a long moment, looking at the door, then to the floor, indecisive. Finally she muttered “Eris take it, who wouldn’t take a peek?” She knelt down and edged her head around the door.

Silently she thanked the chaotic gods she worshipped for the European styling; the shower only had one pane of glass. That meant that there was nothing to block Jane’s second glimpse of Isabella.

The red haired woman was arching her head back to rinse the shampoo out of the curls. Her body was all muscle and curves, the femininity of full hips and breasts contrasting with the flat muscle of her legs and torso. She had wide shoulders and a tattoo of a twining dragon eating its own tail inscribed around her bicep. Jane stared entranced ata stream of water coming off one elbow like a tiny waterfall. Isabella’s skin was smooth shining perfection caressed by rivulets that turned every dripping inch into a landscape of golden sensuality in the light of the heat lamp.

The last of the white suds pooled in lazy spirals towards the drain at Isabella’s feet, and her hands dropped to the back of her neck, massaging the sinews, her posture turning from the rapturous enjoyment of the pouring water to a weary resignation. Her hands worked at her own neck for a while, then dropped, along with Isabella’s chin, letting the rainfall streams just fall down over her. Jane stared at Isabella’s long dark lashes, closed tight against the world. Then she jumped as the woman’s low alto voice


Taiwan's China-friendly ruling party lost a slew of traditional strongholds in local elections on Saturday, triggering the resignation of the island's premier and the cabinet.

The worse-than-expected showing underlined the growing unpopularity of the government of President Ma Ying-jeou, which has been trying to forge closer ties with China.

China is Taiwan's largest trading partner, but Beijing has never renounced the use of force to take back what it deems a breakaway province.

The ruling Kuomintang (KMT) shed seats across the island, including in the capital Taipei, where Ko Wen-je, the candidate backed by the pro-independence opposition party was elected as the next mayor, ending the ruling party's 16-year hold on the city.

The local elections, held less than two years ahead of a presidential poll, were the first chance for votersto make their views felt since thousands of young people occupied parliament in March in an unprecedented demonstration against a planned trade pact calling for closer ties with Beijing.

The departure of premier Jiang Yi-huah just hours after polls closed left President Ma, who is also KMT chairman, to rebuild a government.

A crowd of several thousand Ko supporters filled the wide city street outside of his campaign headquarters, with rock music blaring out of loud speakers.

Kuo Hsin-tai, a 40-year-old photocopy shop owner and supporter of Ko, said he had grown disillusioned with the Kuomintang.

"They're making Taiwan far too dependent on the mainland. Their policy-making muscle is far too focused on cross-strait ties and not nearly enough on raising the standard of living of the average Taiwanese person."

China's Taiwan Affairs


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The south Wales dormouse survey is a joint project between 14 local authorities in south Wales, Gwent Wildlife Trust, the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales and the Countryside Council for Wales.

Bridgend County Borough Council has produced a dormouse survey information pack that provides volunteers with all the information required to take part in the survey. A second survey pack has also been produced which gives tips on how to organise a nut hunt as part of a school or community group event.

The make space for wildlife project is an event for schools held at Porthkerry Country Park. Other training events are also being held across the South Wales area.Donor families, distinctive secondary losses, and "second death" experiences.
Communication between donor families and the recipients of their loved ones' organs and tissues is a relatively new area of study. The National Kidney Foundation founded the National Donor Family Council in 1992 as a home for donor families. One of several items addressed by the Council was guidelines for communication, supporting the rights of donor families and recipients to communicate and build relationships should they choose to do so. Donation and transplant agencies play a strong role in facilitating and supporting donor families and recipients with these unique new relationships. This article offers 3 case examples of distinctive secondary losses and "second death" experiences encountered by some donor family members when the donation of tissues or organs they have


guarantee with the new money. The size of the subsidy depends on the government’s assessment of the risk. The government could also decide to pay only a portion of the credit subsidy.

Based on previous loan guarantees, however, the volume of loans is likely to run at least into the hundreds of millions of dollars.

Among the applicants whose loan guarantees were not completed before the clock ran out on the 2009 program was First Solar, which had sought a $1.93 billion loan; the company is still facing financing problems. Another company whose application was not approved by the deadline was SolarCity, but that company said it had found private financing and withdrawn its application.Actor Kim Hyun-joong Caught Drunk Driving

Singer and actor Kim Hyun-joong has been caught drunk driving, police in Gangnam said Thursday.

The star, who recently completed his mandatory military service after a messy legal dispute with an ex-girlfriend, apparently fell asleep in his BMW as it waited at a traffic light in southern Seoul early Sunday morning.

The driver of the car behind called the police when Kim's car did not move as the light turned green. Kim was fast asleep when police arrived to check on him. Police woke him up and breathalyzed him on the spot.

His blood alcohol level at the time was 0.075 percent, which automatically suspends his driver's license. The following day, Kim appeared at the police station and admitted to drinking a liter of beer.


Household insecticides may increase the risk of childhood leukaemia, suggests French research in Occupational and Environmental Medicine .

Leukaemia is the most common childhood cancer in France, affecting 43 in every million children every year.

The findings are based on 280 children newly diagnosed with acute leukaemia and a further 288 children matched for sex and age, but free of the disease.

Detailed face to face interviews were carried out with each of their mothers. These included questions about the employment history of both parents, the use of insecticides in the home and garden, and the use of insecticidal shampoos to eradicate head lice.

The risk of developing acute leukaemia was almost twice as likely in children whose mothers said that they had used insecticides in the home while pregnant and longIt's official, Peter Parker will not be the man behind the mask in the upcoming Spider-Man reboot. After the conclusion of the Secret Wars storylines, the title will belong to Miles Morales. The Verge reports:

"Miles Morales will take center stage as the face of the company's relaunched Spider-Man title. The new series will be led by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Sara Pichelli, who created the character in 2011, and will effectively replace the Spider-Man titles that were recently cancelled in the run-up to the event."

The Verge cited the recent demands to bring Miles into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the reason behind the decision. However, that doesn't mean we'll be seeing him onscreen any time soon.

“The one thing you cannot do, when you have a phenomena


"The Physicist and the Philosopher explores the nature of time, the meaning of relativity, and the place of philosophical thought in a scientific age. Canales aims to reposition Einstein's work in a field of disputation and give Bergson back the significance he had in his contemporaries' minds."--Cathryn Carson, University of California, Berkeley

"Like a stone cast on still waters, the Einstein-Bergson debate on the nature of time set off ever-widening ripples in physics and philosophy, but also in art, politics, and religion. In this fascinating book, Canales has written a kind of alternative intellectual history of the interwar decades of the twentieth century, one full of color and improbable conjunctions of people and ideas."--Lorraine Daston, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin

"Is time too important to beopens up new ways of thinking about the relationship between science and the humanities that unsettle both."--Gerald Holton, Harvard University

"This exciting, hugely interesting book opens out from a short but critical encounter between the philosopher Henri Bergson and the physicist Albert Einstein to consider their philosophies and the effects of their argument on the modern idea of time. Canales turns what is at first sight a limited debate into a major transatlantic encounter of profound implications. Well-researched, well-argued, and elegant, The Physicist and the Philosopher is a first-rate work of scholarship."--Stefanos Geroulanos, New York University

"The Physicist and the Philosopher is a lively and engaging account of the meaning of time in the twentieth century. Canales uses the 1922 debate between Albert Einstein and Henri Bergson as a starting


in 1965. It can be divided into three sub-periods, a very warm one to 1942, a colder interval during 1943 to 1952, but it was decisively warm during 1953 to 1964.

The cold period 1965 to 1995 also included a few sub-periods. The so called "sea ice years" 1965 to 1971, a slightly warmer period 1972 till 1978, a very cold interval during 1979 to 1986, but thereafter it became gradually warmer, the last cold year in the sequence being 1995. Since then it has been warm, the warmth culminating in 2002 to 2003. Generally the description above refers to the whole country, but there are slightly diverging details, depending on the source of the cold air.

Many subsequent studies have investigated the cause of the sudden drop in temperatureVvedenovka

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creatures, animals and people alike, into unusual zombie-like beings called "Living Puppets" to be his slaves; Toby's job is to change people into Living Puppets and then lure the Living Puppets to Kuruku's island castle in exchange for learning more of Kuruku's magic. His plan is to obey and serve until he learns enough to be the master, but fails to protect Cheri twice. Toby also takes on Melvin the Magnificat ("Yamaneko" in Japanese) - who hates Unico because Unico "intruded" in "his" forest (the forest in which the West Wind left Unico) - as his assistant. After Cheri's parents and neighbors all get turned into Living Puppets, she and Unico team up to stop Kuruku.

Bronchial asthma affects over 17 million people in the United States and continues to be a significant cause of morbidity in the U.S. There is substantial evidence that asthma is a complex genetic disorder, and there is hope that identification of the genetic determinants of asthma will lead to a better understanding of asthma pathobiology and potentially lead to the development of new preventative strategies and treatment regimens. Towards this end, many groups around the world have performed genome-wide linkage scans in an attempt to identify regions conferring heightened asthma-susceptibility. The centromeric region of chromosome 12q is one of the most frequently identified regions demonstrating evidence for linkage with asthma (in 6 of 11 published studies). We hypothesize that an asthma-susceptibility gene exists on chromosome 12q, and that


singers and RadarOnline.com has all the explosive details.

