department of restored dentistry.  Dr. Scott Gatewood was a teacher in the department of endodontics.  Dr. Lessa Phillips was a physician who taught in the department of family medicine.  Dr. Dan Quon practiced in oral surgery and was a part-time teacher in the department of oral and maxillofacial surgery

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"The meeting was called to order by Dr. Marlin Hodgson.  The purpose of the meeting was to review the progress of Dr. Sandy Davis in the General Practice Residency.
"Dr. Davis's activities and evaluations for each rotation were discussed.  Dr. Hodgson reviewed correspondence and summarized counseling sessions conducted with Dr. Davis.  Frank and open discussions followed.  The consensus of those attending was that Dr. Davis'sFeed store is closing

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Zeke Munoz loads a bag of bird seed for a customer at the Kruse store in South El Monte. Because the market for its merchandise is dwindling, the store will close as the year ends, and Munoz plans to retire.

Zeke Munoz loads a bag of bird seed for a customer at the Kruse store in South El Monte. Because the market for its merchandise is dwindling, the store will close as the year ends, and Munoz plans to retire. (Rick Loomis, Los Angeles Times)

Zeke Munoz loads a bag of bird seed for a customer at the Kruse store in South El Monte. Because the market for its merchandise is dwindling, the store will close as the year ends, and Munoz plans


LONDON — Caught off guard by the crisis in Ukraine, NATO plans to create a “spearhead” rapid deployment force and a “more visible” presence in Eastern Europe to assuage concerns about Russian intentions, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the alliance’s secretary general, was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

The United States, Germany and other key alliance members have signaled that they have no plans for any substantial new NATO military presence in the region and have been careful to avoid escalating military tensions with Moscow. But with NATO leaders scheduled to meet next week in Cardiff, Wales, the alliance appears eager to show a united front and to demonstrate the ability to respond quickly at a time when Russia stands accused of menacing Ukraine.

The plans described by Mr. Rasmussen seemed anThe low agreement on the ranking of classes that was observed in round two may reflect the large number of drug classes that experts feel could benefit from the development of deprescribing guidelines and clinician bias towards those commonly seen in their own practices. Indeed, the qualitative comments provided insight into respondents thought processes in assigning particular ratings and demonstrate the significant variation in practitioners' needs and wants for deprescribing guidelines. The classes of drugs that ultimately emerged as priorities from the final rankings dealt with mental health, cardiovascular, gastroenterological, and neurological conditions. Three of the five drug classes selected as highest priority dealt with mental health conditions. Benzodiazepines stood out in the consensus with the number one ranking in all three waves and atypical antipsychotics also retained


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After several intense weeks and nearly a hundred games, the third season of StarLadder is ready to start the most exciting part of the season: the live finals. The top seven teams arrived in Kiev yesterday and drafted their groups, the lines are drawn and the players are ready to begin the battle.

Reaching this point has been quite the tale already. With CLG being forced to withdraw after the league had started, and The Retry being disqualified for not showing to matches, the league hadgroup format means anything can happen and everyone has a chance yet, especially with one of the groups only having three teams. It is time for this event to bring it up a notch and show who will walk away the best in Europe.

Time for the StarLadder to really heat up. After several intense weeks and nearly a hundred games, the third season of StarLadder is ready to start the most exciting part of the season: the live finals. The top seven teams arrived in Kiev yesterday and drafted their groups, the lines are drawn and the players are ready to begin the battle.Reaching this point has been quite the tale already. With CLG being forced to withdraw after the league had started, and The Retry being disqualified


not the fact that they won but ratherthey won – in utterly devastating fashion in most cases. Moscow Five went 12-3, an excellent record. Yet Moscow Five look a lot less convincing in their wins. The Empire squad is still untested on LAN and this will be a chance to prove themselves. The crew formerly known as MouseSports still has an unstable roster, I can see them taking games off people but not win the entire thing. Virtus Pro looks solid but is outmatched by the other participants. Hopefully we will see some nice strategies coming out from Skånes Elit, their play in games where they used a standard lineup was not amazing but was enough to secure them a spot to the finals. If any team isTiny fits easily into Empire's option for aggressiveness and shutting down the enemy by sheer force. Curiously, the numbers also show that teams banned Wisp against Empire only four times and the only time Wisp was used against Empire was in the match won by M5.BenQ. Templar Assassin is another hero with the same characteristics: possess a massive winrate of 78% for Empire, but is rarely banned or picked against them.

It's very uncommon to see Empire going into the late game. The average game time of 37 minutes suggests that Empire has a preference for fast and furious games where the enemy has to fight all the time. Empire has yet to lose a game against Antimage, they have 80% winrate against Naga-Siren and 60% winrate against Morphling.


Sven, Chaos Knight and Tiny fits easily into Empire's option for aggressiveness and shutting down the enemy by sheer force. Curiously, the numbers also show that teams banned Wisp against Empire only four times and the only time Wisp was used against Empire was in the match won by M5.BenQ. Templar Assassin is another hero with the same characteristics: possess a massive winrate of 78% for Empire, but is rarely banned or picked against them.It's very uncommon to see Empire going into the late game. The average game time of 37 minutes suggests that Empire has a preference for fast and furious games where the enemy has to fight all the time. Empire has yet to lose a game against Antimage, they have 80% winrate against Naga-Siren andthree other teams, with Skånes Elite and the GD B Team fighting for second place, with MYM a clear last. When we think about the experience factor, M5 and MYM are in the same spot as Empire: still need to show strong performances on LAN as a team. Skånes Elite is almost the same team that got sponsored by Infused last year, only changing one player. GD B Team changed a lot from that squad that got the second place in last StarLadder, but they still have very skilled and experienced players on the team.

Prediction: M5 and GD B Team to make it through.

Matchup Highlights

Empire vs Na`Vi: The head-to-head statistics points that, in a total of three matches played by these two teams, Na`Vi won 2. But Empire


to surprise The GD B Team and take advantage of the best-of-2 environment.

By picking Na`Vi, Team Empire intends to win the remaining match on their group and avoid fighting the TI2 runner-up on the semi-finals.If we are to make predictions based on recent performances on online tournaments, Empire is the favorite to take the first place, with Natus Vincere and Virtus.Pro tied for the second place. However, LAN play is often a far cry from the internet-based alternative. It's a radically different experience to play in the safety and cozyness of their homes and in front of an audience. The game changes completely when players are exposed to pressure and the most experienced team in this case is Na`Vi. Empire has yet to show strong performances in LANas a team though it's likely that they'll be strong. Goblak is a very experienced captain, and each player individually has good experience on LAN.Empire and Na`Vi top two while Virtus.pro's tournament ends.M5 will be fighting against Skånes Elite, ex-mousesports and MYM. Based on the recent performances, M5 is one level ahead of the three other teams, with Skånes Elite and the GD B Team fighting for second place, with MYM a clear last. When we think about the experience factor, M5 and MYM are in the same spot as Empire: still need to show strong performances on LAN as a team. Skånes Elite is almost the same team that got sponsored by Infused last year, only changing one player. GD B Team changed a lot from that


THE VOSS name will again be in a Brisbane Lions team this weekend.

Casey Voss – son of triple premiership captain Michael – is currently in Brisbane for two weeks training with the Lions and will play for their NEAFL team on Saturday.

The 18-year-old has graduated from Sturt's under-18 team to its SANFL reserves outfit in the past month and has been granted permission to head north for two weeks.

DROUGHT BREAKERS Lions grab first Perth win for eight years

The Lions play Southport on Saturday at Fankhauser Reserve from 1.30pm.

Voss has improved nicely this year and is a possible father-son selection, although the Lions would like to see his development continue over the next few months.

Like his famous father Michael, Casey is a tough midfielder who can win the hardball and also loves to tackle.

He has spent a number of stints with the Lions over recent seasons, including some time in December alongside some other father-son prospects.

The Lions will arrive back in Brisbane on Monday night following their 55-point win over Fremantle on Sunday.


BANGALORE: Students of Bangalore seem to be on a winning spree as far as international competitions go. After a group of boys bagged an award at the Harvard Model UN convention recently, a city girl has won the International Brain Bee competition in Washington DC. Gayathri Muthukumar , a Class 12 student of National Public School, Indiranagar , represented India at the international challenge after winning the national finals in Mumbai.

