1994 and, says Zieger,
"His loss is stillfelt in the department."

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Lewis Tappan and the Evangelical War
Against Slavery
(Louisiana State Press)
by Bertram Wyatt-Brown (History)
(review taken from book jacket)
Bertram Wyatt-Brown not only gives us an excellent
biography of an important figure but also the best
insight we have on the combination of capitalism,
evangelicalism, and abolitionism.

(Excerpt) This book is an attempt
to see abolitionism as a generally
sensible though by no means
unblemished attack on a national
problem. Its leaders ought to be
remembered not solely for their
various imperfections but for
their acuteness of moral percep-
tion as well. The Tappans and
their friends were neither har-
pies of destruction nor merciful
deliverers. They were much too
puny, like all of us,for that. But
they gave the country a higher
conception of what American na-
tionality was supposed to stand
for than most of the statesmen
of their day.

(Excerpt) Thepoetry of two significant authors
of Turkish descent, Sinasi Dikmen and Zehra Cirak,
who are currently living and writing in Germany. The
"1\ \.i / li.t grew out of a visit by these two authors to the
Gainesville campus during the
German Summer School of the werWkhflt ilrour
Southeast in 1995. It contains
an introduction to the social
situation and the literature of
ethnic minorities in Germany
by Dr.Hasty, as well as lesson Sn*Dirnn Zeiira".
plans for the use of selected ., .
works by these authors in
classes on German language -
and culture that were devised
by the students of the Summer
School (themselves teachers)
under the supervision of Dr.Merkes-Frei.

The Great Lobster War
(University of
Massachusetts Press)
by Ron Formisano
(History) (review taken from
book jacket)
In the Lobster War, Ron
Formisano offers a lucid
description of the romance
and reality of the Maine
lobster industry, the strike,
the trial and the aftermath
of the


His "maximum likelihood
estimation technique" uses known
event populations to help establish
rules that can help predict unknown
populations, like the number of people
killed in Mexico City.
Bernard, Kilworth, Eugene Johnson
(Math, UC-SB), and two of Bernard's
former UF students, Christopher
McCarty, Director of the Survey of
Business and Economic Research, and
Gene Ann Shelley, a researcher of family
and interpersonal violence at the CDC
in Atlanta, use Kilworth's technique
in their present work estimating the
number of women who have been
raped, people with HIV and homeless
people in America. They ask each
person surveyed questions not only
about these three target groups, but
also about 29 other groups whose
population sizes are already known,
such as Diner's Club card carriers, men
named David and diabetics. From the
respondent's answers on the 29 known
quantities, they estimate the average
size of the respondents' social networks
(how many people they know). Once
this network sizea region of the cheek, gums and facial bones. The ability of the infection to overcome structural barriers like muscle and bone is unusual. The term noma is derived from the Greek verb numein (to devour). It is a complex disease which arises most often in young children who are malnourished, exposed to infectious diseases, and lack access to clean water and dental hygiene. Noma has not been prevalent in developed countries since the 20^th^ century, with the exception of concentration camps in WWII, and isolated instances in Europe and the United States in people who are immunocompromised [@pntd.0003240-BarattiMayer1]. The WHO estimated a world-wide incidence of 140,000 cases per year in 1998, with 100,000 occurring in children who are 1--7 years old in sub-Saharan Africa [@pntd.0003240-Bourgeois1]. The mortality


October 2006 in the Zinder area of Niger, Africa. Gingival fluids were collected by local nurses from children affected by ANG or noma along with gender matched controls. The children were between 6 months and 12 years of age at the time of sample collection. The study was carried out with the prior approval of the Niger Ministry of Health, the WHO noma programme in Niger, and the Swiss non-governmental organization "Sentinelles", and complied with the Declaration of Helsinki. A brochure with an explanation of informed consent was prepared in French and translated orally by local staff to the children\'s parents or guardians. The parent or guardian of each child signed the consent form, usually by a cross and/or a fingerprint. The consent forms were all sent toSt. Boniface

Saint Boniface Bishop and Martyr – Apostle of Germany (680-754 A.C.)Saint Boniface is known with the name of Boniface but his real name was Willibald and his fame came to us, above all for being the apostle of Germany. He was born in 680 in the territory of Wessex, England in a deeply Christian family. He was always a perfect Anglo-Saxon.

When Willibald was only five years old he asked his parents to allow him to move in with a group of monks that passed through Wessex and to live the kind of life that they lived. At the beginning, his parents put some resistance, but when he was seven years old, he was allowed to live with the monks. He spent seven years with them and received


a solid Christian formation; when he was 14 years old he moved to the monastery of Nursinling, Diocese of Winchester, and entered as Benedictine of that religious order. He devoted himself to his intellectual and religious training. Then, he was honored as a theology teacher.

More than to progress in the scientific studies-even though that they were also sacred- his progress was more notorious on his holiness; those people that were related to him noticed the progress he made across the range of virtues and demands which carries a genuine religious and monastic life.

Willibald was ordained as a priest in 716 and he went to Thuringia with two of his fellow priests; at that moment, it was not yet time for his apostolate. He returned to the monastery andthen, in the year 718 he traveled to Rome to request the authorization of Pope Gregory II for him to go as a missionary in the continent. The Pontiff was pleased to hear what Willibald wanted to do and at the moment of giving the blessing to him, the Pontiff said: “Soldier of Christ, you will be called Boniface.” This name means “benefactor”. The Pope welcomed him with great kindness, because as well as the laudatory credentials of the Bishop of Winchester, the Pope himself soon discovered in Boniface’s soul qualities that were not common in a fervent missionary. He was not wrong.

Boniface moved to Friesland in 719. He lived there for three years; then he left to Hesse converting a great number of Barbarians. He founded the


first monastery in Amoneburg, at the Shore of Olm River. Then, he returned to Rome and the Pope ordained him Bishop and Apostolic Missionary in Germany. “Go to bring the kingdom of God to all the nations that you shall find in your way and in that spirit of virtue, simplicity and evangelical charity spread the word of the Testaments to the people’s souls”. This is the way that he begins a spirited ministry demonstrating how should be an evangelization process with a method, an organization, and a wonderful effectiveness. There is no doubt that this is one of the most beautiful evangelization stories which tells the history of the church in its twenty centuries. He went from city to city, town to town and organized and establishedthe church hierarchy, founded churches, monasteries for monks and nuns, and talked about Jesus to rich and poor, kings and peasants.

Shortly after, Boniface founded the convent of Fritzlar on the territory of Hesse. In year 725 he returned to Turingia and, continuing his missionary work and founded the monastery of Ordruf. He presided a council where it was Carloman, son of Carlos Martel and uncle of Carlomagno that supported him on his venture. In year 737, he returned to Rome and the Pope raised him to the dignity of Archbishop of Maguncia. He continued his evangelizing mission and a great amount of collaborators joined him. There were also women that arrived from England to contribute to the conversion of the German country, that were racially related to them.


Among these women, there were some that stood out as Saint Tecla, Saint Walburga and a cousin of Boniface, Saint Lioba. This was the origin of the convents of women. Boniface continued founding monasteries and celebrating synods, both in Germany and France, as a result of which both territories were intimately united to Rome.

The old preacher had reached the age of eighty and wished to return to Frisia (present Holland). Fifty two of his fellow priests were with him. They crossed many channels, until they came to the heart of the territory. When disembarking near Dochum, thousands of inhabitants of Frisia were baptized. On Whit Sunday they had to receive the sacrament of the confirmation. Boniface was reading, when he heard the sound of people approaching. He wentout thinking that they would be the newly converted, but what he saw was an armed mob with evident determination to kill him. The missionaries were attacked with lances and swords. Boniface shouted: “God will save our souls”. One of the criminals fell upon the old archbishop, who raised mechanically the gospel book that he had in his hands, as a way to protect himself. The sword divided both the book and the head of the missionary. This happened on June 5th of year 754.

The grave of Saint Boniface is in Fulda, in the monastery that he founded. He is represented with an ax and a demolished oak tree at his feet, in memory of the tree that gentiles worshiped as sacred and that Boniface struck in Hesse.


stocked with veterans who had preexisting command of their three-inch playbook binders. In a post-lockout world—in a league filled with players with zero to three years' experience—veteran-ness was seen by the sports chatterers as a big advantage for the new season. It didn't hurt a team like the Saints to have a quarterback who organized team workouts and film study. Or the Packers to have a guy whose brilliance leads network producers to cut to Bart Starr watching from a Lambeau luxury suite. But last night's active rosters included enough zero-to-threes—22 on the Saints, 28 on the Packers—that any lockout falloff would have been obvious.

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So what's the one-game takeaway? That the owners and players union probably didn't go far enough when, as part of their new collective-bargaining agreement,to be, and too complicated than it needs to be. It's born of paranoia, mostly: If Belichick and Shanahan are scheduling their players to within an inch of their sanity, and rewriting their playbooks every week, then I should, too. The reduction in offseason workouts, and in the number of padded practices during the season, will no doubt be mental agony for some of the NFL's coach-tyrants. (I love the image, from a New York Times story by Judy Battista, of new Carolina head coach Ron Rivera tinkering for months during the lockout with his plans for the team. "Eight times Rivera made up a calendar only to trash it," Battista wrote.) But it could be great for the players and the quality of the game.

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believes solar activity has little bearing on global temperatures in the long run. "Low solar activity, as observed during recent years, drives cold winters in northern Europe and the United States, and mild winters over southern Europe and Canada, with little direct change in globally averaged temperature," reads the report.

In other words, the Met Office uses sunspots to explain severe winters in the midst of an era of alleged man-made global warming. CERN never claimed that sunspots exclusively account for climate change, but lead researcher Dr. Jasper Kirkby blackballed himself and the CLOUD experiment at its launch in 1998 when he predicted that the sun and cosmic rays "will probably be able to account for somewhere between half and the whole of the increase in the Earth's temperatureSeay, Tosef Gavette, Mignon Geli, Phil Little Thunder, Karen Little Thunder, Cheryl Angel, and many more of the BFC family, as we journey to rallies through southwest Montana, and go into the…
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The Thursday Night Football package has been a big success for both CBS and the NFL. Ever since the creation of the new expanded primetime package into network primetime, the league has been able to place an added importance onto Thursday Night Football and get a ton of people to watch… in spite of the ghastly quality of play or uniform color combinations.

