issued a requisition letter (Exh. 104) to the Deputy Director, Regional Forensic Laboratory, Nagpur to that effect. He also called a photographer from "Durgesh Photo Studio" for video recording of the proceedings at the spot of incident and the proceedings at the time of examination of the vehicle. He sent PSI Soyaskar to the spot with the photographer along with video Camera.

(K) The requisition letter (Exh. 104) was taken to the office of the Deputy Director of Regional Forensic Laboratory, Nagpur by PW 15 Soyaskar. The Deputy Director deputed three employees of his office for the spot inspection and for examination of the vehicle and also for collection of the samples. PSI Soyaskar took those employees to the house of the appellant at Chalks Colony, Nagpur. The personnelfrom the Regional Forensic Laboratory took samples of the blood stains found on the wall of the rooms and also from toilet, bath room and washing place. They examined those samples and noticed that blood was there. The samples were handed over by them to PSI Soyaskar. Thereafter, PSI Soyaskar returned to the Police Station along with the team of Chemical Analysers where the vehicle of the appellant was examined by the Chemical Analyzers' Team. Blood stains were noticed on the foot panel and also the down side of the foot panel. The Chemical Analyzers' Team took samples of those blood stains and they received positive reports of the blood samples. Those samples were packed and handed over to PSI Soyaskar. PSI Soyaskar thereafter handed over the sample


to Investigating Officer Bahadure. A Sana entry in respect of all these were taken in the Station Diary and it is at Exh. 116.

(L) On 25th of August, 2011, the appellant showed his willingness to give statement, therefore Investigating Officer called two panchas. In police statement, he agreed to show the place where he concealed the wooden stick and the gold articles of the deceased in almirah of his house. Accordingly, the memorandum panchanama (Exh. 73) was drawn.

Consequent thereto police party along with panchas and the appellant went to the house of the appellant. From his house, the appellant produced a wooden stick from over the loft which was on east-south corner of the wall. He also opened a almirah and took out the gold ornaments from theheap of the clothes. The same were seized under seizure memo (Exh. 74). The Investigating Officer also recorded statement of witnesses on 27th of August, 2011 and 28th of August, 2011.

On 29th of August, 2011, the Investigating Officer arrested the mother of the appellant since during the course of the investigation it was transpired that she had caused disappearance of evidence of murder of Goldi. During Police Custody Remand, her disclosure statement was recorded and consequent thereto, her blood stained clothes were seized under recovery panchanama (Exh. 91). The muddemal articles were sent to the Chemical Analyser and after completion of investigation Charge-sheet was filed against the appellant and his mother.

(M) Learned Magistrate, in whose Court the final report was presented, found that the case is exclusively triable


part of the appellant during the course of the trial or before this Court that PW 8 Indarjitsingh Marwa, the father of the deceased, was having a house at Chalks Colony, Nagpur and the said was let out to the appellant prior to 7 to 8 months of the incident.

12. The First Information Report (Exh. 44) was lodged by Harvindar Marwa (PW 1), on 24th of August, 2011. The First Information Report was lodged after the dead body of Goldi was identified by him and his family members. According to the First Information Report, on 23rd of August, 2011 Goldi failed to return to the house and therefore, search was made by the first informant and his relatives, including his parents, till late night.

The learned counsel for theappellant Shri R.K. Tiwari submitted that much importance cannot be attached to the First Information Report since, according to him, though Goldi failed to return to the house on 23rd of August, 2011, no missing report was lodged. He, therefore, questioned wisdom of the first informant in remaining silent till the dead body was recovered.

Merely because the missing report was not filed, that by itself, the First Information Report or the evidence of the first informant could not be viewed with suspicion. Different persons react differently to the same situation. On 23rd of August, 2011 when Goldi failed to return to the house, according to the First Information Report and the evidence of first informant Harvindar Marwa (PW 1), he and his father Indarjitsingh (PW 8) made search


of Goldi at various places including the Chalks Colony where the appellant was residing as their tenant. The search by them at Chalks Colony is corroborated by Simratpalsingh Subarwal (PW 5). On the said day, the anxiety of the family members of Goldi was to trace out him rather than lodging the report. Further, looking to the fact that Goldi was differently able man, it must have weighed in the mind of his relatives that since he was not having enmity with anybody, nothing harmful to him will be done by anybody. Therefore, in our view, not filing of the missing report on 23rd of August, 2011 has no relevance for deciding the guilt of the appellant.

13. The First Information Report (Exh. 44) was lodged against the unknownperson. The evidence of first informant Harvindar Marwa (PW 1) is in conformity with the recitals of the First Information Report.

The evidence of first informant is seriously criticized by the learned counsel for the appellant that the report (Exh. 44) suffers from omissions.

The First Information Report is not an encyclopedia of the prosecution case. The First Information Report is not the last word of the prosecution case rather it is a starting point. By First Information Report, the Criminal Law is set into motion. On the basis of the First Information Report, the Police machinery is set into motion. The Investigating Officer investigates by various angles to book the culprit.

14. Through the First Information Report (Exh. 44), it was reported by the first informant that during search, on


23rd of August, 2011, the first informant and others noticed that the vehicle of Goldi was parked near their house at Chalks Colony which was rented out to the appellant. Therefore, they tried to make inquiry with the appellant, however, there was no response to the various calls given by the first informant and others to the appellant. It is also stated in the First Information Report that on 24th of August, 2011 at 6 O'clock, in the morning, when his father Indarjitsingh Marwa (PW 8) had been to the house of the appellant that time it was revealed to him by the appellant that on 23rd of August, 2011 the deceased had been to his house and when a tea was offered to him, he left theAugust, 2011, these two prosecution witnesses and others namely; Suraj Thakur, Lucky Sansara and Samit Das were chitchatting at about 9 O'clock in the night on a Ota situated about 50 to 60 ft. away from the house of the appellant. According to the learned counsel for the appellant, the prosecution has not examined Suraj Thakur, Lucky Sansara and Samit Das, who were accompanying these prosecution witnesses in chitchatting. Therefore, the evidence of these prosecution witnesses should be kept aside.

According to these two prosecution witnesses, when they were chitchatting at 9 O'clockon a Ota, that time they noticed appellant coming from his house riding on his Moped, carrying one big bundle which was kept on the foot-rest of the vehicle and he passed them by driving his vehicle


in a high speed. According to these two prosecution witnesses, after 20 to 25 minutes they noticed the appellant returning and at that time they could not notice the bundle which the appellant carried on the foot-rest of vehicle. There is due corroboration to this aspect by these two prosecution witnesses to each other. Further, unchallenged evidence of PW 3 Mukesh shows that he saw the appellant in the street light.

The evidence of these two witnesses is seriously challenged by Shri R.K. Tiwari, the learned counsel for the appellant, by describing them as a got-up witnesses. According to him, these two witnesses are purposefully introduced by the Investigating Officer. He further submits that looking to the location, where the dead body was noticed, it is impossible to returnappellant left Chalks Colony by Moped and while leaving the Chalks Colony there was a big cotton bag placed on foot-rest of the said vehicle and after 20 to 25 minutes he returned to Chalks Colony albeit without the big cotton bag on the vehicle.

BLOOD FOUND IN THE HOUSE OF APPELLANT.

18. Prosecution heavily relies on the incriminating evidence which was noticed by the Investigating Officer, when he visited house of the appellant, in presence of panch witnesses, and the recoveries of gold ornaments of the deceased and the weapon that was used in commission of the offence, from the house of the appellant on his discovery statement. The prosecution also strongly relies on a circumstance of noticing the blood stains by the scientific team of the Forensic Laboratory


of Nagpur when they visited the house of the appellant on 25th of August, 2011, and also the blood stains noticed by them on the Moped Mahindra Rodio recovered at the instance of the appellant.

