Control Plays Project in Sydney Australia, and featured in the Verlag Textbook on American Drama in Germany. She has been published by the Playwrights Center for Women Writers, NoPassport Press and Amazon.

Selected Full Length Plays Include: "R Culture"(Kilroy’s Honorable Mention 2015, Workshop Production IRT Theater),Light of Night (Kilroy’s Nominee 2014, Best Of Plays and Playwrights 2015 Anthology Indie Theater Now, Rolling World Premier IATI Theater and Venus Theatre), Tiene Duende -It Has Soul (semifinalist MultiStages New Works Competition), COURTING (semifinalist O’Neill Playwrights Conference and Winner of Best New Play Stage Left Productions), BIOLIFE (semifinalists O’Neill Playwrights Conference and The Emerging Playwrights Prize at The Marin Theatre, Finalist for Mabou Mines Residency, Workshop Production The Chain Theatre), “The Wicked Son” (Top Three Best New Jewish Plays, Jewish Plays Project) among others. Celebrated One Act Plays include SMASHING THE PATRIARCHY wold premier production at National New Play Network Theatre Bishop Arts Center Austin and produced in NY by MultiStages Future is Female Festival, Between Here and There


Produced at New Perspectives and Open Hydrant, Billboards Greatest Hits Produced at the High School for Performing Arts and Open Hydrant, Playing Kennedy Center Regional Finalist Produced at University of Iowa, Moontanner Girls and Unicorn Published by International Center for Women Playwrights Young Women's Anthology, Words of a Revolutionary Produced in the Anarchist Theatre Festival Montreal, Scars, WHERE THE HOPE GOES part of "After Orlando Collection" Produced in NY, Philedelphia, London, Chicago, Orlando, The Next Time- Published in the "Gun Control Plays Collection" and RaabitzTextbook on American Drama in Germany.

Awards include Special Effects Grant Metro Screen Australia for her film Amusement Bomber, BOOM! PRODUCTIONS Best TV Pilot for her Comedy WOMG, Semi-Finalist MADE IN NY WRITERS ROOM and Quarter-Finalist ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship for her Sci-Fi TV Pilot TALATRICS,Lennis J. Holm Playwriting Scholarship from University of Iowa Writers Workshop for her Honors Thesis One Woman, Fine Arts Grant Ohio University for Light of Night. Inductee Indie Theatre Hall of Fame and Kilroy’s Nominee Honorable Mention. Semifinalist The O'Neill Playwright's Conference, Finalist Mabou Mines Residency, Copeland is a member of the League of Professional Theatre Women, New York Women in Film and Television. She is an alumna of Stella Adler Studio Conservatory NYC, New Perspectives playlab, University of Iowa Theatre BA with Honors and a Minor in Dance, Ohio University MFA in Playwriting. Alumna of the New Play Lab at New Perspectives, Write Out Loud Playwright THEATRESPEAK, Internships with Seven Devils, Women's Project, and New Dramatists. Member of NYWIFT, LPTW, Literary Committee Barefoot Theatre and Films.


Last month, Madison, Alabama's impending Minor League Baseball team announced that they would be known as the Rocket City Trash Pandas. On Saturday, logos were unveiled to go along with this memorable moniker.

The Trash Pandas won't make their onfield debut until 2020, following the Mobile BayBears' relocation to a 7,500-capacity ballpark that is currently under construction. The team, playing in the Southern League, will serve as the Double-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels.

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A Trash Panda is a slang term for a raccoon, recently popularized in Guardians of the Galaxy 2. In that film, a raccoon character named Rocket is referred to as a "Trash Panda." The team's "Rocket City" moniker references the longstanding nickname for Huntsville, Alabama, which is located just tothe northeast of Madison. Huntsville, home of NASA's George C. Marshall Flight Center as well as Cummings Research Park, is a hub of aerospace and defense industry research and development. The city last fielded a team in the form of the Southern League's Stars, who played out of now-dormant Joe Davis Stadium before relocating to Biloxi, Mississippi following the 2014 campaign.

The sale of the Mobile BayBears to the BallCorps LLC ownership group, approved in November of 2017, was followed seven months later by official approval of the team's relocation to Madison. "Trash Pandas" was among the finalists in a subsequent three-phase "Name the Team" contest, trouncing the competition every step of the way.

BallCorps managing partner Ralph Nelson, speaking Saturday morning, said his initial reaction to the "Trash Pandas"


of the Minor Leagues most popular -- and sometimes polarizing -- identities, such as the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, El Paso Chihuahuas and Akron RubberDucks.

The Trash Pandas' color scheme is described by the team as "Space Black, Rocket Red, Sky Blue and Trashcan Gray." According to Klein, the primary logo tells "the story of a raccon with ingenuity cobbling together all the elements he needs to launch a trash can into outer space."

"The community has got an incredible amount of engineers, and it's also a hub of rocket scientists. Literally, rocket science," he continued. "So we brought it all together. A trash panda in Rocket City is going to figure out how to get a trash can launched into outer space. And when he gets there, he plants hisflag on a planet. That's pretty much the narrative."

Indeed, an alternate logo -- as well as a uniform patch -- portrays a triumphant Trash Panda in space, carrying the American flag. Somehow, using a calculator as a control panel and a trash can lid for a helmet, he was able to complete his mission.

"All these team names, they represent an underdog mentality," said Klein, regarding Trash Pandas as well as much of his firm's recent work. "They're punching above their weight class."

For the Trash Pandas on the ground, their goal is sustain momentum all the way until the team's April 2020 onfield debut. Upcoming events include a Spring fashion show, during which the team uniforms will be unveiled.

"I hear it all the time, it seems like everywhere I


portraying the federal government and Clinton as corrupt, two top allies of one of his most high-profile surrogates were convicted — and another went on television and appeared to claim that FBI contacts had tipped him off about its ongoing investigation of Clinton.

And the journalist on whose story Trump has based his recent claim that Clinton will be indicted went on television Friday morning to apologize, calling his report “a mistake.”

Just before Trump took the stage here, a jury found two senior aides to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie guilty on all nine counts they faced for their role in the Bridgegate scandal. It was the end of a trial in which both sides presented evidence that the governor himself was involved in the decision to close lanesBlog of Aestheticized Violence.
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This is a painting called The Triumph of Death. Pieter Bruegel the Elder painted it in 1562. It attempts to show the death and horror of the time of the Black Death, some 200 years earlier.

The Black Death was the worst pandemic in recorded history, taking place between 1348 and 1350. It originated in Asia and spread to Europe, killing between 30% and 60% of the population. The population of the world dropped from 450 million to 350 million. The "Little Ice Age" was happening at the same time. The combination of famine and disease made Europe a very unpleasant and desperate place to live.

The population took 150 years to recover


the church had more power.

Although the insignificance of the cross is a good point, there are actually a lot more than one. In fact, they're almost everywhere in this painting. Using this larger image (http://mikemonaco.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/bruegel-triumph-of-death-supersize.jpg), I see a red cross held aloft by white-robed skeletons near the building on the left, and I also see a golden cross to the right of that one. There's also two more that are difficult to see in the small image, one above the black rooftop near the red cross, and another small one in the distance seen underneath the lighthouse near the horizon. There's also the cross imagery on the shields held by the skeleton army on the right, and the cross painted on the trapdoor of the box that thebeen appointed to oversee the marketing and development of the project at Marina South. For the Ophir-Rochor site, UEM Land and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of CapitaLand Limited (“CapitaLand”), another Temasek portfolio company, have been appointed to oversee the marketing and development.

Khazanah and Temasek are both committed to the successful commercialisation of these land parcels, which will include office, residential, hotel and retail components.

The gross development value of the project with a permitted gross floor area (“Permitted GFA”) of up to 501,020 sqm is estimated at approximately SGD11 billion (RM27 billion), subject to design and development plans.