Thursday Night Football has delivered viewership numbers for CBS that has seen it fall in between Sunday Night Football on NBC and Monday Night Football on ESPN for the #2 NFL primetime series. The Week 8 Dolphins-Patriots game was the last CBS/NFL Network simulcast and it drew a healthy 17.5 million viewers.

The Thursday Night television contract is unique because through the first two years, the NFLsigned one year contracts with CBS as opposed to inking a deal well into the next decade like their other television properties. When the NFL and CBS agreed to join forces for another year of Thursday Night Football back in January, it was a one year deal for 2015 with a league option for 2016. Obviously, the NFL would be wise to cash in once again on the Thursday night cashcow. And this time, there may be some more competition in the bidding process.

From the Hollywood Reporter, at least four reported networks have expressed interest – CBS, Fox, NBC, and Turner – at what could be double the rate:

Analysts predict a long-term Thursday Night Football arrangement could go for $600 million annually and potentially much higher when dealmaking


An Australian zoo has successfully doubled the population of a critically endangered bird by swapping in a feather duster for an absentee father who abandoned his chicks just before hatching.

Male plains-wanderers, a small, ground-dwelling bird native to southeastern Australia, bear the responsibility for child rearing and stay with the chicks while the female moves on to another mate soon after laying her eggs.

NEW TINY DINOSAUR DISCOVERED IN AUSTRALIA

However, in this case, the four-month-old male who was already struggling to tend to his first set of chicks, stopping sitting on the second set.

In his place, zoo keepers in Victoria placed a feather duster on top of the eggs.

“They have been snuggling up to the feather duster, pushing up into the feathers,” zoo director Glen Holland told The Guardian.

The nineMinnesota Vikings has resurrected his career after a devastating knee injury in 2016. Now three seasons removed, Bridgewater proved he's ready to take on a starting job after playing five games in relief of Drew Brees after the future Hall-of-Famer suffered a hand injury.

Bridgewater won all five starts and completed nearly 68 percent of his passes along the way. He racked up 281 yards and two touchdowns in Week 7 against the Bears and displayed the kind of accuracy and decision-making that Matt Nagy's offense calls for.

The Bears won't be the only suitors for Bridgewater's services, but the appeal of starting in Chicago with a defense that's proven it can win games on its own will at least be enticing for the former Lousiville star.

Sign TE Austin Hooper


(Falcons)

Hooper will command a contract similar to what Chicago paid Trey Burton in 2018 (four years, $32 million), so it will be hard to justify tying up that much money in the tight end position. But as 2019 has proven, there's no way for Nagy's offense to reach its potential without a weapon at tight end in the passing game.

Hooper missed Week 11 with an MCL injury and could be on the shelf for a few more weeks, but he's been one of the league's better playmakers at tight end this season. He has 56 catches for 608 yards and six touchdowns and has shown steady improvement over each year of his career. He had 71 catches for 660 yards and four scores in 2018.

Draft OT Prince Tega2020.

Draft EDGE Yetur Gross Matos (Penn State) in 2nd round

Pass rushers like Gross Matos are often pushed up the draft board because of the premium placed on the position, but with several teams expected to take a quarterback in the first round and with the number of ridiculously talented wide receivers in the 2020 class, a player like Gross Matos could suffer a bit of a fall.

Gross Matos has six sacks so far this season, which is a respectable total but has fallen a tad short of expectations entering the year. He had eight sacks in 2018 and was a popular pick to explode as a sack artist this fall. Still, he has the athletic profile Pace loves in his pass rushers and would be an instant upgrade


The new cafe offers more traditional Chinese fare

The new cafe will serve both coffee and traditional Chinese tea, China's state media said.

The Starbucks outlet was forced to close in July, having long been accused of tarnishing the historical site.

The shop, which opened in 2000, sought to quell the protests two years ago by removing its distinctive signage.

But the move failed to satisfy its critics. An online campaign earlier this year led by a state television personality drew more than 500,000 signatures.

Top attraction

State media said the Forbidden City Cafe would be run by officials in charge of the site, and would feature traditional Chinese wooden furniture and paintings as well as beverages.

"We want to provide tourists with a package of products relating to the Imperial Palace and Chinese culture,"Li Wenru, deputy curator of the Forbidden City, was quoted as saying.

Starbucks was accused of trampling on Chinese culture

The Forbidden City was built in 1420 and was home to 24 emperors until the end of imperial rule in 1911.

It attracted nearly nine million visitors last year, is China's top tourist attraction and a Unesco World Heritage site.

TV anchor Rui Chenggang, who led the campaign to shut down Starbucks, said its presence "undermined the solemnity of the Forbidden City and trampled on Chinese culture".

Seattle-based Starbucks had been told it could stay open if it sold other brands, but declined and said the decision had been "very congenial".


divisional headquarters, where the bulk of the bureaucracy resides. The only road constructed is the RCD road, which is in poor condition. Yes, they have built a few airfields, but all in one division: Makran. This extraordinary generosity to Makran is explained by the fact that the US Rapid Deployment Force has been given facilities on the Makran coast and they need airfields for supply planes from Karachi. The other airfields are in places like Sibi, where there is an army cantonment, an unfinished airfield in Khuzdar to cater for another army cantonment and the Chaghi airfield which no one has seen, because it is for the exclusive use of the "honourable guests" from Saudi Arabia and the sheikhs who come here to relax. The Chaghi strip issuch a struggle?

Mengal. Most of them are not. The intellectuals are giving the lead and the young radicals are taking over the political leadership. The old leaders will become irrelevant if they don't join in. I myself have accepted the leadership of the youth.

Nadeem. But will the Baloch people disobey or discard their traditional leaders?

Mengal. The impression that the Baloch blindly follow the dictates of their traditional leaders is wrong. In the 1970 elections our party won seats in areas where we had no traditional influence. My own seat covered three tribes. Both the Khan of Kalat's sons lost in their own area.

Nadeem. Who are these young radicals?

Mengal. They are mostly working underground and outside the known political parties. They are socialists, anti-US and not interested in the


Benazir Bhutto's reception in Quetta and the crowds at her public meeting indicate that the PPP now has a stronger footing in Balochistan. Do you think that it is now really an all-Pakistan party, contradicting your claim that federal politics is no longer possible?

Mengal. The rally was held in Quetta, a city where the Baloch and the local Pashtuns are a minority; the majority of its residents are settlers and Afghan muhajirs. Crowds in Quetta don't mean much for Balochistan's politics. It has never been typical of the trends in the province. Our party had a majority in the province in 1970 but we didn't win the Quetta seat. I still believe that the PPP has no support outside Quetta. For the people of Balochistan the prospect ofEntering a New Era for Clinical Computing and Patient Engagement

I distinctly remember the day everything changed. I entered one of my exam rooms to see a new patient. She greeted me with a handful of pages she had printed off the Internet. By plugging her symptoms into a search engine, she had identified (or so she believed) the likely cause of her illness. That was the day it dawned on me that the Internet was about to change everything in clinical practice, perhaps even the relationship I had with my patients.

I distinctly remember the day everything changed. I entered one of my exam rooms to see a new patient. She greeted me with a handful of pages she had printed off the Internet. By plugging her symptoms into


house a bypass turbojet engine capable, via the blades of the rotating fan, of generating the flow of hot air (also known as the primary flow) from the turbojet engine combustion chamber.
A nacelle generally has an outer structure which, together with a concentric inner structure, defines an annular flow duct, also known as a flow path, intended to channel a flow of cold air, known as the secondary or bypass air, which passes around the outside of the turbojet engine. The primary and secondary flows are ejected from the engine via the rear of the nacelle.
Each airplane propulsion unit is thus formed of a nacelle and of a turbojet engine, and is suspended from a fixed structure of the airplane, for example under a wing or on thefuselage, via a pylon or a strut attached to the engine or the nacelle.
The rear section of the nacelle is usually formed of a first and of a second half-shell of substantially semicylindrical shape, one on each side of a longitudinal vertical plane of symmetry of the nacelle, and mounted such that they can move in such a way that they can be deployed between a work position and a maintenance position with a view to providing access to the engine. The two half-shells are generally pivot-mounted about a longitudinal axis that forms a hinge at the top part (in the 12 o'clock position) of the nacelle. The half-shells are kept in the closed position by latching devices positioned along a meeting line situated in the bottom part


deform. Such deformation is accentuated by the position of the jack and the associated reaction forces. Further, the maintenance operations may be performed out of doors, which means that the presence of wind further accentuates the deformations suffered by the deployed half-shells.
It will be recalled that, in general, the hinge pins are attached to the rear part of the rear section, in the upper region where the half shells meet.
Thus, when the nacelle is in the maintenance position, the ends of the half-shells placed at the lower meeting region, and at the interface between the rear section and the middle section, shift downward and toward the turbojet engine.
These ends, subjected to a great deal of movement may then interfere with the other parts of the nacelle, particularly asa result of the shifting of the ends in the direction of the turbojet engine.
In order to limit such movement of these ends, it is known practice for each half-shell to be equipped with at least one first follower element in the region situated some distance from the hinge axis, the nacelle being fitted with a fixed first guide element, the first follower element being designed to bear against the first guide element as the first half-shell rotates.
In this way, the movement of the region located some distance from the axis of rotation is limited by the follower element bearing against the fixed cam thus limiting the maximum deformation of each half-shell.
However, this type of nacelle entails the use of a guide element that is very long because


Andrew Brons, a former Chair of the National Front and until recently one of the British National Party’s MEPs, will launch a new far-right party this weekend – one he and his supporters hope will finally kill off the BNP.

The British Democratic Party (BDP) launches tomorrow in a village hall in Leicestershire, as the hardline alternative for disillusioned BNP members and supporters.