19. After getting lead from the oral report (Exh. 44) that the last location of the vehicle of the deceased was at Chalks Coloney, the Investigating Officer had been to the Chalks Coloney. The house which was rented out to the appellant is situated at Chalks Coloney having Quarters No. 290. During the investigation at Chalks Coloney, it was transpired to the Investigating Officer that Mukesh Pachpulkar (PW 3) and Honey Shimpi (PW 4) had seen the appellant going hurriedly with a big bundle on the foot-rest of the Moped. After recording of thestatement of these prosecution witnesses, the Investigating Officer was having reasonable suspicion in his mind about the complicity of the appellant in the crime and therefore, he decided to search the house of the appellant. Accordingly, he called two panch witnesses, they are; Shri Soloman Chandekar (PW 7) and Shri Vinod Patel.

20. Soloman Chandekar (PW 7) is a resident of the Chalks Coloney itself. On 24th of August, 2011 when he was standing near Budha Vihar of the Chalks Coloney, he was asked by the police, who came in the Coloney for investigation, as to whether he is ready to act as panch. On getting his affirmative nod, the police party took him and another panch with them to the house of the appellant. At the relevant time,


appellant was standing infront of his house. The Investigating Officer informed him that he wishes to take search of his house and the reason for the search. The Investigating Officer also asked the appellant that he can take his personal search and the personal search of the police and the panchas which was declined by the appellant. This evidence of the Investigating Officer is duly corroborated by Soloman (PW 7).

21. The panch witness Soloman Chandekar (PW 7) in his evidence has vividly described the entire sequence of the house search of the appellant. When the panch Soloman along with the police entered into the drawing hall of the house of the appellant he noticed blood stains on the wall near the door at the height about 1 ft.from the ground. Blood stains were scrapped by the police and were collected on the plain paper, for sample. Also, the police scrapped the portion of the same wall where there were no blood stains, for the purpose of sample.

Thereafter, they entered into the bed-room. The evidence of Soloman Chandekar shows that nothing objectionable was noticed there. Thereafter, they entered into the hall where one wooden Diwan was kept. Soloman Chandekar and others noticed blood stains on the bed-sheet laid on Diwan. The said bed sheet was seized by the police. The searching party also noticed blood stains on the foam mattress which was laid on the Diwan. According to the evidence of Soloman, police cut the foam of the mattress for sample having blood stains and also


the pieces of foam where there was no blood stains.

Thereafter, they entered the kitchen which was adjacent to the said hall but nothing objectionable was noticed in the kitchen. Thereafter, they went towards latrine and bath room. As per the evidence of Soloman Chandekar (PW 7) there was a washing place at latrine and bath room and two mopping clothes were lying there having blood stains. Those were also seized. They also noticed one cotton string on the iron grill to the wall of washing place. According to the Investigating Officer, the said cotton string was seized because string used for tying the legs of the deceased were appearing to be of the same material.

Panch witness Soloman and others also noticed dust-bin containing three small empty bottles ofliquor. Those were also seized.

The evidence of the Investigating Officer shows that all the articles, as mentioned above, were duly sealed at the spot itself. The said fact is duly corroborated by Soloman, the panch witness.

A descriptive house search panchanama was also drawn and it is available on record at Exh. 70. The perusal of the said proved document also shows that the articles which are mentioned in the panchanama were duly sealed on the spot itself. Thus, the contemporaneous document also substantiates the version of the panch witness Soloman and Investigating Officer in respect of sealing.

Exh. 70 is also duly signed by the appellant. The perusal of Exh. 70 shows that after the seizure of the incriminating articles the appellant was taken into the custody.

When this incriminating


appellant subsequently, in our view, he will not lose his character as an independent witness. Further, the evidence of this prosecution witness is free from exaggerations. His evidence would go to show that his deposition in respect of happenings to which he stood as panch witness is natural one. His evidence means to us that he is witness to the truth. His evidence inspires confidence. We, therefore, on the basis of the evidence of Soloman (PW 7) and in view of the fact that the visit to the house of appellant on 24th of August, 2011 is not seriously challenge, can reach to the conclusion that at the time of search of the house of the appellant blood stains were noticed at various places and on various articlesand those were seized and sealed by the Investigating Officer in presence of the appellant himself.

23. The appellant has offered his explanation in respect of the blood stains noticed on various articles as mentioned in Exh. 70. He has filed his written statement before the learned Trial Court. The said statement is at Exh. 164. According to the explanation offered, the appellant was suffering from an ailment of nose bleeding since last 8 to 10 years. According to him, due to the same, in a much quantity blood oozes from his nose. He further submits that either on 22nd of August, 2011 or 23rd of August, 2011 when he was taking rest on "Diwan", that time all of a sudden blood started oozing from his nose therefore he


immediately got up and proceeded towards bathroom by cleaning the nose with his hand. Thereafter, after cleaning himself he again came to the hall for rest. According to him, it is possible that the blood that was appearing in his house, as mentioned on the various articles in Exh. 70, might be due to his own nose bleeding.

It appears that this particular defence is taken by the appellant since his blood group is also 'B'. In our view, this explanation of the appellant that the blood was his own is not acceptable. Even, according to the appellant, he was suffering from this ailment since last 8 to 10 years. Normally, a person who is suffering since long with such ailment, would take medical help. Nothing is filed onrecord by the appellant to substantiate his claim about the said ailment.

Alternatively, in the said written explanation the other plea is taken by the appellant is that PW 18, Investigating Officer might have sprinkled the blood in his house. The said was also the submission before this Court on his behalf by the learned counsel for the appellant.

The house of the appellant was searched in presence of PW 7 Soloman Chandekar on 24th of August, 2011. As discussed in preceding paragraphs of this judgment, the evidence of panch Soloman shows that before making search the Investigating Officer offered for the personal search of police party and the panch which was declined by the appellant. Further, the house search was taken in presence of the appellant. As per the


arrest panchanama (Exh. 136) the appellant was arrested on 24th of August, 2011 at 18.50 hrs.. The proceedings of house search panchanama were completed at 18.05 hrs. Further, at the time of arrest of the appellant his mother Smt. Amarjit Kaur (acquitted accused) was not arrested. Exh. 137 shows that intimation of his arrest was given to her. She was arrested on 29th of August, 2011. If the Investigating Officer has played mischief in sprinkling the blood on 24th of August, 2011, his mother Amarjit Kaur, who was arrested on 29th of August, 2011, would not have kept quiet and she would have taken certain steps to make a complaint against the Investigating Officer to his higher-ups. In absence of such, we are of the view that thethat during the house search on 24th of August, 2011 the empty liquor bottles were found in a dust-bin which was seized. This also, in our view, provides as one more circumstance against the appellant in the prosecution case.

DISCOVERIES:

26. The another piece of evidence i.e. pressed into service by the prosecution is the discovery statements of the appellant and consequent recoveries thereto.

27. After house search of the appellant's house was over, the Investigating Officer returned to the Police Station along with the appellant. He was arrested.

During the interrogation on 24th of August, 2011, the appellant was ready to give his disclosure statement and therefore, the Investigating Officer called Soloman (PW 7) and other panch witness. The evidence of Soloman shows that he received a telephonic call at around


6.30 p.m. from Gittikhadan Police Station and he was called in the Police Station. Accordingly, as per the evidence of Soloman, he reached to the Police Station and the appellant gave a disclosure statement by which he agreed to show the place where he had concealed the Rodio Moped vehicle. The admissible portion of the statement of the appellant is at Exh. 71. The disclosure panchanama shows that the appellant gave his disclosure statement on 24th of August, 2011 and the panchanama proceedings were started at 18.50 hrs.

Consequent to the said discovery statement, the police party, panch witness and the appellant proceeded to the spot in a police jeep. They reached to the spot as shown by the appellant. The Moped was concealed in a pit. The recoverypanchanama is at Exh. 72. Its recitals show that with the help of the accompanying staff, the Investigating Officer brought the said vehicle on road. In the light of the Jeep it was examined and it was brought to the Police Station.

28. Evidence of Soloman Chandekar (PW 7) further discloses that on next day of the recovery of Moped vehicle, i.e. on 25th of August, 2011, he was called again to the Police Station. Accordingly, he and Vinod Patel, the other panch, visited the Police Station. The Investigating Officer informed that the appellant wished to give another disclosure statement by which he was ready to show the place where he had concealed the stick and the gold ornaments and will produce the same. The admissible portion of the


disclosure statement of the appellant is at Exh. 73.