Brain Bee, which tests a student's knowledge in neurosciences, had students from 17 countries in the finals held from August 7-10. There were five rounds. Round 1 had 25 questions based on materials provided to the competitors well in advance. A neuroanatomy section followed, in which students were provided clues to identify 25 parts of the brain. Next,Speaking at the BJP National Meet in Kozhikode, PM Modi held nothing back as he ripped into the Pakistani state and its export of terrorism, even as he extended an olive branch to the Pakistani public. Directly addressing the people of Pakistan, he asked them to beat bigger demons like illiteracy, employment, maternal and children’s deaths and poverty. Speaking for the first time since the Uri attack, the PM started off by praising BJP workers in Kerala and the people in Kerala in general, he switched speaking about how the 21st Century will be Asia’s Century. And then he pointedly spoke about the one nation that didn’t want to be part of this success story.

Top Moment 1: Every country in Asia wants to be successful except one

He said:


the government to create a shortcut that would allow them to enroll people entitled to subsidies directly rather than through the federal system. The idea is only one of several being discussed in a frantic effort to find a way around the technological problems that teams of experts are urgently trying to resolve (Abelson, LaFraniere and Craig, 11/11).

The Wall Street Journal: Tech Troubles Slow Some State Exchanges
As officials struggle to fix technical problems with the new federally run health-insurance exchange, some states that are operating their own programs are facing similar problems. Oregon hasn't fully opened its website to the public and is directing residents to insurance brokers and counselors. Maryland officials Friday delayed until April the opening of its small-business exchange, so they could focus on improvingRisk
The chief digital architect for the federal health insurance marketplace has told congressional investigators that he was not aware of tests that indicated potential security flaws in the system, which opened to the public on Oct. 1. The official, Henry Chao, made the statement Nov. 1 to investigators for the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led by Representative Darrell Issa of California (Pear, 11/11).

The Associated Press/Washington Post: Often Criticized, Safety-Net Health Program For Low-Income People Leads In Signups
The underdog of government health care programs is emerging as the rare early success story of President Barack Obama’s technologically challenged health overhaul. Often dismissed, Medicaid has signed up 444,000 people in 10 states in the six weeks since open enrollment began, according to Avalere Health, a market analysis


coverage could keep it (11/11).

The New York Times: Bishops Are Urged To Expand Priorities
It was a notable shift in priorities. For the last two years the bishops have poured their time and resources into a campaign to fight what they saw as serious threats to religious liberty in the United States. Their prime concern has been a provision in President Obama’s health care overhaul that would force even some Catholic employers to provide contraception in their insurance plans, when Catholic teaching prohibits the use of artificial contraception. But Cardinal Dolan, the archbishop of New York, said that the struggles over religious liberty in the United States “pale in comparison” to the persecution of Christians abroad (Goodstein, 11/11).

The Washington Post: Pharmacy Bill Set For Test Vote In Senate
A yearBack by popular demand, the Department of Physics has organized a
second series of its Saturday morning multi-media physics lectures
for general audiences. Beginning Oct. 12, the lectures are an
opportunity to hear physicists explain their work in
easy-to-understand, non-technical terms.

The free, public lectures will take place 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Saturdays in Room 170 Dennison Bldg., 501 E. University, on Central
Campus. Coffee and refreshments will be available. High school
students are especially encouraged to attend.

"Our goal is to share the excitement and demonstrate the
importance of contemporary research in physics with people who
appreciate the thrill of discovery," says Timothy A. McKay, assistant
professor of physics and co-organizer of the series.

"Research fellows live day and night in their labs and have a
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Osama bin Laden had 500 euros and two secret telephone numbers sewn into his clothes when he was killed, US sources have revealed.

The money and emergency contact numbers were discovered after the world’s most wanted man died in a special forces raid in Pakistan on Monday morning.

Meanwhile, Osama bin Laden’s daughter has claimed her father was captured alive before being shot dead by US special forces.

Dubai-based Al Arabiya reported that the unnamed daughter of bin Laden allegedly told Pakistani authorities that her father died within the first few minutes of the raid.

The report puts pressure on the White House after US President Barack Obama initially said bin Laden died in a fire fight but his spokesman later revealed the terrorist was unarmed.

Spokesman Jay Carney, however, insisted the alcapture, instead transmitted the more emotional “For God and country, Geronimo, Geronimo, Geronimo,” MSNBC reported.

Another senior US official said that footage existed of both the operation to get the terrorist and his burial at sea.

The US defence department released a graphic of the compound

The revelation was among a series of details unveiled by the official, who said:

:: The courier whose home the compound was has been named as Abu Ahmed Al Kuwaiti. There were no guards at the compound.

:: The US Navy Seals encountered gunfire when they entered the second home where bin Laden was, on the third floor. The firefight at the compound lasted 20 minutes.

:: Children were in the room with him. His wife and those children are now in Pakistani custody.

:: The material from bin


drawers in the raided villa have already been beamed around the world by American broadcaster ABC News.

There are also reports a video, thought to have been recorded by bin Laden some time before his death, could surface in the near future after it was found among his possessions.

A US defence official said bin Laden was buried at sea as other nations, including Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, refused to take custody of the body.

The 54-year-old was given an Islamic funeral, which involved him being wrapped in a white sheet and washed before being sent overboard.Plans advance for Rochester Intermodal Transportation Center

An agreement has been reached for Amtrak to continue to own and operate the new $23-million Rochester Intermodal Transportation Center in Rochester, N.Y., at the existing Amtrak station location on 320 Central Avenue.

Now that ownership has been determined, the final design and construction will be led by New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), which will join the city of Rochester, Rep. Louise Slaughter and Amtrak to form a steering committee for the project.

Establishing long-term ownership for the new facility is one of the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) requirements for the recently-announced $15-million Transportation Initiative to Generate Economic Recovery (TIGER) Grant for final design and construction funding.

The existing Rochester Station served more than 144,000 passengers in Amtrak's fiscal year that ended September


the social psychology that underlies resistance to the HAES message. Did lay out the evidence that the War on Obesity has done more harm through collateral damage to its own side than through vain attacks on the “enemy,” fat.

My debate with John Foreyt, PhD, a prominent anti-obesity researcher, took place before an audience of well over 1,000 dietitians and other professionals on September 25 at the Food & Nutrition Conference and Expo (FNCE) in San Diego, the annual meeting of the American Dietetic Association (recently rechristened the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics). (An audio recording is available from the ADA for $15.)

Just a couple of good things to come out of the session were stronger bonds in the nutrition-HAES community, a petition for the ADA to form aTunneling magnetoresistance with sign inversion in junctions based on iron oxide nanocrystal superlattices.
Magnetic tunnel junctions sandwiching a superlattice thin film of iron oxide nanocrystals (NCs) have been investigated. The transport was found to be controlled by Coulomb blockade and single-electron tunneling, already at room temperature. A good correlation was identified to hold between the tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR), the expected magnetic properties of the NC arrays, the charging energies evaluated from current-voltage curves, and the temperature dependence of the junction resistance. Notably, for the first time, a switching from negative to positive TMR was observed across the Verwey transition, with a strong enhancement of TMR at low temperatures.


A unique new study led by Professor Gilles-Eric Seralini has shown that the first genetically-modified GM crop commercialized for animal feed, Bt176 from Novartis (now Syngenta), was toxic to cows over the long-term.

Context:

The first GM maize to be commercialized for animal feed, Bt176 from Novartis (subsequently Syngenta), caused various controversies, beginning in 1996. Grown on a few thousand hectares, it was quickly withdrawn from the market.

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An antibiotic resistance marker gene was used in the genetic transformation, and the plant produced a new modified insecticide like all Bt plants. Yet only one nutritional test was conducted by Novartis on four cows for two weeks; one cow died after a week without scientific explanation.

Around this time (1998-2007), Prof. Gilles-Eric Séralini had access to the industrydossier on Bt176 as an expert for the French government within the Biomolecular Engineering Commission. Together with CRIIGEN, he had already denounced the crucial lack of long-term tests.

History:

Meanwhile, Gottfried Glöckner, an experienced farmer who had won an award for the high productivity of his dairy herd in Germany, was working with the GM industry, first to test GMOs for cultivation (1995), and then as the first farmer to feed Bt176 maize silage to his dairy cows (1998-2002).

