talking about.' Ms. Lamar recalls being quite con- cerned about her grandson's mental state during this time. She did not recall ever being asked these questions at any time before or during Mr. Thompson's trial.
"Ms. Nora Jean Hall Wharton
"Nora Jean Wharton is Mr. Thompson's older sister. A lengthy telephone interview was conducted with her on July 21, 1999. She grew up in the same home as Mr. Thompson and had continuous contact with him through- out his childhood. Mr. Thompson lived briefly in the home of his sister following his discharge from the military.
"Ms. Wharton described Mr. Greg Thompson as a highly sensitive, passive, timid, emotionally vulnerable child. She described a childhood of great hardship. According to her report, their grandmother, Ms. Maybelle Lamar[,] was verbally abusive, neglectfulof the children's basic daily needs, highly critical, and unable to care properly for the children. Ms. Wharton described many instances of such abuse and neglect. She described the period following their mother's death as particularly chaotic and neglectful, recalling that often there was no food in the home and that the children would take money from under their grandmother's mattress to go and buy food. In the period following their mother's death, Ms. Wharton reported that her grandmother was continuously drunk and unable to care for her grandchildren. According to Ms. Wharton, Greg Thompson frequently witnessed his sister Nora being beaten by their grandmother.
"Ms. Wharton further recalled that she and her younger brother had witnessed the brutal beating and rape of their mother by their biological father.


She recalls Greg stand- ing in the scene screaming and sobbing uncontrollably.
"Ms. Wharton reported that Greg would frequently cry at school during the early school years, and, as a result, was often the victim of intense mockery from his classmates. Because Ms. Wharton was in the same classroom as her brother she observed these behaviors and often intervened on her brother's behalf. She described Mr. Thompson's response to this abuse as quite passive.
"Of particular significance is Ms. Wharton's recollections about Mr. Thompson repeatedly banging his head against the wall of their home on many occasions during their early childhood. This behavior frequently followed their grandmother yelling at Greg 'You have the Devil in you.' Mr. Thompson would tell his sister that he was attempt- ing to 'knock thementally ill and that they were concerned about him. They further reported that they believed it would be in his best interest to be housed in a prison facility better equipped to deal with individuals experiencing severe mental illness.
"MICHAEL CHAVIS
"Federal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee investi- gator, Mr. Michael Chavis, was interviewed about his July 29 through August 2, 1998 interview with Ms. Arlene Cajulao in Honolulu, Hawaii. Ms. Cajulao and Mr. Thompson had an intimate relationship and lived together for approximately four years, from 1980 to 1984.
"Mr. Chavis reported that Ms. Cajulao described Mr. Thompson as displaying increasingly bizarre behavior during the latter part of their relationship. Similar to descriptions proved by Ms. Nora Wharton, Ms. Cajulao reported several episodes of 'paranoid' and aggressive behavior which had


no apparent external antecedent. She reported that Mr. Thompson sometimes thought that people were 'after' him. He would close all the curtains in the house because he did not want the person who was 'looking' for him to see him through the curtains. She remembers being quite concerned about Mr. Thompson's mental state.
"SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS:
"Mr. Gregory Thompson has experienced symptoms of major mental illness throughout his adult life. Indeed, there is information available which suggests that Mr. Thompson was displaying significant signs of mental illness from the time he was a small child. Self-injurious behavior is reported as early as six years old. There is extensive documentation contained within the records reviewed for this evaluation that Mr. Thompson has ex- perienced a thought disorder and/or an affective disorderof some type for many years.
"It is my opinion that Mr. Gregory Thompson is most appropriately diagnosed, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, as having Schizoaffective Disorder, Bipolar Type. As is typical of this illness, symptoms became apparent in early adulthood. Mr. Thompson was suffering serious mental illness at the time of the 1985 offense for which he has been convicted and sentenced. This mental illness would have substantially impaired Mr. Thompson's ability to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law. "Further, Mr. Thompson was the victim of severe child- hood emotional abuse and physical neglect. His family background is best described as highly neglectful and  economically deprived. Mr. Thompson repeatedly wit nessed episodes of violence during his childhood


Mr. Thompson, when he was being yelled at by his grandmother, she was report- edly verbally abusive in the following fashion: She would yell at him you have the devil in you, boy. [His sister, Ms. Wharton] would then observe Mr. Thompson standing or sitting beside a wall repeatedly banging his head into the wall. She, in her role as protector of him, would ask him what was going on, and he would tell her he was trying to knock the devil out of his head. She recalls at the time, although she was quite young herself, being worried about his behavior and thinking of it as very odd.
. . . . .
"Q. Sort of a self-punishment or a self-exorcism type thing?
"A. A self-injurious behavior is what wewould call it I think. Mr. Thompson, when he was Greg, in the first and second and third grade had rather frequent hysterical crying episodes in classrooms that Ms. Wharton recalls also as very unusual in the context of his schoolroom situation. She describes him as being the subject of tor- ment on the part of the students because he behaved in an odd fashion. Sometimes he would simply begin to cry and wail and scream and apparently made a sound like a fire engine when he was sobbing and developed the nickname Fire Engine. That's reported in the trial transcript. She told me much more detail about actually the extent of those kind[s] of emotional outbursts.
"At home it was rather common for Mr. Thompson to begin to


wasn't himself. Ms. Wharton tells me that the grandmother was very well aware that he was in deep psychological distress, and, in fact, the grandmother suggested that he be taken to the psychiatric unit at Grady Hospital in Atlanta, I believe, for treatment. The grandmother observed him staring off into space for long periods of time. She ob- served him mumbling to himself. When she asked him what he was doing, he told her he had no idea what she was talking about. She said that was very different from the boy who left her to go into service.
"The sister has even a better glimpse of him than that, because he actually went to live with her for a while, and she said he was bizarre. She describedBrandon Paul was four years removed from college and playing in the NBA summer league for the third straight year when his dream to make the league finally came true at age 26.

Paul was in the midst of scoring 21 points and nailing four 3-pointers for the Cleveland Cavaliers’ summer league team against the Golden State Warriors on July 10 in Las Vegas when, unbeknownst to him, his life was about to change drastically. Paul’s agent, Adam Pensack, had agreed to terms for his client to sign a one-year guaranteed deal with an option for a second year with the NBA power San Antonio Spurs during the game. When Pensack gave the new Spurs guard the news after the game, Paul broke down with joy in a moment


for everyone to come out to watch, my high school coach was there and kids I grew up playing with and people who followed me throughout my career. … But it definitely was a little disappointing. People were definitely still disappointed. Some of my friends were more upset than I was.

“I knew it wasn’t the end of the journey. I knew it was the beginning. It was just part of the experience that matured me a little bit more.”

Paul played in the 2013 NBA summer league with the Minnesota Timberwolves in limited action. He considered several NBA training camp options that eventually were expected to lead to a D-League affiliate assignment. Instead, he signed to play in Russia for BC Nizhny Novgorod over an opportunity in France duringof his contract in Russia and next joined the Cleveland Cavaliers’ D-League affiliate Canton Charge. But his stint with Canton lasted two games after he suffered a left shoulder injury that required season-ending surgery. He returned to the Charge during the 2014-15 season, averaging 15 points and 4.4 rebounds in 43 games. But on March 29, 2015, Paul’s season ended with a left shoulder injury before the playoffs. He has had two left shoulder surgeries and one right shoulder surgery since leaving Illinois.

Paul recovered and went on to Spain, where he averaged 13 points per game for Joventut during the 2015-16 season. He believed he had a “legit shot” to make the NBA after signing with the Philadelphia 76ers on July 25, 2016, but he was cut after


just kept telling myself, ‘This is another block in the road. Just stay the course.’ It ended up falling in place.”

Paul was back in the NBA summer league last July playing for the Dallas Mavericks in Orlando, Florida, and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Las Vegas, where he “made the most of it” by scoring well and defending strongly for both teams. The Spurs noticed Paul from a defensive standpoint after losing Jonathan Simmons in free agency and offered a two-year contract paying $815,615 this season with a team option paying $1.3 million next season.

Paul is the latest in a long line of diamond-in-the-rough free agents whom the longtime creative Spurs and their general manager, R.C. Buford, have signed.

“[The Spurs front office], they work very hard all around theGareth Bale admits to stress over transfer to Real Madrid

Gareth Bale said his drawn-out move to Real Madrid for a world record transfer fee was "stressful to say the least".

The 24-year-old joined Madrid from Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday for €100 million, a fee which made him the world's most expensive player, the day before the transfer window closed and after months of speculation about his future.

"It was a long time. It was very stressful to say the least," Bale told BT Sport on Thursday.

"I knew their interest from the start and I was always confident the move would go through but obviously the chairman Daniel Levy had to do his business and do Tottenham well so I kind of understood that.

