to financially hard-pressed private institutions of higher learning, whether church-related or not, by making loan programs available to students in such institutions.  See The Constitution of Virginia--Report of the Commission on Constitutional Review, pp. 273-74 (1969).  The relevant language of Sec. 11 as finally adopted is:

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The General Assembly may provide for loans to, and grants to or on behalf of, students attending nonprofit institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth whose primary purpose is to provide collegiate or graduate education and not to provide religious training or theological education.

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Unlike Sec. 10, Sec. 11 contains an explicit geographic limitation;  Virginia provides financial aid to students attending church-affiliated institutions only within the Commonwealth.

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Phan challenges this collage of restrictions, which permits state assistance to students attending both in-statePhan could reside in his current community, which apparently provides adequate spiritual support, and attend one of the nearby secular or non-secular colleges which can provide him with the training and living environment that he seeks.  He could also move to a different residential community in Virginia or live on campus while attending one of the many church-affiliated colleges in the state which has the facilities to receive him.  Phan has not contended that his religion requires him to attend St. Andrews, but merely that that school is best adapted to his needs.  The state, however, is not obliged to provide Phan with the optimal situation.  Instead, it is merely prohibited from forcing him to relinquish essential beliefs and practices in order to receive


justification may be proved or disproved and it may be determined that there is no denial of equal protection in the administration of the Virginia scheme.10

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With regard to Virginia's efforts to monitor in-state schools, we note that, at the time the Virginia constitution was amended, the drafters of Sec. 11 stated that none of the church-affiliated schools that it would embrace imposed a religious test for the admission of students or the selection of faculty or served primarily a single religious faith.  See supra note 7.  Subsequently, Virginia has begun to assist students who attend Liberty Baptist College, which requires students and faculty to sign a profession of faith and adherence to the doctrines of Thomas Road Baptist Church, requires students to attend religious services fourWembley will host next year's FA Trophy and Vase Finals in May

Wembley will host next year's FA Trophy and Vase Finals in May

A non-League football double-header will be piloted at Wembley Stadium next season with both The FA Trophy and The FA Vase Finals taking place on Sunday 22 May 2016.

It will be the first time ever that Wembley Stadium has hosted two FA national competition Finals on the same day.

The FA Trophy Final

The FA Vase Final Sunday 22 May 2016

Wembley Stadium

Over 500 clubs entered The FA Vase this season while 276 took part in The FA Trophy.

North Ferriby United beat Wrexham 5-4 on penalties in March to win the Trophy for the first time in their history.

And on Saturday over 10,000 fans are expected at Wembley Stadium


After the great success of last year's preview days we hope you will join us in celebraing lifelong learning.

College of Marin’s Community Education Department will be hosting free Preview Days at the Kentfield Campus onSaturday, January 12, 2013, from 9:30 a.m. to noon in the Student Services Building, Cafeteria.

Attendees will receive help from staff with registration for Community Education classes, including early bird registration. This is a great opportunity to discuss classes with community education instructors and learn about one of our student groups, the Emeritus Students College of Marin (ESCOM). Parking is free. Come warm up with coffee, tea, and cookies while discovering all that Community Education has to offer!

College of Marin is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of SchoolsHandbook is considerably changed from the previous edition. Half of the chapters are on new topics and the remaining half are on returning subjects that are entirely new presentations by different authors of new material. Some of the exciting new topics include Contributions of Cognitive Neuroscience to Understanding Behavior and Aging, Everyday Problem Solving and Decision Making, Autobiographical Memory, and Religion and Health Late in Life.

The Handbook will be of use to researchers and professional practitioners working with the aged. It is also suitable for use as a textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses on the psychology of aging.

The Handbook of the Psycology of Aging, Sixth Edition is part of the Handbooks on Aging series, including Handbook of the Biology of Aging and Handbook of Aging and


the Social Sciences, also in their 6th editions.

Readership

Researchers in gerontology, developmental psychology, cognitive and social psychology.

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About the Editors

James Birren Editor

James E. Birren is currently Associate Director of the Center on Aging at the University of California, Los Angeles, and serves as an adjunct professor in medicine, psychiatry, and biobehavioral sciences. He is also professor emeritus of gerontology and psychology at the University of Southern California. Dr. Birren's previous postions include service as Chief of the section on aging of the National Institute of Mental Health, founding Executive Director and Dean of the Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center of USC, founding Director of the Anna and Harry Borun Center for Gerontological Research at UCLA, and President of the Gerontological Society of America, the Western Gerontological Society, andthe Division on Adult Development and Aging of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Birren's many awards include the Brookdale Foundation Award for Gerontological Research, the Sandoz prize for Gerontological Research, and the award for outstanding contribution to gerontology by the Canadian Association of Gerontology. Author of over 250 scholarly publications, Dr. Birren has research interests including how speed of behavior changes with age, the causes and consequences of slowed information processing in the older nervous system, the effect of age on decision-making processes, and the role of expertise in skilled occupations. He has served as a delegate to several White House Conferences on Aging and continues to have a strong interest in developing national priorities for research and education related to issues of aging.

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Los Angeles, U.S.A.

K Warner Schaie Editor

K. Warner Schaie holds an appointment as Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. Hw is also the Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Human Development and Psychology at the Pennsylvania State University. He received his Ph.D. in clinical and developmental psychology from the University of Washington, an honorary Dr. phil. from the Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena, Germany, and an honorary Sc.D. degree from West Virginia University. He received the Kleemeier Award for Distinguished Research Contributions and the Distinguished Career Contribution to Gerontology Award from the Gerontological Society of America, the MENSA lifetime career award, and the Distinguished Scientific Contributions award from the American Psychological Association. He is a past president of the APA Division of Adult Development andAging and currently represents that Division on the APA Council of Representatives. He is author or editor of more than 60 books including the textbook Adult Development and Aging (5th edition, with S. L. Willis) and of all previous editions of the Handbook of the Psychology of Aging (with J. E. Birren or S. L. Willis). He has directed the Seattle Longitudinal Study of cognitive aging since 1956 and is the author of more than 300 journal articles and chapters on the psychology of aging. His current research interest is in the life course of adult intelligence, its antecedents and modifiability, the impact of cognitive behavior in midlife upon the integrity of brain structures in old age, the early detection of risk for dementia, as well as methodological


After the media launch of the new BMW X3 M and X4 M which took place in Monticello, New York, the folks at BMW M decided to take their fleet in New York City to film a new commercial. The star of this new video ad is an X3 M Competition in Alpine White which strolls through the famous NYC streets.

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The ad kicks off with a concerned citizen calling the police department to report an unknown car in ///M Town. The car is quite the mischief with its accelerations and exhaust revving, so naturally, that would worry some people.

After the X3 M moves through some iconic areas of NYC, it comes to a rest stop with the skyline in the background, reminding us that it hasGuns seized by the New York Police Department in the largest seizure of illegal guns in the city's history, announced this summer. 2013 Getty Images

A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health on Thursday has found a “robust” relationship between rates of gun ownership and firearm homicide, challenging the National Rifle Association’s assertion that more registered guns equal fewer firearm-related deaths.

However, the study noted that while gun ownership is a significant predictor of firearm homicide rates, the correlation did not necessarily mean that higher ownership directly caused more gun-related killings.

The researchers looked at firearm homicide data in all 50 states between 1981 and 2010 and found that for each 1 percent increase in gun ownership, a state's firearm homicide rate jumped by 0.9 percent.

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Rossi embraces Edwards in Parc Ferme - the Doctor obviously likes the idea of a partner who can pull his weight and Edwards showed today that he is capable of pushing competitors down into lower point-scoring positions

After qualifying, Edwards and Rossi show the Yamaha 1-2 was an unexpected bonus

The Doctor and his fans immediately after the event - he's a dearly loved character

Gibernau's performance was the ride of the race - he came from a long way back and he was oh so close at the end. He is clearly the most talented rider in the world next to Rossi and he welcomed a change of luck.

Biaggi, Gibernau and Melandri in the early stage of the event

Hayden looked set for a much better finish than his final sixthMax Biaggi is intent on making his own misfortune.

