There's a 37-year-old artist in China who can paint himself into anything.

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New term will banish stigma, educate providers on postmenopausal problems

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Over the last three decades, Norway has experienced two fundamental reforms in hospital organization and direction. In 1970 the nineteen county authorities took over ownership and budget responsibilities for hospitals within their areas, replacing a highly varied and complex structure of ownership, typically generated locally. In 2002 hospitals were transferred to the state and amalgamated into five regional government enterprises. These, in turn, have organized all hospitals in their region under local health enterprises. Both regional and local enterprises are separate legal entities, with their own executive boards and managing directors. The Minister of Health appoints the boards of the regional enterprises, while their directors and the boards of the local enterprises are appointed by the regional boards. Both regional and local enterprises are supposed to have fullthey are specific to hospital politics. Thirdly, the fundamental problems and tensions that inspired reform at the beginning of the new millennium were basically the same as those that made reform necessary thirty years earlier. Several problems in hospital politics were probably greater at the end of the three decades of county ownership than at the beginning. I will therefore argue that it is possible to see the phase of general county ownership as an interlude in a hundred-year-long search for the "right" way of organizing Norwegian hospitals. Circumstances and what are considered good and appropriate organizational solutions probably change more than the fundamental problems of hospital politics, which have turned out to be surprisingly consistent and recalcitrant. State regional enterprise is just as much the hegemonic politico-administrative


end of the 1960s. Within the dominant public sphere, the state, traditionally, has filled important functions in funding and in regulatory regimes. Ownership and the running of hospitals, however, has as a rule been a domain of the local and county government, more often than not subject to the general local or county self-governing representative authorities.

There are important similarities between the Norwegian pre-1970 and the UK pre-1948 systems, in so far as both were heavily decentralized and built upon a mixture of private (voluntary) and public ownership and finance, and local and county authorities were the central players on the public side. There is, however, one basic difference: while in the British system, the voluntary sector was much greater than the municipal one, and the strong municipal hospitalcommunities.

The political scene in Norway between 1935 and 1980 was heavily dominated by the Labour Party (Social Democrat), governing from a majority position in Parliament between 1945 and 1965. Since 1980 power has constantly shifted between Social Democratic and Conservative or Conservative-centre coalitions, as a rule, however, now in minority positions. During most of the post-Second World War period the building and upkeep of a generous and universal welfare state and an ambitious national equalization policy has been a widely shared goal among most Norwegian political parties. Since the late 1970s, however, under the combined pressures of greater economic austerity and international movements for the "modernization" and scaling down of the public sector, political splits have emerged, typically over the issues of limiting the scope and generosity of


county authority was primarily an institution of support for the rural communities of the county. It was, as already stated, composed of the mayors of the member communities; it depended on taxes levied indirectly on the local communities and it tended to concentrate on basic and not too costly services for the rural population. Representatives of member communities generally wanted to keep costs down out of concern for the tax burden in their home constituencies. Different parts of geographically diverse counties had conflicting interests as to the location of county hospitals. The bigger and more well-to-do communities of the county---often densely populated areas bordering on a hospital town or city---had no great interest in paying for services or care that primarily catered for the less fortunate of theremained for a long time, very far from an ideal home for hospitals. As a well-defined geographical unit, and the only (official) one between the local municipalities and the country at large, the county could easily be considered as the natural unit for hospital planning, and several had some or considerable experience as hospital owners. But at the same time, as previously indicated, the county was not a unitary political and administrative entity ready to encompass a system of organization and direction designed to govern the complete hospital system of its area. The county was split between institutions for self-government and state functions, and, more importantly, cities and towns---so dominant in hospital ownership---stood outside the self-governing, service-generating, institutions of the county.

The county that could become a home for


within their borders. The state would pay the deficit for those patients from outside Bergen and Hordaland, and also a part of that for patients considered to be cases of national concern. Extremely difficult choices and conflicts, with ensuing negotiations, arose from the fact that one and the same hospital was supposed to have the different functions of local hospital for Bergen, central hospital for Hordaland, and regional hospital for all the counties in western Norway. To make matters even more complicated, after Bergen became the home of the second university of Norway in 1946, the state, as the owner of the university, was supposed to cover investments in both buildings and equipment and the running costs of the new faculty of medicine and the hospital\'s functions asin the fundamental reorganization of local and regional government. The previous one had consisted of amalgamations and strengthening of the local authorities in the 1950s and first half of the 1960s. In the course of three decades, the local and county systems of government were remoulded to become the prime tool for the national government in developing the welfare state. Second, the new county authorities were created in response to two other forceful impulses of the late 1960s and early 1970s: an ideologically based process of democratization of considerable strength, paralleled by a strong anti-bureaucratic sentiment. Over little more than a decade, county governance was completely changed: cities and towns were included from 1964, then came the separation of state and county functions, elections to the county authorities


the fact that the birth of the new hospital organization occurred in the same decade when the strong economic growth of the post-Second World War period seriously slowed, and the first concerns arose over the nation\'s ability to pay for an increasingly generous welfare state.

There were also tensions between political priorities and direction on the one hand, and institutional hospital autonomy on the other. These were present at the county level, between county political and administrative authorities elected by popular vote on one side, and hospital administrative and professional leadership on the other. But these tensions also had a countrywide dimension, with national political priorities opposing the autonomy of the county. At times there were even conflicts directly between central political decision-makers and individual hospitals.

Competing strategies for the1970s, the county authorities were never able to start with a clean slate. Their success as hospital owners came to depend on their ability to solve problems that had accumulated over decades of uncoordinated hospital growth. There were many legacies of a hundred years of localism, others of lasting conflicts over the role and power of politics, and medical expertise and management in the organization and direction of hospitals.

To make matters even more difficult, the democratic enthusiasm that lay behind the creation of the new county authorities in the late 1960s and early 1970s soon faded. County authorities were not, as had been envisaged, empowered with new public functions, and almost from the beginning suffered from a lack of trust. Instead, new state bureaucracies were created at the


popular elected county authorities and state functions at the county level.

The second process is one of de-democratization at the local, county and regional levels. In the early 1970s, placing financial responsibilities and the power of priority over important welfare sectors in the hands of county political authorities, elected by popular vote, was one of the strongest credos of its time. In the new regionalized hospital organization, there is no element of mid-level democratic influence at all, at either county or regional level. The region has no common governing institutions, only state sector bureaucracies. The government, in its proposition to Parliament, stated that no practising politician ought to sit on any board of any of the new hospital enterprises, and this principle was followed when the boards were laterappointed. A feeble, seemingly tactical suggestion, involving some kind of politically composed, regional advisory board, was defeated. This "keep-the-county-politicians-out" axiom, was a clear reflection of the growing distrust of the role of county politicians in hospital matters.[56](#fn56){ref-type="fn"} Hospitals and their professionals disliked county politicians for interfering in professional affairs and for keeping the lid too tight on the coffer. Central politicians tended to take the opposite view. Counties spent money at the expense of the state, while at the same time they did not manage to direct and coordinate hospitals so as to reduce costs and eliminate waiting lists. During the years of county rule, the conflict over the role of politicians in hospital affairs was often played out precisely over the question of the composition of hospital


It is worth remembering that the state has always been a most active partner in Norwegian hospital organization and direction, as determiner of national health policy, hospital investor, major contributor towards running expenses, creator of the hierarchy of regional and county hospital specialization, final guarantor of health quality control, and owner of the Rikshospitalet with highly specialized functions. There is no doubt that the involvement and influence of the state continued to grow throughout the county period of hospital organization, at a time when leading state actors had no plans whatsoever for state takeover.

Nevertheless, in a long historical perspective, state takeover of hospitals could be seen as another, though especially important, element in the general development from welfare localism to a real welfare state, with the emphasis onprivate flavour to it.

Nevertheless, the tendency to organize public functions in autonomous or semi-autonomous positions relative to political or administrative authorities was strong in Norway and, in fact, had five decades of forerunners, especially in the field of industrial policy and development. These experiences, as it turned out, were not irrelevant for the hospital field. Two developments of the 1990s seem to have had, over time, a strong bearing on the choice of a new model for the organization and direction of hospitals. The first, from the early and mid-1990s, was a powerful stratagem to move public service functions away from organizational forms within or near public administration and to give them greater independence. This was in line with international developments, in this Norway was greatly inspired by


the county level? Did Norway need a level of government between the local authorities and the state at all? The trust in county authorities elected by popular vote fell, probably to an all-time low.

Concluding Remarks
==================

The ideological change among the leaders of the Labour Party, therefore, became the decisive factor behind the transformation of hospital organization. This change made possible the creation of a winning coalition of state enterprise. It appears that a compromise was found, transforming the field of hospital organization and direction, which commanded a hefty 50 to 75 per cent of the county authority budgets, while at the same time allowing the self-governing county authorities to limp on---for the time being.

