production, supporting ‘green’ entrepreneurship, promoting
environmentally friendly waste-free and low-waste technologies. Work is carried
out to conserve biological diversity, especially rare and endangered species of
animals and plants of international importance. In accordance with the decision
of the President of Uzbekistan, the development of the National Concept in the
field of environmental protection has now begun.

The implementation of these and other tasks requires the consolidation
of the efforts of all stakeholders not only at the national, but also at the
regional and international levels.

In this regard, the forthcoming forum in June in Tashkent aims to
strengthen the dialogue between all stakeholders on environmental issues and
the formation of joint actions for sustainable development of the region. The
goal is to create an effective platform for working out coordinated practical
measures aimed at solving regional problems by uniting all stakeholders,
includingthe country is initiating such a
major forum, this is a clear indication that the leadership of Uzbekistan
understands the importance of regional cooperation and pooling efforts in
addressing environmental issues. Realizing the importance of participation of
all the countries of Central Asia in the discussion of regional issues, the European
Union expresses interest in participating actively in the work of the forum,”
said Doniyor Kuchkarov, program manager at the Delegation of the European Union
in Uzbekistan. “To date, the EU has been financing a number of environmental
projects, both at the regional and national levels, including those aimed at
processing solid municipal waste, which is being discussed at a plenary session
of the forum. At this point, it is necessary to discuss in more detail in which
areas the EU could share its experience, and also to identify


faced not only by Uzbekistan and Central Asia, but also, of course,
worldwide.”

From February 22 to March 5, Dubai hosted the Asian Junior and Cadet
Fencing Championships. Athletes of Uzbekistan won silver and bronze medals in
fencing contests.

About 2 thousand people are involved
in fencing, in Uzbekistan. In 2015, Tashkent hosted World Junior and Cadet
Fencing Championship at a high level.

In accordance with the resolution of
the President of Uzbekistan on training athletes of Uzbekistan for the XXXII
Summer Olympic and XVI Paralympic Games of 2020 in Tokyo, Japan, of March 9,
2017, the Fencing Federation of Uzbekistan is carrying out large-scale activity
on creating conditions for being engaged in this sport, enhancing skills of
athletes and trainers.

The Estonian coach Igor Chikinov is
attracted for training the national team of Uzbekistan.

The cadets of Uzbekistan, in group
contests on fencing, defeatedthe Jordanian team in the quarterfinals with a
score of 45:23, in the semifinals they defeated their peers from Kuwait with a
score of 45:44 and won silver medals of the Asian Championship.

The national team of Uzbekistan
consisted of Jaloliddin Dushamboyev, a student of Chirchik College of Olympic
Reserve, Sherzod Mamutov, a student of Karakalpak College of Agricultural and
Water Resources, Pazil Genjebayev, a student of the Secondary School No.2 of
the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Bobir Rasulov, a student of the school No.34 in
Tashkent.

Uzbekistan girl fencers defeated the
national team of Japan in the quarterfinals with a score of 45:43 and won
bronze medals of the Asian Championship.

The honor of Uzbekistan was defended
by Zaynab Dayibekova, a student of Nukus College of Olympic Reserve, Sevinch
Ismoilova, a student of Tashkent College of Arts, Shakhnoza Togaymurodova, a
student of Tashkent


School No.300 and Sevila Khudoyberganova, a student of
Chirchik College of Olympic Reserve.

The athletes and coaches of
Uzbekistan, who achieved high results at the championship of the continent,
were awarded cars by the Fencing Federation of Uzbekistan.OTTAWA - The commander of North America's missile warning system is urging Canada and the U.S. to get on with upgrading the continent's defences in the face of threats unmatched since the Cold War.

Gen. Terrence O'Shaughnessy, the U.S. commander of the North American Aerospace Defence Command, or Norad, says Russia's recent military actions are one example of the risks facing Canada and the U.S.

Russia's actions include the resumption of fighter-jet patrols in the Arctic after 30 years, regular flights to the edge of Canadian and American airspace by heavy bombers and deploying cruise missiles in the North.

Canada and the U.S. are looking to upgrade the continent's defences, including the 1980s-era chain of radars in Canada's Arctic that supports Norad, to address these and other threats.

But O'Shaughnessy warns that


Reduction of aquatic vegetation following the colonization of a Northern Swedish Lake by the muskrat, Ondatra zibethica.
The muskrat (Ondatra zibethica (L.)) utilizes emergent hydrophytes both for housebuilding and for food. The impact of these activities on stands of Equisetum fluviatile L. in a northern Swedish lake was investigated. The areas of open water created by the muskrats were estimated from infrared air photographs, taken in July, on three occasions during a five-year period. During the first three years, with low muskrat densities, the areas of open water were estimated to represent removal of about one percent of the Equisetum stands. In the summer following a population peak the total area of open water had increased to about four percent. In that summer there were, on average, about 160longs and shorts for BTC fell by approximately 27% during the week of Feb. 18, the strongest week for BTC trade volume of 2019. BTC short positions recovered by 19% to 20,600 during the week of March 4, with shorts having since remained steady. They are currently sitting at 20,800.

ETH Longs Test All-Time Highs

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shot dead merely for having a broken tail light seem a more realistic threat?

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Steve Watson is a London based writer and editor for Alex Jones’ Infowars.com, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham, and a Bachelor Of Arts Degree in Literature and Creative Writing from Nottingham Trent University.

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Scuderia Toro Rosso's technical director Giorgio Ascanelli is set to part company with the team.

Ascanelli, who joined Toro Rosso in 2007 and oversaw its maiden race victory with Sebastian Vettel at Monza a year later, is not at the German Grand Prix and is officially "on holiday".

But sources indicate that he is unlikely to return to action with the team.

AUTOSPORT understands that the move comes as a result of disagreements between Ascanelli and Toro Rosso ownership over the car's development approach after a disappointing season. It is believed that the situation came to a head over the British Grand Prix weekend.

"I can only tell you that Giorgio Ascanelli is on holidays," said team principal Franz Tost when asked by AUTOSPORT about Ascanelli's status.


"There is confidentiality between the two parties, that's all I can say."

When pressed for further details, he added: "Sorry - I have said everything."

Moves are underway for changes in the technical management of the team, although given the short amount of time since Ascanelli's departure, nothing is yet finalised.

Tost believes that the team, which has not scored a point since Jean-Eric Vergne finished eighth in Malaysia, can turn things around in the second half of the year.

"We started the season quite well and we scored points at the beginning," he said. "Then in Monaco, Jean-Eric was in seventh place 10 laps from the end but it started to rain and di Resta and some others could pass him. In Valencia, Daniel had a good chance to score pointsMore than a quarter of children referred for mental health support in England last year were turned away, including some who had attempted suicide, according to a new report from the Children's Commissioner.

The review found huge variation in care across the country, with some young people having to wait months for an appointment.

Michael Buchanan reports.


The extensive airing that CNN gave the documentary Blackfish had a tremendous effect on the film's reach and impact. We are asking that CNN consider offering the same visibility to a new documentary, called Cowspiracy.

Cowspiracy explores the connection between a sustainable environment and our current animal agriculture system. It's a connection that even the most forceful of environmental groups have consistently avoided, despite overwhelming evidence from several sources, including the United Nations.

The film explores the connection, the hesitancy to discuss it, and our options going forward if we wish to create a sustainable, environmentally sound food system.

Without the support of a large network like CNN, the film will remain largely invisible to the general public. With primetime screenings such as Blackfish enjoyed, Cowspiracy has the potential to awakenMom dragged by school bus after confrontation with driver

A Georgia mom is furious and wants a school bus driver reprimanded after she was caught in the bus doors and dragged after confronting the driver about her child.

Amanda Taylor recorded a cellphone video of an interaction with a Dekalb County school bus driver. Taylor said she wanted to talk with the driver about an incident involving her 9-year-old daughter. Instead, she said, she feared for her life after being dragged several yards from the bus stop with her body stuck between the doors, reports WSBTV.

Taylor claims she wanted to confront the driver about speaking rudely to her child but the driver tried to avoid talking to her about the situation.

The Dekalb County school district was given the video by


Disunion follows the Civil War as it unfolded.

On Sept. 2, 1863, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant arrived in New Orleans for the sort of event he usually avoided — a full-dress military review, to be staged in his honor two days hence by Gen. Nathaniel Banks. Still savoring the fall of Vicksburg in early July, Grant was also anticipating a forthcoming campaign against the Confederate general Braxton Bragg that fall in eastern Tennessee. A victory there — especially at the vital city of Chattanooga — promised to open the way to Atlanta.

The grand review took place north of the city. Astride an unfamiliar horse he characterized as “vicious and but little used,” Grant set his customary fast pace, leading one member of the party to later recall that “thebehavior circulated throughout a close-knit professional army numbering fewer than 5,000 men — particularly because, in Grant’s day, dependence on alcohol bore the stigma of moral inferiority and sinfulness. An inebriate possessed a weak character and was widely condemned.

Although Grant undoubtedly drank, he defied the stereotype of the falling-down drunk. As one historian has noted, “He drank at irregular intervals, in varying quantities, and with differing results.” Grant was able to refuse alcohol when offered, and on occasion could drink moderately with no visible effect. But he was also prone to binge drinking, almost always when he was depressed or under pressure and apart from his family. Furthermore, Grant’s slight frame — he was 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighed 135 pounds — undoubtedly limited his capacity


Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Well, last night saw the elimination of the last pre-World Series National League representative, the Arizona Diamondbacks, and the end of a less-than-stellar debut of Playoff Baseball on TBS. They covered three sweeps in the National League and one game over minimum in the American League. They were treated to 17 out of a possible 27 games. No-one put up a fight. But, that's the way the ball bounces. And now the National League representative to the World Series is the Colorado Rockies, a team that never should have been tied for the Wild Card, got a bogus call to win the one-game playoff, and who I eliminated from winning the whole shebang back on April 30.