"But at the same time, thinking of myself,


it was a hard time, it was stressful and I just had to be patient and try and focus."

Bale is currently preparing for Wales's upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Macedonia and Serbia after being unveiled at Madrid's Bernabeu on Monday.

He has not played since July and missed most of Spurs' pre-season training due to injury, so is unlikely to play the full 90 minutes in either Friday or Tuesday's qualifier.

He rejoined his Wales team-mates soon after being presented to thousands of fans as Madrid's latest "galactico" signing and said it was somewhat of a relief to be back among familiar faces.

"It's obviously been a whirlwind few days," the former Southampton player said.

"It's quite nice to come back, relax and get back to normality, really."the degree it had bestowed upon Mr. Cosby, hence this unprecedented action,” continued the email from the office of the president.

While this may be the first time the university has rescinded an honorary degree, it is not the first time that the Fordham community has called for one to be revoked.

In February 2015, eight members of university faculty founded Fordham Against Torture (FAT), which created a petition calling the university to revoke former CIA chief John Brennan’s, FCRH ‘77 honorary degree. Among their requests was that the president promote “reflection within the Fordham community on how our university can better live up to the values espoused in its mission statement.”

Although the petition gained over 700 signatures from faculty, students and alumni, the Board of Trustees unanimously voted not


a German tale about a group of important men who went on a long journey into the wilderness, accompanied by a servant. They got lost and fell into deep trouble. The servant was particularly helpful and became accepted as the leader of the group. His masters came to trust him because he demonstrated attributes that helped them get out of trouble. So he, a servant, became their leader, and they became his constituents.

Having a servant leadership viewpoint helps any chief executive focus on company performance and on the needs of constituents rather than on his or her own performance or image. The chief executive knows that he or she will get credit for good corporate performance as well as blame for poor performance. So the chief who isvary around the world. One American executive I know went to England to negotiate an alliance. He was successful, but the affiliation proved worthless. His rueful afterthought: “I wish I had known then that when most Britons nod their heads, it means ‘I understand you,’ not ‘I agree with you.’”

Listening was cited as playing an important role in the election by Fortune in 1994 of six new members of the National Business Hall of Fame, each of whom was “blessed as much with forehearing as foresight”:

“Of all the skills of leadership, listening is one of the most valuable—and one of the least understood. Most captains of industry listen only sometimes, and they remain ordinary leaders. But a few, the great ones, never stop listening. They are hear-aholics, ever


for acquisition candidates. Eventually, a fast-food chain became available. The taskforce studied it carefully and recommended to the president and chief operating officer that it be acquired.

The acquisition was made. After several years, however, poor results created a drag on the conglomerate’s profits. On closer examination, its chief executive realized that a fast-food chain was an entirely different type of business from a food manufacturer. Key factors for success were proper selection of sites and the selection and training of people to make and serve the products—as contrasted with manufacturing products in volume and packaging, distributing, advertising, and promoting them effectively. The conglomerate sold the fast-food chain (ironically, to another food manufacturer) and took a large charge against earnings. The president was fired.

This disaster could have been avoidedtimely decisions

A sound decision by an individual chief executive in a command company depends largely on his or her ability to think and to seek advice from others. In a leadership company, there will be fewer individual decisions, even by the chief executive. Most decisions will be checked by others, at the CEO’s request or at the initiative of others. In fact, all decisions should be of higher quality because so many people are free to speak up and to disagree.

The late Charles Mortimer, chairman of General Foods, was unusual in that he was openly trying to improve his own performance. In one of our sessions, he gave me a pamphlet by Robert Rawly entitled Time Out for Mental Digestion. He told me that he followed the message


CAIRO (AP) — Masked gunmen attacked opposition protesters camped out at Cairo’s Tahrir Square early on Tuesday, firing birdshot at them and wounding nine people, security officials said.

The attack stoked tensions just hours ahead of rival mass rallies in the Egyptian capital by supporters and opponents of the country’s Islamist president over a disputed draft constitution. The charter has vastly polarized the nation and triggered some of the worst violence since Mohammed Morsi took office in June as Egypt’s first freely elected president.

It was unclear who was behind the pre-dawn attack on the protesters, who have been staging a sit-in at Tahrir for nearly three weeks, said the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.

The protesters belong to theessentially penetrated only in the cross sectional area of the hollow needle. Due to the elasticity of the rubber or elastomer material, the boundary surface of the puncture channel formed in doing so is pressed against the outside periphery of the hollow needle so that a certain sealing is achieved without additional sealing elements. Moreover when the hollow needle is removed the puncture channel is automatically reclosed. But when examined minutely, it is found that when the hollow needle punctures, the material of the septum is not radially displaced in a uniform manner, but a small lengthwise tear forms. In the area of the ends of the tear however along the puncture channel between the material of the septum and the outside periphery of the hollow needle gusset-like


inside, by which a defined sealing surface which runs radially to the inside is formed. This surface can uniformly adjoin the surface of the inserted hollow needle over the periphery. Because this sealing surface is a defined surface area which is uniformly smooth especially over its periphery, the sealing of the hollow needle is especially good. Due to the toroidal connection, moreover the edge areas of the piercing area which are separated from one another are swivelled away axially from this active sealing surface of the sealing profile so that they cannot adversely affect the sealing. This avoids the adverse effect which is occasionally observed in a combination of sealing films with sealing rings, specifically the remainder of the sealing film is retracted between the seal and thelikewise tubular ink outlet of an ink reservoir and fixed therein.
In the above described embodiment, the sealing bead after splitting the piercing area when the hollow needle on its inner edge is inserted is bent moreover radially to the outside and drawn in the puncture direction by the arising friction forces of the suspended remainders of the piercing area. In this way the arched bottom area of the bead is twisted toroidally. In particular the sealing bead with the U-shaped cross section assumes the shape of an O ring on its inner periphery. Due to the swivelling and pulling motion of the split parts of the piercing area it is narrowed so that an especially internal opening cross section of this O ring-like seal yields moreover good radial


sealing of the inserted hollow needle.
One especially advantageous embodiment of the invention as an alternative to the above described sealing bead calls for the sealing profile to be made as a sealing ring. Before the first use, i.e. before the first insertion of the hollow needle, the through opening of this sealing ring is sealed by the piercing area. This piercing area is made as a membrane-like, thin film which is connected to the inside edge of the sealing ring and has a smaller material thickness than the profile cross section of the sealing ring. The function and the resulting advantages of the sealing ring correspond essentially to the sealing bead. Upon piercing, first the puncture area is split by the hollow needle so that the through openingof the sealing ring is cleared. The friction forces acting upon axial insertion between the outside periphery of the inserted hollow needle and the inside periphery of the sealing ring twist this sealing ring around a peripheral line in the shape of a torus. This results in that the inside periphery, where the piercing area is connected to the sealing ring, is turned away from the surface of the inserted hollow needle, while moreover a peripheral sealing area is swivelled to the inside, surrounding the hollow needle tightly on the outside.
To achieve the aforementioned effect, the inside diameter of the sealing ring which is sealed first with the piercing area is chosen to be somewhat smaller than the outside diameter of the hollow needle. In this way, on


the one hand it is ensured that the friction forces between the hollow needle and the sealing ring are large enough during puncture to twist the sealing ring around the peripheral line in the shape of a torus. On the other hand, the sealing ring consisting of rubber elastic material in the punctured state under radial pretensioning adjoins the hollow needle; this benefits good sealing action.
The sealing ring can have a round, preferably circular cross section. With the circular cross sectional profile a torus shape arises which corresponds to a classical O ring which can in the conventional manner adjoin a peripheral linear sealing surface on the hollow needle to form a good seal. In an individual case it can furthermore be advantageous for the sealing ring toarea of this thin crosspiece for executing the toroidal twisting as claimed in the invention.
In the version with the sealing ring the sealing profile can be made symmetrical with respect to the piercing plane. This piercing plane is defined by the piercing area. There is mirror symmetry to this surface when the sealing profile is made as an O ring with a circular profile cross section, the attachment to the mounting element taking place on the outer peripheral line and the piercing area being peripherally connected to the inside edge of the sealing ring. The symmetrical arrangement has advantages in production engineering. Moreover, installation is simplified thereby.
The piercing area can be made as a thin membrane with a smaller material thickness than that of the sealing profile or


the sealing bead. Alternatively, the piercing area can have essentially the same material thickness as in the area of the sealing bead, but then can be provided with molded-in scored areas with a reduced material thickness. They are made for example as notches arranged in a line or cross-shape.
Preferably the connecting area between the piercing area and the sealing profile has a reduced material thickness. In this way, a type of annularly peripheral film hinge is formed which ensures that the separated areas of the sealing area when the hollow needle is inserted in the insertion direction are swivelled away from the sealing area of the sealing profile without the sealing profile being deformed in an uncontrolled manner.
Preferably the sealing element is produced from elastic material, such asfor advancing each sheet in the stack to a processing station, each of the two feed rollers of the auto compensating mechanism of the aforesaid Padget et al patent has been disposed to be vertically aligned with a last sheet restraint pad. Each of the two feed rollers engages one of the last sheet restraint pads after the last sheet is fed.
The last sheet restraint pad has a long, narrow configuration to insure engagement by the vertically aligned feed roller when the tray is empty. When there are only two sheets remaining in the stack, the coefficient of friction between the last sheet restraint pad and the lowermost sheet in the stack enables the feed rollers to advance only the uppermost of the two sheets from the tray.
The


location of the last sheet restraint pads in vertical alignment with the feed rollers has enabled very satisfactory feeding of sheets having a width for which the auto compensating mechanism is designed. However, this arrangement has prevented automatic feeding of narrow sheets from a stack, particularly where one of the last sheet restraint pads and the cooperating feed roller are positioned so that the feed roller could engage the last sheet restraint pad near the end of the feeding of the stack of sheets but before feeding is completed. That is, when the stack is relatively shallow, the feed roller, which is exterior of the periphery of the narrow width sheets of the stack, would engage the last sheet restraint pad. This would result in feeding of theJoe Biden's been quiet.