Security for the meeting is being provided by EDL activists, bussed into the area from as far as Newcastle, to provide protection from the possibility of attack – not from antifascists, but from the rival BNP who are meeting in nearby Leicester.

Ageing Brons, who is 66 this year, has positioned himself as the new party’s ideological mentor and president.

The interim chairman of the new party is formerBNP organiser Kevin Scott from Newcastle. Scott has maintained a steady line of attack for nearly two years against what he and Brons’ supporters allege is the ongoing corruption and watering down of the BNP.

The new party comes eighteen months after Brons failed to unseat BNP leader and fellow MEP, Nick Griffin, in a bitter leadership election for control of the ailing party. Since the party’s disastrous showing in the 2010 General and Local elections, hundreds of disillusioned BNP members have made their way to smaller parties like the English Democrats. Thousands of others just quit the far-right altogether. Brons however, waited patiently, believing the perilous financial state of the party would eventually account for Nick Griffin.

Brons finally resigned from the BNP in October of last year, claiming


their time together in the NF during the 1980’s.

Brons began his political career way back in the 1960s when he joined the openly Nazi National Socialist Movement, before going on to become Chairman of the National Front in 1980. Under Brons’s tutelage, the BDP is expected to re-focus efforts on promoting scientific racism, calling for the compulsory repatriation of non-whites and push heavily the notion that the Holocaust is a hoax – core policies that Nick Griffin tried to either disguise or extinguish entirely after taking over the BNP in 1999.

Others backing Brons include London-based Barrister Adrian Davies who registered the party and is a long-term opponent of Griffin. As well as registering the party and writing its constitution, Davies most recently defended (unsuccessfully) a businessman from NorthernIreland convicted and jailed for sending death threats to Griffin and his family.

John Bean, a former Mosleyite who previously edited the BNP’s monthly periodical and was often and openly lauded by Nick Griffin, has also now thrown his weight in with Brons, as has Dr James Lewthwaite, who split from the BNP to form his own, Bradford-based, National Democratic Party in 2010. Andrew Moffat who works for Brons in Brussels, and has previously worked closely with Holocaust Denier David Irving, will be the party’s Deputy Chairman.

Despite claiming it will be a democratic party, the new party has no plans to hold elections for posts. All positions in the party were decided weeks ago.

Nick Lowles of the antifascist campaign group Hope not Hate says the new party will be


the UK were arriving to be redirected to the secret venue.

Despite the secrecy surrounding the meeting, members of the Hope Not Hate research team were able to infiltrate the redirection point and photograph a number of well known far-right activists, many of them disgruntled former BNP members.

Among those providing security for the redirection point was Gary Pudsey from Bridlington, in Yorkshire. A former BNP and C18 activist, Pudsey is one of a number of "former" extremists who made their way into the English Democrats when the BNP began imploding in 2010.

The village hall had about sixty far-right activists inside listening to a serious of speeches from people like Andrew Brons MEP and Kevin Scott on why they have quit the BNP. According to Lowles, there is great angerthe allocation of participants to counselors and for the final approval on spending the budget in the Happiness Route. Municipalities mostly provide financial support for the training of counselors, the appointment of the local project leader, as well as the budget for the Happiness Routes. In other cases, the project is financed by social funds.

The recruitment of participants will be carried out by intermediaries who work as professionals in local care and social work institutions. Examples of intermediary organizations and professions are home care, housing associations, after-care nurses, psychiatric nurses, religious institutions, well-being institutions and organizations for people with mental disabilities. Intermediaries are in direct contact with the target group in their daily work. They can suggest possible candidates to the local project leader, who informed the intermediaries


The disappearance of a glacier high in the Andes could provide the clearest evidence yet of global climate change, a senior academic has warned.

The Peruvian Qori Kalis glacier could vanish in just five years, climatologist Lonnie Thompson predicts.

The fragile sliver of ice is one of many dripping from the Quelccaya Ice Cap, the largest tropical body of ice.

He told a conference in San Francisco that new observations showed the melting of Qori Kalis was accelerating.

"I would not be surprised to see half of it disappear in this coming year," Professor Thompson, from Ohio State University, told the BBC.

Rapid change

Professor Thompson has been studying Qori Kalis since 1978.

"In the first 10 years we observed the glacier it was retreating 6m (19.7ft) every year," he said. "In the last fewyears, it has started retreating 60m (197ft) every year - a 10-fold increase."

As the glacier has shrunk, it has exposed ancient plants that have not seen the light of day for 5,000 years, showing the current retreat exceeds anything seen before in that timeframe.

Professor Thompson said the dramatic change in the Andes had the fingerprint of man-made climate change.

The retreat of glaciers is going to affect people dependent on ice melt

But in 2007, additional factors will compound the situation, he added.

"On top of that you will have natural phenomena like El Nino, which release heat into the lower atmosphere," he predicted.

El Nino events are marked by the arrival of unusually warm waters off the north-western coast of South America, and are described as the largest influence on the


year-to-year variability of the Earth's climate.

Once the warm air from these currents makes its way into the atmosphere, it is rapidly distributed throughout tropical regions.

"The combination of those two things will have a big impact on glaciers throughout the tropics," Professor Thompson observed.

Global problem

The same signature of rapid retreat seen in Peru is also being witnessed around the world.

Millions of people are going to have to adapt to these changes, many of which will occur in some of the poorest regions of the globe

Professor Lonnie Thompson,US climatologist

Professor Thompson has recently returned from Naimona'nyiin in Tibet, which is showing a similar pattern.

And regardless of what we do to mitigate climate change, he believes that some tropical glaciers are now doomed.

"No matter what we do, we are going to losewill be impacted," said Professor Thompson. "They have to find ways to adapt."

The research was presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's (AAAS) annual meeting in San Francisco.


to the release of another set. The answer is pretty simple: we run them because people like to play Magic, and also because of people like Joe DeMestrio, who do their best to grind onto the Pro Train. His Grand Prix Tour has included all of the US Grand Prixs this season, as well as a trip to Europe (Paris, Valencia, and Barcelona) with a few members of his team. Sitting at 8-1 going into Day 2, Joe will be making a strong attempt to grind his way to a Top 16 finish and make Silver for next Season. Today's Grand Prix and Minneapolis mark his final opportunities to qualify for Atlanta, and with a strong deck from draft 1, he is hoping to make a deep runtoday.

If DeMestrio wants to keep the dream alive, he will have to do so against 24th-ranked David Ochoa. Needless to say, there was more than just a little riding on this match, which brought Joe's blue-black deck to the table against Ochoa's mostly black version of the same configuration. Demestrio's deck features Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, and Ochoa's build packs two copies of many of his marquee spells, like Marshmist Titan, Insatiable Harpy, and Keepsake Gorgon.

Both players were off to a relatively slow start in game 1, with creatures that mostly intend to block in these types of decks against the faster decks in the format. While Ochoa struggled with a few 3-drops, trying to dig up a fourth land, DeMestrio cruised to a board of six lands, a


decent position, and a late-game hand crafted with the help of a turn 7 Read the Bones. Griptide and Mnemonic Wall kept Ochoa's Felhide Minotaur on top of the deck, which frustrated him more than a little as he desperately tried to hold DeMestrio's board position at bay. Servant of Tymaret was putting in long hours, but Ochoa needed something to help him dig out of this position.

DeMestrio, upon releasing Ochoa from the Griptide lock on his land drops, promptly added Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver to the board, shipping a few of Ochoa's lands as he worked his way to an insurmountable board position.

"You're not making this easy on me, I can assure you of that," Ochoa said hesitantly, staring at the Ashiok, which he expected would soon ruinhis day.

With Insatiable Harpy to keep Ashiok under control, Ochoa added a second Harpy in an attempt to bring the game back to his favor. The next reveal from Ashiok pushed Keepsake Gorgon to the Exile pile, giving DeMestrio a solid option and denying Ochoa a strong out. DeMestrio then proceeded to cast Retraction Helix on his own Mnemonic Wall, getting Griptide back from the graveyard, and sending Insatiable Harpy to the top of the deck during the next combat.

Ochoa's strong hand of late-game spells as a result of his early mana problems helped him pick apart DeMestrio's board, but a sudden flood of lands from the top of the deck left him in want of something more from the few cards left in his library. The final


turn of the game showed Ochoa a Gray Merchant of Asphodel (his last card, and enough to push the final 5 points of damage he needed), but to his dismay, DeMestrio slammed a Nullify to seal the victory in an epic game 1.

Ochoa's Keepsake Gorgon turned DeMestrio's face to stone, as he frantically tried to work Ochoa down to a manageable life total with Horizon Scholar. Bile Blight and Lash of the Whip combined to take down Keepsake Gorgon for DeMestrio, who continued to apply pressure in the air with Horizon Scholar while Ochoa's deck was not too friendly in terms of answers. Facing his last draw, and finding nothing helpful, Ochoa extended the hand to DeMestrio, who is now one very convincing win closer to making silverto bask in the meeting of two modern-day greats with their tournament lives on the line. Alexander Hayne—Pro Tour champion, multiple Grand Prix champion and 11th ranked player in the world—has his back against the wall at 8-2. William Jensen—Pro Tour champion, multiple Grand Prix champion and 25th ranked player in the world—has his back against the wall at 8-2.

Seems good.

Hayne's deck, well, you can see it here [link to drafting with Hayne]. He was really happy with his blue-green deck but really needed to 3-0 his pod to have a shot.

Jensen, on the other hand, was playing a deck that was pretty much the polar opposite. A fast, aggressively minded red white deck that could leave opponents spinning in their seats before they get comfortable.

Both players' tournament


lives were on the line, so neither one could afford a mistake here, especially against a player standing opposite them who would be perfectly capable of punishing them for even the slightest misstep.

The Games

Jensen got aggressive right off the bat with a Deathbellow Raiders into Dragon Mantle, and yet, he was abysmally far behind by the time he started his fourth turn.