Ohhh, they better not win. I'll be so pissed.

Oh,by the way, I'm pretty sure I'll be eliminating the Diamondbacks next week.

Monday, October 15, 2007

I feel confident in stating that the Los Angeles Angles of Anaheim in California, a subsidiary of Major League Baseball and the Church of Scientolgy will not win the World Series this year. Would that I were so confident before they were actually swept out of the playoffs. But, we live and we learn, and I still have one more elimination to make before the end of the year...

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

The Chicago Cubs were the first team to be swept out of the Division Series this year, on October 6. They were the 22nd team officially eliminated, but I had the long-term vision to eliminate them back on June 4th, my 10th


let alone in the playoffs. The team that has been waiting the second-longest amount of time is also in the playoffs, the Cleveland Indians. They won their last World Series way back in 1948. From there we jump all the way to 1980 and the Philadelphia Phillies. The Rockies have never won a World Series, but they've only been around since 1992. The rest of the teams have all won a World Series in this decade: The Yankees in 2000, the Diamondbacks in 2001, the Angels in 2002, and the Red Sox in 2004.

2)The Boston Red Sox actually have FOUR ex-Blue Jays on their postseason roster: Mike Timlin (who was standing on the mound and got the save when the Jays beat the Braves in '92), Eric Hinske,Survivor competition: The San Diego Padres (blarf), the Cleveland Indians, the LA Angels, and the Arizona Diamondbacks. The last three deserve compensation.

So... After all this is done and said, this is the order in which I (and you, for that matter) should be rooting for teams in postseason 2007:

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

The Atlanta Braves were eliminated on September 27, the 18th team eliminated. I was close, they were my 19th team eliminated, on August 28

The Milwaukee Brewers were eliminated on September 28, the 19th team eliminated. They were my 18th team, whom I eliminated on August 21.

The New York Mets completed their ruin on what was supposed to be the final day of the season, September 30. They were the 20th team eliminated in actuality, but they were


my 25th team to go, um, yesterday.

The San Diego Padres were the 21st team eliminated, in a one-game playoff with the Colorado Rockies, obviously my biggest mistake this year. I haven't gotten around to eliminating them yet, but I plan to do so soon.

Monday, October 1, 2007

This is a first in World Series Survivor. A team has actually eliminated themselves before I could do it for them. The Mets completed a historical collapse this past weekend, banishing them from the playoffs. This performance, combined with the 2006 playoffs has branded the team as the THE Biggest Chokers of the 21st century, a title that can only be relinquished with the winning of a World Series, which obviously won't happen this year. Maybe next year, guys. But probably not.In this year's Paris Motor Show, the automobile industry's future seems to swerve along the trenches of electric cars, if the biennial auto show proves any legitimate consumer forecast. In Paris where the show was held, electric vehicles occupied a large foreground space, more than that of luxury cars and diesel-fueled vehicles.

Much of the hype surrounding this year's Paris Motor show accounted to car models latching onto the trend of green energy, which is a more efficient, non-pollutant solution for those who who wish to avail a car while trying their best to avoid straining the environment because of carbon emissions. That said, the auto show almost likened the diesel cars as bit players in the midst of news coverage of the event, which tightened its focus substantially


§ 23.  The trial court found that under the facts and circumstances in the case, the company's diesel engine was "in use" within the meaning of the statute at the time of the accident.  After being instructed of the absolute liability under the Act,1 the jury found in favor of the injured employee and the court entered judgment for him and against the railroad.  We affirm.

2
Kenneth Angell, a machinist for the railroad for over 30 years, was injured on June 20, 1977, when a blast of high pressure air from a defective air brake valve damaged his right ear while he was assisting in switching diesel engines at the railway facilities near Hinton, West Virginia.  The engine in question, No. 7567, had been broughtto the facility and transferred from the Transportation Department to the Mechanical Department around 3:30 p. m. that afternoon for sand, fuel and routine inspection.  The engine was placed on a service track which was then "blue flagged," meaning that the switches at both ends of the track section were locked closed, derailers were put in place, and blue flags were set up near the switches.

3
Engine No. 7567 was sanded and fueled during the day.  At approximately 8:20 p. m., Angell was assisting the hostler, the engineer in the maintenance area, in moving Engine No. 7567 and another engine to a nearby track where they would form part of the "consist" (number of engines) to pull Train No. 95 later that night.  Angell was uncoupling


the two engines and had just turned the air brake exhaust valve prior to separating the air hoses when he was injured by a blast of high pressure air (140 p.s.i.).  Prior to finishing his shift, he reported the accident and was told to see a doctor the next day.  The hostler moved Engine No. 7567 to its position in the consist, and Train No. 95 left Hinton at 10:30 p. m.

4
The evidence at trial disclosed that because of earlier problems with the air brake valve, the company had taken steps to install an L-shaped section to divert the flow of air back under the engine and away from the person operating it.  Angell was aware of this valve problem and had been instrumental ina hostler's helper who had been lubricating an engine at an inspection pit in a roundhouse fell on some steps on the engine and was injured.  The court held that the Act did not apply since "(t)o apply the mandatory liability in favor of one who puts an engine in readiness for use is to enlarge and extend the intent of Congress in enacting the legislation."  Id. at 223
Tisneros involved a "fire-up" man who was injured in a roundhouse by a fall on the icy steps of an engine which he was readying for its run.  The court cited Lyle in denying coverage under the Act in such circumstances.
In Simpkins, a machinist was inspecting fluid levels on an engine at a roundhouse.  While removing


a filler cap to add oil, a burst of pressure blew the cap off and he fell onto a concrete apron and was injured.  The court refused to allow liability under the Act because "(i)n both Lyle and Tisneros, as well as the case before us, the engine was located on a track devoted primarily to maintenance, inspection and repair activities and all the plaintiffs were engaged in servicing the engine when their respective mishaps occurred."  (emphasis added).  Id. at 615-16.

3
 In Estes, a hostler was injured while opening the engine cab door in preparation for moving the engine from the roundhouse service track to an unknown location.  The court held that at the time of the accident the engine "was not engaged inHarrisburg. He has a wife, two young girls, and a job as an “ancillary product specialist” for Golden Considerations, a funeral insurance company. (Basically, he’s the IT guy.) His life is stable but unglamorous. He plays online poker, but not for money. He goes to church on Sundays. He ran for Congress in his district in 2012, but lost in the Republican primary, finishing with only 3.3 percent of the votes.

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One day last month, Martin was leafing through his father’s copy of Bloomberg Businessweek when he saw the cover story about Jet. Cool idea, he thought. After skimming the article, he went to the site, and signed up for the Insider program. There, he saw the contest, and the grand prize


of 100,000 stock options. After reading the contest details, he was skeptical about his chances. After all, it was already January 15th — the contest had been going on since late November, and was only three weeks from being over. There were already more than 200,000 people signed up for the Insider program, meaning he’d be fighting his way through a big crowd. Still, he encouraged his wife, his brother and sister, his parents, and his in-laws to join, using a special referral link that was attached to his account.

Jet set up a leaderboard listing every Insider who was eligible for the contest, ranked by the number of referrals they’d generated. And when his family members started signing up, Martin noticed something odd. A single referral took himthere was no statistical outlier at the top of the leaderboard), he would need just 2,000 referrals to place himself near the top of the leaderboard.

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Martin had plenty of experience corralling groups of people, thanks to his run for Congress. And 2,000 was a vanishingly small number of sign-ups, in the grand scheme of things. So he decided to jump in, and spend the next 22 days of his life signing up as many Jet Insiders as possible.

First, he tried buying a Facebook ad containing his unique referral link, as well as a brief description of the contest. But the Facebook ad didn’t move the needle much. He thought about placing an ad in Jet’s Google search results, but when he


the stuff on there."

All that mattered was that these sites had users who were, as Martin puts it, "trained to sign up for things." Martin's first campaign on Swagbucks cost about $3,000, and netted him roughly 2,000 sign-ups in a matter of days, vaulting him to 7th place on the leaderboard. Around that time, Jet began sending regular updates to the top-ranked Insiders, which contained the first names and last initials of the other front-runners, along with how many sign-ups each one had gotten. The first-place Insider, Martin learned, had generated more than 4,000 sign-ups.

At this point, Martin had a choice. For the next week, he could pay Swagbucks and Gifthulk a little more money to get enough sign-ups to keep himself somewhere in the top ten, andchecked the leaderboard obsessively. And eventually, on February 3rd, with three days left in the contest, he claimed the first-place spot.

Anyone who has bid on an eBay auction knows that online competitions don’t escalate in a linear fashion. They heat up in the last few days or minutes, with a flurry of people all trying to beat the deadline and usurp the winner. And so, as Martin stepped up his game in the hours leading up to February 6th, so did his competitors—several of whom ran expensive ad campaigns on Google to try to gain an edge in the standings. Every night at midnight, Jet would send out the top-ten list, and Martin would study it intently. There was Kyle T. from St. Petersburg, Florida, Collin M. from


Stuart Saunders Smith Celebration: Lecture-Recital II

Event Type:

Music

Facility:

School of Music (MUS)

Presented By:

School of Music

Description:

In honor of his 70th birthday, the music of Stuart Saunders Smith will be featured in a series of concerts featuring lectures and recitals on November 3, 4 and 5, 2017.
Sylvia Smith gives a lecture rectial entitled "Text and Music" on the composition "By Language Embellished:I"A battle transformed

When Sally Crossing was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1995 she didn't know where to turn.

No internet resources, no help finding the right doctors, no psychological and post-surgery support.

"It was a real mess," Crossing says. "Women were getting around with bags of bird seed in their bras and all sorts of things, switching prosthetics with each other, it was pretty grim."

The experience led Crossing to start the Breast Cancer Action Group, and play her part in what has become an incredible story of activism: fighting what now seems a winning battle against a disease many thought invincible.