Aside from a stop-and-chat with CNN at the Philadelphia airport and a tweet condemning Rep. Steve King of Iowa, the former vice president has remained largely out of public view during the first couple weeks of the new year.

All around him swirl budding 2020 presidential candidacies: Elizabeth Warren's opening trips to Iowa and New Hampshire, Kamala Harris' book tour, Julian Castro's launch, Kirsten Gillibrand's announcement to Stephen Colbert on CBS' "The Late Show" on Tuesday night.

Meanwhile, Biden's largely kept his head down, with no travel booked to early primary states and few public sightings.

"He's been radio silent," says Dick Harpootlian, a South Carolina Democratic state senator and longtime Biden ally, "so I think he's deciding what to do."

There's a theory held by some Biden confidantes


impacts the potential candidacy of Bernie Sanders, who is 77.

It means Biden would finish a first term at age 82, four years over the current average life expectancy for Americans.

More enticingly, as an elder statesman, he would be a front-runner this time, enjoying a polling advantage at the starting line that he never had ahead of 2016 or in either of his prior bids in 2008 and 1988.

Biden won 32 percent of the vote of likely Iowa Democratic caucus-goers in a poll taken a month ago, a field-leading number placing him 13 points ahead of second-place Sanders. Perhaps more significantly was that caucus-goers preferred a "seasoned hand" to a "newcomer" by a 13-point margin.

But his most potent allure is the perception he can defeat President Donald Trump, thatstate. There's the chance that Biden could get eaten up and spit out by the ascendant, aggressively liberal Democratic Party base, fueled by popular populist agitators like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and her throngs of younger acolytes who aren't waiting to be asked for a seat at the agenda-setting table.

Biden would be forced to explain his actions from another era, in which he oversaw the hearings of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, heaped praise on William Barr, now Trump's nominee for attorney general, and worked to pass a crime bill that critics argue led to an epidemic of mass incarceration.

He will go through the ringer and is clear-eyed that the crowded nomination fight will be a slog, with potential for embarrassment. Failing in a third White


House run at his age would be an enduring blemish on his legacy – a legacy that could alternatively end with his two-term run as a largely successful vice president and America's favorite uncle.

Those who have worked for Biden before believe that he won't let speculation drag on for months and that he'll make a decision soon. Given his predilection for unscripted remarks and moments, when and how he chooses to reveal that decision is another matter. Rather than as part of an overly polished, carefully calibrated rollout, he could just blurt it out at a time of his choosing – and still reap the media windfall.

He's scheduled to speak at Al Sharpton's National Action Network's Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast in Washington on Monday. He'll appear atOak Park isn't relying on that and has said it's important to review the historical significance on its own.

Research, Kaarre said, revealed that the federal highway process exempts certain restrictions related to the left-sided exit ramps and IDOT's plans, which makes the discussion about any historical relevance of Oak Park's ramps less significant. An agreement between the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation exempts the interstate highway system.

The areas surrounding the ramps, however, may play a key role. He emphasized to the board that IDOT's most recent plans "appear they are looking to expand the expressway into the ditch," but he was unsure which areas yet. Plans still do appear to focus on the Harlem Avenue and Austin Boulevard ramps, which would have


significant impact on surrounding areas, Kaarre said.

In his report to the board, Kaare said once an area has been determined to be eligible for listing on the National Register by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, it triggers a review process. This could force IDOT to alter any plans that pose negative impacts to any historic resources.

"If successful, this determination, along with the Hulbert and Hogan Homes subdivision determinations, would provide coverage of historic properties along the entire length of the expressway," according to Kaarre.

Conducting historical surveys for such projects is nothing new for Oak Park. In 2010, according to the planner's report, former Village Manager Tom Barwin requested that the Oak Park Historic Preservation Commission look into preservation options for the center exit ramps along the expressway. Thevillage learned that architectural surveys were the most "feasible and effective approach" to understanding what resources would be impacted by an expansion or alteration of the Ike.

According to the report, "This will afford the village the opportunity of providing historic resources with recognition and protection well in advance of any formal plans that may be released by IDOT."

Last week's deadly wrongway crash on the Eisenhower that killed two is at least in part due to the left lane ramp configuration. It was caused by a driver mistakenly turning left from Harlem onto the exit ramp from the eastbound lanes of the Ike and right into the oncoming traffic. It's surprising this doesn't happen more often. And this is the configuration that special interests in Oak Park are so


anyways and removing the Austin and Harlem exits altogether.

Clayton

Posted: July 15th, 2013 1:36 PM

That "vintage" building was a dump and the Village was made to buy it by nincompoops who swore otherwise and now you have a parking lot. Hip Tip: Shut up and let people do their jobs and perhaps you won't end up with a parking lot in place of development.

The Irony Police

Posted: July 15th, 2013 12:45 PM

Is this the same village that recently paved over its pedestrian mall to accomodate more automobile traffic and bought and tore down a 1930's vintage office building in the heart of its business district to build a PARKING LOT to encourage more people to drive there? (Just checking.)

Ray Simpson from Oak Park Facebook Verified

Posted: July 15th, 2013 8:38 AM

Hasregion throughout the whole regeneration period. After implantation of minced diaphragm muscles, cartilage nodes were observed only in 7-day regenerates. At the end of observation, in the first instance, the area of muscle trauma in adult rat muscles was replaced by adipose tissue, even in the case of initial laser irradiation. During the implantation of diaphragm muscles, the area of trauma was filled with regenerating muscle tissue.


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With ESPN acquiring the broadcast rights for the UFC, the final UFC on FOX show will go down from Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 15th. It looks like that show will be headlined by a lightweight match-up between Al Iaquinta and Kevin Lee:

Lee had a five-fight win streak snapped by Tony Ferguson a year ago. “El Cucuy” submitted Lee for the interim lightweight title in the bout. This past April, Lee returned to the Octagon and made a statement. He dominated Edson Barboza en-route to a fifth round TKO win.

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Category:Populated places in Gotland CountyIn-conversation with scarf designer Fariba Soltani

The journey of becoming a designer is a long one, which makes listening to someone recap it for you a fascinating process. Fariba Soltani is quiet a striking character, a woman who clearly sees where she is going and who is not afraid of the challenges that her career presents her with.

Fariba launched her eponymous line of designer scarves in the beginning of this year and was offered a place on Fenwick’s ( in Bond street ) accessories department shelves three months later. Knowing fully well that it is by no means an easy task, I observed Fariba closely, intrigued by her, as we chatted animatedly over juice.

In real life Fariba appears exactly the way that a photographer’s lens captures her. An average


height, with shortish raven black hair, a vivid red lipstick framing her lips, wearing impeccably white shirt and one of her scarves draped casually around her neck, she certainly comes across as a confident, modern woman.

She was born in Iran and lived there until the age of 25, when she moved to London, following the winds of change. Fariba’s parents tried to push her towards a career in medicine but as Fariba told me, ‘medicine never charmed me’. Somehow, intuitively, she knew deep inside that she wanted to evolve creatively.

Having gained a Bachelor degree in Interior Architechture from Kingston University, Fariba ended up working for the practise of the renowned architect Sir Norman Foster but ruefully admits that when one works in a practise like that, work becomesbe better with that second unit. I take responsibility for what transpired there."

The Cavs were up by three to start the fourth quarter, with Irving taking the floor alongside Cleveland reserves Matthew Dellavedova, Channing Frye, Richard Jefferson and Timofey Mozgov (who came off the bench with Tristan Thompson getting the start against Chicago).