Ray of Dissolution attempted to slow Hayne down, but Dissolve—one of Hayne's last cards to make the deck—kept him wildly far ahead.

But it turned out to be a mistake. More on that later.

No. 11 Alexander Hayne doesn't make many mistakes, but after the match he felt casting the Dissolve when he did might have been a subtle one.

But Hayne started slowing down just as Jensen's board waspicking up. An Observant Alseid made Deathbellow Raiders massive and a Rage of Purphoros took out a wolf. Hayne, who had started so strongly, had clearly run out of gas. He did manage to make a Prescient Chimera, but he was stuck throwing it under the Deathbellow bus that was churning his way every turn.

Hayne threw out chump blockers as he could, but, eventually, succumbed to the giant Raiders.

Jensen, never really feeling in the game until he won, could only shake his head.

"Exciting one," he called off to a friend nearby.

The second game certainly was exciting. Jensen started dropping the beats on the second turn, curving creature after creature alongside tricks to bring the pain. Akroan Hoplite soon grew to pretty intimidating proportions on every one of Huey's


attacks.

Hayne wasn't going quietly into the night, however. Agent of Fates picked up an Ordeal of Nylea and was joined by a Vaporkin.

Blocking wasn't on anyone's agenda, it seemed, as both players kept turning creatures sideways. By turn five, both players were at 9 and 11 life, with Hayne holding a slight lead as the Hall of Famer moved to his attack phase. Two creatures went through unblocked and Jensen fired of a flurry of Titan Strength and Dragon Mantle pumps to send Hayne all the way to just two life. That two life became none when Hayne tapped out to attempt a lethal attack, only to face a Lightning Strike leaping from Jensen's hand.

(25) William Jensen was Lightning (Strike) fast in dispatching Hayne in Round 11.

After thematch, Hayne discussed the Dissolve with Hall of Famer (4) Ben Stark, who was nearby working on the coverage team.

"You're still a massive favorite if you let the Ray of Dissolution resolve there, and you can get more value out of the Dissolve later," Stark offered.

Hayne said his initial thinking was twofold. One, he was holding just lands and felt he just needed one more spell to put the final nail in the coffin. In other words, he wanted the scry.

Two, with Raised by Wolves, his attacks were lethal in two turns. Without it, it would take several more.

However, Stark pointed out that the extra turn or two wouldn't mean much if he could counter Jensen's next significant play that would keep him from winning. He admitted there


also took a Gray Merchant as early as pick four simply because the only payable card for him was a Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, a card he briefly considered but dismissed for "possibly screwing up my mana." He took the Gray Merchant because it was the card he felt was mostly likely to beat him and, as became his theme, he needed to not lose very much.

Alex Hayne needs to be perfect to hold on to any hope of another Top 8.

The third pack was, as Hayne thought it might be, very good. He picked up a pair of Vaporkin early to go with his second pick Master of Waves. Along with his two Nyxborn Wolf and Raised by wolves, Hayne had somehow managed to draft a deckwith multiple tribal synergies.

The only truly interesting pick was a Wavecrash Triton over a Triton Fortune Hunter. While Fortune Hunter gets all of the press, in a tempo-oriented deck like Hayne's, he felt the Wavecrash made more sense, especially since he had so few ways to interact with an opponent's board.

Hayne was certainly happy with his deck, but knew he needed to be perfect with it in order to make any pro point progress. With the five Grand Prix cap, Hayne, who has won roughly a million Grand Prix in the last year (give or take), he really needed an exceptional finish this weekend—or bust.

Unfortunately for Hayne, the answer turned out to be bust in the second round of the draft when he lost a quick two games


gold, but he definitely loves the card's design.

As it turns out, people like Gods, and they like making mana of any color. Journey to Nyx is a set that allows players to do a lot of both of those things, which bodes well for everyone.

Round 12 Feature Match – Stephen Berrios v. Samuel Tharmaratnam

by Blake Rasmussen

Back at Pro Tour Born of the Gods, I interviewed several players who were doing well in the Modern portion of the event, including one of our guests in the feature match area Samuel Tharmaratnam (say that three times fast—or just once).

When discussing the team and their preparation for the Pro Tour, one of Tharmaratnam's teammates boldly declared that Tharmaratnam was "the second best player in Canada, behind Alexander Hayne."

Tharmaratnam (which is asto more Grand Prix now that he's qualified himself for several Pro Tours.

And his performance here this weekend certainly reinforces his talent, climbing to 10-1 and still very much on track for his first Grand Prix Top 8. Sammy T already has one GP Top 8—Miami, where he lost to (2) Reid Duke—certainly wants another as he chases Gold level on the pro circuit.

Samuel Tharmaratnam may or may not be one of the best players in Canada, but his 10-1 record so far did peg him as one of the best players in the room.

Sammy T found his blue mana and used it to start pumping Hopeful Eidolon, crashing in for two as Berrios continued to respect a trick. The life totals were at 25-11, and Berrios was


been what the Titans had in mind, but this combo has certainly been the bane of many modern mage's existences.

That was brutal.

Game two was just as brutal, as both players added aggressively to their boards on turns two, three, and four.

Berrios went for the eggs/basket approach with a Fearsome Temper on Felhide Brawler, but was punished when Sammy T re-upped him with Wavecrash Triton. By turn four, Sammy T had Berrios all the way to 9 life before passing with four mana open.

But Sammy T fired right back, using Ephara's Enlightenment with Wavecrash Triton to tap the Champion down and a sweet, sweet one-mana Yoked Ox to bounce it back to be used again with Wavecrash Triton. One more turn, another tap with the Enlightenment and they wereon to the final game. It's hard to block when the waves keep crashing every turn.

But everything kind of came crashing down for Sammy T in the final game. He mulled to 6 and kept a one-lander. He did draw two lands immediately, but he was constrained on white mana and faced Berrios' best draw of the match.

Stephen Berrios is new to the pro points game, but at the rate he's going, he'll be racking up quite a few today.

"I didn't want to block," Sammy T lamented after the match, "but I wasn't going to beat a Boon of Erebos anyway."

Berrios 2 – Tharmaratnam 1

Sunday, 3:15 p.m. – Recapping Draft #2—In contention

by Blake Rasmussen

The second draft is where the rubber hits the road in every Grand Prix, and


Top 8 and, hopefully, sneak back into the Top 25. Calcano's done it before at the Grand Prix level, so there's no real reason to doubt he can do it again, especially since he thinks his draft went very well. It even contains, as he said "my favorite thing to do in the format." We'll leave that little nugget till the feature match area.

(2) Reid Duke

It's almost greedy for Reid Duke to go after another Grand Prix Top 8. He's already second in the Player of the Year rankings (though, to be fair, he's a distant second), and he's been on a tear since the World Championship last year. This time around he needs a 2-1 finish to make another Top 8. His nearly Mono Black deck certainlyFamer Jon Finkel was with his. Ben Stark, who had been watching the draft, said it "drafted itself" and "on a scale of difficulty from 1 to 10, your draft was a -10." Jon didn't disagree.

If his path through his pod—which includes Soorani, Ochoa, Demestrio, as well as Jamie Parke and Samuel Tharmaratman—is as easy as his draft, Finkel could rack up yet another GP Top 8, but it's going to take yet another 3-0 from the master.

(25) William Jensen

Yes, we could have two Oath Brothers in the Top 8 if things break right for William Jensen. However, he was really unhappy with his deck. He didn't think he made any mistakes, he just never felt he saw good cards. It's possible the whole pod is in the


species of Harpy hit the graveyard early, as both players understand the importance of removing the opponent's flying creatures from the table before too long. Evaldi managed to keep his Insatiable Harpy on the table to pad his own life total and slowly chip away at Duke's.

As both players continued to add power to the table, Evaldi's draws seemed to be providing more gas that Duke's, which were showing a steady flow of lands for multiple turns. After a pair of Gray Merchant of Asphodel pushed Duke through a few more draw phases looking for an answer to the Harpy, Evaldi was able to work him down slowly, and patiently took the win from Duke in game 1.

A transformational sideboard plan from Duke going into game 2 ledhim to cut blue in favor of green, and also to choose to be on the draw, assuming the potential benefit of the extra card in this matchup. The majority of the cards in Duke's maindeck are black, and he found support for the mostly-black strategy from two copies of Gray Merchant of Asphodel. Duke decided to mulligan on the draw, and watched Evaldi open with an attacking Restored Phalanx in the first few turns. After deciding to take the draw, a slow start is precisely what Duke hoped to see from Evaldi going into a critical game 2.

As the game dragged into turn 6 with Reid only at 14, his decision to give himself the option to mulligan became a clear boon for him. Evaldi's 6th turn


deeper into his library for answers. Evaldi's second copy of Hero's Downfall helped him eliminate Insatiable harpy from the mix, and push through a few points of damage from Siren of the Silent Song.

Reid's sideboard plan of two Pharika's Menders was no accident, and he was ready for this type of matchup with multiple Gravedigger effects, which he cited as a key contributor to the plan in attrition-like matchups. "Because my deck was mostly Black, it afforded me the luxury of finding niche cards like that to help me against decks like these," Duke explained as he emerged from his revenge match like Manny Pacquiao- victorious, and fully rebounded from his loss last round.

Quick Question - What was the best play you made all weekend?

by Blake Rasmussen

Jackie Lee

"Iof the Unicorn, used it to untap the Unicorn and cast Lost in the Labyrinth on the Scorpion. I killed the Scorpion without losing anything and I got to scry."

Sunday, 4:45 p.m. – Play the Game. See the World.

by Justin Vizaro

It is quite common for players to travel great distances for Grand Prix and Pro Tour tournaments and other high-value events like SCG and TCG open series. Most players have phenomenal stories from their travels, whether an overnight drive to a city a few hundred miles away for a PTQ, or a tale of Trains, Planes, and Hotel Rooms. In fact, the ubiquity of good stories spawned its own Twitter feed, with players, vendors, and friends posting to social media with #mtgstories tags.