The main argument of this paper, however, has been, that county authority ownership, in a long-termperspective, could be seen as an uneasy interlude in a century-long quest for a way to solve the permanent tensions and conflicts in Norwegian hospital organization, the most important being the contention between localism and state direction. County authority organization was the preferred structure in the early 1970s, in hospital direction as in government reform in general, but, as it turned out, this soon lost popularity. The interlude lasted thirty years, at least partly because no good alternative was found. It ended because the quest for national equalization by the state became steadily more compelling, and because a realistic alternative was finally found, which this time also coincided with the dominant organizing principles of the day. County organization, a strong belief in local- and mid-level democratic processes and


116 A.2d 776 (1955)
F. Lucille JOHNSTONE
v.
Carl E. GARDNER.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.
September 19, 1955.
Raymond S. Oakes, Portland, for plaintiff.
Harris R. Bullerwell, Westbrook, for defendant.
Before FELLOWS, C. J., and WILLIAMSON, WEBBER, BELIVEAU, and THAXTER, JJ.
BELIVEAU, Justice.
On exception by the plaintiff to a directed verdict in favor of the defendant.
This is an action by the plaintiff to recover damages to a certain Ford automobile and to the person of the plaintiff, who was the owner and driver of the car at the time of the collision on May 6, 1954.
The defendant filed a plea of general issue together with a brief statement that the defendant was adjudicated a bankrupt on the second day of August 1954 and pleads this as a defense to the plaintiff's action. In her declaration theand night for several days; on that morning had gone to a friend's home; had some breakfast and took a nap from 8:00 or 8:15 to 1:30 in the afternoon; that he felt much better and headed for Yarmouth. He testified that he was "a little faint" and that as he approached to point where the collision occurred "I dozed or blanked out or something" that he sideswiped another automobile and at that point "snapped out of it" because of the loud noise caused by this collision.
The plaintiff testified that after contact with the first car the defendant came head on into her.
These facts, strenuously argued by the plaintiff as showing malicious and willful conduct, prove or show quite the contrary. The collision occurred probably because of the


Is Labour heading for government or over a cliff? It depends on which pollster you believe. ComRes has the Conservatives 12 points ahead of Labour, enough for a triple-figure majority in the House of Commons. ICM has an 11-point Tory lead, again, enough to get Theresa May the thumping majority she must secure if she is to reboot her troubled leadership. ORB has the blues nine points clear of Labour, once again very firmly in landslide territory.

But YouGov, Opinium and Survation are showing a very different picture. The latest YouGov has the Conservative lead at just four points, which would, if borne out, deprive Theresa May of her parliamentary majority, and enough for an anti-Conservative bloc of MPs to shut her out of Downing Street if the voteswhite woman impregnated by, say, a black man) was not something you would wish on anyone.

Dr. Algernon Edwards in his underground clinic

Dr. Algernon Edwards (Andre Holland) is a highly educated and accomplished man of color who is probably based on Daniel Hale Williams. He was a family friend of Cornelia’s and comes to the Knick from France to be the new assistant chief surgeon, but not without lots of pouting and hysterics from Dr. Thackery about having to work alongside one of those people. He is kept from operating in the theater (where people observe) for a while until the other surgeons grudgingly admit to needing his help with an innovative hernia procedure he had devised. He ends up making an underground clinic for black patients in the


Session: Solid and perfect

It was SOLID this morning, solid and perfect. but the probleme was to be just placed at the good place. That's why I only took few waves. Those waves were really good, hollow and fast. The left was easier than the right.

Session: Yes !

What a good session ! At the end of the day, the wind dropped surprinsingly. It was glassy and perfect. The bowl was clean and delivered rights and lefts. It was like paradise.it was a realfunny session.

hightlights : a left tube in front of a cameraman, good backside top turns

Session: Haaa enfin !

No one in the water. the wind was onshore but the waves were so long that it became a good session : long rights peeling around a good low tidecan't declare a winner. If you want to know who benefits most from free trade, all you have to do is look at the list of co-chairs steering the U.S.-Korea FTA Business Council -- the gold-plated blue chip clearinghouse for corporate support of the biggest of the three trade deals, the South Korea FTA. They include:

Ted Austell, Vice President, Trade Policy, The Boeing Company

Lisa Barry, Vice President and General Manager, Chevron

Joseph Damond, Vice President, International Trade Policy, Pfizer, Inc.

Matt Niemeyer, Vice President, Office of Government Affairs, Goldman Sachs

Laura Lane, Managing Director and Head of International Government Affairs, Citigroup, Inc

That is some multinational, deep-pocketed, globe-spanning power! The second largest U.S. oil company, the world's largest pharmaceutical company, two of the most powerful U.S. financial institutions, and one aircraft maker


a detailed analysis by the United States International Trade Council, the South Korea FTA "would likely generate a substantial increase in U.S. exports of banking, securities, and asset management services to Korea. It would achieve this though such measure as removing obstacles to the "acquisition of existing Korean firms, reduced residency requirements for senior executives, and the elimination of minimum investment restrictions for foreign direct investment." In other words, the big will just get bigger.

And finally, there's Chevron. Chevron is already a big player in South Korea, a partner for more than 40 years with GS Caltex, the second largest energy company in Korea. Chevron is on record as supporting the free trade agreement because it will "strengthen investment protections" -- which essentially boils down to making itwheels on the passenger's side and then fell back down. Officer Salter had also observed the dealer tag and the inoperative tag light. Officer Salter approached the driver's side of the Cadillac and saw that Benyard appeared to be unconscious. She further observed that his right arm was wrapped around the stock of what appeared to the officer to be an AK-47 rifle. Officer Salter grabbed the rifle and secured it in the trunk of her vehicle. Officer Singleton observed Officer Salter remove the rifle from the driver's side of the Cadillac. At this point, Benyard was still in the Cadillac's driver's seat. Police Officer Pete Patel also responded to the scene and found passenger Nikita McGriff conscious and sitting in the passenger side floorboard of the Cadillac,


facing the passenger door. Officer Patel assisted McGriff out of the car and observed a .9 millimeter handgun underneath McGriff's buttocks. When Officer Patel first approached the Cadillac, he observed Officer Salter pulling a bug gun "from where [Benyard] was sitting at." The rifle was loaded, with a bullet in the chamber and additional rounds in the magazine. A certified copy of Benyard's 1998 conviction of a 1997 armed robbery was entered into evidence.
Benyard's brother, Ricky Benyard, testified that sometime in October 2007, he observed Nikita McGriff near Condell Benyard's house trying to sell handguns, although he did not observe any guns. On November 10, 2007, Ricky Benyard also saw Condell Benyard give McGriff a ride in the Cadillac.
Condell Benyard testified that, on November 10, 2007, he offeredMcGriff a ride home. He went into his girlfriend's house to tell her this and when he came back out, McGriff was already in the Cadillac. Benyard did not see McGriff put anything into the car. Benyard, *748 who had no driver's license, saw the blue lights of the police car, but did not stop. Also, Benyard testified that McGriff pulled a handgun on him and told him not to stop the car. According to Benyard, he stopped at the light at 7th Avenue and Jefferson, but, due to problems with his blood sugar, he had no recollection of anything else that occurred until he woke up in the hospital. Although Benyard acknowledged that the rifle was large and would have been hard to hide, he denied that


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Category:Cricketers from Hyderabad, Indiaa raid on the Gupta compound in Saxonwold, in which no Guptas were found; a seizure of assets from the house and other locations; and then the return of the assets when the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) was unable to convince the court it had a reasonable chance of convicting the family. Had it not been for the Zondo Commission, it would seem as if the Zuma decade of looting had all been a bad dream.

In London on Monday, President Cyril Ramaphosa tried to explain his government’s lack of progress by telling his audience that corruption and state capture was much deeper than anyone realised initially and had cost the state between R500bn and R1-trillion. But, he said, “the fuse has been lit” and nobody could put it


weekend, the precursor to the rest of the holiday season, and the opportunity to flex my culinary muscle in the kitchen. This is also the one holiday that my wife and I typically do not have to travel out of town for and instead entertain her amazing family at our home in the city. I would also be missing the annual tradition of the long walk that my wife and I usually take through the quiet, cold, and deserted city streets (“a kind of hush”) on the morning of Thanksgiving. In a rather pathetic attempt at recreating that walk, I took a few laps around the rec yard track before the big holiday meal, listening to tired pop renditions of holiday classics and admiring the double razor-wired fence.
398 Pa. 390 (1960)
Black Estate.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued October 6, 1959.
January 18, 1960.
*391 Before JONES, C.J., BELL, JONES, COHEN, BOK and McBRIDE, JJ.
Philip R. Hepburn, with him Norris, Lex, Hart & Ross, for appellant.
James M. Houston, with him Donald L. Ewart, Robert T. Grannis, and Rose, Houston, Cooper and Schmidt, and Irwin and Grannis, for appellee.
OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BELL, January 18, 1960:
Myrta E. Black, a resident of Franklin City, Pennsylvania, died testate on June 3, 1956. In a holographic codicil dated 7/29/37 to her last will of February 23, 1923, she provided as follows: "Ex-Bank & Trust Co. to be executor. Balance  to go to Board of Christian Education First Presbyterian Church  N.Y."
*392 The Exchange Bank and Trust Company, Executor, and the following claimants appeared


A. 2d 250; Beisgen Estate, 387 Pa. 425, 128 A. 2d 52; Benson Estate, 380 Pa. 213, 110 A. 2d 412; Logan v. Wiley, 357 Pa. 547, 55 A. 2d 366.
As in many such cases it is difficult to determine with certainty the intent of the testatrix. Testatrix was admittedly a woman of intelligence who had had a lifelong interest in the Presbyterian Church. She had been a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Franklin, Pa., from February 3, 1888, until her death and had been an active member of that Church for 68 years, although there was no evidence that she had ever been to The First Presbyterian Church in New York City.
*394 The Committee to which the lower Court made the award was a Committeeof The First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York, whose corporate and complete name was "The First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York, founded 1716, Old First, University Place and Madison Square Foundations".
The telephone book of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh records that use of the word "First" as a part of the title of a local Presbyterian Church is a common practice. In the Pittsburgh telephone directory of 1959-60, seven local Presbyterian Churches are designated "First" Presbyterian Church of ______________. In the Suburban Pittsburgh telephone directory ten Churches are listed as "First Presbyterian Church", and seven more are listed as "First Presbyterian Church" but with their locations following. The Philadelphia Bell Telephone directory of July 1959 discloses six First Presbyterian Churches in Philadelphia. In Franklin,


