The remake of the horror blockbuster Poltergeist will be filmed in Hamilton over the next month.

Lorrie Bowman, of the city's film and television office, confirmed Friday that the film, starring Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt and Jared Harris, will be shot in a west Mountain subdivision starting Sept. 23 for a period of about two-and-a-half weeks.

The film, directed by Gil Kenan (Monster House, City of Ember), focuses on a family whose home is taken over by a supernatural force.

Rockwell is best known for his leading roles in Lawn Dogs, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Moon and Seven Psychopaths. Jared Harris may be familiar as Lane Price in the cable television series Mad Men. Dewitt is best known for television roles in The UnitedStates of Tara and Standoff.

The original movie, released in 1982, was produced and cowritten by Steven Spielberg, and is considered a classic in the horror genre. The film featured child actress Heather O'Rourke as a little girl abducted by ghosts.

O'Rourke's "they're here" announcement is one of the more memorable lines in motion picture history. O'Rourke later died at the age of 12 from cardiac arrest.


A review board at the US Anti-Doping Agency has weighed the evidence against Lance Armstrong and a letter Armstrong submitted in his defense... and decided to formally charge Armstrong with doping.

Armstrong now has the opportunity to fight the charges in an arbitration hearing, at which he will be considered innocent until proven guilty.

If Armstrong does not fight the charges--or if he does and loses--the USADA will likely strip him of all his Tour de France titles.

Armstrong has always vehemently maintained his innocence.

He has also said that he welcomed a full investigation into his conduct so that he could finally clear his name.

If Lance Armstrong is, in fact, innocent, therefore, he will presumably look forward to telling his full story in front of the arbitration panel and the public.

Armstronghas not yet said he will fight the charges, however.

And he also is not acting like he is innocent.

No sooner had the charges been formalized yesterday than Armstrong went on the attack again.

Armstrong's attorney once again blasted the USADA as toxic and vindictive.

And Armstrong himself shredded one of the would-be arbitrators in the case, a lawyer who was arrested and charged for a misdemeanor case of indecent exposure earlier this year.

Here's how Jim Vertuno of the AP describes that attack:

''Wow. (at)usantidoping can pick em. Here's ... 1 of 3 Review Board members studying my case,'' Armstrong tweeted, linking to an online story about Griffith.

Griffith entered an Alford plea on June 13. Under the plea, Griffith did not admit doing anything wrong but acknowledged prosecutors have enough evidence for


a jury to convict him. A 24-year-old student reported Griffith unzipped his pants in front of her on a St. Paul street.

Sentencing is scheduled for July 26. Griffith told the AP he's innocent and entered the plea to avoid a trial that would embarrass his family.

Griffith said Armstrong's tweet was ''an effort to get away from the issues that will be dealt with by an arbitration panel. OK? By smearing me, that does nothing. I'm innocent of that.''

Armstrong's attorney, meanwhile, also hinted that Armstrong may respond to the charges not by fighting them and telling his story, but by suing the USADA to stop or delay the case.

As bizarre as it seems, therefore, it may be possible that Armstrong will choose not to fight the charges, but insteadof Caterpillar Tractor Company, alleging that the forklift was defective and that Towmotor was negligent.  Towmotor removed to federal district court, and Twin Cities Fire Insurance Company, the workers' compensation carrier for Jones's employer, intervened.

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The district court submitted Jones's ease against Towmotor to the jury on special interrogatories.  The jury found that Towmotor had sold the forklift without either adequate warnings or adequate instructions for safe use, and concluded that the forklift was unreasonably dangerous as marketed.  The jury also found Towmotor negligent in failing to provide adequate warnings or instructions for safe use of the forklift.  In addition, the jury found that Jones was negligent in his operation of the forklift.  The jury found the product defect, Towmotor's negligence, and Jones's negligence


Vancouver ready for 2010 Olympic Games

IOC says host city is good to go

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(08/26/2009) - "Vancouver is ready for 2010", said the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Coordination Commission for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games through its chairman, René Fasel. For its ninth and final visit (25 - 26 August) to the next Olympic and Paralympic host city, the Commission was joined by representatives of the Olympic Winter International Federations, who were able to bring their expertise to bear in the discussions with the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) relating to the sporting elements of the Games, as well as by observers from the Sochi 2014 Organising Committee.

Speaking at the close of the meetings, Fasel said, "The organizers of the Games inVancouver and Whistler are ready for 2010. We've heard from VANOC and its partners about all the steps that they are undertaking to ensure that the athletes and other Games visitors have a fantastic Olympic and Paralympic experience. We are extremely happy with what we have seen and heard, and are confident that they will deliver."

He continued, "The Commission members and I have seen this project grow from plans on paper into almost a reality, and we would like to commend the work of the team led by Jack Poole and John Furlong. The venues are spectacular, and the plans for next February are very good. The great venues, the outstanding natural setting and hugely knowledgeable and enthusiastic fans will guarantee that these Olympic and Paralympic Games will


for their thoughtful insights and counsel throughout the past several years. The Coordination Commission's engagement and oversight has unquestionably been key to staging a successful and unforgettable Games in Vancouver and Whistler in 2010."

During its meeting, the Commission heard reports from VANOC on areas such as the Olympic Torch Relay, spectator services, sport, marketing, media operations, National Olympic Committee services, technology and the Paralympic Games. The visit also provided the opportunity for some Commission members to tour venues including the Vancouver Olympic Village, UBC Thunderbird Arena, Richmond Oval, Hillcrest Curling Centre and the Main Press and Broadcasting Centres.behaviour is not reinforced. ... ...that when parents or others allow or encourage a child to behave and be treated as the opposite sex, the confusion is reinforced and the child is conditioned for a life of unnecessary pain and suffering.

The Yogyakarta Principles would object to parents discouraging their child to identify in this way, and they would discourage counselling to prevent young people from identifying in this manner.

We're concerned about the troubling effects of Bill C-279 if it's passed into law: male access to women's public washrooms and health clubs. There's a situation in Washington where a man who thinks he's a female has been allowed entrance into a health club where children change. A women's pool is there, apparently, and there are young children and adolescents.


Sagan wins stage, Nibali grabs lead in Tirreno-Adriatico

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Defending champion Vincenzo Nibali took the overall lead from Chris Froome, while Peter Sagan won the penultimate stage of the weeklong Tirreno-Adriatico race on Monday.

Nibali attacked on a dangerous downhill section during the rainy 209km leg that started and finished in Porto Sant’Elpidio. The Italian was joined by Sagan and Joachin Rodriguez for the final section and Sagan easily won the three-man sprint.

Sagan, a Slovakian with the Cannondale team, clocked 5 hours, 45 minutes, 17 seconds for his second stage win of the race. Nibali finished second and Rodriguez crossed third, both two seconds behind, while Froome did not make the top 10.

Nibali took a 34-second lead over Froome, the Tour deand working in conjunction with Discovery to broker a deal with a player. Granted, it’s a legend of the game who is deservedly treated differently, but nonetheless intriguing.

NEW YORK – In a major development as part of the strategic partnership between Discovery, Inc. and the PGA TOUR, GOLFTV today announced an exclusive multi-year global content partnership with 80-time PGA TOUR winner and 14-time Major champion Tiger Woods.

Starting in January 2019, GOLFTV powered by PGA TOUR, the new global live and on-demand video streaming service jointly developed by Discovery and the TOUR, will collaborate with Woods on a wide range of programming, content creation and storytelling opportunities that will offer fans an authentic and regular look into the life, mind and performance of the game’s ultimate icon.

The GOLFTV partnership


screen and device. Live coverage of the PGA TOUR will be extensive and include THE PLAYERS Championship, the FedExCup Playoffs and the Presidents Cup.

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RIP His Ownself, Dan Jenkins. The best sportswriter ever. Not often do you get to hang out with your hero, but I did four times a year andMan facing trial in armed robbery

By Kathie Warco

Staff Writer

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The man accused of robbing a South Strabane Township gasoline station at gunpoint last month was ordered to stand trial Wednesday on charges including robbery, theft and possessing instruments of a crime.

Rocco John Iacovone, 26, who was staying at 65 S. Watson Ave., East Washington, at the time of his arrest, was ordered held for court by District Judge Valarie Costanzo following a preliminary hearing in Central Court.

Testifying primarily through an interpreter, store clerk Baldev Navdiya said the robber came into the BP station on Racetrack Road about 3 a.m. Feb. 11 and asked for a pack of cigarettes. After Navdiya scanned the cigarettes, the robber pulled out a gun and asked for money and two cartons of cigarettes, Marlboro


came into Pennsylvania and was apprehended near the Ruff Creek exit of Interstate 79 in Greene County. He was driving a van that matched the one seen on surveillance tapes at the BP. A pellet gun believed to have been used during the robberies was found inside the van.

Michael Mills, who owned the van, said that he would allow Iacovone to use it. Mills said Iacovone was staying with him and several others working at a nearby gas well. He said they were trying to find Iacovone a job.

Torboli said police got a search warrant for the home on South Watson, finding cartons of Marlboro Red and Marlboro Gold cigarettes. The detective said Iacovone’s roommates knew he had an air pistol.

Public Defender Glenn Alterio asked Costanzo to dismissthe most advantaged areas.[@R12]

Families experiencing the most adversity are often the least able to access health resources and support services.[@R13] To address the need for better reach, sustained nurse home visiting (SNHV) has become increasingly popular as a model of service delivery to improve outcomes for these families.[@R14] Internationally, the best known SNHV programme is the US Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), also known as Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) in the UK. Designed and led by Professor David Olds, NFP/FNP has grown in popularity as multiple trials have concluded effectiveness for a variety of outcomes for young, first-time mothers and their children. This includes improved birth, health and child development outcomes, and reductions in child maltreatment.[@R15] A number of SNHV programmes have also shown favourable effects on healthcare usage, including


Many formed transcontinental friendships, even though they may have never met personally. They would use the telegraph lines to spread jokes "virally", with "ha" being their version of today's "LOL". Similarly, "min pen" was apparently the 1890 equivalent of today's IM text "afk brb".

