plaintiffs and representatives of the Army *1233 Corps of Engineers entered into negotiations concerning the Government's purchase of the property. However, they could not agree upon a mutually acceptable purchase price. Thus, on December 7, 1971, in letters addressed both to the Corps of Engineers and the Acting Postmaster General of the United States, plaintiffs requested that the Corps of Engineers immediately commence condemnation proceedings.
On January 12, 1972, an Army Corps of Engineers representative informed Grasso and Pimpinella that condemnation proceedings were to be commenced in the District of Connecticut. The letter also provided plaintiffs with the requisite 90-day statutory notice for surrender of possession of the property; plaintiffs were advised to surrender possession by April 15, 1972. However, on February 22, 1972, the Army Corps of Engineersinformed plaintiffs that the commencement of the condemnation proceedings had been delayed and that the April 15 surrender date was no longer applicable.
In a letter dated March 30, 1972, the Senior Assistant Postmaster General advised plaintiffs that the Postal Service had determined that the property was no longer needed by the government, and that condemnation proceedings were no longer contemplated. On May 22, 1972, the Army Corps of Engineers formally notified plaintiffs that its letters of January 12, 1972 and February 22, 1972 concerning the condemnation of the property and the surrender dates were rescinded.
In April 1973, plaintiffs commenced the present action. The complaint asserts four counts against each of the defendants. Count 1 alleges that by their actions the United States and the U.S.P.S. from September 1,


impair or impede [its] ability to protect that interest . . .."
In the present action, an analysis of plaintiffs' complaint reveals that each of the core allegations relates to actions or inactions by the Army Corps of Engineers or United States Postal Service, acting on behalf of the United States. It was the Army Corps of Engineers, acting on behalf of the United States, which negotiated for the purchase of the property, and, when negotiations failed, informed plaintiffs about the imminency of condemnation proceedings, and the later decision to abort those proceedings. Similarly, while the Postal Service has been granted the authority to exercise the right of eminent domain, it does so only "in the name of the United States." 39 U.S.C. § 401(9). Thus, while the Postalto March), spring (April to June), summer (July to September) and fall (October to December).

The response rate was calculated by dividing the number of completed surveys by the number of households visited. The monthly prevalence of AGI was calculated by dividing the number of respondents reporting AGI in the 4 weeks prior to the interview by the total number of respondents. The point prevalence of AGI was obtained as the proportion of cases with symptoms on the day of the interview. The proportion of seeking medical care for AGI was calculated by dividing the number of respondents who saw a doctor for his/her disease by the number of AGI cases. The proportion of stool sample submission was the proportion of cases whose stool samples were taken by doctors for


Gloria Allred lures Bill Cosby to her office for a Pudding Pop Summit.In hopes of gaining rape confessions for her clients,she resorts to performing a crude lobotomy on him.Will he confess or be a bloopity zippity zip zop zombie. Member reactions:

I think he will be a bloopity zippity zip zap zombie. Nice job on his face and brain.

While the government shutdown goes on, a new 100 dollar bill was released into circulation this Tuesday. The US Treasury, like most of the government, could not be reached for comment. The new Benjamins are almost twice as expensive to print as their predecessors, but have many new anti-counterfeit features, including the hidden text and pictograms that can be seen only under special light. The last re-design of $100 bill happenedgive you plenty of time to read the critique comments and edit your image accordingly.
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Itís hard to believe, but Bill Murray is 60 years old today. In 1976, he joined the cast of Saturday Night Live for the show's second season. After starring in Meatballs in 1979, Murray went on to star in a series of successful comedies in the í80s, including Caddyshack, Stripes, and Ghostbusters.
He then went on to reinvent himself with his starring role in Rushmore in 1998, re-reinvent himself again with his starring role in Lost in Translation in 2003, kick ass in Jim Jarmusch films, accidentally star in Garfield, chill in his mansion in the middle of the zombie apocalypse in Zombieland, and hilariously passive-aggressively


at a difficult time for Microsoft - the company struggles to compete with Google for search engine domination. Microsoft attempts to make its own "live search" popular were not successful, and the company is back to negotiations with Yahoo about the possible take-over of Yahoo search engine.
Before "Microsoft" was registered as a trade name in 1976, the partnership was called "Micro-soft" for a year before the hyphen was dropped. In the first years of Microsoft, Bill Gates actively wrote code, and personally reviewed every line of code that was written by other employees. Gates was always fascinated with programming and was often described as a geek or even nerd by people who studied with him.
He went from zero to hero with Microsoft, he brought us Windows, but nowfrom a
private office to a cubicle office, and committed other acts
which she believes constituted a hostile work environ-
ment. Dunlap brought her whistleblower complaint to the
Office of Special Counsel (OSC) in 2009, and OSC notified
her on July 30, 2010, that it was terminating its investi-
gation. Further, Dunlap argued that the agency’s crea-
tion of a hostile work environment caused her to retire
involuntarily in 2005.
        Dunlap’s August 10, 2010 action was dismissed by
an Administrative Judge (AJ). Regarding her IRA claim,
the AJ held that the whistleblower allegations were
substantially the same as ones Dunlap had raised to the
OSC in 2005, and which the OSC had rejected by termi-
nating its investigation. Following that rejection, Dunlap
did not appeal to the Board. The Board’s regulations
require an appeal from an


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        Because of the long history of this case, we called
for the complete record before the Board. Dunlap provid-
ed the AJ with a voluminous record in which she detailed
her allegations regarding both her alleged protected
disclosures and the agency actions she alleged had been
taken against her in retaliation for her disclosures. The
full Board Order remanding the case to the AJ identified
one instance of a disclosure and an alleged retaliatory act
sufficient to vest jurisdiction over Dunlap’s IRA appeal.
No doubt in response to the express order to consider
other non-frivolous allegations of protected whistleblow-
ing, the AJ on June 23, 2011, issued anWhat Can a Mathematics Teacher Do for the English Language Learner?

In fall of 2006, the Texas Comprehensive Center led a professional development session for mathematics and ESL specialists from the 20 Texas education service centers (ESCs). During the session, entitled Strategies for English Language Learners in Secondary Mathematics, practical ideas were collected and converted into an online interactive document. The strategies that were derived take into account a student’s English language proficiency level, in order to improve the students’ mathematics comprehension.

The document is divided into three sections:

Levels of Student Language Proficiency

Key Components of Successful Strategies for ELLs in Secondary Math

References

In the first section, teaching strategies are suggested for students at the levels of beginner, intermediate, advanced, and advanced high. Key Components of Successful Strategies for ELLs in Secondary


of law hold the United States accountable for its crimes against humanity? The crisis in the Middle East remains an infected wound that the US has tried to sew closed without cleaning. The infection has now spread across Europe in the form of terrorism, fear, and a refugee crisis. Brexit is the latest casualty in 25 years of United States' criminal foreign policy, lack of accountability, and grotesque international negligence in the Middle East and neighboring states. Until the world perceives justice has been done, no balance can ever be restored. When will those responsible be held to account?

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People of the EU; citizens, students, immigrants, and refugees, today my thoughts are with you, in hopes that you will remain strong in the face this nationalist British decree. Thiswith AthensLive, professor Mark Blyth discusses his latest book "Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea", the European Social Democracy, the Brexit referendum, and the importance of Greece in the bond markets of Europe

Until the Light Takes Us is a 2008 American documentary film about Norwegian black metal, from directors Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell. It was released on December 4, 2009.
Until The Light Takes Us tells the story of black metal. Part music scene and part cultural uprising, black metal rose to worldwide notoriety in the mid-nineties when a rash of suicides, murders, and church burnings accompanied the explosive artistic growth and output of a music scene that would forever redefine what heavy metal is and what it stands for to other musicians, artists and music fans


world-wide. Until The Light Takes Us goes behind the highly sensationalized media reports of 'Satanists running amok in Europe' to examine the complex and largely misunderstood principles and beliefs that led to this rebellion against both Christianity and modern culture.
To capture this on film, directors Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell moved to Norway and lived with the musicians for several years, building relationships that allowed them to create a surprisingly intimate portrait of this violent, but ultimately misunderstood, movement. The result is a poignant, moving story thats as much about the idea that reality is composed of whatever the most people believe, regardless of whats actually true, as it is about a music scene that blazed a path of murder and arson across the northern sky
Find out moremy first job was in an advertising agency that was situated right on the corner of Cromer Street and Gray's Inn Road in KingsX directly opposite The Pindar of Wakefield (now The Water Rat) a pub that had been the site of Dylan's first Uk appearance back in 1962 and would also host The Pogues debut in '82 as well as being the venue that hosted Oasis's first London show as well and also the nearest pub to where Shane lived at the time. The first gigs that I saw by The Nips were really shambolic to say the least but I really enjoyed their singles especially 'Gabrielle'. Their third and final single 'Happy Song' had the added cachet (at the time) of being produced by Paul Weller.


