the text, namely, “The Orthodox Church and the rest of the Christian world”, or the phrase “The Orthodox Church and those outside it” or “the non-Orthodox”.

During the discussion the Patriarchate of Romania withdrew its proposal and there remained the proposals from the Churches of Cyprus and Greece.

This proposal by the Church of Greece was not accepted and the Ecumenical Patriarch urged Archbishop Hieronymus of Athens to submit a new proposal.

Consequently the Archbishop suggested to the Delegation of the Church of Greece a new proposal, which was accepted by a majority of the Bishops of the Delegation.

There was no authorisation for the new proposal, as its meaning does not meet the recommendations of the Hierarchy. Unfortunately, added to all this is the fact that it was decided in athat the Orthodox local churches participating as members of the WCC “contribute to the witness of truth and promotion of unity among Christians by all the means at their disposal” with the phrase “for the promotion of peaceful coexistence and cooperation on major socio-political challenges and problems.” The self-awareness of the Orthodox Church requires it to cooperate with Christian Communities and Confessions, in both East and West, to solve many social problems, such as wars, many social crises etc. And whenever there is discussion on Christian unity, this takes place with the prospect that those distanced from the single tradition of the first millennium should return to the Orthodox Church, which preserves the truth of revealed faith.

This proposal by the Church of Greece was accepted in the text,


with the deletion of the word “problems”, leaving the phrase “socio-political challenges”.

3. Dialogues With The Heterodox and the Way They Are Admitted to the Orthodox Church

Paragraph 20 of the original text read:

The prospects for conducting theological dialogues between the Orthodox Church and other Christian Churches and Confessions are always determined on the basis of the canonical criteria of the already established Church Tradition (Canon 7 of the Second Ecumenical Council and Canon 95 of the Quinisext Ecumenical Council).

Instead of this, the Hierarchy of the Church of Greece decided to propose the following redrafting and formulation, as shown below in the phrases in bold:

The prospects for conducting theological dialogues between the Orthodox Church and other Christian Confessions and Communities are always determined on the basis of the principles ofOrthodox Ecclesiology and the canonical criteria of established Church Tradition, according to the sacred canons of the Ecumenical Councils and of the Local Councils recognised by them, such as Canons 46, 47 and 50 of the Holy Apostles, 8 and 19 of the First Ecumenical Council, 7 of the Second Ecumenical Council, 95 of the Quinisext Ecumenical Council, and 7 and 8 of Laodicea. It is clarified that, when applying economy by admitting the heterodox by Libel and Holy Chrism, this is not to imply that the Orthodox Church recognises the validity of their Baptism or their other Sacraments.

EXPLANATORY COMMENT The Orthodox Church always converses “with those separated from her, close and far”, based on the theological and canonical criteria of the already established ecclesiastical tradition, defined by


the decisions and sacred Canons of the Local and Ecumenical Councils. The dogmatic decisions of the Ecumenical Councils are the formulation of the revealed faith, and the sacred Canons are the application of dogmatic decisions to the administration and pastoral practice of the Church. The selective use of sacred Canons is not consistent with the Orthodox ecclesiastical spirit. It is known that the sacred Canons of the ancient Local Councils and the Fathers acquired universal authority with the 2nd Canon of the Quinisext Council. These particular Canons refer to the way the heterodox are admitted to the Orthodox Church, sometimes with strictness, sometimes with economy. Strictness means by Baptism, economy means by libel and chrismation, but with clear preconditions, in other words, depending on whether they had beenbaptised in the heretical group to which they previously belonged with the invocation of the Triune God and with the preservation of the form of Baptism, i.e. by triple immersion. According to St Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain, two “kinds of government and correction are kept in the Church of Christ”, i.e. strictness and economy. The Bishops who are “the administrators of the Churches of God” express in practice the mystery of the divine Economy, that is, the mystery of the Incarnation of the Son and Word of God. Economy is a suspension of strictness for a short period and for specific reasons, and it cannot be changed into strictness with continuous validity. Then, the admission by economy of the heterodox by libel and holy Chrism does not


mean recognition of the validity of the Baptism or other Sacraments of those outside the Church. The Synodical decision of the Patriarchs of the East in 1484, which had the consciousness that it was “ecumenical”, on its own admission, not only overturned the decisions of the Synod of Ferrara-Florence, but at the same time also decreed the admission of “Latins” and those returning “from the Latin heresy to the truth of the Gospel” of Christ by libel and chrismation. In the service that was drawn up there is reference to the “Latin heresy” and the return to the “pure devout theology, confession and tradition”. At that time, of course, the exact form of baptism still applied among the Latins, too, namely, triple immersion, which was abolished later atnot accepted, the phrase “with the other Christian Churches” was replaced with the phrase “with the rest of the Christian world.” The paradox is that here the change was accepted, while in the sixth paragraph the change was not accepted, even with the same phrase “with the rest of the Christian world.” The addition of Canons 46, 47 and 50 of the Holy Apostles, 8 and 19 of the First Ecumenical Council and 7 and 8 of Laodicea, the contents of which were mentioned above, was not accepted. The proposal of the Hierarchy of the Church of Greece that “when applying economy by admitting the heterodox by Libel and Holy Chrism, this is not to imply that the Orthodox Church recognises the validity of their Baptism or their


other Sacraments” was not accepted.

At the same time the reference to the 7th Canon of the Second Ecumenical Council and the 95th Canon of the Quinisext Council was deleted from the original text.

This means that in this paragraph, by not accepting the proposal of the Church of Greece, the Council of Crete accepted at least baptismal theology. Anyhow, the opinion was heard during the discussions that heterodox Baptism is valid!

So, after granting ecclesiastical status to the heterodox, the greatest problem that resulted from the Council was the implicit recognition of the validity of the baptism of the heterodox!

During the discussions, some Hierarchs from other Orthodox Churches claimed that it is impossible not to accept the validity of the Baptism of the heterodox, especially since we accept mixed marriages,that is, marriages between Orthodox and heterodox. What was said publicly led me to express my clear reservations about the ecclesiastical consequences of mixed marriages in the text on the Sacrament of Marriage.

4. The Conciliar System

In paragraph 22 the text of the Primates said:

The Orthodox Church considers all efforts to break the unity of the Church, undertaken by individuals or groups under the pretext of maintaining or allegedly defending true Orthodoxy, as being worthy of condemnation. As evidenced throughout the life of the Orthodox Church, the preservation of the true Orthodox faith is ensured only through the conciliar system, which has always represented the competent final judge in the Church on matters of faith.

Instead, the Hierarchy of the Church of Greece decided to propose the following wording:

The Orthodox


Church considers all efforts to break the unity of the Church, undertaken by individuals or groups under the pretext of maintaining or allegedly defending true Orthodoxy, as being worthy of condemnation. As evidenced throughout the life of the Orthodox Church, the preservation of the true Orthodox faith is ensured [the word only was deleted] through the conciliar system (Canons 6 of the Second Ecumenical Council and 14 and 15 of the First-Second Council).” At the same time it proposed deleting the phrase “which has always represented the competent final judge in the Church on matters of faith.

This means that at this point the Church of Greece deleted the word ONLY, that is to say, that the preservation of the true Orthodox faith is ensured ONLY by the conciliarthe Holy Mountain, “Pastoral Ministry according to the holy Canons”, ed. Athos, Piraeus, 1976, p. 112ff.) The conciliar system at the level of Bishops expresses and ensures the consciousness of the Orthodox Churches, Clergy and people, a consciousness experienced in the sacraments, in asceticism and in the confession of faith. Certainly, it is the Council of Bishops which takes the final decisions, but the Bishops express the teaching of the Prophets, the Apostles and the Fathers, as well as the consciousness of the devout people, Clergy, monks and laypeople. Indicatively, the decision of the Hierarchy mentions the sacred Canons, the 6th of the Second Ecumenical Council and the 14th and 15th of the First-Second Council, which ensure the unity of the Church, the common ecclesiastical conscience and the


thorny problems of the contemporary world.” And it deleted the word “ideal” before the word “prototype”.

EXPLANATORY COMMENT The existing theological dialogue between different Christian Confessions and Communities must take place with theological and ecclesiastical criteria and preconditions. It is a dialogue of love in truth, and a dialogue of truth in love, on the basis of the Gospel and its true interpretation by the ecclesiastical, patristic tradition. The existence of the Unia is an obstacle to true dialogue, because it is an insidious system of union, that is to say, a false way of union with the retention of all the theological differences and an external ostensible union, thus it is a pseudo-union without theological and ecclesiological criteria. The specification of theological differences, and the return of thosewho have turned aside from it to the authentic tradition of the Prophets, Apostles and Fathers is the true way to union. Also, the resolution of all contemporary problems is based on the teaching of the Gospel, as it is preserved in the Church and interpreted by it, as well as on the prototype of the human being in Christ, that is, the saint, and this is not an ideal human being but the God-man Jesus Christ, as He is revealed to the saints and as He lives in them, according to the words of the Apostle Paul: “I no longer live, but Christ lives in me” (Gal. 2:20).