Consequent to the said disclosure statement, P.I. Bahadure (PW 18), the Investigating Officer, panch witness Soloman with other panch reached to the house of the appellant. The house of the appellant was locked. The appellant opened the lock with a key then he went to the hall, then he produced one stick from over the loft which was on the corner of the wall. Thereafter, he opened a steel almirah which was there in the hall and he kook out the gold ornaments from the almirah. Those were two gold chains, two gold lockets, two gold rings and the clothes. The clothes were, one Jeans Pant, one black shirt of full sleeves and one handkerchief which was stained with blood.August, 2011. Exh. 70 and evidence of Soloman Chandekar do not show that on 24th of August, 2011 the almirah was opened either by the Investigating Officer or by anybody. Further, evidence of Soloman Chandekar in respect of the proceedings of 24th of August, 2011 does not show that the searching party could notice the stick which was kept on the loft. Thus, these two places where the articles were concealed were in exclusive knowledge of the appellant. In that behalf, it would be useful to refer to paragraph No. 1847 of reported judgment in the case of Yakub Abdul Rajjak Memon..vs.. State of Mah. through C.B.I. Bombay, reported in MANU/SC/0268/2013 : (2013) 13 SCC 1, as under:--

"1847. Undoubtedly, the appellant's disclosure statement had been made before the


police, as well as the panch witness. The fact that he did not disclose the place where the contraband had been hidden remains entirely insignificant, for the reasons that he had led the police party to the said place, and that the said recovery had been made at his behest. The open space from where the recovery had been made though was accessible to anybody, it must be remembered that the contraband had been hidden, and that it was only after digging was done at the place shown by the appellant, that such recovery was made. Hence, it would have been impossible for a normal person having access to the said place, to know where the contraband goods were hidden."

Therefore, in our view, the place from where theto the learned counsel for the appellant, the scrapping handed over by the scientific team to the Investigating Officer were not duly sealed when the scrapping were taken from the house of the appellant and also from the foot-rest of the Moped. In our view, the learned Judge of the Court below has rightly rejected the Chemical Analyzer's report to the extent of those scrapping collected by the scientific team. The C.A. report is always used as a corroborative piece of evidence. Even C.A. report to that extent is kept aside still it is established on record by Shri Murlidhar Sonkusare (PW 13) that the scientific team visited the house of the appellant and they took scrapping from the wall and after the test they noticed that it


to the evidence of Harvindar Marwa (PW 1) and Indarjitsingh Marwa (PW 8), deceased used to wear gold ornaments on his person. Even, it is their evidence that on the day of the incident the gold ornaments were on the person of Goldi when he left the house.

At the time of lodging of the First Information Report, the first informant in his report (Exh. 44) has specifically stated that when he noticed the dead body of his brother, two gold chains with three lockets, a gold bracelet and two gold rings were not found on the dead body. According to the First Information Report, the weight of these gold ornaments were approximately 16 tolas. Thus, at the first available opportunity, the first informant has brought to the noticehis statement recorded under Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

12. While making search PW 1 Harvindar Marwa and others also had gone to the house of the appellant, the door of the house of the appellant was close from inside and inspite of knocking was given on the door and also the calls were given, the door was not opened by the appellant.

13. On 24th of August, 2011 at 6 O'clock when parents of the deceased had been to the house of the appellant for enquiry, that time the appellant disclosed to them that on 23rd of August, 2011 at 8 O'clock the deceased had been to his house and when the tea was offered, he refused and left away.

14. After leaving the house of the


appellant, as claimed by the appellant, nobody has seen the deceased alive anywhere.

15. On 24th of August, 2011 at 7.30 a.m. unknown person gave telephonic intimation in respect of lying of one bag containing something in between Gorewada Ring Road to Katol Naka Chowk.

16. Police visited the said spot and found the dead body of a person inside the said cotton bag of blue colour which was tied by a lace.

17. A Cell phone was found in the pocket of the pant of the deceased.

18. The police-party gave phone call to the relatives of the deceased on the basis of said Cell phone.

19. The dead body was identified by PW 1 Harvindar Marwa and PW 8 Indarjitsingh Marwa as of Goldi.

20. A First Information Report (Exh. 44) waslodged against the unknown person in which a fact is mentioned about the noticing of the vehicle of the deceased in the Chalks Coloney.

21. On getting the aforesaid lead about the last location of the vehicle PW 18, the Investigating Officer, visited Chalks Coloney and made enquiries. During enquiry Mukesh Pachpulkar (PW 3) and Honey Shimpi (PW 4) revealed that on 23rd of August, 2011 at 9 p.m. they saw the appellant going on his Moped carrying a bundle (Gathode) on the foot panel of the vehicle when these two witnesses were sitting on Ota.

22. After recording their statements, Investigating Officer called panch witness PW 7 Solomen Chandekar and decided to take search of the house of the appellant.

23. In presence of the appellant, the house was searched


by the Investigating Officer in presence of panchas. There, they noticed blood stains on various articles. House search panchanama (Exh. 70) was drawn and articles were seized and sealed.

24. In the evening, on 24th of August, 2011, the appellant was arrested.

25. During the interrogation, he gave disclosure statements leading to the recoveries of the vehicle from a secluded place and also the weapon and the ornaments of gold, which were established to be worn by deceased, from his house in presence of panch witnesses.

26. On 25th of August, 2011, the scientific team of Chemical Analyzer Laboratory also visited the house of the appellant and they noticed the faint blood stains on the walls.

27. Radha Paraye (PW 6), the maid servant, also affirms that there were blood stains onthe wall of the house of appellant.

28. During search, empty liquor bottles were seized from the house of the appellant.

29. The muddemal articles were sent to the Chemical Analyzer.

30. According to the Chemical Analyzer report, the blood group of deceased was 'B'.

31. The articles which were seized on 24th of August, 2011, under Exh. 70 which were sent to the Chemical Analyzer, were found to be having human blood of group 'B'.

32. The viscera of deceased contains alcohol."

40. The facts so established, in our view, complete the chain and in our considered view, the prosecution has fully established its case against the appellant beyond reasonable doubt. Further, the learned Judge of the Court below has also considered each and every aspect of the prosecution case in its correct


negative. At the time, FeLV was the only feline virus known to cause AIDS-like symptoms in cats.
At Dr. Titchenal's suggestion, on July 2, 1986, plaintiff took her sick cats to Dr. Neils C. Pedersen, a well-known animal virologist at the U.C. Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Ms. Brown brought with her detailed observations and records that she had kept of her cats' illnesses.[1] She told Dr. Pedersen that she believed that her cats were infected with a virus similar to the human AIDS virus. She further claims that she told Dr. Pedersen that she believed that the virus was a new, "slow-acting" lentivirus. Dr. Pedersen examined the cats, questioned Ms. Brown about the cats' histories, and drew blood samples from the cats.
During 1986 and 1987, Dr. Pedersen and1, 2.)
As the patents cover biochemical substances, under Amgen and Fiers, they cannot have been conceived prior to their reduction to practice in the laboratory of Drs. Pedersen and Yamamoto. Ms. Brown is a nonscientist who played no role in the laboratory work involved in isolating the virus; therefore, regardless of the value of her research leads, she cannot be deemed to have contributed to the conception of the inventions covered by the patents. Her arguments as to the uninventiveness of Drs. Pedersen's and Yamamoto's contributions go to the validity of the patents in the first instance,[9] not to her right to be named as a joint inventor thereon.

CONCLUSION
For the reasons set forth above, the Court holds that Ms. Brown was not a joint inventor of the inventions


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real person and a real case of welfare abuse, his vivid construction of the "welfare queen" rapidly became larger than life and emerged as a mainstay in the national discourse.

Soon after Reagan's "woman in Chicago" skit, the New York Times reported, those in attendance at the future president's rallies were angrily denouncing "welfare chislers" while listening to him brag about how, as governor of California, he had "lopped 400,000 off the welfare rolls."