'White Light White Heat'. Anyway at the end of the gig having given the band twenty minutes or so to 'come down' I flashed my backstage pass and was greeted in the dressing room with no sign of Shane, Spider crying and the rest of the band in total shell shock as Shane had apparently been knocked out unconscious by Terry Woods. Spider between tears was just mumbling 'it's not supposed to be like this' over and over again. Fuck - this was a world apart from their early days playing around the traps at the Bull & Gate, the Irish Centre in Camden (at one of their gigs there I ended up helping mix the band as the guy with the PA had a broken arm andyes I resisted ALL temptation to dub it up LOL) or at Dingwalls. I actually worked behind the bar at that particular establishment and had been constantly hassling ***** ******* to book them, which he eventually did (probably just to shut me up!) Now on ******'s Facebook page he will tell you about what a great night it was etc etc but actually at the time he said it was the biggest load of shite he had ever had the misfortune to see. But hey what's a little bit of rewriting history between friends? Another couple of memories were the coach trip one St Patrick's night up to Birmingham from London with the band and friends. Now I have been told that that was an 'interesting' excursion from


a few other people trying to piece the adventure together. A 'busload of alcoholic amnesia' is the collective adjective isn't it? Another stand out gig was one time when the band were playing a private party down at a friend's place, Stanley Buildings in KingsX. This was only a stone's throw from the then Pogues HQ of the Pindar and I caught up with Shane there probably around oneish and we got locked in by John(?) This was a time in the UK when by law the pubs were shut between three and five and from memory I think the band were supposed to play at maybe six or seven. With about ten minutes to get to just down the road Shane and I set off and itwas probably at this point that we sort of both came to the realisation that we seemed to have lost the knack of actually being able to walk. But somehow the two of us managed to get to the party where Shane played one of the best gigs I had ever seen him do. (Strangely I still have the flyer(s) for that particular gig, one of which was used as the cover on the 'Look Them In The Eye & Say Pogue Mahone' boxset.) As well as all The Nips 7"s I also still have my first pressing with the harp sticker (of which there were only 237 copies) of the Pogue's debut single 'Dark Streets of London' on their own Pogue Mahone label that Stan Brennan put


and loving mum and at the same time take the deep dive the course was taking us on.
She had lots of dreams of creating a more just world in which human rights were respected, poverty could be eradicated and in which opportunity was not determined by where you were born or who your parents were.
She was determined, passionate, open, always ready to listen, humble, generous with a mischievous sense of humour.
In that week she was testing herself out with us, to get some feel of just how far she might go. It was exciting to see her begin to trust her own capabilities and get a real sense of what she might be able to achieve. You knew she was always motivated to serve others, not herself, andside Jo was on - or which world I would want to see for my own kids and grandchildren.
Please remember her and what she stood for.- pg

The records featured here all deal with Lt. William Calley Jr., the U.S. Army officer who ordered, and was one of the many soldiers who took part in, the horrible event that has become known as the My Lai Massacre. The massacre took place in March 1968 in the South Vietnamese village of My Lai and resulted in the deaths of 300 - 500 unarmed civilians, many of them women, children and the elderly.
The widespread atrocities were initially covered-up, but news about the savage events that took place that day eventually leaked out and Calley was formally court-martialed and charged with murder.
His


primary defense rested on his belief that he was following the orders of his superiors, but that's always seemed like something of a non sequitir to me. While it's not unimagineable that Calley was in fact ordered to make sure the entire village was wiped out, the slaughter of unarmed and defenseless people has pretty much always been illegal and indefensible, at least for as long as warfare laws have been around.
Calley was the only soldier convicted of war crimes for the incidents that took place in My Lai. On March 29, 1971, he was sentenced to life imprisonment and hard labor at Fort Leavenworth.
Upon announcement of the verdict many Americans were appalled, including most of those whose records are included below. President Nixon immediately ordered Calley transferredfrom prison to house arrest arrest at Fort Benning while his appeal was heard. State legislatures in New Jersey, Arkansas, Kansas, Texas, and South Carolina passed motions officially requesting clemency for Calley. Alabama Governor George Wallace quickly named Calley an honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Alabama National Guard. Here in Georgia, Governor Jimmy Carter proclaimed an "American Fighting Man's Day" and asked the state's residents to drive with their headlights on during daylight hours in a week-long protestHERE

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From Motown to Studio 1, from North Carolina to Kingston, from James Brown to Toots & The Maytals. Sting like a bee launches the Groovebox vintage series with the stunning Funky Reggae edition, Selector Steven's illustartion of the strong ties between Funk and Reggae. Originals, reggae interpretations of funk classics, homages:


Image copyright Courtesy NCC/Bruce Kirkby Image caption Darkwoods is a biologically rich region with sub-alpine meadows, old-growth forests, valleys and lakes

Canada is investing C$14.6m ($11m; £8.5m) to set aside 7,900 hectares for wildlife conservation in the Selkirk Mountain Range.

The funding will help expand a tract of land in southeastern British Columbia (BC) already set aside for protection.

The initiative is led by a conservation group, BC and the federal government, and will help protect some 40 species.

Those at-risk species include grizzly bears, wolverines, peregrine falcons, and mountain caribou.

The investment, which comes from both the federal and provincial governments, will mark the 10th anniversary of the largest private land acquisition for conservation in Canadian history by Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), a non-profit national land conservation organisation.

Image copyright Courtesy NCCprotected from the threat of industrial or recreational activity.

It is also near the Canada-US border and will help create a protected corridor for wild species to roam.

Image copyright Courtsey NCC/Bruce Kirkby Image caption Darkwoods contains some of the most diverse forests in British Columbia

The entire Darkwoods area is larger than nearby Waterton Lakes National Park in southern Alberta, a 505 sq km (50,500 hectares) park that borders Montana's Glacier National Park.

Ms Newhouse said the scale of the conservation area - from lakeshores to alpine peaks - "is almost hard to comprehend".

Image copyright Courtesy NCC/Gordon MacPherson Image caption The public have access to the Darkwoods area between July and September

"You walk into an old-growth forest and there is a depth of smell that is intoxicating," she told the BBC.

"There's


Story highlights Caterpillar fungus -- known as Himalayan Viagra -- is prized in traditional medicine

Thousands of people travel to Nepal's Dolpa district each year to harvest the caterpillar fungus

Some locals say the harvesters are damaging hillsides and grasslands

Expert says education is needed for the harvesting to be sustainable long term

Ram Bahadur Jafra and his two brothers crouch on a field, picking through blades of grass and staring at the soil. They have traveled five days by foot to a Himalayan meadow at a 4,300 meter elevation deep inside Nepal's Dolpa district. They came, as tens of thousands do each year, to harvest a highly valuable commodity from the high-altitude soil: the Himalayan caterpillar fungus -- also known as Himalayan Viagra.

Caterpillar fungus, or as it's called in Tibetan, "yartsagunbu," meaning "summer grass, winter worm," is a specimen created when a parasitic fungus infects caterpillars underground which, were they not forestalled by the fungus, would produce ghost moths.

After the fungus mummifies the caterpillar underground, it thrusts out of the soil. It's this tiny protuberance that the harvesters spend weeks each spring searching for.

A hundred or so people crawl across the field in a mulled silence until a sole searcher lets out an excited cry. Dozens rush over to witness, Jafra is the first to arrive.