Pulau Indah develops two new sites in Iskandar Malaysia

Khazanah and Temasek have worked together since last May to identify suitable sites in Iskandar Malaysia for joint commercial development. Two sites, one in


Medini North and the other at the Heritage Cluster in Medini Central, have been confirmed.

Pulau Indah intends to develop serviced apartments, a corporate training centre, and commercial, retail, residential and wellness-related offerings on these sites. Khazanah and Temasek are currently in discussions and negotiations with potential partners and operators for the various components to maximize the commercial potential of the location.

The gross development value of the Iskandar project with a Permitted GFA of up to 1,365,675 sqm is estimated at approximately RM3 billion, subject to design and development plans.

Planning and design works for the projects had commenced in 1Q/2011. With the signing of these agreements today, the projects will move towards design and further implementation and delivery of the initial phases over the next five years.

Khazanah’s Managing Director,Lot 249pt Mk 4 and Lot 32-10 Mk 16). The Marina South and Ophir-Rochor land parcels shall be vested in M+S Pte Ltd for joint development when Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad vacates the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station.

The Marina South site is located at the heart of the financial and business cluster in Singapore's Marina Bay area. It is positioned between the proposed central linear park and a major public open space above the Marina Bay MRT Station, and will be well served by the Marina Bay and Downtown MRT Stations.

The Ophir-Rochor site is located between the Kampong Glam Historic District and the Beach Road Conservation Area, and in a new growth area envisioned to become an exciting 24/7 mixed-use cluster. It also enjoys excellent connectivity with the existing


Bugis station and the upcoming Downtown line.

Marina South

Ophir-Rochor

Total Permissible GFA

341,000 sq m

160,020 sq m

Zoning

“White” site with minimum 60% office and activity generating usage such as retail

“White” site with minimum 40% office and 15% hotel and hotel-related uses

Nearby Amenities and Attractions

• Heart of the business and financial district at Marina Bay
• Between the central linear park and major public open space
• Served by the Marina Bay MRT Station and Downtown MRT Station

• Next to the Kampong Glam Historic District and Beach Road Conservation Area
• Served by the Bugis MRT Station and
future Downtown Line interchange at Bugis

Development of Iskandar Malaysia parcels

The governments of Malaysia and Singapore announced on 24 May and 20 September 2010 that Khazanah and Temasek will undertake a joint venture to develop an iconic project in IskandarFamily Entertainment Centre, which features world-renowned and popular children’s attractions including Hello Kitty and friends by Sanrio; the Little Big Club featuring HIT Entertainment's Thomas and Friends, Barney, Bob the Builder, Pingu and Angelina Ballerina; and a themed family restaurant by popular local cartoonist, Lat
• Educational facilities through Marlborough College and Educity, a fully integrated knowledge-based hub comprising world class universities such as Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia, Netherlands Maritime Institute of Technology and University of Southampton amongst others
• Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios, an integrated media production studio facility
• 5 minutes drive to the Second Link between Tanjung Kupang, Johor and Tuas, Singapore

About Khazanah

Khazanah is the investment holding fund of the Government of Malaysia entrusted to hold and manage the commercial assets of the Government and to undertake strategic


investments. Khazanah is involved in various sectors such as power, telecommunications, banking, automotive manufacture, airport management, infrastructure, property development, broadcasting, semiconductor, steel production, electronics, investment holding, technology and venture capital. Some of the key listed companies in Khazanah’s investment portfolio include Telekom Malaysia Berhad, Tenaga Nasional Berhad, CIMB Group, Proton Holdings Berhad, PLUS Expressway Berhad, Malaysia Airlines System Berhad, Malaysia Airport Berhad, UEM Land Holdings Berhad, Axiata Group Berhad and Time dotcom Berhad.

Incorporated in 1974, Temasek Holdings is an Asia investment company headquartered in Singapore. Supported by 12 affiliates and offices in Asia and Latin America, Temasek owns a diversified S$186 billion portfolio as at 31 March 2010, concentrated principally in Singapore, Asia and the emerging economies.

Total shareholder return for Temasek since its inception in 1974 has beenthe casing is introduced through the plurality of holes into the casing when the air bag is inflated upon the detection of a collision of the vehicle. Such an air bag, having such aspiration holes, has an advantage in suppressing noise generated when the air bag is inflated and in preventing or reducing the impact load received by the passenger. However, the aspiration of air may be interrupted by various kinds of equipment and parts provided in a narrow instrument panel area.


sympathetic to the defense."  We agree with the
district court that these are race-neutral explanations for the State's strike.

In order to persuade the court that the prosecutor's race-neutral explanations were
a pretext for discrimination, Wardlow urged that other venire members who expressed similar
views had not been struck by the State.  This argument is contradicted by the record.  The venire
member was one of eight panelists who said they would be unable to convict on the testimony of
a single witness even if that witness convinced them of the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable
doubt.  Four of the eight were excused for cause, and the other four were peremptorily struck by
the State.

During individual questioning at the bench, the panelist continued to express her
reluctance to convict on the basis of onediscrimination, Wardlow urged that other venire members who expressed similar
views had not been struck by the State.  This argument is contradicted by the record.  The venire
member was one of eight panelists who said they would be unable to convict on the testimony of
a single witness even if that witness convinced them of the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable
doubt.  Four of the eight were excused for cause, and the other four were peremptorily struck by
the State.

During individual questioning at the bench, the panelist continued to express her
reluctance to convict on the basis of one witness's testimony.  She also told the court, "I guess
because of my profession with children, it's -- and I'm looking at this young man -- I don't know
if I could really be


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Colombia will become the first country in Latin America to join Nato as a "global partner", the outgoing president announced on the eve of the first presidential elections since its bloody civil war came to an end.

Colombia will join next week as a "global partner", Mr Santos said, which means it will not necessarily have to take part in military action but will be fully accredited in Brussels.

But the announcement came as the peace process, on which he staked his presidency, hangs in the balance.

Mr Santos cannot run for a third term, and the current front-runner for Sunday's election is Right-winger Ivan Duque, who has sharply criticised the deal for giving too much ground to the Farc.

Juan ManuelSantos meets Theresa May in London, in November 2016

Hand-picked by Mr Santos's rival and presidential predecessor, Alvaro Uribe, Mr Duque, a 41-year-old lawyer and financial consultant from a prominent political family in Antioquia, has said he would alter the peace agreement if he is elected.

While legally the deal cannot simply be torn up by a new government, it can be effectively “slow waked” to failure by blocking legislation needed to fully implement the agreement.

People gather in Bogota, at the main Bolivar Square, on September 26, 2016, to celebrate the historic peace agreement between the Colombian government and Farc

Mr Duque faces a strong challenge in the elections from the Left-wing candidate, Gustavo Petro, a well-known former rebel from the M-19 group who has a track record in congress and


as the mayor of Bogota.

The other three candidates are more centrist, and all are seasoned politicians: Germán Vargas Lleras toward the centre-right, and Sergio Fajardo and Humberto de la Calle – chief negotiator of the Farc peace deal - toward the centre-left.

Polls suggest that no one candidate will win outright on Sunday, in which case a run-off will be held on June 17.

Colombia joining Nato as a partner country will mean it will cooperate on global security areas like cyber and maritime security, terrorism and links to organised crime.

Alvaro Uribe, president of Colombia from 2002-10, has emerged as one of the fiercest critics of the peace deal, and has chosen Ivan Duque as his successor

"Colombia benefits a lot from being an active part of the international community,” saidMr Santos, announcing the move, which had been agreed last year, on national television.

“Many of the problems we face are increasingly global and need the support and collaboration of other countries for their solution."

Other global partners include Afghanistan, Australia, Iraq, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mongolia, New Zealand and Pakistan.