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In 1987, 42% of the software developers in America were women. And 34% of the systems analysts in America were women. Women had started to flock to computer science in the mid-1960s, during the early days of computing, when men were already dominating other technical professions but had yet to dominate the world of computing. For about two decades, the percentages of women who earned Computer Science degrees rose steadily, peaking at 37% in 1984.

In fact, for a hot second back insafe, without even the CCTV surveillance cameras being aware.

The burglar would somehow need to split all the light approaching the safe into two parts: "before" and "after", with the "before" part sped up and the "after" part slowed down.

This would create a brief period of darkness during which the burglar could enter the scene and steal the money, being careful to close the safe door before they leave.

With the safe-cracker gone, the process of speeding up and slowing down the light would then be reversed, leading to an apparently untouched scene once again.

Robbing a bank is, of course, only an example to illustrate the principle of what an event cloak could do. As McCall and Kinsler explain, a more likely application of a full-size event cloak would be


1995, Station M on Titan is about to make a huge announcement when a member of the research team mysteriously disappears. As a reserve member of the RAMA Company, you are sent in to discover what happened.

This is where my demo began. I quickly made my way to the communication center to turn it on and make contact with the members of Station M. The controls are streamlined to be simple for all players. Players can easily grab items with the Right Trigger, spin and observe them by holding the Right Bumper and twisting the right analog stick, and sprint with the Left Bumper. Quickly tapping RT to turn the communications center on, I was quickly greeted with silence. Unfortunately for my character, a heavy lunar storm hitTitan, forcing the player to take refuge on the seemingly abandoned Station M.

Once aboard, it became abundantly clear that something otherworldly had taken place. Early on I stepped into a room only to confront a helmet floating in midair. I grabbed in, and upon looking at it, managed to find a blue rift that took me into an alternative version of the base. Unlike the normal version, this alternate world was dark with parts of the ship destroyed. The only way to bounce between both versions of Station M is by finding these rifts located throughout the station. Players will need to travel between both versions to solves puzzles and figure out what happened.

Like most exploration games, players will need to observe the environment, collect key items, and


By David Jacobson, Temblor

See earthquakes in Iraq

At 4:42 p.m. local time today, a M=5.1 earthquake struck northeastern Iraq, near the border with Iran. The quake occurred at a depth of 10 km, according to both the USGS and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), and was primarily compressional in nature. Based on the USGS ShakeMap, this earthquake generated very strong shaking near the epicenter, and would have been felt as far away as Baghdad, Mosul, and Erbil. The epicenter of the quake was near Lake Dukan, the largest lake in northern Iraq, which also acts as a reservoir for the area, and has done so since the construction of the Dukan Dam in 1959. So far there are no reports of damage at the dam, though if news comesin, we will update this post.

According to the USGS PAGER system, both economic losses and fatalities are estimated to be low. Having said that, pictures have appeared on Twitter, showing damage to buildings and cars from falling debris in the town of Ranya, which is at the northern end of Lake Dukan, close to the epicenter.

In this part of northeastern Iraq, there is active collision between the Arabia and Eurasian plates. One of the products of this, is the Zagros Mountains, which extend for over 1,500 km from Iran, through Iraq, and into southeastern Turkey. Because of this, the compressional focal mechanism from today’s earthquake makes sense geologically. Because of this regional compression, the area has seen some moderate earthquakes. The most recent of these was in 1980,


Stabbing: Leonardo Henry, 25, broke into his ex-girlfriend's home and stabbed her repeatedly

An 11-year-old Oklahoma girl shot her mother's abusive ex-boyfriend after he broke into their home and began stabbing her mother Tuesday morning.

Eleven-year-old Jayda Milsap shot Leonardo Henry, 25, with a handgun twice after he broke into her Oklahoma City home and began stabbing her mother in the eye, neck and chest, KFOR reports.

Just a week before the incident, Milsap's mother, Brandy Moreno, filed a restraining order against Henry claiming he 'had been molesting (several kids) in the middle of the night for several years,' KFOR reports.

She later told authorities she was afraid that Henry would hurt her or the children because she reported him to the police.

The Oklahoman reports that a neighbor said Moreno taught Milsaphow to use the handgun one week before the incident 'so she could protect herself.'

The lessons came in handy.

Henry broke through the back door of the home at 4am leaving a trail of broken glass. Moreno's two children and Henry's three children were in the home at the time of the attack, New York Daily News reports.

After being shot by Milsap, Henry reportedly fled and was found down the street from the home, authorities say. He was taken to the hospital but police say he will soon be booked at the Oklahoma City Jail.

The Oklahoman reports that both Moreno and Henry were taken to the University of Oklahoma Medical Center in serious condition.

Broke in: Henry broke in through the back door leaving a trail of glass on the


back porch

Sister: Henry's sister Emma Spence said that, though she hates to admit it, Henry may be guilty of the alleged sexual abuse

Hospital officials reportedly refused to report on the current condition of the two but KFOR reports that both the victim and Henry are expected to survive their injuries.

Milsap's neighbors hail her as a hero, according to KFOR. Even Henry's sister Emma Spence said that she salutes the 11-year-old and that her brother may be guilty of the sexual abuse, though she hates to admit it.

'I salute her,' Spence told KFOR. 'It was awesome that she did that for her mom...I'm 21 and I don't even know how to use a gun.'

Milsap's neighbor, Carolyn Marsee said, in a KFOR interview, that she hopes a judge puts Henrya resource list. Nurses assigned to the intervention group who did not attend the meeting were contacted by the study coordinator and informed about the study; arrangements were made for them to complete the baseline assessment and watch the video. Nurses assigned to the intervention group received 1 follow-up e-mail approximately 2 weeks after the video intervention that reminded them to ask their patients about CAM and provided resources for obtaining CAM information At CCOP component sites that were assigned to the waitlist control group, nurses continued usual care and no intervention took place until after the follow-up assessment. At that time, providers at these sites were given copies of the video on a compact disc.

Nurses in both the intervention and waitlist control groups completed brief follow-up questionnaires


Polarizers are important optical components used in polarizing optics to produce the state of linear polarization.
Beamsplitters for amplitude division of an incident light beam, based on the use of birefringent materials, are known in the art. In general, two principal structural shapes are used.
The beamsplitter prisms according to Wollaston, Semamont or Rochon separate a light beam after its entry into the crystal under a fixed, constant split angle. The Wollaston prism consists of two calcite prisms which are cemented together on their base. Their crystallographic-optical axes lie perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the incident light. Light striking the surface of incidence at right angles is refracted in the first prism into an ordinary (o) and an extraordinary (eo) beam. However, theseContent by tag "7 Virtual Jazz Club 2018 winners"

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Puig has already recorded five home runs in his first 15 games of the season. Mike Stobe/Getty Images

YOU'VE HEARD THE HYPE: Since his June 3 call-up, Yasiel Puig has been compared to everyone from Roberto Clemente to Bryce Harper. You've marveled at the numbers: The 22-year-old outfielder is the first player in the modern era, which began in 1900, to record at least 27 hits and five home runs in his first 15 games in the Show. But how, exactly, has he done it? We asked John Brenkus and the ESPN Sport Science team to break down the swing of the 6'3", 245-pound Puig and compare it with those of the game's best power hitters. The findings: His talent isn't just special, it's downright legendary.

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Max speed, in mph,of Puig's swing -- above average but not elite. It's his bat control that has allowed him to go yard on four pitch types, ranging from 72 to 94 mph.

MLB comparable: Albert Pujols

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Degrees angle Puig turns his back to the pitch as the ball nears, 10 degrees more than the MLB norm. The result is an upper body spring-loaded for max torque and acceleration.

MLB comparable: Carlos Gonzalez

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Seconds Puig's bat spends in the hittable area over the plate, despite a rather slow 0.16 of a second from the start of his swing to contact. Thank you, acceleration!

MLB comparable: Miguel Cabrera

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Degrees Puig bends his back leg, giving him a straighter stance than most sluggers, who bend at 120 degrees on average and rely more on the lower body for power.

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France’s health minister said Saturday a Chinese patient diagnosed with coronavirus has died in a Paris hospital, the first death from the new virus in Europe.

Minister Agnes Buzyn said he was informed Friday night that an 80-year-old patient died from the new coronavirus, named COVID-19. The patient had been hospitalized at Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital in Paris since Jan. 25.

The patient, a Chinese tourist from the province of Hubei, had a lung infection caused by the COVID-19 virus. He arrived in France on Jan. 16 and was hospitalized Jan. 25 under strict isolation measures. His condition deteriorated rapidly.

His daughter was also hospitalized but authorities say she is expected to recover.

Europe has 46 cases of the virus that first emerged in central China in December. Nine European nations have reportedraised close to $30 million from two main venture investors–Highland Capital Partners and Globespan Capital Partners. Founded several years ago, its clients include Ford (F), Disney (DIS) and the National Football League.

Competitors in the space are many still, despite these big acquisitions, and include Millennial Media and Jumptap, both of which are now clearly in play to other players, from telecoms to other device makers to big Internet companies.

An Apple spokesperson declined to comment to BoomTown about the deal and email inquiries to Quattro have not yet been returned.


full commercial cannabis license in Jamaica enabling clinical trials, dispensaries, recreational sale, and medical export. On December 20, 2017, the Cannabis Licencing Authority of Jamaica granted conditional approval for a Cultivator's Licence (Tier 3) (over 5 acres).

Construction of its first 58,000 sq. feet of greenhouses is in progress and is nearing completion, with 4 additional acres of outdoor growth and state-of-the-art processing facility meeting GMP and ISO standards in the current site plan. Security fencing around the initial cultivation site covering 6 acres in total has already been installed.

Construction of Global Canna Labs' first dispensary is expected to start in Q1 2018 in Montego Bay's Hip Strip. Plans are also in place for Global Canna Labs to open an on-site farm store and its first dispensary in Kingstonresult of enfranchisement: 'a free state will become a monarchy, if a huge multitude attains the citizenship by virtue of the activity of one man' ('Sallust', ep. ad Caes. II. 6. 1.).