The proposal to change the expression “by the common fundamental principles of our faith” to “by the common principles of


in all her services for the union of all and struggles in many ways for this end, but at the same time considers that the rest of the Christian world, in other words, that part which is outside it, has been divided. The Orthodox Church does not include itself in the divided world, but calls all into its unity. The unity of the Orthodox Church, as the true Body of Christ having Christ as its head, is a given fact. There are neither many heads nor many bodies. “And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way” (Eph. 1:22-23).

This proposal by the Church wasaction is called gathering them into the true Flock, which comes about by the action of God, with the cooperation of their own will.

This proposal was made to rule out the branch theory, according to which the unity among Christians has been lost and therefore Christians, including the Orthodox, are the individual branches of the tree struggling for their unity. The proposal of the Church of Greece was rejected and was not included in the text.

All this clearly shows that the basic proposal of the Church of Greece was that Christian groups who are active in the East and West can be called Christian Communities and Confessions, but not Churches. There was a great debate on this issue, so the Delegation of the Church of Greece, urged by


the Orthodox Church that she may gather within her all those who are scattered”

IV. The Encyclical of the “Holy and Great Council”

The Standing Holy Synod at its meeting in June 2016, after the relevant debate that took place in the Hierarchy in May, decided to adopt my proposal to include in the Encyclical of the “Holy and Great Council,” that the whole life of the Church is a continuous Council and when in the first and second millennium Local and Ecumenical Councils took place, they expressed the experience and the confession of Pentecost.

In this context mention should be made of the Great Councils in the time of St Photios the Great and in the time St Gregory Palamas, which have been widely characterised as Ecumenical Councils.

It should benoted that the Council in the time of St Photios the Great was described as the 8th Ecumenical Council in the Decision of the Patriarchs of the East in 1848, and the decisions of the Council of 1351 in the time of St Gregory Palamas have been included in the “Synodikon of Orthodoxy”, which is read on the first Sunday of Lent, the Sunday of Orthodoxy.

His Eminence Metropolitan Athenagoras of Ilion, Petroupolis and Acharnai, who represented the Church of Greece on the Commission drawing up the Encyclical of the “Holy and Great Council”, and with whom I was continuously in contact by telephone, put this proposal to the Commission, and thus the following paragraph was drafted in that Encyclical:

3. The Orthodox Church, in her unity and catholicity, is


the Church of Councils, from the Apostolic Council in Jerusalem (Acts 15:5-29) to the present day. The Church in herself is a Council, established by Christ and guided by the Holy Spirit, in accord with the apostolic words: “It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us” (Acts 15:28). Through the Ecumenical and Local councils, the Church has proclaimed and continues to proclaim the mystery of the Holy Trinity, revealed through the incarnation of the Son and Word of God. The Conciliar work continues uninterrupted in history through the later councils of universal authority, such as, for example, the Great Council (879-880) convened at the time of St Photios the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople, and also the Great Councils convened at the time of St Gregory Palamas(1341, 1351, 1368), through which the same truth of faith was confirmed, most especially as concerns the procession of the Holy Spirit and as concerns the participation of human beings in the uncreated divine energies, and furthermore through the Holy and Great Councils convened in Constantinople, in 1484 to refute the unionist Council of Florence (1438-1439), in 1638, 1642, 1672 and 1691 to refute Protestant beliefs, and in 1872 to condemn ethno-phyletism as an ecclesiological heresy.

I think that on this issue our Church had a considerable success, which should be recognised. However, I do not you know why the Council of 1347, which, among other things, elected St Gregory Palamas as Archbishop of Thessaloniki, was not included in the Councils in the time of St Gregory Palamas.

V. Conclusions

The


following conclusions can be drawn.

The Delegation of the Church of Greece succeeded in including the views of the Hierarchy in the first text on the ontology of the human person. Although the word “person” remained in the text along with “human being” for further discussion, everything was deleted that related to the ontology of person in connection with the Triune God, namely, that the human being is a bearer of the image of the personal God, and that the communion of persons reflects by grace, through the unity of humankind, the life and communion of the divine persons in the Holy Trinity. This means that all the modern theology about the communion of the divine Persons, about the human being as a bearer the image of the personalGod and not as created in the image and likeness of God, and about the community of persons who reflect the grace of the Triune God, which constitutes modern personalism, was not accepted by the “Holy and Great Council”. In the text relating to the issue of autonomy, the Church of Greece received the assurance of the Ecumenical Patriarch that the existing arrangements for the New Lands will continue to apply, that is to say, that these Metropolises belong canonically to the Ecumenical Patriarchate but were put under the guardianship of the Autocephalous Church of Greece for their administration, that the status quo will remain and that autonomy will not be granted to these regions and other areas for which a Tomos or Act has been issued. In


the most fundamental text referring to the relations of the Orthodox Church with the rest of the Christian world, after the change of the decision of the Hierarchy on the main point, and the submission of a new proposal by majority vote by the Delegation of the Church of Greece, without authorisation from the Hierarchy, the other basic proposals concerning the validity or otherwise of the Baptism of other Christians and prayer for their return to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church were not adequately supported.

Thus, the final text is diplomatic. It is distinguished by its “creative ambiguity”, as has been written. It contains arguments that can be received by all sides. I think that it displeases both the Orthodox and the heterodox. It is imbued withbaptismal theology and, indirectly but clearly, with the branch theory, as was also demonstrated during the discussions, and it also moved slightly, but consciously, away from the principle of exclusivity and towards the principle of inclusiveness.

As it is well known, the principle of exclusivity states that the Orthodox Church is the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church, whereas the principle of inclusiveness states that there are many Churches, in which valid Baptism is recognised as a key point, and there are dialogues to achieve complete unity. In other words, according to the principle of inclusiveness the canonical and sacramental boundaries of the Church are not identical, as is clearly the case according to the principle of exclusivity.

It made an impression, however, that elderly Hierarchs holding important positions in


the Church supported anti-Orthodox positions on the grounds that this was what they had been taught by their professors in the first half of the 20th century, even though in the meantime important research has been done on patristic sources, such as St Irenaeus Bishop of Lyons, St Maximus the Confessor, St Gregory Palamas etc., and this research has overturned those views.

In any case, until the 19th century there was the same terminology with regard to the Orthodox Church and the heterodox, with a few exceptions. This was reversed in the early 20th century with the Message of the Ecumenical Patriarchate “To the Churches of Christ Everywhere” in 1920, after various events that had preceded that Message.

The paradox is that these Hierarchs invoked their professors, who, as clearlydemonstrated by academic research, were influenced by scholastic and Protestant theology, and did not themselves proceed to further patristic research, although they were the successors of the professors referred to. And in any case, it is strange for a Hierarch to invoke former professors and not the Prophets, the Apostles and the Church Fathers, which is what he confessed at his ordination as Bishop.

His Eminence Metropolitan Hierotheos (Vlachos) of Nafpaktos and Agios Vlasios (also Ierotheos) serves the Metropolis of Nafpaktos and Agios Vlasios in the Church of Greece. He has been Metropolitan of Nafpaktos since 1995.


The consumption of soft drinks is generally considered to be a contributing factor in childhood obesity. Because children spend a substantial amount of time at school, the school food environment plays a central part in shaping eating behaviors.

While the availability of soft drinks in middle and high schools has been investigated previously, a study published in the September 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association systematically assesses how the availability of soft drinks in elementary schools across the United States relates to school-based and overall consumption. A broader question raised by this investigation is how limiting soft drink availability at an early age may alter eating behaviors over time.

While the National School Breakfast and Lunch Programs are federally regulated, no similar standards exist for "competitivefoods," that is foods and beverages sold through a la carte lines, vending machines, school stores and school fund raisers. Guidelines and legislation to fill this gap have been developing in private schools as well as at the school district- and state-level. Voluntary sales restrictions are another new development, such as the agreement reached between the Alliance for a Healthier Generation and the American Beverage Association; Cadbury Schweppes; Coca-Cola and PepsiCo in May 2006. As a result, some school districts and even the states of California and Connecticut have already banned soft drink sales in public elementary schools.

Meenakshi M Fernandes, Pardee RAND Graduate School, Santa Monica, CA, analyzed data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study from close to 11,000 fifth graders in 2,303 schools in 40 states. The


periods: three years of Ramadan in the summer (in this case) and two years of Christmas plus New Years from the week of Thanksgiving to the first week in January. Running the images through a specially designed algorithm, they compared the light signal during these periods to the rest of the year in three geographic areas: the Middle East, North America and the Caribbean.

Snow turned out to be a big problem. Looking at the first round of Christmas data from the central U.S., Román saw a huge spike in Denver in 2012. But it wasn't just Christmas lights, it was lamp light reflecting off fresh snow, so they had to take out most cities north of St. Louis. Still, they were able to pick up on some generaltrends, and produced maps for the holiday periods.

In 70 cities across the U.S., lights twinkled brighter during Christmas and New Year's, regardless of economic or other factors. "[It's] tracking this national shared tradition,"says Román. City suburbs in particular showed a 30 to 50 percent increase in lighting intensity, while most urban centers saw a 20 to 30 percent increase. That's likely because a bigger yard means more space for blow-up Santas and glow-in-the-dark reindeer.

