of the rod member in proportion to the compression by the pressure which is perpendicular to the plane of the circuit boards to be electrically connected owing to the relatively large Poisson's ratio of the rubbery material. This longitudinal extension of the rod member necessarily leads to the decrease in the density of the linear or fibrous conductive bodies or to the disorder in the electric contact between the interconnector and the circuit board. This undesirable phenomenon is most remarkable in the end portions of the elongated interconnector. An attempt to avoid the above problem by increasing the clamping pressure at the end portions is unsuccessful due to the possible unevenness of the contacting condition in the intermediate portions.
The interconnector described in Japanese Patent Disclosure 52-107566 is improvedPassengers on an Iberia flight. Jaime Villanueva / EL PAÍS

Brexit is fast approaching, and the uncertainty about what will happen the day after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union is growing. In the absence of a deal setting out exactly what the country’s relationship will be with the other 27 countries in the bloc after March 29, 2019, the parent group of Spanish airlines Iberia and Vueling, International Airline Group (IAG), is negotiating against the clock to prevent the divorce from affecting its business. The group – which also owns British Airways and Aer Lingus, and is legally based in Spain but controlled by British capital – is in talks with the Spanish government and the European Commission to try to ensure that IAG continues to be


was left as a company belonging to a third country outside the EU. But as the date of the divorce looms, nerves have increased, and talks with the Spanish government and Brussels have been pushed for mostly by Iberia. According to three government sources and one from the EU, it will be Brussels that will have to ratify the nationality of the group.

The management of IAG and the Public Works Ministry have exchanged a number of letters in which they have been analyzing this strategy. One of them, dated October 1 and sent to the chairman of the group, Antonio Vázquez, confirms the contact with the European Commission to “deal with the impact of Brexit on the ownership and control of the IAG group airlines based in Spain.”A new species of cyprinoid fish from the Tana River, Kenya (Actinopterygii: Danionidae).
Sampling of streams in the middle reaches of the Tana River Basin in Meru National Park, Kenya, from 2010 to 2012 for an NSF-funded International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) project, resulted in the capture of a number of specimens of what were first thought to be Neobola fluviatilis. On closer examination the specimens were determined to represent a distinct species, endemic to the Tana River basin, which is herein formally described. The new species is readily diagnosed from N. fluviatilis by higher counts of lateral line, pre-dorsal, and caudal peduncle circumferential scales, higher numbers of pectoral rays, lower numbers of anal fin rays, and a shorter anal-fin base length.


traded fire. Police believe Sumit, an undergraduate student at a government college, was not part of the protest. He was said to be visiting the area to drop a friend when he got caught in the mob violence.

A magisterial inquiry has been ordered into the incident. An FIR has been filed under various IPC sections, including murder.

District officials said people showed up in tractors with what they alleged were cow carcasses, and demanded immediate action in the matter.

Bulandshahr District Magistrate Anuj Jha said: “We received information around 11 am that 15-20 cow carcasses were recovered by residents of Chingravati in Syana. People carried these carcasses in tractors and other vehicles to state roads, and in front of the Chingravati police chowki. Police officers from Syana station began questioningNina Swift

Bosses at rapidly expanding academy chains in Yorkshire have spoken of the benefits of growth and say “lessons can be learnt” from the recent events at Wakefield City Academies Trust, which is shedding all of its 21 schools.

According to government figures, Yorkshire and the Humber Co-operative Learning Trust (YHCLT), based in Hull, Ebor Academy Trust, York, are among the fastest growing in the country.

Figures show that YHCLT has taken on five schools since last September and Ebor has taken on six. The trusts say growth strategies are in place, with takeovers helping to improve struggling schools by driving up standards through collaborative working.

However, the ex-president of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) Anne Swift argues that the Government’s academy programme is leading to the “fragmentation of education”.

She


said: “The provision of education in England is now fragmented with a huge number of multi-academy trusts running schools. A number of scandals have emerged including financial mismanagement and the abandonment of some schools by a trust. The oversight is no longer entrusted to a local authority, although they still have responsibility for ensuring high standards and sufficient school places, but with no powers to intervene.”

The Ebor Academy Trust took over its first school, Haxby Road Primary, in York, in February 2014.