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them, so they attacked in starved, futile ways.

Shepherd had to kill one of them. We had been platting the land for a Quonset hut that was to be the officers' club on a bed of crushed coral on the highest hill on the island. Another man and I stood looking over plans while Shepherd walked toward us from the Jeep. At that moment a starved Japanese soldier, more skeleton than man, jumped toward us through the trees. Shepherd pushed us aside and unholstered his revolver. He jerked his gun to shoulder height and shot the man in the chest, and the man fell backwards and his blood splattered on Shepherd's face and clothes.

After that I kind of cracked up for a while. I was the one who tookThere were none of the tensions of family. After a while I just fell into her arms and was crying, and she comforted me. That night I had planned to hold her in my arms and be savage with her, just to let it all go in a meaningless act, but before I could meet her Shepherd came through the door of me room and grabbed me by the arm and hauled me out into the evening air.

"Shape up, man," he said. "Your wife needs you."

I got violently angry at him. "Get out of my goddamn life!"

"Look, love your family, see the doctors. If you want to get the anger out of your system, come with me."

"What?"

"Look, I know a guy who owns a gym. "Let's you and


she said was 'Shepherd, it's been a long time,' which made him cross because it was exactly what he was going to say to her, so he used his back-up line, ''Dad would have wanted to see us all together."

I saw his older sisters and had never realized how spot-on Shepherd's description of them had been until now. They were rigid and otherworldly and as tall and thin as corn husks; he learned they had converted to Mennonite and joined their community. They said he looked well and when did he grow a mustache? He honestly could not recall.

And then there was Topsy – she was a breath of fresh air. She seemed as ribald and full of life as her old self. She was jovial and audaciousof a some brief time of their shared joy would rise up in his mind the way small fish might rise to scattered raindrops, mistaking them for bait, but they were few.

Shepherd declined politely to go to the graveside service – he told them he had work to do – and got as quickly to his car as he could without running to it. He hardly waited until I jumped inside before he gunned the engine.

"I hate ceremony," he said. "If he's dead, he's dead."

I was struck by his stoicism until I realized that the father had shown just about as little emotion in his life as Shepherd was showing now. He had been a man of practical purpose, as was his son. That the father might have


people of the state.

The more he thought about it the more he saw himself like a man on top of a hill with a standard bearer at his side, looking toward a sunrise, ready to usher in a new era in a department that would not only build new roads but would serve as a model for other departments – shent of the old ways of bribes and cronyism – a department run for the people, by the people, for the interests of the state, and not just another slush fund to move around budgets to line the pockets of the well connected.

He may or may not have been wearing armor in his vision – it was glorious to his mind's eye and he could not look atdoing your very best."

"But..."

"I don't see where there's much to think over, Shepherd."

"But, all my years of service. My dreams..."

"Dreams – 'the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.' You are a reality man."

"I can do better..."

"Look Shepherd, we have a lot of meetings today – why not just be happy and say 'yes' to our offer?"

Shepherd looked far away and it seemed like the world was melting around him, and when he looked back at the three men it was like he was looking at three leering skulls.

"Jim Dixon slept with a whore," he said.

"Jim Dixon – ah – he told us about your little game to try to throw him off the scent of this job."

"But he's a dishonorably discharged skirt-chasing


an asylum."

"Who the hell told you that. Jim Dixon? Jim Dixon!"

"We have no need to continue this discussion. Now if you will kindly return to your department."

"Return? Return? I AM the roads department! Wherever I am, that's the department!"

"I'm sorry to hear that, because of now, you're fired."

His eyes widened in disbelief. "I'm what?"

"You're fired effectively immediately. Look, we came here ready to play nice with you, but you just had to push it. There are young men in the ranks, Mr. Creed, plenty of young men from the universities ready to do exactly what you do. And so now with your outburst you've given us no choice. Get out of this building. We'll send someone to your office to get your things."

"But you can't do this."

"Enjoy youraround it with a flashlight and found a wooden chair and propped himself down in it.

"Is this all you ever wanted from me?" he yelled. "To die here?"

He got no answer.

He walked to the doorway and then turned and looked out onto the vast fallow field and took out a pocket watch he had inherited from his grandfather and threw it as far as he could.

"In the end we can't get out of the box."

He went inside and took out a bottle of whiskey and pulled at it, and the pain in his chest didn't go away but he didn't care. He drained the bottle and threw it across the room, He felt miserable and conflicted deep inside himself and needed respite. Within an hour he was curled


forgive me because I cannot damn myself," Shepherd said.

"What's he talking about?"

"Self-pitiful gibberish. For all I care he can damn himself. All these years old Creed mistreated my grandfather."

"I won't kill myself," Shepherd said.

"Well good God thanks for that!" the young man said exasperatedly. "Now why don't you just stop rolling around so we can get you in the truck?"

They loaded him in and he passed out, his last vision filled with the intersecting lines of a cage fading to nothing.

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He recuperated for weeks in the hospital – and a sanitarium – and long dark days gave way to a storm abating in his head. Toward the end of his rehabilitation he could go on the grounds by himself. One day he rose and sat on the bankof a river, the water interrupted by a jutting stone. He went out onto the stone and sank down on his knees and submerged his face and unmade himself until he had returned to the point when he was yet to be unmade. All he wanted now was to be good, not do good.

*

In time he recovered his health to the degree that he could work again, and the department offered him a part-time job so that he could return to life with some normalcy. It was too kind. He heard that Jim Dixon himself had made the initiative. But in the new role he would be bored and purposeless so he tried to plan something to do. He would call Topsy about that trip to Yellowstone. But


it can be in a person without needing to have been building for any period of time. It can be full-born. It is a desire that not everyone has, but if possessed it impels a creature. It is motion in a wide dry place, pure, an outgoing activity on however many cylinders, the invisible movement of a soul to the City of God mapped onto the concrete and the steel and asphalt of the City of Man.

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The upcoming V-Cinext Lupinranger vs Patranger vs Kyuranger movie visual and trailer has been revealed.

The movie featuring the Lupinrangers, Patrangers, and Kyurangers will take place at a time when the Lupinrangers’ identities were not yet discovered during the television series.

The story is describe as:

In the movie, Kairi, Toma, and Umika are abducted by Minato Hoshi from a parallel universe. The international police who just happened to be at the scene, encountered an interference in the investigation when Lucky arrived. The only thing left behind at the scene of the crime was Minato’s guitar. Lucky was then arrested and tried to convince the Patrangers to no avail that he’s a savior, a member of the Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger, and that the Earth is in danger. While Keiichiro, Sakuya, Tsukasa,


Southlake Developer Wants to Put a Race Track in His Hotel. Like, For Cars.

When Jeff Medici was a financial advisor for Fidelity in Boston, he took his corporate team to a place called F1 Boston, a sort of racing-themed conference center where they learned to work together and trust each other by doing things like changing tires on Formula 1 race cars.

When he moved to North Texas, he noticed that themed hotels like Great Wolf Lodge and the Gaylord Texan are popular, destinations in themselves. And when he also noticed that Southlake is in a short hop down the highway from the Texas Motor Speedway, everything clicked. Why not build a themed hotel, a la Great Wolf Lodge, but instead of a weird nature/water park motif, have itbe all about race cars, he asked himself. And what good is a racing-themed hotel without an indoor race track?

No good at all, of course, so Medici drew up plans to include one in the hotel he's planning to build along Highway 114. They were approved on Tuesday by the Southlake City Council, which gave final zoning approval on Tuesday, according to the Star-Telegram.

"It's gonna be housed in a 40,000-square-foot building," he said of the track. "It's gonna be two levels. It's gonna have tunnels, bridges: it's going to be very, very state of the art."

The cars will be bigger than a go cart but smaller than a compact and top out at about 45 miles per hour. They're powered by battery, which can be shut off remotely


from an iPad if someone's driving like an asshole. There's a pit row in the middle of the track for tire changes and the like.

But lest you think the diminutive vehicles and lack of internal combustion engines means this is child's play: "They're gonna be in flame retardant suits and the helmets and the whole deal," Medici said.

The track, alas, is not for the average racing enthusiast out to kill a Saturday. During the week, it will be reserved for corporate team-building activities like the ones Medici went to in Boston, the idea being that playing with race cars is more effective and interesting than having some bloodless consultant blab at employees in a drab office. It will, however, be open for birthday parties and the like.

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Bern, 06.06.2018 - Switzerland's eighth aid consignment has arrived in eastern Ukraine. It consists of six convoys, three of which are being sent across the line of contact to the region outside of Kyiv's control. The aid deliveries are mainly comprised of water treatment chemicals and medical supplies and equipment. This includes treatments for tuberculosis (TB) in the Luhansk area, which currently has the highest incidence of the disease in Europe.

Swiss Humanitarian Aid, part of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), sent an assessment mission to the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in eastern Ukraine in February and March 2018 and found ongoing humanitarian needs for safe drinking water and medical supplies. Humanitarian access to Luhansk has been possible only since autumn 2017.


Given that the Luhansk Oblast (province) has the highest incidence of TB in Europe, it was decided to focus the current aid delivery on improving the diagnosis capabilities of the local TB clinic.

Swiss aid deliveries operate on the principle of providing neutral and impartial humanitarian aid to people on both sides of the line of contact. Of the six convoys in what is now Switzerland's eighth aid consignment since 2015, three are being sent to the government-controlled area (GCA) and three to the non-government-controlled area (NGCA), i.e. the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The three GCA deliveries reached their destination a few days ago, delivering several hundred tonnes of water treatment chemicals as well as medical equipment for five hospitals.

