was the vast, vengefully intent face of the Goddess Lassa in the dark clouds spread across the horizon.

From the Runes of Skagharin

The fire burned low in the great temple room, casting strange flickering shadows into the darkness around. Skagharin‘s eyes were dark pools as he sat quietly watching over the room and his slumbering companions. As he watched he carved and whittled an old table leg and listened with half an ear to Dintari, who kept watch with him, chattering to crazy old Keestake. It was only when the old fool muttered about a hidden treasure, an old prince and a boat beneath the manor that Skagharin paid full attention. It seemed the old man had valuable information after all, perhaps explaining why he’d been captured by theLizard Men. Definitely a matter to investigate on the morrow. Time passed, the fire burned to embers. The old man finally fell silent. Skagharin was tired from the events of the day. He and Dintari woke Parius and Brutarl for their watch and, hungry but warm, drifted quickly to sleep.

In his dreams, Skagharin heard a silvery, unearthly voice. He awoke, alert with his hand on his daggers. Though the fire had been allowed to die down a strange glow filled the room. Skagharin hissed between his teeth when he saw the lean outline of Brutarl silhouetted against the source of the light — the now whole statue of the Goddess Lassa (Parius stood slightly further away). Worse, the goddess’ statue was speaking to the warrior with the silvery


rested and refreshed, and he saw that his new companions had been similarly affected. With the island destined for destruction at the hands of a vengeful god in just a few hours, the time for sleep was over in any case.

The group decided to search the temple for anything of use before departing. Impatient Brutarl could not see the point of this and he paced outside in the rain like a caged animal, muttering futile entreaties to Lassa. The temple was mostly empty. Moonshadow and Keestake, Parius, Melisana, Skagharin and Dintari peered into empty room after empty room, with the old man giving a rambling commentary. Servants quarters, empty store-rooms, the great dark kitchen with its cavernous fireplace. After leaving the last, trailing the party with Dintari, Skagharinheard a noise behind. He turned and saw a ghastly corpse-like creature with sharp talons rushing at speed towards Dintari. The thing gave a dreadful shriek and Moonshadow seemed frozen with fear. Skagharin and Dintari kept their heads as the thing ripped into Dintari’s neck with its vile claws and fangs. Dintari pulled out his sword and slashed at its arms as it grappled him, though now his chest was red with his own blood. Skagharin stabbed at it somewhat ineffectively with his dagger, but Dintari, although bloodied, was soon victorious over the corpse thing. Looking at its slashed, corrupted body on the ground, Skagharin quizzed Keestake about it, but the old man claimed he knew nothing. Parius laid his hands on Dintari’s wound and it was healed.


Brutarl came running at the sound of the shriek, then strode off to explore the temple’s upper level. There was little else to be found except for some cloth from which they fashioned some crude clothes. Dawn was coming; it was time to leave.

In the grey light of dawn it was clear that the supposedly treasure-filled manor was not far away at all from the temple building. It was also clear that a small force of Lizard men crept up on the manor from the left, while a band of Goblins approached from the right. The two groups had not yet spied each other, but Skagarin guessed that when they did they would not be happy. Not far from the temple, a shallow ditch led to the sideof the manor, perhaps enough to conceal the group from the goblins and lizard men as they approached. The old servant of Lassa piped up, saying that there was a loose bar on the window at the end of the ditch. The group was decided and they made their way forward as quietly as they could. But the dwarf cursed as he tripped on a rotten root, which snapped loudly. One of the nearby goblins leaned over the ditch — and was slashed once, twice by the deadly blade of Lorien Moonshadow. The goblin toppled into the ditch, and Skagharin took some sort of food from its pouch. Fortunately, neither the nearby goblins nor lizard men were alerted by this commotion.

Climbing up to the window at the end


who escaped from the bed-chamber. But soon he realised that this was a dangerous fight and that his help was needed. He left Melisana, dagger in hand, to guard the old man, and leapt into the fray. Blades flashed and clanked, there were cries and yells. The goblins fought hard but they were eventually overcome and slain. Once again Brutarl and Moonshadow wreaked much carnage, and Dintari and Skagharin fought bravely. After the battle, Skagharin and Moonshadow stabbed the sleepers without remorse, glancing at one another; one thing at least which the elder races had in common. The goblins had found the supposed treasure-finding stick and Skagharin handed it distastefully to Parius. More sorcery, he thought, and most likely useless. Time was a-wasting, and he had no wishto die here. They needed to find that boat, and quickly.

From the Runes of Skagharin

Taken by reavers! His ship sunk days ago, Skagharin hung chained in
the bowels of the slavers’ ship, along with hundreds of others. The
stink below decks was terrible. Each day the ugly slave master would
shove a bucket of gruel to the slaves and as often as not crack his
whip across some poor fool’s back. The key to their chains hung on a
beam tantalisingly out of reach as the ship rocked and swayed across
unfamiliar seas.

Skagharin observed his nearby companions in bondage, though he spoke
little to them. Three humans: a meek woman; a capable-looking fellow,
probably a southerner; a lean and menacing barbarian with mad eyes
named Brutarl. Then there was Parius the half-elf man with sad
dreamers’ eyes and,


gagged always, a tall elf of unearthly beauty and
uncertain gender, with a moon tattoo. Moon Man, Skagharin called him.

After many days, a wild storm rocked the boat. Shouts and screams
could be heard above decks as the ship pitched and rolled and the wind
howled. Most of the other prisoners were herded up on deck to help
row. They never returned. After some time the decks above were silent.
Then with a lurching crash, the ship ran aground, jerking Skagharin
and his companions violently about in their chains. The ship split
apart; cold rain, wind and water rushed in through a gaping hole.

Dintari the Southerner’s chains had come loose and he managed to
wrench himself free. He reached for the key which still dangled from
the beam above and unlocked the chains of his fellow prisoners.The
girl, Melisana, thanked him. Shivering and blinking in the cold air,
they considered their situation. The hatch was blocked. Skagharin and
Brutarl peered out into the rainy gloom. There they saw a desolate
beach with high cliffs on one side, empty except for..the slave master
wandering drunkenly up and down, armed with a sword and a rum bottle.

Skagharin realised that they would need to get whatever they could
from the ship. He and Brutarl attempted to climb up to the top deck.
Brutarl shimmied up the wet timbers, but Skagharin slipped and fell
into the cold water, twisting his ankle. He was joined on the shore by
Parius and the Moon Man, who had now removed his gag and stood silent
and strange beside them. The slave-master shouted and ran towards them
with his sword raised. Parius uttered


fluid
motion, and then again. He staggered sideways and his blood stained
the grey sand. Skagharin grabbed the dagger almost before the corpse
hit the ground. Brutarl and Moonshadow begain to strip the body
immediately.

Disgusted by this violence and coarse behaviour, Dintari and Melisana
wandered away, looking for shelter from the rain and cold wind. Parius
followed, and Skagharin, cursing and hobbling. Taking pity on his new
companion, Parius laid his hands on the dwarf and healed his ankle.
Skagharin was amazed, though mistrustful of the magic.

In the dunes with Melisana, Dintari halted at the sound of battle
beyond a ridge. When the others had caught up, it was agreed that
Brutarl and Moonshadow would scout ahead. Brutarl returned shortly and
reported that a battle was indeed in progress. Several Goblins were
fighting Lizard Men. Barbed spears, darts and arrowsrain, and
Skagharin soon started a fire from broken furniture in the main
temple room not far from the broken statue of the goddess. The old man told of the war between goblins and lizard
men on the island over treasure, and how Lassa had sent a terrible
storm in anger over the recent ransacking of her temple. The old man
also spoke of an abandoned manor which the goblins thought contained
treasure. The chest which Dintari had carried from the beach carried
maps and charts, and Skagharin looked forward to poring over them on
the morrow. There was mystery about this island. Lizard men, far from
their natural clime at war with goblins? Skagharin wondered if this
old man was what he seemed, and whether he could trust his new
companions, and whether this temple was as empty


Senator Bernie Sanders, who is nominally Jewish but has a long history of attacking the Jewish state of Israel, wants to take some of the funding the United States gives to Israel for military assistance and give it to the Palestinians in Gaza, where the terrorist group Hamas rules, The Times of Israel reports.

Speaking at the national conference of the notoriously anti-Israel J Street organization, and interviewed by former Obama officials Ben Rhodes and Tommy Vietor, both of whom supported the Iran nuclear deal that represented an existential threat to Israel, Sanders curried favor by suggesting that Israel did not respect human rights, snapping, “I would use the leverage of $3.8 billion. It is a lot of money, and we cannot give it carte blanche to the IsraeliThis summer, the safe standard was violated on 64% of days during April and May as opposed to 50% of days in t... Read More

NEW DELHI: The summer sky may not look smoggy but the air continues to be extremely polluted. An analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment ( CSE ) in the run up to the World Environment Day shows there was significant ozone (03) build up this summer — April and May.

In fact the number of days in April and May, 2017 violating the eight-hour O3 standard is higher this year compared to the previous year.

This summer, the safe standard was violated on 64% of days during April and May as opposed to 50% of days in the same period last year. This year,


at RK Puram. Punjabi Bagh recorded the highest eight-hour average concentration at 416 micrograms per cubic metres. O3 levels violated the safe standard on 78% of days in April at Punjabi Bagh but data for May was unavailable. At Anand Vihar , which is a transport hub, O3 exc eeded the standard on 17% of days in April and 68% of days in May.