Its chief executive Richard Ludlow said: “It needed urgent help and the only way to do it properly was to academise our founding school, Robert Wilkinson Primary, and sponsor Haxby Road. We became the first multi-academy trust in York and quickly began to see the benefits ofAlthough Meyer had once focused his
business on selling health and life policies to small business owners, over time he had come to trade
primarily in insurance products serving the investment needs of clients who were at or near
retirement age.
		In 1997, Meyer was introduced to a businessman named Michael Kelly, who claimed
to own several hotels in and near Cancun, Mexico and numerous other Mexican and Panamanian
properties and businesses.  Kelly was in the process of recruiting agents in the U.S. to sell a non-insurance investment product known as a "nine-month note" offered through a Kelly entity, the
Yucatan Investment Corporation, ostensibly to finance various Kelly business endeavors.  As the
product's name suggests, the nine-month note was an unsecured promissory note that paid investors
10.75% in interest over a period of nine months.


in persuading most of his clients who had purchased the nine-month note
to roll their interests into the universal lease.  For his efforts, Meyer earned commissions on his
initial universal lease sales of between twelve and eighteen percent, an additional twelve-percent
"renewal" commission for each client who remained invested in the product for more than two years,
and further commissions on sales by "down line" sales agents whom Meyer recruited to sell the
product.  In total, Meyer was ultimately found to have received approximately $1.1 million in
commissions from universal lease sales over approximately seven years.  Furthermore, Meyer would
later testify that he invested approximately $125,000 in earned sales commission into universal lease
purchases for himself.
		Although Meyer's clients apparently received timely monthly payments on
their universal lease investments as late as 2004, the payments wouldand were 11 of 24 for the game -- but the Tigers missed six shots from the floor and two free throws of their own.

A scoreless final minute with plenty of shots at the basket, including two great looks by Herrin's Justin Lukens from the top of the key that could have tied the game. But when neither team could make a basket, the Wildcats eked out the win.

"A couple of those shots Justin took from the top, I thought they were down," said Herrin coach Irv Lukens. "I really did and everybody else did, too. They were right there and didn't fall. But we also had some putbacks that could have cut it to within one and changed the outlook of the game but they didn't fall


and we had three or four looks."

The first 31 minutes of the game were, at the very least, entertaining.

Herrin held a 12-9 lead after a 3-pointer by Dylan Chrostoski, but a driving bank shot by Jawan Tucker pulled Marion to within a point at the first stop. Herrin took an 18-13 lead on a basket from DeVante Branch and led 23-16 after a trey by Austin Butler with 2:46 left before halftime.

That followed two free throws by Carsen Cash for a foul committed moments earlier but not recognized as the seventh team foul by the referees or the scorer's table, a miscue that caused a lengthy delay and argument over possession but eventually was settled.

A steal and layup by Marion's Brant Hill cut the Tigers' lead to 23-18at the break.

Herrin senior Alec Taitt scored the first basket of the second half and the Tigers built a 31-22 lead after four straight points by Butler. Moments later, a trey by Justin Lukens from the top of the key made it a double-digit margin at 38-38 with 2:18 left in the frame.

Tucker answered with his own triple and putback, then Herrin was forced to call timeout on an inbounds play but Stuckey reacted angrily on the inbound pass and was given a technical foul at the 1:30 mark of the third quarter.

Page 2 of 3 - Herrin only turned it into one point, however, and a Hill basket cut further into the Herrin lead. Chrostoski drilled a 3-pointer with 22 ticks left to give the Tigers a


42-35 lead going into the fourth period.

Marion turned up the defense and it led to a three-point play by Hill, who added a 3-pointer after a basket from Herrin's Brenden Beasley and suddenly the margin was down to three.

Stuckey re-entered and made a steal that led to another Hill layup after Cash converted three-point play to knock it down to 47-46 with four minutes left. Following a Lukens free throw, Tucker canned a trey from the left side and Marion had its first lead of the game at 49-48 with 3:42 remaining.

Another steal by Stuckey led to another Hill bucket for a four-point Marion lead. After Tucker missed a bonus free throw, Butler scored to cut it to 51-50 with 1:19 showing, but the Tigers wouldn't score again.

Stuckey'shis team's performance or effort. In that final minute, Tucker, Gabe Murphy and Colton Carter contributed to the seven straight misses at the foul line.

"We did a lot of pouting and complaining when things didn't go our way instead of having some toughness about ourselves and that's the part that has to change," Hawkins said. "That was the downer to the night and obviously not finishing the game the way you want to from the free throw line. We had the guys there we wanted, at least we thought we did, but you have to step up and make them."

Hill finished with 22 points, with 10 of them in the fourth quarter, to lead the Wildcats. Cash added 14 points, including an 8 for 9 showing at the


fellow senior, added 17 points.

"It's going to be harder on me after tonight when I really realize me and him aren't going to be on the floor together any more," Irv Lukens said of coaching his son. "I cherish every moment I've had with him the last three years at this level. I'm very proud of him."