The first of the three NGCA convoys arrived in Donetsktimes in 2014, 19.5 million times in 2015 and 39.5 million times as of June this year. The number of monthly active users (MAU) has more than doubled from an average of 160,000 in 2014 to 500,000 this year.The main source of revenue is audio advertising inserted before, between or after podcast episodes. Podbbang has two models.One method is to insert audio ads as part of the episode into a single audio file. Advertisers either contact the host directly or go to Podbbang, asking to be connected with podcasts that are likely to reach their consumer targets. In return, the company takes 30 percent of the ad revenue as a commission fee.The other method, introduced this month, is the use of pre-roll ads. With the host’s approval, a


up to 234,000 subscribers. According to the company, top podcasts hosts receive advertising sales of up to several million won per month.Hosts who become popular may gain access to sources of revenue other than ads, such as publishing.“Jidaynulbyat,” an educational podcast, released two books under the same name. Last year alone, the books sold over 700,000 copies. Team leader Chae Sung-ho, also known as “CEO Chae,” has now become a popular public speaker, providing him another source of revenue.Some also receive donations or crowdfunding from listeners, as mentioned in the case of “Economy Briefing.”Podcasting offers opportunities for celebrities, as well.Comedian Kim Sook reached a career high point in the mid-2000s, but was not making many media appearance in the 2010s. To make use of her free time, shestarted a podcast last year on Podbbang with her colleague Song Eun-yi.On the podcast, they give listeners advice. The series became such a huge success that it led to Kim Sook’s return to television as a regular cast in multiple programs. For celebrities like Kim, podcasting can be a way to gain fame among members of younger generations.Few predicted podcasts would grow into something bigger than a cultural trend. Their popularity in Korea started in 2012, with the boom of “Naneun Ggomsuda” (“I’m a Petty-Minded Creep”), an infamous political podcast series that started just a few months before the presidential election.This particular program inspired the creation of many spin-offs, which formed the first crowd of podcasts in Korea. Back then, many people predicted the wave would fade once


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Residents of a northern Stockholm suburb were surprised to discover this week that their house had some unusual artwork on its roof: a giant penis, to be precise. And there are breasts, too.

The images of the phallus-adorned roof first surfaced on a local Facebook group over the weekend, along with a second building two doors down, with a roof decorated with what appears to be a pair of breasts. They then got further attention when the story made it into Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet.

The buildings in question are two apartment blocks in Blackeberg, Bromma.

One of the residents, Maria Sjögren, told The Local she first found out about her home's unusual painting when a neighbour posted the Google Earth image on Facebook.

"Our family lives in the penis house,"on the decor of any of our buildings."

Both pieces of artwork can be seen in this image. Photo: Google Satellite

For anyone wondering why this story sounds vaguely familiar, it's probably because it's not the first time that giant genitalia has caused a stir in Sweden.

Earlier this year, a painted blue penis was unveiled on the side of an apartment building in Kungsholmen, central Stockholm, as part of a project by an organization that arranges murals on residential buildings. Art usually remains on the walls for around six months before being replaced by a new piece, but the penis was erased prematurely due to a high number of complaints.

This came just a few months after authorities in the Värmland region appealed for information after an oversized wooden penis was


of Heard's domestic violence. "I never abused Ms. Heard or any other woman," Depp, 55, has stated in court documents. "She was the perpetrator, and I was the victim." Depp first stunned the public by accusing Heard of "painting on" bruises, and he recounted some of her alleged instances of abuse as reactions to her "pranks" (he wrote to the court that he decided to file for divorce after "Ms. Heard or one of her friends defecated in my bed as some sort of sick prank"). Now audio recordings that allegedly capture the couple's abusive arguments have been leaked to the public, exacerbating the conflict.

With two high-profile celebrities accusing each other of abuse, who's telling the truth? Sure, it feels superficial to pry into actors' personal lives; evenconsidering the matter feels indicative of how voyeuristic and gross celebrity culture is. But in the wake of the #MeToo movement, we also know better than to take accusations of abuse frivolously.

Even with their divorce settled, Amber Heard and Johnny Depp's toxic relationship is one of many models of how we as a society respond to abuse, as public opinion weighs in on who's telling the truth and who's the "real" victim. In March, Depp filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Heard for defamation of character, referring to the 33-year-old actress calling Depp "the Monster" in court documents and alleging that he often threatened to kill her throughout their two-year marriage. Afterward, Complex pointed out, "Some People Are Calling to 'Uncancel' Johnny Depp in Wake of His $50


in all kinds of institutions—workplaces, places of worship or simply in particular communities. In every walk of life, women are confronting these men who are buoyed by social, economic and cultural power. And these institutions are beginning to change."

In response, Depp's lawyers called Heard's detailed account of alleged domestic violence a "hoax" designed to promote her career. Depp's lawsuit reads: "Ms. Heard also knew that her elaborate hoax worked: As a result of her false allegations against Mr. Depp, Ms. Heard became a darling of the #MeToo movement, was the first actress named a Human Rights Champion of the United Nations Human Rights Office, was appointed ambassador on women's rights at the American Civil Liberties Union, and was hired by L'Oreal Paris as its global spokesperson."

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Northern Forests Are Threatened by the Southern Pine Beetle

November 08, 2012by Joseph Blumberg

The thought of global climate change conjures up images of coastal flooding and parched farmlands, but there is another sort of threat already upon us. As the environment warms, the destructive southern pine beetle has extended its range northward to include New Jersey's prized Pinelands National Reserve.

Professor Matt Ayres studies the southern pine bark beetle, a forest pest that may be the largest source of disturbance in coniferous forests throughout North America. (Photo by Eli Burakian '00)

The Culprit

Its scientific name places this bark beetle in the genus Dendroctonus, which translates as “tree killer.” The beetle is about the size of a grain of rice and its life cycle is dependent on the death of


a few days' time while trees just a few meters away may be spared entirely.

The predatory southern pine bark beetle, tiny as a grain of rice, is known scientifically as Dendroctonus frontalis. (Photo courtesy of Matt Ayres)

"Intermittent outbreaks frequently extend over multistate areas and can change vast acreages of forests permanently or in ways that take decades to get back to something like it was like before," Ayres explains. "The impact from pine bark beetles in North America, including related species in the West, exceeds any other source of forest disturbance including wildfires."

Ayres and his colleagues have long been trying to understand what influences the abundance and distribution of southern pine beetles. "I began working on these beetles with the U.S. Forest Service in Louisiana," he says. "ThenI came to Dartmouth and have continued to work on them ever since. Sustained scientific studies of this system have made this a prominent international example of how climate change can permit the range expansion of important forest pests."

Countermeasures

The time-tested tactic for suppressing bark beetle infestations is to quickly remove infested trees from the forest. "The treatment—perhaps crude but demonstrably effective—is to find these local infestations when they are small [20 to 50 trees] and cut the trees down," says Ayres. "Loggers haul them away, physically taking the beetles out of the forest where they die in mills or disperse as harmless individuals."

Clearly visible from the air, a section of forest is under attack from the southern pine bark beetle. (Photo courtesy Ron Billings, Texas A&M Forest Service)

Implementation


New Jersey Forest Service has been doing it." Ayres regards this as a "teachable moment" and an opportunity to manage our increasingly valuable forests in a changing world, and, more broadly, to understand the connections between forests, climate, and people.

The Future

"The expansion of the southern pine beetle into New Jersey is probably permanent," Ayres says. "And it almost certainly demands some changes in forest management practices to sustain the attributes of this surprisingly large and wild ecosystem that are valued by millions of people.”

Ayres is hopeful about the future of the New Jersey Pinelands, as these forestlands face the challenges of both a changing climate and one of the most aggressive forest pests in the world.

"We are not all the way there yet," he says, “but it ishis old side Arsenal.

He continued to play after hostilities ended; after helping Fulham win the 1948–49 Second Division title, he became Bristol City's player-manager in 1950. He was manager until 1958. He became joint manager of Birmingham City in early 1958, alongside Arthur Turner, and took sole charge later that year. He led the team to the final of the 1958–60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which Birmingham lost to Barcelona over two legs, and then resigned his post. He later scouted for Fulham and managed Dover. He retired to live in Chard, Somerset, and died in Taunton at the age of 72.

Honours

As player
Arsenal
 Football League First Division champions: 1933–34, 1934–35
Huddersfield Town
 FA Cup runner-up: 1937–38
Fulham
 Football League Second Division champions: 1948–49

As manager
Bristol City
 Football League Third Division South champions:


The participants were told to look at a fixation box which appeared on the screen for 1 second and after this the stimulus was displayed. The participants used a panel with finger keys for their right and left hands to respond. The right index finger pressed the "yes" (or "same") button and the left index finger pressed the "no" (or "different") button. By counting the cycles of a 1000 Hz oscillator, the participants' reaction times were measured to the nearest millisecond; the response times were measured from the time the stimulus was presented until the response was made by the participant.

On-line
The more recent version of the lexical decision task is on-line. In these experiments stimuli are usually words from a series of text, that are presented either visuallyof the word is heard instead of seen during testing. The patients were also tested for explicit memory of the words using a recall test. The researchers found that none of the patients had explicit recall for the words listened to while being under anesthesia. Furthermore, patients under anesthesia who listened to the words before surgery did not show any implicit learning using the WSC task. However, patients under anesthesia who listened to the words during surgery showed implicit memory using the WSC task. Although, it is important to note that the amount of learning is quite small and the results of this study are weak.

Researchers have also been using WSC tasks to investigate the implicit impact of exposure to appearance and weight related images in the media.


participants enter the test phase. They are presented with fragments of the words that were shown in the learning phase, in addition to new words that serve as a baseline of performance (i.e. performance on non-primed words). Participants are then instructed to complete the fragments with the first word that comes to mind. Priming effects are evident when performance on the originally presented words exceeds performance on the new words. The types of words that are presented are typically ones that are used infrequently in everyday language. Words that are lower in frequency are more likely to be identified correctly in the WFC test because they are more distinct, which makes them easier to recall. Presented words also tend to be longer (7 or 8 characters) than wordsbut not explicitly remembered.

