Control and the State. Oxford: Blackwell.

Humfrey, Paula (1997) "Female servants and women's criminality
in early modern London" in S. Devereaux, A. May and G. Smith, (eds.), Crime and Society in the Old World and the New. Toronto: University of Toronto

Kermode, Jenny and Walker, Garthine eds. (1994) Women, crime and the courts in early modern England. London: UCL Press

Walker, Garthine (2003) Crime, Gender and Social Order in Early Modern England. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

12. WHITE COLLAR AND WORKPLACE CRIME IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

Discussion topics

"the education and restraint of the business class was as
much, if not more crucial to the effective function of British
capitalism during the nineteenth century as was the education of the
working class in the discipline of factory labour."

What are the parallels between the reluctance of the criminal
justice systemduring the nineteenth century to interfere in the
running of the commercial company and the family

Key points

• lack of sophisticated auditing and accounting systems

• laisser-faire doctrine as hindrance to effective regulation

• assumption that shame and disgrace as sufficient deterrents to fraud

Godfrey, Barry (1999) 'Law, factory discipline and 'theft':
the impact of the factory on workplace appropriation in mid to late
nineteenth-century Yorkshire. British Journal of Criminology 39: 56 - 71.

Godfrey, Barry and John Locker (2001) 'The Ninteenth-Century
Decline of Custom and its Impact on Theories of 'Workplace Theft' and
'White Collar' Crime' in Northern History 38

* Robb, George (1992) White-Collar Crime in Modern England: Financial Fraud and Business Morality 1845-1929, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,

Robb, George (2006) 'Women and White-Collar Crime' British Journal of Criminology (forthcoming)

Channon, Geoffrey (1999) 'The Business Morals of British Railway


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       Jessica Kampschroer has worked as a news reporter for a local Minnesota
television station since 2003. Her husband Cory worked as a news anchor and
reporter for a different local station from 2006 to 2010.

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       The Honorable Susan Richard Nelson, United States District Judge for the
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database.

        On June 15, 2008, Jessica searched for and printed out a news script from
earlier in the year that reported on unauthorized viewing of driver’s license
information. The script said that two customer service specialists for the Department
of Public Safety were accused of accessing the personal information of about 400
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Crazy Credits

The opening credits are letters on planks, like the lettering on the side of ships, and between screen-fulls, a foaming wave of water splashes over it and then runs off. In the initial sets of credits, these appear to be actually letter-forms attached to the wood, as the water gets deflected by some of the letters;While Balwa wanted to go to London to drop off his son to college, Morani claimed he needed to travel to several countries including the US, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Belgium, Netherland and Dubai for work.

At that time, the senior public prosecutor for the CBI had “no objection” to the applications and, on this basis, Special Judge OP Saini had allowed Morani and Balwa to travel to their respective foreign destinations.

However, in an opposite move, enforcement directorate’s counsel NK Matta raised several objections against the applications, including that they were not supported by the requisite documentation, such as visas and hotel booking.

With regard to Morani, it was also argued that his specific presence was not required to complete the type of work he had listed he needed to


travel for. Arguments on the matter were heard Tuesday, and the court reserved its order regarding the travel plans of the two.

The 2G spectrum scam involved corporations, politicians and government officials in India illegally undercharging mobile telephony companies for allocating 2G spectrum licenses for cell phones, leading to – according to the CAG — a shortfall of Rs 1,76,645 crore.

Balwa, one of the promoters of the DB Group, which owns DB realty and Swan telecom, was arrested in February 2011 on the allegation that DB group transferred Rs 2 billion to a media company owned by members of DMK party as gratuity for helping Swan bag licenses for 13 circles.

Cineyug’s Morani, considered one of the top producers in the Hindi film industry, was arrested on allegations that hechanneled the kickbacks received by DMK for allocating the spectrum licenses to companies like Swan telecom.

The enforcement directorate had, in a case of money laundering arising from the 2G spectrum allocation scam, chargesheeted former telecom minister A Raja, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Kanimozhi, the Balwa brothers and five other accused.


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British detectives will travel to the U.S. to interview the wife of an American diplomat who left England while a suspect in a vehicle collision that left a teenager dead, police said Tuesday.

Anne Sacoolas, 42, was allegedly behind the wheel of a vehicle that fatally struck Harry Dunn, 19, as he was riding his motorcycle near RAF Croughton, a military base in Northamptonshire, England on Aug. 27.

Despite leaving the country, "the suspect has cooperated fully with the police and with the authorities," said Nick Adderley, the chief constable for the Northamptonshire Police, during a news conference. Adderley said Sacoolas "requested to be interviewed by British police officers" in the U.S.

"Lawyers have clearly stated that the suspect wants to be personally interviewed by officers from Northamptonshire police in orderfor them to see her and the devastation that this has also caused her and her family," Adderley said.

Harry Dunn:Trump tried to broker meeting with accused driver Anne Sacoolas and parents of victim Harry Dunn

She did not want to submit a written statement, which she had the right to do, according to Adderley.

He said that Sacoolas spoke with police at the scene of the accident, and talked with them again the next day before invoking diplomatic immunity, which forced police to seek a waiver.

Adderley said that under law the police had to leave Sacoolas alone until a decision was made on the request to waive Sacoolas' diplomatic immunity. He said police were told on Sept. 16 that the waiver had been declined and Sacoolas had left the UK.

Adderley


did not refer to Sacoolas by name because she had not yet been interviewed and the case file was incomplete. Once the file is submitted, prosecutors will determine whether they plan to press criminal charges against Sacoolas.

"You can't complete the file until you have an account from the suspect. And this is one of the reasons that we are not naming her," Adderley said. "We don't know the full circumstances behind what led to that collision."

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He said the detectives would travel to the U.S. as soon as they had their visas.

Dunn's parents, Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn, as well as Prime Minister Boris Johnson, have called for Sacoolas to return to theU.K.

Last week, Dunn's parents met with President Donald Trump in Washington where he surprised them by offering an unexpected meeting with Sacoolas.

Charles said she and Dunn were "shocked" by Trump's offer and declined the meeting under such unusual circumstances. They said any such meeting should happen in England with therapists and mediators on hand.

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GM Strikes Out

Watching Michael Moore's documentary "Roger and Me," you'd think years of plant closures and retrenchments had long since knocked the fight out of the GM autoworkers of Flint, Michigan. The company's management evidently thought so when they moved to outsource work from its Flint plants -- only to be hit with a walkout that threatens to bring all the company's assembly lines to a halt. "GM has been taken totally by surprise by this week's strike," says TIME reporter Joe Szczesny. The company now faces a potentially crippling nationwide walkout if it fails to resolve the Flint dispute. "This is probably the biggest job-related fight triggered by NAFTA," says Szczesny. "GM is the biggest private employer in Mexico, and they're expanding. The UAW sees itself asour
shores,--helpless, innocent victims of injustice and oppression,
panic-stricken in the midst of strange and utterly new surroundings.

Emma Lazarus came into personal contact with these people, and visited
them in their refuge on Ward Island. While under the influence of all
the emotions aroused by this great crisis in the history of her race,
she wrote the "Dance of Death," a drama of persecution of the twelfth
century, founded upon the authentic records,--unquestionably her finest
work in grasp and scope, and, above all, in moral elevation and purport.
The scene is laid in Nordhausen, a free city in Thuringia, where the
Jews, living, as the deemed, in absolute security and peace, were caught
up in the wave of persecution that swept over Europe at that time.
Accused of poisoning the wells and causing the pestilence, or black
death, as it


done before the brief light die;
       She may not loiter, rapt in the vain dream.
     With unused trembling hands, and faltering feet,
     She staggers forth, her lot assigned to meet.

     But when she fills her days with duties done,
       Strange vigor comes, she is restored to health.
     New aims, new interests rise with each new sun,
       And life still holds for her unbounded wealth.
     All that seemed hard and toilsome now proves small,
     And naught may daunt her,--she hath strength for all.

    his eyes,
     Against that blinding lustre, heeded not
     Her thundered words, and cried in sharp despair,
     "Help me, O Virgin Mary! and thereat,
     The very bases of the hall gave way,
     The roof was rived, the goddess disappeared,
     And Tannhauser stood free upon the cliff,
     Amidst the morning sunshine and fresh air.

       Around him were the tumbled blocks and crags,
     Huge ridges and sharp juts of flinty peaks,
     Black caves, and masses of the grim, bald rock.
     The ethereal, unfathomable sky,


Though base, yet fallen through passions and rare gifts
     Of an exuberant nature rankly rich,
     And knew his weary head was growing gray
     With a life's terrible experience,
     Found his old sense of proper worth revive;
     But modestly he ended: "Yet I felt,
     O holy Father, in the church, this morn,
     A strange security, a peace serene,
     As though e'en yet the Lord regarded me
     With merciful compassion; yea, as though
     Even so vile a worm as I might work
     Mine own salvation, throughhis being, and he rose serene,
     And journeyed forward with a calm content.