As it turned out, this was and still remains the longest detailed feeding observation with a GMO. Glöckner’s farm, a recognized model of good practice, was supervised by qualified veterinarians. There had been no cases of serious disease on the farm since Glöckner took it over in 1986.

When partial paralysis (paresis) accompanied


by great fatigue, and problems in the kidneys and mucosal membranes arose in the animals, followed by death in 10% of cases, microbial causes were sought.

All kinds of analyses were conducted, including some by university laboratories, in agreement with the German Ministry of Health and Syngenta. The investigations drew a blank. At this time, the dose of GMO Bt maize, which had been progressively introduced, had reached 40% of the diet.

By 2002, the farmer had become convinced that Bt maize was the cause of the diseases. He sued Syngenta and had partial compensation for his losses. But he subsequently suffered legal and personal setbacks, as reported in a short commentary [Séralini, SJAS, 2016].

After all these court cases ended, Prof Séralini gained access to veterinary records and to veryThrough a Glass, Clearly

Through a Glass, Clearly (1967) is a collection of four science fiction short stories by American writer Isaac Asimov. This book was only published in the United Kingdom, and not in the United States or Canada, and has generally not been available there. Its four stories were all published in other Asimov short story collections.

Contents
 "It's Such a Beautiful Day" (1954)
 "Belief" (1953)
 "Breeds There a Man...?" (1951)
 "C-Chute" (1951)

References

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Category:Science fiction short story collections by Isaac Asimov


Tomlinson was a right-handed batsman who played mostly in the middle- to lower-order but occasionally was used as an opener, and a right-arm leg-break and googly bowler. He made his first-cl...Full profile

Tomlinson was a right-handed batsman who played mostly in the middle- to lower-order but occasionally was used as an opener, and a right-arm leg-break and googly bowler. He made his first-class cricket debut for Rhodesia in 1927–28 and played intermittently for the same side until 1947–48, also playing a single match in 1928–29 for Border. His first-class cricket was restricted, however, by the limited number of matches played by Rhodesia: the side did not contest the Currie Cup competition between 1932–33 and the end of the Second World War.

Tomlinson's one Test appearance was at Trent Bridge, inthe opening Test match, when he took 0 for 38 off 10 overs in an England total of 384 for 7 december (Wyatt, the captain, 149). His only innings amounted to 9, bowled by Nichols. The nuggety little leg-spinner Balaskas struck form before the Lord's Test, taking 4 for 55 and 8 for 99 against Yorkshire at Bramall Lane, and took Tomlinson's place in the Test side. The decision was fully justified when Balaskas (9 for 103 in the match) bowled South Africa to an historic first victory on English soil, capitalizing on Cameron's 90 and Mitchell's 164 not out on a difficult pitch.

Tomlinson and Cameron contracted enteric fever on the voyage home, and Cameron died from the illness some weeks later. During his long first-class career he


scored 912 runs (16.88) and captured 156 wickets (28.32). With the passing of Eric Rowan and Denis Tomlinson in recent months, only three members of the triumphant 1935 team remain: Xenophon Balaskas, Bob Crisp and Bruce Mitchell.

Illness aside, Rhodesia's limited first-class programme included only two further matches for Tomlinson before the Second World War, both of them against the 1938–39 England team. After the war, however, Rhodesia re-entered the Currie Cup competition and Tomlinson played a full season in 1946–47 in which he took the best bowling figures of his career: six wickets for 56 runs in the match against Western Province. He continued to play in a few matches in 1947–48, but then retired.person Peter Twal, two poems

Peter Twal is the author of Our Earliest Tattoos, winner of the 2018 Etel Adnan Poetry Prize from the University of Arkansas Press. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Believer, Best New Poets, Kenyon Review, and elsewhere.

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It’s the Memory of Our Betters

On the moon, a blue jay, unsure where it last left its nest
prays to Saint Anthony while on earth someone incorrectly
adjusts a thermostat & a museum of natural history explodes— creating

more natural history Lost in awe in a light bulb

exhibit, reading every last placard, the sun explodes as well, a pimple
from a Hubble away & yet: The torch has been passed down, the sun sighs, smothered
beneath the rubble Death comes to us full-

bellied but always craving & the next time


the Reds are believed to have turned their attention to free agent Jon Stead, who played four times under Johnson in a loan spell at Oldham in 2014.

The 32-year-old target man was released by Huddersfield this summer, having spent most the season on loan at Bradford, playing a big part in their notable FA Cup run to the quarter-final.of ‘economism’. Lenin wanted living and working conditions to get worse, not better. In that way the bitterness of the workers would increase, and so drive the Russian proletariat to revolution.

Lenin deliberately emphasised the difference between himself and Martov by resigning from the editorial board of Iskra and starting his own journal, Vyperod (Forward), as an instrument for Bolshevik attacks upon the Mensheviks. A Bolshevik daily paper, Pravda (the Truth), was ﬁrst published in 1912. Lenin and the Bolsheviks The later success of Bolshevism in the October Revolution has tempted writers to overstate the importance of Lenin in the period before 1917. For example, Trotsky, who joined Lenin in 1917 after having been a Menshevik, argued in his later writings that the Bolsheviks had been systematically preparing the


just like Gandalf the White, able to come back in some form with new power to help at a later point in the series.

Moving back to the prequel trilogy, Anakin is Frodo in totality, leaving on a quest for good, corrupted by the power of the dark, and brought back by the love of his companions. It might not be a coincidence that the ending of Revenge of the Sith and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King both occur around lava and volcanoes. This metaphor of hell and deals-with-devils is universal to the stories.

Taking this a step further, you can draw a connection between Vader tossing Palpatine into the pits of the Death Star to Gollum tossing both himself and the ring of powerinto the lava of Mount Doom. Like Gollum and Smeagol, Vader was also a character of split personality, of good and evil between the poles of Anakin Skywalker and his Darth Vader persona.

There are many more connections between Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings, but none may be as direct as Sir Christopher Lee. He played Saruman in The Lord of the Rings and Count Dooku in the second and third episode of the classic Star Wars saga. Both characters he played in these two series were good characters who are corrupted by evil some time before the events of the movie begin. Both characters maintain a ruse of being good until it is no longer expedient and both are forced into wizard’s duels when their


bore green lightsabers, but after her exile and return, she acquired sabers that glow white. It all fits with Dave Filoni’s description of her as Gandalf.

Filoni and crew have long been inspired by the work of Peter Jackson, too. In 2012, on the eve of the release of the first installment of The Hobbit trilogy, Filoni wrote a piece explaining the back and forth inspiration between the crew of The Clone Wars and The Lord of the Rings. You can read it here.

The most recent influence from Lord of the Rings on Star Wars might be seen in The Force Awakens, though. In the Lord of the Rings films, each time the ring of power is dropped, it’s accompanied by a thud and hits the ground with aCategory: Education Reforms

Betsy DeVos is among the few politicians who are committed to bringing change in both the political and education sectors of the United States. The business leaders have achieved several milestones in her quest to ensure that the American children benefit from a modern education system. Through her family foundation, The Dick and Betsy DeVos Family Foundation, she has managed to help countless students land a chance to advance their studies in reputable institutions. Because Betsy DeVos knows that philanthropy is her calling, she has ensured that she has a voice in the political space so that she can have enough power to bring change. In 2015, her charity singlehandedly raised over $11.6 million that was channeled to various programs that want to make the American


society more cohesive. Betsy’s family has managed to position itself strategically in the American politics. At the moment, Betsy serves the Trump government as the cabinet secretary for education.

Before she got the plum post of cabinet secretary in the Trump administration, Betsy had already made a name for herself in the political circles. She was a committed activist who was only interested in the welfare of educators and children in the American school system. Her fondness for charity work has enabled her to push for the agenda of charter institutions and choice schools. The Dick and Betsy DeVos Family Foundation bankroll organizations such as the Success Academy Charter Schools and the Potter’s House Schools. These facilities provide an exemplary model of how choice schools can bring change tothe society. According to the cabinet secretary, the problems in the American School System are heightened by its dependence on old ideas. The only way such challenges can be solved is by championing a new educational era that listens to what students want more than what educators wish for them.