These stories are the embodiment of


the competitive Magic scene, and for many players, are the main reason to continue playing this game. It is, after all, called Magic the Gathering, and justifiably so; we gather anywhere and everywhere to play this game.

This weekend, a few players are on the last legs of a long series of travel that includes Grand Prixs that span the country, and some that have crossed international borders. One of these players is Joe DeMestrio, whose story has already been mentioned in feature match coverage. Joe has set foot in dozens of states, and has even ventured into South America questing for Silver this season.

Another group that has traveled quite a distance is a European team that has ventured across the Atlantic in search of Grand Prix events, asto the internet or his phone.

Fast forward to the point at which Christian Calcano helped Valentin find a ride, and further to the point at which he was lost, without internet, without a phone, weary from traveling, and extremely cold. He noticed, as he wandered from a bus station to a train station, that his bag slowly became lighter and lighter by the minute. Having scattered his belongings along the road, he was delighted to find a Taxi in the middle of nowhere to make his trip easier.

Upon arriving at the train station, Mackl still didn't have a clue how he was supposed to get where he was going, and was without a phone. He resorted to a pay phone, which he had no idea how to use.


Crime laboratory proficiency testing results, 1978-1991, I: Identification and classification of physical evidence.
The proficiency testing of crime laboratories began in the mid-1970s and presently assumes an important role in quality assurance programs within most forensic laboratories. This article reviews the origins and early results of this testing program and also examines the progress of proficiency testing in allied scientific fields. Beginning in 1978, a fee-based crime laboratory proficiency testing program was launched and has grown to its present level involving almost 400 laboratories worldwide. This is the first of two articles that review the objectives, limitations and results of this testing from 1978 through 1991. Part I reviews the success of laboratories in the identification and classification of common evidence types: controlled substances, flammables, explosives, fibers, bloodstains, andThe media surrounds former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty in June 2018 after he filled out paperwork to run for the office again. He will face Jeff Johnson ini the Aug. 14, 2018, goveror primary election. Don Davis / Forum News Service2 / 6

ST. PAUL—Minnesota Republicans should know something about their two major governor candidates in the Aug. 14 primary election.

Jeff Johnson and Tim Pawlenty each has been on the statewide ballot twice.

Both say they are conservatives and agree on several issues, such as tamping down the budget and changing taxes.

But they are different in other areas. Pawlenty's eight years as governor gives him higher name recognition than Johnson, a Hennepin County commissioner who lost statewide races for attorney general in 2006 and governor in 2014. And Pawlenty's national


labor lawyer and Detroit Lakes native, said he has seen anger among some Republican voters about Pawlenty's late entry into the race and avoiding even competing for the state party endorsement.

The former governor, who served 2003 to 2011, said he is not taking the primary for granted.

"We are experienced enough and humble enough to know that anything can happen in politics, and it often does," Pawlenty said.

And he said something many political observers have been saying: "Primaries are low-turnout events, they are volatile, they are hard to predict."

While Pawlenty began running for president at the end of his second term as governor, he said that is not on the horizon now.

"I am in a phase of my career that I don't have any more ambitions," Pawlenty said inthree major planks in his campaign. The other two are making education more accountable and reducing "runaway" health care costs.

Johnson said he is trying to respond to topics he often hears around the state: health care costs, education, immigration and taxes.

Don Davis has been the Forum Communications Minnesota Capitol Bureau chief since 2001, covering state government and politics for two dozen newspapers in the state. Don also blogs at Capital Chatter on Areavoices.


Pattern Development, joined by State Senator Pat Woods, Cabinet Secretary of the State of New Mexico Energy Minerals Natural Resources Department Ken McQueen, Curry County Commissioner Robert Thornton, Pattern Energy Senior Director of Business Development Ward Marshall, CRELA Board Member Paul Stout and Clovis Industrial Development Corporation Economic Development Director, Chase Gentry, to recognize the job creation and other economic benefits of the state’s growing wind energy industry as construction mobilizes around the Grady Wind project, a 221-megawatt (MW) project located in Curry County prepares to commence.

Grady Wind is expected to create hundreds of jobs for New Mexicans during the construction phase, will also deliver other financial benefits such as land lease payments to local landowners and new tax base for the host communities of eastern New Mexico.Young defender George Dobson has signed for West Ham United.

The 17-year-old Londoner captained the Arsenal under-18s last term.

He also featured regularly for the club in the under-19 Uefa Youth League and for Steve Gatting’s under-21s in 2014/15.

Everyone at Arsenal would like to thank George for his contribution to the club and to wish him well with his continued development at West Ham.


College of Osteopathic Medicine. Loyal alumni, parents and
friends have helped to strengthen PCOM's commitment to quality education, patient
care, scientific research and community service by establishing planned gifts. Because
this tradition is so important, The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Foundation
established the Andrew Taylor Still Legacy Society to acknowledge those inspired people
who have made the commitment to help the College secure its future through their wills,
annuities, life income plans, life insurance policies and other vehicles.LIAONING, Northeast China — On a sunny winter afternoon in the plastic lean-to attached to his farmhouse, Zhu Guanyu picks out a costume from piles of clothing dating back to the ’90s. Wearing a wig and lipstick, the 31-year-old livestreamer and content creator prepares to shoot a video for his nostalgic web series “Bygone Childhood,” in which he plays the mother of a young girl, portrayed by his wife, living in a rural area of northeastern China.

But the apparent modesty of the couple’s production belies their success: More than a year after the series began, the two now have over 4.5 million followers on video-streaming platform Kuaishou.

Born to a family of farmers in the city of Fushun, Zhu dropped out of school at an early age and began


bad posture, for example, when they work on computers. They were discouraged from wearing it too tightly in the fear of compressing nerves. Waiting‐list was used as the control group rather than no‐treatment, because the preceding interview suggested it was more understandable and acceptable for the participants. Participants in the waiting‐list group also received the same sash but were asked to wait for 1 week.

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The prespecified primary efficacy outcome was the change in neck pain at 1 week as measured by modified Neck Disability Index (mNDI). The mNDI is a Japanese translation of the NDI with a minor change from "neck pain" to "neck and shoulder pain." This modification was both necessary and justified because of the Japanese cultural background, in which "neck pain" in the English‐languageMINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Minneapolis police recently stationed more officers downtown in order to curb a significant increase in robberies this year that have sometimes involved a pack of robbers brutally attacking lone victims.

The Minneapolis Police Department says there have been 240 robberies in the First Precinct in 2019, a nearly 54 percent increase compared with the numbers from this time last year.

Last month, there were 23 robberies in a single week.

The robberies had a pattern, police say. Videos showed groups of teenagers and young men robbing people of their cell phones and wallets.

Often, victims were alone, intoxicated or looking at their phones. The robbers would sell the phones to kiosks for quick cash.

Generally, the robberies happened in two areas: between 3rd and 6th streets along the light rail,


and between Hennepin and 2nd avenues.

The videos show brazen violence, even in broad daylight.

One surveillance video shows a man getting knocked out by a kick to the face near a light rail station. His wallet is removed from his shorts as he lays flat on the ground.

Another video, taken near Target Field, shows a victim get body-slammed, jumped on like a small trampoline, punched in the head repeatedly, and eventually ran over by a bicycle.

Since the department issued a robbery suppression detail, 16 people have been arrested, some in connection to multiple robberies. Police say that all the suspects have been charged.

Following the arrests, robbery numbers have dropped, police say. Last week, there were just three.

Look, Georgetown real estate is expensive. The historic nabe comes in at number seven on the list of the twelve richest neighborhoods in the whole city and the most expensive residential sale in the District in four years was that of a massive Georgetown mansion. That doesn't make this listing for a $97,000 garage any less hilarious. On one hand, it's probably the most affordable piece of property in the neighborhood. On the other hand, it's a frickin' garage (or as the listing so succinctly puts it, "GARAGE!") so sorry, bargain-hunters. Also, the photos don't show the interior, so you'll have go by the listing language which states, "Condition as-is, but it is a garage and it is lined with padding." At least it's not a vacant lot


also in a laterally offset way, in front of the finisher. A plurality of sensors are provided that are arranged on the feeder, on the road finisher and on the feed conveyor to control positioning and distance of the feeder relative to the road finisher, and the signals determined by the sensors are here used for controlling the components of the paving train. A pair of sensors is e.g. arranged at the side of the road finisher that is the front one in travel direction and at the side of the feeder that is the rear one in travel direction, with the distances of both units being here determined. A further pair of sensors is provided at the discharge end of the feed conveyor and in the bunkerOregon; Elektro, a Sao Paulo-based Brazilian utility and about 15,000 miles of pipeline assets on both continents -- less than half the amount of pipes that Enron once possessed.
	The plan would essentially make the Enron successor little different from other U.S. energy companies that provide electricity and natural gas, giving it few advantages over competitors. It would also make the new company more reliant than ever on volatile South American operations at a time when its U.S. rivals are scaling back their commitments in the region.
	Nevertheless, Enron's new management team, headed since January by restructuring specialist Stephen Cooper, hopes that the creation of a new company will protect the assets it needs from a long bankruptcy-reorganization process that could hurt their value. Under the company's plan,


They were created, beginning in the mid-1990s, as a way to pump up profits, hide debt and raise money from outside investors.
	The draft plan contains a list of assets Enron wishes to retain for the new company, some of which may be entangled in these special-purpose entities. For example, Centragas, a pipeline company in Colombia, is a proposed asset of the new company. But separate, internal spreadsheets reviewed by The Wall Street Journal show that controlling interest of that pipeline already had been pledged to two investment vehicles, Rawhide LP and Whitewing LP. They, in turn, may have passed along interests to other Enron entities, Tombstone Assets LLC and Ponderosa Assets LP.
	The company said it is trying to "unwind" many of the investment vehicles to gainclick to enlarge Young Kwak Whistle Punk Brewing will continue making beer at this Newman Lake location, but will soon have a taproom in downtown Spokane.