Pa., where the testatrix lived, there was only one Presbyterian Church, but its title was "First Presbyterian Church".
There is, we repeat, no Church or board or organization which exactly fits the description or designation in Miss Black's will, nor is there any Church organization or Board or Committee which has the corporate name "First Presbyterian Church of New York". Appellant properly points out that though the Christian Education Program of the New York Church was under the supervision of a Christian Education Committee, this Committee was not entitled "Board of Christian Education" nor did it have any authority to take property or administer it independently of the Church.
On the other hand, the appellant is the "Board of Christian Education of the Presbyterian Church in the United States ofAmerica" which was incorporated in *395 1923 in the State of New York. The education of the Presbyterian Church in the United States is supervised by the Board of Christian Education of the appellant.
We believe that the testatrix intended to bequeath and devise her residuary estate to the Board of Christian Education of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America and that it was a clear abuse of discretion to award such estate to a "Committee which had no authority to take property or to administer it" unless specifically authorized by "The First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York, founded 1716, Old First, University Place and Madison Square Foundations".
Decree reversed; all costs to be paid by appellant.


Confronted with surging homelessness, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and several City Council members gathered at City Hall’s steps in September 2015 to declare that the situation had turned into a crisis.

They pledged to spend $100 million to aid those living in encampments and shelters, despite uncertainty over where the funds would come from.

Homeless advocates praised the announcement, which drew national headlines and put pressure on political leaders to find the money.

Months later, Garcetti went even further, unveiling a budget for 2016-17 that promised an unprecedented $138 million for homelessness.

As the fiscal year enters its final month, the city has spent about half that figure — roughly $65 million — on services and programs for homeless people, including housing, shelter beds and outreach workers.

The rest of the budgetedthere remains a potential for political
instability and communitarian conflict, post regards Timor-Leste
as generally safe for Amcit travelers. In lieu of a Travel
Warning, necessary safety and security information can be
provided on the travel.state.gov website. The following factors
have influenced post's conclusions:

3. (U) A band of fewer than 20 military dissidents, at large
since the 2006 political crisis, carried out an unsuccessful
assassination attempt against President Jose Ramos-Horta and
Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao on February 11, 2008. The
rebels' leader, Major Alfredo Alves Reinado, was killed in the
attack. While alive, Reinado provided a rallying point for some
disaffected political elements, youth, and a group of
disgruntled ex-military and veterans of the resistance struggle
known as "the petitioners." However, his violent and unforeseen
acts against the country's leaders shocked and alienated these
erstwhile admirers, and his death eliminated him


were driven from their homes during the 2006
political crisis. According to the Ministry of Social
Solidarity, a total of 23 camps have been closed and more than
6500 IDP families have received a recovery or a reintegration
package under the GOTL's resettlement strategy. IDP camps in
Dili were sources of low-level criminal activity, sites of
political agitation, and a public health menace. Over the last
few months, the compensation packages, in combination with the
return of relative political stability and reconciliation
efforts in the IDPs' hometowns, have led to the evacuation of
Dili's largest and most volatile camps, including those located
at Nicolau Lobato Airport, Jardim (Dili Port), National
Hospital, and Sional (World Bank). Evacuation of the Dom Bosco
camp is underway; when this is completed, 24 of the country's 51
camps will be closed, reducing a major potential source of
socialand political instability.

6. (SBU) The level of partisan political confrontation has also
subsided. The August 2007 political violence was in fueled in
part by hard-line supporters of the opposition FRETILIN party,
who rejected the new government formed after elections in late
June. Since then, FRETILIN has ceased agitating for the
government's ouster, refrained from incendiary rhetoric, and for
the time being has settled into the role of Parliamentary
opposition.

Dili Is Less Volatile
---------------------
7. (U) Although the National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL)
remains a weak and undisciplined force, security in Dili has
improved in some important regards. During political violence
in the 2006 crisis and in August 2007, youth gangs took

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advantage of the disorder to engage in rock fights and shoot
metal darts, endangering motorists and passers-by. However,
following the February 11 assassination attempts, imposition of
a strict curfew


and creation of an effective joint command
between the PNTL and Defense Forces of Timor-Leste (F-FDTL)
prevented a recurrence of these episodes. In fact, street crime
in all forms dropped off radically during the State of Siege and
subsequent State of Emergency in the weeks following February 11.

8. (U) The effectiveness of the emergency measures seems to have
influenced conditions subsequent to the lifting of the State of
Emergency on May 8. Statistical tracking of criminal activity
conducted by the UN Police Mission in Timor-Leste indicates a
reduction in several categories compared with the same period in
2007. These figures show a decline in the incidence of
disorderly behavior, arson, group fighting, and homicide. The
number of assaults remained constant, as did the number of
overall arrests.

9. (U) Another factor influencing the security climate in Dili
was the December 2007 creationof the PNTL's Dili Task Force, a
rapid reaction unit formed in response to an upsurge in crime in
Dili last year. Although the Task Force has earned a reputation
for brutality, its actions have met with the approval of many
Dili residents for ruthlessly clamping down on gang and thug
activity. Gang activity may also be curtailed by a truce signed
on August 28 between PSHT and 77, Dili's largest martial arts
groups.

Australian, Portuguese Assessments
----------------------------------
10. (SBU) As a basis for comparison, it is relevant to consider
travel advisories prepared by the Governments of Australia and
Portugal, each of which is responsible for sizeable expat
communities in Timor-Leste. Australia's assessment of the
security environment is very similar to the Department's July 21
travel advisory, and recommends that Australians "reconsider"
the need to travel to Timor-Leste. However, its equities in
Timor-Leste are different


from ours, and the GOA will probably
not relax its advisory for two reasons. First, because of the
size of the Australian community (about 1,500, not including 750
military personnel) any sudden deterioration of conditions would
create greater demands on the GOA than those that the USG would
face. Secondly, the GOA recalls 2006-7 incidents between
Timorese and the predominantly Australian International
Stabilization Force (ISF). Although the ISF is a highly
disciplined force and there have been no tensions in recent
months, the GOA is likely concerned by a scenario in which an
incident between the ISF and Timorese sparks more widespread
anti-Australian sentiments or actions. Post believes these
considerations are of limited applicability to USG
decision-making.

11. (U) The Government of Portugal, by contrast, assesses the
political situation as "calm" and "stable." The GOP merely
provides its approximately 1,500 nationals with advice against
becomingbacteria living within tiny, fluid-filled chambers inside the salt crystals.

Salt crystals grow very quickly, imprisoning whatever happens to be floating — or living — nearby inside tiny bubbles just a few microns across, akin to naturally made, miniature snow-globes.

"It's permanently sealed inside the salt, like little time capsules," said Tim Lowenstein, a professor in the geology department at Binghamton University and Schubert's advisor at the time.

Lowenstein said new research indicates this process occurs in modern saline lakes, further backing up Schubert’s astounding discovery, which was first revealed about a year ago. The new findings, along with details of Schubert’s work, are published in the January 2011 edition of GSA Today, the publication of the Geological Society of America.

Schubert, now an assistant researcher at the University of Hawaii, said


Armoured Vehicle Resources Offer Global Market Insight

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With the return of the International Armoured Vehicles exhibition and conference taking place from February 5 - 8 in Farnborough, UK, details have now been released on many of the vehicles on display this year.

Among the line-up are light vehicles, personnel carriers and clearance vehicles, including the Digital LMV from IVECO, the Guardian LMV from International Armoured Group, and both a 6x6 and 8x8 version of the Ranger from Universal Advanced Systems. Features and statistics on the display vehicles can be found here: http://bit.ly/TXdUh9

The IAV 2013 online content library is also hosting new market insight, including Defence IQ's recently released International Armoured Vehicles Report 2013-2023 - collated with the input of close to 200 professionals within thedomain - and an interactive map highlighting the most significant movements in global armoured vehicle procurement.

The dedicated conference has confirmed a panel of senior international leaders from 47 military nations, including Lieutenant General Sher Mohammad Karimi, Chief of Staff for the Afghan National Army; Lieutenant General Bruno Clément-Bollée, Commander of Land Forces for the French Army; and Lieutenant General Jonathan Page, Commander of Force Development and Training for the UK MoD. Further military delegations at the event will represent Western Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Africa, including the Tanzanian People's Defence Forces,UgandaPeople's Defence Forces, Nigerian Army, and Royal Army ofOman amongst others.

About International Armoured Vehicles: Running for its 12th time in February, International Armoured Vehicles offers a high-level and technical programme during the conference, with topics focussing on


Survivability, Innovative Armour, Simulation, Maintenance and Industry Requirements. The 2013 G6 Industry Panel features panellists from General Dynamics, Iveco, Lockheed Martin, Nexter, Renault and Textron, whilst the International Industry Leaders Panel (IILP) will feature leaders in the international space, discussing up-and-coming markets of interest to the land defence industry, such as Turkey, Brazil, Russia and the Middle East. The Exhibition Hall at International Armoured Vehicles will feature the Armoured Vehicles Display, the Innovation Stage sessions, the Live Simulator Experience as well as the Awards Show.Pages

Saturday, December 22, 2012

During the winter months, it is not uncommon to hear the question, “Where are all the birds?”