"This man performed a ridiculous and dangerous stunt. There's damage to the building and he caused the unnecessary deployment of New York's finest to protect his safety and the safety of everyone in the building. He's caused the shutdown of traffic on Fifth Avenue. I'm 100 percent certain the NYPD had better things to do. If Mr. Trump were here he'd be thankig law encorcement for the job they're doing."

He's currently around the 20th floor, and a police source says he's carrying leaflets which are "about self promotion," though it's unclear what he's promoting.

[Update 6:35]: The police grabbed him and brought him into the building through a window.

Trump Tower climber pulled in by NYPD #TrumpClimber pic.twitter.com/pcr7eRbtWm — Anthony Quintano (@AnthonyQuintano) August 10, 2016

[Update 7:10 p.m.]: Steve has beenGeorgos! Not only because he took him to the beach, but also helped him look for Bilbert while they were there. He said Georgos was "kind, adorable, playful, very active and so cool!" Wilbert found the beach very calming...but left and right, up and down, Bilbert was nowhere to be found.

Porthos was a little terrifying to Wilbert at first. He sniffed him a lot and made weird sounds. Bare in mind, Wilbert had never met/seen a dog in his life!!! It only took a few hours for him to fall in love with Porthos! He realized, they are about the same height and they can play together! They both spend a lot of time chasing his tail!! Wilbert even tried to ride Porthos but that was an epic


Kevin O'Leary may aspire to be Prime Minister of Canada, but a CBC News analysis suggests he spent the vast majority of the first week of his first political campaign in another country.

"You know I'm actually a household name in the United States," O'Leary said when asked by CBC News about his schedule that week, "and because of what's happening in trade and immigration I've become a spokesperson for Canada on American networks."

A CBC News analysis of O'Leary's media appearances and social media postings suggest that five or six days of his first week campaigning were spent south of the border.

While O'Leary launched his campaign in Toronto on Wednesday Jan. 18, by Thursday morning he was in New York City for an interview on Good Morning America.

In thethese negotiations," O'Leary said of plans by the Trump administration to renegotiate NAFTA.

"That is of grave concern to me and I'm trying to bring our case to the American people, because there's a lot of things they don't know," O'Leary said from Halifax, where he is attending a meeting of the provincial Progressive Conservative party that features a debate between the 14 candidates vying for leadership of the federal party.

MacKay calls for commitment to Canada

Former Conservative cabinet Minister Peter MacKay, who was at the same event, raised concerns about where O'Leary spent his time.

"I think Canadians expect that you're going to commit first and foremost to Canada," he said.

"I think that's one of those baseline expectations that most Canadians — most that I certainly have talked to —


defendants' answer to Schnuck's complaint for a preliminary and permanent injunction, the affirmative defenses of abandonment, waiver, or termination; estoppel; and unclean hands were raised.
On September 15, 1989, a hearing was held on Schnuck's request for the preliminary injunction, which the court denied at the close of the plaintiff's evidence. Schnuck appealed this order, but, since the parties continued to pursue the permanent injunction, the appeal was dismissed pending the outcome of the circuit court's ruling on this issue. Subsequently, on December 20, 1989, with leave of court, Schnuck filed its first amended complaint. In this complaint, Schnuck alleged the same violation of its easement rights but added Shop `N Save as a defendant to the cause of action. On February 21, 1990, Schnuck filed a second amendedcomplaint in which it alleged that defendants Soffer, Magna, and Shop `N Save had violated its easement rights. In addition, the second amended complaint realigned Central Bank, Schnuck's landlord, as a party plaintiff, and the second count of the second amended complaint alleged that the defendants' construction constituted a trespass as the structure was being partially erected on Central Bank's property.
On March 2, 1990, the defendants filed their answer to the second amended complaint, and, in their answer, the affirmative defenses of estoppel and unclean hands were raised. The defendants also filed a counterclaim with their answer, and in the counterclaim, the defendants alleged that Central Bank had recently commenced construction on Central Bank's property, which construction violated the defendants' rights under the reciprocal parking and traffic easements.


this order that the plaintiffs appeal. Before considering the plaintiffs' issues, a statement of the facts is necessary.
In 1957, the Lueders family owned two adjacent parcels of real estate which they decided to develop into a shopping center. On the smaller of the two parcels, known as Outlot 1, Lueders Addition (Outlot 1), a store was constructed and leased to Kroger Company (Kroger). Outlot 1 was held in a partnership by members of the Lueders family, which was known as Lueders, Inc. Subsequently, in 1962, the larger parcel of land, known as Nameoki Village Shopping Center (NVSC), was developed by the construction of several buildings. Sometime prior to the development of NVSC, this property was placed in a land trust, and Granite City Trust and Savings Bank (NVSC'strustee prior to Central Bank) became the trustee and the legal title holder of this property with the Lueders family as the beneficial owners of the trust. The basic outline of the area is demonstrated in the following drawing.

In 1964, although the two parcels of property were in essence owned by members of the Lueders family, a declaration of easement was drawn up and duly recorded. *1174 In this easement, dated July 15, 1964, the owners of the two parcels of property gave to each other a reciprocal easement which granted each the "right to use the exits, entrances and the parking areas created and to be created" on both parcels of land (hereinafter referred to as the "parking easement"). In 1965, the declaration of easement of July


1964 was amended to exclude certain portions of each of the parcels from the easement so that the owners could expand the development of the parcels without violating the 1964 declaration of easement. The portions of the properties excluded from the easement by this amendment are not in issue in this appeal. The amendment to the reciprocal easements was likewise duly recorded.
In 1978, again while the parcels were held in essentially common ownership, two other easements were granted. The one easement was a sanitary sewer easement granted by Lueders, Inc., in which Granite City Trust and Savings Bank was given the perpetual right and easement "to install, maintain, repair, remove and relocate a Sanitary sewer" on Outlot 1. The grantor of this easement (Lueders, Inc.) also agreed inthis document to the following:
"The Grantor herein reserves the right to use said land across which said easement is granted for any purpose not inconsistent with said easement, including the right to pave said surface for parking of vehicles, but Grantor agrees that it shall not permit other permanent structures upon said easement right-of-way."
The other easement entered into at the same time as the sanitary sewer easement was a water main easement in which Granite City Trust and Savings Bank (the grantor) granted Lueders, Inc., an easement on its property. The water main easement contained the same language as the sanitary sewer easement. Although these easements were executed and recorded in 1978, both the water main and the sanitary sewer had been in existence since around 1961, when


the shopping center was first developed.
At some time prior to 1984, Central Bank became the successor trustee of the NVSC property, in 1984, the beneficial interest in the trust containing the NVSC property was sold to Dr. Ahmad and his wife. In 1986, Lueders, Inc., sold Outlot 1 to Magna, the trustee of the land trust of which Soffer was the sole beneficial owner.
In 1985, Kroger, which was leasing the building on Outlot 1, moved out of that building (the old Kroger store) and moved into a building on the NVSC property (the new Kroger store and subsequently, the Schnuck's store). Although Kroger moved out of the premises on Outlot 1, its lease did not expire until 1989. In 1986, Kroger assigned its lease of the new Krogerbackground information provided to the court, the testimony presented before the court at the hearings on the plaintiffs' request for a permanent injunction and claim of trespass and the defendants' counterclaim for the relocation of the sanitary sewer easement was as follows: Diane Davis testified that she had been employed by Schnuck since January 1988 as a real estate administrator. In her capacity of real estate administrator, Davis manages Schnuck's properties, including the site on NVSC's property. However, she is not a day-to-day manager, and she keeps track of the property by looking at site plans and pictures she has on file.
*1175 Davis stated that Schnuck was assigned the current lease to the NVSC premises by Kroger. In front of the Schnuck's store, there are parking spaces for