How popular is motorcycle racing in France - this was the opening of a new Kawasaki Le Mans dealership in the week before the event. Olivier Jacque and Shunya Nakano were on hand to sign autographs

Crowd favourite, Olivier Jacque, received a tremendous ovation as he crossed the line in an impressive 11th place in his home race.

Troy Bayliss still can't quite get the hang of the Honda but his results seem to keep coming with another top ten finish. Let's hope he comes to grips with it soon, because he would make an interesting addition to the battle with his never-say-die attitud

Ducati Marlboro Team rider Loris Capirossi ran strong in the early stages of today's French Grand Prix at Le


Mans, eventually finishing round four of the 2005 MotoGP World Championship in seventh position.

Capirossi, Biaggi and Melandri

If he didn't have bad luck, he wouldn't have any! Suzuki's John Hopkins seems to be caught in a whirlwind of misfortune that dogs him every time he might begin to show his speed with a result.

Alex Barros continues to blow hot and cold - two races ago he was the fastest man on the circuit, while this time he struggled to run with the second bunch and crashed

Valentino Rossi catching his team-mate Edwards

"And then it goes ... " Colin Edwards explaining the fine detail of his Yamaha M1's behaviour to the crew

Early in the race Edwards leads Hayden, Capirossi and Rossi

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May 15, 2005 World Champion Valentino Rossi extended his lead at the top of the MotoGP World Championship with a victory from pole position at the French Grand Prix this afternoon. The Italian World Champion recorded the fastest ever motorcycle lap of Le Mans in qualifying yesterday and followed it up with a new lap record on the very last lap of the today's 28-lap race in order to hold out fast-finishing rival Sete Gibernau. Rossi’s win makes it three wins and a second from four starts so far this season, and particularly heartening for Yamaha was the competitiveness of Rossi’s team-mate Colin Edwards who started from second place on the grid, led the race until the final laps when


Former HarbourCat and 2014 WCL All-Star Game Home Run Derby champion Gabe Clark hit six homers in his rookie season in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. The former Beaver right-handed hitting slugger from Riverside, California enjoyed a breakout summer in Victoria in 2014.

Junior infielder Griffin Andreychuk looks to build on a solid sophomore campaign that saw the HarbourCats second baseman hit .306 with 4 homers and 42 RBIs for Seattle Univ. Last summer, Andreychuk led Victoria in hitting with a .385 batting average with 5 home runs and 25 RBIs. Griffin is returning to the Cats in 2016 for his third season with the team.

Victoria’s first professional baseball championship came in 1920, when the original Victoria Capitals won their league championship, playing before a crowd of more than4,200 on Opening Day, at a brand new ballpark then constructed behind the landmark Empress Hotel.

Royal Athletic Park, home of the HarbourCats, was originally constructed in 1946, and first played host to the Victoria Athletics, who were a ‘Class B’ affiliate of the New York Yankees, from 1946 to 1951. The team changed its name to the Tyees in 1952, and won the Western International League pennant in their final year in 1954.

Modern day Royal Athletic Park was rebuilt in 1967, after a large fire at the original. The Victoria Mussels (1978-79) and then the Victoria Blues (1980) played out of the ballpark in the affiliated Northwest League.

After a pair of independent leagues fielded teams most recently in the 2000’s, the HarbourCats have established likely the most stable


and prosperous tenure in the history of Royal Athletic Park. The club has seen increased attendance in each of their first four years, reaching the top-10 among summer-collegiate teams in North America in 2016.

Improvements such as new ‘Diamond Club’ seats added in 2016 underscore the HarbourCats long-term commitment to Victoria and calling Royal Athletic Park home for a long time to come.

Victoria is a world-renowned tourist destination that successfully mixes old English charm with new and diverse experiences. Victoria has been chosen as a host city for the Under 20 World Cup; the World Curling Championships and many other world-class events. The City of Victoria is thrilled to have the West Coast League in its beautiful city. Victoria is surrounded in stunning natural beauty and offers a varietyof activities for anyone; visitors can enjoy everything from whale watching to afternoon tea in Victoria. It is this reputation that has led Victoria to be rated one of the top 10 islands in the world by the 2012 Travel+Leisure World's Best Awards. Historic Royal Athletic Park is the host venue for the HarbourCats; built in the early 1900's and rebuilt in 1967 Royal Athletic Park is the premiere outdoor sports venue on the island and provides a beautiful backdrop for West Coast League action.


Salem, Surry County, North Carolina

Salem is an unincorporated community located in northern Surry County, North Carolina on the outskirts of the city of Mount Airy.  The community generally lies between Lovills Creek the Ararat River .  Prominent landmarks include Salem United Methodist Church.

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lowers in the arrangement shown in FIG. 15A. FIG. 15B is an enlarged view of a side portion Sc in FIG. 15A. Assume that the gate insulating film 18 has a uniform film thickness at the flat substrate portion and at the side portion along the periphery of the trench, or the gate insulating film 18 becomes thin at the side portion. In this case, as shown in FIG. 15B, the side portion of the substrate 10 is surrounded by the gate electrode 19 via the gate insulating film 18 at the upper and side surface portions. For this reason, the electric field from the electrode 19 concentrates in the side portion rather than in the main portion. When the gate insulating film 18 is thin at theportion), and Lb is the depth at the side along the periphery of the trench. A line PL in FIGS. 16B and 16C indicates the position of the peak of the dopant concentration in the channel region.
In prior art 2, the insulating film 14 is formed in advance on the tilt surface of the side portion. Referring to FIG. 16B, at the side portion of the semiconductor substrate along the periphery of the trench, which is covered with the insulating film 14, the insulating film sandwiched by the gate electrode 19 and semiconductor substrate 10 can be made thicker than the gate insulating film 18. More specifically, the insulating film 14 at the side portion is formed thicker than the gate insulating film 18 at the main portion


such that the insulating film 14 is left at the side portion. In this state, the gate insulating film 18 is formed. With this process, the insulating film 14 thicker than the gate insulating film 18 is formed at the side portion between the gate electrode 19 and the substrate 10. In the region covered with the insulating film 14, a parasitic transistor with a low threshold voltage is hard to form.
On the other hand, at the side portion not covered with the insulating film 14, the threshold voltage becomes low. A structure that does not lower the threshold voltage will be described first, and then, a structure that lowers the threshold voltage will be described.
In FIG. 16B, Le is the thickness of the gate insulating film atthe substrate impurity profile has an impurity peak on the surface, the threshold voltage at the side portion further drops. Since the implantation depth is smaller at the side portion than at the main portion because of the insulating film 14, ions are implanted closer to the surface. FIG. 17 shows the impurity profile at the main portion along a line Pf-Pf' and that at the side portion along a line Pg-Pg' in FIG. 16C. Pf and Pg indicate the interfaces between the gate insulating film 18 and the substrate 10 at the main and side portions, respectively. Pf' and Pg' indicate the channel depletion layer ends at the main and side portions, respectively.
Ions implanted in the surface portion of the impurity profile at the main portion do


is needed. Hence, defects due to ion implantation on the wall and bottom surfaces of the trench pose a problem.
As described above, in the conventional semiconductor element isolation structures, the element isolation insulating film is etched to a level lower than that of the semiconductor region because of the previous step of channel ion implantation and the previous step of gate insulating film formation in forming a MISFET. When the gate insulating film becomes thin at the side portion, a parasitic transistor having a low threshold voltage forms at the side portion of the semiconductor region.Edward Thomson at Microsoft Ignite 2018, and have a quick catch up on the event and the state of the DevOps world.Trevor is joined by Edward Thomson at Microsoft Ignite 2018, and have a quick catch up on the event and the state of the DevOps world.Trevor is joined by Edward Thomson at Microsoft Ignite 2018, and have a quick catch up on the event and the state of the DevOps world.Trevor is joined by Edward Thomson at Microsoft Ignite 2018, and have a quick catch up on the event and the state of the DevOps world.
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Andrew Clay Shafer (finally!) at DevOpsDays Minneapolis to discuss his thoughts on what's going on with the DevOps world since 2009, as well as his opinions on podcasts having episode numbers. Sadly, no sushi was actually consumed.Matt and Bridget sit down with Andrew Clay Shafer (finally!) at DevOpsDays Minneapolis to discuss his thoughts on what's going on with the DevOps world since 2009, as well as his opinions on podcasts having episode numbers. Sadly, no sushi was actually consumed.Transcript

Coming to you live from DevOpsDays Minneapolis, Matt and Bridget sit down with Andrew Clay Shafer in front of a live audience to talk about the growth of DevOps, explain some commonly heard but not always understood terms, and more (after a brief detour on why episode numbers on podcastsnot been definitively answered, experts do agree that they are now part of the fabric of life across the Great Plains, along with other natural phenomenon such as tornadoes.