The woman who has discovered the specimen uses an ice pick to prod the earth and dig a hole about six inches in diameter. She then lifts a clump of earth up and sifts out the specimen. The crowd gossips about its value


boom.

"Look at the hills," says Gyalpo Thandin, a student in Dolpa, "they're all torn up from people digging. By next year they'll be deserts."

Thandin, who was visiting home for the harvest, remembers when the yartsa gunbu season meant local bounty, not commercial competition. "Just five years ago the numbers were lower," he says. "Every year we see more people come and more grasslands get damaged. People who come hack at the land with tools and leave it to dry out."

He says his family's yaks have died in recent winters due to depleted grass caused by the harvest.

Environmental protection measures offer some hope. Six years ago, a committee of community leaders in Dolpa instituted a taxation system on harvesters in an effort to control numbers and ensure the localcareer as a knight, and participated in the wars between Cremona and Brescia.

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Greta Thunberg arrived in New York City on August 28 after a two-week, carbon-free trip across the Atlantic. The trip took two weeks because she traveled by high-speed yacht. It was carbon-free because the yacht had solar panels and hydro generators specifically so she would not need to fly.

Thunberg, sixteen, famously refuses to fly since, as a single individual, jet travel is the quickest and cheapest way to warm the planet. Air emissions account for between 2 and 3 percent of total global emissions and are rising quickly. In the United States alone, these emissions have gone up 26 percent since 2013. At current rates, they will triple by mid-century, right when the UN’s IPCC Report stated we must achieve net-zero emissions in order to stave off theresponsible for the climate crisis historically, we can clearly name who is accelerating the climate crisis the most recklessly today by flying private. It is billionaires like Elon Musk, who flew more than 250 times in his private jet in 2018. Musk even had his private jet fly twenty miles from its position on the other side of Los Angeles to pick him up from meetings.

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Here's a picture of Penn State defenseman David Thompson's abdomen after he was cut with a skate. Thompson laceration came in last Friday's game against UAA during the Brice Goal Rush tournament in Fairbanks, Alaska. Thankfully, Thompson should be back on the ice soon.

"Yeah, he's going to be great," said Penn State Head Coach, Guy Gadowsky of Thompson. "He's going to be fine. They took really good care of him. It was scary at the start, and we took every precaution, but he's going to be back at 100 percent very soon."

Official update on David Thompson: he was taken to the hospital for an abdominal laceration requiring stiches. He'll be alright. #WeAre
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“Shareholder season is one of the only times of the year when everyday people can go face-to-face with the most powerful corporate decision makers in the country,” said Amanda Starbuck, of the Rainforest Action Network, an environmental activist group that is part of the coalition.

Inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement, demonstrators have been targeting corporate shareholder meetings this year to keep a spotlight on concerns about economic disparity in the United States. More than 500 demonstrators engulfed Wells Fargo & Co’s (WFC.N) meeting site in April, resulting in 24 arrests.

Charlotte officials have declared the Bank of America meeting an “extraordinary event” under an ordinance passed in January to help officials handle protests expected in the city during the Democratic National Convention in September. The


companies and advised on over $120 billion of merger and acquisition deals, would join the bank on Monday as vice chairman at UBS Group Americas.

The appointment comes as UBS tries to restore the faith of both its clients and staff in its investment banking prowess. Last week it saw its head of investment banking for the Americas and its co-head of U.S. mergers and acquisitions resign in quick succession.

Forbes will spend most of his time in his new job calling on key clients in healthcare and financial sponsors as well as broadly supporting deal coverage teams, UBS said. He will report to Bob McCann, CEO of UBS Group Americas, and Brian Hull, vice chairman of Wealth Management Americas.

Forbes was most recently head of the global principal investments groupformer headquarters of the defunct American Telephone and Telegraph Co., located across the street from 222 Broadway.

The building is also located across from the Fulton Street Transit Center, which is currently under construction.

Bank of America, the second-largest bank, said in February that it planned to sell and lease back 222 Broadway and two buildings at its Charlotte, N.C., headquarters as it sheds non-core assets under an efficiency program.

The bank at the time said it was reviewing its portfolio of properties and making decisions about whether to sell its ownership interests. The bank said it was not considering selling its headquarters in Charlotte or its ownership interest in Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park in New York.

Last month, Bank of America sold 100 Federal St. in Boston


Adolf Hitler. (AP file photo)

LONDON: A World War II-era machine used to send personal messages between Hitler and his generals by encrypting plain German text into secret code has been found on eBay for 9.50 pounds.

Volunteers from the UK's National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park used eBay to track down the historic teleprinter for the Lorenz cipher machine languishing in a shed in Essex.

It was advertised as a telegram machine and was for sale for 9.50 pounds.

"My colleague was scanning eBay and he saw a photograph of what seemed to be the teleprinter," said John Wetter, a volunteer at the museum in Buckinghamshire.

He then went to Southend to investigate further where he found the keyboard being kept, in its original case, on the floor of a shed"with rubbish all over it".

"We said 'Thank you very much, how much was it again?' She said '£9.50', so we said 'Here's a £10 note - keep the change!'" the BBC reported today, quoting Wetter.

The teleprinter, which resembles a typewriter, would have been used to enter plain messages in German. These were then encrypted by a linked cipher machine, using 12 individual wheels with multiple settings on each, to make up the code.

The museum has just received one on loan from Norway's Armed Forces Museum, and has a video of how top secret transmissions might have sounded.

When volunteers took the teleprinter back from Essex to the museum, they found it was stamped with the official wartime number from the German army that matches the one on the machine


Studios has confirmed it is beginning the process of pulling loot box functionality - known in-game as 'prize crates' - from Forza Motorsport 7 as part of its summer update, despite not accepting real-world money for their use.

'While we’ve never charged money for prize crates in Forza Motorsport 7,' explains studio head Alan Hartman in a blog post, 'their presence in the game has continued to be a source of controversy. The overwhelming feedback has been that this system feels out of place in the game. After careful consideration, we have decided to completely remove prize crates from Forza Motorsport 7. Similarly, paid tokens – which were a part of previous Forza games – will not be coming to Forza Motorsport 7 or Forza Horizon 4.

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Twenty days after cutting ties with Roy Moore, the Republican National Committee just announced it is throwing its support — and money — behind the accused child molester's Senate campaign.

There was a point at which it seemed Republicans had finally found a line they would not cross with Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore.

Following allegations that Moore stalked and preyed on teenage girls, the Republican National Committee pulled funding, Republican leaders called for blocking him from serving in the Senate, and even Donald Trump seemed hesitant to publicly support him.

Well, not anymore.

On Monday, Trump fully endorsed Moore, and before the day was over, the rest of the GOP was tripping over itself trying to justify supporting an accused child molester.

Just 20 days after the RNC withdrew funding, reports the


Daily Beast, it is opening its coffers once again:

The Republican National Committee is jumping back into the Alabama Senate election on behalf of Roy Moore, an RNC official confirmed to The Daily Beast. The news was first reported by Breitbart. The decision by the committee to put money and staff behind the Moore campaign comes hours after President Donald Trump formally endorsed the Senate candidate, who has been accused by multiple women of having sexually preyed on them when they were teenagers.

The Republican Party is, as ever, completely unable to stand up to Trump’s depravity, and instead takes its every cue from him, as Daily Kos political director David Nir pointed out.

And of course, the RNC may just be following Trump's lead. Sorta hard for RNC chair RonnaRomney McDaniel not to be on the same page as her party's leader. At least she has almost a year to prepare for her next Thanksgiving with Mitt. — David Nir (@DavidNir) December 5, 2017

Republicans who, a mere week ago, were condemning Moore for getting himself banned from the local mall and YMCA due to his repeated leering at underage girls, are suddenly willing to stand by him while he spews venom and lies about the women he allegedly molested. The reversal is a glaring testament to the GOP's complete inability to detach its brand from Trump, who himself has a list of accusers a mile long.

If Republicans manage to push Moore over the edge to victory, their image will forever be tainted.

Helping an accused child molester win


Time now to look at the Men’s Coxless pair….