Schnuck's use. In addition, there are parking spaces in front of the old Kroger store on Outlot 1. According to Davis, there was no restriction between the two parking areas and traffic flowed freely between the two parking lots before the defendants' construction. Although the old Kroger store had been vacant since she had worked for Schnuck, the parking area in front of the old Kroger store had been used by the customers of SuperX Drugs, a co-tenant of Schnuck located on NVSC's property.
Davis testified that she is familiar with parking lots and traffic flow in shopping centers as she manages 39 other shopping centers. She had been familiar with the parking lots and the traffic flow for the Schnuck's store on NVSC's property since January 1988. In1989, Davis was advised of Shop `N Save's construction by a telephone call from Jack Chor, the manager of NVSC for Central Bank. Following Chor's telephone call and on another subsequent occasion, Davis went to NVSC where she observed that a portion of the drive lane and the parking lot in front of the old Kroger store had been excavated. Additionally, footings and steel girders had also been erected in the former drive lane in front of the old Kroger store. In her opinion, if the thoroughfare of the driveway has been displaced and been moved outward from the old Kroger building, this creates traffic problems with circulation and displaces and eliminates existing parking spaces. In addition, the new footings and the steel girders formed a barrier in


the driveway.
Davis sent Soffer a letter in August 1989 in which she advised Soffer that the construction taking place on his land violated Schnuck's easement rights. Soffer did not respond to her letter. To her knowledge, neither Soffer nor Shop `N Save had requested permission from Schnuck to build on or to excavate the parking lot in front of the old Kroger store. It was Davis' testimony that Schnuck had not objected to Shop `N Save leasing the old Kroger store premises, but Schnuck's concern was the effect the construction would have on Schnuck's parking.
On cross-examination, Davis admitted that the legal description of NVSC's property did not include the old Kroger store, and that the land trust owning the old Kroger store was not a party to Schnuck'slease with Central Bank. In the lease executed between Schnuck and Central Bank, the only reference to the sanitary sewer easement was a general reference regarding the use of utilities. Davis further admitted that a plot plan of the parking spaces and the traffic flow was attached to Schnuck's lease with NVSC, but that the traffic flow and parking areas reflected on the plot plan were confined to the property owned by Central Bank, and that the area in front of the old Kroger store had no traffic pattern or parking scheme reflected on the plot plan. Davis testified that the old Kroger store had been vacant during her tenure with Schnuck, and, on her visits to the site, she had observed that the vehicular traffic goes across


the parking lot in front of the old Kroger store in any direction. Also in Schnuck's lease, the agreement provided that 526 parking spaces were available for Schnuck's use, but these parking spaces were exclusive of the parking spaces on Outlot 1.
William Kankolenski, a registered land surveyor for Bax Engineering Company (Bax), testified on behalf of the plaintiffs. In 1985, Bax did a survey of Outlot 1 for Kroger to show the boundaries of the NVSC property. The 1985 survey was updated in 1989 by Kankolenski, at plaintiffs' attorney's request. The purpose of Kankolenski's survey was to locate the area where the asphalt pavement had been excavated for the construction of the new addition on the old Kroger store. Kankolenski did another survey update in February 1990, atwhich time he checked the parking lines on Outlot 1. To complete the survey updates in 1989 and 1990, Kankolenski reviewed Shop `N Save's construction drawings, reviewed the survey done by Corlew and Associates in 1987, and visited the site of the survey. From these various *1176 sources, Kankolenski determined that the new addition extended 43 feet out from the front of the old Kroger building. When an 18-foot drive lane is added to the front of the new construction, approximately 42 parking spaces are eliminated in front of the old Kroger store. Kankolenski admitted that he made certain assumptions in order to arrive at that figure as the parking lines were not always visible when he made his site check. Kankolenski explained that a city ordinance requires


title examiner and attorney for Midwest Title Insurance Company. His testimony established that a title commitment was done by his company on Outlot 1 in 1987 and again in 1989. The title search in 1989 was done for Wetterau, Inc., Shop `N Save's parent corporation. Both the 1987 and 1989 title commitments reflected the parking easement and the sanitary sewer easement.
Dan Byrd, Schnuck's store manager of the NVSC store, testified that he had managed this particular store for Schnuck for 3½ years, but that he had managed Schnuck's former store in Granite City, with the exception of about five months, since 1980. Byrd was familiar with the old Kroger store since 1980. He testified that there was a canopy which covered the sidewalk in front of the oldKroger store, that a drive lane was in front of this, and beyond the drive lane was a striped parking area. His customers drive across Outlot 1 to get to Schnuck's store.
In 1989, construction began on the addition of the old Kroger store. The construction caused the drive lane to be excavated. Byrd stated that no one consulted him about the construction, and he was not given notice that the construction was to begin. According to Byrd, the new construction prevented people from driving across the drive lane in front of the old Kroger store. Byrd stated that the customers previously had "a straight shot coming through the drive lane and the shopping center and go out the south end. Now you have to make the jog and


with the pharmacy, the Gasens [now SuperX Drugs] pharmacy, it is very difficult and dangerous to be through [sic] there now." Byrd testified that the parking in front of Schnuck's store is "super crowded" on weekends and holidays. In Byrd's opinion, the new addition on the old Kroger store will effect parking for Schnuck's store as "there will be an overflow in parking."
Byrd admitted on cross-examination that the traffic can still cross over Outlot 1 to NVSC. He further admitted that there was no designated traffic lanes or parking spaces on Outlot 1. Byrd stated that in 1980, a new front was constructed on the new Kroger store on the NVSC property, but he did not know of any changes in the parking scheme on NVSC since 1980.
Robertaware of any lease agreements which would have an effect on parking or sewer easements. Bruner told Chor he was unaware of this. Bruner indicated to Chor that he desired to move the sewer line and told him where he wished to place a manhole. Chor stated this was on Central Bank's property and that "there might be some money involved in that." Bruner told Chor that they would have to discuss this further.
At Bruner's second meeting with Chor in June 1989, Mark Wetterau was also present. At this meeting, Bruner told Chor of Shop `N Save's plans and gave Chor the proposed floor plan. Chor did not tell Shop `N Save that they should stop the construction. Chor indicated that he would clear up any problems, and


would be a permanent structure on the easement. He became aware that the new addition was also encroaching upon the neighboring property sometime in August 1989. Although Shop `N Save had not closed on the contract to purchase Outlot 1, Soffer gave him oral permission to begin *1178 the construction of the new addition. In October 1989, Shop `N Save received a letter from plaintiffs' counsel wherein plaintiffs objected to the construction. It was McCarthy's opinion that the new construction on the old Kroger building did not constitute a barrier between Central Bank's property and Outlot 1. McCarthy testified to numerous constructions being built since the parking easement was granted in 1964 and amended in 1965. He noted that the cinema and Wendy's had been built on theparking lot of Central Bank's property, and that these structures changed the flow of traffic.
Jack Chor testified that he was employed by Capital Coordination Company, an insurance and property management business. He stated he had managed the NVSC property for Central Bank since 1984, when the land trust beneficiaries changed to the Ahmads. Other than a canopy built over the new Kroger store in 1985, Chor was unaware of any new construction since 1984, until Shop `N Save began construction on Outlot 1. Chor corroborated Byrd's testimony that there was a sidewalk with a canopy over it in front of the old Kroger store, but Chor could not recall a parking scheme for that area.
Chor testified that he was not contacted prior to the construction for permission to