While the experts at the Oklahoma Geographic Survey and the USGS admit that the earthquakes in California are far stronger and deeper underground than those in Oklahoma, therein lies the finger of suspicion being pointed at fracking.

The controversial method of gas and oil extraction is being monitored by the Oklahoma GS by a network of 15 permanent stations and 17 temporary stations.

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Deadly violence rose again in Costa Rica in 2017,
continuing a sustained increase seen over the past few
years.

While Costa Rica's security situation is far better
than its neighbors, homicides are at levels the country has
never seen before.

Drugs and drug trafficking have been blamed for the
increased violence, and it's not clear the government can mount
an effective response.

Homicides in Costa Rica hit a record level in 2017, as 603 people
were killed - 25 more than the 578 homicides in 2016, a record at
the time.

This continues a climb seen since 2012, when there were 407
killings.

Costa Rica, home to about 5 million people, closed 2017 with a
homicide rate of 12.1 per 100,000 people. While that is just a
fraction of the homicide rates in Central
America's Northern Triangle - Guatemala, 26.1 homicides per
100,000 people; Honduras, 42.8per 100,000; and El Salvador, 60
per 100,000 - it is the highest that Costa Rica has ever seen and
more than double the rate registered in the US.

Central America is among the most violent regions in the
world, and much of the violence is related to gangs and
drug-related crime. While the security situation in Costa Rica is
much different than other countries in the region, many of the
killings there during the past year were attributed to drugs and
drug trafficking.

Michael Soto, the deputy director
of Costa Rica's judicial investigation body, said 48% of the deaths stemmed
from gang violence, while 25% were related to drug trafficking.
Fights and other causes, like domestic violence, led to the rest.
Seventy-two percent of the homicides were committed with firearms, the most common
cause.

"Poor neighborhoods have problems
with crime and violence but


not [a] significant organized gang
presence," Geoff Thale, program director at the Washington Office
on Latin America, told Business Insider. "So I think in the Costa
Rica context, it mostly is drug trafficking and the effects of
fights over trafficking routes and control of trafficking
routes."

Most illegal drugs smuggled into
the US travel through Mexico after making their way through
Central America. Costa Rica and its neighbors have long been
transshipment points for drugs heading north, and the increase in
homicides appears to be centered in areas where drug activity has
increased - namely, urban areas and areas along the
coasts.

Nearly three-quarters of Costa
Rica's homicides in 2017 were concentrated in three of the
country's seven provinces.

Four hundred and twenty five
homicides, or 71% of the total, took place in San Jose, which
includes the capital city of the same name; Limon, whichcovers
the entire Caribbean coast; and Alajuela, which abuts the
northern border.

Other countries have seen more intense transshipment activity,
but Coast Rica has seen a big increase in such movement, Thale
told Business Insider.

"Along the Atlantic coast, stuff comes in ... and along the
route, along the coastline in particular, there's trafficking
organizations operating," Thale said.

"And there's lots local conflict over who controls the route or
who pays who off and stuff," he added. "Even though most of that
is a flow north, there's a spillover effect in the cities, San
Jose in particular."

Costa Rican security officials have said they are not able to
stop drug traffickers from making use of their territory.

"There does not exist a beach in Costa Rica where narcos haven't
penetrated with a boat with cocaine, coming from Colombia,"
Public Security Minister Gustavo Mata told legislators


in February
2017.

Mata also pointed to an increase in marijuana trafficked by
Jamaican groups, who, he said, worked with Costa Ricans in Limon
province. "That situation caused much of the homicides that there
were" in 2016, he said.

Mata said in December that the
country hadn't taken measures to confront the wave of drugs being
trafficked through Costa Rica and that the country was seeing
full-fledged "narcotrafficking," rather than "narcomenudeo" and
"microtrafico" - terms for small-scale or street-level drug
sales.

Costa Rican coast-guard officials
said in mid-2017 that the number of suspected drug-trafficking
boats detected in the country's waters doubled between 2013 and
2016, with the majority spotted in near southern Pacific coast.
One coast guard official compared the activity to "a plague."

"A lot of that stuff you see
going into Costa Rica, that's when they first track it, and then
it'll take these shorthops up the coast, whichever coast it's
on," Adam Isacson, WOLA's senior associate for defense oversight,
told Business Insider in late 2017, describing trafficking routes
detected by US authorities in 2016.

"Just like a little ant going up
and up the coast in little hops and then probably getting into
Mexico, where it'll start going overland," Isacson said.

Some of the drugs being
trafficked through Costa Rica travel overland routes, said Mike
Allison, a University of Scranton political-science professor who
has done research in the region.

That movement "leads to
corruption and the buying off of police and border-patrol agents
and perhaps to threats of the killing of those who ... won't
accept bribes," he told Business Insider.

'It's likely this curve will keep going up'

Authorities in Costa Rica have warned for some time that the
country's violence was directly linked to drugs.

Seventy percent


of the 570 homicides in 2015 were reportedly
the result of fighting between
drug groups. In late 2016, Costa Rican authorities dismantled a drug-trafficking
network linked to the Sinaloa cartel. The Zetas and Gulf cartels
are also reportedly present in the region.

The country's attorney general - who previously warned that Mexican cartels
were arming Costa Rican gangs - said last year that Mexican
cartels were recruiting local criminals, training them in Mexico,
and returning them to Costa Rica to apply cartel tactics.

"We have an increase in violence because local drug trafficking
organizations are applying the Mexican strategy of controlling
territory," the attorney general, Jorge Chavarria, said in February 2017.

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A police officer stands guard in front of a site for the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) summit in Heredia province, Costa Rica, January 27, 2015.

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The "Mexican recipe," as Chavarria
described it last summer, led to local gangs - driven by a
greater supply of drugs - to focus on supplying local
consumption, which in turn led to violent attempts to monopolize
the local market.

"I imagine we're seeing ... that people are being paid in drugs,"
Allison said, "and so [you] see an increase in ... drug
availability and use in Costa Rica and elsewhere, as ... they pay
off the people simply by providing them drugs."

Walter Espinoza, the chief of the judicial investigation body,
said in late December that killings of criminal leaders could led
to further violence, as those groups fight over leadership and
control of territory - a phenomenon seen in Mexico as a result of
the Kingpin anti-crime strategy.

"In recent years we do not remember a situation like that


which
we are experiencing," Espinoza told the press in December. There
have been recent reports of communities near
San Jose being controlled by criminal groups, who extort
businesses operating there.

Costa Rica has reduced police training in
order to deploy more officers (less training may make those
officers more susceptible to bribery)
and partnered with neighbors to combat
organized crime. Costa Rica's police also flew more than 3,400 hours of surveillance
flights over the country's coasts, mountains, and communities, in
2017, and next year the country's coast guard will acquire two
110-foot patrol ships donated by the US.

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A man sells fruits and vegetables in San Jose, July 20, 2015. The words on the banner over the stand read, "Thank you, Lord, to fight those who fight against me — Isaiah 49:25."

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The latest evidence of a sustained increase inviolence in Costa
Rica comes as the country prepares for February 4 elections that
will select the president, first and second vice president, and
57 members of the legislature.

The timing has reinvigorated debate about how to approach
insecurity, whether through "mano dura" policies
popular elsewhere in the region or with other, more comprehensive
policies that address violence as a result of social conditions,
like increasing inequality over the last two decades.

Surveys in the final months of 2017 put security as the fourth most pressing concern
among Costa Ricans, behind unemployment, corruption, and the
economy - but ahead of poverty. Seven presidential candidates
held a debate in a prison in November,
focusing on issues in criminal justice and crime-fighting. ("I
hope you feel at home," one prisoner told the candidates.)