Breast cancer is coming of age. In a publication to be released on Saturday, 18 years of difference: how research has transformed a woman's experience of breast cancer, the National


driver is pretty good.
Then it happens: the bus driver has to slam on his breaks and TURN A CORNER. At first, I stumbled a bit - but then as we're turning the corner I fall backwards and reach out to grab a hold of the pole. Don't worry guys - I was able to grab the pole, but somehow I managed to swing my lunch bag (that was carrying two Glass containers from Tuesday & Wednesday's lunches). The lunch bag had a mind of it's own, I swear - so the bag swings, hits the guy beside me (oops) then proceeds to hit the man sitting in the seat in front of me. I missed his face by about 6 inches. A Subway sub. I missed his faceversion of the album.

Credits:

Produced by: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Alan Moulder

Mixed by: Alan Moulder

Mastered by: Tom Baker

Artwork by: Russell Mills

Art Direction by: Rob Sheridan

Additional Musicians: Pino Palladino, Lindsey Buckingham, Adrian Belew, Eugene Goreshter, Alessandro Cortini, Ilan Rubin and Joshua Eustis.


hit ya were the good lord split ya.

The Big East has won its last three BCS games but what did Tranghese do to help those teams? Did he call the plays? No. Did he break two 51 yard runs against Georgia? No. Did he run around the Oklahoma defense? No.

What he did do, however, was secure very lucrative television contracts with ESPN/ABC to televise Big East football and basketball. Packaging those two sports together was a stroke of genius and helped Big East schools maintain financial balance.

He will be missed but a conferences success ultimately comes down to how the teams play on the field. The ACC could hire Steve Jobs as commish and ACC football would still be horrible.

However, Mike Tranghese is simply stepping down in 2009This production is a bravura attempt at a very difficult task. On opening night, in contrast with the conventional whoops and whistles at curtain call (a quite recently developed Australian de rigeur tradition even for straight plays), for large chunks of time during the performance the audience paid close attention but without too much emotional engagement, except for an occasional laugh.

The play begins in 1950 Canberra, a greenfields location selected before World War I for the nation’s capital, deliberately distant from both the competing major state capitals – Melbourne and Sydney – and still hardly developed. I first visited in 1956 and watched cows being herded along Northbourne Avenue between the Melbourne and Sydney Buildings. As Edith quipped, on Page 3 of the script, “...in Canberra one can


enjoy the privileges and discomfort of three modes of living in one place – the capital, the rural life and exile.” That got arguably the biggest laugh of the night, from an audience perhaps including a number of experienced DFAT people. [That’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, which in the play was still known as External Affairs – a title with appropriate innuendoes, according to Edith’s experiences.]

The character, Edith, appears to be entirely fictional, in this last part of her life until her death, shot by a sniper in Beirut in 1974.

To understand the play, and appreciate the complexity of Alana Valentine’s task in adapting Moorhouse’s 719 page novel (which I’ve never read), here is a neat intro from

It is 1950, the League of Nations has collapsedand the newly formed United Nations has rejected all those who worked and fought for the League. Edith Campbell Berry, who joined the League in Geneva before the war, is out of a job, her vision shattered. With her sexually unconventional husband, Ambrose [posted to the British Embassy], she comes back to Australia to live in Canberra.

Edith now has ambitions to become Australia's first female ambassador, but while she waits for a Call from On High, she finds herself caught up in the planning of the national capital and the dream that it should be 'a city like no other'. [In the play, the design by Walter Burley and Marion Mahoney Griffin, which won the 1912 competition, plays a major role. Edith supports PM Menzies to include the


ratio, a film has significantly different film thicknesses on upper area, sidewall, and bottom of the hole or trench, respectively. This causes a hard mask on bottom of the hole or trench to have a film thickness smaller than a film thickness on outside areas of the hole or trench.
As a result, the following problem occurs. After depositing materials for a lower electrode, a ferroelectric film, and an upper electrode in the hole or trench, when the ferroelectric film and the upper electrode are subjected to etching using a hard mask, a portion of the hard mask on bottom of the hole or trench is etched also at the same time, thereby decreasing a film thickness. The decrease in the film thickness of the hard mask causes pinEllsworth Woman Seriously Hurt in Crash

A woman from Ellsworth was seriously injured last night in an accident on the Bucksport Road in Ellsworth.Police say 50-year old Ann Blood crossed the center line and struck a vehicle driven by 51-year old Charles Clark of Bucksport.Blood was taken to Maine Coast Memorial Hospital, then transported by LifeFlight to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. There’s no information available on her condition.Clark was taken to Maine Coast Memorial Hospital where he was treated and released.Police are investigating the cause of that crash.


are the heroes and can explore seven exciting theme areas full of activities including experiment centers, roller coasters, water attractions and shows.There are over 40 family rides, shows and attractions.

The first theme zone is The Beginning, where a colorful entrance welcomes you.The Big Shop offers the largest selection of LEGO toys in Asia.

At LEGO City, children take the controls. Where else can a kid captain a boat or drive a car? Families can enjoy Rescue Academy, racing each other to put out fires and stop robbers, and LEGO City Stage, featuring thrilling interactive shows. Young children can lift off in a LEGO airplane and enjoy the pedal cars at Junior Driving School, while older children can get a driver’s license at Driving School.

At the marvelous Miniland, famous AsianInterdisciplinary Centre for European Enlightenment Studies

The IZEA was founded in 1990 as a central scientific institution of the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. As a research institution for the history of culture and ideas, it explores the foundation of modern Western societies through the study of ideas and cultural patternsdeveloped in the 18th century.

18th century studies

The research program includes research and publishing projects dedicated to a wide variety of themes, such as the history of universities, societies and communication; anthropology, aesthetics, culture and knowledge transfer, scholarly culture and literary forms of representation in the 18th century; the development of cultural patterns; the Enlightenment in global networks; and the Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz.

Connected with the region's research institutions

The IZEA is located in the Red School, built in 1896, which


was formerly the Higher School for Girls of the Francke Foundations. The IZEA houses a public library containing primary sources and research literature related to the Enlightenment in regional and European contexts. The Alexander von Humboldt Chair of Modern Written Culture and European Knowledge Transfer and the Immanuel-Kant-Forum also have their offices in the building.

Enlightenment studies in international networks

Thanks to its outstanding library, its publishing projects, its geographic proximity to important historic sites related to the Enlightenment (including extensive archives, libraries and art collections), and its partnerships with major cultural and scientific institutions, the IZEA is now one of the most important international research institutes dedicated to the study of the Enlightenment, and is an essential meeting point for scientists from around the world.

Car parking

Parkplatz Professor-Friedrich-Hoffman-StraßeAt the roundabouton Riebeckplatz, take direction “Merseburg” (B6) and then turn right on the Willy-Brand-Straße. At the second light, turn right on the Professor-Friedrich-Hoffmann-Straße. The entrance to the parking lot will be around 150 m after the junction. 500 m, 6 min. on foot

About IZEA

The IZEA was founded in 1990 as a central scientific institution of the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. As a research institution for the history of culture and ideas, it explores the foundation of modern Western societies through the study of ideas and cultural patternsdeveloped in the 18th century.


The Biostatistics and Computing Facility provides interactive statistical consultation and collaboration to all researchers at the AHF. House primarily at the Ford Foundation building gin New York City, the facility also maintains office space at NDI for members to interact with researchers. The facility is staffed by a senior biostatistician (Facility Head), a biostatistician, an assistant systems analyst/programmer and a statistical assistant. Facility members have been involved at every stage of a research project at AHF for many years. During the past year, the facility has helped to develop study designs and conduct power analyses on over 30 research proposal ranging in complexity from two-group animal comparisons to large- scale clustered designs in epidemiological studies. Over 500 statistical analyses (from chi-square tests to polytomous logistic regression models) weredone on over 100 projects spanning every Program in the AHFCC. Facility members were also named co-authors on over 15 manuscripts submitted for publication. The facility's main computing resource is the Sun SPARC station 2 with CD- ROM and tape drives, located in New York City. Each family member has an IBM-compatible personal computer (80486 processor or higher) connected to an individual Hewlett-Packard laser printed and can access the Sun mainframe through NFS software. On the Sun mainframe, SAS is the main statistical software program used for data analysis and management. In addition, PC-versions of the statistical packages SPSS and BMDP are available as well as software to conduct power analyses (SOLO, nQuery, EGRET Siz) and to produce graphics (Slidewrite, Harvard Graphics). At the NDI office, a facility-owned


days. People who participate in the city's nutritional program have been redirected to Henry Benavidez Senior Center, 1045 McClure Road, or the Eastside Senior Center, 310 N. Tornillo St., to eat lunch. Dial-a-Ride patrons who eat at Munson Center will continue to be transported to the Eastside Center.

Enhance Fitness and Tai Chi classes at Munson Center will be moved to Eastside Center. All other activities such as Mah Jongg, card playing, billiards, quilting and art classes will be suspended unless arrangements are made with senior programs staff members.

For more information, call the city's Senior Programs, (575) 541-3000.

Steve Ramirez can be reached at 575-541-5452. Follow him on Twitter @SteveRamirez6

Closed indefinitely

— Munson Senior Center, 975 S. Mesquite St., will remain closed indefinitely until the source of high levels of carbonmonoxide inside the building can be found and fixed.

— The senior center has been closed three times in the past year — and twice in the past two months — because of carbon monoxide.

LAS CRUCES — Amid concerns that carbon monoxide levels are still too high inside Munson Senior Center, 975 Mesquite St., city Fire Marshal Ted Sweetser has ordered the building closed until the source of the gas is found and corrected.

City officials announced this morning that Munson Center will be closed indefinitely. That is a reversal of an announcement made by the city late Tuesday when they said the building appeared to be safe and would open today.