In Román's native Puerto Rico, the Christmas pattern emerged as well. Using their algorithm, the researchers were actually able to group together cultural centers of holiday festivals, industrial cities and more rural towns based on the citizens' energy habits. "[We] are now able to classify cities as a function of the energy behaviors of its


inhabitants. Behaviors that are based on the norms, on the identities of a culture," explains Román. "This is way cooler than seeing Christmas lights from space."

In the Middle East, the lights of major cities burned brighter during the holy month of Ramadan, typically culminating with a peak associated with Eid festivities. Generally, lights increased in the city center with group prayer activities at night and people going to work earlier.

Differences across countries stood out. Saudi Arabia had the most intense Ramadan increase, while the lights of Istanbul were a little weaker. Saudi Arabia is more conservative, while Turkey is more secular. "Nighttime lights really track the cultural differences between these cities and the countries that host them," says Eleanor Stokes, a graduate student at Yale who collaborated onthe study. Tel Aviv, notably, had no increase in lighting during the Muslim holy month. And cities in Iraq and Lebanon saw dips in nightime lights, which the researchers link to unreliable electricity. In Syria, decreases in nighttime light in Aleppo and Damascus likely corresponded to political and military unrest. "These nighttime lights really are in some ways like the EKG of a city," says Stokes.

In Egypt, the researchers took a closer look at 20 Cairo neighborhoods and found that poorer areas saw a smaller peak during Ramadan, choosing to leave the lights off for financial or maybe cultural reasons. "You can see those social and cultural imprints in the energy signatures themselves," says Stokes.

The data don’t give them an exact measure of the total energy use on


then forced them back to Shanghai, China. As a result, plaintiffs were delayed returning to the United States and suffered great pain of body and mind, and incurred more expenses for traveling and medical attention, and loss of time from work.
(Compl. ¶ 5.)
The Convention, in Article 17, states:
The carrier shall be liable for damage sustained in the event of the death or wounding of a passenger or any other bodily injury suffered by a passenger, if the accident which caused the damage so sustained took place on board the aircraft or in the course of any of the operations of embarking or disembarking.
The Supreme Court, interpreting the meaning of "accident" in Article 17, concluded that "liability under Article 17 of the Warsaw Convention arises only if a passenger'swas purchased in Jamaica where plaintiff submitted affidavit stating that ticket was purchased on his behalf in New York by third party, and where ticket may have been originally issued in Philadelphia); Benjamins v. British European Airways, 572 F.2d 913, 915 (2d Cir.1978) (place where contract made was place of purchase), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 1114, 99 S.Ct. 1016, 59 L.Ed.2d 72 (1979); Smith, 452 F.2d at 803 (where ticket purchased in Vancouver, and "there appear to have been no arrangements whatsoever between Vancouver and the [carrier's] United States office for ticketing or booking, no reading of the facts in this case can yield the conclusion that the United States was the place `through which the contract has been made'"); In re Air Disaster Near Cove Neck, New


Shen brought two tickets from Shanghai to Tokyo on April 25, 1992 and two tickets from Tokyo to Shanghai on April 27. The tickets were purchased by American Express and the real money transaction for tickets were in New York. The round trips were within 72 hours as suggested.
(Plaintiffs' Affirmation of 8/22/93, at ¶ 3) (citations omitted). The crux of plaintiffs' argument appears to be that because the tickets were purchased with an American Express card, the contract was not made until the charge was posted to their account in New York. However, the use of an American Express card in Shanghai does not render New York the place of purchase simply because the charge was eventually posted there. Moreover, the plaintiffs do not dispute that the originalPandemonium broke out in the heart of Manhattan on Saturday when two men were shot on the ice at the popular Bryant Park skating rink just after 11 p.m., the police said.

One man was shot in the torso and one in the leg. Both were recovering at Bellevue Hospital Center.

A skater, Francis, 17, who gave only his first name, said he was behind one of the victims when the shots were fired. He said the shooter was standing among tourists who were taking pictures outside of the rink. Then he pulled a gun.

“He took out a gun and was scanning for him with his eyes, and then he shot him three times and ran,” he said. “People around me fell to the ice. I fell down, too. Then


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For Marvin Birnbaum alternately populating his Stone Age clan
to the maximum and then starving it along with using his resources
to the utmost was the strategy that worked for him. Some critics
would say that starving your people is not ethical, but this
is a game where the people are actually just pieces of wood on
a board. Numerous players tried this strategy with varying degrees
of success (eight winners, seven seconds, seven thirds, and four
fourths). At least one player tried this in 19 of the 52 games
played). At the end of the game Marvin was at 91 on the scoring
track, and his closest competitor Rodney Bacigalupo was at 60.
He then garnered 40 more points for four Shamans with his population
of 10, while Rodney narrowed the gap somewhat with 57 points
for his Hutonline Stone Age event featured 23 players
broken down into five groups for two-player pool play. Each player
had a minimum of three games logged to create a 12-player round
robin tournament. Players were seeded based on pool records.
There were five players who had perfect pool records. Eric Freeman
led with a 4-0 slate, followed by Raphael Lehhrer, Kevin Wojtaszczyk,
Greg Thatcher, and Max Jamelli each at 3-0. Tied records were
seeded based on the average points scored. Eric's 4-0 record
earned him the #1 seed even though Lehrer had the highest points
average of 285.

The tournament was not decided by chalk though - only one
higher seeded player won an opening round game, and only two
of those with first round byes won their way into the semis.
The best two-of-three Final match came down to top seed


to extract energy and a waste dump would provide highly
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A tangential nitpick, but perhaps interesting from a history-of-symbols
perspective:

 _...the skull and crossbones permeated culture as a symbol of danger. By the
late 1800s, it was starting to be used as a symbol for poison. Then in the
1940s, the Nazis adopted it for their SS death head divisions._

The chronology here is a bit off: The death's head was not introduced into the
German military by the Nazis, but by the Prussians, in the early 1800s. It was
then used periodically by both the Prussians and later Imperial Germany.
Following the fall of the Kaiser, it was used by the Freikorps (right-wing
paramilitaries) during the Weimar Republic. And finally byWater Management, Everglades Style

In south Florida's Everglades, water has been an issue in the spotlight for some time now. Concerns over impacts from agricultural runoff, as well as more fundamental concerns over the fundamental matter of getting adequate water in the first place, have drawn national attention. To deal with those issues, a number of projects are in design or under construction.

By Steve Hudson

December 03, 2007

In south Florida's Everglades, water has been an issue in the spotlight for some time now. Concerns over impacts from agricultural runoff, as well as more fundamental concerns over the fundamental matter of getting adequate water in the first place, have drawn national attention.

To deal with those issues, a number of projects are in design or under construction. One of them is on


the Seminole reservation in the Everglades, north of that far-south section of Interstate 75 known as Alligator Alley. When it's completed it will not only address water quality issues but also agricultural water supply issues as well.

At the heart of the project is concern over managing water used for agricultural purposes, notably irrigation of Seminole citrus groves. A decades-old system of canals brings water to the area, and the original irrigation system simply pumped water out of the canals for irrigation use, then returned the used water back to the irrigation canals. This tended to concentrate pollutants in the canal water — and when that "used" water was discharged from the canals (into the Everglades) it took the agricultural pollutants into the Everglades with it.

Clearly, what was neededwas a way to remove the pollutants from the water in order to improve water quality and manage impacts on the surrounding ecosystems. And if such a system could also provide additional means of storing water for agricultural use, so much the better.

The solution came in the form of a plan that would allow irrigation water to be stored in a series of holding ponds and water reserve areas. The holding ponds and water reserve areas, defined by a network of about 17 miles of new earthen levees, are linked to create a multi-stage water storage system.

Once in operation, the system will manage water by pumping excess water from the main irrigation canal into a series of holding areas. After being used for agricultural purposes, the water will


be returned to the holding areas and not to the feeder canals.

Here's how it will work. Initially, water will be pumped from the feeder canal and stored in large holding ponds. If conditions cause water levels to get too high in the holding pond areas, water will spill over into adjoining cypress-forest water reserve areas.

Should water levels continue to rise and become too high for the reserve areas, water will be transported to a second cypress forest reserve area. The only catch is that this second reserve area is located on the other side of the main feeder canal — a situation which requires construction of an enormous siphon system to carry that water under the canal and into that second cypress forest reserve area. Construction of thissiphon proved to be one of the biggest challenges of the entire project.

In the event that all of these holding areas reach maximum capacity, the system is designed so that water will then flow through an outlet structure and back into the feeder canal.

The project, designed by engineers Burns & McDonnell, is a joint undertaking of the Army Corps of Engineers and the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Harry Pepper & Associates (HPA) is general contractor on the project, and Sid Timmons is serving as HPA's project superintendent.

HPA is building the pump stations, constructing the large siphon, handling mechanical construction, and building a portion of the levee system. The remaining portion of the levee system (about 90 percent of it) is being constructed by subcontractor WRS.

A key part of


Canadian company.