       Southward he wended, and the landscape took
     A warmer tone, the sky a richer light.
     The gardens of the graceful, festooned with hops,
     With their slight tendrils binding pole to pole,
     Gave place to orchards and the trellised grape,
     The hedges were enwreathed with trailing vines,
     With clustering, shapely bunches, 'midst the growth
     Of tangled greenery.  The elm and ash
     Less frequent grew than cactus, cypresses,
     And golden-fruited


lid,
     Behold the young, heroic face, round-eyed,
     Of one who in his full-flowered manhood died;
       Of nobler frame than creatures of to-day,
     Swathed in fine linen cerecloths fold on fold,
     With carven weapons wrought of bronze and gold,
       Accoutred like a warrior for the fray.

     We gaze in awe at these huge-modeled limbs,
       Shrunk in death's narrow house, but hinting yet
     Their ancient majesty; these sightless rims
       Whose living eyes the eyes of Helen met;
     The   Rich gain for us!  But with him is it well?
     The poet who must sound earth, heaven, and hell!

SYMPHONIC STUDIES.

               (After Robert Schumann.)

                       Prelude.

     Blue storm-clouds in hot heavens of mid-July
       Hung heavy, brooding over land and sea:
       Our hearts, a-tremble, throbbed in harmony
     With the wild, restless tone of air and sky.
     Shall we not call him Prospero who


and low lisp of rippling tide,
     Light summer clouds fantastical as sleep
     Changing unnoted while I gazed thereon.
     All these fair sounds and sights I made my own.

DESTINY.

                         1856.

     Paris, from throats of iron, silver, brass,
     Joy-thundering cannon, blent with chiming bells,
     And martial strains, the full-voiced paean swells.
     The air is starred with flags, the chanted mass
     Throngs all the churches, yet the broad streets swarm
     WithWhat dost thou covet?  What least whim remains
     Ungratified, because not yet expressed?

     MARIA.
     None, none, dear father!  Pardon me!  Thy love,
     Generous and wise as tender, shames my power
     To merit or repay.  Fie o my lips!
     Look if they be not blistered.  Let them smooth
     With contrite kisses the last frown away.
     We must be young to-night--no wrinkles then!
     Genius must show immortal as she is.

     RIBERA.
     Thou wilt unman me with thy pretty ways.


kindred.

     ANNICCA.
              Be it so, Tommaso.
     I will do naught in haste.

     DON TOMMASO.
              Watch thou and wait.
     A slight reproof might now suffice the child,
     Tame as a bird unto a gentle voice.

     ANNICCA.
     My mind misgives me; yet will I find patience.

     SCENE III.

       Night in RIBERA'S Garden. DON JOHN alone.

     DON JOHN.
     In Father, you called me?

     RIBERA.
              Aye, to bid good-night.
     Why do you kiss me?  To betray to-morrow?

     ANNICCA.
     Dear father, you are better; you have slept.
     Are you not rested?

     RIBERA.
              Child, I was not weary.
     There was some cloud pressed here (pointing to his forehead) but
        that is past,
     I have no pain nor any sense of ill.


The Catholic Herald has a story up about how Msgr. Newton, the Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham was “excluded” from Reformation events last week.

In a letter to the Catholic Herald, Fr Ed Tomlinson asks why Mgr Keith Newton, who serves as ordinary of the group for former Anglicans, was not invited to be “part of the numerous ‘reformation celebrations’ taking part in the ecumenical landscape this week”. Fr Tomlinson also wants to know why Mgr Newton had not been asked “to join the ARCIC [Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission] conversations despite his obvious importance as a former bishop of the Church of England now leading a body, the ordinariate, whose entire purpose is to enable Anglicans to become Catholic while retaining a distinctly EnglishSimilar to the famous maxim of Socrates ‘an unexamined life is not worth living’.

like most of the philosophies of Epicurus’ age, they aimed at securing tranquility for the individual. Epicurus is a great example for the universal applicability of Epicureanism as he himself was poor and suffered from ill health throughout most of his life yet still managed to live a life of great bravery and fortitude.

Pleasure:

Epicurus’ pleasure was not quite our modern day definition of pleasure or hedonism. Epicurus himself lived a very minimalistic life eating no more than bread and olives with the occasional slice of cheese, as Epicurus exclaims ‘the greatest good of all is prudence’. Similar to buddhism, Epicurus somewhat renounces the material world in an attempt to flee from the constraints of culture.


We might think of the concept of the dream in this film as forgotten lands that still walk through our psyche’s at night, that still speak to us when reductionist materialism fails to generate feelings of wholesomeness. The central focus of the film is on a character called Karamakate who we are introduced to as a young adult and an old man. He is the last of his clan and seems to be the last person keeping the dreamscape alive and shows this by his faith in the dream but also by harbouring a cynicism of a world that may no longer exist. Quite aptly, the metaphorical destruction of the dream is shown through the destruction of his group due to the production of rubber, a material substancethe best of religion offers, a collection of transcendent experiences that all of us can attempt to have more of. Whether we call it God or religion does not matter.

At points in the Aeneid, the main protagonist Aeneas lacks resolve, he feels at the mercy of the Gods and his limbs have grown weak from the Journey. He can see neither where he left or where fate will lead him. It often seems as though Aeneas is in a perpetual battle between what he knows is right(founding Lavinium) and what is often most appealing, which is to retreat from the fated course of events. However, when he reaches the underworld and eventually leaves it he is a changed man full of resolve and vigour.

Meeting your mission/adversary:

When Aeneas reaches


This can manifest in many forms, from attempting to reconcile family matters, to running a restaurant or perhaps running a country, each can have an individual purpose that adds meaning to the corner of the universe you inhabit, Aeneas Rome could be your mission.

Acceptance of suffering:

Notably, instead of fighting the suffering as he often does in the first four books, Aeneas eventually decides to integrate the innate suffering of the mission. This wise recognition of responsibility and fated events is a tremendously important point to use as a tool of knowledge. He gleefully accepts that founding Rome will lead to centuries of abundance, civility and piety so recognises that the suffering is worthwhile and in fact transformational, much of what Aristotle envisioned for his adoptees of Eudaimonia. Thiscommon is a realisation of a transcendent purpose that supersedes the difficulties faced along the Hero’s Journey. Interestingly enough, once Aeneas’ father prophesies the founding of Rome he is met with the option of leaving the underworld one of two ways, an easy exit through the gate of horns, or through the ivory gate which though the ‘powers of the underworld send false dreams up towards the heavens’. To me this symbolises the recognition of the utility of suffering, for if given the chance he would not take the easy exit without due respect for the underworld.

Freud in Civilization and its discontents is pessimistic of the human condition in essence. His account of society is that most people follow the simple programme of the pleasure principle as a


tools of knowledge to live better in the present. Future posts will be aimed at addressing this through thought, art and film, as well as music.

Similar to the life Philosophy, Stoicism, the Tao, or the way is a method through which we can live to some degree, in accordance with nature. Underlying this is the Chinese principle of polarity. contrariwise, the Western religions have stressed dichotomies such as Good vs Evil, Material vs Immaterial and light and darkness which ultimately cultivates an idealism that attempts to dispose of the latter and keep the former. Watts draws on the project of western technology as a means to ‘keep the former'(Watts, A) yet with the advent of these technologies(Penicillin, nuclear energy and the internet), new problems have arisen and againof the University of Texas at Austin, the Pennsylvania State University, Stanford University, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, and Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen. The HET is named in honor of its principal benefactors, William P. Hobby and Robert E. Eberly. The Marcario Low Resolution Spectrograph is named for Mike Marcario of High Lonesome Optics, who fabricated several optics for the instrument but died before its completion. The LRS is a joint project of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope partnership and the Instituto de Astronomıa de la Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.

Some of the data presented herein were obtained at the W.M. Keck Observatory, which is operated as a scientific partnership among the California Institute of Technology, the University of California and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Observatory was made possible by the generous


Jägermeister to Release Cold Brew Coffee

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Pittsburgh hosting Prague Writers' Festival

By JOE MANDAK Associated Press

Posted:
10/16/2013 12:48:10 PM EDT

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FILE - In this April 27, 2004 file photo, author E.L. Doctorow smiles during an interview in his office at New York University. The Prague Writers' Festival opens in Pittsburgh on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, the first time the event is being held in the United States. E.L. Doctorow, known for works including "Ragtime" and "Billy Bathgate, is slated to read excerpts of his new novel, "Andrew's Brain," at the festival.

PITTSBURGH—The decision to hold the world-renowned Prague Writers' Festival in western Pennsylvania isn't as unlikely as it seems, considering the festival's home base was once the capital of a nation born 95 years ago in a Loyal Order of Moose lodge in


Pittsburgh.

The festival has given writers a platform to promote their works but, more importantly, to freely express the thoughts behind them. Friday and Saturday mark the first time the festival will be held in the United States—or anywhere outside Europe, for that matter—at Point Park University downtown.