Yellow caution tape was placed across the main entrance to the center in apparent attempts to keep people from


getting too close to the building. Carbon monoxide is colorless and odorless, and at-risk groups include the elderly, people with chronic heart disease and infants.

Munson has been closed since Monday, when sensors and a gas meter inside the building detected unacceptable levels of carbon monoxide. This is the third time in the past year the city's main senior center has had to be closed because of carbon monoxide levels.

As many as 200 people use the senior center every week days. People who participate in the city's nutritional program have been redirected to Henry Benavidez Senior Center, 1045 McClure Road, or the Eastside Senior Center to eat lunch. Dial-a-Ride patrons who eat at Munson Center will continue to be transported to the Eastside Center, 310 N. Tornillo St.

Enhance Fitnessthe order of dismissal as to such defendant. The jury found for the plaintiff against D.H. Howell and Johnson and judgment was entered against them for $7,735.90, which covered personal injuries, medical and hospital bills. The trial court granted a motion by defendant Johnson for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and entered judgment in his behalf, from which judgment plaintiff appeals. The defendant D.H. Howell has not appealed from the judgment rendered against him.
Johnson was the owner of the second-hand, home-made trailer and had loaned it to his father-in-law, D.H. Howell, some months before the collision. At the time of the collision D.H. Howell was using the trailer to haul his household goods from Espanola to Taos, with the knowledge and consent of Johnson.
Bradley testified that as he was


meeting the Howell vehicle the trailer came loose therefrom and collided with his pickup, causing his vehicle to go out of control which resulted in his injuries. The defendants asserted the accident was caused by the pickup running into the trailer. These issues were submitted to the jury which by its verdict necessarily upheld the claim of Bradley.
Bradley offered considerable testimony to show the welding on the trailer was defective *326 and that it was of such poor quality as to be observed on view, while the defendants offered testimony of a qualified welder that it was a good welding job, and, if defective, such latter fact could only be determined by a skilled welder. The defendant Johnson testified he closely inspected the trailer before purchasing or tradingfor it, that he knew a good weld when he saw it and that the welding on the trailer was a good job. Pictures of the trailer and the breaks in the welding were made a few days after the accident and these were introduced in evidence and used by the welding experts who testified. By agreement of the parties the jurors were allowed to inspect the trailer and its broken parts at the time of the trial which was some fifteen months after the accident.
There is no controversy as to the ownership of the trailer, that it was loaned to D.H. Howell with knowledge that it would be used on the highway for hauling household goods on the trip when the accident occurred. The verdict of the


Bun Bang Fai

Rocket Festival (Boun Bang Fay, Bun Bang Fai)

Type of Holiday: Calendar/Seasonal, Folkloric, Religious (Buddhist) Date of Observation: April-May; full moon day of Vaisakha Where Celebrated: Laos, Thailand, United States Symbols and Customs: Rocket Related Holidays: Vesak

ORIGINS The Rocket Festival in Laos marks the coming of the rainy season. It provides people with an excuse to get together and celebrate during a time when the weather makes almost any work impossible. Known as Bun Bang Fai (bun means "festival" in Laos), the festival was originally intended to guarantee good crops. But with the arrival of Buddhism, it also became a commemoration of the birth, enlightenment, and death of Buddha.

Buddhism, one of the four largest religious families in the world, is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautamacommunities to see which can build and launch the most successful ROCKET . After the religious ceremonies associated with the festival are over, people dress in traditional costumes and gather outdoors. The rockets are traditionally bamboo poles up to 20 feet in length, decorated with dragons and colored streamers and filled with a special gunpowder mix. They are judged not only on the basis of how far they fly when launched, but on how beautifully they are decorated. Buddhist monks are generally the best rocket makers.

The Rocket Festival was brought to the United States by Laotians who immigrated in the 1970s and 1980s. Since there is no rainy season in the United States, Bun Bang Fai is observed there primarily for nostalgic reasons, and to introduce Americans to


Folklore of World Holidays. Detroit: Gale Research, 1992. Van Straalen, Alice. The Book of Holidays Around the World. New York: Dutton, 1986.

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum www.nasm.si.edu/research/dsh/artifacts/RM-BounBangFai.htm

Bun Bang Fai (Boun Bang Fay; Rocket Festival)

April-May; full moon day of Hindu month of Vaisakha; second weekend in May

Bun Bang Fai is a rain ceremony celebrated in Laos and northeastern Thailand during Buddhist Vesak or Vesakha Puja, observed on the full moon day of the sixth Hindu month (Vaisakha). The Bun Bang Fai ( bun or boun means "festival" in Lao) pre-dates Buddhism and is intended to insure good crops.In Laos, this is one of the country's wildest celebrations, with music and irreverent dances, processions, and merrymaking. The celebration ends with the firing of bamboo rockets into the sky,in the early 1970s, was operated from the Gosford Store.
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Nearly all these stores closed in 1983
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 Brisbane City
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Miller Anderson Limited was acquired by Waltons Limited, as a result over its 1966 takeover of Marcus Clark & Co. Miller Anderson Limited


Pass Christian's Law - Help Stop Child Abuse

13 year old Christian spent much of his life in a cage at his home in Gary, Indiana. He was allegedly beaten regularly by his father until he was murdered. He wrote letters begging for help. He told a doctor. As many as 13 people knew about the abuse and did nothing. This law would make it a felony to ignore child abuse. We couldn't save Christian. Maybe we can save another child.

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13 year old Christian spent much of his life in a cage at his home in Gary, Indiana. He was allegedlyWhile the author, David A. Perez, notes that he is a lawyer and colleague of Sen. Cyrus Habib at Perkins Coie, who hasn’t donated to any candidate running for lieutenant governor this year, he’s hardly neutral. Like Habib, Perez is a Yale Law School alum. His Perkins Coie bio describes him as the co-author of the Washington Voting Rights Act, legislation that Habib has championed. In addition, Perez donated $250 to Habib’s House of Representatives campaign in 2012.

In advancing Sen. Habib’s stated views on the powers of the lieutenant governor, Mr. Perez writes that in 2008 a majority of the Senate voted to pass SB 6931, which proposed the re-enactment of an increased tax on liquor sales, and that I refused to sign the bill, leading to the


of rich little good-for-nothings who never had to work for a living - the perfect setting for a scam.

New Jersey, February 1919. A young woman claiming to be Anastasia Romanov disappears after raising a considerable sum of money from local Russian immigrants who supported the royalist regime in Russia. The police suspected a con scheme but the very people that gave the money truly believed that the self-proclaimed Romanov has gone into hiding because of Soviet spies threatening her life.

The person in question was Anna Anderson. She is known to be a charismatic and influential socialite with striking good looks. Her personality baffles investigators and people acquainted with the case and on one could tell whether this was a brilliant con act or the naked truth.

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Between June 27 and July 29, there will be a new edition of the summer camp of the Granada. Registration will be complete until June 7 at the school Jacint Verdaguer orCity Council of the city of Granada.

Previously, on Tuesday May 24 (19:30) there will be a briefing to the Multipurpose room of the House of culture where he will explain all the details.


The best photos from March for Our Lives around the world

Hundreds of thousands of people around the world took part in March for Our Lives demonstrations, calling for an end to gun violence. The protests were sparked by a string of deadly school shootings, including the massacre in Parkland, Fla., last month. Organizers expected nearly a million in Washington, D.C., alone. Here are some of the best photos from protests.the following manner: Open policies were executed by the insurance company, containing an agreement that the company would insure all cargoes which the insured should ship in the foreign trade during the life of the policies, and that the shipper would procure such insurance, and from time to time would pay the premiums according to the regular rates for the particular voyages. When the shipper had a cargo of goods ready for export, 'designated and set apart from all other goods for shipment on a particular ship,' he filled up certain blank forms of declaration (furnished to him by the company) in accordance with the facts of each case, and delivered the declaration to the company at or about the time of the sailing of the vessel with


goods were shipped. At the end of each month, the company rendered to the insured a bill for the premiums which had accrued in accordance with the declaration; and, monthly, the company presented to the collector a book containing a summary of the premiums earned in respect of such insurance, and purchased the stamps required by the war revenue act. By direction of the collector, in accordance with the method prescribed for mutual convenience by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, these stamps were affixed to the book, and then canceled. In each case, the goods were in fact exported, and were insured during their transit by sea to the foreign ports. The claim for the refunding of the taxes was duly presented to the collector, it was alleged,506, Comp. Stat. 1913, 1575), as it was not set forth that the petitioner was incorporated in the state of New York (Shaw v. Quincy Min. Co.
145 U.S. 444
, 36 L. ed. 768, 12 Sup. Ct. Rep. 935). It was alleged that the petitioner was a corporation, and that 'its principal office for conducting said dusiness in the United States and its residence was and is in the borough of Manhattan, city of New York, in said district.' On behalf of the company, it is asserted in argument that it is a foreign corporation, that is, foreign to the United States, and hence it is insisted that the provision of 5 of the Tucker act is inapplicable, citing in Re Hohorst,
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, 59 L. ed. --, 35 Sup. Ct. Rep. 459), and the question of jurisdiction submitted under the demurrer was deemed by the district court to be the same as that which had been considered and decided in the Hvoslef Case ( 217 Fed. 680, 682, 683); that is, as to the authority to entertain a suit against the United States under the act of July 27, 1912, supra. While the government asserted in its demurrer that it appeared specially, it raised by that pleading not simply the question of the jurisdiction of such a suit against the United States, but also that of the merits, seeking, and thus obtaining, a decision as to the constitutionality
[237 U.S. 19, 25]
of the tax, and hence of the insufficiency ofinterstate and Foreign Commerce, recommending the passage of the bill as an emergency measure, reference is made to the fact that other nations were insuring the vessels and cargoes under their respective flags against war risks. House Reports, 63d Cong. 2d Sess. Report No. 1112. The bill itself recites that the foreign commerce of the United States 'is now greatly impeded and endangered' through the lack of such provision, and that it is deemed 'necessary and expedient that the United States shall temporarily provide for the export shipping trade adequate facilities for the insurance of its commerce against the risks of war.' This is a very clear recognition of the fact that proper insurance during the voyage is one of the necessities of exportation. The rise in rates


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Downtempo (or downbeat) music is associated with a variety of different Discogs genres including electronic, jazz, rock, and some world music. It is generally 50 to 90 BPM, and sometimes there is not even any overt percussion in the music.