Since the siphon had to be constructed under the canal, it was necessary to block off the canal at each end of the siphon construction area for the three weeks it took to complete the siphon installation. This was accomplished by constructing two large earth dikes — Timmons describes them as "two monstrous plugs in the canal" — to keep water out of the construction area, along with a diversion canal to carry water around the site during siphon construction.

The dikes and bypass canal were constructed in just three days, using a fleet of Case excavators and Case haul trucks. To put together a large part of the equipment fleet needed to complete this and other aspects of the overall project, Briggs Construction Equipment rental sales representativeKeith Moody, West Palm Beach, worked with HPA's Timmons to specify a number of excavators, dozers and other machines.

The diked area was then pumped out, allowing excavation to begin. Crews excavated 10 feet below the bottom elevation of the canal, then placed 12 inches of #57 stone to provide a suitable bed for the pipe.

Meanwhile, crews were preparing the siphon pipe. The pipe arrived at the job site in 54-foot joints. The joints were welded together on-site. Angled joints where the inclined sections of the siphon merged with the horizontal run under the canal were given particular attention, and each joint was thoroughly tested.

The longest single run of pipe to be installed was the 162-foot-long horizontal run across the bottom of the cut, the run which would actually


the project team was construction of the 17 miles of new levees called for in the project plans. These levees define the holding areas.

Most of the levee construction was handled by subcontractor WRS, using excavators to dig out and then place levee material as construction of each dike moved ahead. Dozers were used to spread the material, and each lift of levee material was roller compacted before the next lift was placed.

The project also included construction of 10 pump stations. These pump stations, constructed by HPA, varied in size and complexity and combined precast concrete with some fairly elaborate on-site concrete work — and of course required careful attention to dewatering.

Most of the challenges on this project came in the areas of constructability and access. But there wereMirko Cro Cop, a legendary knockout artist from his days in PRIDE, has been re-signed by the UFC after four years away. UFC president Dana White confirmed the news with MMAFighting.com's Ariel Helwani. It was initially reported on Twitter by journalist John Joe O'Regan.

Cro Cop, 40, didn't have a great first run with the UFC. Actually, it wouldn't be unfair to call it disappointing given all the hype behind him coming from PRIDE. The Croatian went 4-6 under the UFC banner from 2007 to 2011 with three fights in Japan in between. He never beat a true contender in the heavyweight division.

Cro Cop (30-11-2, 1 NC) was primed for a UFC heavyweight title shot after knocking out Eddie Sanchez in his debut. But he famously was knocked out


by Gabriel Gonzaga via Cro Cop's trademark left head kick, eliminating him from title contention. Cro Cop, whose real name is Mirko Filipovic, never got back into title contention.

The former K-1 champion's name came up just last week. Bellator MMA president Scott Coker was asked if the organization was interested in signing Cro Cop and he said they had "several discussions" with him about coming back to the United States. Evidently, the UFC beat Bellator to the punch. Or the left high kick, if you will.

Cro Cop is coming off two straight victories in Japan over Satoshi Ishii, the latest on Dec. 31 via TKO (head kick and punches). He is 3-1 since leaving the UFC, but not against the best competition. Cro Cop departed the UFC aftermust uncover a series of mysteries which plague the town in order to find the prize which will grant them the vast fortune and inheritance of the Baron Reinhold, and answer all the questions swirling around St. Mystere.

Integrating Riddle and Narrative

This game follows the aforementioned plot through the game conventions of dialogue, cut scenes, and side texts. The player guides the characters through the environment of St. Mystere and the locales therein, examining their surroundings using the touch screen of the Nintendo DS to probe for clues. This is similar to previously reviewed interactive novellas like Hotel Dusk: Room 215and the famous Ace Attorney series. Progress is made through the completion of puzzles which are sprinkled throughout the game, more than 120 in all. The puzzles interrupt the


in conventional literature, when at the end of the novel, you learn who killed who whether you already had a hunch or stayed neutral.

The Hero as Thinker

Little has been said about Professor Layton himself in reviews. This is a remarkable character. His plain appearance is charmingly conceived in the game’s storybook fashion, but it does not belie his quick wit, charming demeanor, or courage. He is, as the cliche goes, “a gentleman and a scholar.” The game’s art design is inspired by European storybooks, anime, and appears to take place in the middle part of the 20th century, though technology swings widely from understated to exaggerated.

The game is interspersed with cut scenes, something surprising for a game on the small Nintendo DS. Unlike in other games where playersHackers could use vulnerable charging stations to prevent the charging of electric vehicles in a certain area, or possibly even use the vulnerabilities to cripple parts of the electricity grid, a security researcher said during the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Thursday.

While electric cars and EV charging systems are still in their infancy, they could become a more common way to travel within the next 10 years. If that happens, it is important that the charging systems popping up in cities around the world are secure in order to prevent attackers from accessing and tempering with them, said Ofer Shezaf, product manager security solutions at HP ArcSight. At the moment, they are not secure at all, he said.

"Essentially a charging station is a computer on


Vaclav-Klaus-275x413.jpg Vaclav Klaus - has a reputation for cutting through the nonsense

FROM THE ARCHIVES: originally published 27 September 2014

Vaclav Klaus, longtime president and prime minister of the Czech Republic who is still highly popular, is one of the most respected and outspoken conservatives in Europe.

He has a reputation for straight talk and brilliance. The English magazine The Spectator publishes an interview with him in this week's issue by Neil Clark entitled "The Lies Europe Tells About Russia".

Klaus bemoans EU bureacracy bloat, EU non-market economic policies, and the "tragic misunderstanding ... on same-sex marriages and all that stuff about family."

Then he explains how the EU and US are getting it wrong on Russia:

It’s not just on the economy that Europe has got it wrong, says Klaus. He doesn’t agreepartial summary judgment as to the information withheld and defendants' motion for summary judgment as to the both the adequacy of the search and the exemptions asserted.

Background
ICE, the largest investigative branch of the Department of Homeland Security, is tasked with enforcing U.S. immigration and customs laws. Created after the terrorist attacks' on September 11, 2001, ICE "prioritizes its immigration enforcement actions by targeting the greatest national security and public safety threats." [Dkt. # 14, Ex. A]. On September 30, 2004, shortly before the 2004 Presidential election, ICE issued a press release entitled "Terrorist Threat and Disruption Efforts by ICE." [Dkt. # 1, Ex. 1]. The release announced that ICE "ha[d] been working for the past several months at a heightened level in direct support of the government-wide Interagency


be denied.[3]
An appropriate order accompanies this memorandum.
NOTES
[1]  The single country covered by special registration that is not majority Muslim is North Korea. See Registration of Certain Nonimmigrant Aliens from Designated Counties, 67 Fed Reg. 67,766 (Nov. 6, 2002) (Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, and Syria); Registration of Certain Nonimmigrant Aliens from Designated Countries, 67 Fed.Reg. 70,526 (Nov. 22, 2002) (Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Eritea, Lebanon, Morocco, North Korea, Oman, Qatar, Somalia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yeman); Registration of Certain Nonimmigrant Aliens from Designated Countries, 67 Fed.Reg. 77,642 (Dec. 12, 2002) (Pakistan and Saudi Arabia); Registration of Certain Nonimmigrant Aliens from Designated Countries, 68 Fed.Reg. 2362 (Jan. 16, 2003) (Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait).
[2]  In a letter dated January 18, 2007, ICE disclosed to the ADC the raceBut the 36-year-old dubbed "White Lightning" for his speed on the board is calling it a day, admitting in an Instagram post on Wednesday that he had lost the "motivation and dedication to compete."

"I feel like I've just lost the drive to compete day-in day-out now," said Fanning, who will surf competitively for the last time at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, which starts on March 29.

"I'm just not enjoying it as much as I was in the past. I still love surfing, and I'm still super excited by it, but I feel that's there's other paths for me to take at this stage in my life."

In 2015, the wave Fanning caught at Jeffrey's Bay became one of his career defining moments as he famously fought off


the wave and his board was over here and he was swimming that way, and I thought it was going to grab him and take him under."

'Peaks and valleys'

As colorful as Fanning's career may have been its not always been plain sailing as he experienced increased public scrutiny when he lost his two brothers and also the break up of his marriage in 2015.

Fanning also suffered a complete hamstring tear in 2004 setting his career back with surgery and intense rehab.

"It's been a rollercoaster for sure, you have your peaks and valleys, but when I look back on my time on tour it's all amazing memories," he said.

"From building myself up to compete, to heat wins and event wins, celebrating with friends and just seeing places I neverwhen subjects took an afternoon nap before starting a series of night shifts and gave information about the process of adjustment to night work and recovery from it. Second, in studies from travelers crossing six or more time zones to the east or west, the indices indicated that there were changes to the rest-activity cycle immediately after the flights, both in its overall profile and when activity of the subjects in bed or out of bed was considered, and that adjustment took place on subsequent days. By focusing on those indices describing the activity records during the last hour in bed (LHIB) and the first hour out of bed (FHOB), some evidence was found for incomplete adjustment of the body clock, and for differences between westward and eastward


flights. In Part B, the battery of indices are applied to the activity records of long-haul pilots, whose activity patterns showed a mixture of effects due to night work and time-zone transitions. Actimetry was performed during the flights themselves and during the layover days (which were either rest or work days). The indices indicated that all pilots had disrupted rest-activity cycles caused by night flights, and that there were added problems for those who had also undergone time-zone transitions. Rest days were valuable for normalizing the activity profile. For those pilots who flew to the west, adjustment was by delay, though not all aspects of the rest-activity cycle adjusted immediately; for those who flew to the east, some attempted to advance their rest-activity cycle while others maintained home-basedSaab PhoeniX is a concept car by Saab unveiled at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. It was designed by Jason Castriota as one of his first creations for Saab.