About a year ago, we wrote about the sneaky emergence of Whistle Punk Brewing, which began placing a few tasty IPAs on the taps at beer bars and pubs around Spokane. The hop-forward brewery owned and operated by father-son duo Matt and Craig Hanson was winning over fans, but doing it without a physical location where folks could taste the Whistle Punk beer roster.

The brewery will soon have a place to satisfy those folks in downtown Spokane. Whistle Punk has plans to open a taproom off of Monroe Street in a space formerly occupied by the bar portion of Brooklyn Deli, which moved


a block south this past summer.

Matt Hanson says he hopes to have the spot open by mid-March, but that all production will remain out in Newman Lake. Expect to get a much wider look at what the Hansons can do at the taproom, he says.

"We're going to have one consistent IPA — our flagship — on at all times as well as the espresso stout, because people have been liking those. We'll have 14 taps and four or five of those will be different kinds of IPAs," he says.

Upon opening, Hanson says he wants to start a founders club for about 100 people. For the club, they can buy gift certificates to use immediately in return for entry into the club, Whistle Punk gear and invites to specialBella Hadid, Kendall Jenner, Justine Skye, Hailey Baldwin and Renell Medrano went on a luxe yacht vacation - scroll through to see all the moments that made it to Instagram.

Just when we thought Barack and Michelle Obama won the vacation game once and for all, Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid and Hailey Baldwin are back in the running.

The photo of our former president taking a snap of his wife aboard a yacht in French Polynesia actually might be impossible to top, but Jenner, Hadid, Hailey Baldwin, Justine Skye and Renell Medrano are giving it a try. The models all went on a mysterious tropical vacation, where they posed on yachts, jet skis and also outdoor showers, all with aqua blue sea surrounding them.

In a somewhat surprising turn of events,


There are songwriters who follow trends. There are songwriters who create trends. And then there are songwriters whose catalogs go beyond any trends, who create the sound of an era and whose influence is still felt decades later. The team of Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland and Brian Holland fall into that third category.

Motown songwriting legend Lamont Dozier wrote his first poem, “A Song,” at age 11 and his first song, “Fine Fine Baby,” at 13, recorded two years later by his own group The Romeos. Shortly thereafter, he recorded for Anna Records, owned by Gwen Gordy, which led to his signing at Motown Records where he met fellow staff writers Brian and Eddie Holland. Lamont and Brian began collaborating in 1962. After a year, Eddie joined the team.that in mind, I started compiling ideas.

Was it the chord progressions or melody that made the songs universal?

A little bit of all that. Once we knew what we were going for, we realized we had the sound of young America. The music brought people together. It was one of the more significant things, even more than the politicians making speeches. I feel that the music we did at Motown did more for race relations than any politicians or laws being implemented at the time. If you stop to listen to the music, whatever your beef is, it will go away.

Tell me about “Jimmy Mack.”

There was a kid named Jimmy Mack who got killed in New York. His mother was called up onstage to get his BMI Award. He


Gambian President Yahya Jammeh returned home overnight after a failed coup launched while he was outside the country, a military source said Wednesday, as fears mounted of possible reprisals by his regime.

At least 35 people are now confirmed to have been killed in clashes between Burundi's army and members of an unidentified rebel group near the Democratic Republic of Congo border, an official said Wednesday.Colorado Crush

Crush announces new defensive coordinator for 2009 season

DENVER, Colo. – The Arena Football League’s Colorado Crush filled their second assistant coach vacancy of the off-season on Wednesday as they hired Tommy Johnson as their new defensive coordinator.

Johnson served as the Head Coach of the Louisville Fire of the af2 for five seasons prior to signing with the Crush. In 2005 Johnson led the Fire to the ArenaCup Championsip game and is the Fire’s all-time leader in wins with 44. Johnson spent time as a player under current Crush Head Coach Mike Dailey for the Albany Firebirds.

“With the signing of our new offensive and defensive coordinators, we are now set to make some strong free agency moves in the coming weeks,” Dailey said. “I have known Coach Johnson


for some time now and am really pleased with his knowledge of the arena game and his ability to evaluate talent.”

Johnson began his coaching career as a defensive coordinator for the Fire in 2001. He was also a cornerback on the 1992 National Champion Alabama Crimson Tide team and holds the current record for the longest interception return for a touchdown in AFL history.

“From playing this game to now being a coach, we are certain that Coach Johnson will be an important asset to the success of this team,” Dailey said.

The signing comes on the first day of the free agency period for the AFL season. The list includes 172 athletes and is regarded as one of the most abundant free agency pools in recent history.

The Colorado Crushin 2015, when he was seeking tax incentives to construct a warehouse facility off Long Road. Instead, he found a new site just outside of Wooster on Daly Drive and obtained an abatement from the Wayne County commissioners.

Council members have previously taken Baker to task after his project to bring Stonecraft — an Apple Creek company that made decorative products for homes and businesses — fell apart with the decline in the housing market.

Yet for this abatement, council members were at ease with Baker’s latest endeavor.


"what has become of the rugs that were here last week, and where
is that pile of furniture we had back yonder?"

Rudolph allowed the lantern to swing behind his huge legs, intentionally
I believe, and I was compelled to relieve him of it in order that we
might extract ourselves from his shadow. I have never seen such a
colossal shadow as the one he cast.

Old Conrad was not slow in answering.

"The gentlemen called day before yesterday, mein herr, and took much
away. They will return to-morrow for the remainder."

"Gentlemen?" I gasped. "Remainder?"

"The gentlemen to whom the Herr Count sold the rugs and chairs and
chests and--"

"What!" I roared. Even Poopendyke jumped at this sudden exhibition of
wrath. "Do you mean to tell me that these things have been sold and
carried away without my knowledgehave
been a simple one, there is no doubt of that. A peremptory command
with a rigid alternative would have brought out the truth in a jiffy.

But it so happens that I rather enjoyed the mystery. The situation was
unique, the comedy most exhilarating. Of course, there was a tragic
side to the whole matter, but now that I was in for it, why minimise
the novelty by adopting arbitrary measures? Three minutes of stern
conversation with Elsie Hazzard would enlighten me on all the essential
points; perhaps half an hour would bring Poopendyke to terms; a half
a day might be required in the brow-beating of the frail Countess.
With the Schmicks, there was no hope. But why not allow myself the
pleasure of enjoying the romantic feast that had been set before me
by the gods of


pillowed
close to the wall but little more than an arm's length from the crimson
waistcoat of Ludwig the Red,--for he sat rather low like a Chinese god
and supported his waistcoat with his knees. A gross, forbidding chap
was he! The story was told of him that he could quaff a flagon of ale
at a single gulp. Looking at his portrait, one could not help thinking
what a pitifully infinitesimal thing a flagon of ale is after all.

Morning came and with it a sullen determination to get down to work
on my long neglected novel. I went down to breakfast. Everything about
the place looked bleak and dreary and as grey as a granite tombstone.
Hawkes, who but twelve hours before had seemed the embodiment of life
in its most resilient form, now appeared as ahe. Silly ass!

I couldn't help thinking how infinitely more attractive and perilous
she would be as a typist than the excellent young woman who had married
the jeweller's clerk, and what an improvement on Poopendyke!

"I came down to inquire when you would like to go exploring for buried
treasure, Mr. Smart," she said, after the cylinder had slipped back
with a bang that almost startled her out of her pretty boots and caused
her to give up typewriting then and there, forevermore.

"Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day," quoted I glibly.

She looked herself over. "If you knew how many times this gown had to
be put off till to-morrow, you wouldn't ask me to ruin it the second
time I've had it on my back."

"It is an uncommonly attractive gown," said I.

"Shall


feel
in being heralded as the host of Count Tarnowsy and his friend. You
obtained the privilege very cheaply."

"You will do well, sir, to keep a civil tongue in your head," said I,
paling with fury.

"I have nothing more to say to you, Mr. Smart," said he contemptuously.
"Good night. Francois! Conduct Mr. Smart to the corridor."

Francois--or "Franko" as Britton, whose French is very lame, had called
him--preceded me to the door. In all my experience, nothing has
surprised me so much as my ability to leave the room without first
kicking Francois' master, or at least telling him what I thought of
him. Strangely enough I did not recover my sense of speech until I was
well out into the corridor. Then I deliberately took a gold coin out
of my pocket and pressed it into thesaid, and my face fell "I see."

He seemed to be considering something. After a few seconds, he nodded
his head decisively. "Yes, I am sure of it. If the right man gets her,
she'll make the finest, sweetest wife in the world. She's never had
a chance to show what's really in her. She would be adorable, wouldn't
she?"

The sudden question caught me unawares.

"She would!" I said, with conviction.

"Well," said he, slowly and deliberately, "why don't you set about it,
then?"

He was so ridiculous that I thought for the fun of it, I'd humour him.

"Assuming that you are right in regard to my feelings toward her, Fred,
what leads you to believe that I would stand a chance of winning her?"
It was a silly question, but I declare I hung on his answer with


as a Director and individually; Randall Worthington, Sr., as a Director and individually; United States of America; State of Maryland, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 01-1890.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Argued October 29, 2002.
Decided December 13, 2002.

COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED ARGUED: Paul Steven Blumenthal, Law Office of Paul S. Blumenthal, P.A., Annapolis, Maryland, for Appellants. Jonathan Barkasy Sprague, Post & Schell, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellees Upper Chesapeake Health, et al.; Wendy Ann Kronmiller, Assistant Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee State of Maryland; Katherine Sutherland Dawson, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee United States. ON BRIEF: Jennifer M. Valinski, Law Office of Paul S. Blumenthal, P.A., Annapolis, Maryland, for Appellants. Brian M. Peters, Post & Schell, P.C., Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, for Appellees Upper Chesapeake Health, et al. J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee State of Maryland. Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Thomas M. DiBiagio, United States Attorney, Mark B. Stern, Alisa B. Klein, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee United States.
Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and WIDENER and KING, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Judge KING joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Chief Judge.