During a show in Boston in early June, Jessica and her roommates were pulled on stage during the performance and then invited by Sean to an after-party with the boys — but Jessica tells Radar once they got on the tour bus, she knew it was a “stupid move.”

“My roommates and I live in downtown Boston so we thought that this after-party was going to be at one of the nearby hotels like the W, the Ritz Carlton, Four Seaons, Liberty, etc. Plus, there was A LOT of people on stage with us, so it looked like a real after party. I mean we were expecting loud music, conversation, just something normal because everything seemed pretty normal while on stage,” JessicaIn 2014, he was ranked 36 on Forbes list of the world's most powerful people[5] and in 2010, he was included in Forbes's list of "68 people who matter most".[12] As of 2013, he is India's richest man and second richest man in Asia.[5] Ambani is listed as the 19th richest person in the world with a personal wealth of $23.6 billion.[13] He has retained his position as India's richest person for the sixth year in a row.[14] Through Reliance, he also owns the Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai Indians. In 2012, Forbes named him one of the richest sports owners in the world.[15][16]

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Mukesh Ambani was born on 19 April 1957 to Dhirubhai Ambani and Kokilaben Ambani. He has a younger brother, Anil Ambani, and two sisters, Dipti


Salgaoncar and Nina Kothari. The Ambani family lived in a modest two bedroom apartment in Bhuleshwar, Mumbai until the 1970s.[17] Dhirubhai later purchased a 14-floor apartment block called 'Sea Wind' in Colaba, where, until recently, Mukesh and Anil lived with their families on different floors.[18]

In 1980, the Indian government under Indira Gandhi opened PFY (polyester filament yarn) manufacturing to the private sector. Dhirubhai Ambani applied for a license to set up a PFY manufacturing plant. In spite of stiff competition from Tatas, Birlas and 43 others, Dhirubhai was awarded the licence.[22] To help him build the PFY plant, Dhirubhai pulled his eldest son Mukesh out of Stanford where he was studying for his MBA. Mukesh Ambani, then dropped out to help his father and initiated Reliance`s backward integrationfrom textiles into polyester fibres and further into petrochemicals, beginning in 1981.[23]

Ambani directed and led the creation of the world’s largest grassroots petroleum refinery at Jamnagar, India, which had the capacity to produce 660,000 barrels per day (33 million tonnes per year) in 2010, integrated with petrochemicals, power generation, port and related infrastructure.[25]

In December 2013 Ambani announced, at the Progressive Punjab Summit in Mohali, the possibility of a "collaborative venture" with Bharti Airtel in setting up digital infrastructure for the 4G network in India.[26]

In February 2014, an FIR has been filed against Mukesh Ambani for alleged irregularities in the pricing of natural gas from K G Basin.[27]Arvind Kejriwal, who had a short stint as Delhi's chief minister and had ordered the FIR against has accused various political parties


above exception was intended as a reservation of the minerals by the grantors, the Supreme Court disagreed. The Court declared that no "apt language" was used to indicate that intention, and that the "express language" operated only to except a one-fourth interest in the minerals from the warranty, rather than from the conveyance. The Court reasoned that the only reference in the deed to the mineral interest was found in the warranty clause under the exception to the warranty. The Court found the reference to the mineral interest was placed in the same exception, and was treated by the grantors in the same manner, that is, as an exception to the warranty, as the agricultural leases, oil and gas leases and 1919 taxes. However, the Court stated itCentre for Leadership and Governance (CLG), Department of Government, the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, and (2) the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) and the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) -- Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (JSLC). The sample for the current study was 8,120 participants: 1,338 from the CLG and 6,782 from the JSLC. Each survey was independently collected by the organization, and both the CLG and the JSLC collected data at the same time.

During the months of July and August 2007, CLG conducted a stratified probability sample of 1,338 respondents. The sampling design used for the study was that used by STATIN. Face-to-face interviews were used to collect the data on an instrument which took about 90 minutes. The instrument consisted of questions about


of UK citizenship, are in the custody of US forces in Iraq.

Kotey and Elsheikh’s four-member cell was dubbed “the Beatles” by their captives due to their English accents. They are accused of torturing and killing victims, including by beheading, and Daesh released videos of the deaths for propaganda purposes.

A two-year legal impasse concerning the suspects was broken last month when Attorney General Bill Barr said they would be spared execution if convicted after trial in the United States.

The United States wants to try them for the murder of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, and aid worker Peter Kassig, during 2014-2015.

Taxi driver Henning and former aircraft engineer Haines, who had both gone to Syria to do aid work, were beheaded in 2014.

Another of the cell’s alleged victimscentres on a deal Leicester say they did in January 2014 with a company called Trestellar Ltd, to market the club in the UK and south-east Asia. That deal immediately produced an apparent £11m increase in Leicester’s sponsorship and commercial income, reducing the club’s loss from £34m the previous year. In the club’s most recent accounts, for 2014-15, Leicester say Trestellar sold the club’s main sponsorships – the name on the players’ shirts and the stadium – to King Power, the club’s owners.

The Thai owners were already sponsoring the shirt and stadium before the Trestellar deal; in 2012-13 Leicester’s sponsorship and other commercial income was £5.2m. After the Trestellar deal, with King Power still holding the same main sponsorships, the income immediately jumped to £16m.

That substantially reduced Leicester’s


loss, which was otherwise likely to have resulted in a large fine under the Football League’s then new financial fair play rules by which all clubs agreed to cap losses at £8m to try to reduce excessive spending on players’ wages. Losses under FFP rules are not reduced by a club owner paying money to the club, or by doing so via sponsorship, if the amount paid is clearly inflated beyond market value.

Leicester still say Trestellar paid the club for the rights to market their brand, then sold the sponsorships to the owners. The resulting smaller loss – £21m in 2013-14, including expenses clubs are allowed to offset – meant Leicester argue they complied with FFP rules and no sanction should be applied. Some other clubs are furious,arguing they reduced spending on players to comply with the rules while Leicester overspent on players’ wages, achieved promotion and have since resisted any sanctions.

Leicester’s 2013-14 accounts state they spent £36m on players’ wages, £5m more than the club’s entire income – the goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, the captain Wes Morgan, the prolific striker Jamie Vardy and other core players were already on the payroll then – although Leicester said £9.4m comprised bonuses paid on promotion. During the season, in January 2014, Leicester signed Riyad Mahrez from Le Havre for a reported £560,000, and the Algeria midfielder has since been instrumental in Leicester’s promotion and remarkable Premier League turnaround.

Trestellar, the company which produced this immediate increase in sponsorship and commercial income – vast for a Championship club – was


a newly formed company. It was set up on a Sheffield trading estate by the son and daughter of Sir Dave Richards, a former Premier League chairman. Richards had close links to Leicester’s Thai owners (his Thai football contacts also include having become acquainted with the country’s ousted prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, who became Manchester City’s owner in 2007).

Trestellar, then and still, has no website nor telephone number. At the registered address – 6 Shepcote Office Village, on a main road in Sheffield – there is no Trestellar presence or sign. Asked by the Guardian why the company has no telephone number or website, Richards Jr, who runs a print, design and marketing company, Glue, from the same address, replied: “Why would we need one? We are verysaying he was bound by client confidentiality.

However, he said Leicester’s accounts and those of Trestellar – which showed £808,000 profit and £4m cash in the bank last year – demonstrated the “positive impact” Trestellar has had. Asked if his father had been influential in securing the deal from Leicester, Richards Jr said: “It is fair to say my dad is and continues to be on the world sporting stage.”

Richards Jr confirmed the name Trestellar echoes his father’s former engineering company, Three Star Engineering, which went into administrative receivership in 2001. Shortly before that, Richards resigned as the chairman of Sheffield Wednesday, who were facing relegation from the Premier League, and was appointed the Premier League chairman on an initial salary of £176,667. He stepped down in 2013 and


like financial doping by the owners, while other clubs were complying with the rules we all agreed.” A senior director of another 2013-14 Championship club, who also did not want to be named for the same reason, said he believes the Trestellar deal looks like a means of cheating the FFP rules.

Damian Collins, the Conservative MP on the House of Commons culture, media and sport committee, said: “Leicester should answer the questions publicly, to explain this arrangement, which looks unusual to say the least, to reassure people it was not an attempt to evade the FFP rules.”

Leicester did not answer any of the Guardian’s specific questions about the deal. A spokesman said: “The club submitted a compliant FFP return to the Football League in relation to the 2013-14Years’ and will reveal new information about the upcoming TV series, and will feature a star-studded panel including William Shatner, Michael Dorn, Brent Spiner, Jeri Ryan, and Scott Bakula. Comic-Con will also be where Paramount will be hosting the world-premiere of ‘Star Trek: Beyond,’ which will feature a meet and greet with the film’s cast and crew before the screening, and a live concert by the San Diego symphony orchestra after the movie.

Aside from the main events, there will also be other panels including: ‘Trek Talks: Science, The Smithsonian and Star Trek’, ‘Star Trek: The Roddenberry Vault’, ‘Trek Talks: Star Trek and NASA Boldly Go’, Star Trek The Official Starships Collection: Designing and Filming Starships’, and ‘Star Trek: Five Decades of Comics.’ Check out all the details of


the panels in the extensive press-release, and then share your thoughts and excitement about ‘Star Trek’ at Comic-Con in the comments section below!