Australia

Spencer Turrin 24 & Alex Lloyd 25

Olympic record: 2016 Olympic debut

World Championship record

Turrin: 2nd M4- 2013, 3rd M4- 2014, 2nd M4- 2015

Lloyd: 2nd M4- 2013, 3rd M4- 2014

2016 record: 5th M2- Lucerne World Cup, 2nd M2- Poznan World Cup

Australia have a very strong tradition in this boat class, winners in both Athens and Beijing and medallists in Sydney and Atlanta. The class of 2016 look to be following that tradition of medal standard boats. Neither Spencer Turrin nor his pairs partner Alex Lloyd have raced at the Olympics before, but they are an experienced duo and already have a hatful of medals to their names. They also have the advantage of having rowed together as a pair for a numberof years. There first appearance was in 2012 when they raced for Sydney Rowing Club, winning the Australian National Championships. They both made their senior international debuts at the Sydney World Cup in 2013 finishing 2nd in the M4- (behind another Aussie M4-). Later that season they win gold at the Eton World Cup and finished up taking silver at the World Championships. They stayed in the M4- throughout the 2014 and 2015 season taking bronze in 2014 and silver in 2015 (although Lloyd missed the 2015 world championships due to injury). The 2016 season sees them dropped from the no.1 Aussie boat and into the M2-. They’ve had a reasonable start to the season placing 5th in their first outing in Lucerne and then taking silver in


Poznan. They are definitely a medal potential crew and I think they will be one of a number of crews battling for the bronze, ultimately I think they will just miss out.

Czech Republic

Jakub Podrazil 24 & Lukas Helesic 20

Olympic record

Podrazil: repecharge M4- London

Helesic: 2016 Olympic debut

World Championship record

Podrazil: 9th M8 2011, 6th M4- 2013, 14th M4- 2014

Helesic: 25th M2- 2015

2016 record: 4th M2- European Championships, 1st Final Olympic qualifying regatta

Jakub Podrazil and Lukas Helesic are both exciting young prospects. Podrazil was part of a very talented U23 M8 that took silver in 2011 and at the age of 20 he was part of the M4- that qualified for the London Olympics. He switched to the M2- in 2015 with Lukas Helesic taking a strong 4th at the EuropeanChampionships a position they repeated in 2016. They secured their place at the Games by winning the Final Olympic Qualifying Regatta. Helesic is a former junior world champion and also has a silver medal from the 2014 Youth Olympic Games. Two years later he gets to race at the senior version. An A-Final finish would be a major achievement for this young crew.

France

Germain Chardin 33 & Dorian Mortelette 32

Olympic record

Chardin: 3rd M4- Beijing, silver M2- London

Mortelette: 3rd M4- Beijing, silver M2- London

World Championship record

Chardin: 4th M8 2003, 12th M2- 2005, 6th M4- 2006, 6th M4- 2007, 4th M2- 2009, 1st M4- 2010, 13th M4- 2011, 2nd M2- 2013, 5th M8 2014, 8th M2- 2015

Mortelette: 6th M4- 2006, 6th M4- 2007, 4th M2- 2009, 1st M4- 2010, 13th M4-


2011, 2nd M2- 2013, 5th M8 2014, 8th M2- 2015

2016 record: 12th M2- European Championships, 7th M2- Lucerne World Cup

Cardin and Mortelette are, without doubt, the best two rowers in the French team, they are certainly the most decorated, two Olympic medals and a World Championship gold medal to their credits. Chardin started winning medals way back in 2000 when he was part of the JM4+ gold medal crew, he followed that up with a 2nd junior gold in 2001. He made his senior debut at the age of 20. In 2004 he took U23 M2- gold (with Benjamin Rondeau who he won JM2- gold with in 2001). In 2006 he moved into the M4- along with Mortelette with their highlight being the bronze medal in Beijing andthen the World title in 2010. But, 13th the following year saw the end of the M4- and a new partnership with Mortelette in the pair. Mortelette is also a former junior world champion, part of a great French junior team that took 3 golds in 2001. As a pair they were perhaps the surprise package in London taking silver behind the Kiwis. They followed this up with silver in 2013. The French then decided to try an “all-star” M8 and put all their top guys in the big boat. Sadly this didn’t fire and in 2015 they moved back to their preferred pair boat. Unfortunately the results since the move back have been a bit inconsistent, silver at the 2015 Europeans was followed by 8th at the


World Championships an so far in 2016 they missed the A-final at bith events they’ve raced at. Based on this 2016 form it looks unlikely that they will repeat the heroics of 2012. I’ll be surprised if they reach the top final.

Great Britain

Stewart Innes 25 & Alan Sinclair 30

Olympic record: 2016 Olympic debut

World Championship record

Innes: 3rd M4- 2015

Sinclair: 5th M4- 2013, 3rd M4- 2015

2016 record: 2nd M2- European Championships, 3rd M2- Poznan World Cup

Great Britain are another nation with a strong tradition in this boat class, with Steve Redgrave, Andy Holmes and Matt Pinsent dominating the field with wins in 88,92 and 96. In more recent years the pairing of Will Satch and George Nash produced a fine performance to take the bronze in London. The British crewM2- 2103, 13th M2- 2014, 20th M2- 2015

2016 record: 1st m2- European Championships, 2nd M2- Final Olympic Qualifying, 12th M2- Poznan World Cup

Bela Simon and Adrian Juhasz are fairly unique among international rowers as, apart from two races in 2014, they’ve spent their entire senior career in the same boat class. They first raced together at the Munich World Cup in 2009 finishing 5th, they went on to win silver at the U23 World Championships that year. Their first senior world Championships were in 2011 where they took 11th. Juhasz missed the Olympic season and Simon was partnered by Domonkos Szell. Juhasz returned to the boat in the 2013 season and the pair have been consistent mid-B Ffinal or C-final contenders. Their big breakthrough was at this year’s


European Championships where they made the most of a favourable lane draw in atrocious conditions to snatch victory, their first senior win. They followed this up by taking 2nd at the FOQR to book their spot in Rio. The race at Poznan was probably more typical of the expected performance, finishing 12th. I would expect them to be mid B-Final in Rio.

Italy

Giovanni Abagnale 21 & Domenico Montrone 30

Olympic record: 2016 Olympic debut

World Championship record

Abagnale: 9th M8 2014, 6th M8 2015

Montrone: 4th M4X 2006, 17th M2X 2011, 7th M4X 2013, 9th M8 2014, 6th M8 2015

2016 record: 2nd M8 Varese World Cup, 3rd M8 FOQR, 6th M2- Poznan World Cup

The Italian pair lining up in Rio is not the pairing that the Italians planned, but unlike GB this isn’tthen the Italians theoretically are the next in line to take the spot. We will know more in the next few hours. Whatever happens with the M8 the Italians will be there in the M2-. Montrone has been part of the national team for the last 10 years and raced at his first world Championships in 2006. He then raced at World Cups during the 2007, 2008 & 2010 seasons but did not return to the world Championships until 2011. His best result at that level was in his first race when finishing 4th in the M4X. Abagnale made his international debut in 2011 winning the JM8 World title which Italy retained in 2012. His senior debut came 2 years later with a bronze in the M4- at


the European Championships, he also won u23 gold that year and raced at his first senior world Championships as well. Definitely one of the rising stars of Italian rowing. It’s probably too much to ask of this new pair to make the Olympic final but a solid B-final finish would be a positive for them.