Betsy’s extensive work in the education sector stretch beyond charter schools, through her family foundation she has carried out programs in the medical industry too. Some of the donations done by the organization have gone a long way in facilitating research in medicine. Her background in the Catholic Church inspires her support for Christian missions and schools of art. In under five years, the Dick and Betsy DeVos Family Foundation have managed to lock in over $100 million that


has been directed to some charities that are working to make the society better.

Some of the early measures that Betsy DeVos has undertaken in her role as the Cabinet Secretary for Education include personal visits to various institutions across the United States to familiarize herself with the prevailing conditions in schools. These reconnaissance visits help the cabinet secretary in coming up with the most efficient reforms in the school system.as the striker has netted four goals in six appearances since his £12million move from Chelsea last month.

His place is likely to be taken by either Raheem Sterling or Fabio Borini, while Brazilian new boy Philippe Coutinho could be named on the bench.

Sturridge is ineligible for the Europa League so Rodgers will be hoping that the England international will be fit for next Sunday’s home league clash with Swansea City.

Victory tonight would lift Liverpool back into seventh spot and within nine points of fourth placed Tottenham.


for donors to be screened for these diseases of global importance. Since last decade both HIV and HBV infections have drawn global attention owing to their grievous public health impact. HIV infection is caused by a retrovirus known as human immunodeficiency virus (type1 and 2) which breaks down the body\'s immune system and leads to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) leaving the person susceptible to opportunistic infections and some malignancies\[[@ref1]\]. AIDS in human was first reported in 1981 in USA and HIV was first isolated in 1983\[[@ref2]\]. Since then, it has killed more than 25 million people in the world.

The first two cases of HIV and AIDS in Nigeria were identified in 1985, and were reported at an international AIDS conference in 1986\[[@ref3]\]. At first the Nigerian governmentCombined Cadet Force’s (CCF) allow pupils to undertake military-orientated and adventurous training alongside their studies within the education structure of their school. Training includes flying, sailing, camps and much more, giving opportunities to develop and demonstrate new character qualities and skills.

There are currently six schools in Wales who have unique educational partnerships that allow pupils, aged between 13 and 18, to join a CCF. The personal attributes gained will remain valuable throughout the Cadets' lives, impressing potential employers and remaining relevant in whatever career they pursue.

The UK’s Cadet Forces are among the most successful youth organisations in the world, with a long history of developing young people’s skills and attributes, and helping them grow into responsible young adults.

At the beginning of 2016, the Welsh Government in consultation with


community include:

An observed improvement in student behaviour and discipline.

Improved relationships between students and teachers.

Positive role modelling by cadets for other young people.

Wider opportunities for staff development as Cadet Force Adult Volunteers.

Increased visibility and reputation of the school and its students in the community.

Practical cadet support of community activities and events.

Over 100 State schools have already joined the programme and opened a Cadet Unit in their school. To hear the views of some of the Head Teachers involved, please follow the links below:

The School Cadet Expansion Officer in Wales is Major Stephen John. Please feel free to get in touch with Stephen and he will be able to tell you more about the initiative, discuss your particular situation and advise on the next steps you could take.has apparently since been exposed as a hoax:

BBC News: Internet Explorer story was bogus

A story which suggested that users of Internet Explorer have a lower IQ than people who chose other browsers appears to have been an elaborate hoax.
A number of media organisations, including the BBC, reported on the research, put out by Canadian firm ApTiquant. (sic)
It later emerged that the company's website was only recently set up and staff images were copied from a legitimate business in Paris.

IT News: Analysis: Is the Internet Explorer IQ test a fake?

But whois records - the database that lists who was responsible for a website such as its technical contacts and owner - and web content comparisons raised questions over the company behind the survey that was the subject of the


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Audi Sport have said they hope to add two cars to bring their entry up to eight cars in 2019, with BMW expected to do the same to guarantee a minimum 16-car grid, with hopes to bring customer programmes back into the championship.

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Heart beat Gerard Butler brings his Debonair flare to meet the October 2011 issue of LA Confidential."300" was photographed by Sam Jones featured. In this edition discusses Butler's life as a celeb and his new film, Machine Gun Preacher.

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Mr. Harper, on his final international trip before a federal election campaign begins, is stopping in Ukraine on his way to a tour of Europe that includes a Group of Seven meeting in Bavaria and an audience with the Pope in Rome. He leaves for Kiev on Friday morning.

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Deutsche Bank once considered restructuring $340 million in loans to the Trump Organization over fears that President Donald Trump's company might default while he was in office, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.

According to the report, the bank considered extending loans due to be paid in 2023 and 2024, a time frame that would overlap with Trump's presidency if he were to win a second term.

Bloomberg said the bank's executive board was "leery of the public relations disaster they would face if they went after the assets of a sitting president."

The Trump Organization denied that it was at risk of defaulting. Trump's son Eric, an executive at the company, described the story as "complete nonsense."

Deutsche Bank declined to comment to Business Insider.

A new report says that Deutsche Bank, the biggest bankin Germany, once considered rewriting the terms of a $340 million package of loans to the Trump Organization, fearing the nightmare scenario of having to pursue a sitting US president for cash were his company to default on its obligations.

According to a story published by Bloomberg on Wednesday, the bank discussed extending repayment dates on the loans until at least 2025, when President Donald Trump would exit office should he win reelection in 2020. Bloomberg said its sources for the story were people familiar with the internal discussions.

After the story published, the Trump Organization denied that it was at risk of defaulting. Trump's son Eric, who is managing Trump's business affairs while he is in office, called the story "complete nonsense."

According to Bloomberg, the move was discussed to


ensure that the loans could not be defaulted on while Trump was in the White House. The bank's executive board, Bloomberg reports, was "leery of the public relations disaster they would face if they went after the assets of a sitting president."

Bloomberg said Deutsche Bank ultimately decided not to restructure the loans but did decide to avoid doing new business with Trump during his presidency.

Deutsche Bank declined to comment when contacted by Business Insider.

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Senior British Airways managers last night warned they were in a "fight to the death" with unions over plans for an unprecedented 12-day strike by cabin crew which threatens to wreck the Christmas travel plans of over 1 million passengers.

Virgin Atlantic, easyJet and Ryanair are set to make a fortune at the expense of BA after unions chose the nuclear option announcing a walkout from 22 December to 2 January following a 9-1 vote in favour of industrial action.

Last night the lowest economy return fare on the world's premier intercontinental air route, Heathrow to New York JFK, on the first day of the strike, rose to £3,300. Other flights had more than doubled in price.

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NoUK airline has ever faced such a long strike which will wipe 7,000 flights from the airline's schedules. But despite a loss of revenue of between £300m and £400m – and a great deal of goodwill – Willie Walsh, BA's chief executive, has the strong backing of the board in taking on the cabin-crew unions.

British Airways lost £401m in the last financial year, and is set to lose even more in the current year. Its losses are thought to be around £1,000 per minute. BA announced earlier in the day that its pension fund deficit had increased by 75 per cent in the past three years to £3.7bn.

The board believes that unless they can substantially reduce staff costs – which are far higher than its rivals – BA


does not have a sustainable future. One source close to the company said it could not back down and would "fight to the death".

Some members of cabin crew were alarmed by the "nuclear option" that the unions had adopted. The ballot merely asked: "Are you in favour of industrial action?" and many were surprised it had chosen such extreme tactics.

"In the past we've only gone on strike for a couple of days," said one stewardess. "I'm going to have to spend Christmas fixing up my CV." With the exception of a relatively small number of services from London City, all flights will be cancelled. The new flagship service from the Docklands airport to New York will be hit.

For the past month, nearly 13,000 cabin crew have been ballotedposted the message "Trust BA management? I'd rather let Dr Shipman look after my folks for the weekend."

BA employs 14,000 cabin crew – more than 95 per cent of whom are union members. Most belong to Unite, with a small percentage in the T&G. Much of their fury is directed at Willie Walsh, who has been the target of a bitter personal campaign. Yesterday he described the Unite union as "bent on self-destruction ... like King Canute, it sits by the water's edge shouting at the waves of recession and competition to go back."

Frances Tuke, a spokeswoman for the travel organisation Abta, said: "The strike announcement is bad news for the travel industry. People who have booked Christmas and New Year package holidays involving British Airways flights will


Nine Countries Boycotted Durban II

Nine countries boycotted the UN Conference on Racism in Geneva, which began Monday. The countries include Israel, the United States, Germany, Australia, Canada, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, and Poland.