William Shatner, Scott Bakula, Michael Dorn, Jeri Ryan and

Brent Spiner Headline a 50th Anniversary Panel Moderated by New Series Executive Producer Bryan Fuller in Hall H on Saturday, July 23

50 Artists. 50 Years. Art Exhibit Makes Its Worldwide Debut

MAC Cosmetics Offers Sneak Peek and Presale of New Makeup Line Inspired by the Women of Star Trek

Plus, Five More Star Trek Panels and Loads of Merchandise Exclusively for Comic-Con Available Throughout the Convention

NEW YORK – July 5, 2016 – Star Trek invites fans to celebrate the iconic franchise’s 50th anniversary at Comic-Con International 2016 in San Diego with a lineup of panels, events, activations and merchandise exclusivesfrom July 21-24.

Fans will be able to truly immerse themselves in a full weekend of Star Trek events and activities at the world-famous convention, including six panels, the first showing of the 50 Artists. 50 Years. art exhibit, a first look at MAC’s new Star Trek makeup collection, and exclusive merchandise. Also, fans can join the conversation and celebration on social media using the hashtag #StarTrek50.

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“Star Trek: Celebrating 50 Years”

In the centerpiece of the weekend, Star Trek: Celebrating 50 Years will take over Hall H on Saturday, July 23 (2p.m. – 3p.m.), when the legendary William Shatner (Star Trek) and Star Trek alumni Scott Bakula (Star Trek: Enterprise), Michael Dorn (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine),Jeri Ryan (Star Trek: Voyager)


and Brent Spiner (Star Trek: The Next Generation) take the stage to reflect on 50 years of Star Trek and its indelible mark on our world, as well as what’s to come as the franchise gets ready to boldly return to the small screen. The conversation will be moderated by Bryan Fuller, executive producer of the new Star Trek television series coming to CBS All Access, following its network premiere in January 2017.

50 Artists. 50 Years. Art Exhibit

San Diego Comic-Con marks the worldwide debut of the art exhibit 50 Artists. 50 Years. at Michael J. Wolf Fine Arts in San Diego’s Gaslamp District (363 Fifth Ave #102, San Diego, CA 92101).

Created to commemorate Star Trek’s 50th anniversary, 50 Artists. 50 Years. features Star Trek-inspired works by 50 artistsfrom around the globe, including the last piece created by Leonard Nimoy, a renowned photographer in his own right. The exhibit will include original 2D and 3D pieces by the artists, who selected a variety of mediums — illustrations, photographs, sculptures, paintings, graphics and more — to express their love of the franchise and the inspiration gained from it.

Fans are invited to tour the art exhibit Thursday, July 21 through Saturday, July 23 from 11a.m. – 8p.m. and Sunday, July 24 from 10a.m. – 5p.m. The exhibit is free and does not require tickets. Special signings by participating artists will occur throughout the weekend. For a full schedule, please visitStarTrek.com

MAC Cosmetics

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Systems Harnessing the Power of Lasers; and Elizabeth Trojian, Executive Producer of Smithsonian Channel’s “Building Star Trek.”

STAR TREK: THE RODDENBERRY VAULT

Saturday, July 23, 12:30p.m. – 1:30p.m. (Room 5AB)

On September 8, 1966, a new television series premiered with a basic mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before. Little did anyone expect Star Trek would become one of the most adored and influential entertainment icons of the last half century. Star Trek documentarian Roger Lay, Jr.; Rod Roddenberry, CEO of Roddenberry Entertainment and son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry; CBS’s Phil Bishop; and Star Trek alumni Mike and Denise Okuda will reveal never-before-seen clips and photos from some of Star Trek’s most beloved episodes.

TREKTALKS: STAR TREK & NASA BOLDLY GO

Saturday, July 23, 6:00p.m. – 7:00p.m. (Room 5AB)

Star Trek has influenced many of us to fall in love with the infinite possibilities of space exploration. The various television series and films have also made an indelible impact to NASA. NASA scientists, engineers and astronauts often cite Star Trek as inspiring them to pursue careers in their fields. (Nichelle Nichols even helped NASA recruit astronauts in the 1980s.) How does NASA’s vision of the future mimic the world of Star Trek and where does it differ? What technologies in the Star Trek world have paved the way for real technologies being developed by NASA? Robert Picardo, who portrayed The Doctor on Star Trek: Voyager, will moderate a panel which includes Astronaut Kjell Lindgren,


be available while supplies last at the MAC activation located in Children’s Park across from the Convention Center, at the 50 Artists. 50 Years. art exhibit at the Michael J. Wolf Fine Arts gallery and at the QMX booth (Booth #4145).

Top exclusives and signings available onsite include:

ANOVOS (Booth #3849)

ANOVOS will feature its latest Star Trek Beyond items, including the Tunic, Dress, Survival Jacket and the Hand Phaser prototypes on display. AdditionalStar Trek items will also be available, with an SDCC special that gives fans 15% off purchases at the booth (includes take-home items available at the booth and items available on the ANOVOS website).

DK Publishing (Booth #1028)

DK Publishing will feature The Star Trek Book with author signings and a free poster giveaway. Author Paul Ruditis will be signingat the following days/times: Friday, July 22: 10a.m. – 11a.m.; Saturday, July 23: 4p.m. – 5p.m.; and Sunday, July 24: 11:30a.m. – 12:30p.m.

Diamond Select Toys (Booth #2607)

Diamond Select is showcasing several new Star Trek collectibles, including the Star Trek: The Next Generation Electronic Phaser, a Star Trek Movie U.S.S. Reliant Electronic Starship, Star Trek: The Original Series Romulan Bird-of-Prey Electronic Starship, Star Trek Select Movie Khan Action Figure, and Star Trek Select Borg Action Figure. They will also offer an exclusive Star Trek: The Original Series 50th Anniversary Gold U.S.S. Enterprise Starship.

Eaglemoss (Booth #1504)

A huge selection from the Starships Collection, including a new Mirror Universe variant of the NX-01, will be on display at their booth. They will be hosting sweepstakes throughout the convention, with a drawing for


Star Trek product on Day 1 (Thursday). A grand prize drawing for The Official Starships Collection will be held after Comic-Con ends. Attendees can enter the various sweepstakes by visiting booth #1504 and scanning their badges.

Entertainment Earth (Booth #2343)

Entertainment Earth will offer a number of convention exclusives, including Star Trek: The Original Series Amok Time Kirk vs. Spock Bobble Heads with sound, a Star Trek: The Original Series 24K Gold Plated Enterprise Monitor Mate and “The Big Bang Theory” characters in Star Trek: The Original Series uniforms. The 3¾-inch figures of Sheldon, Penny, Howard, Raj, Amy, and Bernadette come equipped with their very own communicator, phaser and tricorder accessories. Leonard comes in the Captain uniform. The announcement of their final exclusive (with regard to the Bif Bang Pow!celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2016. Born from the mind of Gene Roddenberry, the original Star Trek series debuted on September 8, 1966 and aired for three seasons — a short run that belied the influence it would have for generations. Launching the careers of William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, the series also broke new ground in storytelling and cultural mores, providing a progressive look at topics including race relations, global politics, the environment, and more. It spawned five more television series and 13 feature films, spanning the course of half a century.

A new Star Trek television series, produced by CBS Television Studios, will launch with a special preview broadcast on the CBS Television Network in January 2017. The premiere episode and all subsequent first-run episodes will then


be available in the United States exclusively on CBS All Access, the Network’s digital subscription video on demand and live streaming service. The next chapter of the Star Trek franchise will also be distributed concurrently for television and multiple platforms around the world by CBS Studios International. The series will be produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Kurtzman’s Secret Hideout, Fuller’s Living Dead Guy Productions, and Roddenberry Entertainment. Alex Kurtzman, Bryan Fuller, Heather Kadin, Gretchen Berg & Aaron Harberts, Rod Roddenberry, and Trevor Roth will serve as executive producers.

Official Hashtags: #StarTrek50 #SDCC2016time when the Rabbinical Assembly, the international association of Conservative rabbis, has turned its attention to a range of hot-button political issues, most notably the ordination of gay and lesbian rabbis. Activists in the movement have also been galvanized by the Hekhsher Tzedek initiative, which would certify kosher products that meet acceptable standards for labor conditions and environmental impact.

The author of the labor teshuva, Rabbi Jill Jacobs, has been involved in the Hekhsher Tzedek push and has a background as a labor activist. She now works for Jewish Funds for Justice, a not-for-profit focused on social issues.

The teshuva has come up for a vote once before, in September 2006. At the time, a debate erupted in the legal committee over what kind of economic impact the implementation of


that’s a real stretch. Another misleading claim is that the organization gave a scholarship to an undocumented student in 2014, when Curiel served on the scholarship selection committee. In reality, the student identified himself as undocumented only after he was selected for a scholarship.

The list of Web links is a resource to people who visit the website looking for information and services the organization doesn’t provide, Osuna said. It includes links to groups, such as the San Diego Latino Film Festival, a domestic violence program, legal aid society, the San Diego Superior Court and resources for victims of human trafficking.

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As for the scholarship, one of the recipients of a 2014 scholarship from the San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association Scholarship Fund was a part-time law student who identifiedhimself as undocumented — after he received the award. The student received a $1,500 scholarship and wrote in his bio that he emigrated to America at age 11, and that he “wishes to someday tell any student struggling with higher education, ‘Look, a boy from Oaxaca, who did not know English and is undocumented has now graduated from law school and is an attorney.’” Curiel was one of 10 people on the scholarship selection committee.