However security concerns factor into the voting in February, and
into the potential


Charlotte LMS news 2009-10-12

New Amenities and Happenings at Lowe's Motor Speedway
For Homecoming NASCAR Style at NASCAR Banking 500
CONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 12, 2009) - Lowe's Motor Speedway is gearing up
for homecoming NASCAR Style with the fifth race of the Chase for...

New Amenities and Happenings at Lowe's Motor Speedway
For Homecoming NASCAR Style at NASCAR Banking 500

CONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 12, 2009) - Lowe's Motor Speedway is gearing up
for homecoming NASCAR Style with the fifth race of the Chase for the NASCAR
Sprint Cup, the NASCAR Banking 500 only from Bank of America on Saturday,
Oct. 17.

Special amenities and events await fans as they arrive this week:

WoO Stars at The Dirt Track on Wednesday
While the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers are preparing for 500 miles of
racing on Saturday, the World of Outlaws Late ModelImogene was best known for her role opposite Sid Caesar on the NBC-TV series Your Show of Shows (1950-1954). She was nominated for five Emmy awards for the show, winning Best Actress in 1951 and was singled out for a Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting in 1953. Though her fame began late, she worked well into her 80s.


Vasishta in response.  Vasishta was outraged and cursed Trishanku to become a Chandala.  But then the sage Vishwamitra decided to help Trishanku, out of hatred for Vasishta.  Vishwamitra performed a Yagna which sent Trishanku to Swarga in his own body. As soon as he arrived in Swarga, Indra threw him down from there.  But then Vishwamitra created a new Loka, called Trishanku Swarga, for Trishanku to rule over.  The Devas were concerned about this, and requested Vishwamitra not to allow a sinner like Trishanku to enjoy such prosperity.  Vishwamitra compromised with them and made Trishanku hang upside down in the Loka he had created, as described in this chapter of the Bala Kanda of the Ramayana:

Like the other Creator that resplendent Vishvamitra,a colorful blur in the night sky in places with little light pollution.)

A:

The detail story of Rishi Vishwamitra creating  another new creation and a second Svargaloka (Heaven) is also can be found in
Book 7 - Chapter 14 - of  Devi Bhagavata Purana.   Chapter Name -"On the going to Heavens of Triśaṅku and the commencement of Hariścandra’s narrative".

Background - Once during  famine king Satyavrata ,on seeing poor condition of Rishi Vishwamitras family supplied them the food ,when
  the rishi was engaged in Tapasya and was outside of his ashrama. One
  day the king didn't got any food (meat) and he   slaughtered the
  Kāma Dhenu (the cow giving all desires) of Vaśiṣṭha. Knowing this
  Rishi Vashistha became angry and


on account of the killing of his cow,
  called the King by the name of Triśaṅku and made him a Cāṇḍāla.
  Hearing about his help  Vishwamitra was pleased with Trishankand  decided to
  free the King of his curse, The king also asked Vishwamitra  about a
  way withwhich he can go to the Heavens in his  present body.
  Vishwamitra then gave the King all the Puṇyams (merits) that he
  collected for himself. Thus by virtue of the Muni’s Tapas "Trishanku
  went up in the heaven.

When Trishanku reached heaven ,the gods seeing him thus spoke to Indra.

9-20 Thus getting up and up, when the King reached the abode of Indra,
  the Devas, seeing the terrible Cāṇḍāla-like appearanceto please Lord Shiva as he was convinced that Shiva was the only deity who could help him achieve his goal. He eulogized Shiva by singing hymns of praise in his name. At last, Shiva appeared before him and expressed his desire of fulfilling any wish of Vishwamitra. Vishwamitra requested Shiva to bestow on him the power of creation. Lord Shiva blessed him and disappeared.

Is Vishwamitra also a creator of a new Universe like Brahma?
Not complete Universe but he created few things. At the end, Lord Bhrahma and/or Devas stopped him.
As per Sarga 60 of Balakanda of Valmiki Ramayana:

English Translation (Source 1 & Source 2):

Standing in the midst of the ascetics, that mighty sage who conjured up a constellation of seven new rishis (stars) looked like another creator


name Trishanku is his pseudonym. He got this
  because three sins are attached to him tri shanka-s as said in another
  work Harivamsha. There it is said: pituH shaapa aadi doShena | guru
  dogdhre vadhena ca | a-prokShito prayogaat ca | trividhaa tat
  vyatikramaH | evam triiNi asya shankuuni | One by his father's
  damnation - when he misbehaved in his kingdom, his father being a
  righteous king exiles him to a wretched place. When his father was
  exiling him, Trishanku took umbrage at Vashishta, because Vashishta
  did not come to his rescue. The second blemish is due to the killing
  Vashishta's milch cow, knowingly. Trishanku kills that cow, when he
  did not get any food for theday to feed the son of Vishvamitra. At
  that time, he had to protect the wife and three sons of Vishvamitra,
  as Vishvamitra has gone away to a distant place for his ascesis,
  leaving his kingdom and family. Then Trishanku comes to the rescue of
  hs family. With that gratitude, now Vishvamitra tries to requite this
  king in sending him to heaven. The third damnation is for his usage of
  unsanctified meat of his kill. Thus, Trishanku is the one who carries
  'three social blemishes' on his head, and added to these is the curse
  of Vashishta, in making him as a profaner.
Further, a god or teacher cannot be dragged to one's side or his
  wishful thinking, but they


are to be attained or appeased with
  constant faith and servitude. guroH aliika nirbandho na kartavyaH
  kadaacana | anumaanya prasaaH ca guru kruddho yudhiShTara | shiShyo
  gurau narashreShTa pratikuulam na sa~ncaret | viShNu puraaNa And if
  god created the cosmos, a man trying to duplicating it, is as good as
  going against that writ of that god. Vishvamitra no doubt built many
  space stations and started cloning gods, leave alone earthly species,
  but he is forestalled, because he wanted to break the system from
  within, in which he is and by which he mastered all this expertise. It
  is as good as cutting the branch of a tree on which he is sitting.
  Absolute insolence is absolutely condemnable.this past June regarding computer-implemented abstract ideas.

The Eligibility Guidance

The stated purpose of the Interim Eligibility Guidance is to "offer[] a comprehensive view of subject matter eligibility in view of Alice Corp., Myriad, Mayo, and the related body of case law." It
addresses the public comments received regarding the March 4, 2014, guidance that was issued in view of the Mayo and Myriad Supreme Court cases.
The recent Interim Eligibility Guidance remains subject to comment and review from interested stakeholders following its publication in the Federal Register on December 16, 2014.
The guidance is expected to supplement the USPTO's June 25, 2014, Preliminary Examination Instructions in view of the Alice Supreme Court case, and supersede the USPTO's previous guidelines from March 2014.

The USPTO continues to extend Myriad's "marked difference" standard to all


Ben Rubinowitz to Lecture at Decisions 2011

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How can private portionsframe of their neutering and vaccination programs. The authors would also like to acknowledge the assistance during the field trips of the students of the Veterinary Faculty of Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, and thank all dog owners, veterinarians, and veterinary stuff involved in this study. The authors also thank Dr. Anna Rieger for her input in the statistics and Boehringer Ingelheim for funding and supporting the study, and especially Dr. Jean-Christophe Thibault for his contribution.

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Back in the 1990s, the home console race came down to two main competitors: Sony's PlayStation, and the Nintendo 64. Both of these titans came with their own game legacies; Goldeneye for the N64 remains one of the most cherished examples of a console FPS game, for example.

Thanks to the work of a developer named Paul Holden, you can bring back those heady days of the '90s through a JavaScript emulator. He's managed to built an N64 emulator in JavaScript.