"It's a festival of ideas," said Michael March, the festival's founder—and often a platform for contentious or unpopular ones. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a San Francisco writer who won a U.S. Supreme Court appeal of his arrest on obscenity charges in the 1950s, and Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" led to death threats from some who felt it attacked Islam, are past participants.

"Writers' festivals are celebratory expressions of intellectual and artistic freedom," said E.L. Doctorow, who will read excerpts of his newnovel, "Andrew's Brain," at the festival.

Doctorow, known for works including "Ragtime" and "Billy Bathgate," said festivals are important because in many countries, writers are "censored, jailed, exiled, attacked, murdered, because they know what governments know: that reality is amenable to any construction placed upon it.

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That the festival coincides with the anniversary of the birth of what was originally known as Czecho-Slovakia (the country later dropped the hyphen) only adds to that importance, said professor Channa Newman, director of global cultural studies at Point Park. She's also the international program director for the festival and helped bring it to Pittsburgh.

The Czech Senate is sending a delegation, as is the Czech Chamber of Commerce, while the honorary consul representing Slovakia will also attend, Newman said.

"So there's the historical ties, the


cultural ties and the business ties, which is now apparently of interest," Newman said.

March agreed that holding the festival in Pittsburgh underscores its international significance.

March, a poet, was raised in New York City. He moved to Europe after the Helsinki Accords attempted to thaw relations between then-Communist bloc nations and the West, and formed a smaller writers' festival in late-1970s London.

March eventually established the Prague Writers' Festival in May 1991, less than two years before Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The festival was first held in Wallenstein Palace, now home to the Czech Senate.

Celebrating Czecho-Slovakia's birth brings the festival full circle.

The Pittsburgh Agreement, which announced the intention to form Czecho-Slovakia, grew out of a meeting in May 1918 of the Czecho-Slovak National Committee atthe Moose lodge in downtown Pittsburgh, said University of Pittsburgh professor Martin Votruba. He leads what is believed to be the nation's only university program offering a minor in Slovak Studies.

Czechs, Slovaks and some smaller ethnic groups foresaw the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and hoped to determine their own future as a nation, instead of having it thrust upon them by the international community, Votruba said.

The resulting Pittsburgh Agreement was essentially a Czecho-Slovak declaration of independence, said Andrew Masich, director of Pittsburgh's Senator John Heinz History Center. The museum, which is affiliated with the Smithsonian, has had a copy of the document since 2007.

The document's author, T. G. Masaryk, declared the nation's independence on Oct. 18, 1918, and became the new nation's first president a month later,


after the war.

"People forget, the first Czecho-Slovak flag either flew in Washington, D.C., or in Pittsburgh," March said.

The Pittsburgh Agreement "wasn't a perfect creation, it was an artificial creation during a terrible time of the first World War, a time of absolute devastation for people," March said. But, he said, reflecting on that might help people "appreciate their own environment even more."

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Grassroots Movement Education and Philanthropy

May 11, 2012

Ann Paisley Chandler is currently in the M.S. Fundraising and Grantmaking program at NYU. She holds a B.A. in English Literature with Creative Writing emphasis from Wofford College and is a Peace Corps alum (Ghana 08-11). She worked with government officials, artisans, and donors to design, finance, and construct a library, now staffed and operated by community members, and worked closely with Books for Africa to coordinate the shipment of 22,000 books from the U.S. to Ghana. She planned activities and events at Ghanaian orphanages, organized and executed HIV/AIDS education projects, in collaboration with ActionAid, and partnered with Ghana Sustainable Change Project and USAID on the Malaria Day Campaign. Fluent in Twi and and familiar with Ewe, she has a particular interest


in African philanthropy and volunteers at charity: water in New York City.

Public education is a matter of national concern, but few of us know the range of challenges facing our students. The problem is particularly acute in South Carolina where one in seven adults are illiterate – meaning almost 15% of the adults in the state cannot read. Additionally, South Carolina possesses the fourth lowest graduation rate in the U.S., with only about half of its students graduating from high school. Of those that do graduate, many can read at only a fourth grade level.

As two fellow South Carolinians studying philanthropy in New York, Susanna Johnson and I wanted to understand how the “next generation” of changemakers in South Carolina can reverse this dismal legacy. We spoke toa state and national leader in education and personal friend, Darla Moore. Moore serves on the National Board of Directors of Teach for America and was instrumental in bringing TFA to South Carolina last year. In addition to TFA, Moore has made many other investments in the South Carolina education system. She shared her experience and wisdom with us.

Moore repeatedly stated that the most important facet to improving education is personal commitment. The issue is not money; it is vision, time, and dedication. It is about wanting to foster change and working toward a positive outcome. As a group, we must be willing to talk about the challenges that exist and to discuss the successes and failures of the U.S. education system. In order to change the educational


than saving the education system. After all, education impacts us all, socially and economically, and connects many parts of our society – GDP, healthcare, and unemployment.

Change starts with the private sector and private commitment, and the government will follow once success is proven. Relationship building, within communities and within the private and public sectors, is paramount. It can take years to build the relationships needed to be successful, but this is critical to the success of the next generation of changemakers. Public-private partnerships work on the theory of linking the best of the public sector – the government and all its resources – with the reform mindedness and innovation of the private sector and private commitment. In education, the government provides the vast majority of the money, althoughcorner and will continue to push for him in New Jersey.

"He is still entitled to earn a living," Hazzard declared. "This is simply a case of allowing an individual to earn a living as others can. Id hate to see where Id be if people hadnt giving me a second chance."

The governor and other state officials have cited Tysons rape conviction as the main reason for keeping the former heavyweight champ out of the ring in New Jersey. In response, the Black Leadership Coalition Political Action Committee, based in Newark, held a press conference on Thursday in support of Hazzard. In a press release issued earlier in the week, the group demanded to meet with McGreevey "to discuss his discriminatory treatment" of Hazzard in the Tyson matter. The


curse of athletes - not just boxers.The difference is that in other sports, athletes usually have something to fall back on when they retire. In boxing, for the most part, once you stop there is no place to go."

On the other hand, Tony Paige, of East Windsor, who worked the Tyson-Williams fight for international TV, feels that Tyson deserves another (perhaps last) look.

"I thought Tyson was done until his knee surgery (following the fight)," said Paige, who can also be heard on weekends on WFAN in New York. "You have to give him a pass until he fights Williams again or some sort of live body in the heavyweight division. His pressure style of fighting can wear down a younger man, but at 38, I dont know ifher iPhone 4 and buy an iPhone 5 this year. She says a friend recommended gazelle.com.

Her iPhone was in good shape, she says, although the home button wasn't working. Gazelle offered her $100. She sent in the phone and received a PayPal payment of $150 when the device was determined to be in better-than-expected condition.

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About Banbury

Banbury is a market town in northern Oxfordshire, England, located on the River Cherwell. It is 64 miles (103 km) northwest of London, 38 miles (61 km) southeast of Birmingham, 27 miles (43 km) south of Coventry and 21 miles (34 km) north northwest of the county town of Oxford. The urban area, including surrounding parishes, has a population of circa 45000.The town of Banbury is on the edge of theOxfordshire Cotswolds and has been a busy market town for centuries and is now also an important industrial centre which has grown considerably in size over the last half of the 20th century.Despite much redevelopment it still has a few old alleys and quiet corners to enjoy. Two of Banbury’s famous inns remain. The Reindeer in Parsons Street and the large 17th century Whateley Hall Hotel in the Horsefair which used to be called the Three Tuns. Many famous people have stayed here including Johnathan Swift, who is reputed to have taken the name Gulliver from a tombstone in the nearby churchyard.The famous Banbury Cross (picture above) is situated at a cross-roads on the broad Horsefair, is a mid-19th century replacement, erected to commemorate a royal wedding in


1858. The original medieval cross was destroyed by the Puritans in the early 17th century. The well-known nursery rhyme refers to the cross – ‘ Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross to see a finer lady on a white horse’. It is thought this rhyme referred to a visit by Queen Elizabeth I.Banbury Cakes, a special fruit and pastry cake, are still produced. At one time they were being sent as far afield as Australia, India and America.The name Banbury may be derived from ‘Banna’, a local Saxon dignitary who is said to have built his stockade here in the 500’s. By the time of William the Conqueror ‘Banesberie’ was mentioned in the Domesday book. In the 13th century it had grown to become an important wooltrading centre bringing wealth to the local population. In 1628 the town was ravaged by fire which destroyed many buildings, though some have survived to the present day. The opening of the Oxford Canal in 1790 connecting Banbury with the Midlands bought new industries and growth which continued with the arrival of the railways.Today Banbury is an expanding market and industrial town experiencing growth as a direct benefit of its proximity to the completed M40 motorway linking London to Birmingham via Oxford.

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going. By keeping my mouth shut I'll find out where I fit into the picture. I'm sure of it. Then it will be my time to ask questions—not now.