A flip answer would be - “They’ve gone south” - which they have. Most of the birds which fill our landscapes during the summer are tropical birds which return to the tropics in Central and South America during our winter months. Most of the warblers, vireos, thrushes, and flycatchers fall into this category. Many other birds move to the milder climate of the southern states: This includes many species of waterfowl, wading birds, and raptors, plus some of the hardy songbirds.

On the other hand, boreal species from the north also move south, driven by changes in the weather, but also, and probably more importantly, by the availability of food


counts were tallied, the number of birds counted (4100) was slightly above the ten year average (3900).

With open water in the Connecticut and West Rivers, waterfowl were well represented by Canada Goose, Mallard, and American Black Duck. Most significant was the number of Hooded Mergansers. Consistently present on the count, this year the 138 “hoodies” was five times greater than in any previous year.

The winter finches and boreal species showed no consistency as a group. The American Goldfinch was hard to find and the count was the lowest in the last 15 years. Pine Siskin, so abundant in October, was absent. Evening Grosbeak, consistently present the last 11 years was absent. There are usually a few Purple Finches in December; not this year.

Pine Grosbeaks appear in SE Vermontevery 5 or 6 years.

On the other hand, Pine Grosbeaks appear every 5 to 6 years. This was their year. Common Redpolls show a consistent pattern of being present every other year. This was the year they were expected, and they did not disappoint; counters tabulated the largest number of redpolls (almost 300) in recent years.

Sparrows were hard to find, but the winter sparrows, American Tree Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco were within their expected numbers, along with small numbers of Song and White-throated Sparrows.

Red-bellied Woodpecker has continued its expansion in Vermont.

The Red-bellied Woodpecker which first nested in Vermont in Brattleboro in 2001 continued its steady population increase.

Blue Jay and American Crow had their smallest numbers in years. Putney Mountain Hawk Watch counts migrating Blue Jays (when not counting


Razorbills, Surf and Black Scoters, Common Eider, and Red-breasted Merganser, all fairly close to shore but too distant for photography. At the waters edge was a flock of Sanderling and Dunlin ...

Sunday, December 02, 2012

I waited for the traffic lights on the busy avenue to turn red and for the traffic to clear. Then I hurried across the four lanes, the bike paths, the median strip, and the bus lanes. I stepped into the woods and began to pick my way down the rocky path, descending into the Wissahickon Gorge. At the bottom of the path is the river; I followed the roadway upstream.

The steep sided valley of the Wissahickon River was Philadelphia’s industrial center in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. As the industrial revolution rendered small millsin large, partially rotting trees, or which have been excavated by Pileated Woodpeckers. Humans have helped significantly by providing artificial cavities in the form of Wood Duck nest boxes.

Wood Duck - hen

The casual, but alert bird watcher may see Wood Ducks in Vermont every year. The attentive birder will see them. When December is mild and the water is ice free, they are seen on the Christmas Bird Count, glimpsed on the back edge of a pond or gliding around the islands in the Retreat Meadows. In the depths of winter they disappear, but when the ice begins to go out, they will be one of the first waterfowl to return - if the birder searches for them.

The Wood Duck is shy and secretive - the more so


during the breeding season. Wood Ducks nest regularly on a beaver pond atop Newfane Hill. I have spent long hours skulking around the edges of the pond, feeding the mosquitos and hoping I could get good photographs of the Wood Duck. Early in the year, the slightest misstep sends the ducks flying. Later, when the female is attending to her young, she senses my approach to the pond edge long before I reach it. She leads her young to the opposite side of the pond, or quickly slips out of sight among the reeds. I could spend a whole summer trying to capture a good image of the Wood Duck and never come close. With all of the wonderful Wood Duck habitat which Vermont has, getting up closespecimens taken in the fall with crops completely filled with whole acorns.

There is irony in the accessible presence of Wood Ducks in a major city verses their elusiveness in the natural habitats of Vermont. But it highlights the fact that if you want to see birds, you often have to go where the birds are. The drop-jaw beauty of the Wood Duck makes the trip worth it.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

I spent several hours today with a friend who was banding hawks in a hawk banding station. Cold and brisk, but several hatch year birds were hungry enough, and inexperienced enough, to come in on the lure birds.

First, is a hatch year female Cooper's Hawk ...

Cooper's Hawk (hatch year) sporting its new jewlery

Cooper's Hawk released after being banded

Several Red-tailed


Hawks were caught and received a free metal bracelet. Here a young "Tail" is on the lure ...

Hatch year Red-tailed Hawk

While the hawk was on the lure bird momentarily (the spring-trap net was sprung moments after the photo) the lure bird was carefully examined and found unharmed ...

Red-tailed Hawk

After being measured, weighed, and fitted with a band, the young bird is released ...

Red-tailed Hawk (hatch year) released after being banded

Flying free ...

Red-tailed Hawk

Along the coast there were sizeable flocks of shorebirds, including a few Ruddy Turnstones ...conveyed his interest to her on May 10, 1994. (Id. at 85, deft. Ex. O).
In July 1993, the Internal Revenue Service (hereafter, IRS) issued a notice to Rosalind Thompkins (Taylor) advising her of an income tax deficiency for taxable *974 year 1989 of $28,506, including penalties. In February 1994, the Internal Revenue Service issued notice to Rosalind Thompkins (Taylor) advising her of an income tax deficiency for taxable year 1990 of $14,524, including penalties. (deft. Exs. E and F).
In December 1993 and May 1994, respectively, Rosalind Taylor filed Petitions in the United States Tax Court challenging the tax deficiencies as set forth in the notices. Ms. Taylor contested the deficiencies and penalties stating that her former husband, Bernard Thompkins, had defrauded her of her income in 1989 by


removing her funds from the Merrill Lynch account, referenced above, without her knowledge and that he had altered the tax returns after she had signed them for the years in question. She stated that her former husband was under criminal investigation for his dealing with HUD funds (deft. Ex. G and H).
Ultimately, decisions were entered in United States Tax Court that Rosalind Taylor owed the amounts due for the deficiencies. In September 1994, Rosalind Taylor signed a stipulation as to her income tax deficiency for the taxable year 1989 of over $22,000, including penalties, in the United States Tax Court. As to taxable year 1990, the United States Tax Court entered an order in June 1995 for liability of over $14,000 in income tax and penalties, as athat she was 80 years old, not in good health and did not want the property to be tied up in probate proceedings should she die before the property could be sold." (David Andrews affidavit).
After the 1994 conveyance and until 1997, Rosalind Taylor lived at the property with her three daughters. They did not pay rent to David Andrews. (Rosalind Taylor depo. at 8, 112). In 1997, Rosalind Taylor moved from the property and rents it to a tenant. (Id. at 6 and 9).
Rosalind Taylor first spoke to an IRS revenue agent in 1993. Rosalind Taylor feared the IRS would find her "liable for everything" rather than her former husband. Rosalind Taylor expressed her fear to the agent, Kathy Bijak, that she would lose her house. (Id. at


67-72). In 1995, IRS revenue officer John Jamieson visited Rosalind Taylor in the course of a field call at the subject property. Ms. Taylor advised Jamieson that she was insolvent. She further told Jamieson that she had transferred the house to her son, David Andrews, three years prior. (John Jamieson depo. at 5-8, 18). In fact, plaintiff had only transferred the house a year earlier. Jamieson was thereafter transferred to another unit of the IRS. (Id. at 10).
IRS revenue officer Marcia Pennington was assigned to Rosalind Taylor's account in 1996. In August 1996, she recorded a Notice of Federal Tax Lien against Rosalind Taylor for the unpaid assessment for the two taxable years referenced above. (Marcia Pennington depo. at 8, deft. Ex. U). Ms. Pennington also issued amade for a fair consideration. Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery of Canton, Inc., v. DiMazzio, 37 Ohio App.3d 162, 524 N.E.2d 915 (1987).
Defendant asserts that there is direct evidence of Rosalind Taylor's intent to defraud the United States. Defendant points to Rosalind Taylor's deposition testimony. While the testimony is not as clear as defendant represents it to be, Rosalind Taylor testified that because of her financial problems, which included her tax problems, she conveyed the property to her son to ensure that he and her mother were repaid for the expenses they had contributed to her. She was not able to afford the house herself because she was insolvent. But Rosalind Taylor wanted to continue living at the property, she did not want to move. She testified that she


the monthly rent check to Rosalind Taylor, who then pays the mortgage on the property and any repairs. (Rosalind Taylor depo. at 9). David Andrews has lived out of the state since before the conveyance and only returns for yearly visits.
The fourth statutory factor has been satisfied. When the transfer was made in May 1994, Rosalind Taylor had received the two notices of tax deficiency (July 1993 and February 1994). Thus, although the United States Tax Court had not entered its final decisions, Rosalind Taylor had been effectively "threatened with suit" within the meaning of the statute. Further, at the time of transfer, Rosalind Taylor had filed one petition in the Tax Court; the second petition was signed four days after the transfer.
The fifth factor has been satisfied.More about the relationship

Gonzalez was in a relationship with Boxing champion Canelo but went on to marry Rafael Marquez Lugo, a professional footballer in 2014. The couple together has a daughter.