The Downtempo tag was originally intended to refer to 1990s–2000s chillout or lounge music that has a slow, rolling, hip-hop or dub-inspired groove with sampled beats, and which can be broadly categorized as primarily jazzy, primarily dubby, or both. However, as downtempo is loosely defined, it has become an umbrella term for a broad selection of music with moody tones, chilling to passionate vocals, crossover indie vibes, and mellow beats.

Usage of the Downtempo tag for music from before c. 1989 or as a generic tempo descriptor is likelythe intersection at which I received the ticket:

My initial instinct was right. The red rectangle says that a No Turns signs should be placed adjacent to the traffic signal face. That is, it’s not sufficient to have signs placed on the corners as they were at this intersection.

I turned to the New York Department of Transportation website which confirmed that the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law automatically adopted the Manual as the law of New York State.

So, jubilation. In 15 years of law, I have never seen something so black and white. The intersection was inappropriately signed according to New York State law, so the ticket would be thrown out.

On a certain level, traffic courts are kangaroo courts meant to generate money for the municipality. Indeed,


matter if there’s an 80-year-old grandmother and a teenager?” he says.

Still, who’s to stop romance from crossing a member’s mind? Wendy Lingo of San Jose, Calif., was searching for a beau when she first signed up. But even though the 31-year-old corporate accounts manager met her current boyfriend in a park, she says she still uses freefor to network and to meet new friends. The best thing about freefor, she says, is that it’s a casual, stress-free way to meet people. No photos or vital statistics are required.

Daniel Cravens of Albany, Calif., says freefor events help him indulge his interest in the arts, politics, and history. The 32-year-old lawyer, who recently graduated from Boalt Hall at the University of California at Berkeley, says the “real world” can be(CNN) -- Muslim-Americans say they are more interested than ever before in the political process, in part because their religion has been reduced to a talking point in the presidential campaign.

Fatema Biviji, in white by sign, poses with members of the grassroots organization she founded in Texas.

Like many other Americans, the estimated 2.3 million Muslims living in the U.S. have been hurt by a limping economy, a problematic healthcare system and an unclear immigration policy. And the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have also hit close to home.

Fatema Biviji, 32, had never given much thought to politics until she received an e-mail earlier this year that said -- falsely -- that Sen. Barack Obama is a Muslim. The Internet hoax, its origin unknown, was apparently intended to tie


Obama to terrorism and swing support to his opponent, Republican Sen. John McCain.

"I was so mad," Biviji said. "The premise of that e-mail is that a person's religion should decide a person's character.

"We're America, the melting pot, the land of diversity, and that Americans would be buying into that psychology [of the e-mails] was upsetting," said the New Jersey-born Muslim, whose parents are from India. "The e-mail offended my American ideals."

Obama has stated repeatedly that he is a Christian and emphatically pledged his patriotism.

Biviji began to research Obama and could relate to his international background, his years in Indonesia as a young man, and his father's Kenyan roots. And his views on the issues aligned with hers.

So she began chatting with members of her community in Irving, Texas,encouraging people to register to vote and become more active. She began blogging about the presidential election and formed a grass-roots organization with about 100 members who have helped register dozens of people to vote, she said. Her blog is featured on Obama's campaign Web site.

But Biviji said it hasn't always been easy for Muslim-Americans to support candidates who don't usually seem to support them.

"Neither candidate has visited a mosque," said Ahmed Rehab, the executive director of the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a civil liberties and advocacy group. "It might not be a gesture that's the politically right thing to do, but it's the morally right thing," Rehab said. CAIR has registered thousands of Muslim voters across the country.

He said he was approached by


according to the New York Times.

More recently, a woman at a McCain rally in Minnesota stood up and faced the candidate. She said she doesn't support Obama because "He is an Arab." McCain shook his head and replied, "No ma'am, no ma'am."

Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, a Republican, endorsed Obama for president on Sunday, praising Obama as a candidate who is "inclusive." Powell said he had heard members of his own party suggest that Obama is a Muslim.

"What if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country?" Powell said. "No, that's not America. Is there something wrong with some 7-year-old Muslim kid believing that he or she can be president?"

Powell made the endorsement on NBC's "Meet the Press" and went ontop. It was beyond just good political fighting back and forth," he said. "And to sort of throw in this little Muslim connection, you know, 'He's a Muslim and, my goodness, he's a terrorist' -- it was taking root. And we can't judge our people and we can't hold our elections on that kind of basis."

After Powell's announcement, McCain told Fox News he considered Powell and himself "longtime friends" and that he respected him.

Powell also referred to a photo essay from a magazine featuring a photo of a mother resting her head on the tombstone of her son at Arlington National Cemetery. The tombstone lists the soldier's awards, including a Purple Heart, that were earned in Iraq. The solider was Kareem Khan, a 20-year-old Muslim from New Jersey.

The


soldier's father, Feroze Khan, said he wants to personally thank Powell for his statement.

"All my son wanted to do was serve his country," he told CNN. "Since he was a boy, he wanted to be in the Army. That was his dream. That's the only thing he ever wanted."

"It was not about how he was Muslim, it was about who he was and what he stood for," Feroze Khan said. "He told me, 'I am going to fight for my faith, not against it.'"

Feroze Khan doesn't want to talk about politics. What the candidates say about his religion is of little importance to him. His son defined what he believes in.

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Park Slope, Brooklyn. Cape Cod, Mass. Berkeley, Calif. Three famously progressive places, right? The yin to the Tea Party yang. But just try putting a bike lane or some wind turbines in their lines of sight. And the karma can get very different.

Last week, two groups of New Yorkers who live “on or near” Prospect Park West, a prestigious address in Park Slope, filed a suit against the administration of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to remove a nine-month-old bike lane that has commandeered a lane previously used by cars.

In Massachusetts, the formidable opponents of Cape Wind, a proposed offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound, include members of the Kennedy family, whose compound looks out over the body of water. In Berkeley last year, the objections


been driven by a lack of demand for Manhattan housing. Back around 1981 when I was born, things were different. The population of the island was shrinking and large swathes of Manhattan were cheap places to live thanks to the large existing housing stock and the high crime.

Many years ago I gave a talk entitled, Green Manhattan, where I made the case that Metropolis was the greenest place in America.

Naturally, I got a lot of funny looks but the line that seemed to win a few converts was this: the best way to protect the environment is by keeping people out of it.

I admit I took a few liberties in the talk, not discussing how agriculture would be performed and supported, for example. Nonetheless, I think this framinggovernment facilities”.

The GCC is composed of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait. It was created in 1991 (think Iraq invasion of Kuwait), the 6 members share common borders and are committed by their charter to help each other in times of need.

The action by the GCC, as you might imagine, is in direct conflict with how the White House has indicated it would prefer the situation in Bahrain be resolved. Obviously that’s not carried much weight with the GCC.

The move created another quandary for the Obama administration, which obliquely criticized the Saudi action without explicitly condemning the kingdom, its most important Arab ally. The criticism was another sign of strains in the historically close relationship with Riyadh, as the United States pushes the country to make


greater reforms to avert unrest.

Other symptoms of stress seem to be cropping up everywhere.

Saudi officials have made no secret of their deep displeasure with how President Obama handled the ouster of the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, charging Washington with abandoning a longtime ally. They show little patience with American messages about embracing what Mr. Obama calls “universal values,” including peaceful protests.

The GCC move has prompted both Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense and Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, to cancel upcoming visits to Saudi Arabia.

Again, the apparent genesis of these tensions appear to be related to the way the US handled Egypt. It has caused the Saudis and other GCC nations to trust the US less than before:

The latest tensions between Washington and Riyadh began early in the crisiswill oblige. Put simply, Riyadh cannot tolerate Shiite domination of its offshore island, whether or not the al-Khalifas remain in power.

A Bahrain that is ruled by its Shiite majority is one-third of the ultimate nightmare for the Sunni rulers of the desert kingdom. The other two-thirds are a revolt by the Shiite majority in Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich Eastern Province, which could spill over from the troubles in neighboring Bahrain and a massive influx of Yemenis, many of whom are adherents of the Zaidi branch of Islam, and have little in common with Saudi Wahhabism.

Stability in Bahrain is therefore crucial for the long-term future of the al-Saud family as rulers of their eponymous kingdom. Indeed, Saudi Arabia’s rulers fully recognize that because memories in the Middle East are very


long, the fact that the Hejaz was a separate Arabian kingdom as recently as the 1920s until it was conquered by Ibn Saud and merged with his kingdom of the Nejd means that the break-up of their country is hardly impossibility.

Other Gulf States, notably Kuwait, whose rulers are close to the al-Khalifa, may join the Saudi effort to stabilize Bahrain. So might the UAE, which shares Saudi fears of Iranian domination of the island, which was once an Iranian province, and which continues to smart over the Iranian seizure of its islands of Abu Musa and the Tunbs in 1971.

But outside of Tunisia and Egypt, Arab dreams are fast becoming Arab nightmares. In Libya, a spontaneous popular uprising is turning into a civil war — one that theunderstood by those who did not participate in the secret deliberations of the drafters. But for original-meaning originalists, other sources become of paramount importance. The ratification debates and Federalist Papers can be supplemented by evidence of ordinary usage and by the constructions placed on the Constitution by the political branches and the states in the early years after its adoption. The turn to original meaning made originalism a stronger theory and vitiated many of the powerful objections that had been made against original-intentions originalism.