The Netherlands

Roel Braas 29 & Mitchel Steenman 32

Olympic record

Braas: 5th M8 London

Steenman: 4th M8 Beijing, 5th M8 London

World Championship record

Braas: 13th M1X 2010, 6th M8 2011, 5th M1X 2013, 9th M1X 2014, 4th M2- 2015

Steenman: 8th M8 2005, 14th M2- 2006, 10th M8 2007, 3rd M8 2009, 11th M4- 2010, 3rd M2- 2013, 10th M4- 2014, 4th M2- 2015

2016 record: 2nd M2- Varese World Cup, 3rd M2- European Championships, 2nd M2- Lucerne World Cup

TheDutch head to Rio as one of the favourites for a medal. Steenman is World Rowing’s Athlete of the month for July and started his senior career in 2005 racing in the M8 during the World Cup season and at the World Championships. He also took gold at the U23 World Championships that year in the M2-. He raced at his first Olympics in the M8 in Beijing, just missing out on the medals. He also raced in the eight at London taking 5th before moving into the pair for the Rio Olympiad. He formed an effective partnership with Rogier Blink taking bronze at the 2013 World Championships and silver at the 2014 Europeans. But, in 2015 following injury to Blink, Steenman formed a new partnership with Roel


Braas. For his part Braas started his senior career in the M1X taking silver at the U23 World Championships as well as racing at the World Cups. After a 13th place in 2010 he moved into the M8 for the London Olympics. Another stint in the single followed without much success, but now in the pair with Steenman they’ve got a real chance of a good medal in Rio. I reckon it’ll be between the Dutch and the British for the silver medal.

New Zealand

Hamish Bond 30 & Eric Murray 34

Olympic record

Bond: 7th M4- Beijing, gold M2- London

Murray: 5th M4- Athens, 7th M4- Beijing, gold M2- London

World Championship record

Bond: Gold M4- 2007, M2- 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 9th M4- 2006

Murray: Gold M4- 2007, M2- 2009, 2010, 2011,record: 16th M4- 2011, 10th M4- 2013, 11th M4- 2014, 11th M2- 2015

2016 record: 11th M2- Poznan World Cup

George Palamariu & Cristi Illie Prighie have been rowing together for the last 5 years. They started as U23’s and finished 4th in 2011. They were both in the M4- that qualified for the Olympics and ended up 12th. In 2013 three of the Olympic crew raced at the U23 World Championships and won gold. After an 11th place finish in 2014 they switched back to the M2- finishing 9th at the European Championships and 11th at the Worlds. They’ve had one race in 2016 finishing 11th in Poznan. A place in the B-Final will be a solid achievement for this crew in Rio.

Serbia

Nenad Bedik 27 & Milos Vasic 25

Olympic


record: 12th M2- London

World Championship record

Bedik: 9th M2- 2013, 3rd M2- 2015

Vasic: 11th M4- 2013, 9th M4- 2014, 3rd M2- 2015

2016 record: 7th M2- Varese World Cup, 5th M2- European Championships, 5th M2- Poznan World Cup

Nenad Bedik made his senior debut at the European Championships in 2009 in the M4-, but it was in 2012 that he made his mark on the international scene, forming a very effective pairs partnership with Nikola Stojic. The made the A-Final at both the 1st and 3rd World Cups and then raced at the London Olympics. This partnership continued through to the end of 2014 when Stojic decided to hang up his oars. Bedik then formed a new partnership with Milos Vasic and they have shown a significant improvement in speed, takingM4- 2011, 8th M2- 2013, 3rd M2- 2014, 7th M2- 2015

2016 record: 3rd M2- Varese World Cup, 4th M2- Lucerne World Cup

South Africa are another nation with a proud tradition in the men’s coxless pair, bronze medallists in Athens and A-finalists in Sydney and Beijing. This year’s crew includes a member of that Beijing boat, Shaun Keeling. Keeling made his senior debut in 2008 and has spent almost his entire career racing in the M2- (the only exception being a spell in the M4- in 2011). He partnered Ramon Di Clemente after his regular partner and fellow Olympic bronze medallist Donovan Cech. Keeling raced with a variety of pairs partners over the past few years partnering Brittain to 8th in 2013 and then taking bronze with Vincent Breet


in 2014. In 2015 his partner was David Hunt. Now, in 2016 he’s back with Lawrence Brittain and they’ve made a fairly good start to the season with a bronze in 4th in Lucerne. Selection for the South African pair has been a curious beast, with no pairing staying the same from one year to the next. This inconsistency in selection can’t be a positive in terms of boat speed, all the great pairs have been together for a number of years so to keep chopping and changing their line up seems counter-productive. An A-final will probably be a good placing for them

Spain

Alex Sigurbjonsson 27 & Pau Vela Maggi 30

Olympic record: Both missed qualifying for London

World championship record: 8th M4- 2009, 8th M2- 2010, 14th M4- 2011, 4thM2- 2013, 4th M2- 2014, 10th M2- 2015.

2016 record: 6th M2- Varese World Cup, 8th M2- European Championships, 6th M2- Lucerne World Cup

Sigurbjonsson and Vela Maggi have been rowing together as a coxless pair since the first World Cup in 2010 and are one of the best crews to come out of Spain for a number of years. In their first season together they took 8th at the World Championships, as with the South Africans they spent 2011 in the M4- before returning to the pair in 2012. They narrowly missed qualification for the London Olympics but had the consolation of taking the silver medal at the European Championships. In 2013 and again in 2014 they just missed out on medals at the World Championships. In 2015 they


slipped back to a B-final placing but have shown good speed so far this season making the A-Final at both the Varese and Lucerne World Cups. Another A-Final placing in Rio would be the best finish for a Spanish M2- since Fernando Climent Huerta and Luis Maria Lasurtegi Berridi won silver at the Los Angeles Olympics 32 years ago.

The USA

Nareg Guregian 27 & Anders Weiss 23

Olympic record: 2016 Olympic debut

World Championship record

Guregian: 4th M2+ 2010, 8th M8 2011, 3rd M8 2013, 4th M8 2014

Weiss: 2nd U23 M8 2013

2016 record: Winners of the US Olympic trials

The US have a very simple selection procedure for their small boats…win the trials and the place is yours. So with their victory Cal grad, Nareg Guregian and Brown’s Anders Weiss earn their placeon the start line in Rio. Guergian has been on the US senior team since 2010 taking 4th (out of 4) in the M2+ and silver in the U23 M8. He spent 2011 and 2013 in the M8 with the best result of taking bronze in 2013. In 2015 he raced at the Pan Ams taking another bronze medal. For Anders Weiss the heat in Rio will mark his senior international debut, not bad for an athlete who missed team selection for both the M8 and M4- and nearly didn’t finish the Olympic trials as he started blacking out in the final 250m. But he held on, and in doing so became the 11th US boat to qualify for the Olympics. Given the length of time they’ve had


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The Trump administration is proposing to gut the budget of the White House "drug czar" by 95 percent, effectively eliminating the decades-old Office of National Drug Control Policy, the lead federal agency responsible for managing and coordinating drug policy, according to a memo that its acting director sent Friday to agency employees.

The document also zeroes out funding to a number of grant programs including the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program and the Drug-free Communities Support Program.

Trump is scheduled to release his proposed budget for fiscal year 2018 later this month. "This is a crisis that does not wait for anybody and therefore we have to be aggressive with our response".

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Sarah Sanders, a White House spokesperson, said Friday that the president is committed to taking on this crisis, and dismissed reports about the proposed budget cuts. In March, he signed an executive order creating a commission to combat opioid addiction, helmed by Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.).

In an email to staff, seen by Politico, Baum said: "These drastic proposed cuts are frankly heartbreaking and, if carried out, would cause us to lose many good people who contribute greatly to ONDCP's mission and core activities". According to a source familiar with the discussions, Baum has been in close contact with Jared Kushner, who heads up the White House Office of American Innovation. The AP report appeared after hermedical and drug policy organizations wrote a letter to Trump titled "Retain the Office of National Drug Control Policy" and co-authored by groups like Addiction Policy Forum, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Smart Approaches to Marijuana and the Major County Sheriffs of America.

Many experts said the president's action is "underwhelming". Several candidates, most prominently Trump himself, highlighted the problem in visits to the state.

There have been 65 overdoses in the state's largest city alone since April 20.

The president has said he is committed to combatting the national opioid addiction epidemic. Sherrod Brown each said the cuts would be devastating to OH, which is among the hardest hit states by the opioid epidemic.

There are a few ways the government attempts to fight drug use in the U.S.


The most visible way is with law enforcement: Stopping drugs at the border, and arresting and prosecuting dealers and users.

Indeed, in October of 2016, at a campaign rally, Trump said "we will give people struggling with addiction access to the help they need".