You may know Paul Holden's name if you follow the emulation scene. He was the original developer of Daedalus. When he ceased to develop it, others soldiered on, calling it DaedalusX64. Since then, Holden was inspired by the JavaScript Linux emulator. This led him to ponder the feasibility ofFederal Criminal Defense Lawyers Thursday, August 11, 2011 www.McNabbAssociates.com Elizabet Lombera Arrested for her Alleged Role in a Health Care Fraud Conspiracy McNabb Associates, P.C. (Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers) Submitted at 12:49 PM August 11, 2011 The U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Texas on August 10, 2011 released the following: “MIAMI WOMAN IS TENTH PERSON ARRESTED FOR HER ROLE IN LEADING $27 MILLION HEALTH CARE FRAUD CONSPIRACY Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Christopher B. Dennis, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), Office of Investigations, announced today’s arrest of Elizabet Lombera, 39, of Miami Lakes,


federal criminal news, please read Federal Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above. Three Men Charged in Louisiana for Civil Rights Violations (USDOJ: Justice News) Submitted at 11:58 AM August 11, 2011 The Justice Department today announced that three men were charged for their role in intentionally attempting to intimidate and interfere with African-American students who were attending Beekman Junior High School in Beekman, Morehouse Parish, La. The City of Newport, R.I., Will Upgrade Facilities andin Charge Rodney E. Clarke. A Houston grand jury returned a sixcount indictment yesterday charging Walter Ryan Macapaz, 34, Tony David Maldonado, 31, Buffy Marie Lawrence, 40, and Lisa Carol Ross, 49, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Macapaz, Maldonado, and Lawrence are expected to surrender themselves to federal authorities next week. Ross is currently being held in the Harris County Jail on unrelated state charges and is expected to be transferred into federal custody to answer the charges in the near future. According to the indictment, from November 2005 through October 2008 Macapaz and Maldonado recruited persons called “straw borrowers” to obtain mortgage loans to purchase condominium units in the Commerce Towers building located on Main Street in downtown


find additional federal criminal news, please read Federal Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above. Viktor Bout’s Family Seeks Justice in Thailand McNabb Associates, P.C. (Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers) Submitted at 2:08 PM August 11, 2011 Ria Novosti (Russia) on August 11, 2011 released the following: “The family of the alleged international arms trafficker Viktor Bout is hoping that the Thai judicial authorities will rule the decision to extradite him to the United States illegal, hishave legal grounds to appeal [Bout's case] in the UN Human Rights Committee or in the European Court of Human Rights,” she said. Bout is being held in a New York prison while he awaits trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in October on charges including conspiring to supply arms to terrorist groups and conspiring to kill U.S. nationals. A U.S. judge recently denied a request to drop the arms trafficking case against Bout and his trial will begin as scheduled, on October 11.” To find additional federal criminal news, please read Federal Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International


District Court Judge Abel Limas’ unlawful use of his court for his and Limas’ benefit, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. Jose Martin “Joe” Valle, 54, of Harlingen, Texas, pleaded guilty this afternoon to a one-count criminal information charging him with aiding and abetting extortion by former state judge Abel Corral Limas, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1951 and 2 (The “Hobbs Act”). The criminal information was filed early this morning, Aug. 10, 2011, in Brownsville, Texas, and Valle pleaded guilty to the charge this afternoon before United States District Court Judge Andrew Hanen. Valle, a licensed Texas attorney, has practiced law in South Texas for many years. While his focus has been largely on criminal cases, he also has been handlinghandled by the firm to which Limas committed himself to work upon leaving the bench. Valle faces a maximum prison term of 20 years, a fine of up to $250,000 and a term of supervised release of up to three years at sentencing, which Judge Hanen has set for Nov. 14, 2011. Valle has been permitted to remain on bond pending that proceeding. The charges against Valle are the results of an investigation conducted by the FBI, DEA and the Brownsville Police Department. Assistant United States Attorneys Michael Wynne and Oscar Ponce are prosecuting this and other cases filed as a result of this investigation including the case against former judge Limas.” To find additional federal criminal news, please read Federal Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other


members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above. Former Judge Mark Ciavarella in Alleged ‘Cash -for-Kids’ Scheme Gets 28 Years McNabb Associates, P.C. (Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers) Submitted at 2:55 PM August 11, 2011 David Kidwell/Associated Press Mark Ciavarella, center, leaves the federal courthouse in Scranton, Pa in this Feb. 12, 2009, file photo. The Wall Street Journal on August 11, 2011 released the following: “By Nathan Koppel Update: Ciavarella was sentenced today to 28 years in prison. William Ruzzo, his attorney, told thejuvenile facilities, but jurors acquitted the former judge of other counts, including extortion. Click here for Law Blog chapter and verse on the case, in which Ciavarella and another Pennsylvania judge also were accused of sentencing juveniles to lengthy incarceration for relatively minor offenses. Today, the former judge is due to be sentenced. A pre-sentence report prepared by the U.S. Probation Office has concluded that Ciavarella is eligible for a life sentence under federal sentencing guidelines, according to this report from the Scranton Times-Tribune. The Law Blog has sought comment from lawyers representing Ciavarella. Ciavarella’s attorneys have objected to parts of the pre-sentence report, claiming it calls for an inflated sentence and wrongly considers misconduct for which Ciavarella was acquitted by the jury, the Times-Tribune reports, adding that


defense attorneys also are expected to reference Ciavarella’s community activities with the Catholic Youth Center and the Association for Retarded Citizens.” To find additional federal criminal news, please read Federal Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above. Federal Criminal4 Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers Neal Indravadan Desai and Patrick Fernand Brupbacher Sentenced In Beaumont Federal Court to Federal Drug Trafficking Conspiracy McNabb Associates, P.C. (Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers) Submitted at 12:34 PM August 11, 2011 The U.S.distribute methamphetamine and was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison today. According to information presented in court, in August 2008, an investigation began into a Houston-based drug trafficking organization that was distributing large quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine throughout Houston and the Beaumont, Texas area. In June 2009, agents began utilizing courtordered telephone intercepts in an effort to determine those involved in the conspiracy, the amount of drugs being distributed and the source of the drugs. Law enforcement officers and agents also participated in undercover purchases of methamphetamine and revealed at least 40 persons were involved in the conspiracy and that no less that 113 pounds of methamphetamine and 31 kilograms of cocaine were distributed. At least 20 kilograms of cocaine was seized through undercover buys and


Ill., pleaded guilty in Urbana, Ill., to lying about the money seized by a multi-county task force he was part of, Allan Lengel reported on his Tickle the Wire blog, citing an account in the Peoria Journal Star. Nau, who is on unpaid leave, faces up to five years in prison when he is sentenced on Nov. 29 by U.S. Judge James Shadid of the Central District of Illinois. Nau was supposed to bring back the cash from the task force to the FBI evidence vault. After a conviction in the drug case in 2009, FBI agents looked for the money but couldn’t find it. On June 30, 2010, Nau falsely told his superiors the money was in an evidence vault and faxed to the FBI’s Springfield officeAbout The Festival:

In 2014, A Night of Horror will again be taking place in conjunction with Fantastic Planet Film Festival. Together the festivals provide Australia's leading showcase of independent genre specific cinema. Combined, the fests screened over 100 films in 2013. Both festivals retain independent programs and their own specific award categories.

A Night of Horror International Film Festival is Sydney, Australia's premier horror film event. Now in its eighth year, the festival remains dedicated to screening and promoting the work of independent filmmakers working in the horror genre from both Australia and abroad. What began as an idea for a one-night event (hence the festival’s name) now spans for 11 days.

The 5th annual Fantastic Planet Film Festival is now accepting submissions to the following categories:

Now in its 5th


year, Fantastic Planet Film Festival is dedicated to seeking out and encouraging bold new speculative films that explore imagined worlds, universes, and realities; celluloid glimpses of alternative futures, presents, and pasts. And to showcase this fantastic cargo of cinema to audiences in Sydney, Australia. The festival also aims to provide a forum for Australian based horror, sci-fi and fantasy film fans and filmmakers.

Founded by the team behind Australia's leading horror genre film event - A Night of Horror International Film Festival - Fantastic Planet programs the latest in independent science fiction, fantasy, horror, thriller and cult cinema, and hosts a number of parties, forums, and special events.

In 2014, Fantastic Planet Film Festival will again be taking place in conjunction with A Night of Horror Film Festival. Together thefestivals provide Australia's leading showcase of independent genre specific cinema. Combined, they screened over 100 films in 2013. Both festivals retain independent programs and their own specific award categories. The festival prides itself in presenting the work of independent filmmakers not only to enthusiastic audiences but also to media and leading industry professionals.