Miss Turner clears her throat. "I didn't want to give my baby away, but my parents insisted." Her voice cracks a little and she continues. "I said I wanted him back, but there was nothing that could be done. I signed papers. My baby had already been adopted."

Wind scrapes the top of my head and a crow squawks four times—four for a boy, like maybe it knows what we're talking about. I think Miss Turner might cry, but she doesn't. Listening with a closed mouth isn't as easy as it sounds. The scariest part about the truth is facing thewhole other life in the city doesn't mean I'll give up on Evelyn.

I scurry down the path to the river, letting my feet lead the way. I haven't felt this free for months. The trees, the grass, the land, all look dead; the middle of December and not a smidge of snow to whiten things up. Stepping inside our camp, I shiver. All the secrets Evelyn and me shared, all the plans we concocted—our disappointments and victories and even tears—I can feel it all.

The wind whistles up across the river, and I think about the day I almost drowned. How Jim Merry jumped in the water and saved me. I used to think he was nothing but a drunk and a bully. Funny how your opinion about someone


SBI Remit, a remittance platform making use of Ripple’s Distributed Leger Technology to perfect remittance between Japan and Vietnam, has released a dumbfounding statement regarding its progress over the last 10 years of service within the financial industry.

A new release by the firm indicates that the subsidiary of SBI Group handling international remittance service business has seen a cumulative fund transfer to different countries across the world to the tune of 800 billion yen.

SBI Remit launched its service towards the end of December 2010 with the aim of offering financial services primarily to foreigners in Japan.

At the moment, the number of foreign residents in the country that make use of SBI Remit services has increased to 2.73 million as of December 2018, from 2,080,000 at the time ofwas hospitalized from July 12, 1996 through October 9, 1996 and incurred medical bills totaling $271,621.65.
At the time of the twins' birth, their father, Thomas Hochleutner was a participating member in a medical care benefit plan established by PII for various participating employers, employees and eligible dependents ("Plan"). PII is a multi-employer welfare benefit plan existing and operating under the provisions of ERISA. As Thomas Hochleutner's wife, Amanda Hochleutner was eligible for benefits under the Plan. Both twins were also covered by the Plan. The Plan was administered by Health Direct as a third-party administrator.
While at the hospital, Thomas signed a Consent and Authorizations form ("Consent"). Among other provisions, the Consent stated:
3. Authorization For Payment Of Hospital Services  I hereby authorize my insurance company or other third


finds that LGH was responsible for the liabilities and obligations of HPO under the Services Agreement.
In any event, the Services Agreement itself explains that Health Direct and HPO entered into the Agreement to "facilitate the delivery of health care services by HPO Facilities to Health Direct Insurance Members." The Agreement further states that HPO was a joint venture between LGH and Northwest to "arrange for the provision of hospital services at LGH." Since both parties agree that the Hochleutners were Health Direct Insurance Members, it would appear to this Court from the face of the Agreement that the Hochleutners' care at LGH would be covered by all the provisions of the Services Agreement, even if LGH was not a formal "signatory" to it. Thus, under the facts ofto the LLC occurred after the transfer of LLC interests to the children's trusts, the gifts would ordinarily be characterized as indirect gifts of the particular contributed assets and would not be discountable. See id.

BACKGROUND
William A. Linton formed WLFB Investments, LLC ("WLFB"), a Washington limited liability company, in November 2002. On January 22, 2003, William and Stacy A. Linton met with attorney Richard Hack to sign a series of documents. At the meeting, William gifted half of the percentage interests in WLFB to Stacy. Also, William and/or Stacy signed and dated the following documents:
 Quit Claim Deed: signed by William and conveying a parcel of his separate property real estate to WLFB. The parties agree the quit claim deed was effective on January 22.
 Assignment of Assets: signed


or three months later, attorney Hack assembled these key documents. For all undated documents, he filled in the missing date as January 22, 2003. In his deposition, Hack stated this insertion was erroneous, and that these documents should have been dated January 31, 2003. William agrees that January 31 was the correct date. This testimony is consistent with that of Caryl Thorp, an accountant with Moss Adams LLP, who advised the Lintons on the ordering of the transactions.
Some of the subsequent reporting and documentation of the transactions also supports the Lintons' alleged sequence of events. First, WLFB's federal partnership income tax return for 2003, prepared by Moss Adams, shows the contributions as initially being credited equally to William's and Stacy's individual capital accounts in the limited liability company.The return then shows capital transferred from their individual accounts along with a commensurate increase in the capital accounts for the children's trusts. Second, William's and Stacy's individual federal gift tax returns for 2003, prepared by attorney Hack, describe the gifts as gifts of percentage interests in "WLBF [sic]" and show the date of the gifts as January 31, 2003. Third, WLFB's "Membership Interest Ledger," prepared by attorney Hack's office, shows, in the first row, that William owned 100% of WLFB upon contribution of the real estate and portfolio assets. The first row also shows William's transfer of 50% of his interest in the LLC to Stacy. Subsequent rows show their transfers of percentage interests in the LLC to the children's trusts. However, all dates for all Ledger


rows are blank. Fourth, a share valuation report, prepared by Moss Adams, states that percentage interests in the LLC were transferred from the Lintons to the children's trusts on January 31.
In their gift tax returns for 2003, the Lintons characterized their gifts to the children's trusts solely as gifts of WLFB percentage interests. The Lintons determined the gifts were worth only 47% of the value of the underlying capital, due to the LLC's restrictions on ownership and control of the LLC interests. The Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") rejected the application of the 47% discount, arguing that: (1) the Lintons made indirect gifts of cash, securities, and real property to the children's trusts, or (2) the Lintons' gifts should be treated as gifts of cash, securities, and real propertyto the LLC either simultaneously with or after the gifts of the LLC interests to the children's trusts. Id. at 1287. Thus, the district court concluded, "the Lintons' transfers of real estate, cash, and securities enhanced the LLC interests held by the children's Trusts, thereby constituting indirect gifts to the Trusts of pro rata shares of the assets conveyed to the LLC." Id.
The district court also determined, in the alternative, that even if the Lintons established that the cash, securities and real property were contributed to the LLC before the gifts of the LLC interests to the children's trusts, the Lintons "nevertheless made indirect gifts to their children's Trusts under the step transaction doctrine." Id. In arriving at this conclusion, the court considered "three alternative tests: (i) the


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Distribution
Pinctada fucata is native to the Indo-Pacific region. Its range includes the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, and coastal waters of India, China, Korea, Japan, and the Western Pacific Ocean. It has been introduced in coastal waters of Venezuela

Biology
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Last week, tens of thousands of people across the country came out in support of same-sex marriage after California voters passed Proposition 8, which nullified previously legal unions. From New York City to Minneapolis, D.C. to San Francisco, gay marriage supporters turned out in huge crowds to protest the ballot initiative that passed in California on Nov. 4.

Mormon temples have been the site of many protests, as the faith rallied around Prop 8, although some in the gay rights movement are quick to point out that Mormons should not become the only scapegoat.

Comedian Wanda Sykes even came out of the closet during a rally in Las Vegas—Sykes told the crowd she wed her wife in California in October and that Prop


a high defensive line to compress the space their opponents have to work in. This style combined with the narrowest pitch in the league made it a tough task for Barcelona to play their game.

Martino lined up a more direct eleven to meet this challenge, with Song and Fabregas in midfield, Montoya and Pedro on the right flank, and the increasingly impressive Neymar on the left. Cesc and Neymar have 10 league assists between them, and Barça ran away with a lopsided scoreline that flattered them on a day when Rayo out-worked them.

Martino playing to individual strengths

There can be no doubt that Cesc Fabregas has seen a revival under Martino. Whereas he arguably struggled to find form in his first seasons back at the club, he is nowtheir arsenal. While he has never specifically referred to a Plan B, the ability of the side to change, react, and adapt to different situations in the course of the game should be seen as their number one goal this season. So far he is five for five in the league, has ground out a tough Super Cup result, and had a one-sided result in the Champions League. Barcelona will eventually lose (in the scoreline as well) and the reactions to this should be tempered by an appreciation of what Martino is trying to achieve for the longer term.


it can meet their agenda.
And one such fake history is about Ashoka and Buddhism.
The creator in this thread explains how In
the past days there has been some discussion
on Ashoka, Maurya and his interface with Buddhism and the adoption of Mauryan symbols as the
symbols of modern Bharat in 1947.
In the mainstream narrative Ashoka is the
great Buddhist emperor who ruled almost all
of the subcontinent in accordance with “enlightened Buddhist” principles (in opposition to Hindu
ones) and that he became a Buddhist horrified by the ravages of the war he had waged on Kalinga.
Many strands have to be untangled here; made up narratives that the Nehruvian establishment pushed:

English:
The difference between the reformist Buddhism and retrograde Hinduism is underlined.
Ashoka is the chakravarti who conquered and ruled long and gloriously over Jambudweepa.
Buddhism as
Ashoka favoured Buddhism, even spent time, effort and resources to spread it.
But this did not mean that other Indic traditions were wiped out.
All Mauryan emperors were eclectic in their beliefs, Jaina, Buddhist , Ajivika traditions
lived alongside Sanatana Dharma.
Now, what about Ashoka conquering most of Bharata?
He, in actual fact, gained the throne after
a fratricidal conflict.
The actual conquest, from Saurashtra, Bangladesh, Afghanistan to Karnataka was done by Chandragupta
which is attested to by Greek sources.
Ashoka simply has been given the credit of the conquest done by Chandragupta under his
Guru and mentor Chanakya and consolidated by his father Bindusara.
If anything Ashoka was the architect of the decline of the Mauryan Empire (misrule in the latter part).
Now for the much vaunted “progressive” ideas contained in the pillar and rock inscriptions of Ashoka.
Are they


as well as other Indic texts, if anyone bothers
to read them and compare.
2 shlokas on Kingship from the Arthashastra.
Here is an example from Chapter 1 of the Arthashastra regarding the role of the king.
He has to work for and uphold the prosperity of the praja and in their welfare lies his
welfare, not the other way around.
And the one on the praja being the centre
of welfare:
In sum, the Mauryans were the first empire of Jambudweepa.
Chanakya and Chandragupta built it together and we are its inheritors.

English:
For reasons of its own the Nehruvian establishment stole this credit and gave it wholesale to Ashoka.
It is time to correct that error.
Thanks to the creator Sumedha V Ojha for sharing this valuable information.
Friends, Please subscribe to this channel and click on the bellState livelihood programme gives women in 500 villages financial support as well as a say in family decisions

Pune: Till two years ago, not a single woman in Waluj village of Mohol Taluka in Solapur district, 400 km from Mumbai, knew what a gram sabha was. Purdah was widely prevalent and women were labourers at home and farms.

But just before the onset of summer last year, over 50 women marched to the gram sabha demanding job cards so they could get work under the Employment Guarantee Scheme. The gram panchayat had never seen such collective activism before and gave in immediately: within a month, all 50 protesters received job cards.

The ground was prepared months before this. The women formed self help groups (SHGs) under Umed, a State-led initiative under


the Maharashtra State Rural Livelihood Mission (SRLM), which in turn is part of National Rural Livelihood Mission. The programme aims to empower women by engaging them in innovative agricultural practices and giving them a steady source of income. Government officials at the village and block level mobilise women to avail of finance for their homes, farms or even small businesses. The NGO partner is Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP).

Uma Mote, block coordinator of Waluj for SSP, says a lot has changed since. “Earlier, women had no say in decisions taken at home. Even if they did get elected to the gram sabha, they would simply follow their husbands or in-laws’ orders.”

The loan factor

Money was the game-changer; women were not entitled to loans without attending SHG meetings, workshops and trainingbegan to bring in an income, their husbands and families became more accepting. Says Ms. Mote, “Women began to earn through this model and men, who were growing cash crops in the way they were habituated to, continued to remain in debt. Naturally they started to respect women, followed in their footsteps and even helped them out.”

Shashikala Janardan Mote is an example of the transformation. Her husband once beat her up in front of other women at an SHG meeting for attending it. “My husband believed women get spoilt if they go outside the home. But the cash-crop model consistently failed for him. He also saw how a loan was made available to me through the SHG and how other women were earning an income. He later not


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‘Compell the poor,’ says Urizen, reading


fire. The bottom edge of Death’s beard is as sharp as an axe.

It seems to me tragic that art of this stature, which in English art is such a rarity, remains in practice a thing ‘off to one side’. In a sense, of course, that is where it belongs. Blake was a revolutionary (and counter-revolutionary) craftsman. He came out of the world of London sectaries. His trade was basic to his worldview. He is as separate from the main line of gentility as any English artist has ever been. Previous ages may often have been cloying in their worship of the master, but at least at their best they tried to respond to his challenge. Nowadays, standing in the ‘1915’ gallery at Tate Britain (the octagon next tothe bookshop), it is hard to remember that here the walls were once packed tight with tier on tier of Blake’s paintings, with through the door Palmer and Fuseli and Flaxman as comparison. (The mosaic floor of the Blake Room, covered in aphorisms drawn from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, is still underfoot as reminder. My guess is that the room’s early 20th-century designer had Job’s diorama specifically in mind.) In the new Tate, Blake is confined to an eyrie at the end of the Turner wing, up stairs most visitors miss. Perhaps in time he will come back to his non-place – central, minatory and inassimilable – in the story of British art.


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A 32-year-old woman with a history of dilation and curettage for missed abortion at 31 years old had sudden hemoptysis during menstruation on May 25, 1993. She had catamenial hemoptysis again, and was admitted to our hospital on July 21, 1993. After admission, catamenial hemoptysis occurred, and a nodular shadow was noted in the right S4 area on chest roentgenogram and computed tomogram. A few days after menstruation, hemoptysis and the abnormal shadow on chest roentgenogram disappeared. Pulmonary endometriosis was diagnosed by clinical course, past history, and chest roentgenographic findings. During the next menstruation, hemoptysis and a nodular shadow in the right S4 area on chest roentgenogram recurred, so transbronchial lung biopsy and laparoscopy were done. TBLB specimens revealed macrophages with phagocytosed hemosiderin,album The Lemon Tree which featured acoustic remakes of several of his hits.

Prior to the massive success of the Helen Reddy version of "You're My World" in Mexico that territory had afforded hit status to a version of the song's Spanish rendering, "Eres mi mundo" having given Grupo Yndio (es) their career record in 1976.

A remake of "You're My World" by the British group Guys 'n' Dolls was overlooked in the UK but reached No. 1 in the Netherlands for four weeks in May and June 1977 with a #4 ranking on the year-end tally for the Netherlands' hit parade: the track also reached No. 1 in Belgium and was a minor hit in Germany (No. 48) (in its release in the two last-named territories the track was


proof that the success of the CD was no foregone conclusion later in the article, when we said: "The transitional period from conventional (vinyl) to compact discs is however expected to last until the end of the next decade - the year 2000!" A year which appears to have sounded like a futuristic event that could never happen back in 1981.

CDs actually overtook vinyl in terms of sales in the late 80s, though the two have existed merrily alongside each other for many years since.

Back in 1981, there was plenty of excitement around these small, shiny new discs, which promised to hold 60 minutes of music on a 12cm diameter disc.

CDs didn't just mean "freedom from mechanical wear and surface noise or other forms of disturbance such asto be available for the launch of CD which, following the first official unveiling on 15th April, 1981, in Salzburg, Austria, was due to happen by the end of 1982. (The first players did indeed go on sale in October 1982.)

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But would CD be a success? Philips was convinced (even if a few of the original manufacturers involved are no longer with us): "Since the system's original presentation by Philips in the spring of 1979 and subsequent co-development by Philips and Sony, other firms, such as Akai, Bang & Olufsen, Crown, Dual, Grundig, Matsushita, Nippon Columbia and Revox, have joined forces, thus making Compact Disc for all intents and purposes the new industrial standard


his questioning would "undermine their bases for power."

Young praises the "non-conformist, reflective virtue" of the questioning children of South Park, and then conflates the chronically clueless parent characters with parents in real life: "The parents of South Park corrupt the children far more than a television show ever could. Like the Athenians, the adults don't know as much as they think they know." In the show, when adults address the children, "the adult usually sounds like a bumbling idiot."

The good professor seems to have no concept that it's the writers of South Park who make a living from putting bumbling idiocy on television.

How do professors like this stoop to the bizarre idea that children can be enlightened by a show that labors to fit 160 uses of theThrough Blood and Tears

Surviving Hitler and Stalin

Skorr, Henrik; Sokolov, Ivan

Henry Skorr shares his extraordinary story of his struggle to survive as a teenager during the Nazi occupation of Poland, his attempts to rescue others, and to maintain humanity in the face of unbelievable evil. He gives a fascinating account of Polish-Jewish life before the Second World War and a rare account of refugee life in the frozen Russian north. Henry Skorr's memoir will help to bring this forgotten history to public attention.


are very proud of doing things this way. In my opinion we are the most unique team in the world using this philosophy of playing with just Basque people and we feel very proud.”

Pride is a hard emotion to exude but from the moment you meet Garitano it is hard to miss the added glow of a man decked out in Athletic attire. He turned the club’s fortunes around last season, having been appointed with Athletic in the relegation zone in December, he took them to the verge of qualifying for Europe, only to miss out on the final day.

Despite a small pool of players eligible to represent Athletic, they are the fourth most-successful Spanish club and have never been relegated from the top flight, only Barcelona andof our best players are very, very old and we have to refresh the team, we have to work as hard as possible in the academy but have we have to keep these traditions.”