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The California Supreme Court has ruled that undocumented immigrants can be admitted to the state bar as long as they have fulfilled requirements to practice law in the state, effective January 2014. The organization does not ask applicants for their citizenship status, and the student identified as undocumented when he wrote his bio for


LEBANON, Pa. -- Soccer mom Meleanie Hain, who gained national attention when she openly carried a loaded gun to her 5-year-old daughter's game, has now made headlines as the victim of a deadly shooting. Hain was found shot to death Wednesday, along with her husband Scott Hain, in what appears to be a murder-suicide, police said.

Meleanie Hain and Scott Hain were pronounced dead Wednesday night at their home in Lebanon, a small city about 80 miles west of Philadelphia.

No other details about the deadly shootings were made public.

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The couple's three children were home at the time but weren't hurt, police said. They were taken to stay with friends and relatives.

Meleanie Hain, 31, and Scott Hain, 33, had been having marital problems forabout a week, neighbor Mark Long said. Scott Hain had left the couple's home on Tuesday, and Meleanie Hain didn't know where he was, but he returned Wednesday, Long said.

Autopsies on the Hains were to be conducted Thursday, coroner Dr. Jeffrey Yocum said.

Meleanie Hain made headlines after she attended a children's soccer game in a park on Sept. 11, 2008, with a handgun in plain view holstered on her hip, upsetting other parents.

The county sheriff, Michael DeLeo, revoked her gun-carrying permit nine days later.

Hain successfully appealed the permit revocation, although the judge who restored the permit questioned her judgment and said she had "scared the devil" out of other people at the game.

Hain sued DeLeo in federal court, alleging that he violated her constitutional rights and prosecuted her


maliciously when he took the permit away. She said that because of his actions her baby-sitting service had suffered, her children had been harassed and she had been ostracized by her neighbors in Lebanon, which has about 25,000 residents.

DeLeo said at Hain's appeal that he revoked her permit after fielding the parents' complaints. He said he based his decision on a state law that prohibits certain gun permits from being given to anyone whose character and reputation make him or her a danger to public safety.

After Hain sued DeLeo, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, which says it tries to reform the gun industry through sensible regulations, offered to defend him for free.

"It is a case that calls out for common sense," Brady Center attorney Daniel ViceMONTREAL, March 14, 2019 /CNW/ - Cannara Biotech Inc. ("Cannara" or the "Company") (CSE: LOVE) (FRA: 8CB), a vertically integrated cannabis company in the making focused on cultivation and cannabis-infused products, today announced an expansion of the Phase 1 build-out of Cannara's facility from 130,000 to 170,000 square feet. As a result, the license application at Cannara's Farnham location, in process with Health Canada, has been modified accordingly. The 40 000-square-foot expansion will provide more flexibility for cultivation and post-harvest operations. The timelines to complete Phase 1 construction of Cannara's facility have not been affected by the expansion.

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A 29-year-old woman who was refused a cab ride from Louisiana to Michigan responded by whipping off her kit on the back seat and then stealing the taxi, the Times-Picayunereports.

Jennifer Gille, 29, (pictured) caught a cab from a motel in Covington at around 1am on Sunday. The driver duly delivered her to a spot south of the city, but his passenger "refused to get out of the cab and began behaving erratically".

Covington Police spokesman Captain Jack West explained that she "first took off her clothing, then demanded that the cabbie take her to Michigan".

He not unreasonably refused, since Gille lives in St Clair Shores, 1000 miles from Covington. His fare then unreasonably refused to exit the vehicle.

The cab driver whisked the naked refusenik to Covington police station,


but made the mistake of popping inside to get assistance, at which point she stole his cab.

Officers found the car and Gille, "still naked" on the back seat, about a block away. She was forcibly removed from the vehicle, obliged to put her dress back on, and cuffed for "unauthorized use of a movable and obscenity".Annie Borjesson, 30, was found face down and fully clothed on Prestwick Beach

Scottish and Swedish authorities suspect suicide; her family do not agree

Documents are heavily redacted to prevent 'harm' to national interests

Documents relating to the mysterious death of a Swedish woman in Scotland have recently emerged as being 'classified as secret', sparking fresh conspiracy theories.

Annie Borjesson was discovered face down and fully clothed on Prestwick Beach, close to Glasgow Prestwick Airport on 4 December, 2005.

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She was 30 at the time.

Her bag, passport, and wallet were discovered next to her.

Annie Borjesson in a Scotland hat. She had moved there a year before she died to study English

Borjesson had moved to Edinburgh to study English in 2004.

It is understood she had travelled to Prestwick airport the day before she died


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Happier times: A young Borjesson with flowing red hair smiles while sitting for a photo

The files appear heavily redacted, according to the podcast, because Borjesson's death is considered 'classified as secret' by the Swedish foreign ministry.

Its reason for redacting details surrounding Borjesson's death in Scotland are 'that the information concerns Sweden's relations with a foreign state and a foreign authority'.

It goes on to say that disclosure of the information 'will damage Sweden's international relations or, in other ways harm national interests'.

Another document, filed the day after her death, appears to indicate the Swedish Embassy detailing how Scottish authorities had suspected Borjesson's suicide.

This despite no post-mortem exam conducted on Borjesson's body, according to Fox News.

Borjesson's mother, Guje Borjesson, on Prestwick Beach holding a photo of her daughter

Borjesson's mother, GujeThousands of people gathered in front of the Greek parliament in Athens on Thursday evening in support of the new government's efforts to renegotiate Greece's international loans and end austerity.

Responding to a call on social media, the crowd estimated by police at 5,000-strong stood in silence on Syntagma Square, the scene of violent protests at the height of the Greek economic crisis in 2012.

"It's the first demonstration in favour of a Greek government. Finally we have a government which respects its campaign promises and defends the interests of our country," Telemaque Papatheodorou, an engineer in his 30s, told AFP.

The protest was called following the decision by the European Central Bank late Wednesday to cut off a vital source of funds for Greece's banks.

In a statement late Wednesday, the


provided."

So far they seem to all be coming from the same office: the Communications Analysis Unit which looks to be located in Room 4944 in FBI Headquarters. The "exigent letters" also refer almost exclusively to a "Special Project" and the only name on any of the letters is Larry Mefford.

Mefford was no rookie FBI agent. Mefford was the Executive Assistant Director, in charge of the Counterterrorism/Counterintelligence Division. In English, that means he was in charge of preventing another terrorist attack domestically.

What does that mean? Well, Mefford's name is on documents that requested personal information on Americans. Some of those requests included information known to be false to the agents signing them. That's a federal crime, according to one former FBI agent.

What was this "Special Project" in the CommunicationsThe mayor of Fairfax City, Virginia, was arrested early Friday after police say he tried to give methamphetamine to undercover detectives in exchange for sex.

Mayor Richard “Scott” Silverthorne, 50, was nabbed in the parking lot of a Crowne Plaza Hotel as part of a sting operation, the Fairfax County Police Department said in a news release. He was charged with felony distribution of methamphetamine and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.

The operation began in late July, when the department’s Organized Crime and Narcotics Division received a tip about a meth distributor.

The suspect – later identified as Silverthorne – was allegedly distributing meth through a website used to arrange casual sex between men, Fairfax County Capt. Jack Hardin said at a news conference. He declined to name the site.

An undercover


to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, and then turned over to the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office. It was not immediately clear if Silverthorne had an attorney.

A city spokeswoman said city officials had no immediate comment on the mayor’s arrest.

In May, Silverthorne won his third term as mayor of Fairfax, a city of 24,000 just west of Washington, D.C. He had also been employed as a substitute teacher for the Fairfax County Public Schools since April, but was terminated, a spokesman told NBC News on Friday.

Silverthorne ran his re-election campaign while he suffered a bout of personal setbacks – including filing for federal bankruptcy last September, losing his home to foreclosure and then being diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma. The condition is a sometimes aggressive but nonlethal formP.S: This is not a knock against Jayson Megna who was fine until the matchup against Boston when he got his lunch handed to him.

See that comment in the parentheses? The "who happens to be a coach favorite." That's starting to play a pretty big role in a lot of these decisions.

Here's a fact about Vigneault's tenure in Vancouver: His refusal to move on from veterans who he was leaning on to play critical roles, even though they showed the inability to handle said roles anymore, was a big knock against him when he left. That fact followed him here, to New York, where players like Dan Girardi and Tanner Glass never run out of leash while others can't even get off the front porch.

Vigneault talks about accountability


a lot. He follows through a lot, too. Like the Etem situation, benching Kevin Hayes for two games, sending Tanner Glass down to Hartford and the never-ending merry-go-round of healthy scratches in the bottom six based off a one or two-game sample size.

There's another side to this coin, though. Glass was called back up, and after a few weeks of solid possession play, has regressed back into the red and hasn't come out once since. Marc Staal has had major issues for long stretches this year and continues to play over Dylan McIlrath.