Twenty-three nations of the European Union walked out during the conference to protest Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s attack on Israel. The Czech Republic, whose president leads the EU, has left the conference for good. St. Kitt and Nevis joined the EU delegates in their walkout.The improvised explosive device in a white bucket blew up on the final carriage of the Parsons Green train credit: Pricey1983aa/Twitter

The army will deploy troops at key locations around the capital in order to free up police who were last night involved in a huge manhunt to catch the terrorist responsible for the failed Parsons Green bomb attack, which Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility.

At least 29 people were injured, including a boy believed to be aged about 10 when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off on a packed rush hour tube at Parsons Green in west London yesterday morning.

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Witnesses described scenes of terror and panic after the blast sent a "fireball" and a "wall of flame" through a District line service in


last night working to establish his identity from CCTV footage on the train and at stations on the line. They were also combing through records of payments with Oyster cards used to buy Tube tickets.

One theory is the suspected bomber may have fled the scene among the stampede of panicking passengers and escaped among the crowds.

They were also uncertain that Parsons Green was not the planned target, pointing to reports that the bomb, which was packed with shrapnel and contained a timing device, had apparently malfunctioned.

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Witnesses reported seeing people "covered in blood" after a "flash and a bang" from the device, but sent a "fireball" through the packed Tube train.

Pictures and video posted on social media showed a flaming bucket - whichgroup has claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the Amaq news agency which has links to the group.

08:00PM White House defends Trump's comments on Parsons Green attack

Mr McMaster was asked about Donald Trump's comments this morning, in which he said the suspect of the bombing was "in the sights" of Scotland Yard.

Theresa May called that speculation "unhelpful".

National security adviser H.R. McMaster, right, and U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, participate in a news briefing at the White House, in Washington credit: Carolyn Kaster

Mr McMaster said he thought the president was speaking in general terms, and did not have any specific information.

He said: "I think what the president was communicating was that all our law enforcement efforts are focused on this threat for years.

"Scotland Yard is a


leader in this, and if it happened here in the US the FBI would also have the suspect in their sights.

"I think he means generally this kind of activity is what we are trying to prevent."

06:29PM President Trump calls for renewed effort to cut terror funding

H.R. McMaster, Donald Trump's national security adviser, has just spoken about the Parsons Green attack in the White House, Harriet Alexander reports.

He said: "The US stands in solidarity with the people of the UK.

"We will defend our people and our values against these cowardly attacks, and we will always stand by countries who do the same."

He said Mr Trump had been "unambiguous" in his policy on terrorism, urging a renewed effort at cutting financing for terrorist networks.

05:57PM President Trump speaks to PM toexpress sympathy

The White House press secretary has revealed details of the phone call between Donald Trump and Theresa May. The US president phoned to "convey his sympathies and prayers for those injured in the terrorist attack today in London", the White House said.

"The President pledged to continue close collaboration with the United Kingdom to stop attacks worldwide targeting innocent civilians and to combat extremism. "

A Downing Street spokesman said: "President Trump called the Prime Minister earlier today to offer his condolences over this morning's cowardly attack in London.

"They also discussed North Korea's latest missile test, agreeing it was a reckless provocation and that China must now use all its leverage to bring pressure to bear on the North Korean regime to ensure they change course and end these


say thank you to those who provide services - the fire brigade, police and nurses - because I don't believe they receive enough money."

Staff from a local Italian restaurant hand out pizza and water from a stall near Parsons Green station credit: HANNAH MCKAY/Reuters

Other residents from near the site of the attack approached members of the Press and offered them access to phone chargers and a place to sit down inside.

Hammersmith and Fulham Council was also on hand, opening a local community centre as a rest place for those whose homes were within the police cordon.

Social media was similarly awash with people offering a comforting hot drink to those caught up in the aftermath.

03:39PM Bucket bomb seen before in failed UK terror attacks

The improvised bucket bomb left onto speculate on what is an ongoing investigation."

The Prime Minister also condemned the "cowardly" attack, saying: "This was a device intended to cause significant harm."

She also confirmed that the UK terror threat level remains unchanged at severe and is not being raised to critical.

Mrs May was speaking following a meeting of the Government's emergency Cobra committee.

02:47PM Scotland Yard: Donald Trump's Tube bomber comments 'unhelpful and pure speculation'

Scotland Yard has dismissed a claim by Donald Trump that the Parsons Green Tube bombers had been "in the sights" of police as "pure speculation".

A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said the US president's comments - which did not correspond with any information released by the UK authorities - were "unhelpful".

Mr Trump made the provocative allegation in a trademark tweet as police


detectives are scouring CCTV footage and examining witness statements for potential leads.

Forensic investigators search on the platform at Parsons Green Tube station on Friday afternoon credit: HANNAH MCKAY /REUTERS

Forensics officers next to the evacuated Tube train at Parsons Green credit: Peter Macdiarmid/LNP

The affected carriage was the final one of the District Line train credit: Frank Augstein/AP

01:50PM Parsons Green bomb comes after four UK terror attacks so far this year

The blast comes with the UK on high alert following four terrorist attacks so far this year.

Authorities have foiled 19 plots since the middle of 2013 - including six since the Westminster atrocity in March.

The incident comes a day after figures revealed terror-related arrests in Britain have hit a new record high, with suspects held at a rate of moreout through the entrance. My sister was in the carriage and was injured in the blast."

The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, said her sister had been taken to A&E and was currently being treated for burns.

01:28PM Commuter in blast carriage tells of 'flaming orange' fireball

Tube passenger Lauren Hubbard, who was end in the end carriage of the train with her boyfriend, said she heard a loud bang and saw a "fireball" coming towards her, reports Laura Hughes.

Lauren Hubbard, 24, who was in the end carriage of the train with her boyfriend, said she heard a loud bang and saw a "fire ball" coming towards her.

She told the Telegraph: "It was hot and just came towards you, this flaming orange coming towards you. It smelt like burning.

"We ran


and hid behind cement boxes on the tracks and were the last people to get off the platform."

She added that her first thought was: "This is a terrorist attack, I'm going to die."

Another witness, who works next to the station, said he saw people pouring out the station looking "shellshocked" and "panicked".

Emergency services tend to an injured woman following the blast credit: GUSTAVO VIEIRA/Reuters

A woman with blankets wrapped around her is escorted by emergency services credit: Sky/AP

Injured passengers are led away from the scene credit: LUKE MACGREGOR/Reuters

Another witness told the BBC: "I was walking towards the station and suddenly lots of people came running down the stairs shocked and tearful and saying that there had been an explosion.

"People were saying there had been a wall of flames comingstopped. The driver announced that there was a problem with the train ahead.

“That was when we saw people, mainly adults and many wearing suits, filing nervously along the train tracks opposite away from the station towards Fulham.

"Many of them looked panicked as they tried to pass trains stacked up. Some of them were running and looking behind at the train they had just been on in the station. They were clearly very worried.”

Emergency workers help people leave a Tube train near Parsons Green credit: AP

Mr Sarango, a 52-year-old cleaner from Stockwell who was travelling to Parsons Green to have breakfast with his wife before work, said he was stuck on his train for an hour and watched as scores of passengers fled past his carriage.

“The driver then told


is assisted by a police officer close to Parsons Green station credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA

12:09PM Jeremy Corbyn thanks emergency services for response

Writing on Twitter, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has thanked the emergency services for their response to the terror attack:

11:50AM Donald Trump denounces attack by 'loser terrorist'

US President Donald Trump has denounced the attack by a "loser terrorist", suggesting that such attackers "were in the sights of Scotland Yard":

11:43AM Police: Blast caused by 'detonation of improvised explosive device'

Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said the Parsons Green explosion was caused by the "detonation of an improvised explosive device".

Mr Rowley said it was understood that "most" of the 18 injured were suffering from "flash burns".

He added that:

Hundreds of detectives are involved in the investigation - including scouring CCTV footage and speaking toam lucky I got away with just a bit of charred hair."

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Peter Crowley had his head charred in the explosion credit: Peter Crowley/Twitter

10:52AM Sadiq Khan: London will never be intimidated or defeated by terrorism

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has appealed for calm following the Parsons Green terror incident, saying London "will never be intimidated or defeated by terrorism".