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gaizka Garitano reacts during the La Liga match between Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao in April. Photograph: Emilio Naranjo/EPA-EFE

Garitano was managing Athletic’s B team when he got the call to replace Eduardo Berizzo in the top job at the San Mames following a poor run at the start of last season. There was no hesitation in taking the role, eventually leading the side to an eighth-placed finish and restoring the pride at the club, even if it causes the odd fraught moment at home.

“It is an honour for me, it is a


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Beginning as a passion project, KevinsOffroad.com (KOR) has become a trusted resource for the offroading and 4x4 community. Back in 1996, KOR founder Kevin was working in the hotel industry when he began to dabble in website development. While designing some websites, he realized he had tons of pictures of his own Jeep and all the modifications he’d done on it, including some Jeep parts he designed and built himself, so he put up a website about his original Rock Sliderz.

One day, he got an email asking why there were no prices listed for the Rock Sliderz. Kevin came up with a price, and then was shocked when the guy ordered a set and told him he was sending a check in the mail! Kevin got to workWith an escalating U.S. trade war, a faltering economy and tensions in the South China Sea vexing her bosses in Beijing, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam appeared in no mood to compromise on a planned extradition law at recent meetings, according to foreign envoys and business people who met with her.

Some of the people at those meetings in recent weeks pointed to media reports that even Hong Kong's usually reticent judges were worried about the proposed law which threatened to send people for trial in mainland China for the first time.

But Lam bluntly dismissed concerns about a Chinese justice system that is widely criticised for forced confessions, arbitrary detentions and one-sided trials, saying judges were not supposed to speak.

Worries over the bill's impact on Hong Kong's international standing


as a financial hub with a respected legal system were building in Washington, London and other European capitals, but Lam stressed the need for the extradition law to help solve the murder of a Hong Kong woman in Taiwan.

"She needed a dinghy and she deployed the Titanic," one diplomat who met Lam this month told Reuters, declining to be identified due to the sensitivity of the issue.

In numerous public appearances after that, Lam was unyielding on the need for the bill, despite huge and sometimes violent street protests including one last Sunday that organisers said drew more than a million people.

Then on Saturday, Lam suddenly announced the bill had been postponed indefinitely.

She told a news conference she felt "deep sorrow and regret that the deficiencies in our workand various other factors have stirred up substantial controversies and disputes in society".

Hong Kong's self-styled Iron Lady had cracked, having apparently created an entirely fresh crisis for President Xi Jinping - and the city's biggest since Britain handed it over to Chinese rule in 1997 with the guarantee its freedoms and autonomy would be preserved.

Clues to the catalyst for the about-face may lie in a reported meeting between Lam and China's Vice-Premier Han Zheng.

According to Hong Kong's Sing Tao newspaper, Lam had a clandestine emergency meeting with Han, a member of the Politburo's seven-person Standing Committee, China's top decision-making body, across the border in Shenzhen on Thursday.

The content of the meeting is unknown. Lam on Saturday refused to confirm or deny that it had taken place, despite repeated


questions.

BEIJING BACKDOWN

Beijing's grip over Hong Kong has intensified markedly since Chinese President Xi Jinping took power in 2012, and after the city's protracted 2014 pro-democracy street protests.

He warned in 2017 that any attempts to undermine Chinese sovereignty were a "red line" that Beijing would not allow to be crossed - warnings that reinforced his strongman image amongst Hong Kongers.

Many politicians, diplomats and analysts had not expected Beijing to allow any backdown on the bill, unlike in 2003 when contentious national security laws were scrapped after half a million people took to the streets.

But a source in Beijing with ties to China's leadership who meets regularly with senior officials, said the Hong Kong government had handled the extradition saga badly.

And while a backdown from Beijing on the bill seemednear inconceivable just a week ago, the violence and escalating unrest forced their hand.

"The outcome doesn't bear thinking about if this situation wasn't turned around," the source said, also declining to be named given the sensitivity of the matter.

The source added that Beijing now had severe doubts about Lam's capabilities. China's State Council and the central government's liaison office in Hong Kong did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.

Steve Tsang, a London-based political scientist, said Lam had caused Xi "major embarassment" at a time that is not helpful for him given trade tensions with the United States, and ahead of a possible meeting with U.S. president Donald Trump at the month's end at the G20 summit in Japan.

"Xi is not a leader who tolerates failures of


officials," Tsang said.

Retired senior Hong Kong government official Joseph Wong said he was shocked by Beijing's U-turn, but the situation had become so untenable that he believed it had led to a recalculation by Han after meeting Lam in Shenzhen.

"I suspect ... he (Han) would have had to consider, are we prepared to continue to fire rubber bullets or even real bullets in order to get this through, and what would be the implications for the central government internationally, vis-a-vis the U.S. So that protest was the turning point."

Lam has refused calls from the opposition and protestors to step down but her ability to govern has been questioned on numerous fronts, including her failure to gauge the pulse in Hong Kong, the broader U.S.-China relationship, and Taiwan's refusalDuring the meeting, they reviewed a number of issues of common concern, particularly strengthening the bonds of friendship relations and bilateral cooperation between the two countries so as to serve the Yemeni and Chinese peoples.

Al-Raei welcomed the Chinese businessmen and companies to invest in Yemen, pointing to the advantages and facilities offered by the Yemeni laws in this area.

He indicated to the old Yemeni - Chinese relations, which are constantly evolving, and to the touches of Chinese technicians and workers ,which are clearly marked in several places of the Yemeni homeland.

For his part, the Chinese diplomat said that the Yemeni - Chinese relations are growing and evolving continuously to serve the aspirations of both Yemeni and Chinese peoples

The ambassador presented an additional explain to al-Raei on the overall


of the gravitational force acting on the side board presses the same against a vertical surface of the ingot mold.
The method of using the device comprises, in general, the steps of releasably fastening a chain to the side board, along the longitudinal axis thereof, placing the side board in the desired position against a vertical surface of the ingot mold, draping the chain over the top of the ingot mold wall, and suspending a counterbalance weight from the free end of the chain. More specifically, the method includes the further steps of offsettingg the point of attachment of the chain, relative to the center of gravity of the side board, and disposing the side board with the attachment point between the vertical mold surface and the center ofhis tousled brown hair eclipsed his searching green eyes ever so
slightly.He peered out from a concealing
copse of trees and brush, hoping to catch sight of his prey.

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trees.The clustered red of the tappery
bushes.No movement but the flutter of
small green leaves.No sound but the call
of a hawk circling high overhead, its piercing cry sharp like its talons.

A wise hunter is patient.Still.Silent.Eyes scanning.

The mountains of the Burgundy Range loomed large against the
distant horizon – a startling contrast of brilliant green vegetation and bright
red rock, with a hint of snow dusting the very tops.

Nearer, to front and left of the woods where Caran concealed
himself, ran a crescent of bluffs overlooking an oxbow of the Jerat River, whose
smoothly flowing waters bit softly into


their base.

A wisp of breeze ruffled Caran’s hair.A trio of birds flashed past, winging through
the branches in chase.

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year his senior who occupied his thoughts often.He imagined he might now be hunting for food
for her table.Their table – the one he hoped they would share someday.

Occasionally he convinced himself Kiya shared his interest.Sometimes it seemed...Some times, that was, when she wasn’t acting
as if he was utterly beneath her notice.He tamped down a surge of irritation.Why would she…

There!A small child
in drab brown clothing stirred from a thicket.The boy’s gaze darted furtively.Excitedly.He began to move.Wrestling with entangling branches, he
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rouse a bear from slumber.

Caran shook his head withconsidered whether to dignify that with a response,
he heard a shout of alarm from across the clearing. Real alarm.Or so it seemed from the tone.

“Tev?!” he called back.“You okay?”A beat or two of
silence…

Caran leapt to his feet and dashed intently toward where he
had last seen his little brother.As he
ran, he reached back and pulled a real arrow from his quiver, notching it for
ready use.


with geochem and aeromag has now been completed on GRY's Tijirit gold project in Mauritania with an initial 30,000m 10-hole drilling campaign underway on selected targets with results expected in JQ2012. Drilling was also expected to occur on the Akjoujt copper-gold project in JQ2012, along with initial field programs (based on geological studies) in the Cote d'Ivoire areas.Martin Keown believes Arsene Wenger is "at his lowest point ever" after his Arsenal side were blown away by Bayern Munich on Wednesday night.

The former Arsenal defender, who watched the 5-1 demolition from the BT Sport studio, said after the final whistle that the French manager must now be considering his future.

"It's almost embarrassing. Outclassed. Outplayed," the 50-year-old told host Gary Lineker.

"What is it now? 20 years? Arsene Wenger must seriously be considering his future. It's embarrassing."

Despite referring to Wenger as his "footballing father", Keown feels the end could well be nigh.

"This is his lowest point, ever," he added.

Arsenal were taken apart in a second-half which saw four Bayern goals, sparked by an injury to captain Laurent Koscielny shortly after half-time.