Of course, as the researchers Kathryn Edin and Luke Shaefer have noted, Reagan's sensationalizing did little to capture the realities of American poverty, and it did much to mislead and inflame the public in ways that would fuel racism for decades to come. They go on to note that "there was never a point at whichblacks accounted for a majority of recipients. The typical AFDC recipient, even in Reagan’s day, was white."

The demonization of the poor in racial terms was, to be sure, at the core of the conservative movement long before Reagan burst onto the scene, and his efforts to fashion a compelling narrative that makes poor families the victims of their own laziness were hardly innovative.

But Reagan and his fellow conservatives failed repeatedly to force systemic changes to the welfare system; they needed the New Democrats to do that.

Having campaigned on a promise to "end welfare as we know it," Bill Clinton, the darling of the Democratic Leadership Council, signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act into law in 1996.

Though Clinton's embrace of a reactionary policy sparked sharp protests


from activists, in the years following the implementation of welfare reform, its impact was widely celebrated. In conservative corners, analysts applauded the fact that people were being booted off public assistance in droves; the Heritage Foundation, in a 2006 report, concluded, "Welfare reform has been successful."

They were not alone—Democrats, too, were eager to declare victory. Bill Clinton himself, in a New York Times op-ed that same year, cheered the destruction of "a system that had led to intergenerational dependency." Two years later, during her run for the presidency, Hillary Clinton also touted the law's effects. Her opponent, then-Senator Barack Obama, said that he would not "second guess President Clinton for signing" the bill into law.

Last week marked welfare reform's 20th birthday, and the apologetics continue.

Speaking to The Intercept'stook in $745 million in revenue, almost $553 million of which came from state and local contracts."

Shortly after welfare reform was signed into law, Time's Adam Cohen observed that "with welfare reform, more work is opening up for private companies than ever before, setting off a welfare-management gold rush."

In their book Disciplining the Poor, Soss, Fording, and Schram conclude that welfare in the United States effectively amounts to "neoliberal paternalism," a system that provides a foundation for the rise of programs that "continue to enforce work through the principle of less eligibility, pushing the poor into the least attractive jobs by keeping benefits low, making them inaccessible, and surrounding them with stigma."

To wage a successful war on poverty, then, it is clear that we must also wage war


an elegant affair with table linens and serving maids, but after the war was over, these features were never brought back to student life. In 1973, the All Campus Dining Center, also called the ACDC or the Deece, opened within the building, serving as a replacement to individual dining rooms in each of the college's dormitories. The old system had proved too costly and overcrowded, necessitating the ACDC's creation. The $3.5 million renovation was conducted by Walker O. Cain and Associates, with over $1 million of the funds coming from friends and family of Babbott Ladd. An $11 million renovation in 2003 was designed by Finegold Alexander + Associates Inc.

Another project, to renovate the kitchen of the Dining Center and adjust the locations of the building's bathrooms beganupstairs was repurposed as a multifunctional student space, in line with the original intentions for the building. The second story—called UpC—is now an open space capable of seating 600 people when chairs are added; it also features multimedia equipment and a third-floor mezzanine that, until 2015, housed the UpC Cafe.

Historically, the structure was used by and for student organizations. Formerly housed in the Calisthenium and Riding Academy and later the Alumnae Gymnasium, the Philaletheis Society moved into the Students' Building upon its opening and began to use the space for its theatrical performances. The junior prom, lectures from a wide array of speakers, and faculty-led skits all took place beneath the building's roof. Vassar's yearbook, the Vassarion, as well as its weekly newspaper, The Miscellany News, were also


the wealthy OECD countries. In those 30 years, incomes for the average of the top 10% income earners roughly doubled while lower and middle incomes barely increased. Let’s compare two reports, almost a decade apart.

The 2007 Statistics Department study Wealth and disparities in New Zealand revealed that the top 10% of wealthy New Zealand individuals owned over half of New Zealand’s total net worth, and nearly one fifth of total net worth was owned by the top one percent of wealthy individuals. At the halfway mark, the bottom half of the population collectively owned a mere 5 percent of total net worth.

The most recent available information is a 2016 Statistics Department study Household Net Worth Statistics: Year ended June 2015 (published 2016). It reveals that the top 10%know about the balmy days that they’d shared as children. They couldn’t know that as a young woman she’d cherished his gentle soul. The girls moved on and she stayed for a moment, watching the feather outlined starkly against his overcoat. Neither of them said a word.

She received just one letter, a crumpled missive from the Front. His words were relentlessly cheerful and still seeking her approval. Her reply was swift and steeped in the things she couldn’t say. She wanted to seek forgiveness in person, to tell him that it was she who was shamed by her action, not him. It was returned unopened with his effects. She kept it in her bottom drawer with all the things she’d collected but would never use.

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Sarah says: Thank you


Saturday, October 31, 2015

Just in the last couple of weeks, I’ve talked to a retired Marine about his service in Vietnam. And another told me about being a young bride in Germany and her move to the U.S. with her GI husband.

The next several weeks brings family together for Thanksgiving and Christmas. This is an opportunity to ask family members to tell their stories.

StoryCorps, an organization that has made an educational project for adults and children, is holding “The Great Thanksgiving Listen” project.

The nonprofit has long gathered individuals stories on video in kiosks in New York’s Grand Central Station, and other cities. It also has an app for iPhones and Androids that videos an interview, and if you choose, uploads it to its site as well as toJudge John Van de North, Jr. In an order dated Nov. 18, Judge Van de North called for a new hearing to address Nienstedt's recent statement about releasing the names on the list.

"First, the archbishop's letter is unclear as to the proposed conditions regarding the release of credibly accused priest information... In addition, to the extent it is required (something not entirely clear to the Court), 'permission of the relevant court' may be obtainable from this Court, or from the Honorable Gregg Johnson who previously sealed information produced in the John Doe 76C litigation."

Van de North was referring to the 2009 list of priest's names. The judge is scheduled to preside over the Dec. 2 hearing.


green, the player views the area as a three-dimensional contoured grid to study the uneven terrain for better putting. The player also receives advice from PGA golfers. The Amiga and Master System versions include a multiplayer option. A 1994 U.K. re-release of the Amiga version includes the three courses from PGA Tour Golf II, as well as three additional tournaments.

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PGA Tour Golf was developed by American company Sterling Silver Software, and was initially published by Electronic Arts, which released the game for MS-DOS computers in July 1990. The following year, Electronic Arts released versions for Amiga and Sega Genesis (also known as the Mega Drive). The Genesis version was released in the U.S. in April 1991, followed by a U.K. release the next month. A MacintoshDescription

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  In early 2004, S.C. Johnson became aware that there
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requires certain air passengers to obtain an airport
transit visa, and it holds carriers responsible for verifying
that passengers have the correct travel documents.
When Onoh tried to check in at the Dallas-Fort Worth
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new transit visa in order to pass through Amsterdam.
Northwest Airlines refused to allow her to board, even
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The 6-1 forward enjoyed an impressive 2016 season with the Colorado Springs Switchbacks, helping his club to a third-place finish in the USL Western Conference standings before being eliminated in the conference quarterfinals by Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2. Seth led the Switchbacks in goals (eight) and assists (five) while tallying 2,074 minutes over 28 regular season matches. Seth also played 90 minutes in the club’s lone playoff game against the Whitecaps. In two seasons with the Switchbacks, Seth appeared in 54 games, scoring 12 goals and recording eight assists.

“We


welcome Mike to the club and we look forward to working with him on a daily basis,” said SAFC Head Coach Darren Powell. “He is a player that the coaching staff feels can come in and help us right away. He is going to add competitiveness, hunger and desire to the group to keep us pushing forward.”

Seth joins San Antonio FC from Phoenix where he played in four games this season. Seth made two starts and recorded four shots in 154 total minutes played while completing 64.5 percent of his passes over the course of his time in Arizona. Seth also appeared in both of Phoenix’s Open Cup matches, scoring a goal against the Fresno Fuego in the second round of the tournament.Sunday, January 31, 2010

Silver Blue Bengal Love....

He looks like Venus!!!!!