10:51AM 'Device' was in a 'white builder's bucket' inside Lidl bag

Chris Wildish, who was on the train, said he saw a "device" in the last carriage.

"It was a white bucket, a builder's bucket," he told BBC 5 live.

"Flames were still coming out of it when I saw it and had a lot of wires hanging out of it - I can only assume it was done on


purpose.

"It was standing against the door of the rear-most carriage."

Little damage appeared to have been caused to the carriage after the explosion in a white bucket credit: Sylvain Pennec/PA

10:45AM Major incident declared at St Mary's Hospital

A major incident has been declared at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington in response to the Parsons Green explosion.

Meanwhile, several ambulances have arrived at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital coming from the Parsons Green direction, reports Harry Yorke.

At the entrance of A&E there are a small team of paramedics gathered at the door awaiting further casualties.

Members of the emergency services work alongside an Underground tube train at a platform at Parsons Green credit: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP

A person from the first ambulance was carried into the hospital on a stretcher and cloaked in foil, using breathing15 September to Parsons Green Underground Station following reports of a fire on the train. "Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu, the senior national coordinator for CT policing, has declared it a terrorist incident. "Officers from the Metropolitan Police Service and British Transport Police attended the scene, along with colleagues from the London Fire Brigade and London Ambulance Service. "At present we are aware of a number of people who have suffered injuries. "It is too early to confirm the cause of the fire, which will be subject to the investigation that is now underway by the Met's Counter Terrorism Command. "The station remains cordoned off and we are advising people to avoid the area. "Anyone who has information that would assist detectives is urged to contact the hotline


the hands of the British Transport Police.

Armed police officers outside the evacuated Parsons Green station credit: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP

A firearms officer at the police cordon in west London credit: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP

Armed police outside Parsons Green station credit: KEVIN COOMBS/Reuters

Meanwhile, armed police have been pictured on the tracks at Parsons Green:

10:05AM BBC's Sophie Raworth saw woman with 'burns all over her body from top to toe'

Sophie Raworth, the BBC News presenter who was at the scene, said she saw a woman on a stretcher with burns to her face and legs.

"I spoke to a woman, Laura Bishop, who said she was standing there and all of a sudden heard a bang - and saw a wall of flames, flames in the carriage," she said.

"She saw people who had burns ontheir hair, burns on their head and the doors opened immediately."

Ms Raworth added: "I have just seen a woman who was just stretchered off here and clearly her legs are wrapped up and she has burns.

"She had burns to her face - she's conscious, she was taking oxygen and pain relief as well.

"She seemed to have burns all over her body from top to toe."

An injured woman outside Parsons Green station credit: KEVIN COOMBS/Reuters

Speaking on the Victoria Derbyshire show, she told how a witness told her there was a stampede and then "panic, just complete panic".

She added: "There are a lot of people here at Parsons Green looking very anxious and worried, trying to work out what has happened. Clearly just trying to get out of the station


his face.

"There were loads of people crying and shaking," he told 5 live. "There were a lot of people limping and covered in blood.

"One guy I saw, his face was covered in blood - I've never seen anything like it."

A woman is spoken to by police outside Parsons Green station credit: KEVIN COOMBS/Reuters

Commuter Robyn Frost was arriving at the station when she saw people trying to escape.

She told the BBC: "I walked into the station, there was blood on the floor and people running down the stairs screaming 'get out'.

"People were coming out of the station covered in blood."

She added: "People have been stretchered into ambulances now."

09:39AM 'Everyone was crying and screaming' - witness

Passenger James Jackson said: "I was going in to the station. Suddenly I saw everyonepouring out of the station.

"Everyone was crying and screaming. I saw a woman carried into the cafe with bandages around her legs. My housemate was on the platform and thought it was an electrical explosion. It was the rear carriage that went off.

"I slept in I should have been on that train. I went to a cafe and the police have evacuated us all."

09:35AM Video shows smouldering bucket in train carriage

09:27AM Update from Metropolitan Police: Avoid the area

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "Police were called at approximately 08:20hrs on Friday, 15 September to Parsons Green Underground Station following reports of an incident on a tube train.

"Officers from the Metropolitan Police Service and British Transport Police are in attendance along with the London Fire Brigade and London Ambulance Service.

"We


would advise people to avoid the area."

Emergency services outside Parsons Green credit: ASolopovas/Reuters

09:18AM 'Panic as people rushed from train' after hearing 'explosion'

BBC correspondent Riz Lateef, who was at the station travelling to work, said there was "panic as people rushed from the train, hearing what appeared to be an explosion.

"People were left with cuts and grazes from trying to flee the scene. There was lots of panic."

09:17AM London Ambulance Service sends hazardous area response team to scene

Natasha Wills, of London Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 8.20am to reports of an incident at Parsons Green underground station.

"We have sent multiple resources to the scene including single responders in cars, ambulance crews, incident response officers and our hazardous area response team, with the first of our medics arrivingof screaming. "There was a woman on the platform who said she had seen a bag, a flash and a bang, so obviously something had gone off. "It was an absolutely packed, rush-hour District Line train from Wimbledon to Edgware Road. "I saw crying women, there was lots of shouting and screaming, there was a bit of a crush on the stairs going down to the streets. "Some people got pushed over and trampled on, I saw two women being treated by ambulance crews. "Since then, every emergency vehicle in London has gone past me, fire engines, ambulances, every type of police vehicle."

Mr Aylmer-Hall added: "I don't think anyone was hurt by the actual device or whatever it was."

09:07AM Emergency services outside station as passengers urged to use


Google's Street View now lets viewers experience Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower

Hot on the heels of Google's public beta of its refreshed maps, the company has now updated its Street View service to include views from atop the Eiffel Tower. Google says that they worked with the Eiffel Tower Operating Company to gather a fairly large stack of panoramic imagery from all three of the Eiffel Tower's viewing platforms. Additionally, Google has built an online exhibit that depicts the story of the Eiffel Tower through 50 archival images, plans, engravings, and photographs.

"In order to capture the imagery, the Street View team followed in the footsteps of 7 million annual visitors and ascended multiple floors of the Tower," Mark Yoshitake of the Google Cultural Institute wrotein a blog post introducing the new material. "Using the Street View Trolley (designed especially for monuments and museums) they filmed 360-degree views of the monument's architecture and its views over Paris."

The Eiffel Tower is 324 meters tall and held the title of tallest construction in the world for 40 years after it was built in 1889 until it was dethroned by the Chrysler building in New York City. It is comprised of over 18,000 separately made pieces and is one of the most photographed structures in the world.


and thus the refrigerant mass flow. At the same time, according to the invention, the reference superheating for the control of the expansion member is tapped directly at the compressor inlet. As a result, the effect of the waste heat of the motor and/or of the motor-control device is automatically taken into account.
In a preferred arrangement, the electric motor is accommodated together with the compressor in a common housing. This arrangement has the advantage that leakages at a rotating shaft, which may occur in an arrangement of the electric motor outside the compressor housing, are avoided from the beginning. In this case, especially effective cooling of the electric motor is achieved if the refrigerant flows directly around the electric motor. In a known embodiment, the electric motor 5the City of Faith. According to officials at the City of Faith, Regalado signed out at 6:00 a.m. on March 18, 1995, to go to Premiere Plaza, an office building, where he worked on the maintenance crew. He was due back at 6:30 p.m. The security supervisor explained at trial that Regalado did not return to the halfway house that night.
A case manager at City of Faith testified that Regalado had been placed on restrictive status after a December 31, 1994 visit with his wife, which resulted in a complaint that he assaulted her. The case manager also testified that Regalado received divorce papers from Gloria Regalado in January 1995 *741 and that he was very angry about the increased restrictions on his freedom.
Stephen Nappier testified that on