Jason Castriota, one-time design director at Saab, has a reputation for blending the romance of supercar design (Ferrari, Maserati) with the modern recasting of a car’s heritage. He also recently launched Jason Castriota Designs, his own design and branding firm that will take on work as wide-ranging as consumer products, interiors and apparel.

On his Facebook page published so far unseen (or rarely seen) photographs od Saab PhoeniX concept:


hill, each house has asolid structure," says Handyman. "The interior is arrangedreasonably, compact and full of facilities, including glass windowsthroughout the home, which look straight out over the woods. It'sextremely poetic."

Constructedusing local pine wood, the timber home is built into the side of aslope and is supported by two steel pillars positioned at the frontof the dwelling. Boasting a simple design, the cabin features a largefloor-to-ceiling glass wall at the front of the home, capitalizing onits surrounding views and lush setting.

Constructed using local pine wood, the timber home is built into the side of aslope Handyman

Themicro dwelling is suitable for two occupants and comes complete within-built furniture, including the sleeping quarters and desk, livingzone, log fire, air conditioning, separate toilet and basin. There isalso a romantic outdoor tubThe Washington Post reporter whom President Trump wants fired for a misleading tweet about a recent Trump rally resigned from the newspaper years ago for disparaging Republicans in a string of emails.

The reporter, Dave Weigel, was hired by the Post in 2010 to blog about conservatives and resigned three months later, the paper reported at the time. Weigel's resignation came after he posted personal, caustic emails on an off-the-record listserv about Texas GOP Rep. Ron Paul, conservative syndicated radio personality Rush Limbaugh and others.

Among the leaked comments on the “Journolist” listserv was that Paul, elected in the 2010 Tea Party wave, was part of the “Paultard Tea Party.”

Weigel apologized for the comment, and offered his resignation, which was accepted by then-Managing Editor Raju Narisetti, according to the Post.


tweet last week:

"Dave Weigel relied on an inaccurate image in tweeting about President Trump’s rally in Pensacola. When others pointed out the mistake to Weigel, he quickly deleted the tweet. And when he was later addressed by the president on Twitter, he promptly apologized for it," Kris Coratti, a vice president of communications for the paper, said in a statement to Fox News.

Other reported posts by Weigel in 2010 include him writing that Matt Drudge should "handle his emotional problems more responsibly and set himself on fire."

Limbaugh had called for then-President Barack Obama to fail. And when Limbaugh was hospitalized with chest pains, Weigel wrote, "I hope he fails," according to The Daily Caller.

Journolist was started in 2007 by Ezra Klein, who was a liberal-leaning blogger for Thedog based off the information put forth by the same people who participate in the shows. Who possibly bred and produced their own dogs. And they are at the shows to view the example of the breed they love and purchased via instructions from the same people following the participants in the show.

Especially famous people. Celebrities. The ones with a charmed childhood and no exposure to the current events in our daily lives. The ones who possibly never had to go to public school and never turn on their brain to absorb anything beyond how to portray themselves as and live their lives as pretentiously as their social standing dictates. They are the product of their parents, who also are the groupies of the social elitists that comprise


of money, but she's just one out of 130,000 entries!

I know a senior school teacher who shows her dogs. If they're happy with it taking over their lives, then that's up to them.

Having said all that, entries to shows is down. I presume because of the recession.

"Zentarr Elizabeth, the Lhasa Apso that won Crufts BIS 2012, was owned and campaigned by a retired social worker who lived in a semi-detached house"

The owner was retired. This affords the owner plenty of time to free her time up around the show circuit.

She may not be single and there may be a double income for this retired social worker due to a spouse who may or mat not also be retired. If the amenities they have are humble, then they likelyHer Majesty surrounded by some of her dogs . . . Centred in the portrait is the cross-bred 'Tinker' whose dam was a Pembroke Corgi, his sire a Dachshund--a breed the Royal Family calls the "Windsor Dorgi."

"Desmond Morris' "Dogs" says that the Kennel Club pointed out that there was not a single cross-breed dog depicted in any of the portraits hanging in the club, but Her Majesty said that if Tinker were not allowed in the portrait, then she would not sit for it, so the club relented...The Secretary of the Kennel Club at the time of the portrait conflict is supposed to have remarked, "The Dachshund was evolved to chase badgers down holes and Corgis to round up cattle. If anyone loses a herd of cattle down


why .......well I rest my case on your lack of journalst ability. As for saying the Queen does not support the KC because she hasnt been to Crufts for several years, well she last went to Wimbledon Tennis final in 1977, the FA cup final had a 31 year gap between her visits, but as for the royal family three senior members have been to the KC in the last 18 months and the House of Windsor had supported the KC in direct action greatly year after year. Odd you didnt know about the latest KC portraite of the Queen, andyou will your close Royla connections and former KC staff sources and all!

The Chatham hill gang show just how little they know, the vast majority of shows havebar. Inside the Clubhouse, you will find a library, coffee café, a Thai and international restaurant, a British style pub, games room, Kids Club, Fitness Centre, Spa centre with Thai massage, Yoga room, Sauna and Steam room, plus jewelry and souvenir shops.

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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

This night there was a Nike Flyknit exhibit opening at Bowery Stadium. Jenny Sabin created this pavillion with the knit material and displayed the culmination of the flyKnit series release.

After the Nike exhibit, a quick ride to Basketball city, I ran into the UFO people and met up with them to get into the Heineken event along with Angelica and Mikey. I got in via a 'e-ticket'. Of course having friends get me into events and such, we had to get our friends that did not have tickets in. Mission accomplished for three out of five. The fallen soldiers this night were Jesse and Slim. There were food trucks in the back, with a 'smoking section', ping pong tables which became beer pong later on,foosball tables, basketball carnival games, and sports video games systems. Of course there was open bar Heineken, Heineken Light, Heineken Dark Ale, and Poland Springs flowing. The food included sliders, pizza slices, grilled cheese sandwiches, and a Mr. Softee truck. All Free.

The main performances came from French Montana running around the stage going through the singles, followed by DJ Clark Kent mixing a great intermission set, and concluded with a Wiz performance. Wiz went through mostly newer tracks. His showmanship has improved quite a bit since his 'Flight School' days which is my earliest time seeing him perform. This was back in 2008 or so when I first saw him. His stage presence and character reminded me of Kid Cudi's flare.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Not all in one day,


but pretty damn near. Common performed at Case-mate's showcase at the Best Buy theater hosted by Fergie with open bar all night. He was pretty good. He sweats mad bullets. The Rza performed the next evening at the Burton 13 premier afterparty at about two in the morning, while I checked out this gallery opening at Klughaus for Reyes and Steel with free Pat LaFrieda cheeseburgers.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

This is a set of videos and photos from my GRD2. I took these and am dumping them now. I know it is out of order and that crap, but go view each set.

These were taken at night from the Bowery Houston mural the day after it was put up or so. I was walking somewhere inthe city near the are MAD late in the night when pedestrian traffic was at a minimum. A black and white photo along with a color one.

The next day was the Adidas Fanatic XI soccer tournament where Adidas invites creative arts and other companies of similar interests and collaborations to a soccer tournament and BBQ. Ace Hotel participated in this tournament.

Open House in the Lower East Side had a music showcase with Mr. MF'n Exquire headlining. I snap a few and recorded some.

Ella Lounge played host for a showcase. I was here to see Fly.Union initially, but stayed for all the performers. I was impressed by all the performers. It was a nice venue I had not been to before.

Friday, September 7, 2012

It has been awhile since my


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Three Islanders were enlisted by USA Hockey to capture World Championship gold for the first time since 1960, as the IIHF World Championship begins Friday in Belarus.

Colin McDonald, Brock Nelson and Matt Donovan will don the red, white and blue for Team USA at the annual spring tournament, taking place in Minsk this year. Nelson and Donovan have both represented the United States at the World Juniors, while McDonald is set to make his international debut. The Islanders trio isjoined by NHLers including former Vezina winner Tim Thomas, Nashville Predators defenseman Seth Jones, Calder Trophy nominee Tyler Johnson and Detroit Red Wings forward Justin Abdelkader.

The Americans are looking to build off of a 2013 bronze performance in 2013, their first medal since capturing bronze in 2004.

The Americans enter the tournament ranked sixth in the world by the IIHF and are one of the top three teams – along with Finland and Russia – in Group B. Latvia, Kazakhstan, Switzerland, Germany and Belarus round out the competition in Group B.

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and plus/minus (+32) in his third season with Kärpät. The 19-year-old added 11 points (two goals, nine assists) in 16 playoff games.