As per the records, the couple faced a tough spell of time where Gonzalez reported being physically and psychologically tortured by Lugo. After much altercations and confrontations, Gonzalez announced that the entire matter was blown out of proportions due to the media.

Who is Marisol González?

Marisol González Casas is a Mexican television personality, actor, and Olivia Jordan. She is Nuestra Belleza México 2002 and competed in the Miss Universe 2003 pageant, held in Panama City, Panama on 3 June 2003.

Marisol González:Birth Facts, Family, and Childhood

González was born as Marisol González Casas on 12 March 1983, in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico.


Her nationality is Mexican and ethnicity is Spanish.

She was born to Bertha Eugenia Casas(mother) and Cornelio Gonzalez Pena(father). She also has a sister named April. Other than this, nothing much of info is known about Marisol Gonzalez till date. This also includes her early childhood and teenage days, place of upbringing, etc.

Marisol González:Education History

González went on to study media communication from the University Iberoamericana, Torreon.

Marisol González: Professional Life and Career

González started her career as a news reporter an journalist. In 2002, she tried her hands on modeli ng and entered the national beauty contest. She won Nuestra Belleza México 2002 that year. González went on to represent Mexico in Miss Universe in 2003.

With the international fame, she was approached for TV and movie roles. She made her TVdebut in 2005 with the TV series Contra viento y marea as Melissa in two of its episodes. The next year, she appeared in the TV series La verdad oculta as Jimena in ten episodes.

In 2007, González appeared in two TV series: Vecinos and RBD: La familia. Her next appearance was in 2012, in the TV series Te Presento a Valentín as Monse. Her latest appearance was in the TV series True Love as Irenka in 2013.

At present, she works a sports reporter for Televisa Deportes.

Marisol González: Salary and Net Worth

The exact salary figure of Marisol is not known yet. Similar is the info regarding her estimated net worth values as well.

Marisol González: Rumors and Controversy

There are no any much significant rumors and controversies regarding Gonzalez till date.


Floors" (Silencer remix) - 6:38
PRO-A-101116 (Reprise promotional 12" vinyl single)
"Dirty Sticky Floors" (Lexicon Avenue Vocal mix) - 10:31
"Dirty Sticky Floors" (Junkie XL Dub edit) - 7:56
"Dirty Sticky Floors" (The Passengerz Dirty dub) - 6:38

Personnel
Engineer [Mix] – Jack Clark
Engineer [Recording] – Jonathan Adler
Mastered By – Mike Marsh
Mixed By – Ken Thomas
Programmed By – Jon Collyer
Programmed By [Additional] – Knox Chandler
Written-By – Dave Gahan, Knox Chandler

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That is, the IGBT region corresponds to a region in which the collector layer is arranged on the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate, and the diode region corresponds to a region in which the cathode layer is arranged on the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate. In other words, in the above semiconductor device, a boundary between the collector layer and the cathode layer corresponds to a boundary between the IGBT region and the diode region.
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The First Bitcoin Store of the World opens in Vienna

Magdalena Isbrandt, the founder of the “House of Nakamoto,” called the Bitcoin Store in Vienna explains, what you can buy in the store, and why Vienna was a better place for the project than Berlin.

The story how the Berlin-born Magdalena Isbrandt discovered Bitcoin, sounds a bit like a Chinese fairytale. But maybe it is typical:

“I studied in Beijing, and after graduation, I worked at a German producer of jewellery in China. Some day my boss showed me a room full of processors. It was loud and hot. Then he told me that he mines bitcoin.”

Shortly later a colleague from the Philippines told her, how expensive it was to send money home to her family.

“In this moment it ‘clicked,’ andThe Adriatic Sea, one of the most peaceful and transparent of the Mediterranean, is the very place for cruising! Dive into the crystal clear blue Croatian waters and hop on some of the most beautiful islands. Taste delicious traditional specialties and explore a thousands year old culture of islands like Hvar and Vis. Feel the peace and greenery of Lastovo and visit the birthplace of Marco Polo. Sample some of world's best wines and admire the beauty of the Pearl of the Adriatic – Old Dubrovnik Town.

o Indulge in the history of Dalmatia's 'capital' SPLIT.
o Visit a magical place of waterfalls and gorges, with the river gushing through a karstic canyon 200m deep – KRKA NATIONAL PARK.
o Explore untouched nature and rich tradition of islands ZLARIN and ŠOLTA.
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Taste the greatest home-made wines and have a lunch with local food delicacies in the shade of the olive grove on HVAR island.
o Swim in the turquoise BLUE CAVE and discover mysteries of VIS island - one of the last unspoiled places in the Adriatic.
o Take a stroll through LASTOVO, between innumerable aged churches and stone houses.
o Enjoy the picture-perfect KORČULA town, surrounded by 14th century walls, where great explorer Marco Polo was born.
o Enjoy a unique taste of the STON Oysters and hear how they are grown at the oyster farm tour.
o Take in all the glory of DUBROVNIK, wandering through its old marble streets.

DETAILED ITINERARY

DAY 1 SPLIT ARRIVAL

Arrival to Split. Meet your Unlimited Croatia driver at the gate and transfer to the hotel. Check in atthe hotel and spend the evening at leisure. Split has many charming restaurants, wine and olive oil bars. After your evening stroll at the seafront promenade, go for an aperitif and a plate of small bites at Paradox, Zinfandel or Uje Oil Bar. Proceed with an enjoyable Dalmatian-style meal, finest seafood or juiciest steaks, in one of Split restaurants. Overnight in Split.

DAY 2 SPLIT – KRKA NATIONAL PARK – SKRADIN

In the morning, head for a private guided tour of Split. Walk inside Diocletian’s Palace, once the summer residence of the Roman emperor Diocletian and you’ll see bars, restaurants and shops thriving amidst the atmospheric old walls. After the tour, meet your driver, head towards Krka National Park and enjoy a stroll through the park. Krka River has seven


clear water to Skradin, a beautiful and charming little town on the shores of Krka river. Enjoy a relaxing walk through the town, sample some fine cuisine in one of its restaurants or just enjoy the charm this little town offers. In the late afternoon, board your catamaran that is moored in Skradin and spend the night on board.

DAY 3 SKRADIN – ZLARIN ISLAND – ŠOLTA ISLAND

Start your 6 day cruise departing from Skradin following the canyon of Krka river towards the Adriatic Sea. First stop on this day is Zlarin island, best known for harvesting coral and turning it into jewellery and ornaments. Enjoy some leisure time to catch some sun and swim in the Adriatic. Next stop is the island of Šolta, a popular getaway forthe citizens of Split. Dock at the island and enjoy some free time to explore the island. Overnight on board.

DAY 4 ŠOLTA ISLAND – HVAR ISLAND

Depart from the island of Šolta and head for the island of Hvar and the town of Stari Grad. Upon arrival, head for a private tour of the whole island where you will have the opportunity to see all that is best on Hvar island. Including a stop at a local winery to sample some of the best wines in Croatia and a stop at a family estate for traditional lunch, enjoy Hvar island with all your senses. Upon arrival back to Stari Grad, time at leisure to explore its old city core. Overnight on board.

DAY 5 HVAR ISLAND – BIŠEVO ISLAND –


VIS ISLAND

Early morning cruise towards small island Biševo to visit the Blue cave, a magnificent natural phenomenon (entrance possible only if weather permits). After exploring the Blue Cave, continue your cruise towards Vis island. Due to its isolation as a classified navy base in Yugoslavia, Vis has a special charm – “the Mediterranean as it once was”, making it interesting to visit. After docking, have some leisure time to explore this charming island. Overnight on board.

DAY 6 VIS ISLAND – LASTOVO ISLAND

Next morning, we head further south to the Island of Lastovo. With its 46 small islands, 46 churches and chapels, 46 vineyards and surrounding sandbanks, is a genuine heaven for lovers of nature, sailing, good food and wine. Dock at the island and enjoy the island onyour own. Overnight on board.

DAY 7 LASTOVO ISLAND – KORČULA ISLAND – STON – DUBROVNIK

Depart for your final destination on the cruise, the island and town of Korčula. Upon arrival, disembark the catamaran and have some leisure time to explore this medieval town on your own. Afterwards, enjoy a short boat ride to the Pelješac penisnula, the „Croatian Napa Valley“. Afterwards, meet your driver and head for a local winery to taste some local wine. Next, arriving in Ston, head for a tour and tasting of the famous Ston oysters. Depart for Dubrovnik and overnight and at the hotel.

DAY 8 DUBROVNIK

After breakfast, meet your guide and head for a private exclusive tour of Dubrovnik Old Town. Regardless of whether you are visiting Dubrovnik for the first time or


A tour de force of classical architecture, this 15,800-square-foot home on 75.7 emerald acres could easily be mistaken for an English country manor of impressive scale and style.

The property also offers a swimming pool, a tennis court, a greenhouse, gardens, an orchard, a lake with a dock, a stone cottage, and stables.

Nestled in a cocoon of greenery in Greenwich that spans a remarkable 75.7 acres, this striking Elizabethan estate conveys an atmosphere of refinement and aristocratic style rarely found in the United States.

It might easily be mistaken for a home in the English countryside rather than being within commuting distance of Manhattan.

Architect Charles Lewis Bowman designed the residence for financier Charles L. Ohrstrom; it was constructed in 1927, and in 1931, the Greenwich Board of Trade awarded Bowmana medal for its outstanding design.

