Ghaddafi last year.

The long-term challenges include defining the role of the 63-year-old alliance in the post-Cold War and post-9/11 world and financial and military burden sharing between the United States and the 27 other alliance members.

While the immediate problems will no doubt garner the most attention in Chicago, we focus in this brief on the long-term challenges because they are far more important for the United States and its European allies as they enter a period of austerity.

In particular, we believe that while our NATO partners can contribute more to the alliance, tightening budgets in the United States and Europe will force member states to manage sensible defense reductions. This will mean focusing remaining resources on key capabilities like tankers, munitions, helicopters, and surveillance, while reining in personnelArab League, the Economic Community Of West African States, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

Do other NATO members need to do more?

Many Americans wonder what benefits their country receives from its continued membership in NATO. To put it bluntly, many Americans are concerned that the other 27 members of the alliance—or at least a majority of them—are simply free-riders who rely on U.S. expenditures and the presence of about 80,000 American troops in Europe to provide security so that they can ignore or short-change their own defense requirements to focus on other priorities.

On the surface the NATO skeptics have a strong case. The United States today spends about 4.8 percent of its gross domestic product on defense while European NATO members spend about 1.7 percent. According to


2010 data, only six of NATO’s 26 European members met the alliance’s defense spending target of 2 percent of GDP. This lack of military investment outside the United States was clear in the Libyan operation and in Afghanistan, where many members exhibited major deficiencies in their military capabilities.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates dramatically summed up these deficiencies in his valedictory speech to NATO members in Brussels in June 2011. According to Gates, the European militaries, despite counting more than 2 million people in uniform, have difficulty sustaining a deployment of fewer than 45,000 troops in Afghanistan.

This deficiency is due in part to excessive personnel costs across much of the alliance. The United States allocates roughly one-third of the defense budget to personnel costs; 19 of the other 27extensive benefits the United States receives from its membership.

True, the non-U.S. NATO countries spend about one-third less of their GDP on defense than the United States, and the United States currently accounts for about 75 percent of NATO member states’ total defense expenditures, up from 50 percent a decade ago.

But it makes sense for the United States to spend more: It is a global power with global interests, and non-U.S. NATO defense expenditures still currently account for 18 percent of global defense spending, more than China and Russia combined.

Meanwhile, the U.S. defense budget has grown in real terms over the past decade to heights not seen since World War II, a situation Gates himself has referred to as a “gusher” and which skews the expectations and assessments of


NATO

Bases in Europe serve as launch pads for operations

First, the approximately 80,000 U.S. troops in Europe are not there simply to defend Europe. While the number of troops should and will be reduced as part of an overall reduction in U.S. defense spending, American facilities in Europe also provide launching pads that enable us to rapidly deploy troops to areas like the greater Middle East and help us to bring wounded troops to first-class medical facilities more quickly than bringing them back to the United States from Iraq and Afghanistan. Our presence in Europe should be reduced, not eliminated.

NATO membership provides legitimacy for U.S. military operations

Second, the alliance can and does provide international legitimacy for military operations that the United States undertakes to enhance its own security. Thislegitimacy is often a necessary condition for the United States to get support at home and around the world for these actions. Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Libya are all examples.

In 1999, a Russian veto prevented the United Nations from authorizing the use of force to prevent Serbian leader Slobodan Milošević from slaughtering the Muslims in Kosovo. The U.S.-led operation was then executed under the auspices of NATO. Not only did it stop the slaughter and enhance the image of the United States in the world—particularly the Muslim world—but, more importantly, NATO still maintains a military presence there to prevent a return of ethnic violence.

Similarly, after the 9/11 attacks NATO invoked Article Five—which ensures collective sup- port should any member face an armed attack in Europe or North America—for the


first and only time in its history. This signaled to the violent extremists who conducted these attacks that they were not just an attack on the United States but on all members.

The invocation of Article Five—which would have been impossible without the NATO framework—also made it possible for the war in Afghanistan to become a NATO-led and supported operation. In addition to lending legitimacy to the operation, approximately one-quarter of the troops currently serving in Afghanistan are from NATO countries besides the United States. This commitment reduces strain on U.S. forces, saves us money, and allows the United States to focus on other potential threats.

Meanwhile, Libyan dictator Moammar Ghaddafi had for several decades been a thorn in the side of the United States and was responsible for killinghundreds of Americans. But when the Arab Spring spread to Libya and Ghaddafi threatened the annihilation of the rebels and civilians in Benghazi, the United States faced a situation in which existing commitments elsewhere, a lack of domestic political will, and the perception that it could not afford to lead another war in a Muslim country left it powerless to intervene unilaterally to prevent a massacre.

Through contributions from NATO member states and the legitimacy the alliance conferred, Ghaddafi was eliminated without the loss of a single American life and at a cost of a little over $1 billion (compared to nearly $1 trillion we spent to remove Saddam Hussein). In addition, the operation enhanced the Muslim world’s opinion of the United States, and undermined the Al Qaeda narrative


Pact nationals and Soviet satellites to join NATO. Over the past two decades joining NATO has functioned as a preliminary step leading to the eventual integration of many of them into the European Union.

Moreover, since Turkey has not been allowed to join the European Union, having the country in NATO gives the United States a useful bridge to the greater Middle East. When Turkey joined the other NATO countries in declaring that the 9/11 attacks were more than just an attack on the United States it was an important factor in preventing the United States from being accused of waging a war on Islam.

This effect is also true in other volatile regions where the United States can turn to NATO allies with expertise, experience, or long-standing diplomatic orcollective concern.

Globally, the alliance will continue to guarantee that an attack on one member state is an attack on the entire alliance. This remains its primary responsibility. But cooperation with other regional bodies like the Economic Community of West African States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations can build confidence and improve responses to collective problems like piracy, cybersecurity, and terrorism.

Security in the 21st century will largely lie in tackling these transnational problems, and NATO has much to offer. The United States would be wise to lead this discussion in Chicago and beyond.

Lawrence J. Korb is a Senior Fellow and Max Hoffman is a Special Assistant for National Security at the Center for American Progress.

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New York is full of great stores of many kinds, but it can be expensive. Shopping will not be your number one goal when traveling to New York, so you might want to skip it in orderstyle terms, computing is still a man's, man's, man's world. "It's very much a young man's industry," says Ms Andrew, now director of Edgeofmyseat.com. "Women find the need to become quite laddish. You try and become very geeky and not particularly feminine." In her former jobs, she consciously opted for non-descript clothing of jeans and jumper, so as not to draw unwanted attention or pointed comments. Wedge strutting In a seemingly unglamorous profession, Barbie's bouffant might also raise an eyebrow or two. Briefcase, pink laptop and comfortable wedges - tech support Barbie's accessories While she appears to be taming her locks with a ponytail caught up in a hot-pink bobble, she still sports a long, glossy fringe swept to one side. As anyone who works maintaining computers could


do think tech support Barbie could help change the perception of women in the industry, and make girls realise you don't have to eschew makeup and styled hair to work in the computing sector. Barbie's newest look is a far cry from the original Ms Petrie says the the idea of Barbie being a cheerleader for the IT profession has been embraced by women who had never before owned a Barbie in their lives - herself included. And Ms Collis thinks the doll's appeal won't be limited to the pre-teen market - it could become a workplace mascot for female tech support staff. But while the doll's main objective is busting computer nerd stereotypes, there is one that seems to have slipped through the cracks: those spectacles. AnBefore investigators arrested a farmhand in the death of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts, they scrutinized a neighbor seen washing his car hours after she vanished, an acquaintance who erased his cellphone data, a Nebraska man who ditched his vehicle nearby and a farmer with a history of stalking women.

Newly unsealed search warrants reviewed by The Associated Press reveal that four men were the subject of police interest at times during the five-week search for the 20-year-old, who went missing July 18 while out running. The documents provide new details about how Tibbetts' disappearance in the town of Brooklyn, Iowa, stumped agents as the mystery became the focus of national media coverage and one of the largest investigations in state history.

The suspect ultimately charged in Tibbetts' death,


Cristhian Bahena-Rivera, did not come on their radar until shortly before he allegedly led them to her body in a cornfield in August.

Investigators say Rivera, 24, followed Tibbetts in a car and then on foot as she was out for an evening run, kidnapped her after a struggle and stabbed her to death. Rivera was identified as a suspect after officers found surveillance footage showing a Chevy Malibu that they later linked to him. Rivera, who is scheduled to stand trial, is a Mexican national who was allegedly in the U.S. illegally .

Before then, investigators had focused attention on four others in the suspected kidnapping based on circumstances and seemingly suspicious behavior. They faced police interviews, searches of their vehicles and property and scrutiny of their cellphone datathat claim was "untruthful" based on video and business records. Tometich declined comment on that.

All the men were later ruled out as suspects through further investigation, said Mitch Mortvedt, assistant director of the Division of Criminal Investigation.

"In any investigation we come across people who raise an eyebrow to us. They have absolutely nothing to do with the issue we're investigating, but their behavior draws your attention for a short amount of time," he said. "There was a handful of those scattered throughout the five weeks."

Rivera's attorney, Chad Frese, said he's aware of the individuals described in the warrants but that it's premature to comment on defense strategy.

Mortvedt said the farmer was of interest longer than others, in part because he gave multiple attention-grabbing media interviews in which he


denied involvement but acknowledged his criminal history. He allowed agents to question him and search his home and property outside of Brooklyn, about 200 yards (182 meters) from where investigators determined that Tibbetts' cellphone dropped off the network.

The investigation was driven by technology from the beginning. Tibbetts' phone records indicated that her rate of movement on a rural road near Brooklyn sped rapidly, as if she went from running to traveling in a car. Investigators then obtained a warrant requiring Google to provide data showing which users could be tracked to that vicinity.

One of four such Google customers was a 17-year-old who was Facebook friends with Tibbetts. The teen's brother was on the same construction crew as Tibbetts' boyfriend, who was out of town when she vanished, soinvestigators assumed he may have known Tibbetts was home alone. The teen told agents he was at home July 18, but later said he may have been mowing a cemetery. He raised suspicion when he told agents that he had recently "wiped" his smartphone of all stored data and didn't have it on him.

The focus of intense interest early on was a 58-year-old Stanton, Nebraska man, who arrived at a car dealership 30 miles (48 kilometers) east of Brooklyn on July 20. The man told a salesman that he was driving to visit a foreign girlfriend while she was in Indiana but that his 1989 Chevy Grand Marquis was having transmission trouble, according to search warrant materials. He bought a used car for $3,500 and left the Chevy


there, taking its license plates and a small bag with him. He said he would be back for the Chevy — which a witness said resembled a suspicious vehicle she saw near Tibbetts' home on July 18 — but didn't leave contact information.

Agents searched the vehicle after seeing a reddish spot in the backseat. They found hairs, including dark ones that they thought could have belonged to Tibbetts, and sent them to the crime lab for examination. They obtained warrants for information from the man's two Facebook accounts, one of which liked the pages of dozens of scantily clad female athletes and models.

But Mortvedt said nothing in the car tied him to Tibbetts, and the man was ruled out as a suspect.

"Once we started to dive into aHow Brazil's culture wars are being waged in classrooms By Katy Watson

BBC South America correspondent, Brasília Published duration 6 May 2019

image caption The aim of some of the school's activities is to reinforce a sense of national pride

For students at the Educational Centre 308 in the rundown Brasília neighbourhood of Recanto das Emas, the day begins with a pep talk from Lt Mario Vitor Barbosa Magalhães.

"This week has been very demanding - the vast majority of you have succeeded in doing what's needed of you, both in the classroom and with homework," he shouts. "Very good, but every day we need to improve, every day is a new challenge."

The children then belt out the national anthem, standing in front of the Brazilian flag with its motto "Order and


Progress". The aim is to reinforce a sense of national pride that many feel has been lost in Brazil in recent years.

In a way it feels more like a police academy than a school. Here, police are in charge of the discipline, leaving the education to the teachers.

It has been a turnaround, says deputy head Debora Rodrigues Sales, who has been teaching in this school for 20 years.

Until a few months ago, you would more likely see drug traffickers than uniformed officers at the school gate. A sign of it is the bullet mark on the metal door, the result of a recent shoot-out.

image caption A bullet mark on the school's metal door after a shoot-out

"As time went on, people were asking for a police intervention," she says."When this idea of a school shared with military police came up, we said 'yes' straight away."

Militarisation of schools

There are around 120 "militarised" schools in the country. But the election last year of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, a former army officer who has promised to crack down on violence and improve education, has propelled their growth more than ever.

Educational Centre 308 is part of a pilot project where management is shared between teachers and police in Brasília. The plan is for the number of these schools to grow from four to 40 by the end of the year and to 200 by the end of President Bolsonaro's four-year mandate.

Ms Sales, though, admits that some of her colleagues walked away, unhappy with the police presence in the school.

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Students line up to sing the national anthem in front of the country's flag

The assistant secretary of education for Brasília, Mauro Oliveira, says the controversial move was necessary. "We're talking about vulnerable schools, we're talking about drugs inside, teachers being threatened, so we need to go back to basics."

"As a democracy we should understand and do what the majority wants. People wanted a school that could offer more discipline and more safety for the kids," he explains.

'Left-wing indoctrination'

But Jair Bolsonaro's focus on education is not just focussed on public security. He has also called for an end to what he has called "indoctrination" by left-wing teachers.

In the week he was inaugurated in January, he tweeted about his desire to "tackle the Marxist garbage in our schools head on".He added: "We shall succeed in forming citizens and not political militants."

image caption "Every day we need to improve, every day is a new challenge," Lt Magalhães tells the students

He has taken aim at one of Brazil's most famous educationalists, Paulo Freire, an advocate of teaching critical thought in schools.

President Bolsonaro thinks Mr Freire, a socialist who was briefly imprisoned during the military dictatorship of 1964-1985 and who died in 1997, has played too influential a role in Brazilian education.

The president threatened to "enter the education ministry with a flamethrower" to remove Mr Freire's ideals.

Miguel Nagib thoroughly backs President Bolsonaro's aims. He founded Escola Sem Partido (Portuguese for School Without Party), an initiative to stamp out party politics from the classroom.

Mr Nagib blames the left-wing governments of Luiz


Inácio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff for what he says is the "indoctrination" of Brazilian students.

"When teachers are sympathetic to one party or another and promote that ideology, they're creating an imbalance in democracy," he argues.

He concedes that there are teachers on the right who use classrooms "for ideological means" but, he says, "they're snipers, they work alone".

"The party politics in Brazil came with the Workers' Party," he says of the party which governed Brazil from 2003 to 2011.

'An enemy that doesn't exist'

Many say that this attitude is a sign of the creeping conservatism in the Bolsonaro administration.

"It's important for the government to have an enemy to fight," explains Mauricio Fronzaglia of the Mackenzie Presbyterian University in São Paulo.

"They've created this caricatured vision that schools and universitiesexperience. The most noteworthy of those signings are Ed Ruth, Tyrell Fortune, Jarod Trice and Joey Davis. Ruth was the first big splash Coker made after he signed Pico. Ruth, a four-time All-American and three-time national champion at Penn State, was working on making the 2016 Olympic wrestling team when he signed with Bellator in May 2015. Ruth came up short in his bid for the Olympics and then began his MMA career in November 2016. He won his first four fights by knockout. In his most recent bout, Ruth (5-0 MMA, 5-0 BMMA) defeated the much more experienced Ion Pascu by decision (via YouTube):

Like Ruth, Fortune was looking to make the 2016 Olympic team when he signed with the promotion in August 2015. Fortune, an NCAA Division


II champion at Grand Canyon University, also missed the cut for the Olympic squad. He made his Bellator debut on the same card as Ruth, Bellator 163. Fortune (4-0 MMA, 4-0 BMMA) is now unbeaten in his promising MMA career.

Trice signed with the promotion in May 2016. A three-time All-American at Central Michigan University, Trice also won national titles in freestyle and Greco-Roman during his wrestling days. Three fights into his MMA career, Trice (3-0 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) remains unbeaten (via YouTube):

Davis was the next high-profile wrestler to ink a Bellator deal. Davis, a four-time Division II NCAA champion, put together a perfect 131-0 record with Notre Dame College in Ohio.

Davis was unbeaten in five amateur MMA fights. Since he joined Bellator in June 2016, Davis (3-0 MMA,His connection to the University of Delaware, where he got his bachelor's in 1965, goes back even longer. He has spoken at four university commencements, in 1978, 1987, 2004 and 2014, and last December spoke at the inauguration of university president Dennis Assanis. He donated his senatorial papers to the university's library in 2011, and his wife received her bachelor's and doctorate degrees from the university.


RUMSON – The 12th annual Hoops for Horizons 3-on-3 basketball tournament will kick off at the Rumson Country Day School on Thursday, March 6, and run through Saturday, March 8.

All funds raised will benefit the Horizons Student Enrichment Program.

For a second year, the charity event will be held in honor of Albert E. Martin Jr., the Red Bank Regional basketball player who died suddenly in December 2012. A Horizons graduate, Martin played in the Hoops tournament every year to give back to the program that made a difference in his life.

According to Horizons Executive Director Lori Hohenleitner, nearly 200 basketball players of all ages played in last year’s tournament, which raised nearly $75,000 for Horizons, a tremendous boost for a program which relies 100 percent on private funding.

“LastMarch, there was such an outpouring of support for Albert and Horizons, we’ve decided to expand the event to include an extra night of play and added some exciting new features, including a special guest speaker,” said Hilary DiPiero, who is co-chairing the tournament with Donna Gibson for a second year.

The new additions to the tournament include Thursday evening games for fifth- and sixth-graders, a community fair on Saturday featuring exhibitors and vendors and a not-to-be-missed workshop with Bill Burke at 6 p.m. Friday, March 7. A respected college basketball coach, Burke’s presentation will be about basketball and life skills that apply long after the final buzzer rings. Burke’s long basketball career includes time as director of basketball operations at Iona College, the University of Louisville, Loyola College


Thousands of teachers to be unemployed following MOE new teaching standards

Thursday, February 11th, 2016

The Ministry of Education (MOE) is tightening its standards on teachers across Belize, requiring them to have the necessary education and pedagogical skills in order to keep their job in the coming school year. The implementation of these new standards is expected to affect over a thousand primary and secondary school teachers who do not have the necessary qualifications to teach in Belize. This was announced during a press conference on Wednesday, February 3rd in Belize City. The Ministry of Education hopes that with this step, the education system will be strengthened and teachers will become better qualified.Heading the implementation of the new regulations is Minister of Education, Honorable Patrick Faber, who indicated that onlyfinalise the decision until the weekend before. It was a big moment for Brown, the Bank and the nation. Similarly, this election could well be historic – not in a good sense, as I hope to explain – but the decision to call it appears to have been finalised in the wonderful atmosphere of the Snowdonia national park.

I know the area well and can report that, whatever the impression given by the Brexit vote in south Wales and some of the constituencies on the north coast, there is strong support for our membership of the EU among the people I meet in Penrhyndeudraeth and Dolgellau.

I suspect the locals are shocked that a walk in Snowdonia should be associated with an election whose manifesto, the Daily Mail tells us,


the most powerful prime minister since the war. Really? We shall see. One thing is clear: by caving in to the Daily Mail and their fellow Brexiters, she now owns the consequences of Brexit. If she ploughs on, she could end up by 2020 as the most unpopular prime minister since records began – a feat once achieved by Margaret Thatcher, until she was saved by the Falklands war.

At a time when this country has a surfeit of economic problems – for example, the pressure on the health service and social care, the savage cuts to the budgets of state schools, and the rise in crime associated pretty obviously with cuts to the police force – the last thing we need is Brexit on top of a misconceivedSports Columnists

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in favor of KAL on the alternative grounds that the public duty exception bars the State from seeking indemnification for its own negligence in the operation, maintenance or design of the runways and taxiways.

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As a consequence of KAL's need for operational space at the Anchorage International Airport, KAL and the State entered into a Lease Agreement (Lease No. ADA-04331) on January 17, 1981, granting KAL use of certain premises in the International Terminal Satellite Building. Paragraph 18 of the agreement provided that KAL, as lessee, would "indemnify, defend and hold harmless the State from any liability, loss, property or personal injury damage resulting from or arising out of any act of commission or omission by KAL or arising from or connected with KAL's use and occupation of thethe accident.
KAL brought motions for summary judgment on the State's claims for clean-up costs and indemnity. After hearing oral argument, the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of KAL on both issues. The court held that the indemnity clause of the lease agreement extended only to losses occurring on the terminal premises and not to accidents on airport taxiways and runways.
The State moved for partial summary judgment on the issues of KAL's negligence and causation of the accident. On April 9, 1987, the trial court granted the State's motion on both issues. On April 29, 1987, KAL voluntarily dismissed its claims for the uninsured loss of use of its aircraft and miscellaneous damages and expenses. KAL settled SCA's claims out of court. KAL's insurance carrier, Oriental Fire


& Marine Company, Ltd. (Oriental), funded the settlement.
On April 19, 1987, the trial court endorsed a stipulation between SCA and the State for the dismissal with prejudice of all SCA claims against the State. On September 17, 1987, the court entered final judgment in favor of KAL on the State's counterclaim for indemnification and in favor of the State against KAL on KAL's claims for which its insurer, Oriental, was subrogated to KAL's rights, and on KAL's nonsubrogated claims against the State. The State appeals the court's ruling on the indemnification claim.[1]

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The State argues that the indemnity clause language[2] should be interpreted as requiring KAL to indemnify the State for all acts arising out of or occurring as a result of KAL's use of the airport. Thephysicians were overwhelmed with significant setbacks as his condition reportedly took a turn for the worse when he went into cardiac arrest.

Camacho’s mother flew in from New York yesterday to see her son and discuss his treatment.

The shooting occurred in the city of Bayamon. The boxer was shot as he and a friend sat in a Ford Mustang parked outside a bar Tuesday night. Police spokesman Alex Diaz has said officers found nine small bags of cocaine in the friend’s pocket, and a 10th bag open inside the car.

Camacho was rushed to the trauma center in San Juan where it was revealed the bullet entered on the right side of his jaw, exited his head, and became lodged in his shoulder. The bullet managed to fracture two vertebrae,


but doctors believed he would survive, adding that he may be paralyzed.

According to the Associated Press, a friend with him at the time of the shooting was killed, though his name has not been released.

The suspects reportedly began shooting as they passed the Ford Mustang Camacho and his friend were in. Police later found the shooters’ van in Jardines de Cataño. One suspect was arrested.

Looking back at the boxer’s personal problems, it’s clear that Camacho had a history of drug and alcohol issues which often interfered with his boxing career.

His last title bout was in 1997 against Oscar de la Hoya, and his last fight at all was in 2009. He had been fighting to get back in the ring.

A representative for the boxer says they had beenworking to get him a fight in 2013.

In recent years, Camacho had been drawing attention as his wife twice filed domestic abuse complaints against him. Camacho was also scheduled to face a trial in Orange County for allegedly abusing his teenage son.

His career boxing record stands at 79-5-3.

Camacho was born in Bayamon, one of the cities that make up the San Juan metropolitan area. He won the super lightweight, lightweight and junior welterweight world titles in the 1980’s.

Camacho has fought a number of high-profile bouts in his career, including bouts against Felix Trinidad, Julio Cesar Chavez and Sugar Ray Leonard.

Camacho knocked out Leonard in 1997, ending Leonard’s final comeback attempt in the sport.

In recent years, he has divided his time between Puerto Rico and Florida, appearing regularly on


Spanish-language television as well as on a reality show called “Es Macho Time!” on YouTube. In San Juan, he had been living in the beach community of Isla Verde, where he would obligingly pose for photos with tourists who recognized him on the street, said former pro boxer Victor “Luvi” Callejas, a neighbor and friend.12/14/2011

Where Marco Rubio Has A Tantrum, And Sinks In The Polls

Poor Marco Rubio. When he won his Senate race in 2010 the Republicans proclaimed that he would be their shining star. He was their new golden boy, there was even talk of a run for the VP slot, maybe even the White House.

Well, that shining star turned into a shooting star pretty quickly, one that's careening back down to earth at warp speed where mere mortals live in a reality and fact based world.

In other words, Rubio's not exactly living up to his perceived potential. He was pretty much unseen and unheard from until they dusted him off for his close up with a big speech at the Reagan library. Those of us from Florida weren't exactly surprised,


after all it takes him a long time to memorize a script. Unfortunately he didn't take time enough. His speech at the Reagan library contained some misinformation about........Ronald Reagan.

After his big debut there, he got caught in that other little fact problem, this time the wrong facts involved his family history and their flight from Cuba in the 1950's. Rubio was off by three years. This time it wasn't so much that he didn't do his homework, he just thought he might "cheat" a little because it made a better story.

He was also supposedly the "Tea Party Darling" when he ran for the Senate, but after he won it seemed while he still wanted to date the Tea Party, he didn't so much want to marry them. Herun for the VP slot, maybe even the White House.

Well, that shining star turned into a shooting star pretty quickly, one that's careening back down to earth at warp speed where mere mortals live in a reality and fact based world.

In other words, Rubio's not exactly living up to his perceived potential. He was pretty much unseen and unheard from until they dusted him off for his close up with a big speech at the Reagan library. Those of us from Florida weren't exactly surprised, after all it takes him a long time to memorize a script. Unfortunately he didn't take time enough. His speech at the Reagan library contained some misinformation about........Ronald Reagan.

After his big debut there, he got caught in that other little fact problem, this


time the wrong facts involved his family history and their flight from Cuba in the 1950's. Rubio was off by three years. This time it wasn't so much that he didn't do his homework, he just thought he might "cheat" a little because it made a better story.

He was also supposedly the "Tea Party Darling" when he ran for the Senate, but after he won it seemed while he still wanted to date the Tea Party, he didn't so much want to marry them. He can't quite commit for political reasons. The winds of political change are fickle things.

We didn't see or hear much from Rubio after that either, but this week he made the news again when he joined other Republicans in the Senate yesterday to voteElections 2019: Why India cannot underestimate the 'foreign hand' India has become more vulnerable to attacks. Only, the 'weapons of mass destruction' now are data and social media, which any nation can use to influence our elections.

POLITICS | 8-minute read | 03-10-2018

In India of the seventies, two hands haunted public imagination. One was “Kanoon ke lambe haath” — the long arm of the law. The other was the ubiquitous “foreign hand”. Both were invisible and supposed to work in their own mysterious ways.

The first — that of the law — though was easy to visualise, it was often elusive. Sometime prone to error, like getting hold of the wrong person, it was also inefficient. Yet, what it lacked by way of effectiveness, it compensated with a magical ability


no secret of her affection for the Soviet Union. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States was anathema to her. Anything going off-track in the country’s governance was the doing of the CIA. “Foreign hand” was a euphemism.

Indira Gandhi made no secret of her affection for the Soviet Union. (Photo: Indiatoday.in)

The spectre of the CIA’s omnipresence had gained such absurd proportions, it became a subject of satire in public discourse. I recall a play performed by Utpal Dutt's Left-leaning theatre group in Kolkata. It had a song “Shob Sia janey, Sia”. It parodied the CIA — Sia (CIA) knows everything.

To be fair, Nixon’s displeasure with Indira Gandhi is well-known. American interference in the 1971 Indo-Pak War and Bangladesh Liberation is not fiction. The USA was notpleased with Indira declaring Emergency either. Some say that the US may have nudged Indira Gandhi to lift the Emergency. Her biographers have written about her mortal fear of elimination by unseen enemies.

The idea of the “foreign hand” was not a convenient bogey, raised by insecure politicians. It was not an excuse for things going wrong or not according to plan. It was also not paranoia. In the days of the “Cold War”, India was also the playground for foreign intelligence. Former RAW chief Vikram Sood has written about this in his book The Unending Game.

Recent declassified documents of foreign governments, Julian Assange and Edward Snowden corroborate Sood’s story. The CIA and the KGB had made deep inroads into the Indian establishment. Many politicians, bureaucrats, diplomats, police and


intelligence officers were on their pay. Political parties received funding for elections from the US and the USSR.

Even more interesting is the psychological warfare.

The KGB claimed they had “ten Indian newspapers and a news agency on its payroll”. They put out stories through these outlets. As Sood mentions in The Unending Game, Moscow planted over 160,000 items in the Third World Press in its heyday. In India, during 1972-75 alone, the KGB reportedly pushed 17,000 stories in the Indian media.

If the KGB was this determined, it is safe to assume that the CIA would not have lagged behind. Sood writes about how the Americans have developed the use of aid agencies as intelligence arms to an art form.

Cut to the present — there is little reason to believeelectoral personnel on the ground are not equipped to detect such infiltration.

We must fear “information warfare”. (Photo: Indiatoday.in)

Let us examine a few key elements of what happened in the United States, as per the investigators.

First, there was a massive social media campaign to sow discord. It carried out “information warfare” to disrupt the 2016 presidential election and assist Trump’s candidacy. The scheme took years to execute. It cost millions of dollars and involved dozens of people. People travelled to the United States or organised political rallies on American soil.

As early as the spring of 2014, a “troll farm” devised a strategy to spread distrust. This was towards the candidates and the political system in general. They used fraudulent bank accounts and other fake identity documents.

The troll farm used


American Academy in Berlin

The Academy’s villa is located in the near-distant suburb of Wannsee, across the lake from the House of the Wannsee Conference, where the Final Solution to the so-called “Jewish Problem” was signed. The estate had been owned by a Jewish banker who fled the country during the 1930’s. The house then fell into the hands of the Third Reich’s minister of finance, who added several architectural details.

American Academy in Berlin

The Academy’s villa is located in the near-distant suburb of Wannsee, across the lake from the House of the Wannsee Conference, where the Final Solution to the so-called “Jewish Problem” was signed. The estate had been owned by a Jewish banker who fled the country during the 1930’s. The house then fell into the hands of  In June 2009, defendant’s sister, Beverly Armstrong, relocated to Madera from the
state of Alabama to live with and care for their ailing mother. After their mother died in
January 2013, Armstrong continued to reside in the house.
       Armstrong was unaware of where defendant lived, but he did not live at their
mother’s house, spend the night there or have house keys. Prior to her death, their
mother did not allow him in the house except to occasionally use the telephone, which
Armstrong testified occurred approximately 10 times while Armstrong lived with her.

1      Further references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise noted.
2      Count 3, petty theft with a prior felony conviction (§ 666), was


dismissed by the
prosecutor prior to trial.

                                               2.
Their mother also allowed defendant to keep two garbage bags filled with personal
possessions on her back porch.
      When Armstrong was at home, she parked her car in the driveway or on the street
and if her car was not parked in either location, she was not at home. Defendant knew
Armstrong’s car and prior to the date of the burglary, he had been spotted in the backyard
by a neighbor while Armstrong was atwork.
      On April 2, 2013, at around 2:15 p.m., Armstrong locked the windows and doors
to the house and left for work. When she returned around 11:45 p.m. and entered the
front door, she could see the stool she always left propped up against the back door was
moved to the side. The back door was unlocked. There was dirt on the kitchen counter
by the window and she knew from the dirt someone had entered the house through that
window. She also saw the window screen had been cut, the security latch to the window
was moved, and the window was left open. Armstrong noticed dirt on the refrigerator
door handle as well. Some bread was missing and an empty meat wrapper and potato
chip bag were discarded in the


trash. A small, blue, flowered cloth bag with a zipper
containing approximately $60 in coins and belonging to Armstrong and her mother was
missing from a china cabinet drawer in the dining room. Armstrong also testified at trial
that a bottle of perfume and some DVD’s were missing.
      Armstrong suspected defendant was responsible. She called the police and
reported a burglary. Officers Alva and Garibay responded to the residence separately.
Alva was the primary officer on the case and Garibay left six or seven minutes after
arriving and completing a walk of the perimeter. Alva unsuccessfully dusted for
fingerprints and made a report.3
      After Garibay left the house, he spotted defendant and another man sitting in the
dark on the patio of a closed restaurant abouta mile and a half away. As he approached,

3     Armstrong had wiped the dirt and the counter before calling the police.

                                              3.
Garibay recognized both men and he was aware defendant was a person of interest in the
burglary Alva was investigating. Garibay advised dispatch of the situation and he
conducted a search of defendant. Garibay located a blue cloth bag of coins in defendant’s
pocket. He put the bag on the hood of his patrol car and when Alva arrived after hearing
defendant


SGM Records

SGM RECORDS: Created in 1963 by STAN CAYER ~ Artist, Manager, Promoter, Singer, Rep, and Record Label, Jack of all trades rolled into one

THE SGM RECORDS STORY
In 1963 Stan Cayer drove from Vancouver to Nashville with $1,000 that he had saved, with the intention of recording some of his songs. Before leaving, he sewed the cash into his car seat for safe keeping, as that was a heck of a lot of money in those days. He was a huge fan of Elvis, and when he arrived, he went straight to RCA Studios, where he found Elvis’ producer, Bill Porter. Bill explained the process to Stan, and they set up a date to record. On June blank? 1963 (see tape box for date) they spent the dayrecording. Bill Porter had hired some of the top session players to perform on the tracks. Floyd Cramer, Boots Randolph, Harold Bradley, and others were all in attendance. They recorded Stan’s 3 original songs onto 3 track tape, the industry standard at the time, and overdubbed the harmonies during the mix-down to two track masters, which then could be used to manufacture records.

While in Nashville, Stan heard that Little Richard had been arrested (for ‘peeping’ in the men’s room) so he bailed him out of jail for $100. Little Richard was grateful and promised to re-pay him, but never did. Stan left Nashville with the finished master tapes and headed home to Vancouver, where he shopped them around for possible release. Jerden Records in Seattle was interested but


Stan turned them down due to some of the conditions in their contract. In the end, he decided it would be in his best interest to release them himself, and sent out inquiries for quotes to various pressing plants in Canada. He named his label ‘SGM’ which stood for the first part of his name: Stanley Gordon Melvin [Cayer]. He also set up his own publishing company, ‘Astral Music Publishing’. When the newly pressed records arrived he excitedly took a copy down to CFUN Radio on 4th avenue in Vancouver. Red Robinson, one of the top Disk Jockeys at the time was on air. Stan, with his smart business sense had decided ahead of time that it would be more professional to have a manager, someone he couldtotal, performing Elvis songs each time, as the theme of the show was to have local artists performing the hits of the day.Stan had written a song called ‘Letter to Santa’ and decided to record it in time for Christmas 1964. It was recorded locally at Robin Spurgin’s studio on Broadway and Stan used his unreleased third track ‘Crying on my pillow’ from the Nashville sessions for the B side. The record did well for the holiday season of 1964 and Stan had another hit record. He had realized that the two B sides from the Nashville sessions had received little attention, so he decided to issue a third single with ‘Crying on my pillow’ and ‘Why did I cry’. With some of the money from his success,


Stan started his own magazine, ‘Top Teen Scene’, a teenage music magazine in the style of ‘Sixteen magazine’. His first issue featured The Beatles on the cover, and another issue had articles on James Brown with photos he had taken himself at a recent concert. The magazines were rich with ads from local radio stations and restaurants, and photos of bands and stars.

By 1965, Stan had learned a lot about the music business and decided he would like to work with musicians, to record and publish them, and eventually to manage bands. He signed several artists to record and publish. Groups such as ‘The Shags’, ‘Bernard John and the Bats’ and another group called ‘The In-Crowd’ (who recorded 2 songs for SGM) were among the first to workwith Stan. The In-Crowd consisted of Mike Campbell, (a local singer from the “Let’s Go Show”), Larry Borrisoff on Bass, Ross Turney on Drums, and Norm Glass on guitar. In Late 1965 when the group disbanded, Turney would leave to join The Collectors, and Borrisoff would leave to join Terry Jack’s band ‘The Chessmen’.

By 1967 Stan’s booking agency, Rols Royce Bookings’ was full blown, and he had a lot of artists on his roster. He wanted a better way for clubs to be able to sample the talent of his bands, so he put together a promotional 4 song record with a cover that had pictures of the bands. He chose the four most popular bands that he represented, The Look, The Reign, The Silver Chalice Revue, and


The Sound Set. In May, 1968, Stan sent off the masters to Compo Company in Quebec, to press 600 copies of the record. The Cover was made by Mitchell printing in Vancouver. Most copies were sent out to clubs and high schools to obtain bookings, and the concept worked well. Stan even thought to make a full LP to represent his bands but never got around to it. Representing a large number of bands, Stan was one of the leading booking agencies in Vancouver, and was approached by another (then small time) agent who was interested in a partnership. That agent was Bruce Allen, who today has become a very successful agent representing artists such as BTO, Loverboy, Bryan Adams, and Michael Buble.

One of Stan’s former top bands,Syco Entertainment, often known simply as Syco, is a global joint venture between Simon Cowell and Sony Music Entertainment focused on the production and marketing of music, television, film and digital content. It employs a staff of more than 50 in offices in London and Los Angeles and manages a string of high-profile television and music brands through partnerships with Sony Music labels and TV production partners, most notably FremantleMedia. Cowell and Sony Music Entertainment each own 50% of the business. Retail billionaire Sir Philip Green, a close friend of Cowell, serves as an advisor to the company. Karren Brady, television personality and vice-chairman of West Ham United F.C., also serves as an advisor to the company.

The X Factor, which launched in September 2004, is one of the


most popular television shows in the UK. Syco and Fremantle Media launched The X Factor USA in September 2011, which averaged 12 million viewers and a 4.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic in its first season, leading FOX to nightly wins on Wednesdays and Thursdays and topping all other fall season reality competition.[1]

Internationally, The X Factor is produced individually in 41 countries including major markets like France, the Netherlands, Indonesia and Australia. Additionally, The X Factor USA is screened in 166 countries around the world.

America's Got Talent matched a series high 4.6 rating among adults 18-49 in the summer of 2011 for its sixth season. Since launching in 2006, America's Got Talent has consistently been the most watched show of the summer in the U.S. and toppedthe ratings in the key adults 18-49 demographic.[2]

Britain's Got Talent consistently tops UK ratings when it is broadcast in April, May and June. In 2009, nearly 20 million people (one third of the UK population) tuned into the series 3 final to see Diversity crowned winners.[3]

Got Talent has been even more successful internationally than The X Factor and individual versions of the format now air in 60 countries including China - making Got Talent the most successful television format in the world as of March 2013.

Syco produces other shows outside its key brands. In 2011, ITV series Red or Black? was met with mixed reaction. Syco were also behind American Inventor which ran for two seasons on ABC and the unsuccessful Celebrity Duets on Fox. In addition to


its major formats, Syco also produce entertainment specials. This includes I Dreamed a Dream: The Susan Boyle Story, which broke ratings records in the U.S. on TV Guide network[4] and scored 10 million viewers on ITV in the UK.[5] In 2013, Syco and Optomen launched ITV1 series Food Glorious Food, which aired on Wednesday evenings in the UK.

Syco Entertainment were the executive producers of the film One Direction: This Is Us from director Morgan Spurlock, which follows the life of pop sensations One Direction. The band had come third in the 2010 UK X Factor series, before being signed to Syco.

In March 2013, Syco in partnership with YouTube, launched The You Generation channel which is listed as the 'world's first global audition'. In May 2014, Syco and Univisionintention of having another baby. This is a family of boys, 5 to 14. They dismissed the notion and tucked away the cute, frilly little onesies to donate later.

Not long after that mystery box arrived, the Marinelli family learned they were about to receive another special delivery. Karen was pregnant.

The baby was scheduled to arrive on May 20th ... a year to the day that the horrific "monster" stole so much, from so many.

Karen said, "Just seems like it was meant to be. I know she was meant to be. She was meant to be our blessing, definitely. I think she's going to wrap us up. A nice little bow, the topper on the cake."

Babies are as unpredictable as the weather. Lily arrived a little early, May 8th.


UPDATE: Ahmad Khan Rahami, wanted in NYC, Seaside bombings arrested

ELIZABETH -- A 28-year-old Elizabeth man being sought by federal authorities in connection with weekend explosions in New Jersey and New York City worked in his family's restaurant, according to neighbors.

"I've been going there for years, and if he wasn't the son, he was a cousin or something," said Jessica Casanova, 23. "You see stuff like this on TV, with everything going on in the world, but it's crazy that it would happen right here, a couple blocks from where I live."

The man Casanova referred to, Ahmad Khan Rahami, is wanted for questioning and is considered armed and dangerous, the FBI said Monday morning.

Rahami, who was born in Afghanistan but is a United States citizen, has not yet beenlinked to a third explosion -- one that took place about a mile away from where he lived in Elizabeth at the Broad Street train station at about 12:40 a.m.

Casanova spoke not far from where the FBI, with assistance from Elizabeth and New Jersey State Police, are searching First American Fried Chicken at 104 Elmora Ave. and a residence above it.

Investigators were seen carrying boxes of items from the building at around 10 a.m. Monday. Two cars were also towed from the scene: a black Toyota sedan and a white four-door car.

Juan Ramos, 20, who lives less a few houses away on Linden Avenue, said the family kept to themselves but he sensed "nothing out of the ordinary."

Ramos said he was friends with the family that owns the


chicken restaurant and apartment being searched. He said a family of at least six lived above the eatery.

"I've seen him around all the time," Ramos said of Rahami. He said he was friends with the son of the owner but didn't really know Rahami and was unsure how he was related to the family.

"I haven't seen him recently," Ramos said.

The 5-foot-6, 200-pound Rahami might be driving a 2003 Honda Civic with New Jersey license plates D63-EYB the FBI said.

Another local business owner, Marcella Perrotti of Short Cutz, said he didn't know Rahami, but said all the local business owners were close.

"It's disgusting what's going on," Perrotta said.

The Elmora Avenue residence is about a mile from where an improvised explosive device in a backpack detonated near the train stationearly Monday as authorities were using a bomb robot to examine the item, officials said.

The blast occurred around 12:40 a.m. near Morris Avenue and Julian Place. The explosion was not a controlled blast, but happened unintentionally as the robot was cutting the device, according to Mayor Christian Bollwage. No one was injured, Bollwage said.

Authorities found five devices inside a single backpack near the train station, including one that was detonated.

The Elizabeth incident unfolded after two men found the backpack in a waste basket on North Broad Street and Julian Place around 8 p.m. Sunday, the mayor said.

Dozens of commuters waited for trains to New York City on Monday morning at the Elizabeth train station. While most were anxious, the police presence at the station reassured some riders.

"I was


very much concerned," Amon Weekes, 47, of Elizabeth said. "I'm just going to push forward with my every day plans."

Another rider said she wouldn't be kept from her daily routine. "It's unfortunate that stuff like this happens but we can't live our lives in fear," said Nicole Ocasio, 29, of Elizabeth, who has taken he train into New York for the last seven years.

"Life goes on," she added.

A Roselle Park man said he wasn't worried at all. "I trust the cops," said Manny Ignacio, 57.

"We can't protect ourselves from this kind of crazy," added Patricia Bobbic, 57 of Elizabeth.

A bomb-sniffing dog and officers checked garbage cans and a bike left chained up on the platform. After the dog inspected the area, police cut the chain and removed theWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, preparing for his first meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, will work with advisers on Tuesday to align Israeli and U.S. thinking on the Middle East and ensure “no gaps” remain.

Staff have cleared most of Tuesday for discussions with Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer, and other senior advisers ahead of Wednesday’s Oval Office meeting. The only event of the day is an evening meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

“There isn’t going to be any daylight, no gaps,” one adviser said as the prime minister left for Washington, the first time Netanyahu, the head of a right-wing coalition, has overlapped with a Republican in the White House in four terms in office.

Those reassurances came


laid out a more nuanced position, saying that while he does not see them as an obstacle to peace, building new ones or expanding existing ones beyond their current boundaries is “not good”.

And rather than no pressure for peace talks, Trump has said he wants to have a go at the “ultimate deal”. In an interview with newspaper Israel Hayom last week, he urged Israel to act “reasonably” in the Middle East peace process.

LEADERS IN LOCKSTEP

For Netanyahu, under investigation at home in two criminal cases involving allegations of abuse of office, ensuring he and Trump are in lockstep is critical to putting the friction of the Obama administration behind him and laying the ground for a more fruitful relationship with the United States.

At a time when the MiddleEast is in turmoil and Palestinian politics is fractured by long-standing divisions between the Western-backed Fatah party and the Islamist group Hamas, Israeli officials argue that the time is not ripe for peace.

But while Netanyahu has announced plans for 6,000 more settlement homes, he is also uneasy about pressure from the far-right in his coalition for more dramatic steps, such as the annexation of parts of the West Bank, which the Palestinians want for their own state together with Gaza and East Jerusalem, or the rejection of a Palestinian state altogether.