While O3 monitoring in other Indian cities is sparse, O3 is included in the daily smog and health alert programmes in countries such as Mexico, the US, China among others.

In Video: Ozone turned Delhi into gas chamberBiosynthesis of the insecticidal xenocyloins in Xenorhabdus bovienii.
The biosynthesis gene cluster for the production of xenocyloins was identified in the entomopathogenic bacterium Xenorhabdus bovienii SS-2004, and their biosynthesis was elucidated by heterologous expression and in vitro characterization of the enzymes. XclA is an S-selective ThDP-dependent acyloin-like condensation enzyme, and XclB and XclC are examples of the still-rare acylating ketosynthases that catalyze the acylation of the XclA-derived initial xenocyloins with acetyl-, propionyl-, or malonyl-CoA, thereby resulting in the formation of further xenocyloin derivatives. All xenocyloins were produced mainly by the more virulent primary variant of X. bovienii and showed activity against insect hemocytes thus contributing to the overall virulence of X. bovienii against insects.


WATERTOWN, Mass., Nov. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Arranta Bio ("Arranta") announced today the acquisition of Captozyme™, and with it the establishment of Arranta's Center of Excellence for process and analytical development and early clinical supply for microbiome clients with the transfer of the Captozyme team and facilities in Gainesville, FL to Arranta.

Formed in 2009, Captozyme has been the leader in providing development services to microbiome pioneers with a team that has developed processes for over 125 different species and 80 different genera over the past decade. In 2018, Captozyme established GMP clinical capacity and has successfully scaled processes to 400L scale fermentation through to lyophilization and encapsulation. The team has built significant know-how of handling, scaling, processing, and encapsulation of strict anaerobes.

Founder and Chief Technical Officer of Captozyme,contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), providing LBPs for microbiome-related product pioneers by bacterial fermentation, isolation, lyophilization and encapsulation.

As announced, Arranta recently completed a funding round with Ampersand Capital Partners, company founders and colleagues, and a strategic investment from Thermo Fisher Scientific. Arranta is establishing late-stage clinical and commercial-ready capacity at a new facility in Watertown, MA, which is scheduled to come online by Q3 2020.

As part of the transaction, Captozyme has spun out its enzyme therapeutic assets into a newly formed biopharmaceutical company, Oxidien Pharmaceuticals, LLC, to continue clinical development under the leadership of Captozyme's outgoing CEO, Dr. Helena Cowley.

Almost 200 companies are actively exploring the linkage between diseases and the microbiome – millions of bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses that live inside and on the human


book Alfred Tauber, who is professor of medicine and professor of philosophy in Boston, contributes to the ongoing exploration of the nature of ethics in medical practice. In his theoretically ambitious study he reflects on historical, political, sociological, legal, feminist, philosophical and moral themes, while his overall purpose of the book remains a practical one: to reform US-American practice of medical education. The primary focus of such reform (and thus of his ethical analysis) is the self-understanding of physicians and, ultimately, of medicine as reflected in the patient-physician relationship. It is common practice that physicians limit their relationship to patients in providing them with relevant information about medical options available. Such behaviour reflects, on the one hand, a conception of medicine as an objective, value-free science that merelydeals with the diagnosis of medical facts. On the other hand, such behaviour aligns with the governing principle of respecting patient's autonomy---conceptualized as a kind of disengagement on the physician's part. Tauber's critic of such practice and self-understanding of medicine is twofold. Firstly, he is avowedly committed to humanistic medicine, that is a conception of medicine as a caring profession to help people who are ill. In developing such a conception of medicine he can attack the narrowly interpreted principle of autonomy that requires of physicians only to facilitate informed consent on the part of patients. Referring to an "ethics of responsibility" he demands of physicians to help patients identify and comprehend their own values and selected options, as well as to cope with anxieties and fears, live


Convention on Human Rights in Biomedicine* (the so-called Oviedo Declaration), but it had only continental relevance. The fact that it was UNESCO and not the WHO which adopted this declaration is important, since, in the view of the editor of this volume, the declaration tends to move beyond a strictly biomedical characterisation of bioethics, focusing instead on bioethics from a more general perspective.

This leads to two main reasons that are given for the reference to globalisation in the title of the book: on the one hand, it refers to the worldwide scope of the Declaration; on the other hand, it refers to the extension of bioethical concerns beyond the area of biomedicine. The first point is largely reflected in the third part of the volume, which widens ouracademic and theoretical interest in 'bioethics', but the literature on the ethical issues that arise in the everyday life of health care institutions is relatively scanty. The present volume, which is the result of a project funded by the European Commission in the context of the Fifth Framework Programme, intends to provide a genuine European approach to the development of a hospital-based bioethics. It is a well conceived teaching book, with 9 chapters, covering the most important ethical aspects related to the work in hospitals.

Two introductory chapters by Eugenijus Gefenas and Marc Guerrier provide an overview on the relation between bioethics and professional codes and principles in hospital bioethics. The latter includes an interesting European alternative to principlism based on autonomy, dignity, integrity, and vulnerability. The next two


SINGAPORE: Two people were injured after a chain collision involving two tipper trucks and one lorry occurred on the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) on Wednesday (Nov 29).

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) were alerted to the accident along the PIE towards Changi Airport after Lornie Road exit at about 3.30pm.

Two men were taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital with serious injuries, SCDF said. Both were conscious when taken to the hospital.

A 30-year-old driver was trapped in the driver's seat in the tipper truck after the collision. SCDF used hydraulic tools to extract him from the vehicle.

Channel NewsAsia understands that he suffered leg injuries.

Accident on PIE (towards Changi Airport) after Lornie Rd with congestion till Bukit Timah Rd exit. Avoid lanes 3 and 4 — LTATrafficNews (@LTAtrafficnews) November 29,2017

The other injured man was the 37-year-old lorry driver.

It is understood that the order of collision started with the tipper trucks and subsequently, the lorry.

In a tweet at 3.47pm, the Land Transport Authority alerted drivers to avoid lanes three and four, saying that there was congestion till the Bukit Timah Road exit.

Investigations into the accident are ongoing, police said.


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Cairo, Egypt-Human Resources around the world is challenged to minimize the effects of the global financial crisis for its organizations. Egypt and the Middle East face even greater concerns as their battle for upcoming hurdles means dealing with past issues as well. The war for talent, skill gaps, and succession planning are among the serious issues of the region. Facing all these concerns, the industry longs for strategic solutions.

HR 360 Egypt is the largest international conference to address the concerns voiced by the industry. Featuring over 25 speakers in two summits, its programme will resound best practices, case studies and insights offered by HR Professionals from Egypt, the Middle East, Asia and Europe.

Quoting an Egypt based Professional, HR 360 Egypt is the first professionalworking in cooperation with The Employer Magazine and The Trainer Magazine for this endeavor the conference HR 360 Egypt. HR 360 is poised as the largest HR Conference in Egypt to date.

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Comix Day, an event that celebrates black comic book artists and creators and promotes representation. "Whe...

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Boom! Studios' Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic book series continues in March with the release of the third issue, and you can take a look at an unlettered, first-look preview hereâ€¦ This is Buffy Summe...

Superman first appeared in the pages and on the cover of Action Comics No. 1 which, in keeping with the conventions of comic books, bore a cover date of June even though it was actually published on A...Sir Keir risked pouring fuel on Labour's Brexit fire after he suggested that the party will ultimately back Remain.

Labour activists voted yesterday to keep the party neutral on Brexit until after the next general election.

If Jeremy Corbyn wins that election he would immediately legislate to hold a second referendum within six months and Labour would decide its final Brexit stance at a special one-day conference.

Sir Keir said the pro-EU core of the Labour membership meant it was 'very likely' the party will 'end up' backing Remain.

Sir Keir Starmer, pictured in Brighton yesterday, said 16 and 17 year-olds should be allowed to vote at a second Brexit referendum

Jeremy Corbyn, pictured at a food bank in Brighton today, will keep Labour neutral on Brexit at the next general election

Numerous Labour


People along North Carolina coast share Snapchats of Hurricane Florence

This rainfall will produce life-threatening flash flooding. It was crawling west at 5 miles per hour.

Florence is expected to go move slowly as it approaches North and SC, whipping hurricane-force winds and dumping relentless rain at least through Saturday. "It's an uninvited brute who doesn't want to leave". "But I think we're ready".

Florence was a Category 3 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale with 193-kmh winds on Thursday.

Florence's top winds were clocked on Thursday evening at 90 miles per hour (150 km/h) as it churned in the Atlantic Ocean, down from a peak of 140 miles per hour (224 km/h) earlier this week when it was classified a Category 4 storm.

Up to 40 inches could drench the worst affectedareas, the NHC said.

After the slow-moving storm officially made landfall, it continued dumping heavy rain over parts of North Carolina. "It came in slowly but then it just steady, just kept rising", Annazette Riley-Cromartie said.

Along the coast, floodwaters have been hitting inland towns near rivers that normally discharge into the ocean.

About 1.7 million people in the Carolinas and Virginia were warned to evacuate, but it's unclear how many did, officials said.

Ominously, forecasters said the onslaught on the North Carolina-South Carolina coast would last for hours and hours because the hurricane had come nearly to a dead stop at just 3 mph (6 kph) as of midday.

At least 12,000 people had taken refuge in 126 emergency shelters, Governor Cooper said, with more facilities being opened.