Other implicit memory tests

Perceptual tests
Word Identification Task
Degraded Word Naming
Anagram Solution

Non-verbal tests
Picture Fragment Naming
Object Decision Task
Possible/Impossible Object Decision

Conceptual tests
Word Association Test
Category Instance Generation
General Knowledge Questions

References

External links
 Project Implicit: A compilation of online IAT studies
 Dr. Anthony Greenwald's Faculty Website

Category:Memory
Category:Memory tests


Relationships between Adaptive Behaviours, Personal Factors, and Participation of Young Children.
To examine the extent to which personal factors (age, socioeconomic grouping, and preterm birth) and adaptive behaviour explain the participation patterns of young children. 65 Children 2-5 years old with and without a history of preterm birth and no physical or intellectual disability were selected by convenience sampling from Galway University Hospital, Ireland. Interviews with parents were conducted using the Adaptive Behaviour Assessment System, Second Edition (ABAS-II) and the Assessment of Preschool Children's Participation (APCP). Linear regression models were used to identify associations between the ABAS-II scores, personal factors, and APCP scores for intensity and diversity of participation. Adaptive behaviour explained 21% of variance in intensity of play, 18% in intensity of Skill Development, 7% in intensity ofthat state's vote to legalize the drug.

The Obama administration has largely turned a blind eye to the 17 states that currently flout federal drug law by allowing people with certain medical conditions to use pot, something that is banned under federal law.

A spokesman for Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said during Friday's talks, state officials asked Holder for the federal government's response to the marijuana vote but didn't get one.

The Colorado officials "emphasized the need for the federal government to articulate what its position will be. ... Everyone shared a sense of urgency and agreed to continue talking about the issue," spokesman Eric Brown wrote in an email. No date for further talks was announced, he said.

Hickenlooper opposed the ballot measure and has downplayed the likelihood of a commercial


write regulations on how pot can be sold, with commercial sales possible by 2014.

In Washington state, marijuana possession of an ounce or less would become legal on Dec. 6 if the measure is not blocked, though setting up a state-run sales operation would take a year.

Marijuana business owners gathered in Denver for a two-day conference cheered the votes — but kept a close eye on their smartphones for word of a federal response.

Denver attorney Robert Corry told the crowd at the National Marijuana Business Conference that President Barack Obama sent a signal about marijuana when he made a record number of campaign visits to the battleground state this year and never talked about the marijuana vote.

"Silence equals consent. The time for the federal government to talk about marijuana[deleted] Powers of Ten is Alan Abrahams' (aka Portable, Bodycode ) first full-length album on his very own Süd Electronic label, after well-received albums on Background Records and ~scape and a 2006 long-player as Bodycode on Ghostly International's affiliated label, Spectral Sound. Powers of Ten is the rich, expansive record that Abrahams has always wanted to make, as he further explores his African heritage and absorbs new influences from Portugal, his current country of residence. This is partly achieved through collaboration -- a thread that runs through the album. On "Arrabida," he works with classical Portuguese guitarist Mario MPEX, on "Shifting Sunlight" with Tor from the brilliant Portuguese guitar duo, Dead Combo, and he is also reunited with long-time collaborator Leo Fernandes, the London-based bass player, on "Kuiper


Belt." Abrahams also tries his vocal capabilities on the album, a talent which was demonstrated impressively on the Take Action EP at the start of 2007, also on Süd Electronic. Powers of Ten perfectly illustrates the dualistic nature of Abrahams' work, which can sit comfortably in a home-listening context and also prove just as convincing on the dancefloor. The latter quality is especially evident on opener "Albatross" with its infectious vocal, on the Detroit-influenced Afro-joint "Locate," the more overtly techy "Offline Mondays" and the electrified "Trade Winds." There is a vast range of influences on this record, but surely one of Abrahams' greatest gifts is his ability to assimilate these influences, creating a coherent, never clichéd piece of modern electronic music, inimitably his own.Perry. Should also sit Jordy, Daniels, Martinez, Haha, & Cobb. No reason to risk anyone who we plan on being a big part of our team next year. In the same breath should let some younger guys get some burn like Hundley, Callahan, Clark, Davis, Pankey, McCray, M. Adams, etc.

_________________"Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth." - Mike Tyson

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Re: Enemy Fan Forums - Greenbay Packers

I hate and despise the Packers.

That being said, I agree with the sentiment towards McCarthy and Thompson, especially Thompson. They have the most gifted QB in the league in his prime. They also, by far, have the best QB in the NFC.


get in arguments with people about TED Thompson. It was back when Rodgers was coming into his own and just before GB won the Super Bowl. He told them the Packers would never win another SB with Thompson as the GM. He died a few years ago, but so darn he is right.

That being said, I agree with the sentiment towards McCarthy and Thompson, especially Thompson. They have the most gifted QB in the league in his prime. They also, by far, have the best QB in the NFC. The fact they have only been to one SB since Rogers started is an embarrassment, one that should almost entirely be blamed on management's inability to find quality players to surround Rogers so they can contend every season.

Have youfans want them to tank for draft position. It's probably the true definition of pyhrric victories for them.

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Re: Enemy Fan Forums - Greenbay Packers

John_Viveiros wrote:

mansquatch wrote:

I hate and despise the Packers.

That being said, I agree with the sentiment towards McCarthy and Thompson, especially Thompson. They have the most gifted QB in the league in his prime. They also, by far, have the best QB in the NFC. The fact they have only been to one SB since Rogers started is an embarrassment, one that should almost entirely be blamed on management's inability to find quality players to surround Rogers so they can contend every season.

Have you all taken a look at the


any issues that arise during the opt-in process or to negotiate any carveouts or exceptions necessary to facilitate the member's participation in a particular master agreement. February 20 Transcript, at 14:25-15:19.
15. Toward the end of each month, NCTC invoices Broadstripe for license fees due for services provided in that month under the various Master Agreements in which Broadstripe is a participant. Payment of each invoice is due on the 15th day of the following month, subject to an additional tend-day grace period. February 20 Transcript, at 53:20-54:22.
16. Upon the expiration of the 10-day grace period, NCTC automatically generates and sends a notice of termination to each member that has not remitted payment for that month's invoice. February 20 Transcript, at 55:1-10.
17. Pursuant to the Member Agreement and applicableMaster Agreements, license fees owed for programming services are remitted by Broadstripe to NCTC, which then disburses collected funds to the applicable programmer. Exhibit 9, at 3.
18. As of the Petition Date, Broadstripe had not paid the amounts due for license fees for the months of November and December 2008 in the aggregate amount of $3,412,839.81, plus a prorated portion of the January 2009 invoice. Exhibits 3, 4.
19. That portion of NCTC's January 2009 invoice representing license fees incurred after the Petition Date was paid by Broadstripe on or about February 15, 2009. February 19 Transcript, at 117:23-25.
20. In addition, notwithstanding that Broadstripe has not been permitted to participate in the Fox News Network Affiliation Agreement, dated November 1, 2006 (the "Fox News Master Agreement"), Broadstripe remitted payment


and when they come due, NCTC's standard response to nonpayment of invoices is to send a notice of termination to the delinquent member. NCTC employs no other procedure to address nonpayment of invoices. February 20 Transcript, at 31:16-24, 32:4-11.
32. The notice of termination is a standard form (of which Exhibit 7 is an example) and notifies the member that its membership in NCTC will be terminated unless all outstanding amounts are paid within five days. February 20 Transcript, at 31:16-20.
33. Approximately 70-80 such notices are mailed each month to an equal number of NCTC's approximately 1,000 members. February 20 Transcript, at 55:24-56:4.
34. On December 26, 2008, NCTC notified Broadstripe by letter (the "Termination Notice") that, unless NCTC received full payment for all unpaid amounts by close of businessFox News to complete the participation *653 process. February 20 Transcript, at 20:16-21:1, 25:8-11.
42. On or about January 5, 2009, Chad Coben and Frank Scotello from Broadstripe spoke with Jeff Abbas, Frank Hughes of NCTC regarding the bankruptcy filing and the Fox News opt-in paperwork. February 19 Transcript, at 127:9-128:2.
43. Also participating in that conversation was Melanie McMullen, who is the Director of Business and Legal Affairs at NCTC and serves as inhouse counsel. February 20 Transcript, at 8:1-21.
44. During that conversation, NCTC acknowledged that it had received the System Participation Forms for Fox News and the Reelz Channel, and were in the process of determining what to do with it. February 19 Transcript, at 129:4-12.
45. Contrary to the general practice of NCTC as described above, however, NCTC


did not notify Broadstripe of the deficiencies in the opt-in paperwork submitted for Fox News until at least January 15, 2009. February 20 Transcript, at 20:16-23.
46. As of February 20, 2009, NCTC had not formally notified Broadstripe of the continuing deficiency in the Reelz Channel opt-in paperwork. February 20 Transcript, at 22:24-23:1.
47. Mr. Scotello, however, testified that he was not made aware of the deficiency in Broadstripe's submission until February 2, 2009, when he was contacted by Fox News. February 19 Transcript, at 97:25-98:10.
48. At that time, Fox News sent the Member Participation Agreement identified in this proceeding as Exhibit 8 to Mr. Scotello and asked him to sign and return it so that Fox News could send it to NCTC. February 19 Transcript, at 41:21-42:11; 97:12-20.
49. Broadstripesubmitted the Member Participation Agreement to NCTC on February 16, 2009; however, it is actually dated December 31, 2008. Exhibit 8, at 1. Mr. Scotello testified that he dated it December 31, 2008 to coincide with the submission of the System Participation Form. February 19 Transcript, at 43:14-17.
50. As of February 20, 2009 (the date of the hearing), NCTC could not confirm whether it had submitted the Member Participation Agreement to Fox News. February 20 Transcript, at 21:2-11.
51. As justification for withholding the opt-in paperwork and failing to notify Broadstripe that corrective action was necessary, NCTC asserts that Broadstripe was not "a member in good standing" of NCTC at the time the paperwork was submitted. February 20 Transcript, at 20:24-21:1.
52. In support of its assertion that Broadstripe was


with programmers and members to resolve deficiencies in paperwork or other issues, in the present case NCTC took no steps either to notify Broadstripe of the defects in its paperwork submitted December 31, 2008 or contact Fox News to inquire whether NCTC's concerns might be resolved through a waiver of certain representations and warranties or some other mechanism. February 20 Transcript, at 14:16-16:12. This differs from NCTC's normal procedures (as discussed above), and NCTC's departure from its normal procedures continued after it was enjoined on January 15, 2009.
62. Based on NCTC's assertion that Broadstripe is not "a member in good standing," NCTC (in the absence of a court order directing them to the contrary) intends to deny Broadstripe access to other Master Agreements in which Broadstripe is notis barred by the doctrines of laches and unclean hands. NCTC's defense, however, is not supported by the evidence.
113. To the contrary, NCTC's actions indicated an intent to stall the opt-in process through its failure to notify Broadstripe of the missing Member Participation Agreement for over two weeks, and its subsequent failure to notify Fox News of either its receipt of the System Participation Form or NCTC's concerns regarding the "good standing" representation.
114. Furthermore, although NCTC periodically conducts credit reviews where a member's creditworthiness is called into question, since the Petition Date NCTC made no such effort with respect to Broadstripe.
115. Accordingly, the requested injunctive relief is not barred by the equitable doctrines of laches or unclean hands.
Counsel for the Debtors is directed to submit a form of


God Bless The US - It's an S with a U superimposed on it (US - duh). Over time, the bar underneath the U disappeared, leaving two parallel lines || running through the S.