NHL and the NHL Shield are registered trademarks and NHL Mobile name and logo, NHL GameCenter and Unlimited NHL are trademarks of the National Hockey League. NHL and NHL team marks are the property of the NHL and its teams.Kailash-Mansarovar, matters looked more serious than initially thought.

On his first foreign trip, President Trump has met with King
Salman in Saudi Arabia, the home of Mecca and Medina, the holiest shrines of
Islam. He met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel and visited the
Western Wall, all that remains of the Jewish Temple Mount. And he then met with
Pope Francis in the Vatican.

The upcoming 19th Congress of the nearly 88-million strong Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is important not only for Xi Jinping and China, but potentially for China’s neighbours and the world. It will consolidate the course on which China is set.

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they couldn’t contact me. There was no

international out call service in most
of the places


would always calm myself, and hold in my
tears. But I often cried in silence while lying on my bed, drowning myself with
tears.

On November 19, 2016, the Dalai Lama arrived in Ulaanbaatar for a five-day visit that was called a religious event by the Government of Mongolia. In fact, the trip can be seen as the latest move in a geopolitical chess game that has been going on since the 16th century. On his fourth day in Ulaanbaatar, the Dalai Lama held a press conference where he said that he is convinced of the recent rebirth of the Jebtsundampa Khatagt in Mongolia. The Jebtsundampa Khatagt, meaning the “Reverend Noble Incarnate Lama,” is the traditional title bestowed upon the patriarchs of Mongolian Buddhism, which, as an institution, follows the teachingsactually interested in utilizing our recommendations."

McBride, a senior business administration major, is a daughter of Kevin and Tracy McBride and a graduate of Grove City High School.

"It was fulfilling to be able to present our research, substantiating and backing up our findings with hard facts to the Armstrong Group," Travis Kelly said.

Kelly, a senior business administration major, is a son of Timothy and Sharon Kelly and a graduate of Wilmington Area High School.

Additional participating students include:

Erin Archer, a senior international business major, is a daughter of David and Katherine Archer and a graduate of Westfield Central School in New York.

Kory Gribbin, a senior business administration major, is a son of Kevin and Judy Gribbin of Gibsonia and a graduate of North Catholic High School.

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"This year's Armstrong Challenge was rather unique in the sense that it was numerically based. In previous years, students were tasked with creating a marketing message. This year, however, the students were challenged with developing a marketing strategy via various mediums including small print, radio, broadcast television, local support activities, social media, direct mail, and billboards," Petrus said.

"Given a quarterly budget of $25,000, students determined how to best allocate the funds to obtain maximum exposure and message retention within Armstrong Cable's target market.

"The true challenge was in finding statistically significant substantiating evidence which backed up the methodology used for fund distribution. This year's students not only found this supporting evidence, but properly interpreted it to arrive at a strategically planned yearlyKumar assumed charge as Chief Minister.

Now, Bihar has historically had a set of zamindari embankments, built mostly in north Bihar by the zamindars of yore to keep rivers from overflowing their banks. In 1954, after the abolition of the zamindari system, the bunds’ upkeep was taken over by the state’s revenue department. However, their neglect down the decades was so severe that they were rendered completely ineffective against floods. Officially, it was in response to this problem that all embankments were placed under the care of the Water Resources Department.

The transfer was duly made on 2 February 2006. ‘With its specialised technical experience and budgetary allocations, the Water Resources Department will carry out the renovation and strengthening of zamindari embankments,’ announced the revenue department, ‘This will provide relief


to both flood and draught prone areas. At the same time, the renovation… will increase irrigation capacity, which will have a positive impact on agricultural productivity.’

The prospect was welcomed with plenty of enthusiasm; so much so that before long, fictitious embankments started cropping up in various parts of the state. It began once the Water Resources Department, keen to enlist all embankments, sought reports on all those in existence from district officials. By the end of the exercise, the department had a list running as long as 2,367 km—almost twice the length in the records of the revenue department. In reply to an RTI query, on 18 March 2011, the department stated that its figures put the total length of zamindari embankments at 1,286 km and 417 m.The Water Resources Depart- ment, however, had 1,080 km and 583 m extra marked out for renovation. Most of the work was carried out during the first term of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) regime.

There was more to be done, apparently, in the NDA’s second term. On 25 February 2010, Bihar’s Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Sushil Kumar Modi had an even bigger figure to announce. In his budget speech that day, he said that renovation work was being done in three phases on a total of 2,554 km and 260 m of zamindari embankments. Suddenly, an additional 187 km and 260 m had appeared in official documents. The outlay earmarked for it was Rs 509.7 crore in 2010-11.

Ghostly zamindars, it seemed, had quietly built 1,267 km


in its reply to an RTI application, reveals that until 22 February 2010 (the date of its reply), no zamindari embankment in Darbhanga had been transferred from the Revenue to Water Resources Department.

Similarly, the district collector of Siwan, in an RTI reply on 19 July 2010, states that the district has no such embankments. However, the Water Resources Department’s list has 3 km and 360 m marked out in the district—which it claims was recorded on the basis of a report sent to it by the district collector on 5 May 2006.

Similar mismatches are seen in the districts of East Champaran and Saran as well. The old list had no embankments there, while the new list gave East Champaran 35 km and 800 m as flood guards, andMOGA Festival 2018 Returns to the Moroccan Game of Thrones Location

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It seems that the promoters behind Panda Events, MOGA have cut down on the size of their lineup considering the mammoth bill they boasted for their edition in 2016, but the names announced so far are spectacular nonetheless with a prospect of expanding the lineup still open. Headliners announced so far include Acid Pauli, Jan Blomqvist, Maher


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and tan.
Lubin, a lefty.
Gallimore has faced southpaws
in two of his
eight most recent fights,
including the loss
to Teixeira.
Bernstein:
And he ascribes that loss not
so much to fighting a lefty,
but his own issues.
He said, "I didn't follow
the game plan
as much as I should have.
That's on me. It's my fault."
And he just didn't feel like
he was engaged enough
in that fight.
You know, he's fighting
here tonight.
John Pullman,
who's been training him
the last four fights,
is off with another fighter.
Sammy Contreras is here
for the first time
as the lead trainer
for Gallimore.
We'll see if that
has an impact.
Gallimore told us that
he can
absolutely see himself
stopping Lubin.
He said to, "Stay in your seat.
Don't miss a second."
And he does have
12 first-round knockouts,
48% of his pro fights.
Last one came in November
of 2017,
but a big step up against a guy
who, at an early age,
Paulie, vied fora title
in this weight class.
Malignaggi: Yeah.
Lubin came out of the amateurs
with a really extensive pedigree
and a lot was expected of him.
So, you know, I mean,
the hiccup against Charlo,
but otherwise, you know,
he's looked the part,
and he's still at a young age,
so, of course,
Gallimore coming in
as the underdog,
but, you know,
he's been in
with a good set
of opposition himself,
so he's undeterred,
and he's talked the part
going into the fight,
so we'll see how
the bad blood shapes up.
And one of the reasons
that there is hope
that Lubin could come
all the way back from that loss
to Jermell Charlo is his age.
He just turned 24.
He's the second youngest
154-pounder in the top 25.
Only Jaime Munguia
is younger at 23,
and to put a button on it,
Al, the youngest fighter
to have won a 154-pound title
was Darrin Van Horn,
who was 20 years, 5


balanced.
They've been working on that
a long time with him.
The right hook --
not every left-hander
has a great right hook.
He does, and expect him
to use it in this fight.
We look at Gallimore --
no wide punches.
Sometimes he loops
his punches.
He'll get countered.
He's got a good uppercut
on the inside,
and that is a punch
he's going to try and land,
and I think the left hook is
his best power punch to go with
in this particular fight.
Rosato: Mouthpiece in,
mouthpiece in.
Back up.
Nate, back up.
Erick, wait.
[ Bell dings ]
Ranallo:
The bell, and round number 2.
Gallimore replacing
Terrell Gausha,
forced to withdraw
due to a hand injury,
and while most people
would see being a late sub
as a disadvantage,
well, Gallimore recorded
the most significant victory
of his career,
an upset fifth-round
corner retirement
against Justin DeLoach after
stepping in on 10 days' notice.
And Gallimore entering
the DeLoach fight
was a result
of inserting himself
into aTwitter war
between DeLoach and,
you guessed it, Lubin!
[ Laughs ] Yeah.
Only in today's society
could that happen.
There was a right hook
by Lubin.
That's the punch we alluded
to in the keys,
and look for it again.
And, of course,
fans here in
Reading hope that Lubin
and Gallimore treat each other
like Twitter troglodytes
as they pick up the pace
here in the second round.
You know, Gallimore's
body language
a little bit more aggressive
in this round
without Lubin
getting off the punches,
but Gallimore wants
to cut the gap
a little better
in this round,
and his body language is telling
you his intention is to do so,
and it's going to force Lubin
to get off more punches,
which he's starting
to do, as well.
And Gallimore didn't start
as an amateur until he was 23.
He always got into fights,
but he never liked boxing,
and then when he discovered
the sport,
well, went into
an amateur career,
had just over