Herrin improved by leaps and bounds throughout the season and finishes with a 12-17 record. It marked the end for seven seniors: Lukens, Butler, Chrostoski, Taitt, Beasley, Jerral Pirtle and Jonas Hogenschurz.

"They weren't dealt a good hand," Irv Lukens said. "They had no experience and I was trying to force them into action as we went. It was a struggle at times but at the end we really started playing well together.The New York Knicks lost their first three games of the 2017-18 NBA season. After their loss to the Boston Celtics, Knicks players like Courtney Lee and Tim Hardaway Jr. spoke out about players not knowing the plays and not being in the correct spots on offense. It looked like the season would trend down the same losing path that it has in each of the past four seasons. However, the Knicks have turned the season around quickly. They have become something that no one thought was possible this year – this young New York Knicks team is fun to watch again.

Young New York Knicks Are Fun to Watch Again

After losing in Toronto last week, the Knicks got their revenge against the Toronto Raptors Wednesday night at the


Garden. This game was a perfect example of why the Knicks are fun to watch.

New York was trailing in the first half. The game was following the same flow as last week’s game in Toronto. The Raptors were up eight and controlled the game for the majority of the first half. The Knicks looked like they were going to lose to the Raptors for the second time in three games.

However, coming out of the half, the Knicks turned up their defensive intensity. They listened to their coach, Jeff Hornacek. They got down to business on defense and began making smarter plays on offense. This resulted in a 28-0 run, during which a 10-point deficit became an 18-point lead. The Raptors made a run in the fourth quarter, butthe Knicks got timely baskets from both Hardaway and Kristaps Porzingis to seal the victory.

Over the last couple of years, if the Knicks got down and their opponent controlled the game, there was little to no hope that New York would come from behind and win. Offensively, the Knicks were stagnant, and they had little resistance on defense.

However, this win was their sixth win of the year when trailing by double digits. This team is sharing the ball on offense. The ball movement has allowed them to get more easy baskets than before. Jarrett Jack and Frank Ntilikina are leading the way with a better offensive approach. Their ability to facilitate on offense motivates everyone to play because they know they have a chance of getting the ball.

Defensively,


the Knicks have been putting effort. Porzingis is becoming a rim protector. His presence alone forces guards who drive to the basket to change their shot. Opponents are not getting free layups against the Knicks anymore. Even Enes Kanter, a player who is known for struggling on the defensive end, is banging on the boards and showing effort on that end of the floor. And the rookie, Ntilikina, is using his wingspan to create problems for opposing guards.

The Youth Movement

The Knicks are fun because their young players are performing. Porzingis is becoming a star. His low-post moves are nearly impossible to guard. His shooting release is too high for most defenders, but the big men who do guard him usually do not like to close out to thethree-point arc, or they’re too slow to keep up once they get there.

Hardaway is becoming a legitimate second option behind Porzingis. He is not only scoring, but he is grabbing boards and finding his teammates. He’s also driving to the basket more and using his quickness. His first step is quick and settling for fewer jumpers is allowing him to become a dual threat.

The two young players who the Knicks received from the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kanter and Doug McDermott, are playing well. Kanter plays possessed on the offensive glass, while McDermott is shooting the lights out from downtown.

Ntilikina has also shown good poise. He has been a part of many comeback wins. His defense is already above average and will help him in the league for years


to come. On offense, he looks to facilitate and find his teammates, which is creating open looks when he penetrates to the basket.

The Knicks’ young core has made the team fun to watch again. They are playing with intensity and showing how hungry they are to win. Stocked with these young players, the Knicks might overachieve this year.

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Merrimack schools reject request for cell tower lease

By KIMBERLY HOUGHTONUnion Leader CorrespondentAugust 17. 2017 8:57PMMERRIMACK — School officials quickly shot down a request from a wireless provider seeking to lease school property for the construction of a new communications tower.

A representative from Tower Resource Management, Inc., reached out to school administrators earlier this month on behalf of their client, American Tower Corp.

According to Matt Shevenell, assistant superintendent, the company is interested in constructing a new, 125-foot high wireless communications facility in Merrimack in the vicinity of Reeds Ferry Elementary School.

They asked the school district to consider leasing about 1,000 square feet of school district property — likely adjacent to or behind some of the ball fields or playground.