The office "brings essential expertise to the table on complex drug issues, expertise that would otherwise be missing or dispersed across multiple agencies", said the letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Post. The Pennsylvania Republican was one of Trump's earliest supporters in Congress.

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KOCHI: Aimed as a solution to end the flex board menace which is a hazard and an eyesore in the city, the Kochi Corporation is planning a dedicated space to erect the advertisement hoardings. The directive to identify a dedicated space came after the state government and the High Court ordered the civic body to remove all flex boards before October 15, to wipe out the rampant problem.

"We have assigned a Bengaluru-based agency to find a suitable place for hoardings and other types of advertisements. The agency has started working on it. Most probably, they will prepare a list of places in the city apt for erecting advertisements," said Shiny Mathew, chairperson, Town Planning Committee.

According to the chairperson, the identified places will be putbefore the council for discussion. "The advertisement boards should not be a hindrance to pedestrian and traffic movement. The councillors can give their own suggestions to identify the dedicated places," said Shiny.

Mayor Soumini Jain said a special team will also be constituted to zero in on illegal advertisement boards in the city. "The hoardings will be allowed only in the dedicated space. The revenue wing under the Corporation will be responsible for fixing the rate for the advertisements. If we find any illegal advertisements, the Corporation will be forced to cancel the licence of the organisation," she said.

However, Opposition leader K J Antony alleged the flex removal campaign, initiated by the civic body, is an eyewash.

"The High Court directed the Corporation to remove all the flex boards in


April 1992, while father was incarcerated, mother moved

to a "crack house" with Samone and Savannah and their three older

half-siblings.   Upon learning where his wife and daughters were

living, the father notified Pro-Child of their living conditions

and on June 19, 1992, all five children were removed and placed

into foster care by the Arlington Department of Human Services

(DHS).    Savannah and Samone were then placed in the foster home

of Charmaine Grant, where they have remained.

     DHS had provided services for the family since 1988 and

continued to offer multiple services in an attempt to prevent the

removal of the children.   These services included day care,

mental health referrals, substance abuse referrals,

transportation, clothing, food, parenting and budgeting

counseling, housing, and emotional support.   Despite these

efforts,was arrested for assaulting

mother; mother remained unable to maintain independent living or

to remove herself from the violent relationship with father;

father failed to secure permanent employment or to curb his

abusive behavior; and father remained unable or unwilling to

refrain from substance abuse or to comply with proffered

treatment services.    Neither parent cooperated or adequately

complied with the services offered by DHS.    Thus, in February

1995, the foster care service plan goal was changed to

"adoption," and in March 1995, DHS filed petitions for the

termination of both parents' rights. 1   On October 21, 1996,
     1
      The petitions for the termination of parental rights to
both Savannah and Samone state, in pertinent part, as follows:


into permanent entrustment agreements

relinquishing custody of the children to DHS for adoptive

placement.

       An ore tenus hearing regarding the termination of the

father's residual parental rights was held October 21-23, 1996.

Several expert witnesses testified about their work with father

and the children.    Victor Elion, Ph.D., a licensed clinical

psychologist, testified that pursuant to the request of DHS, he

conducted an evaluation of father's psychological characteristics

and functions.    He found that father had a longstanding substance

abuse problem and a history of "beating [the mother] up."      He

characterized father as having "schizo-affective disorder,

bipolar type" as well as "intermittent explosive disorder" and

"paranoid personality disorder."       A person who has intermittent

explosive disorder "is inclined to erupt intohe began providing services to father

"with the hope that he could become stable and free from

substance abuse and improve his life."   Mr. Davis continued to

counsel father through October 1995, when father was incarcerated

again and Davis was not permitted to visit him in jail.
     At the conclusion of the hearing, the trial court found that
          Mr. Sheffey-Bey lacks insight . . . he makes
          excuses. He rationalizes . . . .
               Now, I find that the County has proved
          by clear and


Highlights of the hotline sessions presented at the scientific sessions 2008 of the American Heart Association.
Summaries and commentaries on trials presented at the hotline sessions of the scientific sessions 2008 of the American Heart Association in New Orleans have been generated from the oral presentations and the webcasts of the American Heart Association. The following papers are discussed: APPROACH, ATLAS, BACH, BICC, HF-ACTION, I-PRESERVE, JPAD, JUPITER, Mass-DAC, Physicians' Health Study II, SEARCH, tailored clopidogrel loading to prevent stent thrombosis, and TIMACS.Obed-edom's house to "the city of David"

25 So it was David, with the elders of Israel and the captains over
thousands, who went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord
from the house of Obed-edom with joy

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Asaph, with Herman and Eltham, served before the tabernacle in directing music and singing.


January 22/06 7:41 am - LA Track World Cup: Day 3 Report

Posted by Editoress on 01/22/06

Track World Cup #3: Day 3 Los Angeles CA

The Los Angeles round of the Track World Cup finished on Sunday with four events - the Madison, women's Scratch Race, women's Keirin and Team Sprint. France were the big winners with two titles, followed by the United States and Argentina with one apiece.

Sarah Hammer (USA) took her pursuiting skills onto the track for the Scratch Race, and won with an impressive display of power. Hammer and her countrywomen Rebecca Quinn had planned that Hammer would keep the speed high through the final laps to discourage breakaways, and to set up Quinn in a winning position for the final sprint. Instead, Hammer led for thesecond victory in the Team Sprint, up against the Polish squad. Led out by sprinters Gregory Bauge and Mickael Bourgain, the French beat Lukasz Kwiatkowski, Krzysztof Szmanek and Damian Zielinski by over one second. Australia (Ryan Bayley, Shane Kelly and Shane Perkins) beat the American Spike team (Stephen Alfred, Ben Barczewski and Giddeon Massie) for the bronze.

In the 120 lap Madison, Russia was the favoured squad, anchored by the indefatigable Mickhail Ignatiev. The duo took points in six of the eight sprints, and were well on their way to victory shortly after the halfway mark, when the Argentine squad of Walter Perez and Dario Colla broke away and took a lap on the field. The Dutch managed to jump clear at the same time, and joined Argentina a


lap up on the field, making it a two team race. When the Dutch missed a handover prior to the second last sprint, and Argentina took second in both of the final two sprints, their victory was assured.

Perez admitted that the plan had been to try and take a lap. "Our plan was to wait until the middle of the race, after everyone was a little bit tired, and attack to gain a lap. With this team that was the plan. My previous partner was more of a sprinter, so we could go for the sprints, but now with both of us more endurance riders it is better to gain a lap."

Race Notes

- The Netherlands overtook Germany to lead the nations rankings with one event remaining.

- A numberof riders will skip the final in Sydney, and not defend their leads in the overall standings. Ignatiev is joining his road team, Hammer, Bauge and Perez are among many who are planning to concentrate on preparing for the world championships in Bordeaux, France, rather than making the long flight to Sydney for the Final.

- Canadian riders had mixed results for the day. The Team Sprint squad (Cam MacKinnon, Yannik Morin and Travis Smith) finished 10th - out of the finals but in the UCI points standings. Gina Grain was 7th in the Scratch Race, and could have had a medal chance until she was bumped heavily in the final three laps. "Someone ran into me hard on my right side and I dropped back. I fought back


up, but then I was boxed in at the bottom and had nowhere to go."

She is also hopeful about Commonwealth Games selection, after two top-10 finishes for the weekend. "I think that I have shown I am riding well - after crashing two times in Manchester! We'll just have to wait and see."

The Madison team of Martin Gilbert and Zach Bell did not finish their race, after getting lapped twice. However, they did make it into the final, and finished 13th overall. The CCA says that they will announce the final squad for the Commonwealth Games by Tuesday.Ladies retain place in UK Women’s League

The Exeter Harrier’s ladies team made the long journey to Liverpool for the third and final league match of the season. After two matches the team were in third place in the league.

Exeter were missing a few key athletes which was noted in the hurdles and some of the field events. Two athletes, Kerry Angila and Laurie Dugdale, made their league debuts.

Meghan Whittaker and Lucy Smith had busy afternoons in the throws. Meghan was close to her personal best with 10.15m for fourth place in the shot A string won by GB international athlete Katrina Johnson-Thompson. She also came 4th and 5th in the hammer and discus respectively. Lucy came a fine second in the javelin with a season’s best of 36.04m.