FilmInk Magazine says: "A Night of Horror and Fantastic Planet team up... to bring genre buffs and film fans a fistful of the most original, innovative and thrilling independent pics you’ll see all year."


Kiss made up, but its music went unheard. Nirvana used four women rockers to sing Kurt Cobain's songs. And Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band - predictably - turned its honor into a marathon.

The three acts were ushered into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Thursday in a colorful induction ceremony at Brooklyn's Barclays Center. They were joined by the blue-eyed soul duo Hall & Oates, British rocker Peter Gabriel, 1970s folkie Cat Stevens and the absent Linda Ronstadt.

Nirvana was the emotional centerpiece. The trio rooted in the Seattle-area punk rock scene was voted into the hall in its first year of eligibility. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" hit like a thunderclap upon its 1991 release, but the band was done after Kurt Cobain committed suicide 20 yearsago this month.

"Nirvana fans walk up to me every day and say thank you for the music," said Krist Novoselic, the band's bass player, who was inducted with drummer Dave Grohl. "When I hear that, I think of Kurt Cobain."

A subdued Courtney Love, Cobain's widow, was booed by some in the audience. She said Cobain would have appreciated the honor.

"Nirvana tapped into a voice that was yearning to be heard," said former R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe, who described how the band made a community of the disaffected.

Joan Jett was chosen to sing "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth, St. Vincent and Lorde each took turns at the microphone, with Lorde's version of "All Apologies" ending the night.

Kiss was responsible for pre-ceremony drama. The two original


members still active, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, thought the replacements for ex-bandmates Ace Frehley and Peter Criss should perform at the ceremony instead of the original four. The result was Kiss's music went unheard.

Still, the estranged band members spoke warmly of each other when the quartet appeared behind the microphone. "In and out of makeup, I'll always be the Catman," said drummer Criss, referencing his makeup in the band. "You've got to forgive to live."

The band received a crowd-pleasing endorsement from Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello, who said Kiss inspired him to play music. He said he had to fight off high school bullies who ridiculed him for liking the band.

"Tonight proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the high school bullies and critics werewrong," he said. "Kiss fans were right."

Springsteen's 1999 entrance into the Rock Hall without the E Street Band was a sore point for some of its members. They got their due Thursday in the sidemen category, although it was a posthumous honor for saxman Clarence Clemons and keyboard player Danny Federici.

Their leader recalled a kitchen conversation 15 years ago with his buddy and bandmate, Steve Van Zandt. Springsteen took pride in his independence and the band was only beginning to repair relations after a decade apart. He had no problem being inducted alone.

So the band, known for its long concerts, made up for lost time. Their induction took 85 minutes, as individual members ignored requests to keep their speeches short. Then they took the stage for performances of


"The E Street Shuffle," ''The River" and an epic "Kitty's Back."

"Lucky for you, there are only two of us," Daryl Hall said when he was inducted with partner John Oates. The duo was a mainstay on the radio during the late 1970s and early 1980s. They performed some of their hits - "She's Gone," ''I Can't Go For That" and "You Make My Dreams Come True" - although hitting some of the high notes again was a struggle.

Hall said he was surprised to learn that his act was the only Philadelphia-bred band in the hall.

Ronstadt, the sexy siren of the Los Angeles country-rock scene of the 1970s, couldn't make it to her induction. Now retired, she suffers from Parkinson's disease and doesn't travel much. Glenn Frey, who playedwith fellow future Eagle Don Henley in Ronstadt's backup band, saluted her with an induction speech.

Ronstadt was saluted by some royalty of female country rock. Carrie Underwood sang "Different Drum," Ronstadt's first hit with the Stone Poneys. Emmylou Harris and Bonnie Raitt joined for "Blue Bayou." Sheryl Crow and Frey made it a quintet to sing "You're No Good." Then Stevie Nicks came out to lead them in "It's So Easy" and "When Will I Be Loved."

Nicks said hearing "Different Drum" when she was in high school made her want to get into music. "I didn't look that good in cutoffs, but that's what I was going to do," she said.

Stevens, the 1970s era hitmaker who left his music career behind when he converted to Islam, seemed juice


Chris Martin credited Gabriel with creating a cathedral of sound and "he helped John Cusack get back his girlfriend in the movie 'Say Anything.'" That movie's climactic moment featured Gabriel's song "In Your Eyes," and Gabriel performed a soaring version to celebrate his induction.

The first two artist managers were inducted into the Hall: the late Brian Epstein, of the Beatles, and Andrew Loog Oldham, of the Rolling Stones.

Online:

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(Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)What do you get when you take parts of Cast Away, Lost and Jaws and blend them into a video game? Stranded Deep, an upcoming survival title from developer Beam Team Pty Ltd. that will pit players against a remote Pacific ocean environment that includes hungry sharks.

Press play above to see the first teaser trailer for Stranded Deep, which has been in development for two years, according to Beam's official site. According to the video's YouTube description, Stranded Deep is headed to Steam Early Access in January. Its Steam Community listing shows that the game is in development for Linux, Mac and Windows PC.


the cable jacket at the distal end thereof, folding back the outer conductor and stripping away the dielectric covering from the center conductor thereby exposing an elongate extent of the center conductor. The prepared cable is inserted into a coaxial connector so that the center conductor can be electrically connected to another cable or component to effectively transmit the electrical signal therethrough.
In most instances and as shown in the above referenced incorporated patent, a pin terminal is used terminate the center conductor to allow ease of interconnection of the center conductor to another connector. The pin terminal is an elongate member having a pin at one end and a cavity at the other end. The center conductor is inserted into the cavity where mechanical and electrical engagement therebetweenis achieved. In order to facilitate the electrical engagement, the cavity in the pin terminal may include a contact having inwardly directed cantilevered fingers for mechanical and electrical engagement with the inserted center conductor. The cantilevered fingers function as deflectable beams to allow insertion of the center conductor therethrough.
As may be appreciated, quiet often during use and handling, and especially where the connector may be subject to temperature variations during use, the spring engagement between the cantilevered fingers and the center conductor may not be maintained consistently. Moreover, variations in the size of the components used may result in inconsistent contact engagement with the center conductor.
It is, therefore, desirable to provide a pin terminal assembly which provides an increase in engagement force between the contacts supported in the


tickets validated by parking attendants. People would lose the ticket. The process was cumbersome.

“It was a good idea, but it was janky,” Amirault said.

Snowbird turned to Amirault, whose 20-year ski industry career spans several resorts and the development of some of ski media’s most innovative offerings at Freeskier magazine. His social media work and digital marketing — he’s the guy behind Snowbird’s award-winning, reverse-psychology ad campaign that champions one-star reviews posted by irked and overwhelmed Snowbird skiers — has earned him the nickname Digi Dave.

Amirault found a Snowbird mountain host who worked as a software developer. He signed up an interactive developer from Steamboat Springs. The trio last year spent six months revamping the RIDE program into an app for mobile phones. The mobile capability is a keycharacteristic that makes RIDE different than other ride-sharing programs that encourage carpooling, including Colorado’s website-based SkiCarpool and the Bay Area’s 20-year-old SnowPals. Another difference is the connection to the resort, which offers incentives beyond simple convenience.

At Snowbird ski area in Utah, the RIDE app gives carpoolers perks for participating, including offering priority parking in the resort’s crowded lots. (Ed Kosmicki, Special to The Colorado Sun)

RIDE offers rewards for drivers who give rides and for riders who leave their car at home. The perks range from packs of Snowbird stickers, water bottles and other SWAG, to half-priced, transferable lift tickets. Carpoolers also get access to VIP parking lots. Riders and drivers with more than 10 rides are entered into a lottery offering early access to the resort before the


an OPIC subsidy was supposed to build a five-star Marriott hotel and a luxury apartment building, but instead has erected two empty, uninhabitable buildings at U.S. taxpayer expense.

A Jordanian businessman and U.S. consulting firm teamed up with the idea of building a 200-room, five-star hotel across the street from the U.S. embassy in Afghanistan's capital. In 2006, these entrepreneurs applied to OPIC for a subsidy, and the agency approved a $60 million loan from U.S. taxpayers.