Back from my cross state road trip, rescuing Bubba Kalahari, which was where we met to do the hand off, his former foster and I. Bubba is safe now, and settling in with Woodsman Hans, who has made up his spare room for Bubba and turned it into Kitty Heavan.

Bubba is a LOVER, really sweet. He did a LOT of talking and was very serious about it on the way home. I opened his carrier and started petting him, which seemed to help. He is a BENGAL, for all he is cuddly. When we got him home, he stalked his room, and then settled down to some serious head butting (Bengal for PET ME NOW THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE


HERE FOR) he has steak, cat treats, wet food, and dry food. And a tunnel, toys and cat tree. Two beds, and another Kitty to play with thru the door. It's hoped that in time, they will be friends. He wants to be.

He did try a Spray when I was in with him, but I distracted, and calmed him, and he stopped. Tomorrow we get more things for him. This Kitty is going to be just fine. He is front de-clawed, and his tail has an odd kink, as if it had been slammed in something then healed. Both of which are traumatic events for a kitty. And may have started his problems.

Hans and I both agree, no more prozac for him. He needs a lot of things,glass down to his face and drink out of it, until the day he accidentally took it nasally and then he was finished. Made it easier to drink a beer in the house, though, after he was over it :-)

A nap and some fried mushrooms have made things better. And, I'm watching Leverage, which tends to make things better.

On a happier note, Friday I get to work at a high school I worked at and liked last Thursday. It was the one school I've worked at so far with a teacher's aide who actually liked the students and wants to help them. She's going to school to become a school counselor, and I think she's in her 40s or 50s (I'm really bad with ages).

The class sizes were


on the balance sheet that TWC — and its larger pay-TV subscriber footprint — had an advantage in terms of negotiating program licensing deals.

According to Univision's claim, Charter says TWC is now negotiating all of its program licensing contracts.

"But everyone knows that is simply not true: the longstanding CEO and the senior executive team of Charter, as well as its pre- existing board of directors, now in fact manage and control all such cable systems, and virtually the entire TWC leadership team has departed," the suit said.

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Charter sued by Univision, which says MSO is improperly leveraging TWC carriage dealA fire that swept through an apartment building near a university campus in Maine on Saturday morning killed five people and critically injured at least one more.

Fire officials said Saturday evening everyone is accounted for. The 90-year-old three-story structure near the University of Southern Maine in Portland was a total loss. It houses two apartments and was the scene of a Halloween party Friday evening.

"We do not know whether the victims are residents of the home or guests," state fire marshal office spokesman Steve McCausland said.

A spokesman for the university, Chris Quint, also said earlier in the day that he didn't know whether any of the victims were students.

"It's a tragic situation," he said. "Our hearts and thoughts go out to the families of those injured in this


tragedy. We're still getting information in."

The person critically injured in the blaze was transported to a Boston hospital, where he is being treated for severe burns. State fire officials said he escaped the fire by jumping from a second-story window.

Neighbors told WCSH-TV the fire broke out after 6 a.m. and flames were visible in the building.

One of the residents who escaped, Nathan Long, told the Portland Press Herald that he smelled smoke when his alarm went off around 7 a.m. He said he yelled, "Fire!" and ran to the back of the house where another resident opened a window.

They both were able to jump onto a porch and then to the ground, where they saw the badly burned body of another tenant.

"I feel pretty lucky. I'm kind ofnumb," Long said, according to the Press Herald. He said he didn't remember hearing any smoke or fire alarms.

Portland city officials said the university's campus center was being used as a base for family and friends of the victims.


JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri lawmakers approved a bill to forbid cities from the hiking minimum above the state’s rate on the last day of the legislative session.

The measure finished in dramatic fashion, passing in the House with about 10 minutes to spare before the 6 p.m. deadline. The Senate took up the legislation first in the early afternoon.

The chamber debated and voted mostly along party lines on a series of parliamentary maneuvers over the measure. The were joined by one Republican, Rob Schaaf of St. Joseph, who was very vocal in his disapproval over his party’s handling of floor action.

Democrats tried to stall the measure from passing, and were successful in blocking forward movement for several hours.

Republican Senator Dan Hegeman of Cosby introduced his measure and throughto the pet trade.

In a study published late last year in The American Journal of Primatology, researchers estimated that hundreds of thousands of primates are trafficked every year in Peru alone. Pygmy marmosets were the second-most trafficked primate species (squirrel monkeys were the first), accounting for 13% of the primates the research team found for sale as pets and bushmeat at Peruvian markets.

From their findings, the researchers concluded that levels of primate trafficking in Peru are still on par with those before the country enacted a ban on primate exportation in the 1970s. They write that a lack of enforcement capacity is largely to blame.

“There was one big shipment of 155 [pygmy marmosets] confiscated in Lima in 2010, probably on the way out of the country,” said Noga


A WARWICKSHIRE-BASED food and catering business, which specialises in supplying regional produce, has announced plans for a major investment.

Farmers Fayre is hoping to move into a new £650,000 state-of-the-art farm shop and restaurant at Stoneleigh Park.

The new 4,800 sq ft complex will feature a 50-seat restaurant, a larger shop selling a range of produce as well as a specialised meat counter.

The family-owned company, which was founded in 1998 and employs 20 staff, closed its smaller outlet in Kenilworth town centre on Friday to concentrate on its growing regional trade and the new complex.

Meanwhile the company will operate its wholesale business – which supplies restaurants and hotels – from Rumps of Warwick, led by head butcher Dave White, and continue to grow its online trade (www.farmersfayre.co.uk) which has shownMexico had the second-highest number of murders last year among countries considered in “armed conflict,” more than Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a report published on Tuesday that dealt a blow to President Enrique Pena Nieto's efforts to end a deadly drug war.

With nearly 23,000 intentional homicides in 2016, Mexico's murder tally was second only to war-torn Syria's 60,000, said Antonio Sampaio, one of the authors of the International Institute for Strategic Studies' “Armed Conflict Survey 2017.”

Iraq had roughly 17,000 murders, while Afghanistan had 16,000 last year, he added, noting that Mexico's militarised drug battle increasingly resembles an armed conflict.

Although the 2016 homicide data has been around for a few months, the revelation that Mexico's murder tally was second only to Syria's is a massive setback for Pena


in Mexico City Alexandre Meneghini/AP Mexico City: Capital of Latin America Mexican dancers clad as natives perform during the annual celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe held at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP Mexico City: Capital of Latin America Tourists travel in boats on the waters of the popular Xochimilco, southern Mexico City Jorge Gutierrez/EPA

Since taking office in 2012, Pena Nieto has sought to cast Mexico's as a modern economy, pushing through energy, telecommunications and labor laws aimed at kick-starting growth.

Nonetheless, his administration has been scarred by stubbornly weak growth, a perception of corruption and confused tactics on how to end a decade of drug violence that has killed well over 100,000 people.

The 2016 murder tally rose to its highest level since Pena NietoWhile thousands of Americans protested President Trump’s blacklist against seven majority Muslim countries for the second day, and hundreds of travelers were detained for attempting to legally enter the country, the White House decided it was a great time to watch Disney Pixar’s Finding Dory with staff and family members.

CBS News reporter Mark Knoller reports that the president kicked back at 3pm Eastern and watched the film, which stars Ellen DeGeneres as the voice of the forgetful, blue title character, the same time protests broke out in cities across the states.

As the movie played, protesters lined up outside the White House to display their frustrations with the new administration. Interestingly enough, the animated film is about a fish who constantly loses her memory, and becomes separated from her


family. A feeling people from the blacklisted countries know all too well.

However, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the president only viewed the film for approximately one minute.

“Actually he spent 60 seconds welcoming & thanking spouses & children of WH staff then right back to work: up next 7pm call w South Korea,” he said on Twitter.