She also came third in the shot B string and fifth in the hammer.

Team captain, Becca Chapman won the 100m in a season’s best of 12.24s. She also came third in a close long jump after leading in the early rounds and third in the javelin.

Rosie Chamberlain was involved in two very close races. In the 400m, she came fourth with 57.26s in a blanket finish which saw 5 athletes clocking 57s. She also came fourth in the 200m in another close finish.

Emily Weeks was our other track winner in the 800m with 2:16.47 winning by over six seconds. She also finished strongly to come third in the 400m B string. Katherine Humphreys scored three fifth places in the 3000m A string and both 100 and 400 hurdles.

KerryAngila had a busy afternoon in the jumps, coming 5th and 6th in the Triple Jump with 10.20m and Long Jump respectively. She also came 7th in the 100m.

Beth Skinner was another busy athlete in the jumps. She equalled her PB of 1.50m for equal fourth in the High Jump and came fourth in the Triple Jump. She also came fifth in the discus.

Anna Rust scored two fourth places in the 2000m steeplechase and the 3000m B string. Catherine Harman also scored two good fifth places in the 800m and 1500m B strings.

Laurie Dugdale scored two seventh places in the 1500m and the 200m.

In the 4x100m, Skinner, Angila, Weeks and Chapman teamed up for sixth place. For the 4x400m, Humphreys, Dugdale, Weeks and Chamberlain teamed up for another


sixth place.

Exeter were in fourth or fifth most of the afternoon and were pipped into sixth near the end behind Liverpool.

This match rounds off the league programme for 2014 and the team have finished an excellent fifth in the league. They have retained their place in Division 3 for 2015.LOPD: Several Teenagers Seriously Injured In Traffic Crash

LAKE OSWEGO – On Friday, November 15, 2013, at about 9:45 pm, one teenager was injured and three more were seriously injured in a two vehicle traffic crash on Kerr Parkway at Lower McNary Parkway.

Lake Oswego Police received numerous reports of an injury traffic crash at the location and arrived a short while later. Officers responded with the Lake Oswego Fire Department and American Medical Response (AMR) and found that one of the vehicles had four teen-aged occupants and the other had a family of four inside. The family of four did not appear to have been injured, but they took themselves to an area hospital for evaluation due to the severity of the crash. The vehicle with the teenagers inside


real-world entity. In particular, when the photographing is performed under a low luminance environment, an exposure time of the photographing device is elongated and the output frame rate is slower. Therefore, the display image on the display device looks likes a moving image in which so-called frame omission occurs, and the movement of the subject image is often awkward and feels uncomfortable. In general, since the photographer determines timing for releasing the shutter while looking at the image on the display device, when the frame omission occurs in the display image as described above, it is difficult to release the shutter at a proper timing. As a result, a chance for a picture may be missed.
Further, the above problem hardly occurs in the film camera according to theintestines looked so bunched up that they recommended emergency surgery.

It was 6 days after Kosmo had originally gotten sick before he had his surgery. By the time they opened him up, the foreign body (cloth toy) had perforated his small intestine which meant his abdomen had become septic (the contents of his stomach were leaking out into his bloodstream). NOT GOOD. It also meant that his small intestine was so damaged they couldn't save most of it and had to remove almost all of it.

The surgeon only gave Kosmo a 50/50 chance of surviving the surgery itself, and even after that he still only had a 50/50 chance of making it. Obviously you know how this story ends - he made a full recovery and besides the fact


Bill Sienkiewicz

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Boleslav Felix Robert Bill Sienkiewicz [pronounced sin-KEV-itch] is an Eisner Award-winning American artist best known for his comic book work, primarily for Marvel Comics The New Mutants and Elektra: Assassin. Sienkiewicz often utilizes oil painting, collage, mimeograph and other forms generally uncommon in comic books.

Sienkiewicz began drawing when [he] was about four or five, and continued doing and learning about art throughout his childhood. His early comic-book influences include artist Curt Swan Superman comics, and artist Jack Kirby's Fantastic Four. After art school, Sienkiewicz brought a portfolio of his work to DC Comics art director Vince Colletta. The artist recalled in 1985... They didnt have any work for me, but that didnt bother me. I just figured that if comics didnt work out Id have doneadvertising or illustration. Vinnie called [renowned comics and advertising artist] Neal Adams, who put me in touch with [Marvel Comics editor-in-chief] Jim Shooter. Soon after that I was drawing Moon Knight (in The Hulk [black-and-white comics] magazine).

Sienkiewicz broke into the comics business at age 19. Sienkiewicz continued as artist of the Moon Knight color comics series, starting with the first issue (November 1980). Four years later, after a stint as artist on the Fantastic Four, he became the artist on Marvel's X-Men spin-off New Mutants, beginning with issue #18 (August 1984), producing cover paintings and character designs. From this period on, Sienkiewicz's art evolved into a much more expressionistic style, and he began experimenting with paint, collage, and mixed media. He illustrated New Mutants from 19841985.

Sienkiewicz produced covers


for a range of Marvel titles, including Rom, Dazzler, The Mighty Thor, Return of the Jedi and The Transformers, and drew the comic adaptation of Dune.

Sienkiewicz's own first writing credit was for the painted story 'slow Dancer in Epic Illustrated magazine in 1986. Sienkiewicz both wrote and illustrated the 1988 miniseries Stray Toasters, an idiosyncratic work published by Epic about a criminal psychologist investigating a series of murders.

He illustrated the 1986-87 eight-issue miniseries Elektra: Assassin written by Frank Miller. After which, he collaborated with writer Andrew Helfer on the first six issues of DC Comics The Shadow series. In 1988, he contributed to the Brought to Light graphic novel with writer Alan Moore. In 1990, Sienkiewicz and Moore published the first two issues of the uncompleted series BigNumbers. Sienkiewicz painted the Classics Illustrated adaptation of the novel Moby-Dick.

Sienkiewicz was the subject of a 2008 full-length documentary/interview produced by Woodcrest Productions, The Creator Chronicles: Bill Sienkiewicz. The documentary features the only full-length, video interview conducted with Bill Sienkiewicz.

In 2007, Sienkiewicz penciled 30 Days of Night: Beyond Barrow. In 2008, Sienkiewicz illustrated a story for The Nightmare Factory - Volume 2 graphic novel.

In addition to his work in comics, Sienkiewicz has also worked in numerous other media. In 1995, he illustrated the Martin I. Green biography of Jimi Hendrix, Voodoo Child: The Illustrated Legend of Jimi Hendrix. The following year he provided the artwork for the Bruce Cockburn album The Charity of Night, and went on to provide album covers for RZA's Bobby Digital in Stereo (1998)


and EPMD's Business as Usual (1990).

He once again collaborated with Green in 1998, to produce a children's book, Santa, My Life & Times. His artwork has been published in magazines including Entertainment Weekly and Spin Magazine.

In 1989, Sienkiewicz painted the art for the Friendly Dictators card set published by Eclipse Comics which portrayed various foreign leaders such as Mobutu Sese Seko, Ferdinand Marcos, and Anastasio Somoza.

In 2004, Sienkiewicz contributed to card art for VS System, a collectible card game published by Upper Deck Entertainment.

In 2006, Sienkiewicz designed the layout and art for The Venture Bros. season one DVD set. He also designed the cover art for the season three DVD and Blu-ray set. Still in 2006, Sienkiewicz teamed with Neal Adams to create art for former Pink FloydWhat started as small protests against poor economic conditions had by Friday spiraled into widespread demonstrations against the government and clashes with police.