50 fights,
won the Chicago Golden Gloves,
and we talked about Lubin.
He was considered
a gold-medal prospect
at the 2016 Olympic Games
but signed a pro contract
when he was 18
with then-promoter
Mike Tyson.
Yeah,
and everybody thought
Lubin was going to be
a really great pro,
and he certainly is
on the path to that.
This is the third fight
of the year for Lubin.
We don't get to say that
about top fighters very often.
I wish we could say it more,
Al.
Yeah.
The question
with Gallimore is,
"Was the problem with Teixeira
because he was lefty,
and does he have issues
with lefties?"
And so far,
he's struggled,
I think, a little bit
with the lefty stance of Lubin.
Momentarily bothered
by the jab of Lubin.
Lubin, comfortable
on the back foot,
coming forward now.
Under a minute left here
in round number 2.
Going to the body, Lubin, but
then Gallimore pushes him off.
And Gallimore
holding his ground here.
He's trying to get Lubin
torange finder
and then land
a straight right hand.
The other thing you can do
is if you can take that step
to the left and get punching --
Oh!
Oh, Erick Lubin just rocked
Gallimore with the right,
and now Lubin, Gallimore
trying to bob and weave.
Mouthpiece is out for Gallimore
right in front of him.
Gallimore's mouthpiece,
referee is going
to call for a quick timeout.
Gary Rosato will retrieve
the mouthpiece, a quick rinse,
and, man, this is
going to behoove Gallimore.
And taking away the momentum
from Lubin there, as well.
I thought he landed
a couple good shots
after the mouthpiece
went out.
Oh, and he just landed
a straight left, left, uppercut.
Gallimore getting rocked here
in the fourth round,
rolling with some of them,
but he's also getting caught.
Lubin opening up.
The variation of left hands
by Lubin
from underneath,
from around,
from right down
the pipe straight
and changes the angle
as well with his feet
as he turns


Gallimore
as he's punching.
And Gallimore keeps
moving to his right.
He's done that
throughout this fight.
That's why it's simple to throw
that straight left hand.
Gallimore was knocked out
against Michael Finney
via left hook
in the eighth round
of their November 2015 bout,
and now Gallimore attacking
the body of Lubin
with the left hook.
What I was getting at
when all this action started
was the other way to attack
a stop was go to your left
and then try
to double left hook.
Had he been doing that,
he wouldn't have been hit
with that
straight left hand.
Minute and a half remaining
in the fourth.
Great start for Lubin,
continues to tag Gallimore.
Look at what Lubin
does with the lead hand.
He knocks away the lead hand
of Gallimore,
and then he closes
that opening
and then throws
the left hand behind him.
Another left hand,
left uppercut,
it's all Erickson Lubin.
And he does it subtly.
Watch what he's --
He'll kind ofpull down
Gallimore's left hand,
and then he'll shoot his own
left hand at the opening.
Yeah, it's not even like
he's paring.
He's, like you say,
just pulling down the lever
and opening it up.
But he does it very subtly
because sometimes he'll jab,
sometimes he'll touch,
and all of a sudden
he'll parry it down.
And look at where Nathaniel
Gallimore's foot is.
It's just inside
the lead foot of Lubin.
That's exactly where
you don't want to be,
and he has made
this easier for Lubin
to land those straight left
hands with his position.
Right hand to the body
by Lubin,
then that looping left hand that
caught the arm of Gallimore.
Gallimore backing up.
30 seconds left
in the fourth.
And Lubin just staying out
of the range of Gallimore's jab.
Gallimore does have
the reach advantage,
78 inches to 74 1/2
inches for Lubin,
but it's been a great
round here in the fourth
for Erickson "Hammer" Lubin
as jack
and sledge


nowhere
but to his right.
Ranallo:
Midway point of the fifth,
left hook to the body,
Gallimore trying to work
the body of Lubin,
not really bothering him much.
There's an overhand
right left hook.
You have to double
with that hook.
That's what Lubin's
susceptible to.
Left hook by
the southpaw, Lubin.
And Gallimore
is not doing that.
Nicely placed punch there
by Lubin,
oh, and the right hand
by Gallimore.
Now Lubin's holding his ground
a little more, too.
He's sensing he can step
into this fight a bit
and throw
some more purposeful shots.
By the way, Lubin hasn't seen
the fifth round of a fight
in over three years,
so he's getting more rounds
than he has in recent fights.
Lubin's lead hand low but then
flashes the jab to Gallimore,
could be trying to bait
Gallimore.
30 seconds left
in the fifth.
Well, you see a lot of
the subtle repertoire of Lubin
in this fight.
It's a really good opponent
for him
to really continue
his maturationfor 10,
in the 154-pound weight class.
Former-title-challenger
Erickson Lubin
looking to continue
his winning ways,
looking for his fourth
consecutive win
since his only defeat.
Nathaniel Gallimore filling in
for an injured Terrell Gausha
as our unofficial scorer
Steve Farhood
has Erickson Lubin
pitching a shutout.
And, you know,
Gallimore has only been down
once in his career
to Michael Finney,
and we see why.
He has taken some big power
punches from Erickson Lubin,
who is
a very good puncher.
And not only
is he taking shots,
but he's also still
trying to win the fight.
Yes.
You know, his body language is
he's trying to remain dangerous.
You know, this kid
has a lot of character,
and again, because of
his winning mentality
he's allowing Lubin
to create more openings.
When a guy shows up
to fight,
obviously, it makes
for a better fight.
Yeah.
Good shot to the body,
the left hand by Lubin,
the southpaw proving to be
tricky for Nathaniel Gallimore,
and again he breaks through
the guard with


inside,
the left hook to the body.
And he stepped
into those.
Yeah, but the double
left hook was there,
and he wouldn't throw it
to the head,
but that's exactly
what Gallimore should be doing,
and Lubin is helping him out
a little bit
by being against the ropes
and in the corner.
Got some shoeshiners that
were pretty aggressive...
there, Paulie,
especially in New York City,
[ Laughing ]
1:44 left in the eighth.
You could make
a couple bucks
when you're shining shoes
back in the day.
Can Gallimore
get something done here?
There he gets in
a left hook.
Yeah, he's trying to be
subtle himself, Gallimore.
You know, he's trying to feint
downstairs with the jab
and then come up
with the left hook to the head.
It's hard to catch Lubin
out of position.
Just past the midway point
of the eighth round,
and Gallimore
launching the right hand
that just grazed
the chin of Lubin.
When Lubin keeps this fight
in the center ofLubin and Gallimore.
Gallimore looking for
the biggest win of his career,
and Lubin of course
wanting to continue the momentum
that he has built since being
stopped in the first round
by Jermell Charlo,
and the 10th and final round
is on the horizon.
[ Bell dings ]
Time!
And we mentioned
our Spanish broadcast team,
and I know they're going
to be over the moon
to get some TV time
as Alejandro Luna and
"El Diamante"
Raúl Márquez
providing that scintillating
commentary in Spanish.
They are great together,
and we're so thrilled
to have them.
Here is Lubin continuing
to control this fight.
There's trying to get
the left hook
into the body
and doing it,
but it's Lubin who's keeping
Gallimore in the right position,
and there's the subtle
movement to the right.
Malignaggi: Continuing
the combination there.
Right, where he gets to
throw the right hook
and continues
the combination to the body,
and Gallimore
has let him do that,
you know, throughout this fight,
and that's been


left hand,
he did that a lot in this fight
and then the right hook
which we talked about
in the Keys To Victory,
how that could be
an important weapon.
It was the left primarily,
but he would mix
in those right hooks
and create
opportunities,
and Gallimore,
when he got him on the ropes,
Lubin was able to land
some terrific punches,
and despite the histrionics
by Gallimore,
for the most part, he was
on the receiving end
of most of these
power punches,
and the thing about Lubin
that I think is impressive
is he's not
a one-trick pony at all.
You know, he gives you
a variety of punches
and works both the body
and the head,
and you can't ask
for much more than that,
and I love the way he uses
his jab as a range finder.
You know, I said in the Keys,
"Jab with conviction,"
but even when he uses it
as a range finder,
he always comesAs a Catholic, mother, teacher, and activist, Marguerite “Maggy” Barankitse seems like so many of us. But when she was faced with a horrifically evil situation, she responded with rare, extraordinary heroism.

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Councillors have reacted angrily to legal advice given to the County Hall committee given the task of ruling on two planning bids to frack on the Fylde.

Some of the members of the Development Control Committee are furious saying that the advice seemed to suggest that the hearings taking place in Preston, seen as crucial to the future of the shale gas industry in Lancashire, were a waste of time.

Basically what we were told yesterday was that the two days we have just had were a waste of time.

Coun Paul Hayhurst

In day two on the discussion over the bid to frack at Preston New Road a series of adjournments were called over whether the application could be thrown out because of its visual


country. Can anyone in this chamber guarantee that people will want to buy food from a fracked area?”

James Beaumont said the number of trucks needed for the drill site and fracking process would pose a danger on the local country lanes.

He said: “There is no safe road in Roseacre.The introduction of high volumes of HGVs will not protect the rural character and intrinsic beauty of the countryside.”

Ian Mottram also said the road system was not suitable for big trucks. He said he had witnessed when out cycling near Elswick, a horse and rider struggling to stay in control with a HGV on the road behind them.

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LAGOS, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday assured that his administration will do everything possible to bring the abducted school girl, Leah Sharibu back home.

Leah Sharibu is the only Christian among the 110 abducted students of Government Girls Secondary School in Dapchi town of northeast Yobe, still in Boko Haram captivity.

Buhari said on Twitter Wednesday that he spoke with Rebecca Sharibu, the girl's mother, and assured her that the government will bring her daughter back home safely.

"The thoughts and prayers of all Nigerians are with the Sharibu family, and the families of all those still in captivity. We will do everything we can to bring them back," he said.

A faction of the Boko Haram terrorists were reported to


have issued Oct. 15 as deadline for the government to meet their demands on the release of Leah or they would kill her.

Sharibu and 109 other girls were abducted from an all-girl college in the northeastern town of Dapchi on Feb. 19 by Boko Haram.

A total of 104 of the schoolgirls were brought back to Dapchi on March 21 by the terror group following a negotiation with the government.

Other girls may have died while in captivity, according to security sources.

Dapchi is located 100 kilometers from Damaturu, the capital of the northern state of Yobe.

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Creative Behavior as Agentic Action model, which proposes that the link between creative potentials and creative achievement is mediated and moderated by creative confidence and valuing creativity. According to this model, divergent and convergent thinking abilities are viewed as creative potentials and essentially these abilities influence self-efficacy. Creative mindsets were later included in the Elaborated Creative Behavior as Agentic Action model ([@B41]). According to this model, creative mindsets influence the relationships between creative potential, creative self-beliefs, and creative behavior. In this later model, divergent and convergent thinking are also perceived as creative potentials which are neither predictors of self-efficacy nor creative mindsets. Conversely, some studies on creativity's relationship with creative mindsets examined performance in a divergent thinking task, such as the Alternative Uses Task ([@B59]) or a convergentWelcome to the Atlantic Hotel, Lahinch

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Theater Schmeater Announces Their 2012 Season

Theater Schmeater is celebrating their 20th Anniversary with a season of rarely seen plays.

The New Year is ushered in by the West Coast Premiere of Cradle and All by Daniel Goldfarb – "a sleek urban comedy where neighboring couples display radically different reactions to the crying of a baby. Claire and Luke use the distraction from across the hall as an inadvertent springboard to explore the foundation of their relationship, and discover that procreation might provide obstacles to their high end careers and perhaps to their love as well. Meanwhile, across the hall, Annie and Nate are searching for less prosaic answers, like how to sleep all night in the face of their crying baby, and the difference between expectations and reality whenlove is in the equation."

Cradle and All opens January 20th and runs Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through February 18th.

In March of 2011, Theater Schmeater, in association with Staley Productions, offered the World Premiere weekend workshop production of Natalie Symons’ three women play Lark Eden. On March 16, 2012, will open Lark Eden for a full run. The story of three Southern women’s lives irrevocably intertwined by friendship, tragedy, and the irresistible compulsion of life, Lark Eden is a powerful illustration of life’s ebbs and flows through decades of private and national history. Fresh from successful East Coast productions, Lark Eden with be directed by the author, Natalie Symons.

Lark Eden will open on March 16th and runs Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through April 14th.

In April, Theater Schmeater will celebrate


to broil, and return to a highly dysfunctional family life. A couple of comic crooks, a revengeful sister witch, and a bubbling British Bobby all add up to a cool summer diversion for hot summer afternoons.

Hansel and Gretel by Sally Gander opens on Saturday June 30th and runs on Saturdays and Sundays through August 5th. Directed by Julia Griffin, Hansel and Gretel is presented at the Amphitheater in Volunteer Park at 5:00 p.m.

Parallel Lives, based on Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney’s 1989 stage show and a 1991 HBO special by the same name runs parallel to our park show at The Schmee. From angels discussing God’s interior decorating choices for the world to West Texas bar patrons, Parallel Lives offers a talented cast of two the chance tocreate a multitude of characters to delight and confound. After 20 years, Parallel Lives (updated with new material in 2005) still rings true as a penetrating look at Americana.

Parallel Lives opens on July 13th and runs on Fridays and Saturdays through August 11th. Directed by Kerry Christianson (who directed Schmee’s summer hit Pageant Play in 2009). Parallel Lives will be presented at Theater Schmeater, which is air conditioned for summer delight.

About the show: Arguably the greatest American writer, Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain) never tried his hand at legitimate theater, or did he? Is He Dead?, was slated for productions in London and New York in 1898, but was withdrawn in both cities before it saw the stage. A manuscript was discovered in 2003, which was adapted by


HOUSTON – An outpouring of support was evident at a vigil held for deceased doctor Valerie McDaniel -- a well-known and popular veterinarian who took her own life in the midst of major legal trouble.

On Friday evening, the focus was on the woman who touched so many lives, clients and patients while she was alive.

"She treated your pets, your animals like they were her own," says former client Judy Meitzen.

Another former client, Greg Audel, shared the same sentiment.

"Just had an incredible kindness and gentleness," Audel said. "And this was not a business. This was a passion. This was a community."

The community gathered outside McDaniel's Montrose Veterinary Clinic to tell stories of support, to pray and to light candles in her memory.

Those who knew her were in complete shockwhen she died after jumping from her River Oaks high-rise on Monday.

Her suicide came just weeks after Harris County investigators arrested McDaniel and her boyfriend in an alleged murder-for-hire plot to kill her ex-husband and her boyfriend's former girlfriend.

Many still find the charges hard to believe.

"You don't know someone for 17 years and see that kind of compassionate caring person," Meitzen said. "That was way out of character, that was not her."

Her family, friends, employees and former clients showed up on Friday night to support each other and to support McDaniel's legacy.

"I want people to know the Valerie we knew," Aaudel said. "That was a lovely, lovely woman."

"Just one of a kind. She's Valerie McDaniel," her cousin Cody Bernard said. "There's only one Valerie McDaniel and there will


I don't know if this story is heartwarming or distressing, but it tells the tale of a six-year-old Norwegian boy called Christer who wants more than anything in the world to be called Sonic X. According to a local report, the boy bugged his parents into writing a letter to Norway's King, but they declined before eventually letting the boy write it himself.

Although the letter was written, his parents had not actually sent it. Christer became aware of this and kept on the pressure, repeatedly asking if they would send it for him. After a time, the parents relented and actually sent their son's request to the King of Norway. Shockingly, the King himself responded to the request, but sadly had to refuse, due to the boy notQ:

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available to our northern friends in a bit more hoplophobic nation.

I'd normally not bother with rumors, but the source was accurate the first time around.

Icahn's been a corporate pirate for decades. He is as much a psychopath as "Chainsaw Al" Duncan, men who demolish companies in the name of "shareholder return".

Icahn has never given a fuck about anyone, especially the legions of workers who were "displaced" when he "maximized shareholder value." Look for him to recommend cutting regulations that protect those who earn paychecks.

The looting of the middle class continues, a process that began under St. Ronnie and continues apace. You can bet that while the press is following Trump's Twitter hot mess, that the GOP will race ahead with their plan to gut Social Security and Medicare.

Right,fundraising for unspecified conservation organizations. Given their father's history of rather flexible use of charitable donations for his own self-aggrandizement, one would be advised to be extremely skeptical of events such as these.

Little One was the last of a line; she was the younger sister of Gracie, Sweetie and Rocky. She had first been adopted by a friend who had other cats (Teddy and Rocky), but they had a bit of a personality conflict with Little One, so Little One went to my friend's daughter. Little One soon bonded with one of her other cats and things were good for a lot of years.

She developed blood in her urine. Antibiotics didn't clear it up. The vet's best guess was that Little One had either bladder or kidney cancer.


69 162s registered to them.

It still was an expensive crump for Cessna. At one point, Cessna claimed that they had a thousand orders. But there were a boatload of other LSA companies that made airplanes that were and are much cheaper and often nicer, as well.

The jury was out for less than two hours. So they selected a foreman, had lunch, and then took a vote and that was it, I'd guess.

I'll hazard a guess: It will take the jury about the same amount of time to send him to Death Row.

The really delicious point was that the Asswipe of Charleston was trying to push a neo-nazi pro-Confederate point of view, but he succeeded in breaking the logjam over removing the Flag of Traitors from the South Carolina4,000 people were stripped of their citizenship and departed to Japan. The Canadians eventually gave up on that, but they restricted the rights of Canadian citizens of Japanese origin until four years after the war ended. Initial compensation for confiscated property was minor, at best.

As in the States, things began to change in the 1980s. Those who were deported and were still alive in 1988 had their Canadian citizenship restored.

The writing was on the wall once Trump picked Reince Priebus as his chief of staff.

Anyone who had paid close attention to Trump's business career would have realized that he has no loyalty to anyone, other than possibly his children. But no, they all drank the bug juice and now they're learning about Trump the hard way.

Which means that