The Peso Theory - A similar theory involves a symobol devised to represent pesos. "The dollar sign was invented by Oliver Pollock, an Irish immigrant who settled in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in the 18th century, setting himself up as a West Indies trader. He later moved to Louisiana, where his success enabled him to supply the Patriots’ cause in the Revolutionary War, via trade with the local Spaniards, and using the peso as a trading currency. In his accounts, Pollock used an abbreviated sign for pesos, consisting of the letters 'p' and 's' superimposed - lookinglike the modern dollar sign. In 1775, the US Congress decided to revamp the chaotic monetary system by backing its legal tender with the most common circulated currency - Spanish coins. Americans then began trading with "Spanish milled dollars," later termed "dollars". Congressman Robert Morris, to whom Pollock addressed his billing records, perpetuated the use of Pollock's currency sign, and was the first government official to adopt the "s" with the two lines through it." (taken from http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/notesandqueries)

Go Hercules - The dollar sign was actually a symbol on Spanish coins at the time. The symbol was the twin Pillars Of Hercules, with a snake entwined around them. Spanish colonists used gold and silver found in South America to press a currency known as Reales, with this symbol on


her entire life.

Mary's luck derived from this number will be strongest when she is addressing events and issues related to the general meaning of the number.

Other celebrities with lucky number 3 as Mary Jane Bennett

A Canadian singer and songwriter who has became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut record to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, nominating him Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album at the Grammy's

An American singer, songwriter, and actress who has sold 11 million albums and 81 million singles worldwide, and has received many awards, four Guinness World Records, and is included in Forbes' list of "Top-Earning Women In Music"

An English singer and songwriter who failed the X Factor as a solo performer, but was brought back into thecompetition, along with Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, and Louis Tomlinson, to form the boy band One Direction

A Canadian rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor whose music has sold over 5 million albums worldwide, and earned him a Grammy Award, three Juno Awards, six BET Awards, and set several significant Billboard records

An American recording artist, dancer, and actor who taught himself to sing and dance at a young age, and became the first male artist as a lead since Diddy in 1997 to have his debut single top the chart

An American television personality and retired Olympic gold medal-winner, formerly known as Bruce Jenner, whose announced her name and gender change in 2015, titling her "the most famous openly transgender woman in the world"

An Indo-Canadian and American Bollywood


actress, businesswoman, model and former pornographic actress who was named Penthouse Pet of the Year in 2003 and titled by Maxim as one of the 12 top porn stars in 2010

An American actor and film producer whose career has spanned six decades and many blockbusters as Apocalypse Now (1979), Presumed Innocent (1990), The Fugitive (1993), Air Force One (1997) and What Lies Beneath (2000)

An American football quarterback for the NFL's New England Patriots, who has form ed with Patriots head coach Bill Belichick the most successful quarterback-coach tandem in NFL history, winning 172 season games and 22 postseason games

An American singer, dancer and actress who is regarded as a pop icon, credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s, became the best-selling teenage artistWhen you talk about France and Pakistan, there is no denying the vast differences that exist between the economic and political situations of the two countries.

On one hand, we have France, a key player in the global arena and a country that is known to be the heart of Europe. France is vastly popular for its culture, language, fashion and cuisine and is one of the top tourist destinations in the world.

On the other hand, we have Pakistan, a state with significant political upheaval and regional confrontations. With a population of 193 million people, Pakistan continues to have a turbulent leadership, economic instability and poor infrastructure.

However, Pakistan may be a third-world country with an estimated 29,5% of people living below the poverty line and with a literacy rate


muscular, and, notwithstanding that he bordered
upon seventy years, appeared to possess sufficient vigour to enable him
to attain the age of fourscore. He boasted of being a brother's son of
the renowned Frisian, Swain Starke, who, in the time of Waldemar the
Victor, gained a great name among his countrymen.

For three and thirty years, Henner Friser had resided in Middelfert, or
Melfert, as it is commonly called, where he had set on foot the fishing
or hunting of porpoises, and, by his ability, had obtained presidency
in the guild of these daring fishers, who, at the same time, attended
to the ferrying over of passengers. He was skilled in the art of
boat-building, and, in his youth, had been a wheel-maker, whence his
by-name of Hjulmand (wheelman), although he no longer followed that
occupation. That he had takenemptied his goblet, and replaced it on the table.

"Every friend of his country who participates in my wish," he added,
"will certainly not hesitate on doing justice to my toast."

All eyes were turned upon Duke Waldemar and Count Jacob; and as both
these lords, although with secret indignation, emptied their cups, and
set them on the table, the other knights followed their example.

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liquor," he whispered to Master Grand.

The ecclesiastic burned with indignation. He had not yet raised the
goblet to his lips; and, grasping it in his hand, with the wine
dripping upon his fingers, he now dashed it violently upon the stone
floor. "I drink no slavish token of homage by constraint," he
exclaimed, in a rage. "On what footing I, as Dean of


a pair of hasty young knights on
our way," said Drost Peter, "and my noble guest has been somewhat
severely wounded. Assist him carefully from his horse. Is all in
order?"

"As you have commanded, sir. But are you not also wounded? Shall I
bring a surgeon?"

"That is unnecessary, so long as you and I are here. We would have no
talk about the matter. Attend only to the count."

Not without wincing and sundry oaths did the wounded Count Gerhard
dismount from his horse, and ascend the high stone steps, where his two
knights and the lanky jester received him with sympathising attentions.

"A truce with condolences," said the count. "I am both bound and
salved. Let me only get to table, and have something to live on."

Claus Skirmen went hastily forwards, and conducted the count, through
an ante-room,last year of his life, from the
day he first held conversation with Queen Agnes, at Helsingborg
tournament. He could not deny that her beauty and noble feminine
graces, as well as her bold and resolute character, exercised a
wonderful power over him. He owed, undeniably, to the queen's favour,
his rapid rise from a simple knight to be drost of the kingdom; and,
though it vexed him much, that he should, in consequence, be blamed as
a fortunate adventurer, who had been raised to eminence through a
woman's favour, these usual whisperings of envy were not of a nature to
drown the voice of bold self-consciousness in his bosom. He was himself
fully assured that he was perfectly competent for the high situation he
filled, and that the royal house had not a more efficient servant in
these dangerous


Appearances are much against you, sir drost. What
want you at the palace, at this hour?"

"As you have heard: that which I still shall do, and which you shall
not prevent. I will to the king, by virtue of my office, to warn him
against traitors. No excuses, governor. Follow me instantly, or it may
be as much as your life is worth." Without waiting for a reply, Drost
Peter walked rapidly towards the palace, the frightened burghers
respectfully giving way before him.

"Very well," said the governor: "we must follow him, if he still
commands it; but farther than the halberdiers he shall not go. Take
care, however, that he does not escape. And what have you to do with
this, young man?" said he to Skirmen, who anxiously followed at his
master's heels. "You, perhaps, would assistmy king and master, to hear it confirmed
or disowned by your own lips."

"What the deuce! In your hands, and not in those of the town-governor?
Now must I say, if you can be as vigilant, when it concerns the king,
as when it concerns yourself, you are worth gold, Peter Hessel. Give it
to me."

Drost Peter handed him the order for his arrest, which the king tore
asunder, and threw on the ground, while he laughed, and said, in a
jesting tone: "See, there lie your prison-walls, my trusty drost. I see
I can rely upon you in important matters, and I will not come into
opposition with you in minor ones. Since there is no danger just now,
and you have promised to prevent whatever may be apprehended, I will
follow your advice, and, for the


depth of more than six
fathoms. Several large, almost rocklike stones, rose above the water on
both sides, the remains, apparently, of a stone bridge, which had been
swept away by the violence of the current: a proof that the river had
formerly swollen into a mighty torrent. The steep banks were overgrown
with brushwood, which almost concealed them.

Here, Niels Breakpeace's twelve daring robbers, with nine well-armed
Norse freebooters from the pirate-vessel, together with the stolen
horses, were concealed in a thicket. In order to deceive the huntsmen
and coast-guards who had pursued them, a smaller number of the Norse
pirates had fled, with much noise and clamour, in an opposite
direction, and had gained their ship before their pursuers could come
up with them; when they immediately hoisted sail, and bore away to the
south, under Egholm and Aggersoe.

InHis conscience did not
acquit him; and no sooner had he been relieved by Sir John from his
post in the guard-room, at an unusual hour, than he hurried away from
Nyborgand the Dane-court, that he might not be farther enticed into the
dangerous projects there on foot. He was the royal governor of
Flynderborg Castle, which, with huge wall-slings on its ramparts,
protected the entrance of the Sound, and received the ancient Sound
dues, as has since been more effectually done by the far more
distinguished Cronberg.