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Airlines terminal at JFK International Airport August 10, 2006 in the Queens borough of New York City. British authorities arrested 21 people and halted a anallegedly terrorist plot to use liquid explosives concealed in carry-on luggage to blow up airliners traveling between Britain and the U.S. Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff said that the plot appeared to be directed at U.S. carriers flying out of Heathrow. such as United Airlines, American Airlines, Continental Airlines. Stephen Chernin/GettyShanell: Weekdays 10am-3pm

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Not only is this place sustainable, but rooms are small, too. With 96 units at an average size of 300 sf, Near North Apartments (NNA) is a pretty incredible habitat for people that deserve to live in a well-designed space. NNA is the creation of renowned architect Helmut Jahn, who designed the single-occupant spaces for limited income, homeless, and disabled persons. You’ll notice from the images that the building generates some power through roof-mounted wind turbines, or aeroturbines. to be precise, the building shape was conceived to maximize wind to the aeroturbines. They were invented at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and are now being marketed through Aerotecture International.

The building also uses solar thermal collectors and a rainwater reclamation system. The water system recycles shower water toflush toilets, apparently making it one of the few graywater systems in Chicago. NNA is located at 1244 North Clybourn Avenue in Chicago and is owned by Mercy Housing Lakefront group. The reason I’m blogging about this structure, in addition to being an example of small, sustainable living, is because it was listed on Metropolitan Home’s 2007 Design 100 list. Congrats.

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The Constitution & The Judicial BranchDiscuss Judge orders reopening of DACA, after 90-day delay at the Political Forums; Another Federal judge has substituted his personal preference for the rule of law declaring the DACA program cannot be shuttered.
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Another Federal judge has substituted his personal preference for the rule of law declaring the DACA program cannot be shuttered.

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Similar to the other rulings, Judge John Bates concluded that the wind-down of DACA was "arbitrary and capricious" because the Department of Homeland Security failed to "adequately explain its conclusion that the program was unlawful." The judge also accused the government of providing "meager legal reasoning" to support its decision.

The President's authority to rescind the executive executive order creating DACA must be subject to the judge's whim. Oh wait, Obama created DACAby executive order after declaring in 20 speeches he didn't have the authority to do so but President Trump must plead before a Federal judge to discontinue it. The double standard and judicial overreach are blatant.

Another Federal judge has substituted his personal preference for the rule of law declaring the DACA program cannot be shuttered.

The President's authority to rescind the executive executive order creating DACA must be subject to the judge's whim. Oh wait, Obama created DACA by executive order after declaring in 20 speeches he didn't have the authority to do so but President Trump must plead before a Federal judge to discontinue it. The double standard and judicial overreach are blatant.

A George W. Bush appointee to the US District Court for the District of Columbia, Bates


delayed the implementation of his ruling "to allow the agency an opportunity to better explain its rescission."
In response to the ruling, the Justice Department said it stands by its original reasoning, calling DACA an "unlawful circumvention of Congress," and that it intends to continue making its case to the courts.
"The Department of Homeland Security therefore acted within its lawful authority in deciding to wind down DACA in an orderly manner," spokesman Devin O'Malley said in a statement. "Promoting and enforcing the rule of law is vital to protecting a nation, its borders, and its citizens. The Justice Department will continue to vigorously defend this position, and looks forward to vindicating its position in further litigation."
In his 60-page decision, Bates took the administration to task for its justification forending DACA, which was almost entirely based on a threat from Texas and a handful of other states to challenge DACA in court.
Bates called the move "particularly egregious" given the hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients, young undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children, protected under the program over its five years. Given how many people's lives were built on the protections from DACA, Bates said, "its barebones legal interpretation was doubly insufficient."
Bates concluded that the argument that a Texas court would have likely immediately halted the program "was so implausible that it fails even under the deferential arbitrary and capricious standard."

Translation of this thread...

Judges apply existing standards of the law and conservatives don't like the outcome.
It's magically the "whim of the judge".

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DACA


can rescind an EO. They must pass a law overturning it. That's what Trump asked them to do. Or he would rescind.

to borrow Jimbo's words: "Judge is not ruling, which is his job, but creating law, which he can't."

See how sleazy that is?

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An executive order in the United States is an order issued by the President, the head of the executive branch of the federal government. Executive Orders are generally orders to staff of the executive branch and not to the citizens of the country. Article I, Section 1 ofthe US Constitution specifically reserves all federal legislative authority to Congress, not the president. In other countries, executive edicts can serve a legislative function. Such edicts may be known as decrees, or orders-in-council.

Executive orders may also be issued at the state level by a state's Governor or at the local level by the city's Mayor. The term "Executive Orders" and the numbered list of them were created in 1907, but U.S. Presidents have issued instructions that are retroactively labeled Executive Orders since 1789, usually to guide officers and agencies of the Executive branch in managing the operations within the Federal Government itself. Executive orders can have the full force of law if they are made in pursuance of certain Acts of Congress, some of which specifically delegate to


made in Article II, Section 3, Clause 4, that has been construed as justification for the legal weight of Executive orders. Presidents have used this Constitutional reasoning as a basis for an authorization that allows for the issuance of Executive orders as part of carrying out the President's sworn duties,[1] the intent typically being to help direct officers of the US Executive carry out their delegated duties as well as for compliance with current statute in the regulating of normal operations of the Federal Government -- in spite of the fact, Article I, Clause 1 specifically grants all federal legislative authority to the United States Congress:

"All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and Housefollow his instructions. Such authority may be proper and Constitutional provided that the President does not order executive branch employees to carry out unlawful or unconstitutional acts.

Presidential directives are considered a form of executive order issued by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of a major agency or department found within the Executive branch of government. Some types of Directives are:
• National Security Directives
• Homeland Security Presidential Directives (presidential decision directives)

Until the early 1900s, the term "Executive Orders" had not even been invented. Presidential instructions to executive branch staff that would later be characterized as "Executive Orders" went mostly unannounced and undocumented, seen only by the agencies to which they were directed. However, the Department of State instituted a numbering scheme for Executive


Orders in 1907, starting retroactively with an order issued on October 20, 1862, by President Abraham Lincoln. The documents that later came to be known as "Executive Orders" probably gained their name from this document, captioned "Executive Order Establishing a Provisional Court in Louisiana."

Until the 1950s, there were no rules or guidelines outlining what the president could or could not do through an Executive Order other than, of course, the US Constitution which reserved all federal legislative authority to Congress. This issue was paramount in the Supreme Court ruling in Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 US 579 (1952) that Executive Order 10340 from President Harry S. Truman placing all steel mills in the country under federal control was invalid because it attempted to make law,rather than clarify or act to further a law put forth by the Congress or the Constitution. Presidents since this decision have generally been careful to cite which specific laws under which they are acting when issuing new Executive Orders.

Despite the provisions of Article I, Section 1 of the US Constitution that reserves all federal legislative authority to congress, Presidents have increasingly used Executive Orders as if they were equivalent to an act of Congress. Presidents have even issued Executive Orders to start entire wars despite the fact that Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution specifically reserves to Congress the sole authority to declare war.

Wars begun by Executive Order include the 1999 Kosovo War during Bill Clinton's second term in office. However, all such wars have


what the executive branch is doing, it has two main options. First, it may rewrite or amend a previous law, or spell it out in greater detail how the Executive Branch must act. Of course, the President has the right to veto the bill if he disagrees with it, so, in practice, a 2/3 majority is often required to override an Executive Order.

Congress is less likely to challenge EOs that deal with foreign policy, national defense, or the implementation and negotiation of treaties, as these are powers granted largely to the President by the Constitution. As the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, the President is also considered the nation's "Chief Diplomat." In fact, given national security concerns, some defense or security related EOs (often called National Security Directivesor Presidential Decision Directives) are not made public.

In addition to congressional recourse, Executive Orders can be challenged in court, usually on the grounds that the Order deviates from "congressional intent" or exceeds the President's constitutional powers. In one such notable instance, President Harry Truman, was rebuked by the Supreme Court for overstepping the bounds of presidential authority. After World War II, Truman seized control of steel mills across the nation in an effort to settle labor disputes. In response to a challenge of this action, the Supreme Court ruled that the seizure was unconstitutional and exceeded presidential powers because neither the Constitution or any statute authorized the President to seize private businesses to settle labor disputes. For the most part, however, the Court has been fairly tolerant of


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Once again the four Rugby Championship teams have been and gone but this time they did not have it all their own way on their annual visit to the British Isles as it ended five wins apiece from the 10 Tests.