Kyrie Irving's three turnovers contributed to the Cavaliers' fourth-quarter swoon, which prevented Cleveland from clinching the No. 1 seed in the East on Saturday night. "I take responsibility for what transpired there," the Cavs' point guard said. AP Photo/Jeff Haynes

Within the first four minutes of the fourth, the Bulls were up by seven, with Irving contributing two turnovers and two missed shots on the first six possessions of the quarter.

"They tried to blitz and corral or


-- but tonight is one of those nights, a learning lesson."

After playing the entire third quarter, James re-entered the game with 7:50 remaining and the Cavs down by seven. The Bulls' lead swelled to 13 before Cleveland mounted a comeback and pulled within two when Dellavedova's potential go-ahead 3 with 2.5 seconds left fell short. After Pau Gasol went 1-for-2 on a subsequent trip to the free throw line, J.R. Smith had a chance to tie it at the buzzer but also missed.

"We played great basketball for 36 minutes," James said. "The fourth quarter was kind of challenging for the lineup that we had in there. At the end of the day, we still had an opportunity."

Like Lue, James was not pleased with the turnovers.

"My saying is alwaysScotland's first subsidy-free onshore windfarm to be operational by 2020

A 46MW onshore windfarm in Dumfries and Galloway, in south-west Scotland, has joined the race to become the first in the country to become operational without the support of Government subsidies.

Independent Scottish developer Muirhall Energy is working with WWS Renewables to start construction of the 46MW Crossdykes Wind Farm and is expected to start producing power in September 2020.

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And we will rewardBorn in the bicultural/bilingual setting of El Paso, Texas/Juárez, Chihuahua, attended the University of Texas El Paso, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, & the University of Oregon. Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing & Literature, taught at the University of Oregon, Western State College of Colorado, Central Washington State University, the University of Texas El Paso, and Laney College, Oakland where he founded the Mexican and Latin American Studies Dept.

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Rafael Jesús González, born in the bicultural/bilingual setting of El Paso, Texas/Juárez, Chihuahua, attended the University of Texas El Paso, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, & the University of Oregon. Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing & Literature, he has taught at the University of Oregon, Western State College of Colorado, Central Washington State University, the University of Texas at


El Paso, and Laney College, Oakland (where he founded the Mexican and Latin American Studies Dept.)
He has thrice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. He was Poet in Residence at the Oakland Museum of California and the Oakland Public Library under the Poets & Writers “Writers on Site” award in 1996. He served as contributing editor for The Montserrat Review and received the Annual Dragonfly Press Award for Literary Achievement in 2002. In 2003 he was honored by the National Council of Teachers of English & Annenberg/CPB for his writing. In June 2007, he was honored for excellence in poetry at the 20th World Congress of Poets, Montgomery, Alabama.

Wednesday evening was filled with poetry, music and activism when Rafael Jesús González (poet, professor, artist and bilingual studies innovator)read to a full house at La Raza Galería Posada. He was accompanied by flautist and Rooted in Community co-director Gerardo O. Marín and artist and activist Colin Miller.

The event was hosted by Los Escritores del Nuevo Sol / Writers of the New Sun and opened with local writer JoAnn Anglin. She spoke of the group’s founding in 1993, its monthly writing group, monthly readings and of the group’s anthology, “Voices of the New Sun: Songs and Stories / Voces del Nuevo Sol: Cantos y Cuentos.”

González was introduced by Dr. Fausto Avendaño, a retired Sacramento State foreign language professor, who explained that the evening’s reading would be bilingual. Poems, stories and introductions would be read in Spanish, and English versions, not translations, would follow.

The two men met many


from the full house that remained through nearly three hours, in a room that was often too warm, the sage-burning worked.

He began with a poem honoring Rosh Hashanah, the first day of the Jewish New Year. As with most poems, González provided some background. His third poem was one of his first published poems, and he says the topic is “as pertinent today as it was then.” The poem’s last line is “Señor, how much is this?”

To which he responded, “Too much. Far, far too much. Many of us were asked to give up our culture and our language to assimilate. We lost our names and took on English names to protect us from prejudices.”

Being an activist and a poet, many of the evening’s poems were politically charged.compassion outrageduntil it explodes------------------- spilling the beans.

On this day in 1957, 1,000 troops secured Little Rock Central High, allowing nine black students to enter and attend school. It was a historic day in the Civil Rights movement not because it was the first school to desegregate, but because it was the first time federal intervention was used to do so.

When the Supreme Court struck down the "separate but equal" doctrine in 1954, banning segregated public schools, it left up to individual states and communities the issue of how and when integration would proceed. Little Rock had approved a gradual approach; the high school would integrate first, then the middle schools, then elementary. But when the time came for black students to enroll in Central High, Arkansas Governor Orval


Faubus reneged on the deal, surrounding the school with National Guard troops on the first day of the year to protect people, he claimed, from the caravans of protestors on their way to Little Rock. In fact, the Guard denied entrance to the nine black students who attempted to enroll as a crowd of about 300 people gathered. Within days, the spectacle was over, but the Guard remained, napping on the school's lawn and reading newspapers to pass the time. The approach that Southern moderates like William Faulkner had preached was quickly turning from "go slow" into "don't go."

More than two weeks passed before a federal injunction withdrew the National Guard from the school. When Little Rock police officers escorted the nine black students into school on themorning of September 23, crowds of protestors outside became so menacing that administrators had the students slip out a side entrance before noon.

And so two days later, President Eisenhower ordered the Screaming Eagles 101st Airborne Division stationed in Kentucky to escort the nine black students back in — and ensure they were able to stay. By then, the national media attention on Little Rock had become intense, drawing massive crowds — although, as the school newspaper reminded students, the protestors represented less than 1 percent of the town's population.

Of the "Little Rock Nine," as the black students became known, only three graduated from Central High. Five finished their education elsewhere; one was expelled for responding to the constant harassments of her classmates, once by overturning a bowl of


chili on a tormentor. (The bullies went largely unpunished.) All nine credited their parents for encouraging them to enroll — and attend class — despite intense scrutiny and racism.

On this day in 1789, the First Federal Congress of the United States proposed 12 amendments to the recently ratified Constitution. Ten of them were ultimately adopted to become what's known as the Bill of Rights.

The amendments were the result of a major compromise between opposing factions, the Federalists — who thought the Constitution was a sound and sufficient document — and the Anti-Federalists, who worried that it gave far too much power to the central government and didn't protect individual freedoms. The two sides were at an impasse, and the Constitution was at risk of being rejected, until an1992, was that second article proposed and rejected back in 1789, delaying any change to Congress's pay until the following session. The very first article proposed is still pending before state legislatures.

As the anonymous saying goes, "Democracy is cumbersome, slow and inefficient, but in due time, the voice of the people will be heard and their latent wisdom will prevail."

The balance of day & nightis lit by the early sapphire of dawn-----& the late opal of dusk.It rises on obelisk of nephrite, of jadeto the cardinal point of the air,the lever of the wind,----& on each copper plate----are measured art & consequences--------(love weighs on the back---------of indecision,---------on the loins of desire.)The fulcrum of autumnholds over chaostremulous & irresolute----feeling, thought —--------love, beauty, truth —dreams, always dreams, just dreams.

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Rafael Jesús González, poet, professor, artist and bilingual studies innovator, is a life-long writer who lives between Mexico and Berkeley. He has been the elder in a Latino men's ritual group, Xochipilli, which works with the Oakland Museum of California's annual Dia de Los Muertos. He has contributed art installations there and also for the Mexican Museum and the Mission Cultural Center, both in San Francisco.

Prof. Gonzalez' formal education took place at the University of Texas, El Paso, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, & the University of Oregon.

He has taught throughout the west, and advises and contributes articles to literary journals. His most recent publication is The Lunatic Muse, which he will have for sale at this reading.

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Escritores dellike human love,----------demanding like the holy faith.

Godmother moon looks at uswith impassive face& blesses allwith her lent light.She protects us from meteorites& is midwife of terrestrial lifefor without her pull of the seasthere would not be the poolsof the tides that birthed uswho crawl or walk on land.The moon blesses uswith her borrowed light.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

--Ten years ago in September 2001, I flew to Boston for the wedding of my godson Max Villalva Valdés and decided to stay on to visit friends intending to return from Boston to San Francisco on September 11. However, I changed my return flight a few days earlier to attend another celebration of friends by San Francisco Bay. So it is that on September 11, 2001, I was able to write:

Love &


ownership of the means of production under centralized governmental control, belligerent nationalism and racism, glorification of war, etc.: first instituted in Italy in 1922. 3. a) the political philosophy and movement based on such doctrines and policies. b) fascist behavior.]Now, the nation is deep in an illegal, immoral occupation of Iraq, and an untenable war in Afghanistan making the world infinitely more vulnerable to terrorism by nations (such as the U. S.) and organizations (such as al-Qaeda.) Those same fascist forces, bankrupt morally, have bankrupt the nation (and the world) economically.