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Dr. Linda Freilich is a physician. Harford Memorial Hospital decided to terminate Dr. Freilich's medical staff privileges after undertaking an extensive review of her application for reappointment. Dr. Freilich then filed a complaint challenging the constitutionality of the federal statute granting immunity to peer


it relates to patient care or the orderly operation of the Hospital, and general demeanor and attitude with respect to the Hospital, its patients and its personnel."

4
In July, 1998, Dr. Freilich applied for reappointment to HMH. Her application went through several layers of review, passing before the HMH Credentials Committee, the Medical Executive Committee, and the Appellate Review Committee. Further, Dr. Freilich received a hearing before the Ad Hoc Hearing Committee. Although the different committees disagreed on whether to accept or reject Dr. Freilich's application, on April 11, 2000, HMH's Board of Directors voted to deny Dr. Freilich's application and terminated her medical privileges. In a letter to Dr. Freilich explaining the basis for its decision, the Board quoted the "ethics and behavior" language in the HMH Bylaws.

5
Onwith AIDS." Id. In Barker, the court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants along the same lines: the plaintiff alleged that he was terminated because of his advocacy on behalf of the plaintiff's disabled wife, which was held insufficient to support an associational discrimination claim. 993 F.Supp. at 15.

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Dr. Freilich's allegations suffer from similar defects as the allegations in Oliveras-Sifre and Barker. Dr. Freilich alleges that HMH "coerced, intimidated, threatened, or interfered ... with [her] because she exercised rights protected by the ADA," and that HMH discriminated against her because she refused "to end her advocacy of the dialysis patients' rights that were being violated under [the] ADA." She further alleges that she was "denied equal use of facilities, privileges, advantages or other opportunities because of


Effects of dentate nucleus lesions on spatial and postural sensorimotor learning in rats.
The role of the dentate nucleus on spatial orientation, assessed by the Morris water maze test, and on postural sensorimotor performance, assessed by vertical grid, suspended wire, and rotorod tests, was investigated. Bilateral electrolytic lesions of the dentate nucleus slowed down the acquisition of the hidden platform task of the Morris water maze, without affecting long-term retention, the probe trial, and the visuomotor guidance necessary for swimming toward a visible goal. In addition, reversal learning was impaired in the submerged platform condition. The lesions did not affect any of the motor performance scores. The selective impairment seen during acquisition of the hidden platform task is similar to that previously reported in rats with combined lesions ofIt would not be the first time POTUS has been accused of flipping the bird

The footage was quickly shared on Twitter with many assuming he swore at Meir

Trump then appeared to 'purposely' raise his middle finger to his forehead

Meir corrected him by saying there have been numerous women before them

He mistakenly congratulated them for being the 'first ever female space walkers'

Donald Trump has been accused of 'flipping the bird' at female astronaut Jessica Meir after she corrected him for mistakenly congratulating her and Christina Koch for being the 'first ever female spacewalkers'.

The president spoke by video link with the astronauts on the International Space Station, telling them: 'You are amazing people; they're conducting the first ever female spacewalk to replace an exterior part of the space station.'

The first


than 77,00 times and retweeted more than 25,000.

Donald Trump has been accused of 'flipping the bird' at a female astronaut who fact-checked him after he mistakenly congratulated her for being part of the 'first ever female spacewalkers'

Astronauts Jessica Meir, left, and Christina Koch pose for a photo in the International Space Station after taking part in the first ever all-female spacewalk - mischaracterized by Trump as the first female spacewalk at all

Replying to the clip one user said: 'There is absolutely no way that was not on purpose. How dare he treat these women are much better than he ever will be and have accomplished much more in life than he has.'

Another added: 'Trump gives our two female spacewalkers his middle finger as they correct him, saying theyare not the first women to walk in space, as he had said. Flipping the bird was so obvious. Oh, how crude.'

One commentator called his 'stupidity out of this world'.

'Trump says it’s the first-ever female space walk. The female astronaut fact-checks him, so naturally, he not-so-subtly gives her the finger. Watch for yourself,' another said.

Body language expert Patti Wood told DailyMail.com the act was deliberate. She said: 'I knew immediately it was done purposely.

'The timing is everything - right as she corrects him he swiftly and dramatically moves to the right and looks down to the right then shuts his eyes retreat and dismissal emphasized with his closed, downward edge turned mouth of displeasure. So we know before he does it he is upset.

'Then he puts the middle


reaction.

'If he was scratching we would expect him to put more fingers up and to bend them to use his nails. If it was a comfort or stress move, typically the fingers and palm would be used to block more of his face.

'This is behavior more likely to be seen in a child or a teenager where they pretend to do something else. He also smiles in dupers delight glee when he finishes doing it showing he enjoyed doing it!'

Trump had addressed Koch and Meir while sitting at a table between his daughter Ivanka Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, surrounded by NASA officials and a group of Girl Scouts at the White House.

'This is the first time for a woman outside of the space station,' Trump saidis the first time that there's been two women outside at the same time.'

It was at this moment he appears to raise his middle finger and has been accused of 'flipping the bird'.

It would not be the first time POTUS has been accused of flipping the bird during official engagements.

Astronauts Jessica Meir, left, and Christina Koch pose for a photo aboard the International Space Station

It would not be the first time POTUS has been accused of flipping the bird during official engagements. Trump appears to swear during the G7 in Italy in 2017

In February 2017, during Black History Month, he appeared to raise his middle finger when sat with Omarosa Manigault. She was later highly critical of him

In February 2017, during Black History Month, he appeared to do


the same when sat with Omarosa Manigault. The former aide later published her tell-all book 'Unhinged', in which she was fiercely critical of him.

Later that year he looked to have pulled the same move at the G7 in Italy, Gizmodo reports.

And then in September 2017 he raised his middle finger again when asked about NFL players kneeling during the national anthem.

Regardless of Trump's blunder, Koch and Meir will still go in history books for the first all-female spacewalk.

The duo left the International Space Station at 07:38am ET (12:38pm BST) to begin the first all-female spacewalk ever, which took around eight hours.

Their job was to fix a broken part of the station's solar power network.Celebrating 20 Years

Online Trading Academy has its roots in the largest trading floor in the Western US, founded in 1997 by Eyal Shahar. Independent traders needed training to be successful in their investments, and soon a teaching model was born. By 2001 trading had transitioned to the web and we became 100% devoted to education. From a single location in Irvine, CA, today we’ve grown to 40 worldwide campuses and a worldwide online presence, and over 250,000 people have experienced OTA workshops and benefited from our mission: Enriching lives worldwide through exceptional financial education.

Market Indicators for the Real Estate Market: Where it is and Where it May Be Going

Since this is near the end of the prime residential real estate season I thought it would be a good


anywhere we wanted, as long as we stayed out of restricted areas and didn’t interfere with adult stuff. Many of the bases covered hundreds of
acres and would often have wooded areas kids would consider a natural playground. In the trees, avoiding the big people was easy.

I was not impressed when Dad told us our next home would be in Germany, in a place called Kaiserslautern. It is 25 miles from the French border. The base was built after World War
II, on the site of one of the many brutal battles that took place just over a decade before.

My opinion improved when I made friends and they showed me around the woods behind our apartment. It was cool. All over the place, you could find spent rifle shells.
Sometimes theyIn the first of a series of programs that tracks the intimate lives of remarkable people over one day we meet Jason Chan the wandering Buddhist monk. He's rather radical because apart from walking barefoot from far north Queensland to Sydney carrying only 3 robes, a blanket and an alms bowl, he doesn’t want to be interviewed because he says celebrity is the enemy of wisdom. So producer Kerry Stewart, walked with him and met some of the people he's stayed with on his journey.


She is the executive producer for two online television shows, Michaela’s Map and OhThePeopleYouMeet. Based in New York City, she is also an adjunct professor at New York University School of Professional Studies, where she teaches a course called "Travel Storytelling: Creating Video Content."
Kauai has been given the nickname "The Garden Isle" because of its beautiful natural scenery. The island is home to the wettest place on earth, Mount Waialeale, which gets an average of over 450 inches of rain every year. All that rain keeps the landscape of tropical rain forests lush with verdant ferns and cascading waterfalls all year round. Read more about Kauai
Chosen By: Alyssa Ramos, founder of My Life's a Movie and a solo female travel blogger, content creator, entrepreneur and social media influencerto 250 restaurants, more than 300 art galleries, at least a hundred boutique shops and a dozen festivals and fairs. Some of the highlights include strolling along Canyon Road and visiting a mile of art galleries. Visit the oldest house in the U.S. and attend mass at the oldest church in the U.S. — the San Miguel Chapel. See over 130,000 folk art objects from more than 100 countries at the Museum of International Folk Art for $12 admission. Check the Santa Fe Tourism Office Calendar for events and festivals, as well as historic walking tours (only $14), cooking classes and more. Don't miss the pulled pork sandwiches at Whole Hog Café (from $3.99) and be sure to sample their six signature sauces. On Saturdays, stop by the


cents to the U.S. dollar. So luxury hotels like the Fairmont Pacific Rim in the naturally stunning city of Vancouver are super affordable. The city is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities in Canada: 52% of its residents have a first language other than English. “Van” is literally set within a rainforest, so nature enthusiasts will love walking along the waterfronts with views of the nearby mountaintops. For the culturally curious, I suggest weaving your way through the cobbled streets and shops in the historic Gastown neighborhood. Don't miss Kimprints, a shop supporting underprivileged street artists, or the Ok Boot Corral, a local bootmaker who has been in business since 1833. For an unexpected insider experience, get your sea legs on to go fishing forboasts music, museums, nightlife and friendly people.