construct or to notify him of the construction. Chor found out about the new construction through his maintenance man, Mr. Stein. After being advised of the new construction, Chor called the construction company, whereupon he was referred to Bruner at Shop `N Save. Chor testified that he and Bruner met and Chor pointed out to Bruner the boundaries of Central Bank's property and showed Bruner that Shop `N Save's construction extended onto Central Bank's property. Chor told Bruner that the construction was blocking the flow of traffic and appeared to be a violation of the parking cross-easements.
Bruner called Chor to arrange a second meeting. Wetterau participated in this meeting, and Chor stated that he hand-delivered a letter telling Shop `N Save about the easement violations at the meeting.Chor did not give Shop `N Save permission to construct on the parking easement. Chor admitted that he was unaware of the sanitary sewer easement at the second meeting, but that he became aware of this easement at a subsequent date.
On cross-examination, Chor testified that Central Bank was not an original plaintiff to this suit. He explained that Central Bank became a plaintiff as a result of a settlement agreement between Central Bank and Schnuck involving a dispute over common area maintenance charges. Before Central Bank became a plaintiff, the bank did not oppose enforcement of the easements, but since Schnuck filed suit first, the bank decided to let Schnuck prosecute the claim. Chor further admitted that discussion of compensation for building upon Central Bank's land may have


been initiated by him at his meeting with Bruner and Wetterau. Chor testified that, due to changes made on Central Bank's property, nine parking spaces had been eliminated. Chor also stated that the Kroger lease entitled Schnuck to 526 parking spaces, but when he recently counted the available parking spaces, only 496 were available. Chor admitted that the number of parking spaces and the configuration of the parking today was different than that presented in 1983; however, up until 1984, Chor did not think permission to change the parking spaces and the traffic flow was needed as Henderson owned and managed both Central Bank's property and Outlot 1.
Chor testified that Central Bank had hoped to purchase the old Kroger store in order to work out an arrangement withBank and the Ahmads stipulated that neither the bank nor the Ahmads would consent to the relocation of the sanitary sewer easement, and they also would not permit Shop `N Save to build over this easement.
The defendants called Mark Schnuck (Mark) as an adverse witness. He testified that he is vice-president of shopping center development for Schnuck. Mark stated that Schnuck moved into the new Kroger building in 1986, and the reason for the move was that the new Kroger store was a bigger facility. Because of increasing competition with National, a bigger facility was needed so that Schnuck could offer more to its customers. Mark admitted that the parking at the new Kroger store was less desirable than the parking available at their store's old location.
The defendants


land surveyor. He stated he was familiar with the parcels of property involved in this lawsuit. In 1972, his firm did a topographic map of the NVSC property and Outlot 1. When he did this survey, the sanitary sewer was not covered by a building, but the covered walkway in front of the old Kroger building was over the sanitary sewer. His firm did another survey in 1984 of the two parcels of property. This survey revealed that the old Kroger store had been extended to the south and that the Bonanza building had been constructed. The new Bonanza building had been built over the sanitary sewer on NVSC's property. The sanitary sewer was also in a slightly different location than it was in 1972, although the relocationwas not outside the 10-foot wide easement granted.
A third survey was done in June 1987 for the purpose of determining the parking area in front of the old Kroger store. In 1989, a fourth survey was done by his firm, at Jack Chor's request, to locate the expansion in front of the old Kroger store being done by Shop `N Save. The 1989 survey also revealed that the sanitary sewer had been extended southward in front of the old Kroger store since 1984.
Corlew had done an engineering study for the defendants regarding the relocation of the sanitary sewer. He found that the elevation was sufficient to relocate the sewer, and he determined that there were two ways to relocate the sewer to keep it from being under the


asked if the new addition forms a barrier to traffic, Corlew responded that if the existing lane in front of the old Kroger store and the adjacent SuperX Drug store was for driving through, then the addition forms a barrier. However, if the lane was used for parking, this would present a different situation.
James Henderson testified that he helped develop the shopping center on NVSC's property and on Outlot 1. The owners of the two properties at the time of the development were Conrad Lueders, Wesley Lueders, and Henry Lueders. He stated that he is Henry Lueders' son-in-law. According to Henderson, Outlot 1 was developed first by the construction of the old Kroger store in 1957. The NVSC property was developed in 1962 or 1963. At the timeof the development of NVSC, Henry Lueders, Wesley Lueders' widow and Henderson were the owners of the property. The lead store on the NVSC property was a W.T. Grant store (subsequently the new Kroger store and then the Schnuck's store).
According to Henderson, in 1964, the cross-easements for parking, entrances, and exits was entered into, but this document was subsequently amended in 1965. Since the declaration of easement in 1964, nine changes had occurred in the shopping center. In 1972, the cinema was built; in 1973, Bonanza was built; in 1974, the cleaners was added; and in 1978, Wendy's was constructed as part of the changes. While there was common ownership when some of the changes were made, at least three changes occurred after Dr. Ahmad had become the


existence since 1957. The reason for the sewer easement was not due to a change in the location of the sewer. Henderson corroborated that the sewer ran under the sidewalk and canopy of the old Kroger store. Henderson admitted that the easement restricted the building of permanent improvements over the sewer; however, the reason he had that language inserted in the easement was to provide him with the opportunity to relocate the sewer if new construction was done and to enable him to not have the sewer under a building for purposes of maintenance, for to do so would be expensive. In Henderson's opinion, the language of the easement did not state either way whether the sewer could not be moved.
Lastly, A. James Duban testified that he isthat the language "parking areas created" in the easement referred to the parking spaces in existence before the defendants began their construction and, since the defendants construction eliminated existing parking spaces, the plaintiffs' rights under the easement were infringed. The plaintiffs also argue that the construction interrupted the traffic pattern in front of the old Kroger store, and that this too infringed on their easement rights of ingress and egress. At trial, the evidence presented by the plaintiffs and the defendants was that there was no definitive traffic pattern or parking space plot plan from which to determine what the rights of the plaintiffs were under this easement. The only plot plan showing a traffic pattern was attached to a short form of Schnuck's lease with Central Bank.


determine what was "created" at the time of the granting of the easement or upon which to enforce a right.
In addition, James Henderson, a party to the creation of the easement, testified that the language "parking spaces created and to be created" was used in order to provide flexibility in changing traffic patterns and parking spaces to accommodate the changes occurring in the expansion of the shopping center. Further, the conduct of the parties after the creation of the easement paralleled the intent testified to by Henderson. The evidence revealed that buildings were erected throughout the parking area and other additions were made in the shopping center after the creation of the parking easement, which redirected traffic and eliminated existing parking spaces and created new parking areas.
The evidence1989, and on December 5, 1989. In the defendants' answer to the interrogatories regarding expert witnesses, the defendants' stated that "None were known at this time." The defendants never supplemented their answers regarding this inquiry. On March 2, 1990, the defendants' filed their counterclaim in which they sought a declaratory judgment regarding the relocation of the sanitary sewer easement. Trial commenced, as was previously stated, on March 13, 1990. The second day of trial was on April 2, 1990. In between the first day of trial and the second day of trial, on March 19 or 20, 1990, the defendants disclosed to the plaintiffs that they expected to call Philip Corlew as an expert witness. On April 2, 1990, when the defendants advised the court that they intended


The landing gear is an attachment device that supports the aircraft and is used for ground (water surface) movement when the lower part of the aircraft is used for take-off or landing (surface) taxiing. The landing gear is the only component that supports the entire aircraft, so it is an integral part of the aircraft; without it, the aircraft cannot move on the ground. When the aircraft takes off, the landing gear can be retracted depending on flight performance.