This sets the stage for what is sometimes called “the New Originalism” and also is called “Original Meaning Originalism.” Whatever the actual origins of this theory, the conventional story identifies Antonin Scalia as having a key role. As early as 1986, Scalia gave a speech


a new house in Everton on the day of the journey.

She said she used the Uber to move her television and had a pleasant chat with the driver - so was shocked to then be accused of vomiting all over the car.

She explained: "I was moving the TV from my mum's house to the new place in the Uber.

"It was very pleasant and the driver was very chatty - when I got out I got a receipt for £6.69 which seemed right and correct."

Elishia - who works full time - said she later looked at her bank balance and saw that Uber had in fact taken a total of £86.69 from her account.

When she enquired, she was told that 'a mess' resulting from the trip required professional cleaning- and that due to the severity of the incident on this trip, a cleaning fee of £80 was applied.

Uber issued an image of a vomit-strewn car seat with their message.

Elishia said she was shocked and outraged.

She said: "I wasn't even sat on the side where the vomit was on the picture - I was transporting my television and had a nice journey, I quickly got in touch to tell them it was not me and that I would like my money back."

Elishia says she has been battling with the company to get her cash back - and has sent the ECHO messages from Uber which claim that they never took the cash from her account in the first place.

She said: "Well they did, the money has not


on the corner of Broadway and State Street. When it was constructed, the Forest Avenue church was in farm country. The street car lines had not been built, and the only way to get to the “big church” in town was by horse and buggy or on foot.

Until a few years ago, pastors who served the church were students at Bangor Theological Seminary, which is connected to the United Church of Christ. The Forest Avenue church now is associated with the Congregational Christian Council of Maine, which is more conservative on social issues.

The church has struggled financially for decades, Tom Bailey, the congregational pastor, said. Things became more difficult a few years ago when the owner of Small World Day Care Center retired. The day care operated outin Bangor but attended a Baptist church.

He said Sunday that he considered going into the ministry off and on in his youth, but never gave it much thought as an adult until he attended the Forest Avenue church for the first time about six years ago. He said that as he left the service, the Rev. Henry Wyman stopped him and asked, “Are you sure you want to be a pastor?”

That question led Bailey to the pulpit in that same building.

The sharing arrangement with the Rev. Hal Wheeler, ordained by the Conservative Anglican Church of North America, based in Texas, began three years ago. Wheeler holds a traditional Anglican service at 9:15 a.m. and Bailey conducts his service at 10:30 am. The ministers attend each other’s worship hours


chip produced during the cutting operation of the end mill 20.
When up milling is compared with down milling, it can be seen that in the up milling process, the entrance of the cutting edge of the end mill 20 into the workpiece 21 gradually increases from a minimum to a maximum, as shown in FIG. 5A, and therefore, when the rotation of the end mill 20 and the relative workpiece feed are at high speed, the cutting edges of the end mill 20 often fails to enter the workpiece 21 by slipping thereof on the surface of the workpiece 21, resulting in a formation of a coarse or ridged surface on the side wall of the groove 9.
Further, for example, when the workpiece 21 is a soft aluminumMr Khashoggi said he was resigning for the good of the newspaper A leading Saudi Arabian journalist has resigned from his post as editor-in-chief of one of the country's more progressive newspapers. Jamal Khashoggi was editor of al-Watan which published an opinion piece questioning Salafism, a form of Islam at the heart of the Saudi state. There is speculation that Mr Khashoggi had been forced to resign. Mr Khashoggi had clashed with the authorities before with articles on the religious police and women's rights. 'Questioning faith' The resignation was said to have come as a shock to staff at the newspaper. We may question social issues like women's rights, but we should not have allowed an article to question the essence of faith

Jamal Khashoggi The opinion piece by


Saudi poet Ibrahim al-Almaee criticised Salafism, a conservative school of Sunni Islam that draws inspiration from the practices of the earliest Muslims. Saudi Arabia is governed under an austere form of Salafi Islam, Wahabbism. Salafi Muslims reject popular religious traditions such as the veneration of important Islamic figures and shrines connected to them. "We believe in al-Watan newspaper, and we believe in reform," Mr Khashoggi said after resigning. "The newspaper is more important than I am, and I hope it will continue. We may question social issues like women's rights, but we should not have allowed an article to question the essence of faith." He said he was abroad when the decision was made to publish the article, and he did not agree with the points made byMr Almaee. In 2003 Mr Khashoggi was dismissed from al-Watan for criticising a 14th Century Muslim theologian, but returned to the newspaper in 2007. Mr Khashoggi will keep his position on the editorial board of the paper, and said he would continue to write in support of reform.

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that Ennin did not satisfy his statutory burden.

Evidence established that Ennin, a native and citizen of Ghana, was
awarded a four-year scholarship by the Ashanti Goldfields Corpora-
tion (AGC) to attend college for the study of engineering. During the
eighteen years he worked for AGC, Ennin became the supervisor of
twenty to twenty-five mechanics. In 1973 while still a student, Ennin
became a member of the Adansi Youth Movement (ADU). Ennin tes-
tified that the ADU protested against the Ghanian government
because of its failure to provide basic public services and to safeguard
the environment from the surface mining conducted by AGC. Accord-
ing to Ennin, the ADU was concerned about the quality of the drink-
ing water which they contended was being polluted by the deep shaft
mining conducted by AGC. Although Ennin claimed to have demon-
strated againsthis employer throughout his years as an employee, he
never encountered any problems with his job.

Ennin testified that AGC did not begin surface mining until 1991.
In June of that year, the ADU held a demonstration of more than 500
individuals to protest the AGC's surface mining projects. The Youth
Movement members of the ADU formed a human chain at the dem-
onstration to block the surface mining workers. Over one hundred
armed militia men were deployed to the site by the Ghanian govern-
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104-128, 110 Stat. 3009 (IIRIRA), effective April 1, 1997. Because this
case was in transition at the time the IIRIRA was passed, 8 U.S.C.
§ 1105a(a)(4) is still applicable under the terms of the transitional rules
contained in § 309(c) of the IIRIRA.


         3
ment. A militia man fired a shot into the air, but the demonstrators
stood firm.

Ennin testified that militia men singled out him and his half brother
from the human chain and accused them of instigating the demonstra-
tion. Six militia men surrounded them, and a scuffle between the half
brother and the militia ensued in which the half brother was arrested.
The militia also attempted to arrest Ennin but he escaped by holding
three of them off with a baton, jumping over them and then "going
underground." Ennin claimed that the militia men who arrested his
half brother and tried to arrest him did not have guns. Ennin testified
that no one was killed in the demonstration, although he later learned
of his half brother's death.

Nearly one month afterthe demonstration in July 1991, the wife of
the secretary general of the Youth Movement transported Ennin to the
Ivory Coast in her car. Ennin remained in the Ivory Coast for a week
and then entered the United States with a visitor visa.

Ennin takes issue with the IJ and Board's negative credibility find-
ing, contending that it is not supported by the record and insisting that
he has demonstrated a well-founded fear of persecution in Ghana due
to his political opinion. When, as here, the Board chooses to rely on
the express reasoning of the IJ in a short per curiam opinion, that rea-
soning is the sole basis for our review and will be reversed if inade-
quate. See Gandarillas-Zambrana v. Board of Immigration Appeals,
44 F.3d 1251, 1255 (4th Cir. 1995).

We find that substantial evidence supports


the IJ's finding that
Ennin's testimony lacked credibility and that he was therefore ineligi-
ble for the requested relief. The IJ found parts of Ennin's testimony
to be inconsistent with his asylum application. For example, Ennin
testified that he had not communicated with his wife since he left
Ghana in 1991. However, in his asylum application, Ennin reported
that his wife has been harassed by the authorities since he left Ghana
in 1991. In addition, the IJ identified an inconsistency between
Ennin's testimony and the written statement provided by his United
States citizen brother, Balfour Owusu Ennin. While Ennin testified
that no one was killed in the June 1991 demonstration, Balfour stated
that five people were killed. The IJ also noted that Balfour was not

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present at the merits hearing even though he lived only a few minutes
from the court and that he merely submitted an undated, unsworn
statement which tended to undercut Ennin's testimony in several
respects.

The IJ further observed that while Ennin testified he was married
in 1973, his Form G-325 (Biographic Information Form) showed his
marriage date as August 10, 1981. In addition, while Ennin testified
that he left his gold mine employment at the time of the demonstra-
tion in June 1991, his Form G-325 indicates he remained so employed
until August 1991. The IJ found Ennin's explanation that he was on
paid leave until August 1991 to be unconvincing.

In addition, the IJ found lacking in credibility Ennin's claim that
he had demonstrated against his employer because of his claimed dis-
approval of


surface mining. Despite Ennin's stated concern about the
ecological problems caused by gold mining, the IJ noted that Ennin
earned his living from the mining company and so contributed to the
ecological problems for eighteen years. Moreover, the IJ observed
that Ennin's claim that the ecological problems became serious only
in 1991 was contradicted by his brother Balfour's statement that gold
mining had caused an ecological disaster in the area, including pollut-
ing drinking water, for over a hundred years.

Finally, the IJ cited Ennin's testimony that he had participated in
a demonstration held during Ghanian President Rawlings' visit to the
United States. Ennin testified that he received a letter from a friend
in Ghana who informed him that his picture had been taken at the
demonstration and was shown on Ghanian television. The IJ noted
that Ennin failed to submitthe letter as evidence or show it to his
attorney despite his claim that he had kept the letter for more than a
year. The letter was not in Ennin's file or mentioned in the accompa-
nying notes, despite Ennin's claim that he showed it to the asylum
officer who interviewed him.