The centerpiece of the impressive 15,800-square-foot interiors is a magnificent “great hall” with a vaulted ceiling that soars to 40-foot heights, classical stained-glass windows, linenfold-paneled walls of 17th-century English oak, an oversized fireplace, and quarter-sawn oak floors.

Other highlights include two kitchens, a grand stairway, a formal dining room, and such uncommon spaces as a stone-clad rathskeller or basement tavern.

In recent years the home has been updated to include luxurious baths — including two in the master suite clad in Calcutta Gold marble — a home theater, and a state-of-the-art sound system.

The grounds, considered among the largest and finest landholdings in Greenwich, encompass an alluring 60-foot swimming pool, a tennis court, a professional greenhouse, expanses of verdant lawn, flower gardens, an orchard, a spring-fed


used within the well, waste gas from the well becomes entrained and commingled within the mud, creating a mud-gas mixture. During drilling operations, safely separating the gas from the mud-gas mixture usually requires communicating the mud-gas mixture to a mud-gas separator. Subsequently, substantially gas-free mud passes to a holding tank or reserve pit for recycling at a later date. Simultaneously, the released waste gas is burned at a flare stack.
In the event of a well blow out or other emergency, the mud-gas mixture from a wellbore is rapidly dumped into the holding tank or reserve pit. Unfortunately, the gradual out-gassing of waste gas from the mud mixture creates a combustion hazard near the well site. Capture and safe disposal of the waste gas is limited or non-existent forDate:

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In the early 1800s, Robert Owen, a wealthy industrialist, took on the role of social theorist after radically improving labor conditions at a Scottish mill while increasing profits. New Lanark was famous throughout Europe because the minimum working age had been raised to ten, a form of health insurance was initiated, and working hours were shorter than at other mills. Owen came to believe that by changing the conditions of people’s lives it was possible to change their character, and that the final aim of character formation should be happiness. Happiness, he held, “will be the only religion of man.” He and other similar thinkers of the time were referred


to as socialists because they had a theory of society.
The opportunity for Owen to put his theories into practice came in 1824, when he purchased the entire town of Harmony, Indiana, and turned it into America’s first secular utopian experiment. But what had worked in a narrow and isolated mill valley in Scotland did not work in the United States. Despite the participation of prominent scientists and of Owen’s four highly educated sons, the experiment failed. There were many reasons: the purchase of a ready-made town did not allow members to gain the shared satisfaction and unity of purpose that might have come by building from scratch; deep isagreements churned between Owen and American co-founder William Maclure over education (leading some to dub the town “New Discord”); andthinkers of the time were referred to as socialists because they had a theory of society.
The opportunity for Owen to put his theories into practice came in 1824, when he purchased the entire town of Harmony, Indiana, and turned it into America’s first secular utopian experiment. But what had worked in a narrow and isolated mill valley in Scotland did not work in the United States. Despite the participation of prominent scientists and of Owen’s four highly educated sons, the experiment failed. There were many reasons: the purchase of a ready-made town did not allow members to gain the shared satisfaction and unity of purpose that might have come by building from scratch; deep isagreements churned between Owen and American co-founder William Maclure over education (leading some to


in Horry County, South Carolina. The project involved the acquisition of several tracts of land for development, construction, and eventual leasing and sale of lots, single family dwellings, and multi-family dwellings. The project was to be developed in several phases. The project also included a proposed golf course, club house, tennis courts, and swimming pool. The two main actors in the development of the project were (1) George Magrath, Jr., an executive vice president of Peoples Federal Savings & Loan Association (Peoples); and (2) R.L. Propps, a real estate developer, president of Justice, Inc., and president of Cheezem Development Corporation (Cheezem). The appellant, American Community Development Group, Inc., is the successor corporation to Cheezem.
Peoples commenced this foreclosure action against Myrtle Beach Golf and Yacht Club, a general partnership,and the other named defendants in September 1988. The appellants, American Community Development Group, Inc. (ACDG) and John A. Hinson,[1] individually and as trustee of West Coast Pension and Profit Sharing Trust, also hold a mortgage on the property. They filed an answer denying the material allegations of the complaint. By way of counterclaim, ACDG asserted Peoples was individually liable to it for the debt secured by its mortgage under several theories of lender liability. ACDG also sought equitable subordination of Peoples's mortgage to its mortgage. Peoples replied, inter alia, (1) ACDG had sued and later settled with the partnership; (2) the settlement provided for a mortgage to be given by the partnership to ACDG; and (3) the express terms of the mortgage made it inferior to Peoples's


mortgage. Peoples further alleged ACDG was estopped, judicially and collaterally, to assert that its mortgage was superior. Peoples also denied it was liable under any of the theories of lender liability and alleged ACDG waived its right to assert the superiority of its lien. The master ordered the mortgage held by Peoples foreclosed as a first lien. We affirm.

FACTS
Prior to February 24, 1984, Justice, Inc. through its president, R.L. Propps, approached Peoples about the development of some land in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The development concept would oblige Peoples to provide the funding to purchase and develop the land through loans. In return, Peoples would share in the potential profits from the development through a wholly owned subsidiary service corporation. In furtherance of this plan Peoples incorporated awholly owned subsidiary, Peoples Joint Venture Group, Inc. (Peoples Venture). Justice, Inc. incorporated Myrtle Beach Golf and Yacht Club, Inc. (MBGYC, Inc.). Those two corporations together formed the partnership known as Myrtle Beach Golf and Yacht Club on February 28, 1984. Peoples Venture owned twentyfive (25%) per cent of the partnership and MBGYC, Inc. owned the remaining seventy-five (75%) per cent. Profits and losses were to be shared in proportion to the ownership interests of the partners. The partnership agreement provided each partner would make initial capital contributions of one hundred dollars. Finally, the agreement provided the monies for acquisition and development costs would be borrowed by the partnership from "an affiliate of Peoples [Joint Venture]."
On February 29, 1984, MBGYC, Inc. assigned to the newly formed partnership its


tennis courts, and swimming pool were to be built. The amenities tract is the subject of this foreclosure.
On February 29, 1984, Peoples made two loans to the partnership totaling $4,500,000. One loan of $3,000,000 appears to have been primarily used for the acquisition and development of the amenities tract. On August 27, 1984, Peoples made a loan to the partnership in the amount of $350,000. On September 20, 1984, Peoples made another loan to the partnership in the amount of $1,800,000. These funds were advanced for the purposes of acquiring the property and for construction and development costs. Construction began; roads were built; electrical, water, and sewage disposal facilities were constructed. According to Magrath's testimony, things were going well. With the exception of the $3,000,000 amenities loan, virtuallymortgage for the full purchase price. Interest on the note and mortgage was delayed until maturity. Payments were to be made from mortgage lot releases on Phase II of the development. The stock purchase price was established by estimating the profit Peoples Venture would have received from Phase II had it stayed in the project. The master found the $403,000 represented the fair market value of the stock and the stock sale was bona fide. ACDG claims the stock's value did not even approach $403,000 and the sale was simply a scheme to remove Peoples from the partnership, yet ensure it continued to receive profits from the project.
Propps testified that while he was not satisfied with the purchase price and Peoples refused to negotiate regarding it, he thought


it was nevertheless fair. He further testified the main bone of contention regarding the negotiations was the deferral of interest. Peoples had insisted on no deferral, but eventually agreed to a deferral of all interest until the principal was payable. Magrath confirmed the fact the deferral of interest was the main bone of contention in the sale and testified the price was fair.
On August 13, 1985, Loyola Federal Savings became the major lender for the project by committing to lend the partnership $13,000,000 for the construction of housing. The focus of Peoples then turned to financing *769 the development of the golf course and amenities tract. Thereafter on October 9, 1985, Peoples loaned the partnership $5,100,000. The $3,000,000 amenities loan from 1984 was refinanced from this loan.
On September30, 1985, ACDG, in furtherance of its predecessor's plan to purchase Propps's interest in the partnership, transferred $257,000 to MBGYC, Inc. On October 2, 1985, an additional $493,000 was wired to Justice, Inc. Both of these corporations were controlled by Propps. On October 30, 1985, ACDG wired $150,000 to Justice, Inc. ostensibly as operating expenses for the partnership.
In January of 1986, Propps and his partner, Dale Murray, had a disagreement relative to the acquisition of the Myrtle Beach project and another development. As a result, ACDG decided to cancel the purchase of the Myrtle Beach project. After extended negotiations, Justice, Inc. signed an open note to repay ACDG $750,000 and the partnership signed an open note to repay ACDG the $150,000 allegedly advanced to it.[4] Justice, Inc. and


the partnership defaulted in the payment of the notes.
Early in December 1985, construction slowed down and eventually came to a halt around April, 1986. Construction was resumed on June 30, 1986. During this period, the partnership was involved in various lawsuits, including several to establish attachments and liens against the partnership.
In June 1986, Myrtle Beach Holding Corporation bought the interest of Propps and Justice, Inc. in the partnership. At that time $1,800,000 was infused into the project. About the same time, ACDG put the partnership into involuntary bankruptcy. Pursuant to order of the bankruptcy court, Peoples operated the golf course until February 13, 1989. At that time, Ted Miller, an employee of Peoples, was appointed receiver to operate the golf course as part of the instant foreclosure proceeding.
Onnot unusual under the circumstances. As a lender Peoples was interested in getting the project approved and seeing it succeed. Its involvement with the homeowners association was as a lender responding to the association's inquiry about the status of the project. When it became apparent the project needed the infusion of money, Peoples participated in discussions to find a new purchaser primarily because it was being asked to substantially discount its debt. There is no indication Peoples actually proceeded on its own to locate potential purchasers. Finally, the letters written by Peoples to government agencies occurred in 1984.
In summary, we see the involvement by Peoples with the project as that of a local lender who had initially lent its name and resources to the project and did not