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Bayern’s defence, but in truth was rarely troubled. Bayern 5 Arsenal 1 player ratings David Alaba – 7 out of 10 Took a while to ease himself into the game but won his battle with Bellerin decisively. Bayern 5 Arsenal 1 player ratings Xabi Alonso – 7 out of 10 Failed to exert his usual influence in the first half, and should have done better to stop Sanchez’s effort, but was instrumental once Bayern started to move through the gears. Bayern 5 Arsenal 1 player ratings Arturo Vidal – 6 out of 10 A quieter influence on the game than his Bayern team-mates, but had little to contend with in the middle of the park. Bayern 5 Arsenal 1 player ratings Arjen Robben – 9 out of 10well to win the penalty. His departure through injury at the start of the second half was the harbinger of Arsenal’s collapse. Bayern 5 Arsenal 1 player ratings Kieran Gibbs – 4 out of 10 Left-back continues to prove a problem area for Arsenal. Robben had it all his own way. Bayern 5 Arsenal 1 player ratings Francis Coquelin – 4 out of 10 Elected to stand off Robben rather than get tight, allowing the opening goal to fly past him. Recovered, but utterly over-ran by Bayern’s midfield after the break. Bayern 5 Arsenal 1 player ratings Granit Xhaka – 5 out of 10 Forced Neuer into action with a well-taken first-time shot from the edge of the box in the first half. It was his only real


basis in the United States, I think nobody doubts that Pakistan has been a victim of terrorism,” Alyssa Ayres, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations who is an expert on the region, told me. “The problem is that at the same time they are very selective about which terrorist groups they actually try to target.”

Pakistan’s military sees an unfriendly Afghanistan as a major security challenge; Pakistan was, in fact, one of the few countries to recognize the Taliban regime, which was ousted following the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, because it viewed it as friendly to its own interests. The country sees itself largely surrounded by potentially hostile neighbors—Iran in addition to India and Afghanistan—and in recent years has looked to China for military, diplomatic, andinstallation of kitchen equipment for processing and completion by the fixture company on a percentage basis; claimed by the latter as 30% of the net profits, by plaintiff as 331/3%; the suit being for his claimed portion of the profits after taking into consideration all expenses, losses and costs of completing contracts in progress when plaintiff was refused his claim of profits after demand. He also sued for reasonable attorney's fee which was stipulated at 20% of the net recovery. Defendant's answer contained exceptions, denial and cross-action for losses on certain jobs which it alleged was due to negligence and miscalculations of Hill and chargeable directly to him amounting to $8,683.05 (after deduction of Hill's net percentage), plus the sum of $1,170.65 representing value to defendant of "certain


TRENTO , Italy, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- A Trento, Italy, Catholic priest was suspended after defending pedophilia during a television interview.

The Rev. Gino Flaim said he "understands pedophilia" as an attempt by children to find affection.

He told Italy's La7 television channel, "I've been to lots of schools, and I know children. Unfortunately there are children who seek affection because they don't receive it at home and I understand that some priests can give up. Pedophilia is a sin, and like all sins has to be accepted."

He was less forgiving of homosexuality, referring to it as a "disease."

Flaim's comments resulted in his immediate suspension from his position at Trento's San Giuseppe and Pio X parish, and came as Pope Francis convened a global synod of 300 bishops on familyissues, including the church's attitude toward homosexuality. Monday the pope urged the church to "move forward," noting it is not "a museum to keep or preserve."

Meanwhile, local media reported a Trento monastery has become a site the Vatican employs to "cure" gay priests. Former priest Mario Bonfante, who revealed in 2012 he is gay, told newspaper La Repubblica on Monday the Venturini monastery is a clinic for pedophile, alcoholic and drug-addicted priests, as well as for those "who show inappropriate sexual tendencies."

Prior to the synod, the Rev. Krzysztof Charamsa, a Vatican priest, revealed he is in a gay relationship and is challenging the church's "backward" views on homosexuality.


assassination programs who sport a collective experience of more than 20 years: Brandon Bryant, Michael Haas, Stephen Lewis, and Clan Westmoreland.

The four have written a letter to President Obama declaring that the drone program saluted by General Hayden has “fueled the feelings of hatred that ignited terrorism and groups like ISIS, while serving as a fundamental recruiting tool similar to Guantanamo Bay.”

Consider the case of a 65-year-old Pakistani grandmother exterminated by a predator drone while picking vegetables with her 9-year-old granddaughter, Nabila.

At a Congressional briefing, Pakistani schoolteacher Rafiq ur Rehman, the grandmother’s son, Nabila, and 13-year-old Zubair, son of Rafiq, recounted the extermination. Contrary to media assertions that the drone attacked a car, or house, or killed five militants, Rafiq testified that its sole casualty was his motherWritten by Clive Martin, CNN

A portrait of John F. Kennedy made up of contorted comic book heroes, a handgun carved into a school desk, Abraham Lincoln on a Pez dispenser. These are the creations of Ben Turnbull , a kind of modern day Pop artist who has always looked to the extremes of American culture for his inspiration, drawing on what writer Don DeLillo might call the "magic and dread" of that society.

For a boy from suburban South West London, it would inevitably be pop culture that led him to these violent, politicized visions of the world across the pond.

"I was obsessed with 'Time Tunnel,' 'Night Gallery,' all these weird American shows. TV's changed a lot now, but there was a time when they always seemed to be


rape and kidnapping convictions were remanded to the trial court with instructions that they not exceed thirty years. Both of the cases involved offenses where the victim was accosted as she entered her car, forced to drive to a secluded location, and raped. Hintz and Tookak both used guns and Tookak had an extensive criminal background. Napayonak contends that his conduct was relatively less brutal and that, consequently, he is entitled to a more favorable sentence.
However, the sentencing court may also consider other factors, such as the defendant's background, when determining whether an individual defendant was a "worst offender." Napayonak's criminal history includes two prior felonies. In 1981, Napayonak was convicted for assault in the third degree for firing a rifle into a school gymnasium while a volleyballgame was taking place. There were approximately 45 spectators in the gymnasium at the time. In 1984, he was again convicted for third-degree assault after tying his wife to a piece of furniture and waving a lighted blowtorch near her while threatening to kill her.
Following the blowtorch incident, Napayonak was evaluated at the Alaska Psychiatric Institute and diagnosed as having a "mixed personality disorder with borderline paranoid and avoidant features." The doctor believed that Napayonak could be "impulsively assaultive." While he was on probation, Napayonak was admitted to Clithroe and assessed as alcohol dependent with "inappropriate externalization of anger." He was terminated from alcohol counseling in 1986 for failure to cooperate with the program. Although Judge Johnstone did not expressly find Napayonak to be a worst offender, the


Toronto FC forward Tosaint Ricketts has been named to Canadian Head Coach Benito Floro’s 23-man roster for a pair of 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Qualifying matches. Canada will meet Honduras on Friday, September 2 at Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano in San Pedro Sula, Honduras and El Salvador on Tuesday, September 6 at BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Ricketts, 29, has appeared in six matches, registering two goals for Toronto FC this season. Ricketts has earned 50 caps and scored 12 goals for the Canadian national team. He made his debut for Canada on February 9, 2011 in a friendly match against Greece. He scored his first goal for Canada during a 2–2 friendly match against Ecuador on June 1, 2011 at BMO Field. In addition, Ricketts has representedoffice and the safe. Their examination disclosed on the papers scattered on the floor clearly defined "foot prints" of "Biltrite" rubber heels. Samples of the fire clay insulation were taken for examination and comparison. The locking mechanism of the safe bore marks of a cutting instrument. Inside the safe a small piece of blue cloth was found. Wood bearing *47 chisel marks was taken from the rear door of the premises, by which the burglar apparently attempted to leave.
 When appellant was arrested a few hours after the crime he wore overalls and a blue sport shirt, and carried a change of clothing. The overalls revealed a substantial amount of fire clay identical with the samples removed from the safe and found around it.
 A pair of appellant's


shoes which had been taken to a near-by bootblack on the morning of the 13th was recovered, identified, and found to have "Biltrite" rubber heels, the impression from which exactly fitted the heel prints on the papers strewn on the floor.
 The fragment of torn blue cloth found in the safe not only matched the shirt which appellant wore when arrested but fitted a tear in appellant's shirt just above its right cuff. A stain on the fragment of cloth corresponded with one on the torn area of the shirt worn by appellant.
 The investigator in reaching into the safe accidentally scratched his arm on the jagged edge of the hole, and this abrasion corresponded in pattern with a scratch on appellant's arm.
 Miss R, a woman friendof appellant, lived about a block away from the burglarized premises and the officers went there with appellant and found a paint-stained chisel in a dresser drawer in her room. The paint on the chisel was the same as that on the wood taken from the damaged rear door. An experiment demonstrated that this chisel also exactly fitted the notches in the damaged portion of the safe's locking mechanism. She testified that the chisel was not hers but that on the morning of March 13th appellant while in her room had stood near the dresser where it was found.
 The rubber heel and heel print, fire clay, overalls, sport shirt, cloth fragment, chiseled lock, chiseled wood from the rear door and the chisel itself were all before the


he was lying on the bed and that she did not return until 9:30 a. m. on the 13th. On cross-examination, however, she admitted she could not remember the date or even the day of the week of this occurrence. With the exception of Miss R and Miss C, whose testimony when taken together accounted, at best, for less than one hour of the 14-hour period, there was no corroboration of appellant's alibi testimony. None of the R family, with whom he claimed to have spent the time between 7 and 11 p. m. was called to testify.
 As part of his defense appellant claimed that two Oakland police officers had extorted $120 from him and later, when they attempted to extort an additional $300, he reported thematter to the district attorney's office. He claims that because he had done so the officers caused his arrest.
 On this point appellant testified at length that some time prior to March 13 (the day of his arrest), the officers in question threatened his arrest unless he paid money to them, pointing out to him that because he was a two-time loser and a Negro it would be an easy matter to secure a conviction on any count with which they cared to charge him. When appellant complained, some weeks before the burglary, an assistant district attorney took action. He directed appellant to telephone one of the suspected officers and make an appointment to pay over the money. Appellant was supplied with marked currency, met the officers, drove