After outlining the basis of his adverse credibility finding, the IJ
found that Ennin failed to corroborate his story with available evi-
dence, such as the testimony of his United States citizen brother who
lived nearby and the letter from the individual who claimed to have
seen Ennin on Ghanian television. While Ennin attempts to explain

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the inconsistencies and offers alternative interpretations of the evi-
dence favorable


The Knockout Game in London. White Man Dies after Attacking Negro's Unarmed Fist with a White Privileged Face.

The British Court inexplicably calls the incident "manslaughter" and gives the negro victim an extreme maximum sentence of 4 1/2 years in prison (though there is the possibility of early release for good behavior).

The negro was determined to be the victim by the British court for the simple and clear reason that the other party in the "fight" was a White man exercising White Privilege. The White Privilege the provocative White man exercised was standing in a British street considered negro territory by British negroes, and minding his own White-privileged business. This White man injured the negro victim's black fist by hitting it viciously with his White Privileged face. Fortunately, itcontaminate Native British Negro genetics and also to mitigate the White-on-Black crime wave engulfing Britain in recent years, as it is, per President Obama, engulfing America, a worldwide White-crime wave which has been called by Native Negro Oxford sociologists nothing less than Black Genocide.

The video by Collin Flaherty. (Warning: a Black man's unarmed fist is violently injured in this deadly confrontation -- almost to the point of the Black man considering a deep hand massage in a local hospital by a White blonde female physical therapist.)

Re: The Knockout Game in London. White Man Dies after Attacking Negro's Unarmed Fist with a White Privileged Face.

Four years for murder? There's White men facing 25-life for standing their ground against these savages. If I was locked up with a groid who


business. This White man injured the negro victim's black fist by hitting it viciously with his White Privileged face. Fortunately, it was only a White man who died and not a Native British Negro, despite the negro's fist being seriously bruised by the unprovoked concussion.

As a side note in this story, jewish British anthropologists, in a recent scientific study that turns conventional wisdom on its head, have now confirmed with incontrovertible Holocaust testimonial evidence that negroes have made the British Isles their continuous homeland for the past 40,000 years. In fact, the creators of Stonehenge and the industrial revolution were actually British negroes, not White men, as previously thought. Indeed, White men were introduced to Britain only recently it was determined -- over the last 70 years.

There isa growing sentiment in Britain that the White population should be displaced and expelled from Britain altogether, so as not to contaminate Native British Negro genetics and also to mitigate the White-on-Black crime wave engulfing Britain in recent years, as it is, per President Obama, engulfing America, a worldwide White-crime wave which has been called by Native Negro Oxford sociologists nothing less than Black Genocide.

The video by Collin Flaherty. (Warning: a Black man's unarmed fist is violently injured in this deadly confrontation -- almost to the point of the Black man considering a deep hand massage in a local hospital by a White blonde female physical therapist.)

Re: The Knockout Game in London. White Man Dies after Attacking Negro's Unarmed Fist with a White Privileged Face.

Oh, let's just import


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IMW Spotlight- Carol Juergensen Sheets

Carol Juergensen Sheets LCSW, PCC, CSAT is both a psychotherapist and a life coach in Indianapolis. She has worked in the field for over 33 years and made it her mission to educate and inspire people to create the life they deserve. After doing psychotherapy primarily with children, families, couples and individuals, she decided that she wanted to reach people on a larger level. She decided that she wanted to find ways to connect to people that went beyond the therapy office. She secured a column with the Indianapolis Star…When two Test matches start almost simultaneously this Thursday - New Zealand v England and Australia v Pakistan - all three of the leading run scorers in the County Championship this season will be present.

No. 1 on that list, Dom Sibley, is set to open the batting for England, while third-ranked Marnus Labuschagne will slot into Australia's middle order. But the man in second place will be on the grassy banks at Mount Maunganui, watching as a fan.

Hassan Azad stormed to the top of the Division Two run-scoring charts this year while on a summer contract at the country's bottom club.

"If Leicestershire hadn't offered me a trial, I'd be somewhere in an industrial plant in Aberdeen," he laughs. "It all feels like a dream. I'm not sure when


that will stop, but I'm quite enjoying the feeling of riding the wave. I'm just trying to keep doing the same things over and over."

Azad lived in Mastung - a town near Quetta - until he was six, before shifting to Karachi, where his youth career took off. He was soon playing age-group cricket for Pakistan, featuring in an Under-15 side alongside Babar Azam, Usman Qadir and Mohammad Nawaz, but a combination of the turbulent political climate and a clash between the cricketing schedule and his academic timetable meant that a move soon followed.

"I had to choose one thing or the other, and my mum didn't want me to have to make that decision at 15 years old. My parents had been wanting to move over for awhile," Azad says. "We had some land that got occupied, and the conditions in the country weren't great at the time. There wasn't a lot of security.

The first time they moved, they went to London for a month, but ended up coming back because there were no jobs going. Second time round, his mother found herself one in Mansfield, in King's Mill Hospital.

"The move was really good for me. I was putting a lot of pressure on myself playing cricket in Pakistan. I made it to the U-15s team quite early, and hadn't quite kicked on the way I'd wanted to. Moving to the UK made me realise that there's more to life than just cricket - it broadened my perspective a little bit."

"I'm good at focusing on


the next ball in the present moment. I don't get caught up in trying to be too perfect"

Before leaving, Azad emailed Nottinghamshire to let them know a Pakistan U-15 batsman was about to move to the area. Three days after arriving in the UK, he had scored 60 in a club game umpired by the manager of the county's U-17 side, and he was netting with the academy the day after. "It moved quite quickly," he says.

But life at the Notts academy was not plain sailing. "I had a few disappointments," Azad says. "I was always putting myself under a lot of pressure, and I was never quite where I wanted to be. I never felt like I scored enough runs." Of the county's decision to release him,he says, "I understood why it happened, but it did leave me with a lot of questions to answer as to what I wanted to do next and where I wanted to go."

The answer turned out to be Loughborough, as part of the university's Marylebone Cricket Club University programme, where he studied for an integrated masters degree in chemical engineering. While cricket remained at the forefront of what he did, Azad also found himself pouring time into the degree. "It was an ambitious degree. I wanted to do well in it, so I wasn't going to give less than everything. In the end it was a fascinating subject."

His placement year comprised six months in Hobart at a quarry and a concrete plant, and six months in a cement


factory in the UK. He graduated with a first this summer.

At the same time, his cricket was thriving under the watchful eye of former Leicestershire batsman Russell Cobb, his head coach at MCCU.

"I can't speak highly enough of the MCCU programme," Azad says. "It transformed me as a cricketer. It gave me the tools to figure out my own game, without having the pressure of having someone watching over me, and being accountable to a higher body.

"[Cobb] didn't put any pressure on us, but the environment cultivated a culture of ambition and hard work. We pushed each other, and that worked really well - it really helped me in my game."

On his way to 139 against his former Loughborough team-mates in a university match in March this yearGetty Images

The opportunity to play against counties in early-season first-class fixtures proved invaluable. Towards the end of his first year, Azad made a backs-to-the-wall 99 from 237 balls against the county he had just been released by, whose attack included Jake Ball, Luke Fletcher, Harry Gurney and Samit Patel.

"That was the first time I believed I could play professional cricket. I was just sort of going through the programme, trying to do my best and trying to make it to the 1st team. It felt important to try and play a first-class game, just to tick it off - to be able to say I'm a first-class cricketer.

"Those first-class games are a lot about self-discovery as well. If you haven't been brought up in an academy, odds are


of my self-discovery in long-format cricket playing in the uni games. If I didn't have those games, I don't know if I'd be able to take that into my career now."

"It felt like something you'd write a novel about or watch in a film. Everything conspired to make it unforgettable. I don't think I'll ever forget it as long as I live" Azad on Leicestershire's surprise win in their first Championship game this season

Azad's penultimate year as a student was the start of his breakthrough into the professional game. In a three-day game against Leicestershire, he made 48 off 144 balls opening the batting, and was eventually the seventh man out. His resolute defence impressed Paul Nixon and Dips Patel enough for him to be offered a trial,and he ended the university season in style with 306 unbeaten runs spanning a 50-over game and a two-day fixture against Oxford MCCU.

In his first game for Leicestershire's 2nds, he made 179 not out off 122 balls in a successful 50-over run chase of 399 against a Kent side boasting three first-team bowlers, and after playing the rest of the season with them, he was told the club would offer him a deal as soon as their financial position allowed.

This year was a poor one for Leicestershire, but though they finished bottom of Division Two, there were several memorable moments for Azad.

By picking him as their No. 3 in the first Championship game of the season, Nixon and captain Paul Horton gave him an early boost of confidence


- he batted six and a half hours in the match for 90 runs in a defeat to Derbyshire, and for 156 balls to make a second-innings 39 against Lancashire - but it was not until a home game against Gloucestershire in June that his first Championship hundred arrived. He followed that up with another in the second innings. It kicked off a purple patch of 865 runs in the final eight Championship games, at an average of 66.53.

The most eye-catching thing about Azad's record for the season is his longevity at the crease: he faced 30% more balls than any other Division Two batsman, and ended the season with a strike rate of 41.57, lower than any other of the division's top 25 run scorers.

The secret? "Iis playing club cricket in New Zealand and looking to improve against the short ball - to develop a plan to get off strike rather than just ducking underneath bouncers - to improve his athleticism, "getting quicker off my feet", and to rotate and use his feet against spin. He hopes to break into the white-ball teams next year, and reassures those who fear he will lose his judgement outside off stump that he has played plenty of 50-over games for Loughborough and in 2nd-team cricket in the past.

Clearly he has benefited from making his professional breakthrough late. He recalls a chat with Bilal Shafayat, a former club team-mate and a player once described by the Daily Telegraph as "the most naturally talented English batsman since David Gower".

"He


by barrels full of eels.