Thousands of Iranians took to the streets in anti-government protests across Iran on Friday in a rare and stunning show of public defiance that threatened to spill over into more unrest. The widespread protests, likely organized through social media, began on Thursday with raucous demonstrations over the economic problems Iranians are currently facing. At least 50 people were arrested in the cities where protests took place. But the themes of the protests on Thursday and Friday quickly shifted, with the protesters — overwhelmingly in their teens, twenties, and thirties — calling for freedom of political prisoners and even an end to the clerical regime. They chanted


and social reform. This week, police in Tehran announced they would ease up on arresting women for wearing immodest clothing, perhaps to cool tempers in anticipation of the protests. “In general the frustration and anger that led to 2009 is still alive in society, and the crackdown has not made it disappear,” Omid Memarian, an independent Iran analyst and journalist based in New York told BuzzFeed News. “The causes of all that anger and frustration were never addressed by the government, by the state. They never addressed issues of equality, discrimination, lack of freedom and bad economic policies.” Inflation and unemployment have hobbled prospects for Iran’s youth, as well as the lower-middle class. One trigger for the protests appears to have been a spike in the price ofThe final Bus stop featured a little trickery starring MVP Hines Ward, a bunch of help from the Seattle Seahawks and a huge boost from the Terrible Towels, a handful of football fortune that added up to "One for the Thumb."

The Steelers' 21-10 victory in the Super Bowl was their record-tying fifth, but the first since 1980 and the first ever for Bettis and Cowher.

"It's been an incredible ride," Bettis said.

Moments after the Rolling Stones rocked a Ford Field that could easily have been Heinz Field -- or Hines' field -- Willie Parker broke a record 75-yard touchdown run. The Steelers earned that elusive ring and completed a magic Bus ride that made Bettis' homecoming -- and farewell -- a success.

"I'm a champion. I think the Bus' last


stop is here in Detroit," Bettis said. "It's official, like the referee whistle."

On this night, satisfaction was more than Mick Jagger's signature song that closed the halftime show.

It was sweet validation for Cowher with a title in his 14th season as their coach, the longest tenure in the NFL. The tough guy, who lost his only previous Super Bowl 10 years ago to Dallas, teared up as he walked to midfield to embrace Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren.

"A lot of people tell you you can't do it, but you know what, it doesn't mean you don't go out and try," Cowher said. "History was not going to determine our fate. Our effort today decided this game and that's what's great.

"It's surreal. I'm going to tell you, this is aspecial group of coaches, a special group of players. I was one small part of this."

Pittsburgh tied San Francisco and Dallas with its five Super Bowl titles.

Perhaps the most special moment for Cowher came when he presented the Vince Lombardi Trophy to 73-year-old owner Dan Rooney.

"I've been waiting a long time to do this," Cowher said. "This is yours, man."

The Steelers certainly got plenty of help from the Seahawks. Seattle was plagued by penalties, drops, poor clock management and a critical fourth-quarter interception of Matt Hasselbeck just when the NFC champions seemed ready to take the lead.

Instead, Pittsburgh (15-5) got the clinching score with the kind of trickery that has carried it through an eight-game winning streak.

Versatile wideout Antwaan Randle El, a quarterback in college, took a handoff


from Parker, sprinted right and threw perfectly to Ward for a 43-yard TD with 9:04 remaining. It was the first Super Bowl touchdown pass by a receiver.

Bettis, with 43 yards on 14 carries, had a minimal role in what was the final game for the NFL's No. 5 career rusher.

So did quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. The most noteworthy play for the youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl was a horrid pass that Kelly Herndon of the Seahawks (15-4) returned a record 76 yards.

That set up the Seahawks' only touchdown, a 16-yard pass to Jerramy Stevens -- Joey Porter, his verbal sparring partner all week, was nowhere in sight. Neither was All-Pro safety Troy Polamalu.

But with Parker's burst and Seattle's self-destructive tendencies, the Steelers completed their postseason march throughon it."

The 23-year-old Roethlisberger achieved it more with his legs than his arm. He dived into the end zone from the 1 late in the first half, barely reaching the goal line -- if at all -- according to a replay, and converted enough second-half first downs to wind down the clock.

Usually, that is Bettis' job. But this day, he was just along for his final ride.

What a journey it has been.

The Steelers were 7-5, then won their final four regular-season games to secure the AFC's last playoff spot. They went to Cincinnati and won a wild-card game. They won at Indianapolis, which had the league's best record. And then they handed Denver its first home loss in the AFC Championship Game.

And now they have their "One for


the Thumb" -- the first four came in their Steel Curtain days, won by the likes of Mean Joe Greene, Terry Bradshaw and Franco Harris.

Early on, the noise seemed to unnerve the Steelers, who had two motion penalties on their first offensive series. Of course, none of their active players ever played in a Super Bowl.

Seattle forced another three-and-out on Pittsburgh's next possession, keeping Bettis on the sideline, then took the lead.

Josh Brown made a 47-yard field goal with 22 seconds left in the first quarter after the Seahawks lost a touchdown on Darrell Jackson's pass interference in the end zone. Jackson still had 50 yards on five receptions in the quarter.

Bettis made his Super Bowl debut 2:47 into the second quarter with the Pittsburgh offense in direneed of a boost. The Steelers got it, but from an 8-yard completion to Randle El for their initial first down -- 19 minutes into the game.

Ward followed with an 18-yard run on an end-around, but Roethlisberger's ill-advised lob on the next play was picked off by safety Michael Boulware at the Seattle 25.

With Seattle's other safety, Marquand Manuel, sidelined in the second quarter with a right ankle injury, Roethlisberger began finding open receivers. Ward gained 12 yards, Cedrick Wilson got 20 and, moments after Ward dropped a pass in the corner of the end zone, he outwrestled Boulware for a 37-yard completion.

The Bus couldn't roll in on two tries, then the 6-foot-5 Roethlisberger dived left and barely squeezed the ball over the goal line. A replay review


upheld the touchdown with 1:55 remaining in the half.

Perhaps unnerved themselves by the ruling, the Seahawks squandered much of that time before Brown missed a 54-yard field goal wide right. Holmgren argued as he walked off the field that the ball never crossed the goal line, but referee Bill Leavy told him it did.

Seattle also could bemoan a holding call on Peter Warrick 's 32-yard punt return to open the second quarter, and a goal-line completion to Jackson on which he barely was out of bounds.

It didn't get a lot better in the second half for Seattle, and Holmgren failed to become the first coach to win Super Bowls with two franchises. In 1997, his Green Bay Packers beat New England.

But his Seahawks didn't give themselves much ofPureLiFi is developing a possible alternative to WiFi

WiFi has become so omnipresent that losing signal for five minutes feels like the end of civilisation, but there may be a new contender on the horizon that uses light instead of radio waves to send data.

PureLiFi, a spin out project from the University of Edinburgh, was created in 2011 by professor of mobile communications, Professor Harald Haas.

For the past five years, PureLiFi has been building a range of devices to turn this concept into a reality. It launched its first product, the Li-1st, in 2014.

The first device required an Ethernet connected LED light in sight of a desktop transceiver. The transceiver was like a large external hard-drive that would send data to the computer via USB.

A year later, in 2015,


business department.

The Perspectives Program

The Perspectives on Business in a Changing World Program at Colorado College is a continuing program of visiting faculty, executives-in-residence, lectures, symposia, and other activities designed to discuss and evaluate business as an institution in our society. Faculty and students from different disciplines come together with visitors experienced in operating and observing business. Together, they explore, from a liberal arts perspective, the social, political, ethical, and technological dimensions associated with the varied and rapidly changing role of business in the world.

Schlessman Visiting Executives-in-Residence Program

A generous endowment by the Schlessman Family Foundation of Denver allows the economics and business department to invite several mid-level and senior executives to campus each year for prolonged periods of time (from a week up to a full 3 1/2 weekblock) during which they examine the role of business in society. This program bridges the gap between abstract knowledge about, and practical involvement in, the business world.

With the support of Larry Stimpert, chair of the department, the college agreed to have me teach a course on contemporary issues in American health policy in Block 7 last year. Four CC alumni with distinguished careers in health economics, health research, and private sector initiatives agreed to provide guest lectures during this block course: Jeffrey Bauer ’69, director of futures practice, ACS Healthcare Solutions; Beth McGlynn ’77, associate director, the RAND Corporation; Marilyn Moon ’69, vice president and health program director, American Institutes for Research; and Peter Neupert ’78, corporate vice president for health strategy, Microsoft.

After reviewing the history of why