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January 1980 discloses compliant electromagnetic compatible shield for movable covers. The shield is for covers that slide longitudinally and is shown engaging the edge of a cover received into a three-sided recess. Wire brushes are mounted on opposite sides of the cover in the recess and are oriented at an acute angle to the cover. The ends of the bristles are trimmed at an angle. The differential force on the two sides of the cover created by the brushes keeps the cover laterally centered as it moves. The shield is described as providing "virtually complete metallic EMC effect".
U.S. Pat. No. 4,308,417, granted Dec. 29, 1981, to S. H. Martin, discloses an electromagnetic seal for a door or an aperture for wires. The seal includes a plurality of flexiblefilaments. The majority of the filament's are insulative, with the rest being conductive and interspersed among the insulative filaments. In the door seal application, the filaments are lightly compressed when the door is closed. In the application for sealing a hole in an enclosure wall, a pair of sealing devices is mounted on the wall on opposite sides of the hole. The filaments extend across and cover the hole. The wires pass through the flexible filaments. The ends of the filaments intermingle.
Swiss Pat. No. 457,574, published Aug. 15, 1968, shows an apparently similar system for sealing an aperture in which opposing brushes laterally abut each other.
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It thereupon pursued the policy of readjusting and changing the character of its products to comply with the law, and of adding new products for the purpose of utilizing its plant and equipment. Preparatory to the advent of National Prohibition, it had invented and begun to market a non-alcoholic cereal beverage named `Bevo'. The initial demand for said Bevo was great, and in order to equip itself to meet the market for said product, it purchased large quantities of ten ounce bottles of a peculiar size and shape not adaptable to the marketing of other products. In 1919, it sold 3,904,016 dozen bottles of Bevo, and in 1920 it sold 3,044,006 dozen bottles of Bevo. Thereafter, however, its sales of said product dropped as follows:

  1921 taken on account of obsolescence of said cases and bottles in the year 1924 was a loss incurred in the conduct of the business of said Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated (1875), such loss was sustained in the year 1924 when the cases and bottles were determined to be useless and in fact abandoned, and the amount thereof was properly deducted from the consolidated income of Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated (1875), and its subsidiaries on its return for said year. Said deduction taken on account of obsolescence of said bottles in 1925 was a loss incurred in the conduct of the business of plaintiff, Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated (1925), such loss was sustained in the year 1925 when the cases and bottles were determined to be useless and in fact abandoned, and the amount thereof


was properly deducted from the consolidated income of plaintiff and its said subsidiaries on its return for said year."
Issues were joined upon these and other allegations by the answer of the Collector, and his position with reference to the deductions may be briefly indicated by an official letter relative to certain claims for refund wherein the taxpayer's representative was informed:
"You contend that a further deduction should be allowed this taxpayer for the years 1924 and 1925 as loss of useful value on 10-ounce Bevo cases and bottles which were set aside by the corporation in the years in question, due to the fact that bottles and cases on hand exceeded the requirements of the declining trade.
"In rejecting the claims, the Bureau took the position that until the investmentadopted for the marketing was a ten-ounce bottle of unusual shape differing materially from the tall twelve-ounce bottle used for the marketing of beer. The Bevo cases were built to accommodate the shorter bottles.
"23. Sales of Bevo suffered drastic declines after 1918. From a volume of 10,449,152 dozen bottles in 1918, sales fell to 3,904,316 dozen bottles in 1919. Sales fell again from 3,044,006 dozen bottles in 1920 to 794,378 dozen bottles in 1921.
"24. The immediate cause of the decline of sales of Bevo after 1918 was a change, the effect of which was then being experienced, in governmental regulations under which breweries were thenceforth permitted to produce near-beer by the manufacture of alcoholic beer and its subsequent de-alcoholization, and to market such near-beer in ordinary twelve-ounce beer


bottles, the taxability of the near-beer being made to depend upon the alcoholic content at the time it was finished as distinguished from the alcoholic content during the process of manufacture. The quality of such de-alcoholized beer was better than that of Bevo, and competition required Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated, to introduce de-alcoholized Budweiser at the end of 1919 and to market it in beer bottles.
"25. Subsequently during the Prohibition period, sales of both Bevo and de-alcoholized Budweiser declined due to competition of illegal home-brewing.
"26. As a result of Prohibition, many breweries were compelled to cease business, but Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated, sought to employ its plant, capital and facilities in other industries, including the manufacture of non-alcoholic beverages, ice, ice-cream, corn products and yeast.
"27. At the time Bevo sales were made,only the liquid content was sold and deposits were taken for the return of the cases and bottles. As empty cases and bottles were returned, customers were given refunds at the rate of the deposits charged.
"28. Consequent upon the falling off of Bevo sales after 1918, the returns of Bevo cases and bottles exceeded the shipments, and a gradual accumulation of Bevo cases and bottles, requiring storage, took place.
"29. In the years 1920 to 1923, Bevo cases and bottles accumulated were held for use in the marketing of other beverages. Of such other beverages, the production of Ginger Ale was commenced in 1921, of Grape Bouquet and Grape Concentrate in 1922, and of Carcho in 1923. These products were marketed in Bevo cases and bottles.
"30. At the time


1924, after three years experience in the marketing of Grape Bouquet and Grape Concentrate and two years experience in the marketing of Carcho, the results from these products were disappointing, the total volume of sales of Bevo and of said new products not exceeding 12½% of the peak volume of Bevo sales in 1918.
"34. Beginning in December, 1923, efforts were made to sell empty Bevo cases and bottles, such efforts being without success, even when the offering price of $1.00 per case with two dozen bottles in each, fixed on December 18, 1923, was on April 15, 1924, reduced to 35¢ per case including two dozen bottles in each.
"35. At the end of 1924, the executive officers of Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated, determined that 749,897 two-dozen ten-ounce Bevo cases whichIncorporated, that the cases and bottles which were the subject matter of the write-off at the end of 1924 had become obsolete and had lost their useful value in that year, after the failure of the products for the marketing of which they were reserved, was reasonable, and said cases and bottles had in fact become obsolete and lost their useful value in 1924.
"38. At the end of 1925 the volume of shipments of products moving in Bevo bottles having shown a further decline, the supply of cases and bottles reserved for use, after the withdrawal from use of the cases and bottles which were the subject matter of the 1924 write-off, still remained greatly excessive.
"39. At the end of 1925 the executive officers of Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated, determined


in 1925, was reasonable, and said bottles had in fact become obsolete and lost their value in 1925.
"42. Of the total number of cases and bottles included in the write-offs of 1924 and 1925, about 10% were new cases and bottles and about 90% were used cases and bottles returned from the trade. As cases and bottles had been returned from the trade, they had been stored in unused parts of the Bevo building, a bottling plant, so far as available, then in other buildings, and finally in exposed places. All such cases and bottles were in sound and usable condition at the time they were stored and at the times of the write-offs.
"43. The costs assigned in said write-offs to the cases and bottles constituting their subjectat a rate not in excess of that applied in computing the depreciation allowances against the cost of the cases charged off at the end of 1924.
"47. The cases and bottles which were the subject matter of the write-offs were in storage at locations where they were not readily accessible to the production facilities of Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated, and could not be used excepting upon incurrence of expense in hauling.
"48. The cases and bottles which were the subject matters of the write-off of 1924 were discarded and abandoned in 1924, and the bottles which were the subject matter of the write-off of 1925 were discarded and abandoned in 1925.
"49. None of the cases and bottles which were the subject matter of the write-offs of 1924 and 1925 were ever


used subsequently in the business of the corporation excepting to the extent of one carload of bottles used for experimental purposes.
"50. The Bevo cases and bottles which were reserved for use at the end of 1924 and at the end of 1925 (exclusive of those which were the subject matters of the write-offs at the end of those years) were adequate to accommodate the volume of trade in all products of Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated, marketed in Bevo bottles.
"51. The total amount realized from sales of cases and bottles which were the subject matter of the write-offs of 1924 and 1925 was $142,123.55, compared with junk values in the aggregate amount of $221,505.35 deducted from their costs at the time of the write-offs.
"52. The cases and bottles which were thesubject matter of the write-offs of 1924 and 1925 were not readily salable because they were specially made and of a size and shape not generally used, and were not marketable excepting in small quantities and at sacrifice prices.
"53. Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated, under the circumstances above stated, sustained a deductible loss in the year 1924 in the amount of $1,381,451.31 and a deductible loss in the year 1925 in the amount of $98,586.16, which said losses were erroneously disallowed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue."
"II. The consolidated income tax returns filed on behalf of Anheuser-Busch, Inc.(1875), and its subsidiary corporations for the calendar years 1918 to 1921, inclusive, reported consolidated net incomes or net losses as follows:

  Year


the inventories of cases and bottles reveals that the wooden cases and amber bottles in which `Bevo' was marketed had accumulated at the plant in large quantities prior to December 31, 1920, increasing in number until December 31, 1921, after which the quantities remained approximately the same from 1922 to 1926, inclusive. The Bevo cases were consistently inventoried at the redemption price of 50 cents fixed in dealings in the trade, and the Bevo bottles were likewise consistently inventoried at the redemption price of 20 cents per dozen. The respective totals shown in the inventories from December 31, 1920, to December 31, 1926, are shown with respect to the cases and bottles as follows:

                            3,806,356-10/12     761,271.37

"Said quantities did not include cases and bottles in the hands of the trade.
"Said inventory sheets were not the basis of an asset account and the figures therein were not entered on the books of account.
"The sheets were memoranda of the cases and bottles on the premises, and no consideration was given therein to the use or usefulness of the things included in the lists.
"VIII. The various lots of cases and bottles charged off as of December 31, 1924, and as of December 31, 1925, have not been identified as a part of any particular purchases or part of any particular lots manufactured by the company, and their exact


cost has not been established, with the exception that 845,704 dozen unused bottles charged off as of December 31, 1924, have been identified as bottles manufactured at the company's own plant."
"X. The company continued to experiment for the purpose of developing new products and beverages. In 1922 and 1923 it developed and placed on the market several beverages with the hope of making use of its Bevo cases and bottles. After 1924 it placed on the market several medicinal products marketed in Bevo bottles but not expected to sell in great volume. The paper hereto attached marked Exhibit 3 contains a correct summary of all products, and the quantities thereof, moving in Bevo bottles from the years 1916 to October 1, 1933, both inclusive.
"XI. In May or June$98,586.16 on account of obsolescence of the Bevo bottles which were the subject matter of the December 31, 1925, write-off. Such loss occurred in the year 1925, when the bottles became obsolete, and Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated, was entitled under Subsection (a) (7) of Section 234 of the Revenue Act of 1924, to deduct the amount of such loss from its taxable income for 1925.
"5. Under the facts and circumstances presented by the evidence, Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated, sustained a loss in the amount of $98,586.16 on account of loss of useful value of the Bevo bottles which were the subject matter of the December 31, 1925 write-off. Such loss occurred in the year 1925, when the bottles lost their useful value, and Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated, was entitled under the provisions of Subsection


identifiable and clearly defined events occurring in the tax years had rendered the taxpayer's property unfit and useless and obsolescence computed in accordance with a reasonably consistent plan *417 was found to be deductible. In the first three cases the cause was the imminent and then the actual advent of prohibition. In the next two there was the cessation of the state of war in 1918. Real Estate-Land Title & Trust Co. v. United States has been discussed. In Crooks v. Kansas City Title & Trust Co., there was obsolescence spread according to a reasonably consistent plan over nine and one-half years. In Plymouth Brewing Co. v. Commissioner, the property of the brewing company was rendered useless and to the extent indicated in the findings valueless during theof the first sentence of the regulation. The Bevo business requiring the use of the cases and bottles remained in those years about as it had been for several preceding years. As suggested by counsel, "the discouragement which resulted in charging the supplies off the books was induced by the opposite of change, in that the volume of sales in the Bevo cases and bottles remained at the same low level as before, making use of the surplus supplies unnecessary. Any change occurring in 1924 and 1925 constituted not a change in business conditions but a mere change in the optimism of company officials."
Nor did the deductions arise from the sudden termination of usefulness in the tax years. The usefulness had terminated long before and the equipment remained


Kim Kardashian 'Makes First Post-Baby Outing'

Kim Kardashian has reportedly made her first post-baby appearance in Southern California.

Since giving birth to daughter North - her first child with rapper Kanye West - on June 15, Kimmy has been keeping a low profile but reports have now claimed she's made her first public outing.

According to Radar Online, Kim was spotted travelling in her nanny's car, apparently wearing a disguise in a bid not to get recognised.

However, an eyewitness told the website: "Kim looks amazing, she really does. She's dropped a lot of the baby weight already.

"Not to say she still doesn't have a ways to go, but she looked slim and was glowing."

While Kimmy may have been seen out and about, the socialite and Yeezy are still yet to revealthe tot to the rest of the world, with the source adding Kardashian 'made sure' her daughter wasn't spotted.

They explained: "As for the baby, Kim and her helper kept a blanket over North's car seat so nobody could catch a glimpse."


of two adjacent teeth are produced by means of a single tool, for example a milling cutter, after the two magnet wheels of the rotor have been mounted on a central shaft of the rotor.
It is also known how to produce all the grooves in the rotor so that they emerge at the same axial end of the rotor.
Consequently, when the two lateral faces of one and the same tooth on a pole wheel each comprise a groove receiving a magnetic element, the two grooves emerge axially either at a first axial end of the tooth where the tooth is connected to the edge of the radial end of the magnet wheel, or at the free axial end of the tooth, also referred to as the tip ofNewcastle United win 2018 HK Soccer Sevens

After three days of competition in blistering heat and extreme humidity, the English Premier League’s Newcastle United emerged as worthy winners of the 2018 Hong Kong Soccer Sevens main cup competition that took place at the Hong Kong Football Club between May 18th and 20th.

Newcastle United defeated Glasgow Rangers in sudden death extra time and claimed their second sevens title. After three days of goals galore, Newcastle Jets won the plate, Aston Villa lifted the shield, while Discovery Bay FC won the Masters cup final.


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William Bement appears for sentencing in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, today. Bement pleaded guilty for posting Facebook threats directed at Rocky River Municipal Court judges after he was convicted of drunken driving.

(Marvin Fong, The Plain Dealer)

William Bement in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A North Olmsted man's drunken-driving conviction netted him probation, but his subsequent Facebook rant against judges and police put him behind bars.

William Bement, 27, was sentenced to 17 months in prison today for Facebook postings that threatened the lives of police and judges.

One posting suggested people "stop shooting up schools and start shooting cops in courthouses." Another said, "Kill your local judges!!!!!!!."

Bement made the postings on Feb. 5, shortly after Rocky River Municipal Court Judge Donna Congeni Fitzsimmons gave him probation.

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One of the less-discussed issues involves pursuing domestic economic equality too soon or too quickly in the Third World and how that could contribute to international exploitation in a highly integrated global economy. In the last several decades, new realities of global trade integration and enormous unequal exchange have appeared that are still not really understood by many due to persistent warped views of imperialist class structure and surplus-value. Trillions of dollars in hidden net flows make crucial political


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Barcelona got a scare down the stretch but remained safe.

By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net

Alex Abrines scored a season-high 18 points on 4/7 3-pointers in 21 minutes off the bench as Barcelona defeated Fuenlabrada 90 – 94 on the road to return to wins in the Spanish ACB League.

Fuenlabrada had fallen behind by 71 – 84 following a triple by Abrines three minutes into the fourth period until Marc Garcia scored 11 points out of his game-high 28 points in a row to cut the deficit to 86 – 88 and then 88 – 91 with 31 seconds left to play. Nikola Mirotic hit a key pair of free throws with the score 90 – 92 to secure the win of Barcelona.