A few years later, the same Jordanian businessman, Fathi Taher, scored another OPIC loan, $27 million to build an apartment building, "Kabul Grand Residence." In early 2013, through media reports, it became clear that hotel construction had halted.

"Only a month later," a military audit found, "in June 2013, the loan recipients provided OPICwith a progress report stating that contracts had been issued for the procurement of furniture, fixtures, and equipment. Based on this progress report, on June 18, 2013, OPIC approved the final disbursement of loan funds to Tayl Investors Group, bringing the total OPIC loan disbursement for the project to approximately $58 million."

Inspectors from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction visited the site in the summer of 2016 and found empty shells.

Of the apartment building, the inspector general found: "As with the hotel, we found that the apartment project was never finished and appears to be abandoned ... We found structural cracks in the walls; incomplete electrical, elevator, communications, fire prevention/suppression, sewer, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems; uninstalled doors and windows; and, many other problems.

OPIC should have


known about these problems with the buildings, especially since media was covering them. The agency's ignorance of the problems — or alternatively, its insistence on nevertheless issuing further financing — reflected "troubling management practices and lax oversight by OPIC" the inspector general concluded.

It would be folly to chalk up these stories as OPIC stumbles. The government shouldn't be a venture capitalist and a financier of luxury hotels and apartment buildings. OPIC shouldn't exist. That's pretty obvious to anyone who isn't a direct beneficiary.

Trump's White House deserves applause for calling for OPIC's abolition. Trump's party has the power to kill OPIC. It has little excuse not to.

Timothy P. Carney, the Washington Examiner's senior political columnist, can be contacted at tcarney@washingtonexaminer.com. His column appears Tuesday and Thursday nights on washingtonexaminer.com.and may also have an impact on atmospheric heating, for example."

NASA wants to return to investigate the planet's oddities, and DiBraccio and Gershman were part of a team looking at designing a future mission to revisit the ice giants.

A 60-second zigzag in Voyager 2's magnetometer readings, which measured the strength and direction of the planet's magnetic field, revealed what looked like a plasmoid to them. It's the first time one has been detected escaping Uranus.

In this case, the giant plasma bubble full of energized hydrogen detached from the magnetotail. It truly is like the tail end of the magnetic field, which is pushed off of the planet by the sun.

The plasmoid, which resembled a cylinder, was 127,000 miles long and 250,000 miles across. Inside the plasmoid, they observed


stand-ins at corps, was appointed commander of 75th Army Corps (Jan-July 1944) in Italy and then commander of the Venetian Coast (Sept-Nov 1944), when its name was reassigned to 73rd Army Corps, where he finished the war.

Execution of U.S. soldiers

On 22 March 1944, 15 soldiers of the U.S. Army, including two officers, landed on the Italian coast about 15 kilometers north of La Spezia, 400 km (250 miles) behind the then established front, as part of Operation Ginny II. They were all properly dressed in the field uniform of the U.S. Army and carried no civilian clothes. Their objective was to demolish a tunnel at Framura on the important railway line between La Spezia and Genoa. Two days later the group was captured by a combined party of ItalianHe's at his desk in the middle of Groupon's wide open, call
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are calling him a ponzi schemer. Early employees are
demanding six-figure pay for 9 to 5 hours. One even filed a
lawsuit. Merchant customers are screaming. And Mason and his
board, having helped themselves to $900 million of cash that
could have gone to the company, are are now being blasted for
incompetence and greed.

What a turnabout from a few months earlier, when Groupon was the talk of Wall Street. Then,
Groupon was one of the fastest-growing companies in history,
spurning $6 billion takeout offers


already a very rich man, having built several
businesses around call centers and the Internet. Mason was an
intern, "kind of squatting in their offices," according to one
source.

In January 2007, with Lefkofsky's backing, Mason started working
on a company — a do-gooder enterprise called The Point.

The Point was a social media platform designed to get groups of
people together to solve problems.

The Point was not intended to be a big money-making enterprise,
and by one early employee's account, that was fine with most of
the staff.

The Point launched in June. It gained modest traction in Chicago,
but basically went nowhere.

Every Monday, Lefkofsky, Mason, and a handful of early employees
would meet to talk about the Point's progress. One Monday, in the
middle of 2008, Lefkofsky raised an idea he thought could
revitalize the struggling start-up, based on athe idea. "It didn't seem core to our
mission," says the person who was at the meeting.

Through the rest of the summer and early fall of 2008, Lefkofsky
would not let that idea go. He'd bring up all the expensive
purses his wife and all her friends were buying, and say, "It's
crazy! Couldn't they buy 20 of them and get a discount?"

Around this time, the global economy entered
free-fall as the sub-prime mortgage crisis exploded and credit
markets ground to a halt. Then in September 2008, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy and
famous Silicon Valley venture capital firm Sequoia sent out a
presentation called "R.I.P. Good Times." Mason and
Lefkofsky decided to lay some people off.

"There was this pressure from the market crash [and] looking at
our burn rate and revenue — it was time for us


the tail."

In January 2009, Groupon held its company holiday party at the
small apartment of its CTO, Ken Pelletier. He cooked for everyone
— the whole company and all their spouses and significant
others.

A year later, Groupon had around 300 employees.

A year after that it had 5,000+.

Today, Groupon has more than 10,000 employees.

Investors, some of them who also put money into Facebook, began calling Groupon the fastest
growing company in history.

The first major test for the project was its move into a second
market: Boston. "In Chicago," explains one early employee, "we
had a big network of friends and family to sign up and spread the
word. We had a lot of people who knew business
owners. It's easier for business owners to trust a local
company."

The expansion went off without a hitch — but only thanksto a
number of make-it-work hacks on the technical side.

During Groupon's first months, customer support head Joe Harrow
would spend three hours every afternoon personally emailing all
the customers who bought Groupon vouchers whenever a deal
closed.

Nine months in, Groupon switched to software specifically
designed for the new business.

Groupon successfully expanded into a third market: New York. By
this time, says an employee, "we kind of had the playbook we
needed to open in another city, another city, another city."
Groupon knew, for example, exactly how much to invest in
advertising in order to build a sizable subscriber list in a new
market.

By the summer of 2009, Lefkofsky started pushing hard for growth
in Groupon's Monday meetings.

He started by suggesting Groupon be in five cities by the end of
the year.

Then he started pushing for 10 cities by the end


up with the original analysis
behind this aggressive growth plan.

Groupon began to grow into a real startup with lots of
employees. It hired a COO who had worked at Yahoo and sold his own company before: Rob
Solomon.

By this time, not only were consumers noticing Groupon, the press
was catching on too. Mason went on CNBC. He went on "The Today Show." In August
2010, Forbes magazine put Mason on its cover.
His shirt is un-tucked. He's shrugging as if to say, who
me? The cover reads: "Groupon Is The Fastest-Growing Company …
Ever: The New Web Phenom."

Groupon developed a "typical startup culture," with "everyone in
their hoodies, and sales reps dating each other — that kind of
nonsense," says one early employee." It was sort of like a
fraternity that worked very hard."

"Working there was crazy," says anotherearly employee. "[From
2009 to 2010] we hired 10,000 people. That was completely
insane — something that's never happened before, and should never
happen again. We ended up in 45 countries in 16 months. It
was nuts, it was fun, it was a blast."

THE MASTERMIND

Andrew Mason is the "soul" of Groupon, but chairman and early
investor Eric Lefkofsky is the "mastermind," according to one
source close to Groupon board members.

"I think people would be surprised at the level of involvement
that Eric has in the day-to-day business," says this
source.

Lefkofsky — a "quintessential entrepreneur" and "romantic,"
according to one friend — started his first business during his
freshman year of college. He sold carpets to underclassmen.
He expanded the business from one school to five, eventually
making $100,000 or so per year, which at the time, he says, made
him feel


like "the richest man on planet Earth."

Andrew
Mason and Eric LefkofskyAP

After that, he started a t-shirt company. He sold it, too.