Sir Lave Little certainly had not been guilty of any act that could
have been brought against him as evidence of treason; but he had been
at the recent Moellerup meeting with Stig Andersen, and had there, for
his friend and kinsman's sake, declared himself against the king with
more decision than formerly.


  "The king he rules the castle,
            And else he rules the land,
            And he rules many a warrior bold,
            With drawn sword in his hand:
                For the king he rules the castle."

While they were singing, the door was opened; but Lady Inge was
thinking only of the old heroic ballad that her mother had sung to her
when a child, and which always led her to fancy a king like Waldemar
the Great, and a castle like Flynderborg, where she waschanged colour, but hastily took
occasion, from the drost's plain outer garment, to greet him as a
stranger of humble rank, that he had never before seen.

"I and these gentlemen are not unwelcome to you, then?" said Drost
Peter, while, without the least embarrassment, he presented to him his
travelling companions, without naming them. "We have, as you perceive,
sir knight, partaken of your hospitality without hesitation. We have,
besides, an errand to you, as royal governor here, which we shall
impart to you at your convenience."

Sir Lave bowed, silently and distantly, with an anxious side look to
the duke and his followers, who did not appear the least surprised at
this meeting, and had hastily turned their backs towards Drost Peter
and his friends.

"We flatter ourselves that we are known to you," continued Drost Peter,
"notwithstanding the strange


saluted each other, coldly and silently; and the castellan
himself, with a three-branched candlestick, conducted Drost Peter.
Skirmen followed his master, with his mantle and sword.

Cook Morten, on a sign from the castellan, led the ecclesiastic to a
chamber, by the side of the knights' hall. It was narrow and gloomy,
and the door, which was standing ajar, opened only outwards. A strong
gust of wind had nearly extinguished the light. A reclining chair, a
stool and table, composed the whole of the furniture, and iron bars
were fixed in the walls, across the small window.

When Master Grand entered this chamber, he started, and looked
anxiously around him. "What means this?" he inquired; "do you show me
to a prison-cell for a bed-chamber?"

"For that you must give us absolution, your reverence," replied Morten,
at the same time placingHe stopped, and gazed at the young man on the green
strand-height. "A fine, brave, excellent young man," he said, pointing
to Drost Peter; "he is quite another drost than Sir Abildgaard. Our
Cecilia's interest in that subtle knight does not please me. The
suspicions that have attached to him, since his imprisonment, ought to
have cured her of her whimsy. Has she not determined yet?"

"Your silence has made her anxious," replied the mother, with concern;
"and, without your consent, she gives him no decisive answer."

"She is free; but from me, she shall not hear a syllable on the matter.
What I think of him, she well knows."

"Then she never becomes Drost Abildgaard's wife. God strengthen her!"

"Drost Peter takes his time," interrupted Sir John, hastily.

"His childhood's bride no longer hates him," replied Fru Ingefried; "he
does


to the king's wishes,
and that he might, on the following day, receive him at his castle in
person, with that respectful distinction which the forms of court-life
demanded. He heard with pleasure that Sir John would accompany the
king, and that Sir Rimaardson would remain at Scanderborg, as captain
of the body-guard, with the queen and the young princes.

From Scanderborg to Harrestrup Castle, by the tortuous and uneven road,
was a distance of above ten miles.[29] It was somewhat advanced in the
morning when Drost Peter left the palace, attended merely by his
squire, Claus Skirmen, who had a second horse with him to change on the
way.

The drost rode so rapidly, and was so much engrossed in his own
thoughts, that his squire several times began and broke off a
conversation in which he could not bring                 "Bind up your golden helmet--
                  Bind up, and follow Sir John."

"Is it you, stern sir?" then inquired the voice from the wall.

"Ay, truly. Open, Tyge," replied the drost; and the great iron-studded
door was instantly opened, and Drost Peter was received, with hearty
pleasure, by his bold young warden and a numerous band of house-carls,
all active young men, and, as was the warden, armed with round steel
caps and bright halberds. A number of grooms and torchbearers also
pressed forward to see and salute their master.

Drost Peter shook hands with his warden, patted some of his house-carls
on the


his
voice, but raising his head and gazing on the king with a dreadful
look: "your hangman need not cut me for being tongue-tied. If you will
hear the truth, I shall not conceal it in my dying hour. However great
may be my crimes," he continued, in a louder tone, "I am still superior
to the nidding who betrayed and dishonoured the wife of his best
friend, whilst he bled in the nidding's behalf in the field of battle.
If the brave Stig Andersen does not take full revenge for his wife's
dishonour--if the blind, crazy father of Fru Ingeborg has not sight and
sense enough remaining, to guide his sword into the false heart of King
Erik--then there is not an honest drop of blood in the hearts of Danish
nobles, and they deserve no better kingcreep about in monks' cowls, it
is for no good or holy purpose. So beg thy master, first and foremost,
to take care of himself and the king, as he passes the barn of
Finnerup. And now away! Give him a kiss, Aase, and let him run. Thy
norback, Skirmen, is more zealous than thyself in the king's service.
Hearest thou not how impatiently he neighs?"

"Farewell, father Henner--farewell, dear Aase!" exclaimed Skirmen,
hastily. "But be cautious, Aase! If thou passest for an elf, be as
cunning as one; and, for God's sake, disappear as soon as you observe
any mischief."

"Take care, my young knight, that I am not an elf in reality!" cried
Aase, playfully, as she embraced him. "Seest thou not my blue kirtle,
and brown two-peaked hood? Ay, right! look in my eyes and not to


apron
had fallen from the window, and proceeded quietly to hang it up again,
without observing the small puncture in the horn.

Her grandfather re-entered by the kitchen, equipped for his journey.
"I shall ride out by the back gate," he said, as he threw his
hunting-wallet over his broad shoulders. "And thou art, then, really
not afraid, child? If thou noticest anything suspicious, thou knowest
what to do. If thou darest not have a light, put out the lamp."

"Be tranquil on my account, grandfather," replied Aase, without the
least symptom of fear; "but, since thou hast talked so much about the
dead, I shall not extinguish the lamp. The living I can guard against.
When may I expect thy return?"

"Before daybreak," replied the old man. "Bar the kitchen-door after me,
and open it to no one until thouclaws of the old Satan! The little minx I should like to get
hold of, but I shall not risk too much for her: I have not quite
forgotten what the daring Niels Breakpeace and the fearful Lave
Rimaardson said to me yesterday. They are now on the wheel, and will
grin horribly in the moonshine as we ride by.----Rane," he continued,
after a thoughtful pause, "I have not been in a church for many a year,
and am not versed in saints' days. When is St. Cecilia's?"

"Faith, I know not, sire," replied the chamberlain: "I am not a whit
more saintly than yourself. But it cannot be far off."

"The bold ruffian said that that day must be past before I could know
his secret. This is not a time for fooleries and wench-hunting. It is
night,


some distance from the palace, and
the monk-clad chiefs seemed to be holding council.

At length a tall, gigantic figure, in a gray cloak and hood,
accompanied by two persons of less stature, but in the same disguise,
rode leisurely towards the side of the outer ditch nearest the lofty
balcony, high above the fortress walls, where stood the queen and the
young king, closely attended by trabants, ready, on a signal from their
chief, to form a shield of defence around the royal personages. The sun
had just arisen, and shone upon the noble form and fair, pale face of
the queen, sad the chivalrous young king on her right.

This spectacle appeared to make a singular impression on the hostile
giant-like figure, who more than once stopped his horse. At length he
reached the ditch opposite the balcony,more from thee to-night than
from all my scribes and wisemen in my life. Stay with me: thou shalt
carry my banner, and sit at my council. From what thou hast told me of
my fortune, I should like to know a little more of it."

"It is not well to know too much of that, highborn sir," replied
Henner, thoughtfully, shaking his gray head, as he leant upon his
pilgrim's staff. "Neither am I a wizard; but the skilled man knows the
world, and an old porpoise-hunter can still tell what weather we shall
have to-morrow. Our Lord's Book does not lie, and it does not quite
require a scribe to understand it. I know," he continued, looking
sharply at the count, "that you will get as far with your one honest
eye, as your wiliest foe with


exclaimed Drost Peter. "I can no longer
bear to see the traitor amongst us, as our master and the ruler of the
kingdom. If we be not beforehand with him, he will be beforehand with
us, as old Henner said. It must now break or bear--"

"It will break unless we are cautious," interrupted the old knight,
emphatically. "So long as he contrives to wear the mask, he is of
service to us; but the moment he casts it aside, he must be
overthrown."

"Good: one word will suffice for that."

"Beware of that word, Drost Peter, for by it you may perhaps overturn
the throne of Denmark. Yet one thing," added the old man, in a
sorrowful tone, as he cast a look of anxious concern on his excited
friend: "are you aware that the father of our faithfulin his hand, between young Erik and
the combatants. Soon, however, the youthful monarch stood again
prepared for battle, but the chancellor restrained him. Squire Aage,
unable to cope with the duke as a swordsman, and bleeding from many
wounds, was already beginning to give way, when the chancellor, who had
raised his hands and eyes towards heaven in supplication, suddenly
exclaimed--

"Behold, behold! Danebrog, Danebrog! The Lord sends us victory--_hoc
signo victoria!_"[46]

The joyful shout of "Danebrog! Danebrog!" was now raised by the
royalists; and the duke, on looking up, perceived before him, on a
rowing-bench, the well-known Danebrog flag, in the hands of a tall
knight, clad in steel blue harness, and with open visor. It was Drost
Peter, in whom, with mingled rage and fear, the duke recognised the
blue knight of the tourney, and saw the well-known lion-hilted


suit, yet the joy that sparkled
in his honest eye showed him to be supremely happy; whilst, from the
noble features of his majestic regal bride, beamed an expression of
unsurpassed sweetness.

Next to her, and as Denmark's future queen, the little Princess
Ingeborg was the object of universal admiration and knightly homage.
During the tourney she sat, well pleased and happy, by the side of the
young, chivalrous King Erik, where they conversed together with all the
tenderness of brother and sister. Sir John had to dash away a tear of
joy from his aged eyes when he looked upon this youthful pair, who,
with innocent childish glee, were playing only, as it were, at
bridegroom and bride, unconscious of any other affection than that
which they felt, with mutual ardour, for the land and people over whom
they wereat this
time belonged to the Danes.--Tr.]