March 18, 1995, Regalado contacted him and asked whether he would take him to Lake Village to celebrate his son's birthday. Nappier testified that he picked Regalado up at the Premiere Plaza in Monroe that date at about 4:00 p.m. and drove to Lake Village. He testified that he dropped Regalado off at a house he assumed belonged to his wife and children at about 6:30 p.m. Regalado told him that he would not need a ride back.
Eddie Regalado, Jr., who turned sixteen on March 19, 1995, testified that the relationship between his parents was characterized by much screaming and arguing. He testified that when his father arrived home on March 18, 1995, he found Gloria and forced her into a car and drove away. Eddie never sawhis mother alive again. Eddie also testified that early in March 1995, he saw his father choking his mother and saying: "I'll kill you, bitch."
Chicot County Sheriff Floyd White testified that Gloria Regalado's body was found on March 19, 1995, south of Lake Village near some railroad tracks. The cause of death was subsequently determined to be a gunshot wound to the head with strangulation and a stab wound to the face being contributing factors. Gloria Regalado had numerous bruises and abrasions on her body. Sheriff White testified that his office had investigated prior incidents between Gloria Regalado and her husband. He testified that in October 1994, he and then Sheriff Sam Smith were approached by Gloria Regalado, who appeared scared and in fear of her life. She


told them that if she was to be killed, they should look to her husband as the culprit. Sheriff White also testified that in the course of investigating drug cases, he suspected that Gloria Regalado was involved in the use and sale of drugs. He further opined that Gloria Regalado had been used as a confidential informant by the Drug Task Force on more than one occasion.
Sheriff's Deputy Edward Gilbert testified that after Gloria Regalado's body was found, a warrant was issued for Edward Regalado's arrest. Deputy Gilbert entered Regalado's name and a description of a white 1989 Chrysler New Yorker bearing Louisiana tags into the National Crime Information Center computer (NCIC). He stated that on March 22, 1995, his department was informed that Regalado had been takeninto custody by the Mobile County Sheriff's Department in Alabama.
Sheriff's Deputy Alton Neidhardt of the Mobile County, Alabama Sheriff's Department testified that on March 22, 1995, he discovered Regalado sleeping behind the wheel of his car at about 1:00 a.m. He testified that when he approached and asked for identification, he saw a razor blade between Regalado's legs, which Regalado explained he was going to use to remove a corn from his foot. After Deputy Neidhardt checked with NCIC, he learned that Regalado was wanted for escape in Louisiana and murder in Arkansas.
Don Williams, a longtime friend of Regalado, testified that he received three to five phone calls from him on the night of either March 19 or March 20, 1995. Sounding upset and nervous, Regalado asked Williams


to call the Lake Village Police Department to determine whether his family was all right. He also asked Williams to call his sons' uncle and check on his two boys. Regalado purportedly told Williams that he was not going back to the halfway house and that he was looking for Gloria Regalado's boyfriend. When Williams asked him about his wife and the fact he was wanted for murder, he responded: "[W]ell, I've ended the relationship with Gloria. I've ended it."
Debbie Grisham, a friend of Gloria Regalado, testified that the victim was having an affair with Chris Floriani during the summer of 1994. She testified that during visits from Regalado in October and November 1994, Gloria Regalado told her she felt like a caged animal, and that she witnessedhim grab her. When he was asking about Floriani and the victim would not respond, he said: "[O]ne shot and you won't lie anymore." She admitted that Gloria Regalado smoked crack cocaine.
The defense presented testimony that Gloria Regalado had bought and used cocaine *742 and that once, two men pulled guns on her during an attempted buy in Lake Village because she owed them money. The theory of the defense was that Gloria Regalado was murdered in connection with her drug trafficking.
Regalado's sole argument on appeal is that the trial court committed reversible error by allowing the State to present evidence that he was incarcerated at the City of Faith and escaped. The trial court ruled that the evidence was admissible under both Arkansas Rules of Evidence 403


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Category:Scholars of French literatureBody Believed to Be Missing Worker Found Near Site of Oil Rig Blast Divers recovered remains of an unidentified person Saturday night.

Nov. 18, 2012 -- A body believed to be one of the workers missing since an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded was recovered late last night in the water near the platform.

A private dive team hired by Houston-based Black Elk Energy found the remains of an unidentified person Saturday night, U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Carlos Vega said.

The Coast Guard has suspended its search, but John Hoffman, president and CEO of Black Elk Energy, which owns the platform, vowed to continue looking for the second worker.

"The workers impacted by this accident continue to be our primary focus," Hoffman wrote in an email to The Associated


Press.

The two workers jumped from the burning platform into the Gulf of Mexico after their oil rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana Friday.

The Coast Guard had been working for more than 24 hours to find the rig workers, whose names and genders have not been released. Air and sea units searched for what they believed would be two survivors.

But on Saturday night, the search was suspended.

The rig was not producing oil on Friday morning when the explosion occurred. Black Hawk Energy, which owns the platform, said one of 22 contractors on board mistakenly grabbed a blow torch instead of a saw to cut a pipe line that had 28 gallons of oil inside, igniting the blast. Everyone on board was employed by Grand Isle Shipyard, not BlackMUMBAI: For close to a year since October 2011, Ashutosh Bhagat (not his real name), 41, vice-president for sales at a leading financial services firm, spent sleepless nights; as a result, he was finding it tough to report to work on time every morning. Otherwise a highly productive and energetic employee, Bhagat's team and co-workers were suddenly finding it difficult to deal with his oscillating bouts of rage and depression.

Medical tests revealed Bhagat had developed blood pressure coupled with mild depression, forcing his immediate superior to sign him up for counselling. Subsequent sessions with the therapist revealed that Bhagat was worried about meeting targets that had recently been revised on the higher side to help his company beat back the economic slowdown.

This pressure at the workplace had snowballed


reasons, millions of people, many of them indigenous, have gathered at Standing Rock in order to nonviolently protest the Dakota Access Pipeline. Unfortunately, they’ve been met with tear gas, rubber bullets, and water cannon, despite, or perhaps in spite of, the subfreezing temperatures. Still, they have held their ground, maintaining their stance to protect the land of Standing Rock and its water supply, which is necessary to life. In fact, many of the protestors have taken to calling themselves Water Protectors, their mantra being “Water Is Life”.

They’ve been joined by veterans who have pledged to stand by the Native American peoples and act as human shields against the violent force of law enforcement. Those who are unable to travel out to Standing Rock have shown their support bywas carrying a gun, the Police Department said.

But Hall said he never had a gun and that after he was put into the back of a patrol car, Alcantar told him through the open window, "I found your gun."

Hall began yelling out "to anyone in the vicinity that the officer was trying to put a gun on him," according to the suit he filed last year. Alcantar then rolled up the patrol car's windows, the complaint said.

The gun turned out to belong to another man who had hidden it in a car parked near the wake, said Ben Nisenbaum, Hall's attorney.

Hall spent four months in jail before posting bail. In February 2007, prosecutors alleged that he was a three-strikes candidate, and his bail was increased. A judge later


determined there was enough evidence to go to trial.

Altogether, Hall spent another 18 months in jail before prosecutors dropped the case in August 2008.

"My client was in custody for 22 months on a charge that was bogus," Nisenbaum said. "The badge is not a free pass."

In court papers, attorneys for the city denied any wrongdoing, saying Alcantar had reasonable suspicion to detain Hall based on the informant's tip.

Hall matched the description provided by the informant and had a loaded .40-caliber handgun in his waistband, police said.

A spokesman for Oakland City Attorney John Russo had no immediate comment on Monday's verdict.Japan's space agency has launched an ambitious space mission which aims to mine an asteroid and hunt for clues about the birth of the solar system.

About the size of a fridge, and fitted with an explosive bullet, Japan's asteroid-hunting spacecraft embarked on a six-year space mission on Wednesday.

Building on a previous mission, which managed to bring rock fragments from another asteroid back to Earth in 2010, this time Hayabusa2 aims to do more.

The $260m spacecraft uses ion engines - a system which uses electricity to accelerate gas particles.

"That makes a jet that goes extremely fast about 30-40km/s," said Dr Francisco Diego, from University College London. "Although the mass of this gas is very very low, it produces a little bit of a push in a very efficient way


and that's enough to steer the spacecraft along the orbit."

Hayabusa2 has a long way to go: more than 5 billion kilometres.

Tiny robots

For the next two and a half years it will play catch-up with asteroid 1999 JU3. The asteroid is one of many that orbit the Sun, mainly between Earth and Mars. Once Hayabusa2 arrives, it will spend 18 months studying the asteroid.

Experiments include dropping tiny rover robots onto the surface to make scientific tests of the structure and chemical make-up of the asteroid.

The most ambitious part of the mission involves firing a high-speed explosive bullet into the asteroid's crust.

"It's going to produce a crater," said Diego. "It's going to produce a puff of material, ejecting material out into space, which is going to be collected by thisDonald Trump might have routinely relished in lambasting Barack Obama for playing golf but it seems he also has a penchant for the sport. The President has reportedly played golf nine times in the seven weeks he has held office.

NBC editor Bradd Jaffy reported the billionaire property developer has played golf nine times since becoming president.

“President Trump is at Trump National Golf Club in Potomac Falls, VA, per pool; it's his 9th golf course trip since taking office 7 weeks ago,” he wrote on Twitter.

The White House pushed back on suggestions the president was playing golf this weekend at his course and shared a photo of Mr Trump and his Cabinet secretaries having a meeting at the club. According to pool reports, the Trump team were discussing healthcare


club.

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lose power, turn nose down and auger into an earth in which China was flexing its power while their vassal state, North Korea, continued to threaten Earth with nuclear Armageddon. Not satisfied with letting our enemies grow strong, the previous president gave billions to Iran, a nation which had sworn to destroy us with nuclear weapons just as soon as it got their hands on one. To this the previous president effectively said, “God speed.”

And then somebody unexpected stepped forward to try and get control of the aircraft and, through the intervention of a God that still seems determined to bless America, succeeded. He took his rightful place in the cockpit and began to take the America into higher and safer realms.

This could not be allowed. Since theMario Monti to lead Italy centrist coalition Published duration 28 December 2012

image copyright Reuters image caption Mario Monti could return as prime minister if a centrist coalition were successful at the polls

Italy's outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti is to lead a coalition of centre parties going into a parliamentary election in February.

Speaking to reporters after four hours of talks with centrist politicians, he said he was willing to be "named leader of the coalition".

He resigned after 13 months as prime minister when predecessor Silvio Berlusconi withdrew his support.

The Vatican newspaper backs Mr Monti's bid to return as prime minister.

The BBC's David Willey, in Rome, says that Mr Monti clearly threw his hat into the political ring at a news conference on Friday evening.

"A new political formation has been


born," Mr Monti said.

A single reform list, grouping together centrist parties, would stand for election to the Senate under the provisional title "Monti's agenda for Italy", he said.

But in the lower house, the chamber of deputies, there would be a coalition of centrist parties, including the Christian Democrat UDC.

As senator for life, Mr Monti cannot stand for election, but he is able to take part in the campaign and could return to the post of prime minister if a centrist coalition were successful.

He was brought in to form a technocratic government last year after the government of Silvio Berlusconi collapsed under pressure from the financial markets.

Mr Monti, a former economics professor and European Union Commissioner, was chosen to impose financial rigour on the economy.

Economic austerity

In power, he madesome progress early on, including raising the retirement age and structural reforms.

image copyright AFP image caption Anti-mafia prosecutor Pietro Grasso (R) announced he was joining Pier Luigi Bersani's Democratic Party

But later policies were watered down and Mr Berlusconi and his centre-right People of Freedom (PDL) party increasingly attacked Mr Monti's economic austerity.

Mr Monti has described his 13 months in office as "difficult but fascinating".

"The work we did... has made the country more trustworthy... more competitive and attractive to foreign investors," he said.

However ordinary Italians have been hard hit by the combination of tax rises and spending cuts Mr Monti has imposed to repair Italy's public finances and it is uncertain how well he will fare in the election on 24-25 February.

The left-wing Democratic Party (PD) is currently leading


the opinion polls, while Silvio Berlusconi will lead the challenge from the right as head of his PDL party.

With observers suggesting that Mr Monti's centrist grouping could attract up to 15% of the vote, the election will be a three-way race, our correspondent says.

The Democratic Party received a boost earlier on Friday when anti-mafia prosecutor Pietro Grasso appeared alongside party leader Pier Luigi Bersani, saying he wanted to be "at the service of a country that has reached the maximum of confusion".

In stark contrast, Silvio Berlusconi continued to be troubled by his past, with press reports of his 36m euro-per-year divorce settlement with his ex-wife, Veronica Lario.

In another potential setback for Mr Berlusconi, an interview with him that was due to go out on Rai TV's main eveningnews was replaced by his successor's live news conference, La Repubblica newspaper reported.

Mr Monti was optimistic that the electorate would stick with him. He told an impromptu news conference that he expected his supporters could win a "significant result" in the election.

"The traditional split between left and right has historic and symbolic value," he said, "but does not highlight the real alliance that Italy needs - one that focuses on Europe, and on reforms".

"I'm with Italians who want change," he later tweeted.

Reaction from Italy's centrist leaders was positive.

The head of the Future and Freedom (FLI) party, Gianfranco Fini tweeted that the Monti coalition opened up a "prospect of renewal" while Christian Democrat leader Pierferdinando Casini said it was not so much "a personal party but a hope for


In early 2013, the government of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper introduced new science communications procedures that threatened the publication rights of an American scientist who had been working in the Arctic with Canadian researchers since 2003.

This was the first time the Canadian government’s draconian confidentiality rules had infringed on the scientific freedom of an international academic – or, at least, it was the first time such an incident had been made known. Professor Andreas Muenchow from the University of Delaware publicly refused to sign a government agreement that threatened to “sign away [his] freedom to speak, publish, educate, learn and share.”

... the Canadian government has been silencing the voices of scientists speaking out on the threat of fossil-fuel extraction and burning and the damaging impacts they aredestroyed, and the records that remain have been sealed.

This scandal is made all the more profound when one considers all of the powerful and influential people who would have passed through these universities at the time these pictures were taken, including former President George Bush, Hilary Rodham Clinton, author Nora Ephron, and actress Meryl Streep, among countless others.

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agreed to post in conspicuous locations in its workplace copies of a notice stating that Defendant would not discriminate against any employee for exercising such employee's rights under NMOHSA. The settlement further required that Defendant notify the Chief of the Occupational Health and Safety Bureau ("the Bureau Chief") in writing of all steps it had taken to comply with the settlement agreement. Finally, the settlement agreement provided that it was not to be used by Plaintiff or the Bureau as an admission of wrongdoing by Defendant.
Approximately five months after entering into the settlement agreement and terminating the administrative proceeding, Plaintiff filed a complaint in district court seeking damages due to fraud and wrongful discharge. In that complaint, Plaintiff alleged that he was a mechanic by trade and hadthe corresponding provision of OSHA prevent Plaintiff from relying on either NMOHSA or OSHA or their accompanying regulations in his common-law claim, Plaintiff could prevail here only if he claimed and proved that his whistleblowing alleged a condition or practice that created a grave danger.
As for the requirements that the whistleblowing be made in good faith, with an objectively reasonable basis, and only after exhaustion of reasonable internal efforts, there appears to be a trend in the more recent statutes to impose such requirements. Good faith is required by the statutes of Maine, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. Reasonable belief or reasonable cause is required by the statutes of Maine, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Rhode Island. (Hawaii requires that the allegation not be knowingly false, and Minnesota


Gen Preecha Chan-ocha. brother of the prime minister and father of the controversial new Ministry of Defence employee, takes his sacred oath to serve honestly at the ministry last September. (Photo by Apichart Jinakul)

Permanent secretary for defence Gen Preecha Chan-o-cha, the younger brother of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, is facing a probe over allegations of malfeasance and nepotism in the appointment of his son as an army officer.

Srisuwan Janya, secretary-general of the Association for the Protection of the Constitution, on Monday petitioned the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) and the Office of the Ombudsman to look into Gen Preecha's appointment of his son, Patipat, as an officer in the 3rd Army.

Mr Patipat has been made an acting sub-lieutenant handling civil affairs in the 3rd Army, with a salary of15,000 baht.

Commentary: Nepotism and hypocrisy

Mr Srisuwan accused Gen Preecha of malfeasance for approving the appointment of his son as an army officer.

He alleged the appointment was an abuse of authority for personal benefit in violation of the 1999 Anti-Corruption Act, the 1996 Administrative Procedure Act, and the Defence Ministry's code of ethics.

As a member of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA), Gen Preecha has also breached the NLA's code of ethics prohibiting its members from becoming involved in conflicts of interest and abusing their positions for personal gain, Mr Sriwusan alleged.

"Gen Preecha's action not only breaks the law, but it also goes against intentions announced by the National Council for Peace and Order [NCPO] when it seized power to deal with politicians' bad behaviour. The NCPO should not repeat