Admittedly, the Pumas are not part of rugby union's traditional southern hemisphere big three, and the incomparable All Blacks sailed through their Tests unbeaten, but even discounting the Scottish win over Argentina the matches against the three giants from the south only ended 5-4 to the visitors.

Former England and Lions great Jeremy Guscott has been out and about for the BBC during November and here he selects a XV for both the home nations and the Rugby Championship sides from the autumn Tests - you can join inthe debate below.

Home nations XV (see graphic above)

Full-back (15): Rob Kearney - Ireland

He is almost like Australia's Israel Folau in his soaring catches under the high ball. The 60-Test Leinster man has a very good and varied kicking game - he can smash it downfield and also hang it high and regain possession, making big yards for his team. He's a great attacking player too.

Stat attack: Made a team-high 22 carries this autumn, averaging 6.9 metres over the gainline per carry and beating six defenders in the process, all this from only 150 minutes of action.

Wing (14): Tommy Bowe - Ireland

The 61-Test veteran just keeps scoring tries - he's an out and out try scorer. He is good in defence and is very solid - he's always in


the right place at the right time, much like a goal-poaching centre-forward in football.

Stat attack: Bowe made 107 metres in Ireland's win over Australia, a match-high figure, scoring a try and completing five out of five tackles too. Bowe's average gain rate of 10.3 metres per carry this autumn is the third best of any player in action to make 10 or more carries.

Outside-centre (13): Brad Barritt - England

The Saracens man is my unsung hero. You know what you're going to get from his every time - he's going to carry hard to the gainline and he's going to flatten anything that comes in front of him. His commitment is unquestionable - he gives you his all - and with Manu Tuilagi injured and no other outstanding candidates,he deserves his place.

Stat attack: Made more tackles (49) than any other back this autumn, missing only three in the process. Won three turnovers and didn't concede a single one - no other back played 200+ minutes without conceding at least one turnover.

Inside centre (12): Jamie Roberts - Wales

He came into the November Tests under a lot of pressure because he's not always been the most consistent but he put his hand up for Wales. He was carrying a bit of injury initially but got better and better with every match. He had a big game in the narrow loss to the All Blacks and his carrying over the gainline against South Africa helped them win the game.

Stat attack: Made the second most tackles of any back this


autumn (42 out of 44), as well as beating more defenders (11) than any other centre from the home nations.

Wing (11): Jonny May - England

The Gloucester flyer has now realised just how quick he is and his sheer blistering pace means he's a threat every time he's passed the ball. If he gets on the outside he is devastating, as New Zealand's Conrad Smith and Israel Dagg saw at close quarters in their win over England when he scored a stunning try. May could be a special player but the 24-year-old needs to work on taking the high ball. Give him space though, and he's as quick as you'll see.

Stat attack: Crossed for three tries this autumn as well as making an average gain of 7.5 metres, thebest rate of any England player (with five or more carries).

Fly-half (10): Johnny Sexton - Ireland

The Racing Metro man was so precise in everything he did as Ireland won all three of their Tests. His kicking was as good as it can get - he targeted the full-back man and ball with the chaser arriving at the same time as the kick and challenging for possession. He also made quite a few breaks and has really become a top player. Wales' Dan Biggar is also a stand-out 10 while England's George Ford didn't get enough time to seriously challenge.

Stat attack: Made 91 metres from nine carries in his two appearances this autumn, making the best average gain of any fly-half in action. He also landed 12 of his


his physicality, as he demonstrated with his double against Australia.

Stat attack: Was the only forward to cross the whitewash three times this autumn. He also had a 92% tackle success rate and no England forward beat more defenders (five) than him.

Open-side flanker (7): Chris Robshaw - England

Because of his high work-rate his contribution is always very consistent. The England captain carries, passes, tackles and leads from the front. The 28-year-old does not turn over as much ball as All Blacks great Richie McCaw, but his contribution is high.

Stat attack: Made a team-high 64 tackles this autumn, missing only four. He also won a team-high four turnovers.

Blind-side flanker (6): Peter O'Mahony - Ireland

The Munster captain is a real dog at six and a genuine nuisance. He is a gnarled,hard, uncompromising player and slows down so much opposition ball. He is someone you want on your side and don't like playing against, a real battler.

Stat attack: Made a game-high 17 out of 18 tackles against Australia and also chipped in with three turnovers won in his combined 150 minutes of action this autumn.

Second row (5): Alun Wyn Jones - Wales

He has upped his game in terms of involvement and is now a very good player who delivers consistently. He carries and tackles well and had a great autumn to see off the challenges of Ireland's Paul O'Connell and Scotland's Gray brothers - he just nicked it for me.

Stat attack: Won 13 line-outs including one steal this autumn, while his try against Australia was his first for Wales


since the 2011 World Cup.

Second row (4): David Attwood - England

The Bath man has been consistently good in the England engine room for the whole of the November Tests, although Courtney Lawes was brilliant in the last game. Attwood came in under pressure - he only started because of Joe Launchbury's absence - but stepped in seamlessly. The 6ft 7in lock is another of the guys who's realised he had to get leaner - and he's still 18st 10lb - in order to get involved in the game more.

Stat attack: Made the second most tackles by a lock this autumn (40 out of 45) and also had the best average gain rate of any lock to make more than one carry (4.3 metres per carry).

Tight-head prop (3): Samsonto see from a prop.

Stat attack: Made 17 carries this autumn, only two props made more, both of whom played four games to Dickinson's three. Of props, only James Slipper (five) beat more defenders than him (three).

Jerry's marks out of 10 for each of the four home unions

England: 7

Wales: 7

Ireland: 8.5

Scotland: 7.5 for their improvement

Rugby Championship XV

Full-back (15): Israel Folau - Australia

There's a lot of competition for this shirt but the Wallaby full-back is an attacking force of nature. He's an incredible athlete who always manages to slip the first tackle and he's only been playing Test rugby for 18 months. The 25-year-old is wonderful under the high ball and a great talent who is a pleasure to watch.

Stat attack: Was the top metre maker this autumn (405);


also making the most carries (53) and most offloads (11).

Wing (14): Julian Savea - New Zealand

The All Blacks winger, 24, is a try scoring machine. For a big man - 6ft 4in and 17st - he is rapid but he is also very good at linking with his three-quarters. He doesn't just play for himself but adheres to the All Blacks' way, bringing other players into the game. His kicking is improving too.

Stat attack: Beat 11 defenders in 185 minutes of action (only France's Scott Spedding had a better rate with 15 in 240 minutes).

Outside centre (13): Tevita Kuridrani - Australia

Centres these days are about the gainline but the 6ft 5in Wallaby is about more than just getting go-forward for his team. The 23-year-old makes clean breaks, scorestries and is a real handful - a very exciting attacking talent.

Stat attack: Completed 17 of the 18 tackles he had to make in his 205 minutes of game time.

Inside centre (12): Jean de Villiers - South Africa

It's such a shame he got injured against Wales on Saturday because he's not only a great player and a great general, but a real gentleman as well who is liked by everybody. The 33-year-old Springbok captain always carries well, gets to the gainline and links well with the forwards and backs.

Stat attack: Notched up his 100th start for the Springboks this autumn, only two retired players (Ireland's Brian O'Driscoll and France's Philippe Sella) have won more Test caps as a centre than him.

Wing (11): Ben Smith - New Zealand

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Zealand

Like all these players he is incredibly gifted but he stands out because he is more complete than a forward is expected to be. He does all the things he's supposed to do - he can be a dogged grafter when the team needs it - but then he can play out in the backline and there's no difference between him and the backs.

Stat attack: Completed 95% of his tackles in his two appearances this autumn, winning four turnovers and eight line-outs in those 160 minutes as well.

Open-side flanker (7): Richie McCaw - New Zealand:

A month away from his 34th birthday, the All Blacks captain keeps defying the ageing process. Normally as a player when you get older the brain thinks you can still do it but theare good and helped lay the foundations for this world champions. He holds up the scrum and, again like his fellow All Blacks forwards, can hammer it up but can also pass as well. He's a bit different to the normal prop.