Gradually, he recalls, the trading company changed course. Visser explains. “I witnessed the family business slowly going downhill. Over the years, bit by bit the freshwater fish had disappeared from the IJsselmeer. So the company’s portfolio had to be expanded with saltwater fish. Nowadays there is only one auction left around the lake – and the overall fishing fleet has been reduced drastically.”

Several decades later, in 2017, the well-travelled businessman Erik Visser is CEO for Belgium-headquartered global feed additives company Nutriad – and he has no intention of leaving anytime soon. The experiences from his childhood echo in his views on sustainable agriculture – and explain his fondness for aquaculture as well.

BIOGRAPHY

Erik Visser, 47, has been CEO for feed additives company Nutriad since 2010.The Dutchman studied Law and Management Science in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, after which he spent 12 professional years in various countries in Latin America. He held various management positions within the chemical company Brenntag in Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Colombia and Venezuela. Returning to Europe in 2008, he accepted a management position at the feed additives company of Provimi, prior to joining Nutriad.

Pig Progress: What is your take on aquaculture?

Erik Visser: “Aqua is still a fantastic world of pioneering. Enormous progress has been made in development of monogastric production over the last 20 to 30 years, but aquaculture in fact has just kicked off. The business is full of curious people, they are great zealots and very driven. When I had just joined Nutriad, aquaculture was only a


digestive performance enhancers; mycotoxin management products; and preservation & functional ingredients. Main products include mycotoxin, flavour and butyrate solutions. Roughly 70% of the company’s products are being used in monogastric feed, about 15% aquaculture, 10% ruminants and the remainder is being used in feed for a variety of species, from rabbits to horses and ostriches to camels. In terms of turnover, about 40% of its products are sold in Europe, 25% for North America, 20% for Asia and 15% for Latin America. The company sells in over 80 countries worldwide and has offices in various European countries, as well as in the USA, China, Mexico and Brazil. Products are being manufactured in Belgium, Spain, UK, China and the USA.of 2014, the town’s officials decided to tap the Flint River for water for the town — previously they relied on water from Detroit and Lake Huron. The issue is Flint River is highly polluted from the town’s manufacturing days plus farm runoff and sewage, but officials insisted it was safe to use. Why did they make the move? The city was so poor it was taken into state receivership. So officials were brought in to cut the city spending in 2011 and in 2013, those officials decided to make the transition to save the city about about $1 million a year. Soon after, the problems started immediately and by August of 2014, E. coli pollution in the water led to constant warnings for residents to boil their


As a conservative, he joined the Party of the Right (PD) when it was founded, in 1914.  However, Prüm left the Party of the Right in 1918 to form his own party, the Independent National Party (PNI).

Government
In 1925, the PNI seized upon the inability of the PD government to pass railway reforms. In the legislative elections of 1 March, the ruling Party of the Right lost its majority in the Chamber of Deputies, winning only 22 of the 47 seats. Unwilling to form a coalition with any parties that had blocked its railway reforms, Prüm was invited to form a government, provided that he could form a majority coalition.  Taking in an eclectic collection of Radical Socialists and dissident conservatives, with the additional informal backing ofSarah Graham Artwork & Limited Edition Prints

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Sarah, as a realist painter, is entirely motivated by colour and this inevitably leads to the subject matter of toys and sweets. It allows her, as an artist, to explore vivid colour whilst


appeals in Obama. But all the signs are that the former seeks a narrower range of advice. Equally worrying is that he fails to educate himself on crucial matters; the attitude he has taken to economic policy over many years is at issue here. Either as a result of poor advice, or of advice inadequately considered, he frequently makes decisions that seem capricious or erratic. The most notable of these is his ill-considered choice of Sarah Palin, the Republican governor of Alaska, as running mate. Palin lacks the experience, and any outward sign of the capacity, to face the rigours of the presidency.

The Oval Office is not a debating chamber, nor is it a faculty club. As anyone in academia will know, a thoughtful and professorial air isPlans to transform a 70-year-old warehouse in central Edmonton into a new hub for cultivating Edmonton's food scene are getting served up some financial backing from city hall.

The project, called The Public, would transform the Capital Place Art Building at 10560 107th St. into a food business incubator and production facility with a public market, retail and event space, and 13 shared commercial kitchens.

City council's executive committee on Monday approved $600,000 in funding for the project.

Council had previously approved the funds during budget deliberations last year, pending the presentation of a detailed business plan from the project's proponents, Wild Heart Collective and Makespace Edmonton.

"Whatever it is that they're producing — whether it's the kinds of things that you'd find at the farmers markets or ultimately you'll see in


properly supported in their development."

The project founders have signed a 10-year lease on the building and have a $231,000 provincial grant and have secured some private financing, Franke said.

The first phase of construction will start with five commercial kitchens, with plans to add retail spaces and a multi-day public market over the coming years. Franke said the hope is to host a grand opening in October.

"We'll look to expand as the businesses succeed."biography of diabetes-the-disease and of the diabetologist-author, wherein the perspectives of past physicians and scientists are merged, sometimes in the compass of a single sentence, with the perspective of an adroit present day doctor who has devoted his career to the study of aspects of the disease and to the care of persons afflicted by it. The result is a narrative that is likely quite congenial to both thoughtful physicians who seek to historicise their clinical practice, and inquisitive patients who seek to augment their lived experience, searching for the origins of contemporary concepts and practices, and to deepen their understanding of the predicaments created by human disease and medical care.

In Tattersall's account, particulars dominate: the book is crammed full of historical figures---mostly consisting of physicians and scientists,


2012/13 40,000+ Zapatistas march into five towns in Chiapas, the biggest public demonstration to date.

Relevant Historical Background.

300-900 CE: Mayans settle in the area we call Chiapas, Mexico

250 CE: The Mayan civilization, centered in the Yucatán peninsula, becomes one of the most dominant of the region’s groups, reaching its peak around the sixth century A.D., during the Classic period of Mesoamerican history. The Maya excelled at pottery, hieroglyph writing, calendar-making and mathematics, and left an astonishing amount of great architecture.

1519-21: Spanish conquistadors led by Hernán Cortés oversee the conquest of the Aztecs and Maya – 500 years of domination and exploitation begins.

1810: September, 16. Father Manuel Hidalgo calls for Mexican Independence from Spain in “El Grito de Dolores”, and this becomes Mexican Independence day. War of Independence ensues, andSpanish are defeated.

1824: Chiapas changes from under the dominion of Guatemala to being a Mexican state, which benefits the ruling elites.

1867-70: Indigenous rebellion over taxation, market control and religious freedom in Chamula, a Tzotsil stronghold in the Chiapas Highlands. Once again brutally put down by the Spanish Crown forces based in the garrison town of Cuidad Real (San Cristóbal de las Casas).

1910: Beginning of the epic 10-year long Mexican revolution, triggered by unrest amongst peasants and urban workers. Due to its geographical isolation, Chiapas remains relatively untouched by events in the rest of revolutionary Mexico.

1911: Mexico’s dictator, Porfirio Diaz, is overthrown. The new president is Francisco Madero, a liberal. Madero introduces land reform and labor legislation. Political unrest continues with Emiliano Zapata leading a peasant revolt in the


south. Again, Chiapas is barely affected by land reform or the changes in the structure of power.

1919: Assassination of Emiliano Zapata, at Chinameca, on the 10th April. With his death, the true revolutionary potential of the Mexican Revolution is lost.

1928-1970s: The pace of land reform continues to stagnate in Chiapas, culminating with thousands of indigenous being forced off arable land and into the sparsely populated Lacandon jungle.

1968: Tlatelolco Massacre. Student demonstration during the Olympic Games is fired upon by Mexican security forces in Tlatelolco, Mexico City. Hundreds of protesters are killed and wounded, and thousands are arrested. The ensuing months of repression of the social movement lead many activists into clandestinity and the formation of guerilla nuclei.

1974: Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas organizes the Indigenous Congress– 1200 delegates from 300 communities come together to demand land reform, education in indigenous languages, health care and labor rights.

1979: “Plan de Ayala” created by the Chiapas-based National Coordinating Committee – two dozen peasant communities declare themselves independent of the government.

1982: The new governor of Chiapas, General Absalon Castellanos Dominguez, increases military repression in the face of indigenous rebellion – his forces kill 102 campesinos, 327 more disappear, 590 imprisoned, 427 kidnapped and tortured, 407 families forced to move and 54 communities are overrun by security forces in an attempt to quell rebellion.

1982: Activists from the National Liberation Forces (FLN), including Marcos, arrive in Chiapas.

Nov. 17, 1983: The EZLN (Ejercito Zapatista Liberacion Nacional, or Zapatista National Liberation Army) is founded by three indigenous activists and three mestizos.

1985


– Earthquake in Mexico City kills thousands and makes many more homeless. An active civil society arises to act in solidarity with victims where the government has let the people down.

1986: EZLN enters its first indigenous community at the invitation of local leaders.

1994: Uprising and peace talks

January 1st: Uprising! The Zapatistas declares war on the Mexican government on behalf of the country’s indigenous people. They launch their uprising on this day because it is the date the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. From their base in Mexico’s southernmost state of Chiapas, the Zapatistas seize government offices and occupy thousands of acres of private land. The insurgents demand democracy, liberty, and justice for all Mexicans. The EZLN’s General Command issues the First Declaration of theLacandon Jungle, and the municipalities of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Ocosingo, Las Margaritas, Altamirano, Chanal, Oxchuc, and Huixtan are all taken by the rebels.

Early January: The Mexican army responds by sending troops to the state. Firefights last for 12 days. Representatives of national and international human rights groups swarm into the state. After a series of pitched battles causing 145 deaths and hundreds of casualties, both sides agree to a cease-fire.

February 21: Dialogue for peace between the EZLN and the federal government, moderated by San Cristóbal’s bishop Samuel Ruiz García, held in the cathedral of San Cristóbal de las Casas. The EZLN declares that the results of the talks will be submitted to a long consultation among all the Zapatista communities and civilian bases of support.

March 24: