and, by the summer, moved into their new shared home in London, Ont.

Townley, right, and Brady are busy preparing a chicken stew in time for Christmas. (Kas Roussy/CBC)

Co-housing 'a beautiful model'

It's called co-housing, a movement that took off in the '70s in Denmark, and this kind of arrangement among seniors is a growing trend in Canada, whether it's people sharing one house or a larger apartment complex.

"It really is a beautiful model," said Adriana Shnall, an expert on aging at Baycrest Health Sciences in Toronto.

"By living together people have a community. And especially people who lived in a family, a partner, children. You get older. You lose all those supports that are inherent to living with others."

By living together people have a community. - Adriana Shnall, aging expertat Baycrest Health Sciences

Brady, Coughlin and Townley had been living alone for the past decade or so. Two are widowed, one is divorced, and their kids are all grown up and gone.

The idea of sharing a home, they said, came down to the need for companionship.

"We didn't like living alone anymore. We didn't laugh very much," Coughlin said.

It's a holiday season with a difference for these friends. They are spending it together under the same roof. The trio bought this house earlier in the year and are now co-housing. (Craig Chivers/CBC)

Townley said, "I didn't mind being alone at times. But then there are those other times when you think, 'Oh, I wish I had someone to talk to.' Not over the phone. It's much nicer face-to-face, with a


glass of wine, and just talk it through."

A rising epidemic

Loneliness among older adults is a rising epidemic in Canada. Statistics Canada reports more than one million seniors say they're lonely. Being alone has profound health consequences too. It lowers cognitive function. It increases premature death as well as the risk of heart attack, stroke, depression and the risk of falls.

That last point is an important one particularly for older adults. It's why the women made sure the house they bought had few stairs. They each have their own bedroom and bathroom and, because Brady is the youngest, she gets the so-called teenager's room in the finished basement.

Close to the bar, they add.

Co-housing also means they share the bills and the responsibilities of the house, like paying off theSue Spear

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                       Petitioner - Appellant,

          versus

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; DAN L. DOVE, Warden,

                                          Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Columbia. Henry M. Herlong, Jr., District Judge.
(CA-00-2790-3-20BC)

Submitted:   October 23, 2002          Decided:     November 26, 2002

BeforeD.C. area residents are more impacted than most, when it comes to the affects of dealing with the partial government shutdown. However, one D.C. sports team is taking action when it comes to accommodating fans who may have had to tighten their belts.

The Washington Nationals have announced that they are delaying payment for season ticket holders who are impacted by the shutdown.

According to the Hill via the Washington Post:

The Washington Nationals on Monday notified season ticket holders furloughed during the ongoing partial government shutdown that they can delay their monthly payments until the government is reopened, The Washington Post reported. The organization emailed season ticket holders acknowledging that many fans of the Washington, D.C., baseball team work for federal agencies that have been closed in a government shutdown


Kevin Haskin: Hopefully, we're right to applaud Bowlsby

At least everyone who wants to solidify the Big 12. Which includes about anyone who cheers for Kansas or Kansas State, given the worrisome hand-wringing that went on the past two years with conference realignment.

The credentials Bowlsby brings are impeccable. He even started in college athletics as an athlete, wrestling for Moorhead State.

Of all the remarks Bowlsby made during his formal introduction Friday as the new Big 12 commissioner, this one intrigued me most:

And to think, just a couple of years ago everyone was saying the same thing about Larry Scott when he was hired from outside the realm of college athletics to oversee the Pac-12.

Now, Bowlsby leaves that very conference — one that failed in breaking up the Big 12,anthem play, he told Cusick it was the proudest moment of his life.

This, from Grove, a military veteran who spent his life playing in the U.S. Naval Band, who performed in the White House for Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy and traveled the world with the likes of Bob Hope, entertaining American troops as part of the USO.

But as fast as Grove could ride, he couldn’t completely outrun his aging body. “He can’t see, and he really can’t hear,” says Cusick. Grove suffered a couple crashes while out training near his home in Indiana, and eventually his support group, his friends and his family, intervened. They convinced Grove to take his training indoors, setting him up on a stationary bike in the basement. Grove also decided to switch his


Meet P. Allen Smith and see his work on Lexington garden tour

Garden enthusiasts have a rare chance to chat with noted designer, television host and writer P. Allen Smith in an oasis that he designed on West Third Street.

A last-minute scheduling shift allowed Smith to take part in Sunday's Northside Neighborhood Association Home and Garden Tour. He will be at the home of Jennifer Braddock and Robert Sanders during the tour, noon to 5 p.m., answering questions and signing his books.

The self-guided tour includes about 16 houses, gardens and buildings in one of Lexington's oldest residential neighborhoods. Proceeds benefit the neighborhood association.

Braddock said visitors are in for a treat because Smith, a friend of the family, has a passion for horticulture and design and is "linguistically brilliant."

Explore whereyou live.

The garden Smith designed at 424 West Third is in keeping with the Italianate house built in 1882, she said. The goal was creating separate garden "rooms," each with a unique feel. There are sculpted hedges, lush roses and even a lemon tree.

Braddock said choosing her favorite part of the garden is difficult, but she especially enjoys the view from the second floor of her house overlooking her backyard.

She said that like a composer who can move a note or two to create a completely different song, Smith can move a few plants and transform a space.

"He just has a gift," she said.

Creating just the right views was part of the challenge of the project, Smith said. The Northside is home to a diverse population and a


variety of architectural styles. To maintain the illusion of privacy and emphasize the depth of the large back lot required special attention to how things are seen, so as to direct the eye appropriately.

Smith said he designed the garden, which includes a pool a pool house and a garage, to echo the "beautifully restored home that retains its Old World charm but has modern amenities."

Smith, who lives outside Little Rock, Ark., has designed landscapes all over the country for a range of clients, including Hollywood celebrities and the Rockefellers. His background in England, studying garden history, prepared him for a wide range of designs, from small neighborhood gardens to expansive estates.

For the West Third Street project, as with all of his efforts, he said he first got to(the dark pigment in the skin and hair), and certain proteins, but the vast majority (over 95%) is unused and is metabolized through a group of enzymes that eventually generate acetoacetate and malate. In alkaptonuria, the HGD enzyme cannot metabolize the homogentisic acid (generated from tyrosine) into 4-maleylacetoacetate, and homogentisic acid levels in the blood are 100-fold higher than would normally be expected, despite the fact that a substantial amount is eliminated into the urine by the kidneys.

The homogentisic acid is converted to the related substance benzoquinone acetic acid  which forms polymers that resemble the skin pigment melanin. These are deposited in the collagen, a connective tissue protein, of particular tissues such as cartilage. This process is called ochronosis (as the tissue looks ochre); ochronotic tissue is


this case. In its decision in Lyman v. Town of Sunset, supra, the Court determined the facts pertinent to prescription, which are the same in this case, to be as follows:
"In April of 1979, Mr. Lyman purchased land for development of Bloomfield Estates Subdivision. The property was located near the Town of Sunset, Louisiana. In September of 1980, the Town of Sunset entered into an agreement with Gloria Smith to lease a tract of land for a term of three years for the purpose of establishing a landfill. This lease was recorded in the public record of St. Landry Parish on September 9, 1980. The leased property was adjacent to Bloomfield Estates Subdivision. In September or October of 1980, plaintiff commenced development of the subdivision. Lyman testified hefirst became aware of dumping at the landfill near the end of 1980 or beginning of 1981. He also stated he was aware of the continued operation of the landfill through July of 1982. He could not state whether the operation continued during the month of August 1982 because he did not look at the landfill site during the one or two visits he made to his development during the early part of that month.
Lyman, individually and as the principal involved in the other plaintiff entities, filed suit on August 19, 1983, more than two and a half years after he first knew of the landfill operation, and one year and approximately three weeks after the operation had ceased. He alleged the presence of the landfill had diminished


the property's value and ruined efforts to develop and market the subdivision. He also alleged public interest in the subdivision diminished as soon as the land was leased for use as a dump site."
The Court further discussed the time from which prescription is held to begin to run under La.R.S. 9:5624:
"The statute declares that an action for `any and all damages' must be brought within two years from the time `damages are sustained.' The purpose of the statute is to limit the exposure of the state and its political subdivisions to liability in connection with the construction of public works to a reasonable period of time. The language employed when construed in light of the purpose of the statute precludes any suit being brought after two years fromBatmobile to Be Featured in Comedy 'Arthur'

July 09, 2010 07:47:12 GMT

As the vehicle is spotted on the set, there is speculation that Batman will make cameo in the upcoming Russell Brand-starring film.

Batman is currently off his duty to serve people in Gotham City since no movie project about the superhero is being made, but his ride is still utilized. On Thursday, July 8, Batmobile which appeared in 1995 "Batman Forever" is spotted on the set of "Arthur".

The black car is seen parked on the street in New York's financial district (near downtown Manhattan) where the upcoming comedy takes principal photography. The sighting then raises speculation that the owner of the old Batmobile, Batman, could also make cameo appearance in the film starring Russell Brand.

"Arthur" will serve as a


remake to 1981 Dudley Moore-starring film of the same title. The new version will follow Brand as a drunken, wealthy playboy who stands to gain a lot of money if marries the woman his parents want him to marry. Things get complicated when he falls for a woman who is of more modest means.

Jennifer Garner will reportedly play the woman whom his parents want him to marry, while Greta Gerwig is cast as his love interest. Helen Mirren will play the role of Arthur's caretaker, with Nick Nolte portraying the father of Gerwig's character. Jason Winer serves behind the lens for the 2011 release.says that "Apart from the issues of toxity in fish from dioxins, PCB's, xeno-oestrogens and heavy metals there are simply not enough fish in the sea for this type of mass dosing of omega 3 DHA and EPA from fish."

Saturday, June 17, 2006

British artist Damian Hirst famously pickled whole animals. Now, a Portuguese vegan artist from Glasgow School of Fine Art has arranged an installation that will encourage members of the public to eat a whole cow. But is it art?

Glasgow, UK (PRWEB) June 18, 2006 -- 25 year old artist Zoe Birrell’s work is featured as part of Glasgow School of Arts’ Degree Show -- An annual exhibition of final year work from Fine Art, Architecture and Design.

The Times Newspaper and the Independent Newspaper have both chosen


Glasgow School of Arts’ Degree show as the best Art show to visit in Scotland.

The Times said: "This is the best opportunity to discover artists before their reputations and prices soar the Independent described the event as ‘one of the 'best degree shows' outside of London."

Vegetarian since the age of 14 and a Vegan for the last 5 years Zoe decided to explore the issues of intensively farmed animals related to her own femininity. The life of the modern dairy cow, kept perpetually pregnant and thus full of hormones whilst suffering the emotional stress of loss of her baby calf inspired Zoe to focus on these psychological and physiological issues and the ethical alternatives.

Zoe has cast her own body weight of delicious dairy free vegan chocolate, donated byJoey Harrington should be bitter. He should be angry. He should be the loudest ghost of Oregon football past this week, railing in the lead-up to the national title game about injustice, karma and the overdue death of the BCS.

But instead, he wants you to know he's cool with it all.

Had the United States Justice Department intervened at the end of the 2001 college football season and rectified the American atrocity that was the BCS system, Oregon might have already have won a national championship.

I covered the Jan. 2002 Rose Bowl for another newspaper. Everyone knew the Huskers were in over their heads and didn't belong. Which is only to say that Harrington and his teammates end up among those most victimized by the BCS system.

Maybe THE most


persecuted.

Harrington's Ducks should have at least had their shot against Miami in the title game, but the computers instead spit out Nebraska, the No. 4-ranked in the human polls over consensus No. 2 Oregon.

No matter that Colorado whipped Nebraska 62-36 in the Big 12 title game a week earlier, the Ducks were assigned to the Fiesta Bowl against Colorado. Oregon won that game 38-16. Nebraska got pasted in the title game.

"I think (the snub) actually contributed to where Oregon is right now," Harrington said.

The former Oregon quarterback spoke freely this week, as if he were setting down a bag of concrete he's been carrying all these years. He said he doesn't think the Ducks were better than the 2001 Hurricanes, which had 17 players on the bowl gameand he reels off the accolades of the 2001 Miami Hurricanes team, because you know he's thought so often about what might have been. And he talks about the near-miss Oregon had against Auburn in the national title game in 2010, because he wishes that had been different too.

Days later you ask Harrington to point at the moment in Oregon football history that catapulted the Ducks to Monday's playoff title game against Ohio State. While you expect he'll say the re-involvement of booster Phil Knight or the hiring of Chip Kelly or even point to the UO's $68 million football operations center or the 2010 national title loss, he instead reaches more than 25 years back and says, "Bill Musgrave came in and lit Eugene on fire in


a way nobody had in 30 years."

Then, he gives you a run-on sentence that every young Ducks fan should have to memorize before kickoff.

Said Harrington: "Oregon makes an Independence Bowl, which leads to a Freedom Bowl, which led to a few more recruits, which led to the 1994 Rose Bowl, which led to Moshofsky Center, the indoor facility, which led to more recruits, which led to those back-to-back Pac-10 Conference titles in 2000 and 2001, which led to the billboard, which led to people paying attention, which led to uniforms, which led to Kellen Clemens, which led to Dennis Dixon, which led to Chip Kelly, which led to 2010, which led to now."

Get all that?

"Bill Musgrave always gets overlooked in this conversation," Harrington said.

It's true what Harrington said.7, 1974, Appellant and a[n unidentified] female
      accomplice gained entrance to two homes in Philadelphia by
      subterfuge. At the second home, the owners Efrain and Francisca
      Irrazarry were present. After a brief conversation, the accomplice
      grabbed Ms. Irrazarry by the neck and put a knife to her throat.
      Appellant pointed a gun at Mr. Irrazarry, demanded money and
      shot him in the side. Appellant repeatedly demanded money.
      When the wounded Mr. Irrazarry did not respond quickly enough
      to satisfy Appellant, he put a gun behind . . .


a petition for writ of certiorari in the Supreme

Court of the United States.

      In 1986, Deborah Chavis, the unidentified accomplice to the break-in,

turned herself into police and confessed her role in the crime. She provided

statements to police in 1986 and 1987, wherein she described a struggle with

Mr. Irrazarry during which he was accidentally shot.        In those statements,

Chavis indicated that she had the gun, suggesting that she was the shooter.

In 1988, Appellant, who was incarcerated, provided a statement to police

wherein he confirmed that he had the gun when a struggle ensued with Mr.

Irrazarry, and that the gun accidentally discharged into his stomach.

Appellant further stated that Chavis thereafter grabbed the gun, and that,

when she did so, it discharged,Throughout their history, the men and women of the Australian Defence Force have had a role to assist our own communities, and those of our neighbours, in times of natural disasters.

During the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918-19 the Pacific nations of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa were very badly afflicted.

In late 1919, in the Royal Australian Navy's first overseas humanitarian operation, HMAS Encounter, provided medical and burial support to the overstretched health services of these countries.

When asked by their captain to volunteer to go ashore in Samoa to assist, with the certain prospect of being left ashore while the Encounter steamed to other ports, all the officers and the vast majority of the sailors stepped forward.

HMAS Choules arrived at Hastings Port with over 1025 evacuees from Mallacoota following bushfires


in January this year. ( News Corp/AAP: Ian Currie )

One hundred years on, in the same spirit and in an extraordinary scene for Australians today, HMAS Choules participated in the evacuation of people from the beach at Mallacoota during the recent bushfire season.

Both these incidents were marked by a quickness to respond and a willingness to accept personal risk. These are characteristics of our defence force and its people that have been built over 100 years of service to our nation.

They have their roots in the legacy of Gallipoli and the Western Front and have sustained servicemen and women over decades of service.

These characteristics are part of what we gather to acknowledge on Anzac Day.

Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. 25 April, 1915. The Divisional Headquarters Staff wading ashore at Anzacus make them proud of us.

I look forward to hearing many stories of how families observed the day and how reflecting on our past will help us today.

Lest We Forget.

His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd) is the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia.


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The mountaineering community mourns the loss of three of its prominent members: 28-year-old Austrian David Lama, 36-year-old American Jess Rosskelley, and 35-year-old Hansjörg Auer. The trio were attempting to summit 3,295-meter Howse Peak by the technical M16 route up its east face on Tuesday, April 16th when they were reportedly ensnared by an avalanche and carried to their deaths.

According to a Parks Canada representative, the father of Jess, John Rosskelley, alerted the Parks Service on Wednesday morning that the party had failed to check-in the previous evening. Banff personnel launched a helicopter search mission that observed avalanche debris containing climbing equipment. In a media release, Parks Canada said that “Based on the assessment of the scene, all three members of the party are presumed to be deceased.”Due to dangerous avalanche conditions and new snow in the forecast, subsequent investigations and body recovery are delayed until an optimal weather window.

Howse Peak above Chepren Lake in summer. Photo by Wikimedia Commons.

The team had notched Mount Andromeda in the previous fortnight. Howse Peak was their next objective on the spring expedition in the Canadian Rockies. The M16 route was first climbed in 2000, and it involves advanced technical mountaineering expertise. Lama, Rosskelley, and Hansjörg were members of The North Face’s Global Athlete Team and highly-regarded alpinists with the experience and skills required of the M16 route.

A post shared by David Lama (@davidlama_official) on Apr 10, 2019 at 8:08am PDT

Hansjörg Auer was regarded as one of the world’s most talented free solo climbers; he climbed a 37-pitch, 5.12c


from North America to summit Mt. Everest when he climbed the mountain with his father in 2003 at age 20. His mountaineering career included first ascents in Alaska and Pakistan. He is survived by his wife, Allison.

The tragedy has not been officially confirmed, but John Rosskelley posted this to a friend’s Facebook page on Thursday regarding his son Jess and his teammates:

“As I write this, I know from speaking with the Park Service and rescue personnel yesterday that Jess, David and Hansjorg are presumed dead. It is with a heavy heart I have to say this, but they were hit by a massive avalanche off Mt. Howse sometime on Tuesday and there was visible evidence they perished. Thank you all for your prayers and thoughts.”

The route that Lama,Rosskelley, and Auer were attempting was first completed by Steve House in 1999. Years later, in 2015, House shared the below Facebook post, referring to one of the “hardest pitches” of his life and asking “#Whositgonnabe”

UPDATE: On Friday, Conrad Anker, who was a good friend to David Lama having climber together for years, tweeted the below message.

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Aug 24, 2019

Rhiannan Reigns Supreme: Red Bull Cliff Diving

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It’s official, Rhiannan Iffland is the greatest living female cliff diver on the planet. Minutes ago, she soared from atop the world-famous Mostar Bridge in Bosnia and Herzegovina and landed over 21 meters below with a perfect score.

Undefeated in 2019, Rhiannan has won all seven stops on the Red Bull World Series this year, from El Nido, Palawan to the final stop


in Bilbao, Spain. Although today’s competition was the second to last stop on tour, Rhiannan seized her grip on the King Kahekili trophy, her fourth in a row, with an even 1,000 points accumulated over each stop.

The Stari Most is a rebuilt 16th-century Ottoman bridge in the city of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina that crosses the river Neretva and connects the two parts of the city.

In addition to her seven straight victories, Rhiannan also achieved the first-ever perfect score for a female athlete on her final dive today – four 10’s – which added up to the highest ever competition score for a female athlete.

“To finish on four tens, I’m still pinching myself,” Rhiannan shared in her post-dive interview with Red Bull.

Rhiannan comes up all smiles aftershe lands a dive on day one of competition.

With her first win at Mostar today, a UNESCO heritage site, Rhiannan can now claim dominance at every stop on tour.

Since entering her first Red Bull competition as a wild card in 2016, Rhiannan has been an absolute force. With this win, Rhiannan proved that she can perform when the pressure is on as well as when she’s earned a victory lap.

Rhiannan Iffland of Australia prepares to dive from the 21 meter platform in Raouche during the final competition day of the fifth stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Beirut, Lebanon on July 14, 2019.

“That wasn’t really running through my mind, the overall series win, but to finish it at the penultimate stop is really special.


Up in the Air , already the recipient of several awards from critics groups, received six Golden Globe nominations today (Tuesday), the most for any film. The George Clooney starrer was joined in the best dramatic film category by Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, and Precious . The musical Nine received five nominations and was joined in the best musical or comedy category by (500) Days of Summer, The Hangover, and two films with Meryl Streep in the lead, It's Complicated and Julie & Julia . (Streep also found herself competing against herself in the best actress category for those two films. Sandra Bullock was also nominated twice, for The Blind Side in the drama category and The Proposal in the comedy/musical category . ) Other nomineesfor best actress (drama) included Emily Blunt ( The Young Victoria ), Sandra Bullock ( The Blind Side ), Helen Mirren ( The Last Station ), Carey Mulligan ( An Education ), and Gabourey Sidibe ( Precious ). Besides Bullock and Streep for best actress (comedy or musical), other nominees included Julia Roberts for Duplicity and Marion Cotillard for Nine . Best actor (drama) nominees included Clooney ( Up in the Air ), Jeff Bridges ( Crazy Heart ), Colin Firth ( A Single Man ), Morgan Freeman ( Invictus ), and Tobey Maguire ( Brothers ). Best actor (comedy or musical) nominees included Daniel Day-Lewis ( Nine ), Matt Damon ( The Informant ), Robert Downey Jr. ( Sherlock Holmes ), Joseph Gordon-Levitt ( (500) Days of


English:
Shalom, Eikato with you
And today I will play in FIFA 05 for Real Madrid against Juventus
By the way, that season they met in the 1/8 finals of the Champions League, and thanks to the goal in additional time bianconeri passed further, 2-1 on the sum of two meetings.
The great and terrible Santiago Bernabeu!
Raul and Nedvod already met in 97 in the national teams
Today on the field Casillas, Roberto Carlos, David Beckham, Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, Buffon, Thuram, Cannavaro, Nedved, Trezeguet, Del Pierrot, and other legends
The ball at Elgera, the starting whistle!
Helguera on Raul
Raul on Ronaldo
The Phenomenon leaves from Cannavaro
And scores into the upper right corner
Brazilian as young Cowperwood solves his problems and achieves goal

Russian:
Шалом, с вами Эйкато
И сегодня я сыграю в FIFA 05 за Реалзона и пасс Трезеге,
и Икер вновь на месте.
Оливера подаёт,
но Трезеге бьёт выше
Передача на Роналдо,
но третий заход не удаётся
Недвед, пас в штрафную,
Дель Пьеро, рядом со штангой
Эмерсон, передача на фланг,
Трезеге бьёт прямо в Икера
Зубастик и Трезеге уходят в подтрибунку
Рауль на Роналдо,
обводит одного,
но деф грамотно отбирает

English:
Trezeguet, pass to the center of Allesandro
lead round opponents
But Del Piero 's kick doesn 't work out
Trezeguet, split pass Alessandro
And from the second attempt the Italian does not forgive
like Dave Lizewski, the player still reaches his goal.
Del Piero, Pass on Trezeguet,
and Iker saves
Tackle,
but there’s the free zone and the Trezeguet pass,
And Iker is back in place.
Olivera pass,
But Trezeguet beats higher
Pass to Ronaldo,
But the third attempt fails
Nedved, pass into the penalty area,
Del Piero, next to the bar
Emerson, pass to the flank,
Trezeguet hits directly at Iker
The Phenomen


Vatican City, 3 June 2012 (VIS) - Yesterday evening, almost half a
million people attended the "Celebration of Witnesses" at Bresso Park in
Milan, Italy, one of events of the seventh World Meeting of Families.
The Holy Father arrived at 8.30 p.m. to participate in the celebration
during which he answered questions put to him by various families on
subjects which included the economic crisis, the position of divorced
people in the Church and the indissolubility of Marriage. Benedict XVI
also recalled his own infancy and family life.

An engaged couple
from Madagascar who are studying at university in Italy spoke of the
anxiety they felt when faced with the "forever" of Marriage. The Pope
explained that falling in love, being an emotion, is not eternal. "The
emotion of love must be purified", he said, "it must undertake a journey
ofthe long haul, however, a land sell-off will doubtless be suggested again.

•••

THE BULLETRewriting the mission of the Park Service

THE DODGEOur national parks really need more snowmobiles, jet skis, hunting and livestock grazing. At least, that's what Bush political appointee Paul Hoffman seemed to think. As Interior's deputy assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks, Hoffman secretly tried to revise National Park Service management policy in late 2005 to weaken environmental protection and boost commercial interests. After Hoffman's draft was leaked, public protest caused the Park Service to backpedal, rewriting the document and then attributing it to over 100 NPS employees, none of whom were ever identified. In 2006, then-incoming Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne tossed Hoffman's draft and transferred him. Hoffman retired from Interior in August 2008 and now


writes his own blog: "Talk It Up America: The Good News consistent with Philippians 4:8."

RELOAD FACTOR*

1 bulletAnother attempt at mission derailment is unlikely. President-elect Obama, asked about his stance on national parks by Backpacker magazine, promised to put science above special interests and "make good on the promise that President Bush has broken."

•••

THE BULLETCompletely overhauling the Endangered Species Act

THE DODGELong the Holy Grail of the anti-regs crowd, "reform" of this bedrock law has been tried numerous times. Between 1997 and 2005, Rep. Pombo made no less than a dozen attempts to make the act more industry-friendly.

When wholesale rewrites failed, reformers took a different tack. In 2007, the Fish and Wildlife Service began trying to revise the regulations that implement the ESA, a change requiring only the signature ofRecord Details

NHER Number:

131

Type of record:

Monument

Name:

Site of churchyard of St Vedast

Summary

This is believed to be the site of St Vedast's Churchyard, evidence for which has been recovered in this area for a number of years. As early as the end of the 19th century a fragment of a Late Saxon Mammen style cross-shaft was noted, built into the angle of a 19th century house which was later demolished for road widening. This, and a number of human bones discovered in the early 1970s, are believe to come from the churchyard. It is within the Greyfriars Precinct (NHER 373), but the relationship the friary had with the church is unclear.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:

TG 2354 0857

Map Sheet:

TG20NW

Parish:

NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Full description

Site of St Vedast's Churchyard. Nos 8 to 12 Vedast Street.

1896. [1]Fragment


Turkey imposes economic sanctions on Syria Published duration 30 November 2011

image caption Syria has seen widespread anti-government protests

Turkey has announced a raft of economic and financial sanctions on Syria over its violent crackdown on protesters.

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said President Bashar al-Assad's government had "come to the end of the road".

The Arab League announced sanctions on Sunday and the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation urged Syria to comply with the league and allow in observers.

The UN says at least 3,500 people have been killed in Syria since the start of the protests.

Dubai earlier suggested that airlines from the United Arab Emirates would suspend flights to Syria next week.

The UAE's main airlines are Emirates and Etihad, and Dubai acts as a transport hub for the region.

The announcement later disappeared fromthe Dubai government's Twitter feed. It is not yet clear when the Arab League's ban on commercial flights will take effect.

Turkey's sanctions mostly target the Syrian leadership. The foreign minister said all those responsible for violence against civilians, and businesses close to President Assad, were banned from travelling to Turkey, and their assets there would be frozen.

All financial relations with Syrian state banks are also being stopped. A ban on arms sales is already in place.

Last week a convoy of Turkish buses was fired at by Syrian troops, and the government has warned all Turkish citizens to avoid travelling there.

Yesterday the foreign minister said Turkey did not support military action against Syria but did not rule out the possibility of a buffer zone on the border to contain


any mass influx of refugees.

Turkey's transport minister said Ankara was looking at new transit routes to bypass Syria, should the situation there worsen. He said Turkey would open new border gates with Iraq, to enable trade with Saudi Arabia and Gulf states to go via Iraq and Jordan instead of Syria.

The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the world's largest Islamic organisation, held emergency talks on Wednesday and later urged Damascus to "immediately stop using excessive force against civilians" and to "respond to the decisions of the Arab League".

Unprecedented sanctions

The Arab League's decision marks the first time the body has imposed such punitive measures on one of its own members.

As well as the suspension of commercial flights, the sanctions include the freezing of Syrian government assets in Arabcountries, stopping dealings with the Syrian central bank, halting investment by Arab governments for projects in Syria, and a travel ban on senior officials.

In an interview with the BBC, the secretary-general of the Arab League said its approval of the unprecedented sanctions had sent a very serious political message to Syria.

Nabil al-Arabi said that the Syrian government could not carry on as if it was business as usual.

However, some Arab countries have questioned the feasibility of imposing these sanctions.

Protests against President Assad's government began in March, with demonstrators demanding the lifting of emergency rule and a genuine democracy.

The western city of Homs has become a focal point for the protests - and it is also one of the areas hardest hit by the bloody crackdown.

Prisoners released

The Syrian authorities


of frail individuals within care homes compared with a recent cohort in wave 5 (2010), where institutional living is slightly less common. However, the level of institutional living at older ages and the change over this period is relatively small; the census estimates reveal that 4.6% of the population aged over 65 were in institutions in 2001 compared with 3.7% in 2011. While levels of institutional living are higher at the oldest ages the levels and change in the proportions living in institutions are modest; 12.6% of the population aged over 80 were in institutions in 2001 compared with 10% in 2011. Thus, the changes in prevalence of institutional living in later life are unlikely to be a key driver of the cohort differences in frailty that weExcerpted from The Idealist by Justin Peters.

On July 28, 2011, a week and a half after being indicted, Aaron Swartz posted to his website a working draft of a document modestly titled “How to Save the World, Part 1.” The post, which he shared with only a few friends, synthesized many of his insights into the ways in which the Internet could be used to organize and catalyze meaningful social change. It was an optimistic theme, all things considered. At the time, for all the talk about how online activism could help save the world, Swartz had little firsthand evidence that such an outcome was possible. He had posted the “Guerilla Open Access Manifesto” online, and the orthodox open access community had recoiled from it. Despite Swartz’s best


had been ineffective. The government was still intent on jailing him; MIT was still intent on ignoring him. When Swartz had first been indicted, he’d responded by starting an online petition. This time — A/B testing, etc. — Swartz hired a new lawyer.

At the end of October 2012, Swartz discharged Martin Weinberg and retained Elliot Peters, a partner at the boutique San Francisco firm Keker & Van Nest, as his lead counsel. (Weinberg had taken over the case from Swartz’s first attorney, Andrew Good, in November 2011.) As the case consumed more and more of his time, Swartz had ceased posting to his blog. After concluding the Raw Nerve series on September 25, he wrote only two more entries all year: an essay about the movie Looper onOctober 8, and another on the film The Dark Knight on November 1. The Dark Knight is a superhero film in which Batman, the villainous Joker, and district attorney Harvey Dent vie for the soul of Gotham City. Each character offers a different strategy for saving the city from organized crime and political corruption. Batman embraces masked vigilantism. Harvey Dent has scores of gangsters arrested on spurious charges. “The Joker had by far the most interesting plan,” wrote Swartz: “he hoped to out-corrupt the corrupters, to take their place and give the city ‘a better class of criminal.’”

In his essay, Swartz strongly supported the Joker’s policy platform. Although the Joker presents himself to the world as a deranged and murderous clown, Swartz claimed that the Joker is actually


Rick Perry suspends his presidential campaign

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2015, file photo Republican presidential candidate, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at the Defending the American Dream summit hosted by Americans for Prosperity at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. It was announced on Friday that Perry is dropping out of the 2016 race for president. less FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2015, file photo Republican presidential candidate, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at the Defending the American Dream summit hosted by Americans for Prosperity at the Greater ... more Photo: Paul Vernon, AP Photo: Paul Vernon, AP Image 1 of / 59 Caption Close Rick Perry suspends his presidential campaign 1 / 59 Back to Gallery

After weeks of struggling to attractvoter support or raise enough money to pay his campaign staff, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Friday afternoon became the first major candidate to leave the 2016 presidential race.

Perry announced he was suspending his 3-month-old campaign in a speech at the Eagle Forum, a gathering in St. Louis of other candidates and conservative activists.

"Today I submit that His will remains a mystery, but some things have become very clear to me," Perry said. "That is why today I am suspending my campaign for the presidency of the United States."

The announcement effectively snuffed out any remaining hope for Perry's long-shot campaign, which never caught fire despite a record of conservative leadership as the longest-serving governor in Texas history. Instead, in a field of 17 GOP hopefuls, voters appeared


unwilling to give another chance to a man who stumbled badly in debates during his first attempt in 2012.

RELATED: Did Rick Perry refer to Reagan as 'Ronald Raven' at pre-debate?

First-time candidates drew most of the support in the early stages of the primary, with nobody receiving more attention over the summer than front-runner Donald Trump. Perry was the first to take on Trump, calling him a "cancer on conservatism," but the move backfired and he slipped further behind in the polls.

Fundraising problems forced Perry to stop paying his staff in early August. He resumed pay for some a couple weeks later, but by that point had to deal with a steadily stream of staff departures. The most high-profile person to leave, Iowa state chairman Sam Clovis, joined Trump'steam.

Perry cut back on campaign events but vowed to keep fighting, especially in the early-voting states of Iowa and South Carolina. He was thought to be able to stay afloat thanks to the support of several super PACs that already had raised at least $17 million.

It was not immediately clear what would happen with that money. Staff at the super PACs, known collectively as the Opportunity and Freedom PAC, did not respond to calls for comment Friday.

RELATED: Rick Perry flubs cliche in retort to Donald Trump

Perry's rivals were quick to praise him after the announcement, with several saying he had added to the debate. Even Trump wrote on Twitter that Perry was a "terrific guy."

"I wish him well- I know he will have a great future!" Trump wrote.

In


St. Louis, the crowd at the Eagle Forum gave Perry hearty applause, but did not seem shocked by the announcement.

.@GovernorPerry is a terrific guy and I wish him well- I know he will have a great future! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 11, 2015

Political strategists around the country agreed they were not surprised because of the fundraising issues and other signs of a troubled campaign.

"Reality set in. There was nowhere to go," veteran Texas GOP consultant Matt Mackowiak said. "Fundraising was bleak. He was never going to get on the big debate stage. The path through Iowa and South Carolina was becoming less clear. His staff was leaving. He had no choice."

Others cited the fact that CNN had only hours earlier finalized the second debate of thecampaign and said he strongly disagreed with Trump. "Rick Perry has a depth of character that we need more of, and we've got some issues with the front runner."

Johnson, who said he was surprised but not shocked by the news, added that he thought the Republican Party eventually would choose a good candidate.

"But right now there's just a lot of chaos," he said.

Perry said he had no regrets about his decision or his campaign.

"It has been a privilege for me," he said. "It has been an honor to travel this country, to speak with the American people about their hopes and their dreams, to see a sense of optimism being prevalent despite this season of cynical politics."

The longtime governor did not offer many hints about his next move.

"And


The Philadelphia Metro Area Life Science Angel Scene

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Comiket, the world's largest comic convention, was started by the dōjinshi circle Meikyu (迷宮),[14][15] which began as a group for studying the works of various manga artists, including Moto Hagio.[15]

In her exhaustive overview of the use of the term "Year 24 Group", Tomoko Yamada notes potential problems in its usage:

It lumps women together based on their age.

There is a danger of its use perpetuating bias against other manga artists, and particularly against earlier shōjo manga artists.

It can be used as a blanket defense of all Baby Boomer women manga


the film. I devoured this book, not quite as quickly as I did Gone Girl thanks to assignments and things but still fast nonetheless. It tells the story of Rachel, an alcoholic separated from her husband yet still fixated on him and her former married life. Each day she catches the train and observes her old life and that of the people she doesn't know. After the disappearance of a local woman and Rachel's lack of recollection from the night of her last sighting, she begins to wonder if she was involved. I will leave that summary there, lest I ruin it for anybody. I absolutely raced through this book. It had such a varied list of suspects, given the book shifted through three different voices and whileSWF Grant

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Cindy Purvance lives in Park City, Utah, and says she found shopping for health insurance a confusing task. (Sammy Jo Hester/For The Washington Post)

Cindy Purvance of Park City, Utah, was incensed when she received a letter in the mail alerting her that her family's health insurance premium would skyrocket to $1,300 a month next year — a $500 increase.

Purvance vented on social media, called her insurance company and eventually consulted with an expert who helps people sign up for health plans. She learned something counterintuitive: She would probably see a smaller increase if she bought the same kind of plan she currently has — but off the Affordable Care Act exchange.

"We're in no man's land," said Purvance, 44, who makes too much money to qualify for federal assistance.


next year. She called Yates to ask about options, which were relatively few because she does not qualify for federal assistance.

She was most enthusiastic about a possible way out: Trump's recent executive order to make it easier for associations of small businesses to offer health plans.

Trump's order could loosen the rules to allow small businesses to group together to negotiate health coverage, to avoid some of the Affordable Care Act's requirements.

The 47-year-old entrepreneur, who works as a strategic coach for businesses, realized she hadn't used her health insurance in seven years. Perhaps, she thought, an association of health-minded entrepreneurs could start their own association to buy cheaper plans customized to their needs.

She was disappointed to learn that the changes wouldn't be ready in time for January.

Kragius felt skepticalAgent-based model for the monitoring of visitor streams

Agent-based model for the monitoring of visitor streams

A study (Masterthesis, Stefan Mohr) using the example of the transboundary Harz National Park as the study area. Due to the large extent of the National Park (24,732 ha), an accurate measurement of visitor numbers (some 1.7 Mio estimated) and their spatiotemporal distribution (ca. 813 km of path network) is not feasible. With the ABM methodology, the streams of visitors in the area around the Brocken can be simulated accurately on the basis of existing visitor counts, a present path topology and further attributes for the study area. This helps the Harz National Park authority in making correct decisions in the future (closing ways, estimated the visitor frequencies, etc.). As a modelling environment, GAMA


three main parties: Stora Enso Metsä was *the employer*, its employees were *the participants*, and 4event Ltd was the external *provider of health promotion services*.^[@R27],[@R28]^ Stora Enso Metsä is a wood supply organization, which operates through 120 small units, dispersed over Finland. The ENSO program was a tailored version of a complete WHP concept, and it was carried out in Finland by the service provider during January 2010 to March 2014. ENSO was designed by three Finnish wellness professionals, who had at least a Master\'s education from medicine, nutrition, or physical education. In addition, two HR-executives of the employer were involved in the design process. ENSO was executed in practice by the service provider\'s head coach and 20 wellness coaches. These coaches all had attained, at a minimum,a design data by the researcher of this study.^[@R23]^

The data for the ***Size of the effect*** was collected from the provider\'s annual program designs and service descriptions containing information (ie, time, mode, duration) of the services. The ***Scope*** referred to the range and extent of the program activities.^[@R23]^ The scope information was gathered from the provider\'s annual service books, their HRA database, and their orientation materials for coaches. The collected data introduced the target population and the primary content of the planned services. The ***Scalability*** referred to the ability of a program to systematically follow timed and planned actions (eg, media, registration or communications tools) that increase the reach of a program until a critical mass is attained.^[@R23]^ In this study, the scalability information was collected from the


launching plans of the program in 2010 to 2011 and from the marketing plans in 2011 to 2014. The ***Sustainability*** referred to the needed long-term support to keep the process running.^[@R23]^ In order to clarify the time use and the organizational support to the program continuum, this study used interviews of the HR-executives, check-up meeting documents, as well as provider\'s customer resource management (CRM).

To investigate the execution phase of ENSO, data for Penetration and Implementation were assembled.^[@R23]^ The ***Penetration*** referred to how well the target population was reached by invitations.^[@R23]^ The penetration data consisted of both the employer\'s and the provider\'s evaluations of the employees, who actually received the invitations. A straight employee evaluation was limited out because of the decrease in the number of employees in 2013the launching and in 2013. In addition, the plan was to mail materials directly to the employees' homes: a vitality book in 2011 and service books in 2012 to 2013.

To ensure local awareness to the program, the employer selected 28 voluntary playmakers among the employees to support local participation and a two-way communication between the employees and the provider. The playmaker network was planned to cover all employee so that a single playmaker was responsible for 15 to 30 employees. A playmaker was hoped to be willing to promote wellbeing in their own local area and to have no superior status. The selected playmakers were trained by the provider and every year they had their own task list to be completed.

In order to foster participation, registration of the


program wanted to keep as simple as possible. When opening the registration, a marketing flyer (service info, target groups, dates, and places) was released via intranet or email and employees were able to sign into the services via email or the registration website. Finally, the employer was informed of the final amount of participants before implementing the service.

As an overview, multiple communications channels and easy accessibility were deployed to maximize scalability of ENSO.

### Sustainability

According to the design data, the continuum of the program was decided annually based on employees' feedback, employer\'s needs, and provider\'s databases. After the decision, the provider planned the program continuum and the services for the next year. From the provider\'s side, a head coach was assigned to implement services after baseline HRA in 2011.The head coach\'s job was to ensure implementation according to the annual planning and the budget. The design analysis indicates that the head coach was the only clear resource of sustainability, and budgeted to work 8 hours per week in the ENSO program. However, there was no clear documentation on the actual hours spent. Other work hours by provider, such as meetings, preparation of services, etc., were not included in the sustainability assessment.

From the employer\'s part, sustainability required resourcing money for on-going services, and the executives' time and effort to keep the process running. According to the employer\'s interviews, the plan was to build a new long-term wellness program, but in the design analysis, a clear documentation on how long the program should be was not found. HR executive


services were executed resulting in a 75.0% coefficient. The main reason for nonexecution was insufficient number of participants. In some cases, services were planned, but never received an implementation authorization by the employer. In materials, eight out of nine were implemented as planned, for example, the Vitality Book, service books, and HRA reports. In 2013, there was a plan to hand out every employee the My Path coaching book, but the employer did not see it reasonable due to the statutory negotiations that were just about to start. Two out of four cooperation actions were implemented, including the employer\'s development meeting of the subcontractors and the manager info in 2011. Meanwhile, the executive infos in 2011 and a closer cooperation with occupational health care units in 2012 werethe generalization of the results of this study. First, this was the first time the 4-S and PIPE Impact Metric frameworks were used in a WHP context. In addition, the recommendations for "well-designed" WHP programs are young, and more research is needed in order to understand connections between the quality of planning and the expected outcomes. Second, a methodological limitation was that the researcher was closely designing and implementing the ENSO program. This helped to gather a large amount of information from the provider and the employer, but a similar confidential knowledge-transfer might not be possible for an external research group. The strengths of this study were the investigation of a real-world multiyear design and implementation processes, the program and its services were described in detail, and the


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service providers out of the repair market and to force
copier purchasers to obtain service directly from Kodak, at
higher cost. Because this change in policy was not foreseen
at the time of sale, buyers had no ability to calculate these
higher costs at the time of purchase and incorporate them
into their purchase decision. In contrast, plaintiffs here
knew that Domino's Pizza retained significant power over
their ability to purchase cheaper supplies from alternative
sources because that authority was spelled out in detail in
section 12.2 of the standard franchise agreement. Unlike
the plaintiffs in Kodak, the Domino's franchisees could
assess the potential costs and economic risks at the time
they signed theCourt's analysis of information
and switching costs in Kodak. See Kodak, 504 U.S. at 473-77.

It should also be noted Professor Klein recognized, contrary to his
original thesis, that Kodak permits the recognition of market power in a
derivative aftermarket "despite the absence of market power in the
equipment market, by taking advantage of imperfectly informed
consumers that become `locked-in' to their existing Kodak equipment."
See Benjamin Klein, Market Power in Antitrust: Economic Analysis After
Kodak, 3 Sup. Ct. Econ. Rev. 43, 48 (1993).

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The plaintiffs allege that DPI has harmed the competitive
process by "foreclos[ing] interbrand competition in the
market for distributing approved Ingredients and Supplies
to


HOT ROD SURF Publishing (ASCAP).

Movie soundtracks
The Green Leaf music is featured on:
HOT ROD SURF All Steel All Real Vol.1 DVD movie(2003)
HOT ROD SURF  Pinstriping Techniques DVD movie (2007) the green leaf
Pinstrping Techniques Volume 2 DVD movie (2009)

Discography
The Green Leaf discography includes the first full-length album Green Leaf (1995), The Green Leaf Racer Single (1995), The Green Leaf 2nd Album (1996), California 7" vinyl (1997), Cat Scratcher 7" vinyl (1997), M.T.G. full-length album (1997) released on limited edit red vinyl, Homegrown Live in San Diego (1997), Carnival of Corruption (1998), Hot Rod Paradise cassette single(1998), HOT ROD SURF plays Hot Rod Surf (2007), and HOT ROD SURF Pinstriping Techniques Volume 2 Soundtrack (2009).

References

External links
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Category:Rock music groups from California
Category:Musical groups from Sanempty call and response of carbon dioxide and oxygen, and I thought about when Jimmyhead used to be fun. One night we had kicked in the closet doors of his house, just to see who could do it with one kick—the answer, nobody. We had to kick those things until our shoelaces snapped. Another time we had an after-bars party there, and Jimmy said he woke up naked the next morning with all his doors and windows open and air blowing in and sunlight staring at his penis. He had slept on his couch under a portrait of Abraham Lincoln.

Old Abe looked after people like Jimmyhead. No one even stole his stereo that night.

When Jimmyhead finally opened the door, his long brown hair was slick and wet and


who it was. I could imagine parts of her.

She sounded like her brother, even though she didn't really sound like him. I had heard her voice only a couple of times,maybe only that one time for any extended period.

"It's Saskia," she said.

"I know," I said.

"Allen's sister. I'm the one—"

"I know."

"Allen's dead, you know. Someone shot him a year ago."

"I heard that," I said. Marilynne's ghost stood before me,slumped a little around the shoulders, like her hands were heavy, a tired boxer.

"I've got to ask you something really weird," she said.

"What?"

"Do you remember the Ghost Machine?" she asked.

"Not really," I said, but then I did: all of a sudden, I remembered Allen rigging it up—an old Sony Walkman—and paying some kind of medicine person, both woman and man orsniffing around in it. It reeked of the sweetness of spilled beer and the odor of things about to catch fire.

The place was nearly empty. Two older townies played pool. I checked my phone: 4 p.m.

She'd be there soon.
CHAPTER ONE

I don't know what she was wearing. I can't tell you if it had pleats.

I'm pretty sure she wore clothing.

I'm pretty sure I would've noticed if she hadn't. That would have stuck with me, I suspect.

When Saskia walked into Harbour Lights, she reminded me of potato chips and a grilled cheese sandwich and a girl sitting on my lap when I was fifteen years old.

Saskia grabbed my hands. Both of them, not like a handshake but like the prelude to some kind of dance. It was a weird thing


Yankees general manager Brian Cashman needed time and salesmanship to sell ownership on a dismantling at last year’s deadline, as he explained to FanGraphs earlier this spring.

It perhaps took less time to convince ownership to return to status as buyers, to build a potentially dominant bullpen, and to prevent — if only momentarily — the division-rival Red Sox from addressing one of their most glaring weaknesses.

Two weeks away from the trade deadline, trailing the Red Sox by 3.5 games in the standings and holding a half-game lead for the second Wild Card, the Yankees made a pretty major trade Tuesday night, acquiring third baseman Todd Frazier and right-handed relievers David Robertson and Tommy Kahnle from the White Sox for a package headlined by 2016 first-round pick Blake Rutherford.He was freed by a judge after a Michigan state police investigation in 2016. The city and the officers have declined comment on the lawsuit.

Davontae was 15 when he pleaded guilty to four murders and was imprisoned in 2008. He's 24 years old now. Sanford walked out of prison Wednesday, after a judge erased the guilty pleas at the request of Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy.

The case appeared closed and unremarkable until lawyers discovered a hit man's confession to the same killings -- along with eight other killings -- just 15 days after Sanford was sent to prison.

That touched off years of efforts to get the guilty pleas set aside, but prosecutors resisted at every turn until state police were asked last year to take a fresh look.


The hit man's name is Vincent Smothers.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy laid out the entire process of getting Davontae freed last year and pointed out the young man entered a guilty plea, even though he didn't do the crime.

"This wasn't a young man that made his decision to plead guilty in a vacuum. He was consistently offered a chance to speak with his family members and any other person he wanted to speak to before he made the decision to plead guilty," Worthy said.

But former journalist Bill Proctor who is founder of Proving Innocence which played a role getting him released, ripped into Worthy at the time.

"Kym Worthy did not mention today that in this long running explanation of process and procedure, there was no seeking of truejustice," he said at the time. "It was just a matter of taking step one, to step two, to this judge, to this prosecutor, to this appeal. The real bottom line is she had the authority that she essentially did not use."

Davontae talked about staying focused while behind bars. He read, wrote, and got an education because he knew he would be freed someday. He says his goal now is to continue his education, focus on young people who are at risk, and has a message to anyone incarcerated: stay strong.


mountain house,
situated 1.5km out of Miyakoji-machi, Tamura-shi. That town was just inside
the 20km evacuation zone from the power plant, the mountain house was just
outside at 21km - myself and my family lived in our own house in the outskirts
of Koriyama city.

2) My (now deceased) Japanese father-in-law was president of the Hitachi
subsiduary company which built Fukushima Dai-ich No.4 reactor, which wasn't
operating at the time of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami but did suffer
an explosion thought due to hydrogen gas from the spent fuel situated in the
Spent Fuel Pool in its upper level.

3) Mentioned in point (1) above, I owned a house in Tobu New Town on the
Eastern outskirts of Koriyama city, and I was working at Flextronics in
Koriyama at the time the M9 quake occurred - things got aOne of the videos was recorded in 2004, another one in 2013 and the newest one in 2014. In the videos, we see a UFO performing maneuvers, unlike anything mankind can create today, ignoring gravity and laws that govern over manmade vehicles. Both videos were analyzed by experts who agree that the objects in question are extraordinary and unlike anything they’ve ever seen. Some of these UFO’s were not visible to the naked eye and somehow managed to avoid being detected on radar.

In the 21st century, there are two types of people when alien life is discussed. Those who firmly believe we are being visited –and have been visited for thousands of years— and those who believe that UFO sightings are entirely a man-made phenomenon.

In an interview with


Neil deGrasse Tyson for a National Geographic Star Talk entitled, “The Science of Alien Sightings,” Senior SETI astronomer Seth Shostak said that “a third of the public believes in the “UFO phenomena.”

Certainly, while there are countless faked videos available on the internet, there are a couple of videos which are beyond fascinating. They are bewildering.

Two of those videos have recently been declassified by the government.

One of the most fascinating UFO videos was recorded by Homeland Security. The video is out of this world. In the video, a mysterious UFO is seen performing maneuvers, unlike anything mankind can create today. The unidentified flying object is seen moving at extremely fast speed over land and then shoots off into the distance.

The laws of physics that govern over man-made aircraft havecan check out the full report here.

Researchers analyzed the video and came to the conclusion that the object in question exhibits characteristics that defy the laws of physics as we know them. It simply cannot be catalogued as a drone, military aircraft or natural phenomena.

The second video –equally bewildering— was recently declassified and filmed in 2014.

The incident occurred on November 11, 2014, when a Chilean Navy helicopter (Airbus Cougar AS-532) was on a routine patrol, west of Santiago, flying north.

The Unidentified Flying Object was followed and recorded for 9 minutes and 12 seconds. The crew tried several times to contact the UFO using the multi-national, civilian bandwidth designed for this purpose but received NO answer. The Navy Captain stated that the object was a “flat, elongated structure” with


be seen with the naked eye. According to reports, the equipment was operated by highly skilled Air Force officers and analyzed by the Department of Defense.

Neither the crew nor ground personnel could see the 11 UFOs on radar.

The Mexican Department of Defense ruled out all mundane explanations for the sightings. The atmospheric conditions were nearly perfect. There was no temperature inversion in the area and winds were light at less than 20 mph. There was a complete absence of lightning, seismic activity, or volcanic activity. Venus was not visible at the time.

There are some skeptics who have dismissed this UFO encounter as an oil platform burn-off flares, but the Mexican military pilots said that the elevation of the lights was clocked at a higher altitude than theirs.

Furthermore, thehat-trick since Kevin Doyle did it in 2008.

Pogrebnyak then rifled home a penalty just before half-time to cap a glorious opening 45 minutes for the hosts.

Any suggestion they would ease up after the interval was soon put to bed when Gorkss prodded home his second goal in as many games on the hour mark.

Akpan then smashed home a sixth before substitute Blackman rounded off a day to remember with a seventh 12 minutes from time.

Bolton did pull a late goal back through Sanmi Odelusi but by then most of their fans were well on their way back home.

The win, Royals' biggest ever at Madejski Stadium, moved them above Brighton into sixth in the Championship table.

For only the second time this season Nigel Adkins named an unchanged side, keeping


faith with the team that won at 1-0 Watford last weekend.

That meant Jordan Obita continued at left back while Akpan started his first home game of the season alongside Danny Williams in central midfield.

In the build up to the game both Adkins and Williams had spoken about the importance of a quick start from the hosts.

They got one last week at Vicarage Road, grabbing an early lead which they held onto the claim a first win in six.

And they repeated the trick this afternoon by taking under a quarter of an hour to get themselves in front.

Garath McCleary was the architect, racing down the right before slipping a ball into the path of Adam Le Fondre who thumped an effort past Andy Lonergan.

It was a wonderful finish fromthe frontman who had not scored since his late strike against Bournemouth on December 7.

Boosted by the early goal, Reading went in search of a second and went close through a long range effort from Akpan.

They were well on top but almost got caught out by a Bolton sucker-punch just moments later but Alex McCarthy stood up well to deny David Ngog.

Despite that scare, Royals were bossing things and they doubled their lead on 28 minutes with a classic route one goal.

McCleary's long ball was flicked on by Pogrebnyak, sending Le Fondre clear. He had a long time to think about his finish but he kept his nerve and drilled home his ninth of the season.

And he didn't have to wait long for number 10, just five minutes


in fact as he completed his hat-trick to leave the visitors stunned.

Tim Ream dallied on the ball and was robbed by a rampaging McCleary who bore down on Lonergan.

He could have shot but instead chose to roll the ball into the path of Le Fondre who tapped home his third goal in a blistering 20 minute spell.

It was stunning stuff from the home side and things got even better four minutes before half-time when they scored a fourth from the penalty spot.

Jordan Obita's cross was blocked by Alex Baptiste's arm right on the edge of the box and referee Andy Davies pointed to the spot.

It was maybe a bit harsh on the visitors but Pogrebnyak made no mistake, drilling low into the bottom right hand corner to completea wonderful opening 45 minutes from the hosts.

And they showed no signs of easing up after the interval as they raced out of the blocks once again.

And Le Fondre really should have added to his tally within five minutes of the restart but he blazed a close range volley over having been set up by Pogrebnyak.

The fifth goal did arrive soon after, however, when Kaspars Gorkss got in on the act.

Fresh from his winning strike at Watford last weekend, the big Latvian defender slotted home McCleary's cross after Alex Pearce's shot had been blocked.

McCleary was replaced by Nick Blackman soon after and while Le Fondre will get the headlines for his goals, the Jamaican winger was superb once again.

His three assists have taken his tally to 12 for


the season now, that's eight more than any other Reading player.

It was now party time at Madejski Stadium with Bolton being ripped apart by every attack.

Reading were rampant and they made it six when Akpan bagged his first goal for the club.

Seizing on a loose ball in the box, he rifled a powerful right foot shot into the top corner from 12 yards.

It was wonderful stuff from the home side. They sensed blood with every attack and, having been on for just 12 minutes, Blackman made it seven.

Racing clear down the left the substitute drilled a shot over Lonergan with the help of a slight deflection.

The visitors were shell-shocked but they did raise themselves to grab a late consolation to complete the scoring through Sanmi Odelusi's late strike.

ReadingLisa Osofsky will have to address the issue of a potential merger with the National Crime Agency

A former FBI lawyer whose most recent work involved monitoring HSBC for criminal conduct has been appointed as the next director of the Serious Fraud Office.

More than a month after the agency’s previous director stepped down, it confirmed today that Lisa Osofsky would become the first non-Briton to take charge.

Ms Osofsky, 56, who is qualified in US and English law, will join from September after leaving Exiger, a private financial compliance business, where she had been head of its London-based investigations practice. The SFO, which has 300 permanent staff, investigates and prosecutes serious or complex fraud and corruption in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The appointment had been delayed by a prolonged vetting


The Trump apotheosis, which climaxed last night in Cleveland, is a sign of the spectacular decline of American royalty as well as a symptom of the disastrous degeneration of American democracy.

Much was said a half-century ago about how charismatic John F. Kennedy was—“charisma” being a word that was relatively little used before JFK burst onto the scene. His charisma was rooted in a kind of American princeliness.

Other political figures had been intelligent and thoughtful and sage—JFK’s older rival Adlai Stevenson, for instance. Kennedy added impossibly dashing good looks, sophisticated sexiness, genuine wartime courage, and a crisply ironic wit.

He came across as a superior and idealistic young hero, one who would bring out the best in us and guide us with a sure hand. Thanks to Jackie, his WhiteHouse was as glamorous as it was distinguished. The handsome brothers and sisters and the beautiful children, Caroline and John-John, rounded out the picture of small-r republican, big-D Democratic royalty.

In a word, Camelot.

The Trumps are the Bizarro World version of the Kennedys. Trump’s brand of charisma is irresistibly fitting for our times. His is the Kardashian Camelot, fueled by ostentatious displays of money, supermarket-tabloid celebrity, comprehensive fakery, indiscriminate access, and a preposterously (and prosperously) good-looking family.

The whole extended Trump family entourage—the sheer number of them, their blondeness, their glowing upper arms, their body-hugging white sheath dresses (with Melania as the slinky, counterpoint brunette), all lined up with the GQ sons and sons-in-law—radiated readiness for syndicated prime time.

Last night in Cleveland, when the cameras cut to the pleasantly normal


Academy Award-winning actor Dustin Hoffman has been accused by a second woman of sexual harassment.

Wendy Riss Gatsiounis said she had two meetings in 1991 with Hoffman and screenwriter Murray Schisgal to talk about adapting her script “A Darker Purpose” into a movie, Variety reported. The playwright said she was in her 20s at the time of the meetings and “The Graduate” actor was 53.

Riss Gatsiounis, who is known for her writing work on television shows “The Killing” and “Reign,” said the first meeting with Hoffman and Schisgal was professional. She was asked to rewrite her film pitch before the second meeting.

In the second meeting, which occurred three weeks after the first, Hoffman acted “really different,” Riss Gatsiounis said.

“I go in and this time it’s, like, Dustin Hoffman’s reallyGunman Entered Church During Sunday Service

Worshippers were attending service at the House of Refuge Family Worship Center in Kansas City, MO, when a black gunman entered the church and fired, striking one parishioner in the head. The man who was shot was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. The gunman has yet to be taken into custody and no motive is yet known.

What is typically a place of love, joy, and worship became scene of terror as gunfire rang out during a Kansas City church service, hitting one person in the head on Sunday.

Police confirmed that a man entered the House of Refuge Family Worship Center near Hillcrest and E. 109th Street Sunday morning and fired shots, striking a church greeter in the head, who


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After 10 years good service, Knox left Clyde and returned to his first club and hometown team, Stranraer. He stayed there for 4 years, before moving to Alloa Athletic. He had spells at Gretna and Stenhousemuir, before dropping out of the Scottish Football League, to take up a player-manager role at Wigtown & Bladnoch.

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Knox rejoined Stranraer in July 2007, in the position of Reserve Team manager. After Derek Ferguson left the club, Knox was appointed as caretaker manager in January 2009. He was given the job on a permanent basis in February 2009. Stranraer sacked Knox in October 2012, citing poor results early in the 2012–13 season. On 14 November 2012 Knox was appointed manager of South of Scotland League side Threave Rovers. In October 2016What went right? The story of US Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy.
When President Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicare and Medicaid bill into law in 1965, it ended the 46-year campaign to enact a healthcare program for senior citizens and started what is now a 42-year effort by the American Dietetic Association (ADA) and its members to expand its coverage to 'nutrition services' for all appropriate diseases, disorders and conditions. In December 2000, Congress passed a Medicare Part B Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) provision, limited to patients with diabetes and/or renal disease, effective January 2002. In December 2003, the Medicare Modernization Act expanded access to MNT benefit and ADA continues to focus on the role of the registered dietician in MNT. Successful expansion of MNT benefits will require that ADA


CALGARY — After some optimism earlier in the week, Bo Levi Mitchell won't make his return to the lineup for the Calgary Stampeders against the Montreal Alouettes on Saturday.

Instead, Nick Arbuckle will start his seventh straight game at quarterback for the Stampeders (5-3) in place of Mitchell, who has missed the past six games with a tear in his pectoral muscle.

"Unfortunately, Bo had to take a step back," Calgary coach Dave Dickenson said of Mitchell, who practised on Tuesday but didn't throw on Wednesday or Thursday due to soreness.

Dickenson also revealed that there's no timetable for the return of last year's CFL outstanding player and Grey Cup MVP, and that Mitchell has been placed back on the six-game injured list.

"We just weren't able to get him practising andwin back-to-back road games for the first time since the end of the 2016 season (a span of 21 games). The last time Montreal won in Calgary was when it beat the Roughriders 28-27 to win the 2009 Grey Cup. Montreal's last win over the Stamps in Calgary was on July 1, 2009. "I like the challenge of it," said Montreal coach Khari Jones in regards to the Als potentially snapping their nine-game losing streak at McMahon Stadium. "I want our guys to play teams at their best and see where we are as a football team, so I'm excited to see it."

SLOW STARTS — The Stamps have scored just 29 points in first quarters this season (only the Toronto Argonauts have scored fewer). In comparison, they had


64 points in the opening quarters in 2018 through their first eight games.

SHORTCHANGED — The Alouettes lost 17-10 last Friday to the Saskatchewan Roughriders in a weather-shortened game that was abandoned with 2:41 to play in the third quarter. It was the second such cancellation in CFL history after an October 1954 game in Vancouver between Saskatchewan and the B.C. Lions that was halted due to inclement weather.The untold truth of Kat Dennings

Kat Dennings, whose real name is actually Katherine Victoria Litwack, was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania on June 13, 1986. The beauty was bitten by the acting bug at a young age and started her career by appearing in commercials and making cameos on both the small and big screens.

Dennings has appeared in everything from ER in 1994, to The 40-Year-Old Virgin in 2005. But it was her leading role in 2008's Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist that really put her on the map. Then, in 2011, came her big break when she scored the role of Max Black on CBS's 2 Broke Girls and instantly made TV viewers fall in love with her strong, funny and totally relatable character.

As her career continues


Reform of the rules on social organizations will expand their role in Chinese society, report Tang Yue and He Dan in Beijing.

In some ways, Zheng Xiaojie is the best storyteller in China. During the past decade, her narration and descriptions of on-screen events have helped thousands of blind and visually impaired people gain a better real time appreciation of movies.

However, this talkative woman always has a hard time explaining the organization she runs - Beijing Hongdandan Educational and Cultural Exchange Center. Established in 2003 by Zheng and her husband, Wang Weili, the organization is an NGO in all but name. It aims to improve the quality of life for the visually impaired and receives most of its funding through foundations and private donations.

But, despite being a nonprofit organization,Beijing Hongdandan is not an NGO; instead, it's registered as a business.

Visually impaired people learning about film projectors at the Beijing Hongdandan Educational and Cultural Exchange Center in 2007. Provided to China Daily

"I've lost count of the number of times we tried to register as an NGO, but it is extremely difficult under the current system," said Zheng.

Her dilemma is far from unique. According to existing laws, an organization needs to find an official government body to supervise its affairs before it's allowed to register with the civil affairs office as an NGO.

That, however, is almost mission impossible, especially for grassroots outfits. It is not the duty of government agencies to take charge of NGOs, and many are reluctant to do so because responsibility for any misconduct by


the implementation of the new policy and the limited scope of direct registration.

Meanwhile, academics regard the new rules as an indication of the new leadership's vision of the State's relationship with society, and of its intention to extend the roles played by NGOs and individuals in the world's second-largest economy.

"We have repeatedly heard 'spring is coming for NGOs' for many years but have always felt let down. But, this time, I think it really is coming," said Deng Guosheng, a professor who specializes in NGO studies at Tsinghua University. "Before, we had hints from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but this time round it's a NPC decision, one with legal backup."

Wang Ming, Deng's fellow researcher at Tsinghua, said the reform of the registration system reflects a fundamental shiftin official attitudes toward civil societies and marks the starting point in another round of social reform, following the market-oriented reforms that began in 1978.

"The government has long operated from the perspective of a total State, overseeing everything that happens in the country and regarding NGOs as a challenge to its authority," said Wang. "Now, it increasingly sees NGOs as a cooperative 'third sector', in addition to the roles played by the government and business.

For Wang, the realization of "small government, great society" is a three-step process. The reform of the registration system is the first step, one that ensures the right to free association.

The second step will involve allowing NGOs and businesses to become the main suppliers of social services. The final move will be to encourage


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As the Occupiers march to their destination, their hands clutching and thrusting upwards the signs of nonviolence, and peace, cars honk in solidarity and the Occupiers scream and cheer in solidarity as they march closer to their goal and protest the 1% or attempt to prevent an illegal foreclosure, or trying to shut down a port that is bringing in goods which used to be made in the U.S. is now coming in from China with slave labor. But in the distant, a sea of black, officers in military-type fatigue stopped in the middle of the road, the occasional car passes by and the feeling of horror and anger and disgust consumes the Occupiers and over a loudspeaker, they hear: This is an illegal assembly. You are orderedby the state of…to immediately disperse or face arrest and possible less than lethal weapons which includes but are not limited to: pepper mace, rubber bullets and tear gas. The occupiers mic check, ask if anyone wants to leave they can, some do, but many stay and march. Then shots are heard, screams shatter the silence and the arrests and pummeling begins.

Why?

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According to several LAPD officers, many of the officers are in solidarity with the Occupiers, but because the management including the chief answers to the mayor, and the mayor answer to the big banks, they are silenced. They are silenced because they fear losing their jobs and their pension and for many, after losing their homes, they are one paycheck from losing everything.

The command staff and Mayor


knows this, because after the crash in 2008, LAPD detectives were investigating fraud and were on the verge of making arrests. The charges were never filed, because, the mayor ordered the investigation to end…committing a felony. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a former law student who failed the bar, is committing a federal felony

18 USC § 4 – Misprision of Felony Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States, conceals and does not as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or military authority under the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

By not arresting the bank managers who approved the loans,the airways that is characterized by a gradual loss of lung function. In the United States, the term COPD includes chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive bronchitis, and emphysema, or combinations of these conditions. In emphysema the alveoli walls of the lung tissue are progressively weakened and lose their elastic recoil. The breakdown of lung tissue causes progressive loss of elastic recoil and the loss of radial support of the airways which traps residual air in the lung. This increases the work of exhaling and leads to hyperinflation of the lung. When the lungs become hyperinflated, forced expiration cannot reduce the residual volume of the lungs because the force exerted to empty the lungs collapses the small airways and blocks air from being exhaled. As the disease progresses, the inspiratory


capacity and air exchange surface area of the lungs is reduced until air exchange becomes seriously impaired and the individual can only take short shallow labored breaths (dyspnea).
The symptoms of COPD can range from the chronic cough and sputum production of chronic bronchitis to the severe disabling shortness of breath of emphysema. In some individuals, chronic cough and sputum production are the first signs that they are at risk for developing the airflow obstruction and shortness of breath characteristic of COPD. With continued exposure to cigarettes or noxious particles, the disease progresses and individuals with COPD increasingly lose their ability to breathe. Acute infections or certain weather conditions may temporarily worsen symptoms (exacerbations), occasionally where hospitalization may be required. In others, shortness of breath may be the firstCAIRO — Just two days after rebel Libyan commander Khalifa Hifter declared a “final” and decisive battle for the capital Tripoli, heavy fighting raged for a 24-hour period between his troops and militias loosely allied with the internationally backed government based in the city, officials said Saturday.

The fighting came after Hifter, the leader of the self-styled Libyan National Army, said Thursday that the “zero hour” of his battle for Tripoli had begun, nearly eight months after he began an offensive to take the city from the country’s Government of National accord supported by the U.N.

The LNA’s media office shared images of reinforcements arriving in Tripoli, including ground troops and pickup trucks with mounted machine guns and of clashes in southern parts of the city. Hifter’s forces took control


of the town of al-Tawghaar, just south of Tripoli, the LNA said. But Tripoli-based forces disputed that claim.

The fighting has threatened to plunge Libya into another bout of violence rivaling the scale of the 2011 conflict that ousted and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

In the chaos that followed Gadhafi’s death, the country was divided into two parts — a weak U.N.-supported administration in Tripoli and a rival government in the east aligned with the LNA.

The LNA’s media office said it shot down a Turkish-made drone over the town of Ain Zara south of the capital. Hifter forces captured a major military camp from the Tripoli-allied militias and clashes continued around the camp, officials from both sides said.

The LNA also launched airstrikes overnight against an air base at theSaudi Arabia said Wednesday the raid that heavily damaged two of its oil facilities over the weekend was "unquestionably sponsored by Iran," and that the missiles and drones used in the attack came from the north, not Yemen to the south as Iran contends. The remarks from Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Defense strongly suggest that Saudi Arabia agrees with U.S. assessments that the attack was launched from Iranian soil, but they did not explicitly blame the Iranian government for the raid.

Hours after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Riyadh to discuss the incident "and coordinate efforts to counter Iranian aggression in the region," according to the State Department, the Saudi Defense Ministry showed journalists parts of what it said were Iranian-made drones and missiles used in the


Saturday attack.

Iran has denied any involvement, but on Wednesday President Hassan Rouhani said Saudi Arabia should see the attack as a warning to end its war in Yemen against Houthi rebels, who are backed by the Iranian regime.

CBS News senior national security correspondent David Martin said the most urgent order of business for Pompeo would be to discuss the installation of better air defenses around the Saudi oil facilities, which have suddenly proven vulnerable to attack.

Martin said U.S. intelligence agencies were caught flatfooted, never expecting Iran would be so bold as to attack Saudi Arabia directly. A U.S. official told CBS News the U.S. has identified the exact locations in southern Iran from which the drones and cruise missiles were launched at Saudi Arabia's oil facilities.

On Wednesday asenior U.S. official told Martin that U.S. satellites had captured images of the Iranians moving the missiles and drones into position for the attack on Saturday, but they didn't recognized it for what it was until after the fact — again because U.S. intelligence agencies didn't expect Iran to attack Saudi Arabia directly; they weren't looking out for it.

Now the Trump administration is weighing targets for potential retaliatory action.

Parts of purported Iranian-made missiles and drones, including remnants of the weapons allegedly used in an attack on two oil sites in Saudi Arabia on September 14, are put on display by the Saudi Ministry of Defense in Riyadh, September 18, 2019. CBS

Pompeo will discuss with Saudi leaders better ways to protect their most valuable asset: oil.

The U.S. says Iran


on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. The image cannot be independently confirmed by CBS News, but U.S. officials said they helped the Saudis collect the remnants of Iranian-made weapons used in the September 14 attack.

Joint Chiefs Chairman General Joseph Dunford told reporters the president has not yet asked for any military options.

Iran backs Shiite Muslim militant factions across the Middle East, from Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen, to the militias in Iraq that helped defeat ISIS. Iran has long used these forces as proxy extensions of its own power in the region. On Wednesday the Islamic Republic warned that any Iranian response to an attack on its territory would be rapid, and not "limited to its source."

"In an official note to the United States via SwissFebruary brings 43% year-over-year growth of plug-in electric cars to nearly 81,000 units total for the month at roughly 1.1% market share.

81,000 sales is slightly less than the 82,000 in January, although with a shorter month and holidays in China (38% of sales were Chinese cars) it's still a strong result.

See Also – Global Plug-In Electric Car Sales In February 2018

The biggest markets were: China (some 34,000), Europe (some 22,400) and U.S. (some 16,745).

Global Plug-In Electric Car Sales In February 2018 (data source: EV Sales Blog)

Top Selling Plug-In Cars

Nissan LEAF was the world's best selling plug-in electric car (6,339) in February and, thanks to that, it jumps to second place overall for the year after the first two months.

BYD Song (PHEV) was second best with 4,418 and now


IG Market Analyst Chris Beauchamp said: "Talk of a new Cold War was always rather excessive, but fears of a renewed freezing over in east-west relations have diminished today, on signs of co-operation in the investigative efforts in Ukraine. Add to that the restart of US earnings season after Monday's quiet session, and markets have taken their cue to rally once again."

Tensions have eased following a move by pro-Moscow rebels to hand over the black boxes from flight MH17 and allow the train carrying the bodies of the victims to be transferred into the Ukrainian government's hands.

However, the conflict in Gaza has continued, leading to the killing of dozens of Palestinians and Israeli soldiers in recent days, with the death toll said to have now exceeded 600 duringleads upside after strong Q2

Chip designer ARM Holdings was a high riser as it delivered a confident outlook, hailing a "healthy pipeline of opportunities" following strong licensing results helped profits beat expectations in the second quarter. The tech group, which makes processors for smartphones and tablets, said pre-tax profit in the six months to June 30th rose 9% year-on-year to £94.2m, ahead of the £91m estimated by analysts.

Mining stocks were also on the rise on the back of renewed risk appetite, as investors shrugged off declining metal prices. Anglo American, Antofagasta, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton were making decent gains. Anglo rose despite saying that the bulk of its iron ore division, which accounts for around half of group profits, saw underlying earnings drop 28% in the first


half.

Heading the other way was Royal Mail after tougher competition in the corporate market in the first quarter resulted in a weaker-than-expected performance in UK parcels, meaning full-year revenues are likely to be lower than forecast.

Supermarket giant Tesco was also in the red, completely erasing gains made on Monday after investors welcomed the resignation of its Chief Executive Philip Clarke. However, it appears that the market was finally reacting today to a simultaneous profit warning from the grocer on the back of a "challenging" second quarter.

Pushing the stock further south were Deutsche Bank and Barclays, which cut their respective target prices. Rivals Wm Morrison and J Sainsbury were also lower.

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Please read the terms and conditions of useageIt turns out that the most urbane of assumptions – that the suburbs make you fat – is actually true. With high rates of obesity and diabetes in Canada and the United States – one in four Canadians are now obese, and more than nine million people are living with, or at risk of developing, diabetes – plenty of attention is now being paid to how to make people healthier through diet and exercise. But what if our streets are at least partially to blame? Norman Garrick and Wesley Marshall, assistant professors of engineering at the Universities of Connecticut and Colorado, respectively, along with Dan Piatkowski from the University of Colorado, have just completed a large-scale study of how street networks affect health.

In the study, published this month


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