But the date of September 11 is a day of tragedy for more than one reason.

On a more personal level, it was on September 11, 1991 that my beloved friend and comadre, scholar, organizer, activist Guillermina Valdés deyou have died.

The death of poet musician Víctor Jara has become a legend, almost a popular myth. It is told that being held in the Stadium of Santiago de Chile among the multitude of political prisoners, he took his guitar and began to sing. His songs being so popular, the other prisoners accompanied him. The guards then grabbed his guitar and stomped it to pieces under their boots. Then with their bayonets they cut off Victor’s hands. According to the story, Victor continued singing until, his blood draining into the sand, he died.


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Chapter of the Year
Best Sub-plot
Best Entrance
Most Epic Moment
Funniest Moment
Most Anticipated Moment of 2018

Note they we removed both the "Best Fight" and "Best Returning Character" awards due to eligibility constraints. The Best Fight award will automatically go to "Luffy vs. Katakuri" and will be officially announced as the winner on the 1st of January.

So vote, enjoy, and have yourselves a very merry Christmas and a happy and fantastic holiday season.

Character categories:Character of the Year - PedroBest Strawhat - BrookBest Supporting Character (non-Strawhat) - PedroBest Villain - The door Best Male Character - PedroBest Female Character - the furryBest New Character - Dogtooth when he's not eating like a retard Funniest Character - Big meme and her jokers provided a lot of comedyBest Design - Capone Best Breakout Character (least


expected of, delivered most) - the door that stopped a YC
Direction Categories:Chapter of the Year - None of themMost Anticipated Moment of 2018 - getting out of this fucking island

Shit-list Categories:Worst Chapter - 95 % of chapters were dogshitWorst Moment - Most of this arcWorst Character - MemeFlop of the Year (most expected of, least delivered) - Meme, smoothieWorst sub-plot - Most of this arc

Usually against skipping fight awards but good idea for this year since aside from Luffy VS Katakuri we just got skirmishes.

Character categories:
Character of the Year: Katakuri
Best Strawhat: Luffy
Best Supporting Character (non-Strawhat): Capone
Best Villain: Katakuri
Best Male Character: Katakuri
Best Female Character: Carrot
Best New Character: Katakuri
Funniest Character: Brook
Best Design: Katakuri
Best Breakout Character (least expected of, delivered most): Capone

Character categories:
Character of the Year
Best Strawhat nico robin
Best Supporting CharacterThe back story of Big Mam's character.

Entrance- Lord Katakuri.

Top Ranked Scene- Big Mam's character easily besting a legendary character at barely more than a toddler.

Funniest Scene- Jinbe including Lord Diesel and Lady Brulee as part of their army. Although Luffy and Brook drinking and eating whatever they want in The Firetank Pirates' Ship is hilarious as well as is the protagonists taking baths.

Character categories:
Character of the Year: Capone
Best Strawhat: Brook
Best Supporting Character (non-Strawhat): Capone
Best Villain: Katakuri
Best Male Character: Capone
Best Female Character: Nami
Best New Character: Katakuri
Funniest Character: Brook
Best Design: Carrot in her transformed state if it counts
Best Breakout Character (least expected of, delivered most): Brook

Character categories:
Character of the Year - Katakuri
Best Strawhat - Brook
Best Supporting Character (non-Strawhat) - Katakuri
Best Villain - Katakuri
Best Male Character - Katakuri
Best Female Character -


Give wolves a chance

Bryce Andrews experienced "rage" when, after domestic
cattle were pushed into limited wolf range, some livestock were
killed by wolves this summer (HCN, 8/20/07). His
own participation in the public-lands ranching industry apparently
notwithstanding, Andrews took solace that, by personally killing
the alpha male of the local wolf pack, he contributed to a
"moderate" solution to wolf-grazing conflicts. We shudder to think
what Andrews would consider an extreme solution.

The
livestock industry originally exterminated wolves from the American
West, appropriates more than 80 percent of the annual forage
resource on some federal grazing allotments, and has protested
every step of the wolf reintroduction program in the Lower 48
states. Government agents and ranchers eliminated at least 142
wolves in the Northern Rockies to protect livestock in 2006, and
538 wolves have been killed since 1987.

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will not reduce wolf conflictsto hang with the Packers once A-Rod got the offense going. Randall Cobb burst back onto the scene with three touchdown grabs and he will need to play another top-end game if Nelson is out. Jared Cook and Davante Adams are big-bodied and tough to matchup against. The 26th ranked pass defense in Dallas will have their hands full against Rodgers and his receivers. The Packers finished the regular season ranked 7th in passing yards and 4th in points per game at 27 per contest.

The Cowboys will counter-punch with the run game. Dallas averages nearly 150 rush yards per game behind Ezekial Elliott and the best run-blocking offense line in the league. Zeke averages 5.1 yards per carry and notched 15 rushing touchdowns in his rookie campaign. He


is also a factor in the passing game, adding 363 yards out of the backfield, bringing his scrimmage total to just short of 2,000 yards. As impressive as those rookie numbers are, Dak Prescottís might be more impressive. Dak finished the season hitting on nearly 68% of his passes and turned in a 23-to-4 touchdown-to-interception ratio. He ran for 282 yards and six scores on the ground to round out one of the more complete rookie QB campaigns this side of Cam Newton. Prescott was eased in a bit during the early going but he appears more and more confident with all of his throws and the playbook is opening up as well. Dez Bryant was out for much of the early season but has come back toTobey Maguire is one of a number of alleged Hollywood high rollers being sued for their winnings in an illegal, high stakes regular poker game, as RadarOnline and Star Magazine first reported.

It was alleged in a deposition of the game's ringleader that Maguire was a frequent participant in the secret, high stakes game; one source told the publications that he would average $1 million in winnings a month over a three year period. The games, the suit alleges, were, "exclusive events, by invitation only," and featuring "a regular roster of players consisting of wealthy celebrities, entrepreneurs, attorneys and businessmen."

The suit comes as a result of the conviction of Brad Ruderman, the CEO of Ruderman Capital Partners, who is in prison -- he was sentenced to at least 10


years in January 2010 -- for operating a wire fraud and investment advisor fraud scheme that lost investors $25 million.

Ruderman participated in the games, hosted by Molly Bloom Inc., from summer 2006 to March 2009, losing big money to a number of celebrities. That included Maguire, who is now being sued by the trustee of those who lost money in the ponzi scheme; because, the trustee believes, the game was not licensed with the state of California, they claim that Maguire wrongfully took their clients' money when he allegedly won games against Ruderman.

The games allegedly took place in a number of luxury hotels, including The Four Seasons Hotel and the Beverly Hills Hotel. Those locations are not licensed to host gambling, the trustee insists, furthering the victims' claimto Maguire's winnings. They are seeking $311,300, plus interest, as Maguire was "not entitled to receive the transfers from the Debtor, which transfers were compromised of improperly-diverted investor funds."

Director Nick Cassavetes and Gabe Kaplan, of "Welcome Back Kotter," are also being sued. Star and Radar report, citing Dan Bilzerian, a player in the game and multiple eye-witnesses, that A-list actors such as Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio were also involved in the games, though they are not being sued.

Maguire is perhaps best known for his starring role in the "Spider-Man" films, as well as his star turn in "Seabiscuit."


At the ceremony to make things official, the three executives got to talk around the trophy first. Owner. General Manager. Coach. In that order. The Cleveland Cavaliers had just become Eastern Conference champs, and this is how their prize would be presented, at the center of the court in the center of the city's celebration, by first asking the questions of the men who hoped it before talking to the one who had actually made it so. When the time for reward-reaping came, and it was packaged for the masses on television, it immediately became about organization/chain of command/power hierarchy. Suits before sweat, by matter of official ceremony.

Symbolically, LeBron James stood apart from this, in the back, until he was summoned for his turn to talk after thecorporate leaders. He approached slowly. He didn't look like the man most responsible for this celebration, or even like someone who felt like celebrating it. Hands locked behind back. Head down. Looking at the ground a lot. He only unlocked his hands to paw at his face and fidget with his baseball cap, on and off, on and off, as if trying to find something under which to hide. It looked uncomfortable, being placed at the end of How Things Have Always Been.

James is a paradigm shifter who believes in player empowerment. You wouldn't see his joy until after that starched ceremony, as his shirtless teammates took selfies in a locker-room hot tub with bottles of champagne. There, among his boys, and only among his boys, the player


he never got a response. It was too late. James rented Miami for what he needed, and he was no longer interested in being a consultant. He wanted to be in charge.

There is this insulted feeling in the Heat organization that James used Riley as legendary leverage at the end, as a public pawn, flying him across the country and making him wait in Las Vegas for a short meeting with an already-determined outcome -- so James' men could negotiate all the power they wanted from Cleveland in the interim with the very public lie that Miami was still in play -- and to show Riley who was really in charge. That may or may not be accurate, but this is: James, the paradigm shifter, didn't look likehe was working for the owner, general manager and coach in Cleveland as much as it looked like they were working for him.

Such an interesting thing, power. Sports customers and consumers tend to be more comfortable with management having it because management is aligned with the fan's and team's interest more than, say, that greedy millionaire punk who might hold out for more money even though he signed a damn contract. In sports, we often side with the little guy, the underdog, but not in sports business. That's one of the few places in which we side with the boss over labor even though most of us are, you know, labor.

What James did to Riley and Miami at the end is either morally wrong or simply business, and


handled new coach David Blatt became an issue. Casey Sapio/USA TODAY Sports

James appeared to be coaching his own team in the NBA Finals. An ESPN.com report last week revealed that James ignored and "emasculated" coach David Blatt in huddles. After this report, Blatt held a media conference to talk about what an honor and privilege it had been to help a player of James' stature. A coach yells at a player, that's the job. A player yells at a coach, that's disrespectful. But only if you insist on holding on to old constructs. What if the player knows more than the coach, is more valuable, is respected more by his teammates and is a computer made of fast-twitch muscle fiber better at making decisions than anyone in thea guy telling him things he wants to hear? No. James wants veto power. He needs a coach like a golfer needs a caddie. That turns the power structure upside down in a way that can get uncomfortable for them. But Blatt is there to help, not push. He's not in charge. He's the help. That wasn't ever going to fly in Miami, where the legend atop the organization made that legend as a coach.

James doesn't just believe in player empowerment. He believes in empowering his friends in business, too. If James and his crew did indeed use Riley as legendary leverage, if they did get power over player personnel and promises of owner Dan Gilbert going deep into the luxury tax, is this the appalling greed of


a power-hungry egomaniac punk? Or is it simply something all of us with value would want in his position? Hell, you could argue James is entitled to the kind of arrangement that gives him run of the downtrodden place.

Bloomberg reports the Cavs' franchise value nearly doubled, from $550 million to $1 billion, the moment he decided to return. James made only $20 million last season in his capped sport, going by one-year contracts to keep leverage and insure against corporate mistrust. He is America's most valuable athlete and grossly underpaid. The Cavs were 66-16 and 61-21 before he left, and 19-63, 21-45, 24-58 and 33-49 while he was in Miami. The Cavs were last in attendance in 2003 when James started and have always been near the topsince -- as long as he is playing there. Second in attendance this season, 16th, 22nd and 19th before that. And now, all of a sudden, great players also want to play in Cleveland to be at his side.

There were many benefits to James relocating his corporate headquarters. He fixed his image. He went from booing to applause. He went home to less pressure. "Almost" is good enough for now. He's playing for one championship, total, one for his home, instead of having the win-or-bust burden of playing for one every single season.

Alleged employee LeBron James got something else, too, that he never would have gotten in Miami:

A promotion.

This story by Dan Le Batard also appears in the Miami Herald.


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I just spoke with Shudeish about how soon the actual permits will be
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of the comment period (this was announced at the hearing) to allow mailed
comments postmarked on Friday, Nov 23 to reach DEQ. He then said that he
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After we were done (amid questions by the general public of "How many are in there?!" "When are you due?" "Oh my gosh! Good luck!") we drove down to Denver's Greek Town in search of...a Jamaican Bakery. Yes, a Jamaican Bakery in Colorado. That is located in Greek Town. Run by a Trinidadian.

Life is funny.

It got even funnier when mom established her Jamaican street cred. They had no idea where she was from, being somewhere in their twenties mom thinksthey had no idea that Jamaicans actually used to come in assorted shades. Mom told one guy there that she was "...more Jamaican than you." How is this possible? She was born on the eastern end of the island, went to school on the north-western part, grew up in the south-western part and then worked in Kingston, back in the east. She called herself an "all island girl". Instant respect from the guys. They asked if Eric, Caitlin and I were also Jamaican and we gave them the run down. The best part is that in Jamaica, you never know. It's such a mixed culture that there are the ones that everyone thinks of from the commercials all the way to the blonde haired, blue eyed versions. My


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University of New Mexico sophomore Robert Caldwell made the most of his Texas Relays debut, clearing an NCAA regional qualifying and personal record height of 17-00.75 in the section B pole vault on Thursday. Caldwell's was one of several strong performances turned in by the New Mexico contingent over the past two days to open the prestigious four-day meet. Seniors Amanda Barnes (shot put) and Derek Mackel (pole vault), and freshman Whitney Johnson (pole vault) wrap up the Lobos' stay in Austin with section A competition this afternoon.

Caldwell, who recorded his previous best mark of 16-04.75 last year in Las Cruces, missed his first two attempts at the personal record height before clearing the bar on his third and final try. The Socorro, N.M. nativematched the best mark of the day, but finished tied for third due to his number of attempts. Caldwell became the third Lobo in the last decade to surpass the 17-foot mark outdoors, along with Mackel who also cleared 17-00.75 last weekend in El Paso.

Seniors Jamie Fishencord and Veronica R. Gonzales also turned in strong efforts. Fishencord recorded a mark of 180-05 on Thursday to finish eighth in the hammer throw, just behind the nation's seventh-ranked thrower, Kim Barrett of Miami (181-04). On Friday, Gonzales placed 10th in the section B javelin field of 18 with a throw of 142-00. Both women surpassed the NCAA regional qualifying standard for the second time this season in their respective events.

Fifth-year senior Jordan Parker, meanwhile, enjoyed a strong Texas Relays debut


of his own on Friday afternoon, finishing seventh in the section B shot put competition with a toss of 53-01.50. Parker scratched on four of his six attempts, including all three in the finals, but bested 14 other competitors in the field with his third throw.

In other Friday action, Fishencord (148-01) and Barnes (147-08) finished 11th and 12th, respectively, in the section B discus, while junior Jessica McIntyre was 15th in the section B javelin with a mark of 133-03. The UNM women's 4x400-meter relay team opened the day by placing 40th in the 50-team field with a time of 3:49.62. Parker finished 18th in the section B discus later that afternoon with a mark of 159-04 on his only legal throw, while senior Matt Keeran was 16thdied when he left the dog in his car following a long shift. Arpaio notified TV news stations and arrested Lovejoy on animal-abuse charges (Lovejoy has since been cleared and has filed his own lawsuit against Arpaio).

Sadly, many children have died after being left in cars in Arizona, but Arpaio isn't as aggressive when it comes to human beings. Clearly, he believes he will get more coverage by aggressively going after animal-abuse cases than by pursuing parents whose negligence results in the deaths of their children.

Democrat Dan Saban, who's

running against Arpaio in the general election, has also been an Arpaio victim. Arpaio's people leaked a bogus story that Saban had sexually molested his own mother. In fact, Saban was the one who was sexually abused as a young


In the blue collar town of Blasdell, N.Y., Woodlawn Deli owner Mike Shafer stepped away from the cash register for a few minutes to explain why he believes Donald Trump is doing a great job as U.S. president.

Indeed, Shafer went one step further. Not only has Trump excelled as commander-in-chief during his brief time in office, but he's accomplished more than Barack Obama did in eight years, he said.

"He's stuck to everything he said he's going to do, so far, except put Hillary [Clinton] in jail. That's the only thing he hasn't done."

To be sure, Trump has had a busy two weeks since assuming the presidency, taking executive action on many fronts. He pulled the U.S. out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, began the process of rollingback the Affordable Care Act and moved forward with the Keystone XL pipeline project.

Executive orders

He also signed an executive order to begin planning the construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border to keep out illegal immigrants. And he barred Syrian refugees from coming into the U.S. indefinitely and imposed a 120-day ban on all refugees and 90-day ban on visitors coming from seven Muslim-majority countries. He also dismissed the country's acting attorney general who refused to enforce the travel ban and nominated conservative judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.

"At least he's trying to do stuff right away. Not just sit back," said Ray Sanford, a truck driver who made a quick stop at the deli to pick up a sandwich. "I think he's going to do


a good job. He's got the ambition to go and do stuff."

Ray Sanford gives Trump high marks for his first two weeks in office. (Mark Gollom/CBC)

While some of Trump's moves have sparked outrage and demonstrations across the country, many of his supporters seem very pleased.

Pro-Trump sentiment was certainly shared among many of the customers who trickled in for lunch at the small Woodlawn Deli, an establishment that is half restaurant, half grocery store. It's located on the west side of a major road that cuts deep through this Rust Belt area, which is home to a Republic Steel plant.

Blasdell is about 13 kilometres south of Buffalo, and both the town and the city are part of Erie County, which went for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. Still,Trump's controversial executive order to impose a temporary ban on refugees.

'Should be properly vetted'

"Do you lock your door at night? I lock my door at night. We don't just want anybody walking in," said Dave Thompson, sitting at one of the deli's tables, eating a wrap. "They should be properly vetted. They haven't been properly vetted."

Thompson, who engraves industrial steel rolls, said Trump is doing "an excellent job" and praised him for his executive orders, including the one that begins the process of rolling back Obamacare.

Dave Thompson said Trump's inaugural speech was 'beautiful.' (Mark Gollom/CBC)

He also "loved every minute" of Trump's inaugural speech, which was hammered by critics who characterized the address as a dark, confrontational, campaign-style polemic.

"I thought it was beautiful," Thompson said. "It was very positive.


He's going to take on crime. He's going to take on all this stuff in this country that everybody's ignored."

He got in there and started working right away. He didn't sit back, he didn't go on vacation. He didn't go to Hawaii. He didn't go on the golf course. He's working. - Trump supporter Sue Fassl

But not everyone at the Woodland Deli was enamoured with Trump's first two weeks.

"Horrible," said John Yeager, when asked to describe Trump's presidency thus far.

"Just across the board, just everything he's doing, everything on the news that's been negative about him," he said. "I've never had a president of our country where I've seen other countries protesting him."

'Feel like they're entitled'

But in nearby North Tonawanda, part of Niagara County, which did go forTrump, Sue Fassl dismissed those demonstrating across the U.S. against the president.

Most of them are nothing but a bunch of whining millennials, a product of a system that has "sugar coated everything all their lives," said Fassl, owner of Designer Sportswear.

"They don't have any idea of the real world," she said. "They feel like they're entitled to everything but they don't have to work for anything. Half of them don't have to balance a cheque book."

Fassl said she loves Trump, and that "he's been doing phenomenal."

"He got in there and started working right away. He didn't sit back. He didn't go on vacation. He didn't go to Hawaii. He didn't go on the golf course. He's working."

Sue Fassl said Trump has been doing 'phenomenal.' (Mark Gollom/CBC)

Over at the


National Bowling Store, Larry Okan sat waiting to purchase a new bowling ball. He said he wasn't surprised by reports the president may have had less-than-diplomatic discussions over the phone with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

"He likes to fight. It's a good quality. He's a negotiator. I'm a salesman, and I like to negotiate, too. It just goes hand in hand."

Salesman Larry Okan said Trump's reportedly tense calls with the president of Mexico and prime minister of Australia are just a sign that he likes to fight, which is a good quality. (Mark Gollom/CBC)

But Steve Hocking, who's "kind of neutral on Trump," said it's too soon to judge the new president and he'd rather re-evaluate him after his first 100 days.

"Who knows,"They say Japan was made by a sword." "They say the old gods dipped a coral blade into the ocean  and when they pulled it out, four perfect drops fell back into the sea  and those drops became the islands of Japan." "I say Japan was made by a handful of brave men  warriors willing to give their lives  for what seems to have become a forgotten word:" "Honor." "Ladies and gentlemen:" "Winchester." "America's leader in all forms of armament used by the United States Army celebrates our nation's centennial by bringing you a true American hero." "One of the most decorated warriors this country has ever known." "Winner of the Medal of Honor for his gallantry on the hallowed ground of Gettysburg." "He


Gateway Center for Giving Celebrates the Strength of Philanthropy in St. Louis

St. Louis, January 30, 2015—The Gateway Center for Giving convened 165 grantmakers and nonprofits at the Gateway Center’s Annual Meeting today to celebrate the generosity of donors in the St. Louis region and recognize four award winners for their grantmaking excellence and impact. Gateway Center members collectively represent more than $3.8 billion in charitable assets, of which more than $274 million are deployed in the St. Louis region each year.

The Excellence in Grantmaking Awards reflect an emphasis on best practices in the field and philanthropic sector leadership. Award winners are nominated by their grantmaking peers, community members, and nonprofits. This year’s four awards:

Excellence in Innovation in Philanthropy: recognizes a grantmaking organization that has put significant support towarda grantmaking organization that has made collaboration a central part of its grantmaking strategy, and has shown itself to be an effective collaborator among its grantmaking peers and community partners.

The winner in this category was nominated by Patrick McCulloch of MERS/Missouri Goodwill Industries. Awardee Bridget Flood of the Incarnate Word Foundation has provided substantial financial resources, time, and effort toward the creation of STL Youth Jobs, a large-scale youth employment program undertaken in collaboration with a host of other organizations that are listed here: www.stlyouthjobs.org.

Emerging Leader in Philanthropy: recognizes an individual who demonstrates generosity of spirit and a commitment to social impact, both professionally and personally. The award winner shows creativity and determination to improve the philanthropic sector, and demonstrates great potential for leading the sector in the


future. Nominated by Tom Barry of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region, the winner is Amy Soper of the Ohana Foundation, who has made a significant impact on the St. Louis community in a short period of time through her dedication of time, talent, and treasure. In addition to showing leadership through her range of philanthropic commitments, Amy serves as a board member and a volunteer at several community organizations, and she is currently enrolled in graduate school working on her social work degree.

Philanthropic Legacy: recognizes an individual or a family that has made a significant contribution to the philanthropic sector. The award winner has led an initiative or program that has changed the landscape of funding, or has made a significant or long-lasting contribution to aninnovative program in our region. Nominated by Opal Jones of Doorways, Mary and Steve Schoolman carry on the legacy of philanthropy in the St. Louis community through their work at the Clemence Lieber Foundation, spanning three generations of charitable efforts. Their impact today can be felt among dozens of community causes.

Business Meeting

Gateway Center Board Chair Ann Vazquez of the Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis welcomed the following new additions to the Gateway Center for Giving Board of Directors:

Matthew Kuhlenbeck of the Missouri Foundation for Health

Mary Kullman of The Laclede Group

Outgoing Board Members Jane Donahue of the St. Louis Public Schools Foundation and Robert Hughes of the Missouri Foundation for Health were both recognized for their outstanding service to the organization.

The Gateway Center’s Annual Meeting was hosted by the


Trends in sustainable landfilling in Malaysia, a developing country.
In Malaysia, landfills are being filled up rapidly due to the current daily generation of approximately 30,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste. This situation creates the crucial need for improved landfilling practices, as sustainable landfilling technology is yet to be achieved here. The objective of this paper is to identify and evaluate the development and trends in landfilling practices in Malaysia. In 1970, the disposal sites in Malaysia were small and prevailing waste disposal practices was mere open-dumping. This network of relatively small dumps, typically located close to population centres, was considered acceptable for a relatively low population of 10 million in Malaysia. In the 1980s, a national programme was developed to manage municipal and industrial wastes more systematically andto reduce adverse environmental impacts. The early 1990s saw the privatization of waste management in many parts of Malaysia, and the establishment of the first sanitary landfills for MSW and an engineered landfill (called 'secure landfill' in Malaysia) for hazardous waste. A public uproar in 2007 due to contamination of a drinking water source from improper landfilling practices led to some significant changes in the government's policy regarding the country's waste management strategy. Parliament passed the Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management (SWPCM) Act 2007 in August 2007. Even though the Act is yet to be implemented, the government has taken big steps to improve waste management system further. The future of the waste management in Malaysia seems somewhat brighter with a clear waste management policy in place.


forward in attempting to provoke pharmacovigilance in herbals.

Introduce pharmacovigilance concepts into the curriculum of herbals at the undergraduate and postgraduate level.Make reporting of adverse reactions to regulatory mandatory for herbal formulations.Human resource development is a key feature for the success of this enterprise. It will be necessary to train herbal experts in the science of pharmacovigilance and include them not only in reporting but also in assessment of the adverse reactions.Healthcare professionals should remain vigilant for potential interactions between herbals and prescription medications, especially when it involves medications with narrow therapeutic indices. Due to the wide use and easy availability of herbal medicines, herbal toxicity has become an issue of concern. The safety and quality of herbal medicine should be ensured through greater research, pharmacovigilance, greater regulatory control,Eco-Libertarian Alliance Pushes Replacement of Rural Air Service With Buses

Buried in the FAA extension passed last week was a line item for air service to connect rural communities to major airports. These are usually tiny flights, leaving from remote airports. All together, they use annual subsidies of over $163 million.

In July, when Republicans forced a temporary shutdown of the FAA, this “essential air service” was one of the major sticking points. The House wanted to end the federal subsidies funding the service (even though Republicans disproportionately represent rural districts) except for routes in Alaska and Hawaii, which would still be eligible for federal subsidies.

The Reason Foundation, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the American Bus Association, and Taxpayers for Common Sense – groups with wildly divergent missions – have


by adding genes rather than discarding them.

"A common assumption about evolution is that it is directed toward increasing complexity," said Erik Zinser, associate professor of microbiology. "But we know from analysis of microbial genomes that some lineages trend toward decreasing complexity, exhibiting a net loss of genes relative to their ancestor."