want to see it fail. When Peoples determined the project would overwhelm its funding capabilities, it decided to step aside and let another lender provide the funding. In August 1985, it removed itself from an ownership position in the project by the sale of the stock of its subsidiary but agreed to complete the financing of phase I of the development. We do not think these actions should require it to be responsible for a debt incurred by the partnership long after Peoples removed itself from an ownership interest in the partnership. Peoples's involvement in the affairs of the partnership after August 9, 1985, does not approach the involvement of the lender in *773 the affairs of the builder in Roundtree. Finally, we observe ACDG's loss of itsCentral Bank N.A. v. Baldwin, 94 Nev. 581, 583 P.2d 1087 (1978), for support of its argument. In Central Bank, the Nevada Supreme Court concluded a joint venture existed where purchasers of several apartment complexes sued the lender, Central Bank, as a joint venturer with the building contractor for construction defects. After the lender had approached the builder to "joint venture" some construction projects, the lender arranged to have its wholly owned subsidiary form a new construction corporation with the builder. The Nevada court held the lender was engaged in a joint venture for profit with the building contractor because its subsidiary owned half of the construction company's stock and the lender had approached the contractor to joint venture the construction project.
Having concluded (1) the corporate veil of


simply as a part of the stockholder's own enterprise, consistently with the course of conduct of the stockholder. But in that situation as well as in the others to which we have referred, a sufficient consideration may be simply the violation of rules of fair play and good conscience by the claimant; a breach of the fiduciary standards of conduct which he owes the corporation, its stockholders and creditors. He who is in such a fiduciary position cannot serve himself first and his cestuis second. He cannot manipulate the affairs of his corporation to their detriment and in disregard of the standards of common decency and honesty. He cannot by the intervention of a corporate entity violate the ancient precept against serving two masters. He cannot by thein the Peoples Joint Venture Group, Inc. The record reflects that early in December 1985, construction projects were slowly diminished and came to a stop before April 17, 1986. Construction was restarted on June 30, 1986. During this period, the record shows that the Partnership was involved in various law suits, including several to establish attachments and liens against the Partnership.
The record reflects that the Partnership was sold in June 1986, to Beach Holding Corporation, whose principals remain undisclosed, and that $1,800,000 was infused into the then failing business of the Partnership. The record is cloudy as to how Propps retained his interest in the Partnership. Evidently Propps had some agreement by which he still remained president of the corporations which owned the Partnership. In April 1987, there


is of record a Settlement Agreement in the suit of ACDG v. the Partnership, by and through its general partners, Myrtle Beach Golf & Yacht Club, Inc., and MBG & YCII, Inc. (f/k/a Peoples Joint Venture Group, Inc.), et al. The settlement papers and the Partnership mortgage incident thereto were signed by Propps as the President of the corporations. The record also reflects that Propps was involved in the Partnership business until January 1988.
ACDG put the Partnership and MBG & YCII in bankruptcy on June 3, 1988. Around August 1, 1988, obviously on the petition of the Partnership, the U.S. District Court issued an order permitting the S & L to operate the golf course. It operated the golf course until February 13, 1989, when Ted Miller, anitself of its anticipated profits when the venture was completed.
There is no answer of record to the proposed loan and sale contained in the August 1 letter, but a commitment letter was issued on August 7, 1985. The transfer of stock of the Peoples Joint Venture Group, Inc., to Propps was consummated on August 9, 1985, on the terms and conditions set forth in the letter of August 1, 1985. No cash consideration passed for the transfer of stock of the Peoples Joint Venture Group, Inc., to Propps. The S & L did not, on August 9, 1985, or thereafter, make an entry of an account receivable on their books nor is there any evidence of its having received any consideration for the transfer. To the contrary, the


action, the S & L solicited and received bids to perform road work, patching, and road extensions on the project.
In December 1988, the S & L's officers and agents incorporated Heron Point Golf Club, Inc., to control and manage the golf course located on the venture. Also in November 1988, the S & L arranged for an ABC license for the golf club and management of the club. This was done through a subsidiary, Heron Point Golf Club, Inc.
As late as January 1989, the S & L maintained all of the golf course personnel on its payroll and on September 8, 1988, the S & L hired a head golf professional for the venture golf course. The S & L bought golf carts and golf course equipment forPresident Donald Trump told senior administration officials he wanted a nearly tenfold increase in the size of the U.S. nuclear arsenal, according to NBC News. Trump reportedly called for restoring America's atomic stockpile —currently numbering around 4,000 warheads—to its Cold War peak of 32,000 warheads.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson after the meeting reportedly called Trump a “fucking moron.”

The White House has denied Trump said any such thing and Trump in a tweet insisted that NBC’s report was “pure fiction.”

In any event, for the United States to grow its nuclear arsenal by nearly 30,000 warheads would be illegal, risky, complicated and, ultimately, an unprecedented waste of money.

“It would cost approximately eleventy bazillion dollars,” Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies


1926
Jim Sobb – 1995, 1999, 2000
Bob Zender – 1976, 1977, 1978
2 wins:
Bob Ackerman – 1988, 1993
Doug Bauman – 1996, 1997
Harry Cooper – 1932, 1934
Rick Dalpos – 1990, 1991
Bob Harris – 1959, 1961
Dick Hart – 1963, 1966
Eddie Loos – 1922, 1924
Chuck Malchaski – 1958, 1968

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suddenly turned completely over in the air and fell to the ground.

Bowen and I roomed together at college, and I learned a lot from him
outside my regular course.  He was a pretty good scholar despite his
love of fun, and his particular hobby was paleontology.  He used to
tell me about the various forms of animal and vegetable life which had
covered the globe during former eras, and so I was pretty well
acquainted with the fishes, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals of
paleolithic times.  I knew that the thing that had attacked me was some
sort of pterodactyl which should have been extinct millions of years
ago.  It was all that I needed to realize that Bowen had exaggerated
nothing in his manuscript.

Having disposed of my first foe, I set


And what effect it
might have upon the future of the balance of the rescuing expedition I
could not even guess.  Their lives, too, might be sacrificed to my
suicidal foolishness.  That I was doomed seemed inevitable; but I can
honestly say that the fate of my friends concerned me more greatly than
did my own.

Beyond the barrier cliffs my party was even now nervously awaiting my
return.  Presently apprehension and fear would claim them--and they
would never know!  They would attempt to scale the cliffs--of that I
was sure; but I was not so positive that they would succeed; and after
a while they would turn back, what there were left of them, and go
sadly and mournfully upon their return journey to home.  Home!  I set
my jaws and tried topalm toward me, saying, "_Galu_!"
and then touch my breast or arm and cry, "_Alu_, _alu_!" I knew what she
meant, for I had learned from Bowen's narrative the negative gesture
and the two words which she repeated.  She meant that I was no Galu, as
I claimed, but an Alu, or speechless one.  Yet every time she said this
she laughed again, and so infectious were her tones that I could only
join her.  It was only natural, too, that she should be mystified by my
inability to comprehend her or to make her comprehend me, for from the
club-men, the lowest human type in Caspak to have speech, to the golden
race of Galus, the tongues of the various tribes are identical--except
for amplifications in the rising scale of evolution.  She, who


it came from about a bend in the
corridor just ahead of us and at the top of a steep incline; and
instantly I realized that Ajor and I had stumbled by night almost to
the portal of salvation.  Had chance taken us a few yards further, up
either of the corridors which diverged from ours just ahead of us, we
might have been irrevocably lost; we might still be lost; but at least
we could die in the light of day, out of the horrid blackness of this
terrible cave.

I tried to rise, and found that sleep had given me back a portion of my
strength; and then I tasted the water and was further refreshed.  I
shook Ajor gently by the shoulder; but she did not open her eyes, and
then I gathered afoot in Galu, he will not
withdraw it without a struggle."

I asked them what batu meant, as I had not before heard the word.
Literally translated, it is equivalent to through, finished, done-for,
as applied to an individual's evolutionary progress in Caspak, and with
this information was developed the interesting fact that not every
individual is capable of rising through every stage to that of Galu.
Some never progress beyond the Alu stage; others stop as Bo-lu, as
Sto-lu, as Band-lu or as Kro-lu.  The Ho-lu of the first generation may
rise to become Alus; the Alus of the second generation may become
Bo-lu, while it requires three generations of Bo-lu to become Band-lu,
and so on until Kro-lu's parent on one side must be of the sixth
generation.

It was not entirely plain to me even with this


the palisade, armed with only her knife."

"Then I must go," I said, rising.  Nobs rose and shook himself.  He had
been dead asleep when I spoke.

"Yes," agreed Chal-az, "you must go at once.  It is almost dawn.
Du-seen leaves at daylight to search for her." He leaned close to my
ear and whispered:  "There are many to follow and help you.  Al-tan has
agreed to aid Du-seen against the Galus of Jor; but there are many of
us who have combined to rise against Al-tan and prevent this ruthless
desecration of the laws and customs of the Kro-lu and of Caspak.  We
will rise as Luata has ordained that we shall rise, and only thus.  No
batu may win to the estate of a Galu by treachery and forcefruit; it seemed to me that the horse was giving way a
trifle to the right.  Nobs was between him and the main herd, to which
the yearling and filly had already fled.