[Footnote 21: There were three courts of judicature in Denmark. The
"Herred-Ting" was a local court, held weekly, for civil and criminal
causes. This court was held, or built, in an open field, outside the
towns and villages, to be at a distance from taverns and ale-houses,
and strong drink was strictly forbidden to be brought into court. From
this court there was an appeal to the "Land-Ting"--a provincial court,
held monthly, in the principal cities of the kingdom. The highest court
of appeal was the "Retter-Ting," or royal court, where the king himself
often presided. It was usually opened about the middle of March, by the
king in person, attended by the various estates of the kingdom, and
continued its sittings almost daily, until about Christmas. The decrees
of the "Retter-Ting" were final.


in Berlin/Germany becomes the main act of the Festival. Concerts in Great Britain, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Led a women's workshop in Arhus/Denmark "Body in Soul".
1991 First release of "Kumusha"; tour throughout Europe where she shared the stage with Mory Kante, Lucky Dube, Pepe Kalle, Empire Bakuba and John Peel Session.
1992–1993 Tour in Greece, Turkey and throughout Europe with the Earthquake band. Led a women's workshop "Unter Wasser Fliegen" in Wuppertal/Germany as a teacher.
1994 Publishing of "Shungu"; concerts in Germany and Great Britain. Solo tour in Norway, Finland and Sweden. WOMAD Festival with Peter Gabriel in North America, where she played solo in front of more than 12,000 people.
1995 Tour in Europe with concerts in Slovenia, Switzerland, Austria, Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Hungary and Germany. Womad Festival inFriday, December 20, 2013

Sick teacher feeds hot sauce laced crayons to autistic kid.

A Florida elementary school may not fire a teacher who soaked crayons in hot sauce and then fed them to an autistic child, a judge has ruled.

Lillian Gomez, a teacher at Sunrise Elementary School in Kissimmee, Florida, put jumbo-sized coloring crayons in a cup with hot sauce. Days later, after the crayons were properly laced, she put them in a plastic bag with an autistic child’s name on it. The student had a tendency to eat art supplies, and this was Gomez’s method of deterring him from the behavior, according to ABC News.

The school considered her actions cruel, and fired her with little fanfare. But Gomez decided to fight her termination in court.
Today, an appeals court


World Asthma Day --- May 5, 2015
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May 5, 2015, marks the 17th annual observance of World Asthma Day and the kickoff to Asthma Awareness Month. Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in the United States. One in 14 Americans lives with asthma,[\*](#fn1-447a){ref-type="fn"} experiencing repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing.

Although asthma cannot be cured, it is possible to manage asthma successfully to reduce and prevent asthma attacks, or episodes. Successful asthma management includes knowing the warning signs of an attack, avoiding things that can trigger an attack, and following the advice of a health care provider.

Members of the public can join experts from CDC and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday, May 5, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern, for a TwitterChat about asthma,Last updated on .From the section Football

Tony Pulis' side finished 10th in the Premier League last season

West Brom manager Tony Pulis says the club are "desperate" to sign players before the transfer window closes.

The Baggies won their opening match of the Premier League season but Pulis warned that without additions to his squad, "it could be a long season".

Pulis has signed just four players so far this summer, including Jay Rodriguez from Southampton for £15m.

"We're desperate to bring players in. We've got a squad of 17 and it's a top-age squad as well," said Pulis.

"We need fresh legs and we certainly need a little bit more quality and experience in some areas.

"We have to do it in the next couple of weeks otherwise it could be a long


Photo: MEHEDI HASAN

It was on this day, 48 years ago, that the worst, ugliest side of humanity came out

It was a day of unspeakable horrors.

On March 25, 1971, the Pakistan army, along with its local collaborators, deliberately and systematically murdered a vast number of Bengalis, including students, teachers, and people from all walks of life.

Operation Searchlight, as it was called, was such a disgraceful move on Pakistan’s part that words fail when describing the size and extent of the atrocity.

Our parliament declared the day as Genocide Day in 2017, and although the day is yet to be recognized by the United Nations, it ought to be observed as a solemn day of introspection, remembrance, and mourning, not just for Bangladeshis, but for all of humanity.

For it was onCalifornia governor seeks college vote for Prop 30

SACRAMENTO -- Nae Winston, a 19-year-old Sacramento City College student, knows a lot of her peers won't be voting this year "because they're too busy, or they don't know where to go to vote."

But after hearing Gov. Jerry Brown beseech a couple hundred of her fellow students to vote for his tax initiative, Proposition 30, she said she's determined to spread the word.

"He got me to want to vote," she said. "Before, I never took it serious."

With less than three weeks to go before the election and with polls showing dwindling support for Proposition 30, Brown has begun a tour of college campuses. He's finding a fertile ground of new voters anxious about their future to tout his initiative, which would


Cambridge Story Competition: Ellie, the Wizard by Gorovaya

Sarah Lahiff

Introducing ‘Ellie, the Wizard!’ by Gorovaya from Russia. ‘Ellie, the Wizard!’ is one of the winning story submissions for the Cambridge Story Competition and was chosen as it is well written, succinct, funny and imaginative. Congratulations Gorovaya!

Ellie was a regular teenage student. She studied at school, as all teenagers do. But there is something that no one knew about her. It was her biggest secret! And I will tell you about it right now.

On one beautiful day, Ellie, as usual, went to school. She understood suddenly that she was late and imagined that it would be great if she was already in the class. She closed her eyes for a moment and when she opened them… What a surprise! Shesaw that was she stood at her class door.

Ellie thought: ‘Well, this is really strange! I was standing in the street a moment ago!’ She went to her seat with a mind full of enthusiasm and curiosity.

After the end of her classes, Ellie couldn’t understand what had happened to her in the morning.

Ellie thought: ‘Am I a wizard? This could not happen at all, wizards exist only in legends and fairy tales. I should probably check it.’ She had been checking this for the whole evening. For example, she wanted to get a pen, so she could just close her eyes for a moment and the pen was already in her hand!

She told herself: ‘So, I am a wizard now if I can do magic. I wish I


could use it for good things…’

Suddenly, Ellie heard a scary noise of breaking glass in the street. She was a bit afraid, but she looked outside through her window. In the street there were men robbing a jewellery store. Ellie stunned for a moment but then she understood what she had to do. She knew that the robbers would steal a big heavy jewel, so she closed her eyes and began to imagine something. When she opened her eyes, the big heavy jewel instantly turned into a big chewing gum, and every robber stuck to it and couldn’t get free.

After that night, Ellie became a true hero and started to make the world a safer and better place.The Celtics saw their Vegas Summer League play come to a close on Sunday after they fell to the Trailblazers 95-80. It was a game where the Celtics seemed to be outmatched from the opening tip, as they only led twice throughout the whole contest. As has been typical of the varsity squad, the summer Celtics hung around through standard scrappy determination. However it was clear by the end of the third quarter that the Blazers were simply too talented.

That’s not exactly a surprise, as the Blazers had forged an impressive roster (by summer league standards) of players with NBA talent. Wade Baldwin IV, John Jenkins, Georgios Papagiannis, Archie Goodwin, Caleb Swanigan, Zach Collins, and Anfernee Simons were all drafted in the first round. Jake Layman is a


[New Video] CiVIK- Let Go The Ghetto @CiviksMusic

Canada continues to churn out elite artists and Ontario's own CiVIK is the latest example of just how much talent is coming out of the provinces. "Let Go The Ghetto" is a unique blend of well-written raps mixed with a melodic delivery that makes it very digestible and light on the ears. The instrumental is reminiscent of 90's hip-hop and CiVIK's narrative is also very golden-era in the sense that the focus is storytelling and life experiences. "Let Go The Ghetto" is packaged with a music video that captures the vivid imagery and storytelling in CiVIK's lyrics. The visual uses everything from reenactments to animations to get the message across and CiVIKs creativity as a visual artist is on full displaybe plated. The unplated retainers were delivered to Duro-Chrome in two shipments, on February 25 and March 3, 1981. Illiana requested Duro-Chrome to "rush" the project and made several telephone calls to remind Duro-Chrome of the job's urgency.
Illiana picked up three retainers on March 11 and nine more retainers on March 17. Illiana inspected the retainers between March 17 and March 20 and found that the plating did not conform to the specifications. Areas not to be plated had been plated and the thickness of the plating was not uniform and contained rough edges.
Illiana's sales manager and part-owner, Anthony Mattera, testified that after inspection of the 12 retainers, he called Ronald O'Shea, Duro-Chrome's general manager, to inform him of the problem. According to Mattera, O'Shea asked that U.S.


Anza provides utilities, common areas, and other amenities.  Once a home is parked, it is generally not moved.  Should the owner wish to leave, the mobile home is sold and the new owner becomes a tenant.  The challenged provisions of the ordinance also operate in a manner similar to the ordinance challenged in Hall.    As enacted in 1982 and in effect in 1987, the ordinance established a base rent for each mobile home space that was equal to the amount of rent charged for that space in 1982.  The ordinance allowed yearly rent adjustment increases and special rent adjustments with the approval of a hearing officer.  A key challenged provision provided that the maximum rent for a particular site couldsale of the mobile homes, and that a new cause of action accrues each time that a mobile home is sold.  Neither contention has merit.

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We deal first with the appellants' contention that their present claims accrued with the 1987 amendment of the ordinance.  As originally enacted, the ordinance contained a provision that it would expire within five years unless reenacted.  The county subsequently reenacted the ordinance with a new sunset provision, and in August of 1987 the county amended the ordinance to delete the sunset provision in its entirety.

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Generally, the statute of limitations begins to run when a potential plaintiff knows or has reason to know of the asserted injury.  See Norco Constr., Inc. v. King County, 801 F.2d 1143, 1146 (9th Cir.1986);