Netanyahu’s task during the scheduled two-hour meeting with Trump will be to find common ground on both the settlements issue and the prospects for a two-state solution to the conflict: Israel and a Palestine side by side and


means that maintains the pressure plate assembly at a released position. When the motor is stopped, the brake stops the rotation of the motor shaft by allowing the pressure plate assembly to move axially under the force of the mechanical bias to bring the brake liner into engagement with the brake wheel.
One of the primary problems with such electromagnetic brake assemblies is lack of adjustability of the axial distance or gap between the brake wheel and the brake liner of the pressure plate assembly. The air distance varies with the tolerance of the brake assembly and the wear of the brake liner. The mechanical bias urging the pressure plate assembly against the brake wheel is generally an adjustable spring, but adjustment of the spring only compensates for variationsSynopsis: HIT-GIRL’S IN ROME. Mindy races around the ancient city in hot pursuit of an airport cargo thief and their stolen loot. When Hit-Girl finally gets hold of the package, she uncovers a macabre story that leads her deep into the dark, criminal underbelly of Rome.

Review: Issue 9 of Hit-Girl brings us a new writer and artist in the form of Rafael Albuquerque and Rafael Scavone. Albuquerque pulls double duty as both writer and artist. The location moves from Canada to Rome.

The Story

The story starts when Hit-Girl is working in the planes cargo hold doing a bit of freelance security work. When she gets into an altercation with a thief. Hit-Girl is knocked unconscious and awakes to find herself in Rome.

In Rome, she does the complete opposite of


NJ Transit bus strikes, seriously injures pedestrian in Newark

John Munson/The Star-LedgerA file photo of an NJ Transit bus. Tonight, a pedestrian was struck and seriously injured by a bus in Newark.
NEWARK — An unidentified pedestrian was trapped under an NJ Transit bus in the city's Central Ward tonight, and remains in critical condition in an area hospital, police said.

The victim, whose identity was withheld, was apparently struck by the NJ Transit bus near the intersection of Irvine Turner Boulevard and 18th Avenue shortly after 5:30 p.m., said city police Detective Todd McClendon.

Rescue crews managed to free the victim, who was taken to University Hospital and listed in critical condition tonight. Officials from the police department's homicide squad and the Essex County Prosecutor's Office are investigating the collision.I'm sad to report thanks to a tip by Gina Morvay and thethat the first trans murder of 2016 has happened in the Lone Star State in Austin.The reason we in Texas and Austin didn't know about it until a week after it happened is because once again, the trans victim was misgendered by the police and subsequently the local media.As usual, I'm going to do the Austin media's job for them and give our sister the respect in death and proper pronouns she deserves and another example of how to properly report on trans murder cases..According to the Austin Police Department, 43 year old Monica Loera was engaged in a conversation with a man in front of her home along the 300 block of East Powell Lane


Chamberlain's Etruscan Romance in crushed automotive steel stands between the 8 1/2-foot-high plasterboard partitions that set off the gallery from offices and other work spaces. Photo by Eric Laignel.

In the reception area, a vintage Poul Kjaerholm sofa, a repro Kjaerholm armchair, Christophe Delcourt side tables, and a French 1950's steel table are surrounded by Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova's Eye of the Pyramid in cast glass, Lee Ufan's From Line in glue on canvas, and his With Winds in oil on canvas. Photo by Eric Laignel.

On the gallery's end wall, near the kitchen, hangs an oil on canvas from William Anastasi's Bababab series. For a terrazzo effect, the original concrete floor was ground down to begin exposing the aggregate. Photo by Eric Laignel.contract or unjust enrichment?

FACTS
Ms. O'Bryan and Mr. McDonald were divorced in New Mexico in 1983. Cody is the natural child of Ms. O'Bryan and Mr. McDonald, born on November 19, 1976. After the divorce, Ms. O'Bryan and Mr. McDonald individually moved to Houston, Texas. In 1992, Ms. O'Bryan moved from Texas to Wyoming with Cody, who was then 14 years old. Mr. McDonald remained in Texas, where he resided when this suit was commenced.
By virtue of a judgment and order in the divorce proceeding, Mr. McDonald was obligated to pay child support for Cody and his older sister, Michelle, until each child reached the age of majority. In 1992, after the move to Wyoming, Ms. O'Bryan requested from Mr. McDonald copies of his 1991 tax returns. After reviewing


truck in the $6,500 price range in the spring of 1993 and to help with Cody's college expenses. In exchange, Ms. O'Bryan agreed not to initiate legal proceedings in New Mexico to increase Mr. McDonald's support obligation. Ms. O'Bryan reduced the proposed terms to writing in a typewritten letter to Mr. McDonald dated October 1, 1992, and mailed the letter to Mr. McDonald in Texas. Mr. McDonald did not respond to the letter; however, he did send the increased amount for child support and bought Cody a truck. He also paid half of Cody's tuition, books, room, board, and certain expenses after he started attending the University of Wyoming. He refused, however, to pay half of Cody's car repair expenses, car *638 insurance, medical bills, and weekly allowance.
Mr.by the distance of the front wall of the thigh support from the seat surface and therefore from the available lever arm. A large distance between thigh support and seat surface generally signifies a large lever arm and therefore a small movement resistance of the thigh support, although people who set a far distance generally also require a large movement resistance in relation to downward movements so that the legs can comfortably rest on the thigh support during the journey. Conversely, a small distance between the front wall of the thigh support and seat surface generally signifies a small lever arm and therefore a large movement resistance of the thigh support, although people who set a small distance generally also only require a low movement resistance.
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For example, aAdvanced Placement

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AP classes are an important part of every student's high school career. Wheaton High School proudly offers nineteen AP courses in a variety of different areas of interest. We currently have over 800 students accepting the challenge and look forward to welcoming many more in the future.

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The Advanced Placement Program AP courses follow a curriculum mandated by the College Board. Exams and papers during the year are prepared and graded by WHS teachers. Registration for AP exams takes place in late winter (February-March). AP exams prepared by the College Board are given in May, and are graded by the College Board on a 1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the highest. Scores are reported in mid-July.

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the upper frame is swiveled, and this causes the work to be done in an unstable state of the equipment. Also, as the center of gravity of the equipment deviates from the center, the danger of overturning of the heavy equipment is increased.
In order to solve this problem, a method of moving the center of gravity of the heavy equipment near to ground through leveling of the upper frame with a level surface against the direction of gravity on an inclined site has been used.
Conventionally, a user should determine the leveling time by sensing the inclination of the heavy equipment depending on the user's sensitivity, and measure the leveling state himself.
In the case of the leveling control depending on the user's sensitivity, the user cannot properly recognize thePresident Barack Obama today announced his long-awaited choice to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of conservative hero Antonin Scalia. D.C. Circuit Judge Merrick Garland is by most accounts a safe choice in an obstructionist congressional climate. Widely seen as a moderate liberal and effective circuit judge, he is perhaps most well known to the general public for supervising the Oklahoma City bombing and Unabomber cases as Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General in the nineties. He enjoys the support of conservatives such as Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, and respect from some progressives and court-watchers. Think Progress says Garland, a 19 year veteran of the circuit, is “unquestionably qualified to sit on the Supreme Court,” while SCOTUSblog‘s Tom Goldstein wrote back in 2010–during the search to


The candidates appeared nearly even in an Argus Leader-KELO TV poll published Tuesday, with Noem picking up 45 percent of support from Republican voters likely to cast ballots in the primary while Jackley picked up 44 percent.”

NEW MEXICO FACES TURNING POINT ELECTION

Albuquerque Journal: “A critical election year in New Mexico – one that could establish the political pecking order for years – will begin taking shape Tuesday as voters choose the Democratic and Republican nominees for two open congressional seats, governor and other state offices. … Two members of Congress – Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham and Republican Steve Pearce – are leaving safe seats to try for the Governor’s Office, where the Republican incumbent, Susana Martinez, cannot run because of term limits. And voters have a broad mixof political veterans and newcomers to choose from as they weigh the nominees to succeed Lujan Grisham and Pearce in the U.S. House. … In the governor’s race, meanwhile, Lujan Grisham faces intense competition just to win the nomination. Pearce is unopposed on the Republican side. Democratic gubernatorial candidates Jeff Apodaca, a former media executive, and state Sen. Joseph Cervantes, a lawyer, are campaigning aggressively in the final days…”

Rivals pounce on Dem frontrunner’s financial disclosure - Politico: “Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham earned more from her role as co-owner of the company that runs New Mexico’s high-risk insurance program than she stated on her congressional financial disclosure forms for 2013, according to a review of the report and newly released tax returns. In annual financial disclosures required for members


ads, hiring consultants and sending mailers. Those massive numbers include through the middle of May and will only grow in the final pre-primary tally. The high spending comes amid higher stakes. Iowa Democrats — facing a volatile primary season, a slew of recent election losses and two years of total Republican control in the Statehouse — say they can’t afford another four years under Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds. Reynolds supporters say the state should stay the course in November and re-elect the first female governor it has ever had.”

CLUB FOR GROWTH MAKES A BIG BET IN MONTANA

Politico: “Club for Growth President David McIntosh thinks Republicans are being far too bearish in their predictions for the Senate this cycle, and he says it will be a complete failure ofneeded, is July 17.”

MISSISSIPPI NICE?

Fox News: “Mississippi has no shortage of candidates seeking to win its two U.S. Senate elections and a broadly contested 3rd District House race this year, but with only a handful of exceptions, there has been a noticeable lack of fireworks. The relative tranquility in the races has surprised local observers, who say it's the happy product of strong incumbents, narrowly avoided primary challenges, and policy agreements on key issues. There have been some splashes of unexpected drama. Last month, actors Robert De Niro and Alec Baldwin helped host a pricey cocktail party in Manhattan for a Democrat campaigning in what is widely viewed as a futile effort to unseat Republican incumbent Roger Wicker in the Senate. The party, which had suggested campaign donations


and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, altered the course of one of the stranger primaries of 2018, replete with party meddling and nasty attacks but few policy differences. Looming above it all is the possibility that two Republicans will advance to the general election to replace Republican Rep. Ed Royce in a district Hillary Clinton carried in 2016. The Orange County-based seat tops the nationwide list of Democratic targets, but it became the site of an early, multimillion-dollar rescue operation when it became clear the wide field of Democrats could split their vote enough to land a pair of Republicans atop the all-party primary on Tuesday.”

Riggleman chosen to replace Rep. Tom Garrett - WaPo: “Republican activists chose Denver Riggleman at a meeting Saturday in central Virginia to replaceRep. Thomas Garrett (R) on the November ballot, following a frenzied five-day campaign. The craft distillery owner and former Air Force intelligence officer will face Democrat Leslie Cockburn, a journalist, author and first-time candidate trying to capitalize on opposition to President Trump in Charlottesville and other liberal enclaves in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District. The district is among about 100 nationwide that Democrats are targeting in hopes of taking control of the House in the midterm elections. It is a reliably red seat, but the pressure was on activists to choose a candidate who can unite hard-line conservative, libertarian and moderate Republicans and overcome a blue wave if it materializes. … The nominee was decided after five hours and four rounds of secret balloting that came down to two


Monday, top defense and foreign policy officials of the United States and Australia ended talks in Canberra on regional issues, including developments in Indonesia. The two sides are taking tentative steps to restore military ties with Indonesia, as the new government there grapples with secessionist movements in outlying regions.

A joint communiqué reaffirms Australian and U.S. support for Indonesia's territorial integrity and for peaceful solutions to regional grievances, including autonomy negotiations for Aceh and Irian Jaya, which both have strong secessionist movements.

At a news conference, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the two allies remain mindful of past human rights abuses by the Indonesian armed forces, yet see value in resuming military links largely severed during the East Timor crisis, two years ago:

"One of the points that we wouldalways wish to emphasize to the Indonesian military is the ongoing importance of adhering to international norms of human rights as they deal with frankly some very difficult problems," Downer continued. "That's not to say the secessionists, themselves, are necessarily great champions of human rights. But, you know, in dealing with these problems, the Indonesians have to be cautious to adhere to the international norms of human rights. But bearing all that in mind, we see value in the United States and we see great value in Australia in having quite substantial contact with the Indonesia military and dealings with the Indonesia military," Downer said. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell told Australian television the United States approaches the new government of President Megawati Sukarnoputri with "an attitude


we didn't think it was achieving its intended purpose of stopping proliferation or finding those who already are proliferating," Powell said.

Foreign Minister Downer says it would be wrong to conclude from its treaty differences with Washington that Australia considers the Bush Administration to be "unilateralist." He says the government of Prime Minister John Howard is pleased by the level of policy consultation provided by Washington.

Mr. Powell's visit here concluded his first Asia trip as Secretary of State. It included stops in Japan, Vietnam, South Korea and China.Transcript: Michael Schiavo on 'Nightline'

Michael Schiavo won a series of lengthy court battles for the right to take his severely disabled wife, Terri, off life support, but now faces a new challenge from Florida lawmakers who are seeking to pass a bill that would stop him from doing so.

Terri Schiavo collapsed in 1990 and suffered severe brain damage. She has been kept alive by a feeding tube ever since and has been unable to speak or care for herself. Her parents have insisted she is not in a persistent vegetative state, as doctors appointed by the court have concluded. They also believe she would not have wanted to be allowed to die.

While Michael Schiavo has only rarely spoken to the press, he gave an interview to ABC News'


TORONTO – Jama Mahlalela has always been able to get people to follow his lead.

As a senior at Toronto’s Oakwood Collegiate in 1998-99 he was not only a key member of the school’s highly regarded basketball program, he was student council president. There was a looming labour dispute between the teachers and the province and Mahlalela felt it important that the students make a statement of support for the school’s staff.

He huddled with the class representatives and came up with a plan: he would lead a walkout.

Coincidentally he had a coach from the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds coming to see his game that afternoon. They came expecting to look at a 6-foot-3, hard-working wing, instead they saw Mahlalela leading hundreds of teenagers out of school.

“I organized itcontracts) than from any other country outside of the U.S. and the prospective 2019 draft class may be the deepest yet.

But Mahlalela represents another trend, although one that is predictably developing a little more slowly: the rise of Canadian coaches.

In 2002-03 Jay Triano made history when he was the first Canadian to earn an assistant coaching role as the former national team star joined Lenny Wilken’s staff. Triano lasted through three head coaches with the Raptors and made his mark again when he became the first Canadian head coach in league history, taking over from Sam Mitchell early in the 2008-09 season, running an NBA bench for 229 games over three seasons.

He then went on to earn lead assistant roles in Portland and Phoenix, was an interim head


Before there was the controversy over a tweet involving the Star of David, Hillary Clinton, and a pile of money, there were other screw-ups.

Dan Scavino, Donald Trump’s social media chief, once shared a video he claimed was of Syrian refugees rallying in support of ISIS in the streets of Germany. The video was a hoax, footage of a 2012 protest that had been repurposed by the fringe right as anti-refugee propaganda.

He criticized Barack Obama for giving a televised address on the first night of Hanukkah. He suggested, instead, that the president should have done so on the previous Friday or Saturday night, during Shabbat, when a considerable portion of Jewish people forgo television and other technology.

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count locations on the day of each fire to maximize observers\' abilities to detect raptors. Points were placed \>200 m apart in elevated locations along the edge of the burn area and were on the upwind or flank of the burned area to reduce limitations in visibility due to smoke. During surveys, two observers systematically scanned the burn unit and counted all perched and flying raptors, identifying them to species. Point counts were not restricted to a specific distance but only individuals flying or perching within the burn unit were counted. Through repeated scans, the observers would determine a maximum count for each species during the allotted time by taking the highest overall count for each species across the two observers and locations. This method likely produced a conservativeUni-Engine

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The precocious Jacob Wilson is one of the best up-and-coming players from Northern California. At just 17, he's added the title of Grand Prix Chicago Champion, GP Strasbourg finalist, 4 GP Top 16s, MOCS Top 8 (Going undefeated in the swiss), and 2 Pro Tour appearances to his resumé. As a consummate MTGO ringer with an unrelenting enthusiasm for the game, he's already laid the groundwork for a potentially stellar career.million euros was filled using repos, with the Bank of Greece taking a short-term loan from state entities with available cash.

The law dictates that state entities deposit their cash reserves in a special BoG account, and in this context bodies such as hospitals, local authorities, the Manpower Organization (OAED) and others have transferred their cash from commercial banks to the central bank.

Parliament has done the same, with Greece’s main healthcare provider EOPYY set to follow, as pressure is coming not only from the Finance Ministry but also the offices of the prime minister and his deputy.

That way, officials at the State General Accounting Office expect the cash reserves to last up to the first 20 days of May. So far, the Finance Ministry has served the state’s obligations


Frasor Becoming Reliable Bullpen Piece

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Jason Frasor has been a serviceable relief pitcher for quite some time in Major League Baseball, with all of his previous work in the bigs prior to this season coming as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays bullpen, except for a half a season with the Chicago White Sox.

And in those nine seasons previous to this one, Frasor's ERA has never been as good as it this year, and everyone's starting to take notice.

After adding some velocity to his fastball at age 35, Frasor is having a career year with a 2.49 ERA in just over 25 innings with 29 strikeouts and nine walks. That's not too shabby, and neither is his 10.3 strikeout per ninethe AV-8 Harrier II was discarded. Instead, the X-35B has a fan vertically integrated in the fuselage aft of the cockpit only used for takeoff or landing. It was designed by Lockheed Martin and developed by Rolls-Royce in the partnership leading the UK1.

And a main nozzle swiveled down, the fan is connected to the low pressure turbine of the main reactor. Internal capacity fuel is reduced to 6.35 tons. Overall performance are also somewhat reduced, but this is the price to pay for a STOVL aircraft.

The engine also has the advantage of churn air cooler and slower. It is therefore less harmful to the surrounding superstructure airport runway or aircraft carrier.

The most convincing demonstration was provided during the last test in the JSF program. The X-35B took off


New Girl: Justified Alum to Visit as… Older Nick?

"Older Nick" is described as a man in his 60s or 70s who looks a lot like Nick (Jake Johnson). One of the day drunks at Nick's bar, this man tells Nick he's a time traveler from the future who knows exactly what's going to happen to Nick. Barry, 73, will appear in the second episode of the hit Fox comedy's upcoming second season.Amid the fallout of Robert Mueller's investigation, Congressman Mark Green, R-Tenn, has called the subsequent investigations by Democrats a "massive leveraging of the legislative branch against the executive branch" which, in his opinion, constitutes a "ridiculous abuse of power."

In the days since a full, redacted version of the Mueller report was released last Thursday, continued discussions about the possibility of impeachment proceedings have been brought up amongst Democrats as they investigate various elements of the President's life and attempt to determine whether he actually obstructed justice throughout Mueller's probe.

"Nearly every single Democrat committee chairman is investigating some aspect of the president," Rep. Green, a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, said during an appearance on "America's Newsroom" on Wednesday afternoon.

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One of two pilots aboard a Russian war plane shot down by Turkey this morning was killed by fire from the ground after he parachuted from the craft, the Russian military said this evening.

It was citing what it said was preliminary information.

"The plane fell in Syrian territory, four kilometres from the border. The crew ejected.

"According to preliminary information, one of the pilot died after being fired upon from the ground," military spokesman General Sergei Rudskoi said in televised remarks.

A Russian soldier was also killed during a failed operation to rescue the two pilots, Russia announced earlier.

"A search and rescue operation to evacuate the Russian pilots from the crash site was launched with the help of two Mi-8 helicopters," military spokesman General Sergei Rudskoi said in televised comments.

"During theoperation, one of the helicopters was damaged by gunfire and had to land. A soldier was killed."

Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier branded the downing of the plane a "stab in the back" committed by "accomplices of terrorists".

He added: "Today's tragic event will have serious consequences for Russian-Turkish relations."

He was speaking during a televised meeting with Jordanian King Abdullah II in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.

"We will of course carefully analyse everything that happened," he said.

Turkish fighter jets shot down the plane near the Syrian border after repeated warnings over air space violations, but Russia said it could prove the jet had not left Syrian air space.

A Russian government spokesman said it was a "very serious incident" but that it was too early to draw conclusions.

Footage from private


Turkish broadcaster Haberturk TV showed the warplane going down in flames in a woodland area, a long plume of smoke trailing behind it. The plane went down in area known by Turks as "Turkmen Mountain", it said.

Separate footage from Turkey's Anadolu Agency showed two pilots parachuting out of the jet before it crashed.

The Turkish military said the aircraft had been warned ten times in the space of five minutes about violating Turkish air space. Officials said a second plane had also approached the border and been warned.

"The data we have is very clear. There were two planes approaching our border, we warned them as they were getting too close," a senior Turkish official told Reuters.

"We warned them to avoid entering Turkish airspace before they did, and we warnedthem many times. Our findings show clearly that Turkish airspace was violated multiple times. And they violated it knowingly," the official said.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was briefed by the head of the military, while Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu ordered consultations with NATO, the United Nations and related countries, their respective offices said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said the warplane crashed in a mountainous area in the northern countryside of Latakia province, where there had been aerial bombardment earlier and where pro-government forces have been battling insurgents on the ground.

The so-called Islamic State militant group, which has beheaded foreign captives in the past, is not known to have a presence there.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said this evening that the military alliance stands by Turkey over the


Women Reveal What It's Like to Be in a Relationship With a Sex Offender and Why They Stay

Women Reveal What It's Like to Be in a Relationship With a Sex Offender and Why They Stay

Susan didn’t plan to date a sex offender, but she felt like she had finally met her dream guy in Josh — never mind that she was married at the time.

Susan, 33, and Josh, 31, met in September 2013 when Josh worked a job that delivered beds to the Missouri hospital where Susan worked. According to Susan, a month into the relationship, Josh told her he was on the sex offender registry for a crime he committed while he was serving in the Marines.

“He told me within the first month. He told me verycommunities in the defense of the men because to them, love trumps all.

Their experiences being in a relationship with a sex offender may be different, but these women have another thing in common: An undeniable faith in their men.

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Susan’s boyfriend Josh was 21 at the time of his crime. He was arrested in 2007 in California while serving in the Marines and remained in the brig, a military jail, until he was found guilty of wrongfully transporting and possessing child pornography in 2008.

Following the conviction, he was dishonorably discharged from the military.

According to court documents, Josh was found with a collection of more than 1,500 images and 20 videos of children ages six and older being raped, orally sodomized, and sexually molested.

Josh’s mom, Vicki, has come to his


defense by saying he was molested by a member of his family beginning at age 6, although it didn’t come to light until after his crime.

Josh also told InsideEdition.com that he tried to get help when he realized he was in trouble, but was blown off by one of his commanding officers in the military.

He was sentenced to 15 years in prison, but only served four due to a pre-trial agreement, according to records.

The last year of his sentence was spent at a treatment facility for sex offenders, which Josh said he wanted to participate in. He was released in 2011 and put on parole for three months.

It was then that Josh moved to Missouri, where he was required to register as a sex offender, and in accordancelook at him on paper he looks like a monster, but if you get to know him, he’s not that,” she told InsideEdition.com.

Melissa, 40, and her husband Jerry, 47, live in Minnesota with their 8-year-old daughter.

In 1985, when he was 15 years old, Jerry was convicted of second-degree criminal misconduct and received probation for fondling boys from the ages of 6 to 8 years old. He reportedly knew his victims. Melissa, however, told InsideEdition.com that Jerry explained to her what happened and she maintains the arrest was based on a falsified story.

Then in 1994, at 22 years old, Jerry was convicted of third-degree sexual contact for a second crime when he had sex with a 15-year-old girl. He was married to his now ex-wife and had a 1-year-old


daughter.

Jerry was initially given probation and mandated to undergo treatment, but Melissa said because of his lack of consistency with the sessions, it was declared that he violated his probation. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison in 1997 and upped to a Level 3 offender.

Following his release, Jerry was also twice convicted for failing to register as a predatory sex offender in 2004 and 2006, a felony. Melissa attributed the convictions to the confusion and complications of the rules and paperwork that go along with being on the registry.

Sex offenders are often required to register anywhere from every three months to once per year. Re-registering can include reporting to the local police station to have an updated picture taken and filling out paperwork with information likesee connected with childhood trauma is grief, so feeling as though something was taken from them and shame so they have to work through those emotions in their adult lives.”

And while Melissa and Jerry want to move on, Melissa said their community hasn’t made it easy.

When they married in 2009, Melissa chose to hyphenate her name and give their daughter her last name because of the “torture” that Jerry’s two children from his previous marriage endured in school because of his known status around town.

When a Level 3 sex offender moves into a city, it is publicized on the radio and in the paper along with their address.

They had a town meeting when Jerry and Melissa moved to their current residence and Melissa said that someone reportedly announced


Sheila O’ LearySheila O'Leary is a relative of Jacob Mc Loughlin in 5th Class. Her father Thomas Francis Byrne, known as Byrne the Boer, and her mother Lucy Agnes Smyth, of Cumann na mBan, were both at the GPO during the 1916 Easter Rising. She recounts her family's incredible history.My uncle's mother Sheila is the only person alive now, whose parents were both in the G.P.O during the Easter rising.She told me ‘’my mother ( Lucy Agnes Smyth ) used to hide her gun in my pram’’When the call came to rise, Tom Byrne and 15 volunteers in Maynooth marched to Dublin. Their feet were swollen from their exertions and Lucy Smyth offered him a bowl of warm water to ease the pain. Later Byrne gave his futurelives of many people with cancer, diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and other illnesses—would in itself be reprehensible and disrespectful of human life.

Federal funding for human-embryo research was outlawed in 1995, which limits the number of researchers who can pursue therapeutic cloning. Currently, a privately-funded company called Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) is the only group in the country openly pursuing the research. Curious about how this company was faring, and about the research that they do, Kyla Dunn, a science writer and former biotech researcher, last fall began studying their work. She interviewed ACT's executives and scientists, spent time in the laboratory observing technicians, and followed the case of Trevor Ross, a two-year-old boy with a rare and devastating genetic disease called X-linked adrenoleuko-dystrophy (ALD) whose parents had


brought him to the company. In "Cloning Trevor," her June cover story for The Atlantic, Dunn describes ACT's genesis and development, and chronicles its efforts to help Trevor.

ACT's scientific work, Dunn observed, was by necessity painstakingly slow and very expensive. Keeping the company financially solvent was a constant challenge. Last November, ACT's directors anounced to the national media that the company had successfully created the world's first cloned human embryos, when in fact it had managed only to sustain a cloned embryo to the six-cell stage. Though ACT's claim was dismissed by most scientists as a premature publicity stunt, opponents of cloning seized upon ACT's announcement, urging that a ban should be enacted right away before any further ethically questionable progress could be made. Meanwhile, ACT's scientists doggedlythe war on terrorism, was looking the other way. What's more, ACT feared that an ill-timed announcement by the mavericks of the cloning world—those trying to produce a baby through cloning—could provoke a knee-jerk reaction from Congress.

So, ACT took a calculated risk. Its scientists knew that Senator Brownback and other political opponents of therapeutic cloning would react badly to the existence of cloned human embryos, but they were pretty convinced that the Senate's Democratic leadership could prevent hasty legislative action. And in the end, the announcement did bring light to the issue as well as heat. It got Congress and the public talking about the medical benefits of cloning technology—and perhaps this was for the best.

Does the extent to which ACT—a private biotech company—was able to manipulate the