Hurricane Florence was pounding the


expected to be as strong, so the area could avoid catastrophic wind damage and storm surges. The agency adds that people trapped by flooding should "never enter attics or crawl spaces".

A gust of 105 miles per hour (169 kph) was recorded at the Wilmington airport, surpassing the power of Hurricane Fran two decades ago.

FBN's Jeff Flock with the latest on Hurricane Florence. Another man in the county who was checking on his dogs outside was killed in what his family thought was a wind-related death Friday morning, emergency officials said.

It's now pummeling the coast of North Carolina with 90mph winds and heavy rain, the CNN reported Friday.

Forecasters say "it can not be emphasized enough that the most serious hazard associated with slow-moving Florence is extremely heavy rainfall, whichSoon to Be an All Out Bash Fest

Buckethead and Meatscience were rivals from the start and were ready to take chunks out of each other. EtTu and Johndeere looked on, unsure of what to do. Buckethead and Meatscience have had little fights before that blew over quickly, but Meatscience's pride had been wounded and Buckethead had become quite sick of Meatscience's taunts about his vocal ability. This would be a fight to rememeber...


is introduced as the dungeon master in the midst of the weekly Dungeons and Dragons session with fellow tween dweebs Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) and Will (Noah Schnapp). After a 10-hour bout of snack food and polyhedral dice, the boys bike home, but Will is intercepted in the dark woods of rural Indiana by a sinister, faceless monster who kidnaps the boy into a spooky parallel dimension that resembles the spirit world from Poltergeist. The next morning, Will's mom, Joyce (Winona Ryder), calls the police, sending Chief Hopper (David Harbour) on a search for the missing boy.

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Winona Ryder

Meanwhile, a young girl wanders out of the woods. Disoriented and almost mute, she has a shaved head and a tattoo on her wrist identifying her as"11." When the owner of a diner offers her aid, a group of shadowy government agents show up in pursuit. Led by Dr. Brenner (Matthew Modine), the staff of Hawkins National Laboratory seem to be somehow involved with the monster's parallel universe and responsible for Eleven's telekinetic powers, whose depths are slowly revealed as the series progresses through eight episodes.

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Matarazzo, Brown, and Wolfhard channel ’80s horror.

The Duffer Brothers follow the Tarantino formula of creating a pastiche out of loosely related genre films, taking images and moments from films like E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Stand by Me, and Flight of the Navigator and sculpting them into something fresh. Stranger Things subverts as it mimics. Mike's older sister, Nancy (Natalia Dyer), escapes the sexual punishment aspect of '80s horror,


Financial management is the investment and allocation of limited financial resources for the purpose of maximizing an individual's net worth. Generally, potential return on an investment is related to some extent on the risk of the investment, although unforeseen factors such as acts of God, or the failure of financial institutions may also affect the return on an investment.
While various phenomena may be studied in the abstract, obtaining experience in financial management is extremely difficult since it necessarily requires substantial resources as well as significant amounts of time for resources to be invested and for returns on those investments to be accumulated.
The present invention overcomes this problem by providing a game for simulating financial management wherein players experience the ups and downs of returns on investments over aTurbines, in particular in motor vehicle construction, are known from the prior art in connection with gas turbochargers having a turbine rotor rotatably mounted in a housing, which is associated with a least one guide apparatus forming a radial inlet channel for a medium driving the turbine rotor. In motor vehicle construction turbochargers are used to increase the power and the rotational moment of a combustion engine. The turbine more specifically the turbine rotor of the turbine of such an exhaust gas turbocharger is driven by an exhaust gas flow of the combustion engine and in turn drives a compressor which in turn compresses and drives drawn-in fresh air into the cylinders of the combustion engine. By compressing the fresh air the fresh air component introduced in the


the medium (in this case the exhaust gas of the combustion engine) driving the turbine rotor. In the inlet channel formed by the guide apparatus adjustable guide vanes are arranged which radially surround the turbine rotor. These guide vanes can be adjusted with respect to their vane angle to change the flow cross section of the inlet channel. Usually, the guide vanes are distributed evenly or at equal angles over the circumference of the turbine rotor and, spaced from this, on a guide vane bearing ring of the guide apparatus. The vane angle of the guide vanes for example is set in such a manner that with a low throughput of the medium driving the turbine rotor and with simultaneously high power requirement the flow cross section inthe inlet channel is reduced so that the medium is directed onto the turbine vanes in an accelerated manner, as a result of which the rotational speed of the turbine and thus the power of the compressor or the exhaust gas turbocharger is increased. Conversely, with a high throughput of the medium and a low power requirement, the flow velocity of the medium can be reduced through a large flow cross section, as a result of which the power of the turbine and thus that of the exhaust gas turbocharger is reduced.
From the European Patent Publication EP 0160460 B1 a turbine as described above is known, wherein the vane bearing ring is mounted axially displaceably and, together with a housing section of the housing of the turbine, axially


s and whose height is h is

The formula can also be derived exactly without calculus for pyramids with rectangular bases.  Consider a unit cube.  Draw lines from the center of the cube to each of the 8 vertices.  This partitions the cube into 6 equal square pyramids of base area 1 and height 1/2.  Each pyramid clearly has volume of 1/6.  From this we deduce that pyramid volume = height × base area / 3.

Next, expand the cube uniformly in three directions by  unequal amounts so that the resulting rectangular solid edges are a, b and c, with solid volume abc. Each of the 6 pyramids within are likewise expanded.  And each pyramid has the same volume abc/6.  Since pairsCats 101

Cats 101 is a television series about cats that airs on Animal Planet.

Plot
Cats 101 features different cat breeds per episode, discussed by experts, ranging from veterinarians to animal trainers. The show presents facts, origins, and descriptions of the breeds, with comments from cat owners.

Breeds featured

Season 1
 American Shorthair
 Egyptian Mau
 Himalayan
 Maine Coon
 Oriental
 Persian
 Ragdoll
 Savannah
 Siamese
 Scottish Fold
 Sphynx
 Turkish Angora

Season 2
 Abyssinian
 American Curl
 Birman
 Bombay
 Burmese
 Colorpoint Shorthair
 Cornish Rex
 Exotic
 Havana Brown
 Japanese Bobtail
 Manx
 Ocicat
 Norwegian Forest Cat
 Russian Blue
 Selkirk Rex
 Siberian
 Singapura
 Somali

Season 3
 American Bobtail
 Australian Mist
 Balinese
 Bambino
 Bengal
 British Shorthair
 Chartreux
 Cheetoh
 Devon Rex
 Domestic House Cat
 Domestic Longhair
 Domestic Shorthair
 Korat
 LaPerm
 Munchkin
 Napoleon (Minuet)
 Nebelung
 Pixie-Bob
 RagaMuffin
 Serengeti
 Snowshoe
 Tonkinese


study for an appropriate land registration system, father more it had been establish the evaluation of the land distribution program, apart from that, it established the agricultural credit institutions as well as there are improvement of rural extension services, finally it established the grant for non-residential development. So that, it is became more effective and strongly use during the 1980s the Zanzibar land policies is more focused and targeting to the land farm protection development. The implementations of The Land use policy targeting land protection in Zanzibar it seemed highly strong since 2000s, the pilot areas experience has shown that the key factors in the success of land registration lie in gaining the public's trust and co-operation as well as in sustaining the technology and practice utilized. Thelargest urban in Zanzibar which are stone town fpor Unguja and Chakechake and Mkoani for Pember. There is some semi urban which are raised in a recent years in both two Island, these are, Nungwi, Matemwe, kiwengwa and Mkokotoni in Northern part of Unguja and Kizimkazi, Jambiani, Michanvi Chwaka and Pongwe in the Southern part of Unguja Island. Apart from that, there is also semi urban in Pemba Island this include, wete and Micheweni. Both of that there are highly number of rapid population growth. Geographically, the higher Increasing of rapid population growth is direct proportional to the higher increasing of social demands, examples shelters, cultivations, over utilization of resources like land, forest and other. So that, urban and semi urban in Zanzibar there is urbanization inflations which


of the total respondents supported that there is huge impact of rapid population growth in a Zanzibar community; this also implies that some respondents realize that, there is low impact about 9 which is equal to (20%). Those who responded that rapid population growth had an impact on the land resources management were further asked to elaborate about the impact. The majority of the respondents had said the mostly of the negative impacts that rapid population growth had on the land resources. They expressed like that, they drilling the land so as to get the minerals like sand and stones as a building materials, they established their shelter in the farming area, they destroyed the land as a result caused the land degradation, they cutting down the tress,and Company. London. [11] Birgegård, Lars -Erik (1993) Natural Resource Tenure A Review of Issues and Experiences with Emphasis on Sub-Saharan Africa. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, nternational Rural Development Centre. Uppsala. Community Based Provision of Storm Water Management. University of Dortmund [12] Cooper, Frederick (1980) From Slaves to Squatters; Plantation Labour and Agriculture in Zanzibar and Coastal Kenya 1890-1925. Yale University Press. New Haven and London. [13] Borges, Klas Ernald (1993) Natural Resource Tenure some preliminary comments. Unpublished Commentary. Royal Institute of Technology. Stockholm. [14] Dahlin, Patrik and Stridh, Patrik (1996) Huts or Hotels? A Minor Field Study on Land Management Within the Tourism Sector in Zanzibar. Master of Science Thesis, Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Real Estate and Construction Management, Division of Real Estate Planning


[Retinoblastoma: inventory in Mali and program to develop early diagnosis, treatments and rehabilitation].
Retinoblastoma (RB) is a rare embryonic tumour that represents 1/16,000 births in France. In Mali, a study showed the characteristics of a hospital series of cases seen in Bamako in the Pediatric Oncology Unit of Gabriel Touré Teaching Hospital and in the Tropical Ophthalmology Institute of Africa (IOTA) between January 2005 and June 2007. Median age was 4 years versus 2 years in France for unilateral disease. Near two third of children with RB had extra-ocular extension at diagnosis, which is now exceptional in France. Only 11% were bilateral versus 35% in France. Cure rate was around 50%, but it is estimated only on the cases arriving in Bamako and with at least 20% lost ofand very successful rider this spring, following up a 2nd place at E3 Harelbeke with a 6th place at the Tour of Flanders. He was 3rd in last year’s Paris-Roubaix, the next rider to cross the line after the Cancellara/Vanmarcke duo. Terpstra is a keen opportunist and an excellent soloist, and as one of a number of options on his team, he could benefit if the pack hesitates to follow. Zdenek Stybar was strong enough to still manage an 8th place despite running into a spectator last year. He hasn’t made as big an impression on this classics season as I initially expected, but he does have plenty of form and the bike handling skills of a cyclocross world champion. He also has a quick finish. 29 year-old


teammate Stijn Vandernbergh was the other major spectator casualty of 2013, but he enters this year’s edition again on stellar form, having come in 4th in both the Ronde and E3 Harelbeke. He does not have the fastest sprint but he’s very aggressive and at the very least, he’s almost certain to try something on the tough cobbled sections.

The top challenger taking on favorite Cancellara and super-team OPQS is last year’s runner-up Sep Vanmarcke. Just 25, the Belkin rider has already been on the podiums of Gent-Wevelgem, the Tour of Flanders, and obviously Paris-Roubaix, each time showing good cycling acumen for planning the successful attacks and the engine to make them. Unfortunately, on all three of those occassions, his fellow attackers outsprinted him to the finish line. Inwhich it parts participants. It is also unlike most of the other bike races that Peter Sagan, versatile as he is, has won in his life. Sagan did not ride this race last year. His 2011 attempt landed him 86th. The long, brutal days have challenged Sagan in his young career, and the flat parcours gives him fewer opportunities to gap the bigger riders. Still, counting out Peter Sagan is always a mistake. He already has a pair of fine wins on the WorldTour level, in Tirreno-Adriatico and at E3 Harelbeke, thanks to his good form in 2014. Winning a Monument is his central goal right now, and I think he will give this race 100%. He obviously has the sprint to beat most challengers if he makes


some luck, making the final selection is not out of the question. If he can hold the right wheel to the end of the race, he’s one of the fastest finishers on the start list.

BMC sends a powerful duo to the race in Taylor Phinney and Flanders runner-up Greg Van Avermaet. Phinney attacked early in 2013 but was unable to hold an advantage. He was twice winner of the U-23 edition of the race. The track star turned time trial specialist has a giant engine and he is handy in a sprint finish. He excels on the long flat days. Last week in Flanders he did an excellent job staying up the road for quite a while to keep the pressure of Greg Van Avermaet; Paris-Roubaix is definitelyhis style, and BMC will look to set him up for a strike more aimed at overall success here. Said teammate Van Avermaet is an excellent option as well, having ridden to 4th here in 2013. He looks in great shape in 2014, placing highly in a number of races even if he hasn’t managed to come up with the victories he has sought. Fewer hills give him fewer opportunities to show off his quality climbing abilities, but this is a race that rewards aggressive riders, and Van Avermaet fits that bill. In years past, Thor Hushovd challenged for the win here a few times, coming as close as 2nd place in 2010; he’s a bit past those golden years now, but the tough former World Champ deserves


this year, but he did finish with Degenkolb, Sagan, and Stybar in the small group chasing the attackers up the road in Flanders last week. Teammate Sacha Modolo seems unlikely to be there after such a tough day, but he’s one of best sprinters in the race if that somehow happens.

Longer shots looking to animate the race include Wanty Groupe – Gobert’s Bjorn Leukemans (9th in De Ronde this year, and 4th at P-R in 2007), Garmin’s Sebastian Langeveld (10th in De Ronde this year, and 7th at P-R in 2013) and Johan Vansummeren (involved in a serious crash with a spectator, he had a rough Flanders this year, but he did win Paris-Roubaix in 2011 and has a host of other top 10s to his name), and16/01/2013

Nick Robinson shines a light on the process by which controversial decisions are reached behind closed doors in Westminster and Whitehall.This week, he and his guests discuss whether Britain's civil service should be reformed. Instead of relying on a permanent, politically neutral civil service, should the UK be like some other countries and allow elected politicians to appoint more of those who run their departments, bringing in their own expert advisers and political soul mates?Is the Whitehall machine more like the old British Leyland than Rolls Royce - stuck in the past, resistant to change and poor at delivery? David Cameron has criticised those he called "mad bureaucrats" who were the "the enemies of enterprise", and Tony Blair complained of the scars on his back after trying to


reform the public sector. Or are the politicians simply blaming those who can't answer back?Joining Nick Robinson for this edition are - Lord Falconer, former Lord Chancellor and Minister for Constitutional Affairs; Lord Reid, the former Home Secretary, who also ran the Defence and Health Departments and the Northern Ireland and Scottish Offices; Lord O'Donnell, the former Cabinet Secretary; Nick Herbert MP. a former minister at the Home Office and Ministry of Justice; and Sue Cameron, Whitehall watcher and columnist for 'The Daily Telegraph'.Producer: Rob Shepherd.follow his teachings. That is, he would have condemned it if he were alive today, so should you.

Prosecutors have charged a 51-year-old man with murder and attempted murder after he allegedly started shooting in a crowded suburban, Kansas city Bar, killing one Indian man, and injuring two others in an attack that some witnesses have said was racially motivated.

A witness, who was a bartender at the Bar and grill old near 151st Street and Mur-Len Road in South Olathe, in Kansas, said that Adam Puritan used racial slurs before he started shooting as people were watching the University of Kansas basketball game on television.

Kansas City Star reports that on Wednesday night, the two Indians, Kuchibhotla and Madasani, had been at the bar for about 30 minutes or so.


Around that time they were staying, Grillot, a sometimes daily regular who either stops for a drink or grabs something to eat, was in the parking lot.

Witnesses said Adam W. Purinton was drinking and spewing racial slurs at Kuchibhotla and Madasani. Around this time, Purinton is believed to have been kicked out of the bar before coming back and shooting, Kuchibhotla and Madasani. A third victim, Grillot stepped in, this was when was he shot at too.

The authorities have reported that Srinivas Kuchibhotla died in the bar while the other two victims are hospitalized and are in stable condition.

According to the witnesses that were in the bar at the time, Adam w. Purinton shouted, “get out of my country” before he started shooting.

The perpetrator of the crime hasAustralia sends 50 police to London in anticipation of joining UN security force in Ukraine

CANBERRA, Australia – Australia has sent 50 police to London in anticipation of deploying them to Ukraine to secure the Malaysian plane crash site as part of a proposed U.N. team, the Australian prime minister said Thursday.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he accepted "there is potential for difficulty" in deploying police in an area of eastern Ukraine held by pro-Russian separatists who are suspected to have shot down the airliner.

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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said she was traveling with her Dutch counterpart Frans Timmermans to Kiev to seek a memorandum of understanding with the Ukraine government that will allow international police to secure the crash site, Abbott said.

"We are ready to deploy Australian police to


bodies of the crash victims arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday and a second airlift was planned Thursday.

Australian hopes that Russia's support for the resolution will influence the rebels to obey it.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said he regretted that Malaysian victims of the disaster could not be sent home before the end of Muslim holy month of Ramadan.A top U.S. military commander is predicting a continued volatile security situation in Iraq but says coalition forces are prepared to deal with it.

One year ago, President Bush declared an end to the major combat phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom. At that point, 109 American soldiers had died in hostile action.

Now, a year later, U.S. forces have experienced their bloodiest month yet. More than 120 have been killed in combat in April, many of them the victims of roadside bombs.

Senior officials like Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld admit the situation in Iraq has not unfolded the way they had hoped.

Yet they insist the U.S. led coalition is committed to staying the course as the planned June 30th handover of power to a new Iraqi government nears.

General John Abizaid is


thousands of players to an explosion in a videogame or modeling a disease outbreak in a mobile and diverse population.

The three-year-old company has attracted a few early customers in academia, government and gaming, but has operated largely in stealth until Tuesday when it announced it had secured $20 million from Andreessen Horowitz. Read More »person’s experience with this kind of mental illness raging from praise for the creative potential of a manic high, to the barely concealed disparagement of the ability of someone with mental illness to function in an academic environment in institutions such as Princeton.

While it seems this work by Martin does face some shortcomings in discussing the day to day reality of those living with manic depression, it also presents very valid concerns about how society markets some aspects of bipolar disorder while demonising others. However because of this, there does seem to be a tendency through the piece to lump the manic appearing nature of individuals driven to financial success in the same category as those suffering with mania as a mental illness, which may serve to marginalise


the Prior Art
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The newly formed cellulosic fibrous web proceeds from the forming section to a press section, which includes a series of press nips. The cellulosic fibrous web passes through the press nips supported by a press fabric, or, as is often the case, between two such press fabrics. In the press nips, the cellulosic fibrous web is subjected to compressive forces which squeeze water therefrom, andpercent of their games played against teams other than the Eagles.

Don't feel too bad for the Cleveland Browns missing the playoffs. They played the league's third-easiest adjusted schedule, against opponents who won only 43.3 percent of their other games.

Seattle, which at 41.7 percent had the league's easiest schedule, continues to reap the benefits of playing in the crummy NFC West.

Finally, the Cowboys (51.7 percent) played the easiest schedule of the four NFC East teams.

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Eagles Had Hardest Schedule

It's funny, every year when the NFL schedule comes out, there are a million articles written about which teams have the hardest schedule based on the previous year's results. Given how much turnover happens every year in the NFL, these articles are all meaningless within about five minutes of being written.

So it's


Bitten By A Serpent

A cobra bit me on my heel and left five straight line marks. I believe it was two lines above and three lines below that.

PASTOR SHEILA: The heal signifies the personality, which is the reflection of the mind. The fiery serpent is the virginity of the personality. She's supposed to be marrying Christ, but she is incestuous and homosexual, and wants to join with the personality that she is a part of. Such a connection kills the spiritual life which is in Christ Jesus.

The geometric expression of the fiery serpent joined to the personality, is a circle. The geometric expression of the fiery serpent joined to Christ Jesus, is a straight line. The fiery serpent who bites [joins with] the personality that prefers Christ isI would be OK and the wounds never got red or swelled up, and I had no negative effects from the bites.

PASTOR SHEILA: This is the test under the law of jealousies to find out whether a woman has committed adultery.

Num 5:26-29

26 And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.

27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall


came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.

4 And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.

5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.

6 Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god. (KJV)

6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire,and they are burned.(KJV)

.... in the people who were kind to him and the fiery serpent attacked him out of the unconscious mind of the barbarous people. But when the fiery serpent connected with Christ Jesus, Christ Jesus in Paul put the fiery serpent in the barbarous people in order.

Corrective judgment is the gift of God. Paul was in perfection [indicated by the word "man" Strong's 444], therefore Christ was raised in the barbarous people immediately

The people did not understand what was happening, and thought that Paul was trying to murder them. But when they didn't die, but must have had some spiritual experience in Christ Jesus, they decided that Paul was a God.

You truly were bitten by the fiery serpent, but you did not die. You have


parts of South America, central Asia, and the many ex-Soviet satellite states.

Most of the United Kingdom relies on Type G (aka British Standards 1363 or BS1363) plugs for its power. This pin uses a trio of grounded, polarized pins set in a triangular shape with an integrated safety fuse. This makes them among the safest (and most cumbersome) on the planet. The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, and Hong Kong use the Type G. Cyprus, some parts of Malaysia, Singapore and Saudi Arabia also use plugs compatible with this standard.

In Switzerland, folks use 10A, 250V Type J plugs. These closely resemble Europlugs, however they are not necessarily insulated per the Swiss standard. To compensate for this shock hazard, outlets throughout Switzerland are recessed into the wall torepeal. There are efforts by Democrats to undo the repeal in Congress. State lawmakers have also introduced bills to protect net neutrality in their own states. However, the FCC's order bars state laws from contradicting the federal government's approach. The FCC's new rules are not expected to go into effect until later this spring.

The Courts

Apart from New York, the other attorneys general participating in the lawsuit are from California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and the District of Columbia.

The New York attorney general says the FCC made "arbitrary and capricious" changes to existing policies and was unjustified in departing from the FCC's long-standing policy of defending net neutrality.

The legal challenge could


that contradict the FCC's plan. Lawmakers in a number of states are pursuing net-neutrality bills anyway.

In New York, a bill would bar the state from contracting with broadband companies that don't follow net-neutrality principles.

In California, one bill would forbid companies like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon from blocking, limiting or interfering with customers' internet service. Another is similar in its approach to the New York bill, predicating state contracts and local cable franchises to companies following net-neutrality policies.

State lawmakers have also introduced bills in Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Washington, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, which tracks state bills. A New Mexico state senator has said he will propose legislation.The invention relates to a system for lightning and surge protection of objects, in which equipment is set up which has an electrical power supply. More specifically, the present invention relates to a system for surge protection of an object comprising a supply unit, which is connected to the secondary output of an external transformer, in which the secondary windings of the external transformer are coupled in a star configuration, the star point of the transformer being connected to a downstream neutral conductor and an earth electrode provided near to the transformer.
In particular, the invention may be used as a system for lightning and surge protection for an object set up on a limited area, on the ground or on a building. Examples of such an object comprise


candle while removing fingernail polish and talking to her

boyfriend on the phone. The fire started on the bedside table and spread to the bed and curtains.

The fire department arrived and was able to extinguish the flames. A second fire was discovered

around 4:00 a.m. the next morning and the fire department again was called to extinguish the

blaze. This fire caused extensive damage. Continental was the fire insurance carrier that paid the

claims and it filed a Complaint on April 27, 1995 against the City and Fiber Master seeking

contribution and/or indemnification from both defendants.

                                     by feeling the walls, and there were none. The ceilings were

checked with flashlights by the firefighters. Additionally, they went above the ceiling in the

bedroom and into the attic, and they saw no sign of new smoke being introduced into the attic.

They also checked before they left to make sure that the smoke in the attic was dissipating.

       There is no evidence to support the allegation that the firefighters should have gone

further in their examination. Continental’s expert, Charles Fabyan, indicated that many of the

salvage and overhaul measures were judgment calls to be decided on a case-by-case basis.

Without any indicators that the fire had spread into the walls or ceilings, Fabyan testified that he

would not have opened up the walls or ceilings.


    In addition, Continental’s expert is not from the state of Louisiana, nor does he teach in

the state. Continental did not have an expert who could testify about the local standard of care

for firemen in Louisiana or southwestern Lousiana. All of the firefighters at the Noland house

received their training from the Lake Charles Fire Department training school. All of the

instructors attended the Louisiana State University Fire Training Academy (“Fire Academy”).

The City presented evidence that has not been countered by Continental that all of the firefighters’

actions were consistent with the procedures and techniques taught to the fire department by

instructors from the Fire Academy. Continental also did not introduce evidence that the firemen

had breached any suggestions set forth in the International Fire Service Training Association

Manual. The districtthe scientists who did the work; they may include fascinating quotes and personal opinions;

For these reasons, I will continue occasionally to quote from press releases or newspaper articles.However, I will continue to rely for information primarily on the published scientific research literature, on direct interactions with researchers, and on presentations I have seen at respectable research conferences.

About Vince Giuliano

Being a follower, connoisseur, and interpreter of longevity research is my latest career. I have been at this part-time for well over a decade, and in 2007 this became my mainline activity. In earlier reincarnations of my career. I was founding dean of a graduate school and a university professor at the State University of New York, a senior consultant working in a variety of fields at Arthur D. Little,


Inc., Chief Scientist and C00 of Mirror Systems, a software company, and an international Internet consultant. I got off the ground with one of the earliest PhD's from Harvard in a field later to become known as computer science. Because there was no academic field of computer science at the time, to get through I had to qualify myself in hard sciences, so my studies focused heavily on quantum physics. In various ways I contributed to the Computer Revolution starting in the 1950s and the Internet Revolution starting in the late 1980s. I am now engaged in doing the same for The Longevity Revolution. I have published something like 200 books and papers as well as over 430 substantive.entries in this blog, and have enjoyed various periods ofThis cat was set on fire and is badly wounded, an animal shelter said. Felines and Canines is looking for donations to help rescue the cat. View Full Caption Facebook/Felines and Canines

CHICAGO — A kitten badly burned in a fire is recovering, an animal shelter said.

The kitten, called Sprout, was set on fire and had to go into intensive care earlier this week. Felines and Canines, an Edgewater shelter, posted about Sprout's plight on Facebook, noting that it would be expensive to treat his burns and asking for donations to help.

On Friday, the shelter said Sprout has "proven to be quite the little fighter:" He's eating his food, resting and is responsive.

The group shared a video of Sprout eating dinner:

But Sprout isn't able to stand or hold his


in protest at all, given the teeming chaos of N.F.L. sidelines. But once pressed, he spoke with the clear-eyed conviction of someone who had discovered a new purpose. He donated significant chunks of his salary to progressive causes, and he began working with the activist Shaun King and the sociologist Harry Edwards on building institutions that might outlast his playing career. Last fall, a local artist painted a mural of Kaepernick in Oakland—hostile territory for the 49ers. “We got your back,” it read. Teammates, other N.F.L. players, and athletes in other sports, from the standout American soccer player Megan Rapinoe to countless high-school students, joined him in kneeling.

Kaepernick recently announced that he was encouraged by the conversations that his protest had inspired. Perhaps eager to show prospective employersthoughts on the recent Los Angeles riots.

Hodges’s beliefs became very public when the Bulls visited the White House after winning the 1992 championship. Hodges wore a dashiki and delivered a handwritten letter to President George H. W. Bush about racial and economic inequality. Though he was a key member of two championship teams, as well as the reigning three-time champion of the All-Star Weekend three-point contest, the thirty-two-year-old Hodges was released by the Bulls. He would never play in the N.B.A. again.

“Long Shot” tracks Hodges’s political awakening, from black-studies courses in college to his early run-ins with Donald Sterling, the notoriously racist owner of the San Diego (and later Los Angeles) Clippers. The trajectory is clear, and, despite the occasionally engrossing glimpse into the typical N.B.A. player’s home


blind to the impact U.S. foreign policy had around the world.” In one astounding scene, the Bulls coach Phil Jackson backs up Hodges, chiding Jordan and the others’ ignorance about the Gulf War, offering a prophetic vision of the coming decades. Eventually, Hodges begins to fear that Jordan and his powerful agent, David Falk, are conspiring to run him out of the league.

Whether Hodges was blacklisted or not remains a mystery, but his situation was always going to be precarious. It’s certainly likely that teams weighed his fiery outspokenness against a potentially diminishing skill set. He sued the league for damages, but the case was dismissed on a technicality. Hodges would play overseas for a year before returning to the league as a coach. He is currently thehead basketball coach at his high-school alma mater, Rich East, just outside of Chicago.

For a while, Hodges's life seemed a cautionary tale. Yet today it is the league’s biggest names who are front and center in political debates, from players like LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony speaking about Black Lives Matter to coaches like Stan Van Gundy, Gregg Popovich, and Steve Kerr sharing their anxieties about the current political leadership. The league office pulled All-Star Weekend from North Carolina after the state eliminated anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

Sports makes for an imperfect reflection of society, in part because its stakes are both crystal clear (there are winners and losers) yet mercifully low (there’s always next year). And so the moral drama of sports falls


Oxford English Dictionary, James Augustus Henry Murray made a startling discovery. His most trusted volunteer reader, Dr. William Chester Minor, who had supplied tens of thousands of illustrative quotations, was not the man Murray thought he was. The Scottish philologist had long assumed that Minor was a neurologist practicing at Broadmoor Asylum, which was the return address noted on his numerous packages. While Minor was, in fact, a physician, he was also a mental patient locked away at Broadmoor for a heinous crime. As Simon Winchester writes in The Meaning of Everything (2003), a history of the OED, “No one at the Dictionary, least of all James Murray, had hitherto suspected that their most assiduous contributor was a madman, a murderer, and an American.” Ad Policy

This triple surpriseas definers. A century before the “hermeneutical Mafia” based in Yale’s English and Comparative Literature departments grew obsessed with severing the link between the signifier and the signified, the school’s “lexicographic Mafia” was working overtime to establish the meaning of every word in the English language. The legacy of Yale’s constructionists is no less noteworthy than that of its deconstructionists.

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William Chester Minor was descended from a long line of Connecticut aristocrats. In 1833 his father, Eastman Minor—a devout Congregationalist—moved with his new bride, Lucy, to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to set up shop as a missionary. In 1834 William, the couple’s first child, was born; a daughter, also named Lucy, followed two years later. Shortly after his third birthday, William suffered his first major trauma when


his mother died of consumption. A few years later, his father remarried another American missionary, Judith Taylor. At 14 Minor sailed back to the United States by himself and settled at the home of his uncle, Alfred, a New Haven store owner.

A little more than a decade later, Minor entered Yale, where, as Winchester notes, he specialized in comparative anatomy and earned a medical degree in February 1863. Upon graduation the young surgeon enlisted with the Union army. His first posting was at the Knight Hospital in New Haven; a year later, he found himself at the front. Transferred to Virginia, he served during the bloody Battle of the Wilderness and branded an Irishman who was attempting to desert the Union army. This incident, many commentators later speculated,may well have been the one that drove him mad.

At the close of the war, Minor rose in the army ranks. Thanks to Yale connections such as James Dana, Yale’s heralded Silliman Professor of Natural History and Geology, who called him “one of the half dozen best [surgeons]…in the country,” Minor became a commissioned captain. (Dana, the author of a pioneering textbook on mineralogy, had been Minor’s boss at Webster’s.) But within a few years, his behavior became increasingly bizarre. While stationed on Governor’s Island in New York Harbor, he began carousing at night with prostitutes. He was transferred to Florida, where he became increasingly paranoid—he would accuse his superior officers of plotting against him—and unpredictable, even violent. By 1868, after Army doctors diagnosed him as “delusional,” “suicidal”


and “homicidal,” he volunteered for treatment at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, DC.

After a stay of eighteen months, Army doctors concluded that Minor suffered from an incurable case of what we would call posttraumatic stress disorder. He was “incapacitated by causes arising in the line of duty.” Minor was given an Army pension and released. After returning to New Haven to spend some time with his family, he boarded a ship for Europe, where he hoped to ease his mind. A talented watercolorist, he took his paints (and a letter of introduction from a Yale colleague to the art critic John Ruskin) to London, where he settled. On February 17, 1872, in an outburst of rage, he shot and killed a man named George Merrett. Minor, in thegrip of a delusion that people were breaking into his room at night, was convinced that Merrett had been tormenting him. After a brief trial, at which he was found not guilty by reason of insanity, Minor was packed off to Broadmoor, where he would spend the next four decades. (In 1910, with British Home Secretary Winston Churchill pulling some strings, Minor was repatriated. Before his death in 1920, the peripatetic “madman” would do another stint in St. Elizabeths as well as one at an asylum in Hartford.)

Once ensconced in his two-room suite in Broadmoor’s Cell Block Two, the well-heeled American got special treatment. Minor surrounded himself with his favorite things—paints, fine wines and books, both those he had shipped from New Haven and those he ordered at


London shops. In the early 1880s he spotted James Murray’s appeal for volunteer readers in one of the packages of books brought to his cell. Shortly after taking the helm of the OED in 1879, Murray had drafted an eight-page press release—later inserted into numerous periodicals—in which he sought to persuade English speakers around the world to mail him illustrative quotations culled from canonical sources. The OED would follow, in part, what we now know of as the “wiki” model of creating and disseminating knowledge. While professional lexicographers would write and edit the dictionary, nobodies from the world over would be entrusted with the painstaking work of finding literary passages that could be inserted into the definitions.

Soon after beginning a correspondence with the “professor”—this word in Winchester’s titlewas a misnomer, as Murray had no official academic appointment—the former surgeon got down to work. He began combing through his private library of rare books, which included seventeenth-century tomes like The Painting of the Ancients by Francis Junius and The Complete Woman by Jacques du Boscq (as translated from the French by a man identified only as N.N.), looking for interesting uses of words, ordinary and obscure. He compiled enormous word lists. But unlike the other volunteer readers, the meticulous Minor, who relished the chance to distance himself from his harsh quotidian existence, went one step further. He would routinely write to the OED editors, asking them what word they were working on—say, “art” or “buckwheat”—and then supply them directly with apposite quotations. For decades, Minor sent


of the Civil War, Minor signed his contract with the G.C. Merriam Company. He was to be paid $500 to “prepare the articles…in the following departments…Zoology, Natural History, Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, Chemistry, Anatomy, Surgery of all sorts.” This position had come to Minor by default: he was a last-minute substitute for James Dana, who had been forced to reduce his workload because of a flare-up of his recurring depression. While Anthony Burgess was referring to Murray’s obsession with lexicography when he noted that “the study of language may beget madness,” his famous observation isn’t limited to Brits; mental instability would also plague numerous nineteenth-century American lexicographers, including Webster and his sole assistant on the 1828 dictionary, James Gates Percival, as well as Webster’s successor as editor, his son-in-lawin these departments, and he has labored with great ability and zeal in connection with Professor Dana, who has, in every instance, carefully reviewed and expressly sanctioned his work.”

But Minor’s talent was no match for his enthusiasm, according to Samuel Stehman Haldeman, an esteemed polymath at Delaware College, who would later become one of the first presidents of the American Philological Association. The author of dozens of influential papers on natural history—including a nine-part treatise on mollusks—who had just completed a landmark work on affixes, Haldeman repeatedly railed against the “incompetency of Dr. Minor” in a series of letters written to the Merriams soon after the dictionary’s publication. While acknowledging that the book as a whole was “excellent,” the eminent philologist was horrified by Minor’s rendering of numerous


considered lexicography “foreign to his special studies,” he would emerge less as Webster’s editor in chief than as its CEO. Soon after taking the top job, he explained his approach to the Merriams: “I have desired that there should be that subdivision of labor which contributes to the best and most rapid execution of the work.” But his ability to organize people rather than words was precisely what was needed to inaugurate the new age of dictionary-making.

An expert delegator, Porter reached out to Carl August Friedrich Mahn, whom he had met several years earlier during his sabbatical in Germany, to redo all the etymologies. Porter had initially hoped to hire someone living in the United States, but his protégé, Maximilian Sobieski, proved too unstable, even for the lexicographyhiring—at Marsh’s suggestion—another Vermonter, Henry Swan Dana, to comb through the major works of the Elizabethan age. For the other new quotations, Porter was, as he noted in the preface, “indebted to the zeal…of many devoted ‘readers’ for the Dictionary, not a few of the most faithful and judicious of whom were ladies.”

The 1864 Webster’s was in many respects the first draft of the OED. With the template for the modern dictionary in place, Murray and his team could focus on expanding the text rather than rethinking the paradigm. As Murray famously noted in his preface, he would include all words “now in use, or known to have been in use since the middle of the twelfth century.” Throughout his decades in the Scriptorium—as he dubbed his workstation—Murray


On 14th January 2014 a meeting took place in Rome between Paolo Acunzo (National Bureau MFE) and Roberto Ceccarelli (Bureau MFE Rome) with a delegation of the Greek Party Syriza, made up of Nikos Pappas (Director of the Bureau) and Argiris Panagopoulos (journalist). The Greek delegation immediately expressed its full support for the objectives set by the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “New Deal 4 Europe: A European Special Plan for Sustainable Development and Employment”, which has been initially promoted by the MFE and, after the constitution of eight national committees in as many EU countries, presented to the European Commission. In addition, the Syriza delegation undertook to make it one of their political priorities in the upcoming campaign for the European elections in Greece and in other Europeancountries. President Tsipras will send a letter in support of the ECI campaign and it was suggested a special public event in these issues should be planned in Italy in the next few months, in which Tsipras could take part personally. Lastly, speaking about the practical aspects, the Syriza delegation said it was willing to publicize the links for the collection of signatures on its web platforms and to relate with the Greek organizing committee to plan public collections of signatures. The Italian delegation expressed its satisfaction for the complete mutual understanding about the matter, thanked the Greek delegation for its helpfulness and informed about ongoing contacts with other movements and political parties in Europe so as to widen and strengthen the coalition for A New Deal 4


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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Friday demanded resignation of Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan after a report of the judicial commission was released over Quetta attack.

During a session of the Senate, Leader of Opposition Aitzaz Ahsan said that report of the judicial commission was a ‘charge-sheet’ and ‘First Information Report’ against Chaudhry Nisar.

The senator claimed that Chaudhry Nisar was held responsible by the report for security lapse. He asserted that the report was a source of embarrassment for the interior minister.

The veteran PPP leader said Nisar convened meetings with leader of a banned outfit and allowing banned organisations to rally the federal capital.

Moreover, Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Khursheed Shah said that commission’s report had validated PPP’s stance and warned that successes achieved under OperationBethlehem city is located to the south of Jerusalem at the edge of the Judean Desert and surrounded with olive groves at an elevation of 777 m (2555 ft) above the sea level. It was first mentioned in the Old Testament as the place associated with death and burial of Rachel the second wife of Jacob (Gen.48:7). Since then, Bethlehem had acquired many names and titles: Ephrata, Bet-lechem (House of bread/Hebrew), Baita-lahm (House of meat/ Arabic), City of King David, Cradle of peace, all depicting a city of importance, abundance and great influence throughout tenths of centuries.

It goes without saying that the most crucial and important event that took place in Bethlehem was the birth of Jesus Christ more than 2000 years ago, this event left an indelible


imprint on the destiny and faith of the human race ever after till our present day. Numerous biblical events took place in Bethlehem too, which gave the city great religious and spiritual values for Christians and Jews. Despite the political conflicts that prevail the region since decades. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims and tourists insist to follow the Bethlehem Star every year to visit the birth place of Christ and discover its biblical sites and fascinating surroundings. In the old city of Bethlehem, every single stone have a story to tell.

Bethlehem is a modern Christian city. The Bethlehem agglomeration includes the towns of Beit Jala and Beit Sahour (Shepherds field). The three cities home one of the biggest Christian communities in the Middle East. The vast majority ofthe Bethlehem district inhabitants make their living through activities related to tourism; modern hotels, large restaurants, tourists shopping centers and tenths of factories and workshops which employs thousands of artisans mainly manufacturing souvenirs and religious artifacts made from olive wood, Mother of Pearl, pottery, bee wax candles and traditional Palestinian embroidery, all to be marketed locally or exported.

Bethlehem is also known for its famous marble and stone industry, hundreds of queries at the outskirts of the city provide the region with white and purple building stones and marble tiles. In the Holy Land the four facades of any building must be covered with stones according to municipal regulations.

Unfortunately, during the last three decades, hundreds of Christian families emigrated from the area due to the merciless political aggressions and


In the wake of reports that LaMarcus Aldridge will not be signing with the Los Angeles Lakers after their meeting with the free-agent power forward late Tuesday did not go well, the team has deleted a tweet from its verified Twitter account aimed at recruiting Aldridge. The specific tweet showed a photo of musician Adam Levine holding an Aldridge Lakers jersey.

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Team president Jeanie Buss has also deleted a tweet from her verified account, aimed at recruiting Aldridge. That tweet showed a photo with the hashtag "#LAtoLA"

Aldridge, the Lakers' top free-agent target, was underwhelmed with Tuesday night's meeting, a source told ESPN's Chris Broussard, saying thatthat sprout up each year.

The counts aren't exactly scientific, as they largely depend on the talents and know-how of the volunteers. And it depends on how many enthusiasts show up to scout a park. But they help give researchers an idea of the diversity and relative numbers of butterflies in a given area.

They also help bring together enthusiasts like Payne and Francis Michael Stiteler, the abbot, who have been counting butterflies for years.

Stiteler started out following dragonflies, but turned to butterflies soon after arriving at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, Ga., in the 1970s.

He says he was "like a kid in a candy shop" roaming the monastery's 2,000 acres with binoculars and a camera to log the area's butterfly tenants. It's become a handy way


to relieve the stress that comes with running the 40-monk Trappist monastery which, like other nonprofits, is facing financial woes amid the recession.

Payne has long been a bug buff - obsessed with insects since he was a hard-luck teen who couldn't get many dates. Compared to dating, he says now, "Insects were much cheaper to work with."

The two "butterflyers" were among about a dozen who descended on the Georgia refuge on a sweltering morning in late June, bringing the two most important elements of the hunt: Sharp eyes and keen peripheral vision.

"I get rid of all the other stuff," says Payne, "and I just see the butterfly."

The refuge's gravel roads were empty as they roamed in Payne's van, but sometimes it felt like they were in an invisibleLoic Remy's is happy to stay at QPR as long as a Champions League side doesn't come in for him according to manager Harry Redknapp, who also confirmed the club are in talks to sign Jonathan de Guzman.

French striker Remy nearly joined Liverpool earlier in the summer, before a medical scuppered a move.

But Redknapp has praised Remy's attitude and says the 27-year-old is ready for the new season in west London.

VIDEO Scroll down to watch 'Redknapp hints that son Jamie suggested Hoddle appointment'

Back in business: Harry Redknapp hopes star striker Loic Remy will be fit to play at the weekend

Interest: Redknapp also admitted the club are in talks with VIllarreal midfielder Jonathan de Guzman

'We hope he stays because he's a fantastic player.' Redknapp told reporters. 'His attitude has


been first class but you never know. He should be a £20m striker when I look at some of the prices.'

'He says he wants to play on Saturday, and unless something crops up in the Champions League for him then he wants to stay. We've had other enquiries from Premier League clubs for him, but no one of that standard.'

Villarreal midfielder De Guzman has been linked with a return to the Premier League all summer, having completed two successful seasons on loan at Swansea.

And Redknapp admitted he is interested in the Dutchman, while he has also made an enquiry for Norwich's Leroy Fer.

'He's someone we are interested in, he's a good player. Tony and Phil are dealing with it. If it's doable then we will do it.'

Transfer targets:Redknapp spoke openly about several players, including Andros Townsend

Experience: Glenn Hoddle has joined the backroom staff QPR as a first-team coach

Gearing up: Rio Ferdinand stretches as he gets in shape for the new season

In a press conference full of the usual transfer links directed towards Redknapp, the boss also spoke of his delight to bring in Glenn Hoddle as a first-team coach, and said that Andros Towsnend was a player 'any club would want'.

But the news wasn't too joyful surrounding Adel Taarabt. The playmaker joined AC Milan on loan last season and is looking to move again, though Redknapp insists he isn't even fit yet.

'He wants to move, so we are looking for a club who wants to pay the money for him.

'He isn't fit at the moment.


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of burglary in the first degree pursuant to section 569.160 1, and one count of stealing pursuant to

section 570.030. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his burglary

conviction. We affirm.

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         ADESA Auto Auction (“ADESA”) in Belton, Missouri conducts wholesale auctions,

where dealers buy and sell automobiles. On January2, 2018, ADESA conducted an auction that

included the sale of Harley-Davidson motorcycles. During that auction, Corenzo Templeton and

Jeffery Butler were working in the detail shop when two men wearing winter clothes and masks

covering their faces walked in and asked Templeton if two of the Harley-Davidson motorcycles

ran. Believing the two men were dealers, Templeton replied that they did run and went back to

detailing other motorcycles to be sold at the auction. Butler, a motorcycle inspector, noticed that

the two men were wearing orange vests similar to those of temporary workers ADESA hires for

auctions. Despite the vests, Butler was uncomfortable with the men moving the motorcycles

because he did not recognize the men and only certain qualified people were authorized to

perform that task. As Butler called his safety manager to ask about


Sean Oriley in possession of the black Harley-

Davidson that had been taken from ADESA. Graves told Oriley that he and his “buddy” stole

the motorcycles and that they were running from law enforcement. Oriley told Graves that he

and the motorcycle could not stay at his home. Graves removed the seat in order to detach a

battery cable connected to the bike’s GPS device (to prevent it from being tracked), and Oriley

placed the seat in his barn. John Kopheer subsequently picked up the motorcycle (missing its

seat).

           Steven Runsik picked up Graves and took him back to Runsik’s home in Archie,

Missouri. Graves told Runsik that he and Gaucin had stolen two Harley-Davidson motorcycles

from the Belton auction by telling workers they were movingownership of the former Stratford Inn, Bauer announced that she had planned to rename the property Jane Fargo Hotel in honor of its history as the Fargo. The restaurant, known as the Carls Fargo, was closed and reopened in October of 2011 as the Mitchel Lounge.


Imagine a world where the mind has been digitized, where every man, woman and child in the universe has been downloaded into a "cortical stack" that sits in the spine and runs whatever body it's attached to, whether it be the body a person was born in, a genetically-engineered and boosted custom form-- or someone else's body entirely.

In the world of Richard K. Morgan's "Altered Carbon", Takeshi Kovacs is an ex-envoy (think well respected super-soldier) that ends up caught in the web of a massive conspiracy between two ageless members of the upper crust of high technocracy on the cradle world of Earth. The book is amazing-- part detective thriller, part action and mystery, and all sci-fi, "Altered Carbon" is a masterpiece of vivid and eye-snaring imagery. Offeringchanges from CoW1.0 to CoW1.5 in the manual.

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Decreased costs of Local Industry and reduced resource boost of Local Industry from 250% to 200%.

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The importance of preventive and population-based principles in clinical practice is widely acknowledged. The challenge of imparting these principles in either undergraduate or postgraduate medical education has, however, not been fully met. The necessary skills are provided comprehensively by preventive medicine residency programs, but at the expense of clinical training. Sequential residencies in primary care and preventive medicine, the currently available means of obtaining thorough preparation in both clinical and population-based principles, represent an inefficient, generally unappealing, and non-integrated approach. In response to these concerns, and in an effort to make preventive medicine training appeal to a wider audience, the authors developed and implemented a residency program fully integrating internal and preventive medicine. The program meets, and generally exceeds, the requirements


of both specialty boards over a four-year period. The program provides extensive training in clinical, preventive, and public health skills, along with case management and cost-effective care, conferring the MPH degree and leading to dual board eligibility. The model is ideally wed to the demands of the modern health care environment in the United States, is extremely attractive to applicants, and may warrant replication both to train academic and administrative leaders and to raise the standards of preventive and public health practice in primary care.During part of a lengthy interview on this Sunday's Fox & Friends, incoming Trump propagandist in chief, Kellyanne Conway was asked whether or not her boss would like to fire FBI Director James Comey after he's sworn in later this week, and Conway told the crew on the curvy couch that she's very concerned that the American people are going to be harmed by all of these leaks.

I'm always disappointed at just how public and sometimes political some of these figures seem to be. I'm very concerned, very concerned and people should realize, it was the Trump team, only us, at this point, who are not divulging what occurred in a classified briefing. Ladies and gentlemen, it's called a classified briefing. For a minute you have the vice


CHARLESTON, S.C. — A South Carolina judge has declared a mistrial after a jury deadlocked in the murder trial of a white police officer charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist.

Circuit Judge Clifton Newman declared a mistrial in the case after a jury said it could not reach a verdict after deliberating more than 22 hours over four days.

Former patrolman Michael Slager was charged with murder in the April 4, 2015 shooting death of 50-year-old Walter Scott. The judge had said the jury could also consider a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter.

Cellphone video showing taken by a bystander that showed Scott being shot in the back was shown widely in the media and on the internet and shocked the country, inflaming the national debate aboutover race and policing in places from New York to Ferguson, Missouri and from Tulsa, Oklahoma to North Carolina.

Scott was pulled in North Charleston for having a broken taillight on his 1990 Mercedes and then fled the car, running into a vacant lot. Family members have said he may have run because he was worried about going to jail because he was $18,000 behind on child support.

The prosecution argued that the 35-year-old Slager let his sense of authority get the better of him.

The defense maintained that the two men wrestled on the ground, that Scott got control of Slager's stun gun and then pointed the weapon at the 35-year-old officer before the shooting. The defense also contended there was no way the officer could tell if Scott was


armed.

Much of the testimony at the trial centered on the cellphone video, which at times was blurry and shaky. The jurors saw the video numerous times, including several times frame by frame.

Last year, the city of North Charleston reached a $6.5 million civil settlement with Scott's family. In the wake of the shooting, the city also asked that the U.S. Justice Department conduct a review of its police department policies with an eye toward how the department can improve its relationship with residents.

Slager also faces trial next year in federal court on charges of depriving Scott of his civil rights.the Smithsonian Institution, says she has been pleased with the return on her five-figure SoFi investment, made in 2011.

"I loved my time at Stanford and I saw it as a way of helping others have the same experience," she says.

Companies say they target alumni investors because of their shared affinity for a school. Successful graduates can also strengthen the institution's brand—thus burnishing the value of alumni credentials. Alums have signed up after hearing about the programs through alumni networks.

Financial aid experts say the startups have yet to tap a key market: international students in the U.S., who can't access the federal student-loan market and are often locked out of private options.

CommonBond and SoFi say they are pursuing opportunities for those borrowers. At least one firm, London-based Prodigy Finance


BJP worker hacked to death in Kerala's Kannur

KANNUR: Amidst the festive mood in Kannur , where the 57th State School Arts Festival is going on, a BJP worker was hacked to death at Andallur near Dharmadom in the district around Wednesday midnight.According to police, the BJP worker has been identified as Ezhuthan Santhosh (52), and he was hacked by a gang that broke into his house around 11.30. Though Santhosh called his friend and informed him about the attack, following which he was rushed to the hospital with the help of the police, his life could not be saved and died of excessive bleeding. His wife and children were not at home at the time of murder.Santhosh was the former Mukhya Shikshak of the RSS unit in Andallurtraining rooms (one had the visual speed of processing program on five private work stations, while the other had the attention control program on five private work stations) to complete the first of their five weekly, two-hour training sessions. After completing 10 hours of training (the same basic training dose used in ACTIVE), or at approximately 6--8 weeks post-randomization for non-adherents (whichever came first), all on-site participants were invited back to the project laboratory for post-training assessments. One of the on-site active intervention training groups was also invited back at 11 months for two additional 2-hour "booster" training sessions (as in ACTIVE). All on-site participants were invited back for one-year assessments at which blinding was broken for the assessors but not for the investigative team at the concluding


After graduating from college and with only $200, a school friend and I founded Proforma in 1978. One year later, our print company had achieved $250,000 in sales, and by the end of 1980, it had earned more than $1 million.

Proforma expanded throughout the 1980s, particularly through franchising. The franchise model developed by our company has brought us great success and accolades. Today, Proforma consists of an entire network of more than 750 distributor members.

In the early 1990s, Proforma grew into a multinational entity by opening its first affiliate in Canada and producing an online catalog and several websites for itself and its franchises. Furthering its reach, Proforma began offering promotional products and eCommerce services. The company’s efforts garnered the attention of major investors such as Fred DeLuca,the founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Subway, who invested in the company in 1996, the same year Proforma moved into the World Support Center in Cleveland. By the end of 2000, more than 500 Proforma offices existed around the world.

During the first half of the last decade, Proforma introduced a self-promotion campaign, the More and Better Appointments (MBA) campaign, that obtained awards and enhanced public awareness of the company. In 2007, Proforma published its first eco-friendly catalog using recycled papers and staples as well as soy-based inks. The catalog won an American Inhouse Design Award.

Nearly three-and-a-half decades old, Proforma remains on the cutting edge of printing technology. Currently, it serves thousands of clients, garners more than $350 million in sales annually, and receives honors from top


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While opportunities to study international law abound, law students have very few chances to work alongside experts in any specific area of international law. I was fortunate enough, from May through the end of June 2012, to work as a research intern at Universiteit Gent (Ghent University in Ghent, Belgium) due to the recommendation I received from my legal writing professor, Professor Christina Bennett. I conducted research with specialists in International Environmental law and the Law of the Sea. My projects included writing about U.S.

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the College of Law’s walk with Pros For Africa. A formal collaboration between OU Law and PFA began in February 2011 and has allowed law students to travel to Uganda, Morocco, Zambia and to do summer externships in South Africa.

Law Students for Africa and the International Law Student Association teamed up recently for a fun day at the Oklahoma City Zoo. Our goal this year is to expose our international students to as much as possible, not just within the school, but also throughout the state. We want them to experience Oklahoma in every aspect. Additionally, we planned this outing to talk about the mission of Law Students for Africa in an informal and relaxed setting. We discussed several things that we hope to accomplish this year asof the respondents regarding determinants for which no consensus was reached in the first round. They were instructed to re-consider their rating of the determinants presented in the first round as well as to rate and comment on the new elements the same way as in the first round. This was done to allow experts to revise their opinion of the first round while considering the ratings and comments provided by the other members of the expert panel. The link to the personalized online questionnaire was sent by email 10 days after the first round. Again, the median scores and the degree of agreement were calculated. Only scores ≥6 with agreement were adopted into the list. Determinants with scores for relevance ≥6 with agreement, but feasibility between 3 and


divided into seven themes matching the seven domains of quality according to the United States Institute of Medicine (IOM). The research group added a domain "Law Accessibility of Healthcare Facilities". In these eight domains, 22 topics were identified, because several indicators appeared to relate to the same topic, albeit with different wordings. The research group added another 13 topics that they missed, based on their experience. After this process, the topics were formulated as 35 determinants to be included in the first questionnaire for the online Delphi panel.

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oxycodone pills in and around Lincoln County, West Virginia, the

agents began to focus on A+ Care Pharmacy as a source of the

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the suspected head of the drug trafficking organization, the

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