Then, with a friend he'd met in law school, Brad Keywell,
Lefkofsky bought a Wisconsin company called Brandon Apparel
Group. It made children's clothes with sports logos. Lefkofsky
and Keywell borrowed a lot of money to grow the company quickly.
It did grow quickly, but then it went bust.

In May of 1999, Lefkofsky and Keywell moved onto the Internet to
start Starbelly.com. It sold corporate tchotchkes online. The
pair sold the company for big bucks at the very top of the dotcom
bubble. Later, the company that acquired Starbelly failed, and
Lefkofsky and Keywell were sued by its shareholders.

During his time at Starbelly, Lefkofsky wrote an email that was
later produced in that lawsuit. The email gives acash, how do we buy the servers?"

"And now he's brought Andrew along so he can go out on the
roadshow and he is fully fluent in every nook and cranny of the
business model, the financials, the cash. Eric — everyone on the
board — believes in Andrew and wants to make Andrew the best
founder and CEO ever."

These days, Eric no longer takes part in all of Groupon's
operating meetings. He does, however, remain
Groupon's largest shareholder — owning more than 21% of its
outstanding shares, about three times as many as Andrew Mason.

NEXT: SIX BILLION DOLLARS IS NOT ENOUGH

SIX BILLION DOLLARS IS NOT ENOUGH

By the summer of 2010, 18 months after its launch, Groupon had
several thousand employees, revenues in the hundreds of millions
of dollars, and businesses in more than a dozen countries.
It was


GERMAN
INVASION

THE GROUPON BOILER ROOM AND THE GERMAN
INVASION

Groupon employeesDan
Frommer, Business Insider

In 2009 and 2010, Groupon became a very lucrative place for a kid
out of college to work.

"Early sales reps could definitely make six figures," says one
early employee. "Probably the ones that were the first 10 to 15,
were probably making well into the six figures. A couple
sales reps [were] probably making over $300,000."

"It was kind of first come first serve, so no sales rep was going
to be put on Boise, there was no Boise — they were all on
important cities. So their commission was huge because the
volumes were so much higher than what Groupon ever
anticipated."

"Their base was thirty something [thousand dollars per year],
[but] they were making a ton of money, because of cities like
Chicago or New York where Groupon thoughtsee a more serious,
self-reflective side of Mason — the one who started The Point,
and now admits he's surprised to see himself in the role of
capitalist.

Andrew Mason doing yoga in
front of a Christmas tree in his underwearScreenshot

How do these versions of Andrew jibe with the one supporting the
Samwer brothers' hardball business tactics? How is he also the
leader of a business that is already doing more than $1 billion
of revenue a year?

Mason grew up in Mount Lebanon, a Pittsburgh suburb. When he was
15, he started Bagel Express, a Saturday morning food delivery
service. He moved to the Chicago area after high school to go to
college at Northwestern. He majored in music. Then he started
working on a Masters in public policy. To make some money, he did
contract web design for Lefkofsky.

When hiring


nitty gritty — helping him to understand
it, and to understand why it's important — Lefkofsky, the
Groupon board, and Mason himself have sought out mentors across
the industry for Mason to be in regular touch with.

Mason is in particularly close contact with Marc Andreessen, the Netscape cofounder
who's developed a second, very rich career as a Silicon Valley
investor and entrepreneur coach to CEOs like Mason and Facebook's
Mark Zuckerberg.

The other hard transition Mason had to make was from do-gooder
founder of The Point to Groupon capitalist.

Mason and other early Groupon employees have come up with
some pretty good rationalizations for Groupon and how it helps
the world. They like to say it gets people to try new things and
that it gets small businesses cash flow.

But most sources close to Mason and Groupon agree that he'smade
the transition into business life quite easily.

One source says that after he joined Groupon, he learned that
Mason "is more of a businessman than I ever would have
guessed."

"He just likes to be the wacky, quirky, irreverent, 'I don't care
about money, I don't care about business.' It's bullshit. It's
just a shtick. He started as a socialist, and now he's as
capitalist as you get. He wants to build a really big
special company and he wants to fly private jets," says another
source who worked closely with Groupon and Mason.

Mason jokes with the press, this source says, because "he wanted
to be a performing artist at some point in his life, and he was
granted a stage to do that and he went for it."

Another source says Mason "still wears grungy old band t-shirts
and hoodies


little bit of that and once I heard that, I was
like, oh fair enough, see you in a month. So, yeah, it's a
trait of his."

"He's a total hardass," says another source. "He gives no
recognition at all. He's very hard to approach. He always
has a furrowed brow. He always has headphones on.
Everything is through e-mail. His free-wheeling funny guy
image is something he turns on very effectively when it's
required, but it's not him. He's very arrogant, he's
stubborn. He honestly believes he's smarter than everybody
else."

Asa Mathat | All Things
Digital

Not everyone takes Mason's aloofness so personally.

"Does he think he's smarter than most people? Yes. Is he?
Yes."

Some Groupon employees appreciate his stubborn streak.

One time Groupon's business development team managed to land an
offer with a "national entertainment brand" that would have
broken Groupon into awas happening?

Pelletier had been at Groupon for four years, sprinting the
entire time. The winter before he quit, a close friend died. He
left the company because he was exhausted and felt like he'd
accomplished what he'd set to do, and was leaving Groupon in good
technical shape. He left money on the table.

When Groupon turned down Google's offer, and the board decided it
would set a course for an IPO, it became clear to all parties
that Solomon's time at the company was coming to an end.

Says a source, "Rob was seen as a startup COO, not a long term
COO."

"I think that the perception was he didn't have the chops to
manage the type of operations that Groupon had evolved to.
When it's that high up it's always a little mutual. He's an
awesome relationship builder


of companies
and it's still operating in that way while also trying to
becoming more process oriented. She isn't that person who
is going to thrive in that environment. "

A source close to Groupon's board says that Georgiadis quit
Groupon for a great job at Google when the Groupon COO gig didn't
work out because she had a mistaken understanding of her
role.

"Her vision of a COO was command and control. Everyone
reports to her, she gets all the info, and then she goes to
Andrew."

"In her mind's eye, the COO had all of these people who had been
at Groupon reporting to Andrew, not directly reporting to
her. A lot of these people were accustomed to just going
and talking to Andrew. They reported to Andrew for all this
time. She felt really, really uncomfortable. There was this
really badalignment and fit around the expectations of the
job."

"To their credit, they liked her at Google, and they didn't like
losing her and they recruited her, and she left."

Mason was "really hurt" by Georgiadis's defection, but this
source argues "it wasn't a huge loss. I mean look at the
quarter." Indeed, Groupon finally broke even during the
third quarter, most of which took place after Georgiadis
left.

Another perspective on the same situation is that it wasn't Mason
staying involved that ruined Georgiadis's expectations — it was
the Samwer brothers who boxed her out.

"My understanding is the Samwers were supposed to be reporting to
Margo. I didn't know that until after she left. It didn't
seem like it was that way," says a source who worked with the
Samwers and Georgiadis.

"The Germans can be very, very controlling. I'm sure they


Eric, and Brad, take some money off the
table, and now the articles are written, they're greedy and they
pulled the money out of the company when the company doesn't have
any cash. And it's another one of those things, you go, how
does this happen if they wanted to cash out and run away, they
would have sold it to Google. They'd be done."

Andrew Mason made things worse, when, in August he wrote a memo
to employees defending the company against all these outside
attacks — and the memo ended up getting published on AllThingsD.
It seemed like another clear violation of the SEC's strict — if
old-fashioned — quiet period rules, and it further damaged the
image of the company.

By the time Groupon finally hit the road to pitch prospective
investors at the end of October, theto acts of extreme violence. Dr. Eudowe was a member of the Yale/New Haven Police Department CDCP team – a unit that provided acute, on-scene treatment in conjunction with law enforcement. At the Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut, Dr. Eudowe provided individual and group psychotherapy to children aged 5 to 17. In addition, he was a member of the Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Service (EMPS) Crisis Team, where he provided acute on-scene treatment to children and adolescents suffering from suicidal and/or homicidal ideation, self-harm, and a wide-range of disorders that required acute stabilization. Dr. Eudowe received his Master’s degree in forensic psychology from The Chicago School and his Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Operations Management from New York University’s, Stern School of Business.

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