Mirotic finished with 17 points plus seven rebounds whilesmoke break, because there'll be a lot of them.) Rykiel's show is her 40th anniversary extravaganza in Paris last October, Prigent finds Proenza Schouler and Fendi, designed by Lagerfeld, at the Fall/Winter 2009 collections of this Spring, and he'll catch up with Gaultier at couture week in Paris next month. I'm marking my freaking calendar. [Glamour]

Looks like there's been a breakdown at Alessandro Dell'Acqua. The designer, whose namesake label has been owned since 2003 by Cherry Grove, an Italian corporation that produces high-end clothing, released an open letter informing the fashion world that he, Alessandro Dell'Acqua, would like to publicly distance himself from the Alessandra Dell'Acqua men's Spring/Summer or women's Pre-Spring collections, the former of which is about to walk in Milan, because he hasn't been given the


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Sunday, December 18, 2011

Church Record Sunday: Online CT Church History

Searching for new church records this morning, I stumbled across a history book that might be of use to those studying early Connecticut church history. Benjamin Trumbull published his ACOMPLETE History of ConnecticutCIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICALFrom the Emigration of its First Planters, from England, in the Year 1630, to the Year 1764; and to the Close of the Indian Wars IN TWO VOLUMES in 1898. Volume 1 has been made available online by Quinnipiac University's library at http://www.quinnipiac.edu/other/ABL/etext/trumbull/histconn1main.html. The book is admittedly a long and difficult read - and I've only looked at the first few chapters. However, it is worth your time. It carefully associates the original settlements in Connecticut with their origins in England, especially the church communities.National News

Building explosion rocks Harlem

UPDATE: 12:38New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says this morning's deadly explosion and building collapse in East Harlem was caused by a gas leak. He says two women are dead, and 18 people are hurt. De Blasio added there are a number of missing individuals. The mayor says Con Edison is working to turn all gas off in the area. De Blasio lauded the efforts of first responders.

UPDATE: 12:01 PM Two people are dead, as many as 20 are hurt and others are missing after an explosion triggered the collapse of two buildings in New York City. Con Edison confirms it was responding to a report of a gas odor in the area just before the explosion occurred in East Harlem. More than


100 firefighters are battling the flames. Members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force are on the scene, though there's no official word on what caused the blast. Train service in the area is suspended due to debris on the tracks.

UPDATE: 11:52 AM One person is dead and as many as 20 are hurt after an explosion triggered the collapse of two buildings in New York City. Con Edison confirms it was responding to a report of a gas odor in the area just before the explosion occurred in East Harlem. More than 100 firefighters are battling the flames. The five-story buildings collapsed around 9:30 local time. Train service in the area is suspended due to debris on the tracks. The search continues for anyone who may be trappedBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces have detained a man suspected of being the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq after a captured associate led them to him sleeping in a house in the northern city of Mosul, Iraqi officials said on Friday.

An undated file photo released by the U.S. military of Abu Ayyub al-Masri, alias Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, in Baghdad June 15, 2006. REUTERS/U.S. Army/Handout

The U.S. military in Baghdad said it was checking the reports that Abu Ayyab al-Masri, an Egyptian also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, had been detained.

If confirmed, the arrest would be another blow for Sunni Islamist al Qaeda in Iraq, which has reeled under a wave of U.S. military operations in the past year and been forced to regroup in northern Iraq.

An


Interior Ministry spokesman said an associate of Masri detained in an earlier operation took security forces late on Wednesday to where the al Qaeda leader was hiding.

After being detained, Masri confessed to being the al Qaeda in Iraq leader, he said, adding that his identity still had to be confirmed. Other Iraqi security officials said the suspect was in American custody for identification.

Al Qaeda in Iraq was headed by the Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi until he was killed in a U.S. air strike in June 2006. His successor, Masri, was Zarqawi’s close associate, and has a U.S. bounty of $5 million on his head.

Duraid Kashmula, the governor of Nineveh province, of which Mosul is the capital, also said the detained man had confessed to being Masri.

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Veterans' Stories of Predatory For-Profit Schools

Maggie Crawford

Served in National Guard, Afghanistan

School: ITT Tech

Location: Ohio

Maggie, a member of the Army National Guard, served one tour in Afghanistan during 2008. When she was released in 2011, she enrolled in ITT Tech to study nursing. It wasn’t until the second quarter of her program that they told her she didn’t have 100 percent GI Bill coverage and couldn’t file for a Yellow Ribbon scholarship. Not only that, her professors encouraged her against asking questions, telling her that all the answers she needed would be in her books. According to Maggie ITT also lied about their nursing accreditation, at first telling her they were accredited and later telling her that their accreditation was pending. Maggie quit ITT tech and


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But BT has never had to administer calling plans of the complexity of MCI's Friends and Family, which generates a high level of customer-service queries.
The two companies also plan to use Britain as a conduit to grab international business calling from continental Europe and route it through London to the United States.
Another major issue is what type of technology to use to bring Internet and multimedia applications to U.S. homes. BT is expected to be closely involved as a pioneer in so-called broadband technologies.
"That is going to be a major decision," MCI's Briggs said.     -- New York Newsroom 212 859 1610
An artist's illustration of a plume of water vapor spouting from the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa.

If Jupiter's moon Europa has geysers, the natural engines that power them are well-hidden.

Scientists have re-examined data from NASA's Galileo mission in greater detail in search of regions on Europa warm enough to be linked to plumes of water vapor. If hotspots exist on this moon — which harbors a huge ocean of liquid water beneath its icy shell — they will most likely remain hidden until NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft arrives at Jupiter in the late 2020s or early 2030s, the researchers determined.

In 2016, scientists announced the provisional detection of a faint plume on Europa using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. A second unconfirmed plume was announced the following year. Since then,


said yesterday (Oct. 22) during a news conference at the American Astronomical Society's annual Division for Planetary Sciences meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee.

But that doesn't necessarily mean Europa isn't spouting off, added Rathbun.

The case of the missing hotspot

Plumes are common throughout the solar system. Jupiter's moon Io is constantly shooting volcanic material into the air. Saturn's icy moon Enceladus famously blasts water vapor and other material from its subsurface ocean into space via a set of geysers near the south pole. And Earth is rich in geysers, from Yellowstone National Park's Old Faithful to Iceland's Great Geysir.

Firing off the gas that makes up these plumes requires an energy source, which usually heats up the ground around the plume source. Enceladus, Io and Earth all have hotspots around their geyserstheir hosting sites may not yet have become active while Galileo was looking. Similarly, ALMA peered at the moon several months after Hubble's observations, potentially giving the area time to cool off.

Sunlight further complicates the issue. At the beach, sand and rocks heat up and cool at different rates based on their composition. After the plumes were first spotted, ALMA identified a region near a young crater called Pwyll that seemed warmer than surrounding areas. However, Rathbun said that Galileo showed that the same region is coolerthan its environment on the nightside; ALMA's observations, like all those made from Earth, show only the moon's dayside. Rathbun said that the variations most likely originated from features with different compositions.

"It's much more consistent with different thermal properties than there being


212 Pa. Superior Ct. 314 (1968)
Commonwealth
v.
Allen, Appellant.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued March 12, 1968.
June 14, 1968.
Before WRIGHT, P.J., WATKINS, MONTGOMERY, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, SPAULDING, and HANNUM, JJ.
*315 Richard C. Angino, with him Macey E. Klein, and Hurwitz, Klein, Benjamin & Brown, for appellant.
Carl G. Wass, Assistant District Attorney, with him LeRoy S. Zimmerman, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.
OPINION BY SPAULDING, J., June 14, 1968:
This is an appeal by Donald Edward Allen, appellant, from his conviction by a jury in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Dauphin County of the crime of aggravated robbery.
On February 26, 1966, two armed men entered and robbed the Acme Food Market on South Cameron Street in Harrisburg. The felons were in the store for approximately 10 to 12 minutes, during which time three employesobserved them for various intervals. A witness outside the store identified the motor vehicle allegedly driven by one of the gunmen and an investigation revealed that the car belonged to one August Shartner. Appellant was listed as a suspect because of his association with Shartner. A prior penitentiary photograph of appellant was shown to the several employes of the store, who were later requested to pick the suspect from a lineup at a police station and identify him at the preliminary hearing. These same employes *316 were present at the arraignment of appellant and subsequently identified him at trial.
In the course of appellant's trial the district attorney called as a witness one of the employes present during the commission of the crime, who, after identifying appellant in court,