As I stood waiting for Nobs' return, I could not but speculate upon my
chances should I be attacked by some formidable beast.  I was some
distance from the forest and armed with weapons in the use of which I
was quite untrained, though I had practiced some with the spear since
leaving the Kro-lu country.  I must admit that my thoughts were not
pleasant ones, verging almost upon cowardice, until I chanced to think
of little Ajor alone in this same land and armed only with a knife!  I
was immediately filled with shame; but in thinking the matter over
since,


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Shinjuku (新宿) is a central ward of Tokyo, known as the metropolis' second center (副都心, fukutoshin). The area surrounding Shinjuku Station is a huge business, commercial, and entertainment center located atop the world's busiest railway station complex. To the north lies Takadanobaba, where students from nearby Waseda University cross paths. The residential areas of Yotsuya and Ichigaya, with their many small restaurants and drinking establishments, lie to the east. Kagurazaka, one of Tokyo's last remaining hanamachi (geisha districts), is also home to some of the city's most authentic French and Italian restaurants. Over 300,000 people — including nearly 30,000 foreign residents — call Shinjuku their home, and the city offers a wide variety of options for work or play.

The west side of Shinjuku, a seismically stable area thatescaped the last earthquake with nary a scratch, is Tokyo's skyscraper district featuring (among others) the gargantuan Tokyo Metropolitan Government Offices and the curved form and webbed façade of the Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower.

The east side of Shinjuku is devoted to shopping and nightlife, including Tokyo's largest red-light district Kabukicho (歌舞伎町) and gay nightlife central Shinjuku ni-chōme (新宿２丁目).

Nearby Ōkubo (大久保), one stop west of Shinjuku on the Chuo line (also Shin-Ōkubo, on the Yamanote), has many other Asian restaurants and grocery stores — Korean, Chinese, Thai, Arab and more. Takadanobaba (高田馬場), the next stop on the Yamanote Line after Shin-Ōkubo, is popular with students from nearby Waseda University.

The fastest way to reach Shinjuku from Narita Airport is to take the Keisei Skyliner train and change at Nippori to


from Narita Airport to Shinjuku Station's west exit and to area hotels (Approx. 2 hours, ¥3000).

Passengers coming from Haneda Airport can take trains on the Keikyu and Yamanote lines, changing at Shinagawa (45 minutes, ¥590). Limousine buses also run on this route (50 minutes, ¥1230).

Train is the obvious option for arrival, as Shinjuku Station is on the JR Yamanote, Chuo, Sobu, Saikyo, and Shonan-Shinjuku lines. Subway service is provided by the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi and Fukutoshin lines and the Toei Shinjuku and Ōedo lines. There are also terminal stations for the Keio, Odakyu and Seibu Shinjuku private railway lines.

Guinness World Records recognises Shinjuku Station as the busiest railway station in the world: More than 3.8 million passengers pass through each day. If you doubt this, try to boardthe Marunouchi line towards Tokyo Station at 8:00 on a Monday morning. The station is a sight in itself, effectively forming a giant multi-level warren of department stores, restaurants, commercial buildings, railway facilities and underground shopping malls which radiate out for kilometers under the surrounding area. Getting lost in the station is normal for visitors.

All of Shinjuku's bus routes used to stop at numerous locations around Shinjuku, but as of April 2016 they have all been consolidated into the new Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal, abbreviated Busta Shinjuku (バスタ新宿), above the JR tracks at Shinjuku Station.

Airport limousine buses from Narita (¥3,100, roughly 100 min.) and Haneda (¥1,200, 50 min) stop at the station and at all major hotels in Shinjuku, but are prone to traffic delays.

35.68958139.691821Tokyo Metropolitan Government Center


Building, south of the station, is owned by NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest cell-phone carrier. The upper part of the building is a mobile communications tower.

Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden

35.68556139.709983Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden (新宿御苑) (a ten-minute walk east from JR Shinjuku station). A large public garden, and one of the most popular places for viewing cherry blossoms in the spring. It has Japanese, English, and French gardens, as well as Taiwanese teahouse and a botanical conservatory. The entrance fee often makes the park surprisingly uncrowded and peaceful.¥200, children under 15 ¥50, children under 6 free.

For people watching, the place to be is the large square in front of the station's Kabukicho entrance, next to the Studio Alta shopping center.

35.693576139.7052544Hanazono Shrine (花園神社), located near the intersection of Meiji-dori and Yasukuni-dori. Moreremarkable for its location than its appearance, but it's a nice place to take a breather. There's often a flea market in the surrounding park on weekends.

35.686778139.7006945Southern Terrace, across from the South Exit of Shinjuku Station (the Southern Terrace exit from JR Shinjuku station is closest). The promenade next to the Southern Terrace exit offers a magnificent view of the Takashimaya department store and a bridge that offers the best views for watching the trains enter and exit.

Shinjuku-sanchōme and related red-light districts to the east of the station. It is perfectly harmless to walk around these during the day and marvel at the photo billboards of various male and female escorts on offer as well as the live gangster-types acting shady. While walking around this area should probably


2 cater to all ages with average priced goods. Both buildings are located at the South Exit. Lumine Est is located at the East Exit and Central East Exit. Lumine Est focuses more on haute fashion for younger women and famous restaurants.

Marui (丸井, OIOI), Shinjuku 3-1-26 (Various locations located near Shinjuku Sanchome Station), ☎+81 3-3354-0101. Marui is well known department store known for focusing on the 16-32 year age group. Spread out around Shinjuku Sanchome, the main building is located next to Shinjuku Gyoen. The men's building is located North of the main building and Marui Young is located West of Isetan.

35.6917179139.69955043Odakyu, Nishi-shinuku 1-1-3 (West Exit of the JR Shinjuku Station), ☎+81 3-3342-1111. Odakyu is the largest department store on the West side of Shinjuku Station. It catersto the 30+ age group and has various buildings. Mylord is located behind the Keio Department Store and caters to a younger age group. Halc is located South of the West Bus Loop and focuses on sports clothing and electronics (Bic Camera's largest Shinjuku location is within Halc).

35.6879149139.70213594Takashimaya, Sendagaya 5-24-2 (New South Exit and the Southern Terrace Exit from the JR Shinjuku Station. The Southern most department store in Shinjuku located between the JR Shinjuku and JR Yoyogi stations), ☎+81 3-5361-1111. This department store caters towards the mid-20s and up, along with families. The depachika is comparable to Isetan, but not as famous. Look for Tokyu Hands and Books Kinokuniya at the Southern end of the department store.

Bookoff (ブックオフ), Various Locations (Go south from the JR Shinjuku Southern


Terrace Exit, head down the stairs at the end of the Southern Terrace, and cross the Odakyu train tracks. Alternatively, head out of the North Exit of the JR Yoyogi Station and turn right). 10AM-11PM. Bookoff is a well known second hand book store. They also offer various albums, games, and movies. The closest branch to Shinjuku Station is South of Southern Terrace. Alternatively, (Nishi-shinjuku 7-7-29) you can head North from the West Exit, or (Shinjuku 5-2-1) North of Shinjuku Gyoenmae Station on the Marunouchi Line.

Books Kinokuniya (the Main Branch is located between Shinjuku Sanchome and Shinjuku Stations. The South Branch is located South of Takeshimaya close to Yoyogi Station). Books Kinokuniya is the best book store for foreign language books. The Main Branch is the older ofas big as Yodobashi Camera, prices and product range is roughly the same. The East side shop, next to Books Kinokuniya, is bigger than Yodobashi's East side shop, but still smaller than the West side location.

35.689587139.6979646Yodobashi Camera (ヨドバシカメラ カメラ総合館), Nishi-shinjuku 1-11-1 (2 minutes West of the JR Shinjuku West Exit. Look South-West at the bus stop.), ☎+81 3-3346-1010. 9:30AM-10PM. Yodobashi is the largest electronics retailer in Shinjuku. The main building is their multimedia centre. They also have a dedicated Games building, Camera building, and Watch building among others. Yodobashi also has a branch on the East side of Shinjuku, across from Lumine EST.

Don Quijote, 1-16-5 Kabuki-cho (on Yasukuni-Dori). A hectic 24-hour discount store that sells just about everything that you would never imagine needing at three in the


overwhelmed with the choice.

Disk Union, Shinjuku 3-31-4 (Main Branch is located near Shinjuku Sanchome Station), ☎+81 3-3352-2697. You can get music, movies, and music books. They have a large selection of used goods with over 10 locations. Aside from the main branch, other branches specialize in specific genres or goods. This shop is great for music enthusiasts.

HMV, Shibuya-ku, Sendagaya 5-24-2 (Takashimaya Times Square 12F), ☎+81 3-5361-3060. HMV is one of the bigger record stores in Japan with a good selection of music and movies. HMV has 2 locations in Shinjuku: one in Takashimaya Times Square and another on the 6th floor of Lumine Est.

Tower Records, Shinjuku 3-37-1 (Southeast Exit of the JR Shinjuku Station), ☎+81 3-5360-7811. Tower Records is one of the biggest record stores in Japan. TheyTens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters barricaded multiple streets in Hong Kong and clashed with police officers after two weeks of relative calm in the city.

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