Maui, nicknamed "The Valley Isle," is consistently rated by travel experts to be among the top island destinations in the world. Maui has some of the finest luxury beach resort accommodations and activities in the islands, especially along Kaanapali Beach. All of these high-end resorts amid the romantic beach backdrops make Maui a popular honeymooning spot. Read more about Maui

Why: La Paz is the perfect destination for those looking for a bit of adventure with the comfort of being in a vibrant, bustling city. Surrounded by the Bolivian Andes, La Paz is an outdoor adventurer’s paradise. Visiting during the winter season (May through October) is the best time for escaping to the slopes. If you’re looking for a real adventure, day tours


Coordinated Response Key to G5 Sahel Joint Force Success

Last month, the Joint Force of the G5 Sahel—Force Conjointe du G5 Sahel (FC-J5S) — announced its readiness to deploy operations. To date, the FC-J5S has conducted three military operations aimed at neutralizing terrorist groups, with the first two conducted with the support of French Barkhane counterterrorism forces. Yet, the operationalization of the FC-J5S raises questions about its role in a region marked by a “security traffic jam,” where multiple security forces are present, including those from France, the US, a UN peacekeeping mission, and an EU training mission. The militarized approach of the FC-J5S has yet to help the security situation in the Sahel, and the complexity of the crisis in the region suggests the response needs a moremulti-pronged approach.

The force was established in 2014 by five states in the region: Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Chad. Its first operation, Operation Hawbi, was conducted in November 2017 in the border zone between Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso and led to the arrest and detention of nine members of the Coordination des mouvements de l’Azawad, who were suspected of being terrorists but were all later released for lack of evidence. The force’s second operation, Pagnali, was conducted in January 2018 in the border zone between Mali and Burkina Faso, with the objective of “destroying the supply chains of armed terrorist groups and to contain their movements.” As a result, small caliber munitions and equipment for manufacturing improvised explosive devices were found and destroyed. These two operations


fall within the force’s mission of addressing transnational and organized crime and terrorism along shared borders, in particular through cooperation, cross-border joint military patrols, and counter-terrorism operations (a third operation is currently underway at the border of Mali and Niger). The region’s porous borders have indeed facilitated arms and drug smuggling as well as human trafficking.

The announcement of the FC-J5S’ readiness by the Nigerien Minister of Defense, Kalla Moutari, was made despite the fact that the force has not reached full capacity nor financing. While the force has budgeted for $423 million to operate in its first year, only 100 million of the 420 million euros pledged by the international community has been received so far, causing significant delays and deficiencies in training and equipment. The United States’have been widely reported by local populations and further affect the legitimacy of state forces. In late May, an incident involving Malian forces operating under the FC-J5S resulted in civilian casualties and raised questions regarding the justification provided by the Malian Ministry of Defense, which argued that these forces were under the command of the FC-J5S. This lack of accountability could affect the already fragile legitimacy of the force.

Existing multinational forces such as the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), launched by Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria, and Chad in 2012 to fight Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin, have demonstrated the impact misconduct and abuse against civilians during counter-insurgency operations can have. Through a reverse effect, violations may discourage cooperation with the force and incite people seeking revenge or


such as the Alliance for the Sahel, which the FC-J5S should seek to cooperate with.

Launched in July 2017 by France, Germany, the European Union, the World Bank, the UN Development Programme, and the African Development Bank, with further support from Italy, Spain, and the UK, the Alliance for the Sahel serves as a development platform for the coordination of donor assistance and rapid and effective financing of projects in the Sahel. The alliance has six priority areas: youth employment; rural development, agriculture, and food security; climate, notably energy access, green energy, and water; governance; support for return of basic services throughout the territory, including through decentralization; and security. These objectives will be pursued through more than five hundred different development projects spread throughout the region. The objective of Ford is required by its collective bargaining agreement to apply discipline on a progressive basis.  Early penalties are relatively minor, such as reprimands and warnings, but repeated offenses generate lay-offs.  Ultimately dismissal is mandated.

4
In May 1980, Williams had received a final warning as a result of repeatedly failing to report for work.  When he failed to heed this final warning, he was discharged.  He was later reinstated but was subsequently discharged again under similar circumstances.  Williams was again reinstated but continued to have attendance problems, and he again received final warnings in both December of 1982 and May of 1983.  Several of these disciplinary incidents involved abuse of medical leaves of absence.  When Ford suspects an employee is repeatedly abusing


medical leave privileges, Ford will initiate a professional investigation utilizing the services of defendant Equifax.

5
The incident which resulted in Williams' discharge began when he obtained authorization for a medical leave of absence on April 15, 1983, due to a back injury.  This leave was to expire on April 26.  Subsequently, this leave was extended until May 4.  Williams, however, did not return to work on May 5 after his leave expired.  Instead, he showed up for work on May 9.  In the meantime, Equifax had reported on May 6 that its investigator had seen Williams playing softball on May 5, the day after his medical leave of absence had expired.  During the game, Williams was actively twisting, jumping, and catching line drives.the truth of the information supplied by Equifax to Ford, there was no "false light" implication resulting from this disclosure.3

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AFFIRMED.

*
 Honorable Robert Holmes Bell, United States District Court, Western District of Michigan, sitting by designation

1
 42 U.S.C. Sec. 2000(e)

2
 This was not the first time that Ford learned that Williams was playing softball while on medical leave

3
 Equifax had conducted two investigations of the plaintiff at the request of Ford.  One was done in 1980 and the other in 1983, just prior to discharge.  In addition to reporting on Williams' softball activities, Equifax also informed Ford about the disposition of a shoplifting charge brought against Williams, and the payment record of one of his charge accounts.  Although these latter two pieces of information are arguably


Transfer to chick embryos of incompatible DNA.
After the transfer of chicken DNA to chick embryos incompatible at the B locus a retardation of growth was observed. Retarded differentiation of muscle fibres was histochemically detected in hatched chicks by the demonstration of enzymatic activities. The manifestations of apparent weakness of the dorsal muscles resembled a "myasthenia-like" syndrome. Infection with Marek's disease virus was not responsible for the damage caused by transferred DNA.In December 2003, he was notified that his employment would be terminated as part of a large-scale reduction in force at Kodak. The effective date of Wilburn's termination was February 5, 2004.
After exhausting his administrative remedies, plaintiff filed this action in November 2004. This was not, however, the first lawsuit that plaintiff had brought against Kodak. In 2001, while he was still employed at Kodak, Wilburn filed an action in this Court asserting Title VII claims against Kodak based on allegations of a hostile work environment and disparate treatment in the terms and conditions of his employment.
By Decision and Order dated June 17, 2003, Judge Michael A. Telesca of this Court granted Kodak's motion for summary judgment in that case and dismissed Wilburn's complaint. See 01-CV6061, Dkt. #42.


was still there. And in 2003 it was still there." Def. Ex. 6 at 134.
In his decision granting summary judgment for Kodak on those claims, Judge Telesca dismissed many of Wilburn's claims as time-barred, but he also dismissed them on the merits. Judge Telesca stated that the evidence demonstrated "Kodak's swift enforcement of its policies against racial discrimination and harassment" following Wilburn's complaints and the appearance of racist graffiti in plaintiff's workplace. Dkt. # 41-7 at 8. He also held that "[n]one of Wilbern's ... claims, all of which describe fleeting social discord, minor incidents with coworkers that were swiftly resolved by Kodak, or vague and unsubstantiated generalities, chronicle a material and adverse change in the terms and conditions of Wilburn's employment...."[2]Id. at 9-10. He concluded that theto shell out real money to buy accessories for their avatars: clothing, furniture, houses, flying cars, magic swords and machine guns. These items nothing but ones and zeroes stored on the OASIS servers, but they were also status symbols. Most items only cost a few credits, but since they cost nothing for GSS to manufacture, it was all profit.

Interesting parallel with the massive earnings seen in the real world with the free-to-play game Fortnite reporting a revenue of $126 million in February sales of virtual items

The book goes on to mention that OASIS becomes a synonym for "internet" and you can start to extrapolate how much of the world's economy would be running through OASIS by looking at the world economy today.

In the book, OASIS virtual credits are


Introduction
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In October and November 2009, a marine expedition was organized by NCB Naturalis, the Research Centre for Oceanography of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (RCOLIPI), and students of Universitas Khairun, Ternate, North Moluccas. The main goal of the expedition was to investigate the community structure and species composition of coral reef biotas off western Halmahera, in particular around the volcanic islands of Ternate and Tidore. In the wake of this survey a shore party sampled beaches and inland brackish wells for subterranean invertebrates. Several types of coastal sediments were probed, such as beaches of homogeneous black volcanic sand, coral rubble bars, fine silt between stones in bays, and very shallow coral reef flats filled with sand and thick packets of coral fragments. Although the research was based atto intervene. Not a good situation.

(Also, as mentioned in the comments, it is the junior officer's job to know exactly where his troops are and what orders they are under. If the senior officer bypasses the junior officer in giving commands, the junior officer might end up not being aware of the position and situation of his troops, which would be... unfortunate.)

Reporting back. If the senior goes over the junior's head ordering his subordinate directly -- whom should the subordinate report back to? The junior officer, following the chain of command? Or directly to the senior, as he gave the order? Would the report be high-level enough to not bog down the senior officer with too much detail? How would the junior officer be kept in the loop?
Respect.


a driver for the global advanced biofuels market. The governmental incentives supporting the development of technologies for producing advanced biofuels will also drive the market for advance biofuels globally. Since there are only few number of fully commercialized manufacturers of different types of advanced biofuels it provides opportunities for other new entrants in the global advanced biofuels market to enter in the market. The declining price of crude oil might pose as a restraint to the growth of advanced biofuels market still the environmental advantage of advanced biofuels over traditional fuel is expected to counter the restraint.

On the basis of process, global advanced biofuels market is segmented into:

Lignocellulose
Jatropha
Camelina
Algae
Others (non-food crop residues, animal wastes)
The global advanced biofuels market has been divided into seven key geographical regions which includes NorthAmerica, Latin America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, APEJ, Japan, and Middle East & Africa. In North America, US is the largest producer of advanced biofuels with significant investments in the R&D with a substantial number of patents for biofuels to their credit. Globally, North America holds the largest market share for advanced biofuels. In Latin America, Brazil is emerging as advanced biofuel producers in the global advance biofuels market with increase in the capacity of production of advanced biofuels. The European Market is followed by the American market in terms of demand and production facilities. With the enormous support from the government side the American and European market tends to grow considerably over the forecast period. In the APAC region, China based companies are investing in developing the