Italy's "Festival di San Remo," the most important musical happening in my country which is seen on T.V. by millions of Italians, became the unlikely platform this year for a powerful ex-gay testimony. The singer, Giuseppe Povia, winner of the festival in 2006, presented a song entitled, "Luca Era Gay" (Luca was once gay) -- SEE VIDEO HERE. The title of his song, implying that some gays can change to heterosexuality, was sufficient to destabilize the Italian gay movement. Gay activists threatened to block the festival, and Europarlimentary member Vittorio Agnoletto asked for a European resolution to stop Povia from peforming the song. Povia, himself, received death threats. The gay association "Everyone" denounced Povia to the Procura of the Republic for alleged "homophobia." These efforts failing, gay activiststhen asked the Festival organizers to "counterbalance" Povia with a song by a gay singer, about "the perfection of homosexual love." That effort too, failed.

Finally, on February 17th., Povia sang his song on the first evening of the Festival. "Luca Era Gay" recounts the transformation of a man named Luca from the gay lifestyle. Without the help of psychologists and psychiatrists, he digs deep within himself to understand the sources of his homosexual attractions. An emotionally disconnected, detached father and a smothering mother, he says, created confusion about his sexual identity: "I looked for men who would be my father, I went with men not to betray my mother." The song also alludes to a superficiality in homosexual relationships. He says, "between love and deceit, often we betrayed


read an excerpt from Oscar Wilde's "De Profundis."

After Povia's song, contrary to all custom, the conductor gave the microphone to Franco Grillini, former parliamentary member and former president of ARCIgay, the foremost gay association in Italy. Grillini said he had received a cellphone message from a friend (although all celphones were supposed to be turned off during the festival...), who had cried when he had just heard Benigni reading "De Profundis," because it brought to mind his partner who had died of AIDS. Grillini concluded by saying that Povia must learn what gay love is.

Then, the unforseeable happened: people in the theater started to hiss at Grillini (in Italy, hissing is like booing)! The crowd's sympathy was with Povia, not with the gay activist.

Povia's song went on tothe finals and Saturday night, won second place in the San Remo Festival, while outside the theatre, gay activists continued to protest against him. Povia himself said: "I too had a gay phase--it lasted seven months and then I got over it."

The popularity of "Luca Era Gay" has given courage and dignity to the ex-homosexual community in Italy, who, until now, have been thoroughly intimidated by gay activists. The text's real-life insights regarding the ex-gay experience are undeniable.

"Gay activists threatened to block the festival, and Europarlimentary member Vittorio Agnoletto asked for a European resolution to stop Povia from peforming the song. Povia, himself, received death threats."

I see free speech and tolerance is alive and well in Europe [/sarcasm]

...who had cried when he had just heard Benigni reading "De


Pulmonary artery catheter: does the problem lie in the users?
The aims of this study were to look for the variability in the treatment of circulatory shock and to assess the extent to which this variability was reduced by pulmonary artery catheterization (PAC). At three international conferences in 1997-1998 (European Society of Critical Care Medicine, French Language Society for Critical Care [Société de Réanimation de Langue Française], and Society of Critical Care Medicine), a real-life clinical case was discussed in meetings among physicians and a panel of experts, with assistance from an expert computer program. A total of 417 physicians took part in the discussions. Following the clinical presentation, only 38% of physicians suggested the same treatment as the experts, and 35% suggested potentially harmful treatments. Complete hemodynamic dataAfter last year’s critical success, but Box Office flop, The Beaver, Mel Gibson’s latest comeback movie is taking him out of the dramedy category and placing him at the forefront of an action movie once again; Get The Gringo; which has just had its first trailer released online (now available to view below).

Again not likely to break any Box Office records (as it’s going straight to Blu-ray and Video-On-Demand, exclusive to DirecTV in the US for a time; before traditional releases and download options become available), Get The Gringo (formerly titled ‘How I Spent My Summer Vacation’) was co-written by Gibson and director Adrian Grunberg (best known for his assistant director work on films such as Traffic, Man on Fire, and Gibson’s Apocalypto), and will see Mel playing


When the City of Steinbach and Southeastern Manitoba want local news, weather, and sports online and on-demand, they turn to Steinbach Online. As Steinbach Manitoba's website for local job listings, free classifieds, garage sales, family events, business directory and weather cancellations, Steinbach Online makes it worth the trip.Desperate To Speak: How Emily Blunt Found Her Voice

As part of a series called "My Big Break," All Things Considered is collecting stories of triumph, big and small. These are the moments when everything seems to click, and people leap forward into their careers.

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You may know British actress Emily Blunt from The Devil Wears Prada, where she played the senior assistant to Meryl Streep's fashion editor, or The Edge of Tomorrow, where she coaches Tom Cruise in combat skills as he relives a battle over and over again.

And if you don't know her yet, you'll probably recognize her soon: She stars in the new Disney film Into the Woods, in theaters Christmas Day.

On screen, Blunt is a natural. So you'd


AMC's Gerry Lopez speaks out on 'Iron Man 3' dispute with Disney

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A scene from "Marvel's Iron Man 3" movie.

A scene from "Marvel's Iron Man 3" movie. (Marvel Studios)

The fight between the nation's largest theater chains and Walt Disney Studios over the upcoming release of "Iron Man 3" escalated on Thursday, when AMC Chief Executive Gerry Lopez took the studio to task for taking what he described as an unusually hard line in negotiations.

The dispute prompted AMC, the nation's second-largest theater chain, to announce Wednesday that it would stop selling advance tickets for the film. In another development, Regal, the nation's largest theater chain, also on Wednesday night decided to stop selling tickets for "Iron Man 3" because of objections over Disney's terms, a source close to theNorquist: Coburn 'lied his way' into office

Grover Norquist, founder of Americans for Tax Reform, just emailed a response to Oklahoma GOP Sen. Tom Coburn's claim that his group is a narrow "special interest" that doesn't represent American conservatives. And it's memorable.

Norquist accuses Coburn of backing out of a 2004 signed pledge to eschew tax hikes without buck-for-buck budget cuts. Coburn told David Gregory on Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" that he doesn't favor tax rate hikes but could agree to a "net" increase in revenues, if done carefully.

Here's Norquist's response (boldface is mine):

The pledge that Tom Coburn signed was to the citizens of Oklahoma. He made that promise in campaigning for Senate in Oklahoma. Coburn said on national TV today that he lied his way into office


Boston – Led by State Senator Jamie Eldridge, a coalition of community, faith and labor leaders will deliver a petition signed by a majority of Boston College Graduate Student Employees, as well as more than 3,000 community, religious and political allies, to BC’s President Father Leahy Friday morning.

The petition calls on Father Leahy and the Boston College Trustees to drop all discipline against graduate workers for union activity on campus and respect the majority vote for a union by bargaining with the union.

Graduate student workers voted in favor of their union – the Boston College Graduate Employee Union UAW (BCGEU-UAW) – in September 2017. Boston College has since refused to bargain despite BCGEU’s attempts to meet with the BC administration every day for an entire semester.

When the unionpolypeptide hormone, produced by the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, that stimulates contraction of the smooth muscle of the uterus. In fact, oxytocin is yet far more, the mammalian neurohypophysial hormone that is produced in the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei of the hypothalamus by nerve axons, and stored in the posterior pituitary gland, acts as an important neuromodulator in the brain and plays an important role in the neuroanatomy of intimacy, specifically in sexual reproduction of both sexes.Over the last decades scientists have begun to investigate oxytocin's role in various behaviors, including orgasm, social recognition, pair bonding, anxiety, and maternal behaviors, the direct effects of oxytocin on muscle, bone, adipose tissue and metabolism, on the other hand, have been discovered only recently.In a recent study from the