As does Girardi -- despite an entire year's worth of evidence (plus) he is not a top-pairing player anymore -- who continues to lead the Rangers in even strength ice time. After his horrendous game againstPHOENIX -- A nurse has been arrested in the sexual assault of an incapacitated woman who gave birth at a Phoenix nursing facility, Arizona police said Wednesday.Nathan Sutherland, 36, was a licensed practical nurse at Hacienda Skilled Nursing Facility, where the woman gave birth.The female patient had been in a vegetative state facility for at least 14 years after a near-drowning incident.She stunned workers when she went into labor on Dec. 29 because they didn't know she was pregnant.Police obtained a DNA sample from Sutherland on Tuesday. He was not working at the time.He was responsible for caring for the victim and had access to her at the time of the incident.On Jan. 22, authorities determined that Sutherland's DNA matched the baby's and he was detained.He was booked


in the Maricopa County Jail on one count of vulnerable adult abuse and one count of sexual assault.Sutherland, wearing a T-shirt, black athletic pants and jacket, appeared in court Wednesday. A Maricopa County Superior Court commissioner ordered him released on a cash-only $500,000 bond. He also must wear an electronic monitoring device.Nursing facility staff has said that none of them knew the woman was pregnant until she started giving birth."How were they alerted to the fact that she was going into labor?" asked KPHO reporter Briana Whitney."From what I've been told she was moaning. And they didn't know what was wrong with her," an employee said.Hacienda officials said male employees are now required to have a female employee with them before entering a female patient's room.Sources say theof the seat for Caldwell and Bradley is heading into year three. Based off this press conference, it still seems like the seat is ice cold. It seems like Shad Khan understood what needed to be done and where the team was at when Caldwell was hired, which is likely why Caldwell got a five-year deal. The plan seemed to be a three-year rebuild, which doesn't necessarily mean making the playoffs in year three but being a more competitive team that can win games by year three.

"I was very honest with Shad where we were at. He knew even before I interviewed where we were at. When we hired Gus I told him exactly where we were at from a talent standpoint and that we were going to


left for the crash site to gather more details.

"A court of inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident," a senior IAF official said in Delhi.

The Mi-17 V5 (domestic designation Mi-8 MTV5) is a military transport variant in the Mi-8/17 family of helicopters. It is produced by Kazan Helicopters, a subsidiary of Russian Helicopters.

The aircraft has a maximum takeoff weight of 13,000 kg. It can transport either 36 armed soldiers internally or 4,500 kg of load on a sling.

"Our losses in the peacetime are a cause of concern. We are making concerted efforts to minimise accidents and preserve our assets," Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa had said yesterday, referring to a string of crashes of IAF choppers and military jets in recent years.

Today's crashAdam Levine Debuts Enormous Back Tattoo

At long last, Adam Levine and Ben Affleck have something in common: They're both now sporting enormous back tattoos from which they can never escape.

While Affleck chose to communicate his own risen-from-the-ashes story by inking a giant colorful phoenix across his back, Levine went a slightly more traditional route with his: A flying mermaid sits, perched atop some ocean waves, holding a skull in her lap.

The Maroon 5 singer debuted the massive tattoo on Instagram today (February 23), explaining it was a six-month work in progress and was completed by California-based artist Bryan Randolph, who works at Spider Murphy’s Tattoo.

Levine’s wife, Behati Prinsloo, also posted a photo of the tattoo to Instagram, noting that there’s “some serious art happening” on her husband’s back.

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it launched a platform called LXAPI which allowed users the ability to customize platforms. It also released LXCRM as a customer management tool for brokers. Digital currencies such as Bitcoin and Litecoin were added to its LXFeed in 2014.

Leverate ventured into the social trading marketing by launching Sirix Social Community and The new generation Activ8. The community allows members to view and copy other trader's portfolios, creating transparency in currency pairs, as well as integrating with MetaTrader 4.

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It might have taken two years to make, but this StarCraft 2 diorama is just adorable.

NetEase posted this series of images earlier today. Taken straight from the StarCraft 2 message boards, NetEase reports that the diorama was the work of StarCraft player "iPhone 4 Dish" and their friends.

Made of "soft" clay, the diorama took two years to make and is based off the character models in StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty. Of course the models are cute and super deformed. The bright colors almost remind me of fondant.

Here's the Terrans and their buildings:

The Zerg! Run!

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by presentation of the cut-scenes. However, the quality of these scenes was seen to negatively highlight the poor animation used for in-game generated cut-scenes and the quality of the voice work; Miller considered Cole's voice to be too gravelly for the character.

The initial hours of the game, before the player started to acquire some of the more potent powers, were considered to be difficult and may be off-putting to some. Tom Bramwell of Eurogamer noted the remainder of the game continues to have some difficult sections, such as sections where the player must defend a moving target against a large number of foes, and considered these to be "repetitive and overlong". Bramwell further commented that the electrical powers in the game are simply electricity-based reimaginings of standard videoHigh average speed in cruising conditions (hence the dagger boards and a long waterline)– Large volumes and living spaces while controlling overall displacement.– Aft cockpit and salon on the same level for inside/outside living and alfresco dining

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to assess production costs at the design stage so that economy has been incorporated at the concept phase. The VPLP 80 will be built in their new facility in Portugal with a focus on controlling the overall budget and on-time delivery.a very high calcium content, can even be finely processed to be used in cosmetics.
Mining or quarry operations operate to extract the desired stone from the ground in a number of different manners, including boring and stripping. In a quarry, for example, a hole is dug into the ground to remove the soil and stone. Blasting is often utilized to loosen the rock and permit removal thereof. Loaders collect the rock and soil and trucks remove the material to a processing or crushing plant for further processing. In the blasting process, particularly, rock is typically discharged onto the quarry floor where it can become mixed with clay, mud and soil to contaminate the material.
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I and a number of other software tester were actively involved in the development of the Software Testing materials being developed for SummerQAmp, a nationwide initiative to train a new workforce in tech skills and create tech jobs for America's youth.Iowa Market Trades on News

Most Americans say the beginning of war with Iraq is only a matter of time and Saddam Hussein's reign will soon collapse. But are they willing to bet on it? Some are doing just that at flourishing Internet sites where winners can hit the jackpot by correctly predicting what comes next in global, life-and-death matters. The Iowa Electronic Market, operated by professors at the University of Iowa since 1988, is perhaps the best known effort to apply futures market principles to political events. "People can lie to pollsters," said TOM REITZ, an IEM director and professor of economics at the University of Iowa. "The participants in our market put their money where their mouth is. If they're wrong, they have to pay."


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Biology team earns top award from Virginia Academy of Science

May 29, 2014 : Liberty University News Service

Liberty University Associate Professor of Biology Dr. Gary Isaacs and four of his former students received the J. Shelton Horsley award at the Virginia Academy of Science’s Annual Meeting on May 16 at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va. The award is the highest honor conferred by the academy for original research.

“This is truly exceptional for students to be involved in this level of research as undergraduates,” said Dr. David DeWitt, professor and chair of the Department of Biology & Chemistry. “For the study to be recognized with an award demonstrates the results of faculty and students committed to excellence in their endeavors.”

Isaacs called Noor Taher (’13) the drivingforce behind the article. Taher just completed his first year of graduate school at Dartmouth University, where he is working on his Ph.D. Courtney McKenzie (’12), who has completed her second year of veterinary school at Virginia Tech, and Rebecca Garrett (’12), who is a lab technician at the University of Virginia, provided initial research at Liberty before Matthew Baker (’14), who will start medical school at George Washington University this fall, also assisted with experiments and the writing of the manuscript.

For the third year in a row, Liberty undergraduate students also received recognition at the meeting for best poster and best oral presentation in the biology/microbiology category.

Competition is not limited to undergraduate students; half of the submissions are from master’s students, Ph.D. students, professors, and research technicians.


Judges reviewed published articles, posters, and oral presentations from hundreds of students and faculty members from schools across the state.

Rising senior Amanda Hazy, working under Isaacs’ supervision, won for her poster illustrating how genes being turned on and off in the brain can be analyzed using cells from blood samples as indicators.

Ryan Montalvo, who graduated May 10 with a B.S. in cellular and molecular biology, won for his talk on how laboratory, commensal, and probiotic E. coli adapts to the intestine and competes with the intestinal microbiome. He received research direction from Associate Professor of Microbiology Dr. Andrew Fabich.

Hannah Drown ('14), a pre-med student who graduated with a B.S. in Biomedical Sciences, was also awarded honorable mention for her poster produced under the supervision of Fabich. Drown’s researchLaurence Griffiths/Getty Images

Although Manchester United don't have a definitive second unit, that is really a huge advantage for the club.

While weaker EPL teams may have just enough quality players to fill their starting lineups, United has a deep and talented squad, allowing Sir Alex Ferguson to be extremely flexible with his lineups.

Based on players' form or injuries, he can organize and rotate the starting XI without the club missing a beat at all.

Because of United's fluid rotation, guidelines must be set to determine the closest thing that United have to a second unit.

They are as follows:

- The player has started fewer than 14 of United's 27 EPL matches, not due to injury. This eliminates Nani (per BBC Sport), Phil Jones (per The Sun), Shinji Kagawa (per BBC Sport)


proved to be a capable replacement for David De Gea when needed.

Their midfield and attack would leave less to desire for Sir Alex, boasting veterans Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs, and super-sub Javier Hernandez.

What Scholes and Giggs would bring to the table is their savvy field smarts, but would also lack the speed and endurance to really sustain United's free-flowing style of play.

So how would they fare in the EPL?

The use of this lineup—an intriguing mixture of experience of youth—would allow for the club to still have success, but nowhere near the vicinity of a title.

The closest comparison that comes to mind would be Liverpool, a club with a shaky defense but tons of offensive firepower, like United. While the Reds' attack would be led by Hernandez andWelbeck, Liverpool's offense is currently fueled by Luis Suárez and Daniel Sturridge—also quality players.

Just as United would have the youthful Powell, Wooton and Büttner playing significant roles, Liverpool have given significant roles to Andre Wisdom and Raheem Sterling, who are 19 and 18 years old respectively.

Just as United would have the seasoned Scholes and Giggs in their midfield, Liverpool have Steven Gerrard to lead their squad. Although Gerrard has significantly more left in the tank than Scholes and Giggs (at least six years younger than both) at this point in his career, they all play invaluable leadership roles for their clubs that can only come with years of excellence in the sport.

With a young, but talented group like Liverpool, it would be expected that United's second unit have


slip-ups versus weaker sides that set them back and lower their confidence, akin to Liverpool's lofty defeats versus Aston Villa and Stoke City.

It would also be expected that United would have some extremely encouraging outings, proving that they can go toe-to-toe with the league's best, but not quite join the upper echelons of the EPL. A prime example of this for Liverpool was their 2-2 tie versus Manchester City, where the club played perhaps their best football of the year but squandered their lead after a Pepe Reina miscue.

With a clear downgrade from their current XI, the talent of United's second unit would still be enough for the Reds to be successful, just not in the sense of the club's illustrious history.

A sixth- to eighth-place finish would likelysaid that while ‘the balance of scientific advice’ was still that the deadly virus was first transmitted to humans from a live animal market in Wuhan, an accident at the laboratory in the Chinese city was ‘no longer being discounted’.

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of the underground bunkers are as much as 5 to 6 feet thick.

Elevators brought the missiles to a concrete pad aboveground, roughly the size of two football fields, where they would be launched in case of an attack. Each missile, about 40 feet long, carried a nuclear warhead of up to 30 kilotons — twice the destructive power of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, at the end of World War II.

After the site was closed in 1971, it was bought by a group of area fire departments and used for training. They’d set fires with propane and gasoline to learn how to put them out, or start smoky fires in the buildings, since torn down, for search-and-rescue practice.

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Star-Spangled banner and song manuscript to be reunited in DC

A family views the Star Spangled Banner at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington. The original, handwritten manuscript of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and the flag that inspired the song’s lyrics will be displayed together at the Smithsonian in Washington, what is believed to be the first time the historic pieces have been shown side-by-side, on Flag Day, June 14, through July 6.

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Published: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 7:35 a.m.

Last Modified: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 7:35 a.m.

WASHINGTON — The original, handwritten manuscript of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and the flag that inspired the song's lyrics will be displayed together at the Smithsonian in Washington, the first time the historic pieces arebelieved to have been shown side by side.

The manuscript is normally on display at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore and the flag has been at the Smithsonian since the early 1900s. They'll be displayed together from Flag Day, June 14, through July 6. The three-week display is the start of celebrations marking 200 years since the song was written on Sept. 14, 1814.

Bonnie Lilienfeld, a Smithsonian curator who is working on the manuscript's display in Washington, said she hopes the exhibit will help people think more about where the song's words came from. Having the two objects together provides an "aha moment," said Jennifer Jones, the curator who oversees the flag.

"It's meant to be emotional. It's meant to be reflective," she said.

Francis Scott Key was a 35-year-old


lawyer and amateur poet when he wrote the song's words during the War of 1812. Key watched as the British bombarded Baltimore's Fort McHenry for more than 24 hours. When he saw the fort's flag flying on the morning after the bombardment, a signal that U.S. troops had withstood the enemy, he was inspired to write a poem originally called "Defense of Fort McHenry." The poem, set to music and later renamed, became the country's national anthem in 1931.

Key's original manuscript, written with quill and ink, has two surprises for viewers who know the song. First, Key's poem is actually four stanzas, though the first stanza is the only one that's traditionally sung. And, second, Key wrote, "Oh say can you see through the dawn's early light," butcrossed out "through" and wrote "by."

Americans may be more familiar with the flag, which gets millions of visitors a year at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. The flag has been at Smithsonian for more than a century after being given to the institution by the family of Maj. George Armistead. Armistead was the commander of Fort McHenry and the man who commissioned the banner with 15 stripes and 15 stars, representing the number of states in the Union at the time.

Except for a period during World War II, when it was housed in Virginia for safekeeping, the flag hasn't traveled outside of Washington since coming to the Smithsonian.

Key's manuscript has traveled only slightly more often since being purchased for the historical society in the 1950s. In


2011 it was taken by armored vehicle, with a police escort, to the state's capital in Annapolis and to Fort McHenry. And in 2013, the museum brought the manuscript to Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, Md., where Key is buried.

Burt Kummerow, the president of the Maryland Historical Society, said he hopes this summer's exhibit will be a chance for people to study the song's words. He compared the song to a church hymn, something that has become so familiar that what Key was trying to say can get lost. And he called putting the manuscript and flag together a "very, very special moment."

WASHINGTON — The original, handwritten manuscript of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and the flag that inspired the song's lyrics will be displayed together at the Smithsonian inreflective," she said.

Francis Scott Key was a 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet when he wrote the song's words during the War of 1812. Key watched as the British bombarded Baltimore's Fort McHenry for more than 24 hours. When he saw the fort's flag flying on the morning after the bombardment, a signal that U.S. troops had withstood the enemy, he was inspired to write a poem originally called "Defense of Fort McHenry." The poem, set to music and later renamed, became the country's national anthem in 1931.

Key's original manuscript, written with quill and ink, has two surprises for viewers who know the song. First, Key's poem is actually four stanzas, though the first stanza is the only one that's traditionally sung. And, second, Key wrote, "Oh say can


you see through the dawn's early light," but crossed out "through" and wrote "by."

Americans may be more familiar with the flag, which gets millions of visitors a year at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. The flag has been at Smithsonian for more than a century after being given to the institution by the family of Maj. George Armistead. Armistead was the commander of Fort McHenry and the man who commissioned the banner with 15 stripes and 15 stars, representing the number of states in the Union at the time.

Except for a period during World War II, when it was housed in Virginia for safekeeping, the flag hasn't traveled outside of Washington since coming to the Smithsonian.

Key's manuscript has traveled only slightly more often since being purchased"He intends to send for his wife and children as soon as he is released from prison. He knows he cannot easily be sent back to Somalia. He loves it here in the Netherlands," Mr Ausma told the NRC Handelsblad newspaper.


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The establishment of the first Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care in a Medical Center in the United States is noteworthy. Since the design of the Department integrates a full-functioning hospice program within it, that has both a dedicated inpatient unit and extensive home care program, this Department represents a milestone in the development of the hospice movement, with full interrelationship between palliative care and hospice care. This paper will explore this interrelationship, its implications, and some of the background.happy to help.

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The city of Lexington, Kentucky, ranks as second largest in the state and is known as the Horse Capital of the World due to the many horse farms in the area. Horse racing is a big draw in Lexington, with visitors and residents taking in races at the Kentucky Horse Park, The Red Mile, and Keeneland Race Course. Other sports in the area include the University of Kentucky Wildcats, member of the Southeast Conference and frequent contender for the NCAA basketball championship. Popular destinations in the city include the Mary Todd Lincoln House, family home of the wife of President Abraham Lincoln. Another option is Ashland, the estate of Henry Clay, a famous Kentucky politician and lawyer, that sits


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Harvey Weinstein has been slapped with sex crime charges in Los Angeles, The Post has learned.

The disgraced movie mogul was charged with one felony count each of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by use of force and sexual battery by restraint, stemming from two separate incidents over two days in 2013, LA County District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced.

The rape charge stems from allegations by an Italian model who says Weinstein pushed his way into her room Mr. C Beverly Hills hotel on Feb. 18, 2013 and assaulted her.

The next evening, Weinstein allegedly sexually assaulted a woman at a hotel suitewithin the engine compartment or behind kick guards in the foot area of the interior of the motor vehicle. The fuse boxes serve to accept electrical fuses for individual electrical load consumers within the vehicle such as individual lights or small equipment items and also to accept electrical fuses for large cable strands carrying large amounts of current branching off from the fuse box for servicing entire load sections within the vehicle. Typical fuse boxes are connected to the positive pole of the motor vehicle battery via one or more cables leading to the fuse box whereat power is supplied to a plurality of fuses contained within the box. The ends of the fuses opposite the end connected to the positive terminal of the battery generally are connected


to outgoing cables or cable strands to supply power to electrical consumers such as, for example, motor vehicle lighting systems, sensors and switches, and power accessories.
With regard to fuse protecting the smaller general electrical consumers within the motor vehicle, each of the electrical consumers is simply connected to the outgoing end of a respective fuse. In that way, if a short occurs in the power consumer end, the fuse simply melts at a designated melting zone thereby opening the electric circuit and disconnecting the power consumer from the battery downstream of the fuse box. However, when the fuse box is employed to serve and electrically protect entire cable strands that are typically used to serve a large number of electrical connectors, a plurality of smaller sized fuses areimpossible.
In accordance with another aspect of the invention, the fuses used to electrically protect cable strands carrying large amounts of current are preferably strip fuses which are inexpensive and generally readily available.
In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the fuse box is adapted to connect one end of several strip fuses directly to an electrical pole of the motor vehicle battery through a common busbar.
In accordance with yet another aspect of the invention, first ends of the multiple strip fuses contained within the fuse box are connected to the common busbar using screws and nuts to provide minimal connection transition resistance between the fuses and the battery. Bushings are also arranged between the fuses and the terminal elements within the fuse box. This arrangement results in the benefit


prevented during the tightening of the nut onto the bolt head as the fuse is attached in place.
In addition, in the preferred embodiment of the invention, the housing is formed in a manner that the fusible areas of the strip fuses are each individually isolated from each other and from other fuses by a set of screening zones provided in the housing. The screening zones provided for each individual strip fuse results in the advantage that as the fusible area of the fuse blows and is melted, the melted material is contained within the screening zone in both liquid and then frozen states, and is thereby prevented from migrating into unsuitable or undesirable areas within the housing. In prior fuse boxes, no such screening zone was provided and,of the above features enables the fuse box to be adapted to accommodate different fuse values and different quantities of fuses. Also, the intermediary bottom member enables captively retaining the threaded bolts in the housing so that the thread zones of the threaded bolts project through bore holes into the intermediary bottom member. The headpieces of the threadbolts are held between the housing bottom and the underside of the intermediary bottom member.
In the preferred embodiment of the subject fuse box, each of the threaded bolts used to fasten the strip fuse ends protrude through a captive spring bushing which is retained in the housing, preferably pressed in. When the intermediary bottom member is employed, the spring bushing may be pressed into a bore hole provided therein. The spring


bushing has, in this arrangement, a bushing region extending generally axially relative to the threaded portion of the threaded bolt. The bushing region is adapted to be pressed into the intermediary bottom member. The spring bushing also includes a radially extending collar for resilient placement of the strip fuse thereon. The radially extending collar ensures, by means of its resilient property, that the initial starting torque of the nut is maintained when fastening the respective cable terminal at the threaded bolt or the respective fuse end.
By providing captively retained threaded bolts and spring bushings in the housing, the fuse box can be supplied by the manufacturer of the fuse box with preinstalled strip fuses. The preinstalled strip fuses and captively retained threaded bolts and spring bushings make itIt appears that the Obama Regime has settled on a strategy to defeat the historic American nation in the ongoing border crisis that the Regime created. The plan appears to be to allow the kritarchs in the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) administer an amnesty for the wave of unaccompanied minors and family groups with minors. The evidence, the Regime is building long-term housing for illegal alien family groups instead of using expedited removal to quickly remove the illegal alien adults and their accompanying minor children.

Massive 'Residential Center' To Open In Texas For Illegal Immigrants by Kristen Tate, Breitbart, September 24, 2014 HOUSTON, Texas — A large new immigrant housing center will be opened in South Texas. The South Texas Family Residential Center will ultimately hold 2,400


individuals, primarily families, who were apprehended while crossing the Texas- Mexico border. During their stay at the center foreigners will be provided with taxpayer-funded "medical care, play rooms, social workers, educational services, and access to legal counsel," Breitbart Texas has learned. The facility will open in November in Dilley, Texas, which is located about 70 miles southwest of San Antonio. This is the fourth facility of its kind to be built in Texas, according to Fox News.

An ICE spokeswoman refused to give Breitbart Texas answers to specific questions and instead provided a statement that said the agency"plans to open and operate a new residential center in Dilley, Texas to house adults with children in response to the influx of adults traveling with children apprehended along the southwest border.in part from this negligence.  He said that it would be mere conjecture and speculation on his part to hold that the exertion of the deceased at the fire caused or contributed to the cerebral hemorrhage from which the deceased died.

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There is little or not dispute as to the facts of the case.  McLeod was 52 years of age and had been employed by the Railroad Company since 1918.  He had been suffering from high blood pressure and nephritis for two or three years prior to his death and had been regularly treated by Dr. E. M. Hicks, a well-trained and experienced physician.  On occasion the patient was found to have a blood pressure as high as 230 systolic and diastolic 140, but under


treatment the pressure was brought down to 160 to 170 systolic.  The doctor had instructed the patient to guard against exercise or exertion, and to confine himself to a restricted diet to reduce his weight.

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On the evening of March 31, at about 10:30 p.m., the doctor was called to the patient's house and found that he had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and had a blood pressure of 185 over 115.  He was taken to the hospital where he died at 7:15 the next morning.  Dr. W. R. Mead, a physician similarly qualified, saw the patient at the hospital soon after his arrival at the request of Dr. Hicks and confirmed the latter's diagnosis.

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About 1:30 p.m. on March 31 a small slowly burning fire on theright of way, about a mile and a half from Mars Bluff station, was discovered by a signal maintainer, and reported by him to McLeod.  He thereupon drove to the scene in a motor car with two laborers of his gang.  Arriving at the fire he left the laborers and drove back to the station and parked the car.  He then walked back to the fire.  During his absence the men cut pine tops and used them to quench the flames and by the time he returned, the fire was under control.  Another man of his gang was available to assist in the operation but the deceased did not direct him to do so.

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Under the Railroad's rules the deceased was not obliged to


do manual labor himself unless it became necessary; and in this instance it was not necessary.  Nevertheless on his return to the scene he took a pine brush and went along behind the two men for about ten minutes to brush and 'stomp' out any little fire that might blaze up.  One of the workmen testified that McLeod hardly did anything to help.

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After the fire was put out the three men started to walk back to the station along the track but were picked up by the signal man in his car and driven the rest of the way.  During the ride McLeod was in a mischievous mood and teased and bedeviled the driver in a jolly way.  He seemed to be his usualself.  When he arrived at the station he invited a fellow employee to go with him the next day to the funeral of a mutual friend.  This employee noticed that his face was flushed and his clothing soiled with soot.

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About 5:30 p.m. on the same day the deceased was seen at a neighborhood store and said that he had been fighting a fire and felt badly.  About 7:30 p.m. he was again seen at the store and seemed dazed but shortly thereafter got into his car and drove home.  Nothing further was shown as to his condition until about 10 p.m. when he became restless and went to bed.  Shortly thereafter he complained of a severe headache, was violently sick and lapsed into


Inside New Zealand’s first commercial coffee harvest

On the hills above Doubtless Bay in the Far North live New Zealand’s first commercial coffee growers. Establishing the world’s southernmost coffee farm has had its challenges – luckily its owners are full of beans.

Words: Kate Coughlan / Additional words: Nadene Hall Photos: Jane Ussher

Who: Rob & Carol Schluter with Gino the dog

What: Ikarus Coffee

Land: 2ha (5 acres)

Where: Pekerau, on the ridge between Rangaunu Harbour and Doubtless Bay, 160km north of Whangarei

Web: www.ikaruscoffee.co.nz

When Rob and Carol Schluter returned to New Zealand from Europe 22 years ago, they were keen to connect with the land.

Rob grew up on a Northland dairy and beef farm but spent three years with Carol in her home city of Vienna in the 1990s.

“It is a wonderful placeSelkirk hurdle

The Selkirk Hurdle is the term used by urban planners, railroad employees, politicians, and others to describe the route that must be taken by freight trains traveling between New York City and other points in downstate New York that are east of the Hudson River, and locations in the United States to the south and west. There are no rail freight bridges or tunnels that cross the Hudson River south of Selkirk, which is 10 miles (16 km) south of Albany and the home of Selkirk Yard, a major CSX classification yard. As a result, trains from Long Island and New York City (except for the borough of Staten Island which has a rail bridge to New Jersey) must travel  north to cross at Selkirk before continuing


The Day of the Locust is a 1939 novel by American author Nathanael West set in Hollywood, California. The novel follows a young artist from the Yale School of Fine Arts named Tod Hackett. who has been hired by a Hollywood studio to do scenic design and painting. While he works he plans an important painting to be called "The Burning of Los Angeles," a portrayal of the chaotic and fiery holocaust which will destroy the city. While the cast of characters Tod befriends are a conglomerate of Hollywood stereotypes, his greater discovery is a part of society whose "eyes filled with hatred," and "had come to California to die."[1] This undercurrent of society captures the despair of Americans who worked and saved their entire lives only toby the movie studio to paint and decorate sets.

Homer Simpson – a former accountant at a hotel in Iowa who comes to California at the recommendation of his doctor to restore his health. Soft mannered, sexually repressed, and socially ill-at-ease, Homer's almost constant inner turmoil is expressed through his huge hands which have an uncontrollable and detached nature to them.

Faye Greener – an aspiring Hollywood actress who realizes that she has the face and body for Hollywood, but can't admit that she lacks a significant talent and struggles to compete for even extra parts.

Earle Shoop – a fake California cowboy/stud who makes a scant salary working at a western wear and novelty shop. He camps out in the hills above Los Angeles. Earle and Faye have a sexual


relationship.

Miguel – a Mexican-American who plays a native-American Indian, and Earle's sidekick at the store. Miguel enjoys cockfighting. Faye sleeps with Miguel to make Earle jealous.

Mrs. Jenning – runs an escort service and pornographic film parlor.

Harry Greener – Faye's father, a third-rate vaudevillian from the East who is chronically ill. When he can't get a performing gig he peddles home-made silver polish, but it's more of an opportunity to work his schtick than to provide a meaningful income.

Adore Loomis – a precocious child actor who teases Homer until he snaps. Homer's stomping Adore to death coincides with the eruption of mob violence outside the blockbuster debut.

West's characters are intentionally shallow, stereotyped, and "derive from all the B-grade genre films of the period" (Simon, 523).[3] They are what Lightcalls "grotesques".[4] Tod Hackett's first name is a derivative of the German word for death, and his last name refers to a common epithet for Hollywood screenwriters and artists, who were pejoratively called "hacks."[5] In the first chapter of the novel, the narrative voice announces: "Yes, despite his appearance, Tod was really a very complicated young man with a whole set of personalities, one inside the other like a nest of Chinese boxes."[6]

Tod Hackett is the novel's protagonist. He moves from the east coast to Hollywood, California in search inspiration for his next painting. The novel is set in the 1930s during the Great Depression. Most of the characters exist at the fringes of the Hollywood film industry, but Hollywood is merely the backdrop for Tod Hackett's revelation.


Tod is employed by a Hollywood studio "to learn set and costume designing."[6] During his spare time, Tod sketches scenes he observes on large production sets and studio back lots. The novel details Tod's observation of the filming of the Battle of Waterloo. His goal is to find inspiration for the picture he is getting ready to begin, a work titled "The Burning of Los Angeles."

Between his work at the studio and his introduction to Faye's friends, Tod interacts with numerous Hollywood hangers-on. Characters like Abe Kusich, the dwarf, Claude Estee, the successful screenwriter, and Earle Shoop, the fake California cowboy, all have difficulty transitioning their personas from the characters they play to who they are. As a result, there is a clear sense of acting that spillsroutine," when a film viewing at Mrs. Jennings' parlor ends unexpectedly due to technical difficulties.[9]

Shortly after moving into a neighborhood in the valley, Tod befriends Homer Simpson, a simple minded former hotel accountant from Iowa who moved to California for health reasons. Homer's "unruly hands" operate independently from his body, and their movements are often mechanical.[10] "They demanded special attention, had always demanded it."[11] When Homer attempts to escape California he is distracted not only by the crowd, but his inability to leave the street despite Tod's help and insistent encouragement. Young neighbor Adore Loomis finds Homer and torments him until Homer lashes out against the boy. The novel's climactic riot ensues, and the chaos over the latest Hollywood premier turns violent outside Mr. Khan's Pleasure Dome. Tod


vividly revises "The Burning of Los Angeles" in his mind, while being pushed around in the waves of the riot. The final scene plays out, uninterrupted. The conclusion of the novel can be read as a moment of enlightenment and mental clarity for the artist, or a complete "mental breakdown" and Tod's "incorporation into the mechanized, modern world of Los Angeles."[12]

The characters are outcasts, who have come to Hollywood to fulfill a dream or wish: "The importance of the wish in West's work was first noted by W. H. Auden, who declared (in one of the interludes in The Dyer's Hand) that West's novels were essentially "parables about a Kingdom of Hell whose ruler is not so much a Father of Lies as a Father of Wishes".[13] Inthis respect, James Light, in his book Violence, Dreams, and Dostoevsky: The Art of Nathanael West, suggests that The Day of the Locust falls in with a motif in West's fiction; the exposure of hopeful narratives in modern American culture as frauds.[14]

As some critics point out, West's novel was a radical challenge to modernist literature. Modernists set themselves up in opposition to mass culture; West depicts it and makes it an integral part of the novel.[15] West's use of grotesque imagery and situations establishes the novel as a work of Juvenalian satire. His critique of Hollywood and the mentality of "the masses", depicts an America sick with vanity and the harbor of a malignant sense of perversity.

The original title of the novel was The Cheated.[16] The title of


West's work may be a biblical allusion to the Old Testament. Susan Sanderson writes:

The most famous literary or historical reference to locusts is in the Book of Exodus in the Bible, in which God sends a plague of locusts to the pharaoh of Egypt as retribution for refusing to free the enslaved Jews. Millions of locusts swarm over the lush fields of Egypt, destroying its food supplies. Destructive locusts also appear in the New Testament in the symbolic and apocalyptic book of Revelation.

West's use of "locust" in his title evokes images of destruction and a land stripped bare of anything green and living. The novel is filled with images of destruction: Tod Hackett's painting entitled "The Burning of Los Angeles," his violent fantasies about Faye and the bloodyresult of the cockfight. A close examination of West's characters and his selective use of natural images, which include representations of violence and impotence — and which are therefore contrary to popular images linking nature and fertility — reveals that the locust in the title is Tod.[17]

The novel opens with protagonist Tod Hackett sketching studio back lot scenes from a major Hollywood production. In the scene, a short fat man barks orders through a megaphone to actors playing the role of Napoleon's elite cavalry at the Battle of Waterloo. Waterloo marked the beginning of the end for Napoleon. The chaos of this scene foreshadows the beginning of the end for middle-class Americans in the novel, and the violence that ensues.

James F. Light suggests that West's use of mob


violence in the novel is an expression of anxiety about the rise of fascism in Europe. Light compares anxiety in the novel to personal anxieties Jews, like Nathanael West, experienced as marginalized individuals living in America.[18] The artist Tod Hackett’s vision of art, a painting titled “The Burning of Los Angeles,” devolves into a nightmare of terror. It depicts angry citizens razing Los Angeles and spreading, uncontrollably, across the American landscape. In the 1930s, theorists, politicians, and military leaders feared large crowds or mass formations would produce unpredictable and dangerous results.[19]

Novelists of his era praised Nathanael West's writing, but notoriety and critical acclaim for his works lagged behind his peers in terms of readers and book sales. The Day of the Locust only sold about 1480 copies followingits first publishing.[2] Critics began to situate The Day of the Locust within the canon in the 1950s, more than a decade after a fatal car crash claimed the author's life. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked The Day of the Locust seventy-third on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Time magazine included the novel in its list of 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005.[20] Noted critic Harold Bloom included it in his list of canonical works in the book The Western Canon. The novel was adapted into the critically acclaimed film The Day of the Locust (1975), directed by John Schlesinger.

The 1970s Pop Chronicles audio documentary includes an excerpt dramatically read by Thom Beck in Show 44, "Revolt of


the Fat Angel: Some samples of the Los Angeles sound."[22]

The 1982 song "Call of the West" by the Los Angelesnew wave band Wall of Voodoo—which "follows some Middle American sad sack as he chases a vague and hopeless dream in California"[23]—has been described as being "as close as pop music has gotten to capturing the bitter chaos of the final chapter of Nathanael West's The Day of the Locust".[23]

It has been assumed that The Simpsons (1989) creator Matt Groening named his most famous character, Homer Simpson, after his own father, but in several interviews given in 1990, Groening reportedly stated that he named the character after the Homer in this novel, although neither explanation is considered definitive.[24]

In a season 1 episode of What I Like About You, Hollylies and says she needs to check out The Day of the Locust from the library. Later, her sister Valerie presses, "You lied about The Day of the Locust!?"

The novel is mentioned in the comic book series Y: The Last Man (2002–2008), whose main character describes it as "the greatest novel of all time".[25]

British theatre company Punchdrunk's 2013 performance piece The Drowned Man borrows heavily from The Day of the Locust, incorporating several of the novel's characters and themes into the overarching narrative.

In the 2013 novella "Wakulla Springs" by Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages, set in rural Florida in the 1940s and 50s, one of the main characters is seen reading The Day of the Locust.


Academicians, educationists and stakeholders have scoffed at the presumptions in the economic survey regarding parents preferring to send their children to private schools rather than government-run s

Academicians, educationists and stakeholders have scoffed at the presumptions in the economic survey regarding parents preferring to send their children to private schools rather than government-run schools. The critics have said that the absence of sufficient schools, lack of proper infrastructure and poor quality of teachers in government schools has compelled parents to send their children to private schools and hence they assumption of parents’ preference by the economic survey is misleading and not true.

According to the economic survey report ‘...Decline in enrolment in government schools and some shift to private schools might be largely related to the poor quality of educationis unfounded.

Jayant Jain, president of Forum for Fairness in Education, an NGO working in the field of school and college education said that while the economic survey report hit the nail on the head by attributing the decline in enrolment in government schools to poor quality of education the reasons needed to be elaborated. “The survey does not elaborate the actual reasons for the poor quality of education in government-run schools. The assumption is weak largely because government run higher education institutions have a high enrolment ratio so the question is why is the enrolment suffering in government schools. While in higher education the government has adhered strictly to the norms, when it comes to school education it is callous and has no interest in furthering its role


The present invention relates to an electrical connector for connecting two circuit boards.
Patent Reference has disclosed a conventional electrical connector. The conventional electrical connector includes a plug connector with a substantially rectangular shape disposed on one circuit board and a receptacle connector disposed on another circuit board. The receptacle connector has a recess portion for receiving a fitting portion of the plug connector through an opening portion thereof when the plug connector is connected to the receptacle connector.
Patent Reference Japanese Patent Publication No. 2007-141586
In the conventional electrical connector, the plug connector includes a housing, and a plurality of retaining grooves is formed in a pair of opposing outer side surfaces of the housing for retaining a plurality of terminals (contacts). The retaining grooves extend in a direction thatthe plug connector is connected to the receptacle connector (a vertical direction). The terminals with a straight shape are fitted in the retaining grooves from below, and portions of the terminals are exposed as contact surfaces.
In the conventional electrical connector, the plug connector includes retaining grooves extending in the vertical direction and formed in an inner surface of the recess portion facing the outer side surfaces of the housing for retaining mating terminals (mating contacts) when the plug connector is inserted into the recess portion of the receptacle connector. The mating terminals extend in the vertical direction, and have lower end portions (end portions near the opening portion of the recess portion) curved in a U character shape in the recess portion. A contact portion is formed at