Zinser's opinion piece is published in mBio, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology. Jeffrey Morris and Richard Lenski of Michigan State University are co-authors. Morris was Zinser's doctoral student at UT.

The authors formed their theory after studying photosynthetic bacteria called Prochlorococcus.

"This marine microorganism continued to mystify us because it is the most common photosynthetic organism on Earth, but it is extremely difficult to grow in pure culture," Zinser said. "A major reason for thisMuston-Firsch is an assistive technology lab specialist at Craig Hospital, where she guides patients with brain and spinal cord injuries through physical therapy exercises. Muston-Firsch was Microsoft's point of contact at Craig as they put the controller together, and her patients got the chance to beta test it and provide feedback. After the reveal of the Xbox Adaptive Controller at Microsoft's offices in Redmond, she told the following story:

I had a patient named Reese and she came from a family -- she has 15 siblings, 15 brothers and sisters, which is insane -- but that's what they do. They game. She was teaching her younger siblings how to play Call of Duty, and that was kind of the way they related to each other. And then she had


a spinal cord injury. She had this major trauma happen and she was just thinking about all of the things she couldn't do anymore when she came to Craig for rehab. ... At that time, we were in beta testing, so I set her up with the Xbox Adaptive Controller, and within five minutes she was playing Call of Duty. And not only was she playing Call of Duty, which is an insanely difficult game to set somebody up with the first time if they have a disability and can't move their fingers, but she was copiloting with her younger brother. He was controlling just the right analog stick and she was doing everything else. Her mom was in the back, crying, because it was this super powerful...WEST LAFAYETTE Ind. - Researchers are making progress in creating dig...Graphene is a one-atom-thick layer of carbon that conducts electricity...However graphene's luster has dulled in recent years for digital appl... The fact that graphene is a zero-band-gap material by nature has rais...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers are making progress in creating digital transistors using a material called graphene, potentially sidestepping an obstacle thought to dramatically limit the material's use in computers and consumer electronics.

Graphene is a one-atom-thick layer of carbon that conducts electricity with little resistance or heat generation. After its discovery in 2004 - which earned a Nobel Prize in physics - it was touted as a potential replacement for silicon, possibly leading to ultrafast devices with simplified circuits that might be less expensive to manufacture.

However, graphene's


Cape Town - World Rugby has announced an amendment to to stipulate that a match cannot restart until a player leaving the field of play for a blood injury or Head Injury Assessment (HIA) has been temporarily replaced.

This follows Wales winger George North's try against England in Cardiff last weekend. North dotted down for a crucial score in Wales' 13-6 victory when the visitors had just 13 men on the park.

England's Anthony Watson was off with a yellow card, while at the same time scrumhalf Willi Heinz had to leave the field for an HIA.

After receiving a penalty, Wales flyhalf Dan Biggar took a quick tap before England could bring on a replacement for Heinz, with North eventually rounding off after a cross-kick.

World Rugby posted on its officialwebsite that the amendment, approved by the international federation's executive committee, codifies an area that was previously at the discretion of the referee.

a statement from the governing body read.

Wales' victory also saw them surge to the top of the World Rugby rankings for the first time.


As the host and Co-Executive Producer of the hit Syfy Channel series, Destination Truth, Josh has set foot in more than ninety countries!

For five seasons, adventurer Josh Gates has taken viewers around the world and off the map in a thrilling search for the truth behind the world’s most enduring mysteries. As the host and Co-Executive Producer of the hit Syfy Channel series, Destination Truth, Josh has set foot in more than ninety countries, blending his unique brand of humor with a passion for exploration. Also, he eats very gross things and changes a lot of flat tires. Usually while swearing.

Each week, Gates and his intrepid team set out to investigate age-old legends, recent cryptozoological sightings, and paranormal reports. The groundbreaking series is regarded as one of thethe Mediterranean, and his wanderlust has taken him from sweltering African deserts to the icy shores of Antarctica. In addition, he has scaled “the roof of Africa” on Mt. Kilimanjaro, and climbed Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in the Americas. Josh holds degrees from Tufts University in Archaeology and Drama and was recently inducted into The Explorers Club, a prestigious organization dedicated to the advancement of exploration and field research. Also, they have stuffed polar bears and a lot of scotch.

For the last five years, Josh has served as the host of the immensely popular Ghost Hunters Live, in which he attempts to not freeze to death while broadcasting for six hours straight in the freezing cold. In 2011, the Halloween special made Syfy the #1 rated cable network


in primetime (and made Josh the #1 human popsicle in primetime). In 2010, Josh hosted the live 100th episode of Ghost Hunters from the historic stage of Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center. He has also appeared on The Today Show, CNN, and a variety of other national television and radio programs.

More of Josh’s travels are chronicled in his bestselling book, “Destination Truth: Memoirs of a Monster Hunter,” which was published by Simon and Schuster in 2011.

Josh currently resides in Los Angeles and on airport floors around the world.before the grand jury. We affirm the court of appeals and hold that grand jury witnesses are entitled to absolute immunity from civil liability for their grand jury testimonies.

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The petitioner, Vernon E. Wagner (Wagner), was a breeder and seller of registered quarter horses at his ranch near Meeker, Colorado. In March of 1987, John Singer (Singer), who had boarded mares at Wagner's ranch, told the Rio Blanco County Sheriff's Department that Wagner had sold colts belonging to Singer without Singer's authorization and had forged Singer's name on American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) certificates. A second individual, Joni Veloshin (Veloshin), also reported in 1987 that someone had forged her signature on an AQHA certificate.
The respondent, Ron Hilkey (Sheriff Hilkey), as the Sheriff of Rio Blanco County, investigated Singer's complaints.


A grand jury then convened and heard testimony from Sheriff Hilkey, Wagner, Singer, and Veloshin. In December of 1987, the grand jury indicted Wagner on four counts of forgery and one count of theft. In July of 1988, Wagner was acquitted of these charges after a jury trial.
In June of 1989, Wagner initiated the present civil action against Sheriff Hilkey and the Rio Blanco County Board of County Commissioners (Board of County Commissioners), alleging negligent supervision, negligent investigation, malicious prosecution, abuse of process, outrageous conduct, slander, and violation of Wagner's constitutional rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On pretrial motions, the trial court dismissed Wagner's claims against the Board of County Commissioners. The trial court also dismissed Wagner's claims against Sheriff Hilkey for negligent investigation, slander, andinto fighting shape. He's looking forward to getting back very soon. pic.twitter.com/3ofupU3HJy — Hardball (@hardball) October 15, 2019

Matthews last appeared on "Hardball" on Oct. 4. A date has not been yet been set for his return.

The 73-year-old has hosted the program for the past 25 years, with the last 20 airing on MSNBC. Prior to the move to MSNBC, “Hardball” aired on CNBC and the now-defunct America's Talking cable channel.

The title of the show was taken from Matthews's 1988 book, "Hardball: How Politics Is Played, Told by One Who Knows the Game."


two summer student for 2014. Erin Evoy is supported through a Centre for Global Change Science undergraduate award and will be studying the partitioning and reactivity of isocyanic acid. Sarah Kavassalis is supported through the NSERC CREATE program IACPES and will be studying trends in urban oxidation chemistry using EPA datasets.

Alex was awarded a Department of Chemistry Special Opportunity Travel Grant Fellowship that supports her participation in the Front Range Air Pollution and Photochemistry Experiment in Colorado during the summer of 2014. Stephanie was awarded a Centre for Global Change Science Graduate Student Research Award to support an exchange to France to learn more about […]A rectangular essential oil diffuser well previously sold by Young Living Essential Oils Corporation, had some disadvantages and design problems. The jet cap would fall off during handling or cleaning. Customers would often loose the cap and have to order a replacement. The cap was a small object that became a great inconvenience to customers.
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The Congress Friday said "the issue would settle down" after eight party MPs and two ministers from the Andhra and Rayalaseema regions resigned against the decision to create Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh.

"Congress believes in democracy. The general secretary in charge of Andhra Pradesh is talking to them. The issue will settle down," Congress spokesperson Bhakta Charan Das told reporters.
The leaders are protesting against the Congress decision to carve out a separate Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh.

Congress sources said such protests were expected and natural and expressed hope that better sense would prevail among all in the coming days.So to prevent criticism they formed a word that would not offend most people. The correct term for what society labels a hacker is malicious cracker. There three kinds of crackers. (White hats), who detect security flaws and then report them. (Black hats), who maliciously use them to their benefit and (Grey hats), who do both. A group of hackers were described in most of the media during the late early to late 90's. There were too major groups "The brotherhood" (Black hats) : a Canadian group of hackers and "Legion of Doom" (White hats): A group of well known hackers from the east coast of the United States.

Today there is a well known group of hackers (Grey Hats) known as Anonymous.