Stat attack: Has played 13 Tests in 2014, of all props only the Australian duo of Sekope Kepu and James Slipper have played more (14 each).

Hooker (2): Adriaan Strauss - South Africa

The Springboks hooker is technically brilliant. The South Africa line-out is one of the best, if not the best in the world. Strauss faces huge competition from Bismarck du Plessis for the South Africa number two shirt but holds his own and is a bit of a raging bull around the park - he's a very


four shutouts marked the first time the USA has won the Nordic Cup without allowing a goal. The USA has now won seven out of the last eight Nordic Cups dating back to 1997 under four different coaches. The title was the second Nordic Cup triumph for Petrucelli. The commanding win over Sweden gave the USA an unprecedented sixth consecutive championship in the world's top competition for U-21 women. The U.S. opened the tournament with a 3-0 win over Finland on July 23, followed by identical results against Norway on July 25 and Germany on July 27 to advance to the final. The U-21s were led by forwards Natasha Kai and Kelly Wilson, both of whom scored three goals in four matches. In fact, all six attacking playersLauderdale, Fla., on Thursday (Aug. 5) and the team will hold three days of training before catching a late afternoon flight to Piura, Peru, the sight of their first match. The U.S. will open against the host on Aug. 10 at 7 p.m., before facing Colombia in Chiclayo two days later and then finishing with Ecuador in Trujillo on Aug. 14. The players and coaching staff will get their first look at Peru, the destination they will be working towards over the next eight months as they attempt to qualify for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, which will be held in the South American country. All of the players Ellinger is bringing to the tournament are in U.S. Soccer?s Residency Program or will be joining this fall.


more shot attempts were blocked by U.S. defenders. The U.S. and Cuba had already earned berths to the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship by virtue of their semifinal victories on July 30 when the USA topped Costa Rica 4-0 and Cuba beat Mexico 5-4. The U.S. becomes the first team to ever post back-to-back shutouts in the semifinal and championship matches, and the first to post three shutouts in the entire tournament. With shutouts against Costa Rica and Guyana, U.S. goalkeeper Brett Phillips was named the tournament's most outstanding goalkeeper despite not playing in the final. Howes led the U.S. in scoring for the tournament with four goals, while Andy Guastaferro finished with three goals (all on penalty kicks). The U.S. finished the tournament with an undefeated 3-0-2the University of Central Florida Soccer Complex at 7 p.m. ET live on Fox Sports World.

VAUGHN, STOTT AMONG FIVE U.S. SOCCER REFS ASSIGNED TO QUALIFYING MATCHES: Five U.S. Soccer referees have been appointed by FIFA to work two upcoming FIFA World Cup Qualifying matches in the semifinal round of CONCACAF qualifying play. Terry Vaughn will be the center referee when St. Vincent/Grenadines hosts Trinidad and Tobago on August 18 in Group C. He will be aided by assistant referees Greg Barkey and Kevin Stott. On Sept. 5, Stott will be the center official in a match between host Guatemala and Costa Rica, along with assistants Chris Strickland and Steven Davidson. For Vaughn, the World Cup qualifying assignment is his first since becoming a certified FIFA referee in 2004.


Kevin Stott has been a FIFA official since 1995 and recently worked the CONCACAF Gold Cup and FIFA World Youth Championship in 2003.

*** ?CENTER CIRCLE? SPOTLIGHT ***

PEAK PERFORMER: Mia Hamm and Abby Wambach continue to be the most dangerous women?s soccer duo on the planet, combining for two goals and playing a role in the third during yesterday?s 3-1 win over China in Hartford, Conn. Heading into the Olympics, they are far and away the team?s two leading scorers on the team. Wambach has a team-leading 14 goals to go along with seven assists, while Hamm has contributed seven goals and a team-leading 12 assists.

MARQUEE MATCH-UP: U.S. Men?s National Team midfielder Bobby Convey could make his overseas debut on Saturday (Aug. 7) as Reading takes on Brighton ineach team?s first match of the 2004-05 English First Division campaign. Convey has been highly touted by the club, with his signing being part of their effort to earn promotion to the English Premier League in 2005-06.

SOCCER SHOCKER: When was the last time there were nine cautions in a Women?s National Team game? Who knows, even with all those rough-and-tumble border battles with the physical Canadian team over the years. With her short fuse, it?s no surprise that Mia picked up a yellow in the match, but when someone as calm and collected like Kristine Lilly is seen shoving an opponent after suffering a vicious foul tackle, you know things are heated. The fact that the on-field temperature was in the 100s couldn?t have helped either.

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DUBAI (Reuters) - At least 25 people were injured on Monday when a magnitude 5.8 earthquake shook southeastern Iran, just a day after another quake injured nearly 290 people in the west, Iranian media reported.

“Up to now, 25 people have been reported injured while escaping after the earthquake, and they have gone to hospitals in the city of Kerman,” Majid Saeedi, head of the provincial crisis management body, told the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

Rescue teams have been sent to 40 affected villages, Kerman province Red Crescent spokesman Hadi Soltani told the student news agency ISNA.

The U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude of the quake at 5.5, with its epicenter 23 miles (37 km) east of Kerman city. It said it was very shallow, at a depth of onlySalimi told IRNA.

Iran is crisscrossed by major geological fault lines and has suffered several devastating earthquakes in recent years.

Last November, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit western Kermanshah province, killing at least 620 people and injuring thousands.

In 2003, a magnitude 6.6 quake in Kerman province killed 31,000 people and flattened the historic city of Bam.


The tale of Tamose the Transcendent – more popularly known as Thomas – begins in Ancient Egypt. A thousand years before Heron of Alexandria amazed crowds with his aeolipile – which some call the world’s first steam engine – the 21st Dynasty nobleman Tamose of Tanis married Ishtantaya, a Sidonite princess. Though most of her contemporaries would have been pleased to leave their homeland, Ishtantaya found the Egyptians a frustratingly complacent people who cared too much about the past and not enough about the future. Out of anger or ennui, she introduced Tamose to Moloch – the Sidonite god of fire and blood – telling him this deity would reward his faith by making him the Pharaoh of a great Egyptian Empire.

Tamose was initially shocked, as Moloch’s rathereccentric demands included child sacrifice; but out of love for Ishtantaya, or lust for greater glory, he took up his partner’s faith. They recruited followers and built a secret shrine to Moloch beneath an abandoned temple of Ptah. In the days and weeks to come, many local children vanished but their parents blamed bandits and crocodiles. But when Tamose made the mistake of kidnapping a high priest’s daughter more serious investigations began. The Pharaoh’s soldiers found the shrine, and in a fit of sectarian violence rare for ancient polytheists, killed everyone they found within except those marked for sacrifice. Ishtantaya was among the slain; but Tamose managed to escape and fled south to Nubia. He devoted the rest of his life to Moloch with an even greater fervour;


London’s famed inclusiveness did not extend itself to Moloch, but Tamose’s efforts were rewarded when he found some sort of shrine in a vintage railway yard. He pushed its attendant into the furnace, and having no children to add to the blaze, cried out to his god and climbed in himself. Though Moloch had slept for thousands of years this last act from his last worshipper stirred him back into action. He infused Tamose and his tomb – which was actually a steam engine – with an infernal energy that twisted steel, fire and bone into a demonic warrior armed with a massive flaming sword. Tamose, at last, would have his revenge.

Tamose began his rampage at once and the next day London lay in ruins. The armed forcesfrom attacking other cities. It seemed no mortal could oppose him, and the mere scent of the smoke that poured from his funnel made the bravest children cry. As Tamose travelled further north, Sean Parker of Manchester awoke with a massive hangover. When he stumbled to his bedroom door he found it was no longer there. As his bleary vision cleared he saw Manchester was gone as well. All that remained was a ruined expanse of melted steel and shattered stone.

“Bloody hell!” swore Sean. “I’m all for a bit of venting when our team loses the Grand Final but last night we went too far!” He turned and shuffled back to his bed – which had somehow stayed intact – when a gigantic beetle crawled from the shadows