This week, the school board discussed the matter and unanimously agreedFree

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Voodoo Swing, Nervous Records and Rockhouse Records recording artists is a premiere Rockabilly trio established in 1990. The trio consists of Shorty on lead guitar and vocals, while Leeroy pounds on skin and hollers and Ruth lays down the grooves on bass. They have shared the stage with modern legends such as Big Sandy, The Frantic Flattops, The Paladins, Lee Rocker, Three Blue Teardrops, The Reverend Horton Heat, Russell Scott and his Red Hots, the Dave and Deke Combo, and The Hillbilly Hellcats to name a few. Playing a unique rip-it-up style of Neo-Rockabilly quickly got Voodoo Swing the attention of Nervous Records in London, and they were quickly signed. Voodoo Swing's debut album "We're Usin' Code Names!" came out on


Nervous in 1993. It was followed by their second album, "Well, Okay Then!" released on Holland's Rockhouse Records label. Voodoo Swing's music has also been on dozens of Rockabilly compilations, including "American Rumble," and "Only Freeways to Skinner Cat!" The band also provided the soundtrack for the lowrider documentary film "Low and Slow." In 1998, Shorty was voted "Best Electric Guitar Player" in Salt Lake's "City Weekly Magazine" readers poll. In the 90's, Voodoo Swing toured the Western U.S. and played rockabilly festivals around the country. At that time, the band called Salt Lake its home base. While playing a show in Wells, Nevada in the mid-nineties, a little-known gambler and the 4th King of Buthan, Jigme Wangchuck overheard the combo playing over the "ding ding" of theslot machines. The King peered into the concert hall and was mesmerized by what he saw and heard. That night he ordered the band be "relocated" to the home of his throne in Thimphu, Bhutan. Shorty, Leeroy and Ruth were made the courts jesters and were promised freedom after 5000 shows had been played for the King. Early in 2008 Voodoo Swing fulfilled their obligation to the Kings Court and now are back in Arizona playing for the fans they have missed for all these years. Look for Voodoo Swing in a dive bar near you... just NEVER in a casino.


robberies continued the upward trend until 2000, never dropping below 1996 levels until after 2010 (in the case of armed robberies, they still hadn’t gone below 1996 levels by 2010).

As Miguel Faria, MD. Noted, after the Aussie “ban” was insituted:

That same year in the state of Victoria, there was a 300 percent increase in homicides committed with firearms. The following year, robberies increased almost 60 percent in South Australia. By 1999, assaults had increased in New South Wales by almost 20 percent. Two years following the gun ban/confiscation, armed robberies rose by 73 percent, unarmed robberies by 28 percent, kidnappings by 38 percent, assaults by 17 percent and manslaughter by 29 percent, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

John Lott also notes that gun ownership eventually returned toPreviews: Chicago Human Rhythm Project and Holiday Shows

Alight, now for the live shows…

Our friends at CHIRP (Chicago Independent Radio) are having a holiday concert series featuring the Chicago Human Rhythm Project’s 20th Anniversary Season with Global Rhythms 6, with 50% of ticket sales going to support CHIRP.

Here’s the details:

Friday, Nov. 26, 8pm

Diabolus in Musica

Be the Groove

BAM!

Fulcrum Point New Music Project

Saturday, Nov. 27, 8pm

Step Afrika! Ensemble Espanol Spanish Dance Theater

Ensemble Espanol Youth Company

BAM!

Saturday, Nov. 27, 3pm

Jump Rhythm Jazz Project

BAM!

Fulcrum Point New Music Project

St. Alphonsus Academy & Center for the Arts

South Shore Drill Team

Sunday, Nov. 28, 3pm

Step Afrika!

Tatsu Aoki, the Miyumi Project

Tsukasa Taiko

BAM!

Fulcrum Point New Music Project

South Shore Drill Team

It all takes place at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance
205 Randolph Drive, Chicago, IL 60601

Tickets are $15-$55 and you


Curriculum Review Task Force (CRTF)
Report # 10 (November 5, 2001)

October was a very busy and productive month for the Curriculum Review Task
Force. We had intensive three-hour meetings on October 3 and 9 which were
followed by routine meetings on October 22 and 29. On the 18th, three CRTF
members (George Arnold, Craig Watson, and Raj Ambrose) participated in a
meeting of the Academic Affairs Committee of the Trustees which was devoted
entirely to the Curriculum Review.

As explained in my last report, the CRTF obtained unanimous agreement on the
five Educational Goals: A. Critical Thinking, B. Communication, C. Values,
Inquiry, and Exploration, D. Variety of Human Experience, and E. Depth of
Knowledge and Integration of Learning with an addendum on Wellness/Health
Co-curriculum. The Task Force then used an intensive work session to brain
storm on the operational endsA rabbit that was rescued from a New Hampshire river this week with a weight tied to its neck is recovering and "doing well," police said Tuesday.

Two kayakers were making their way down the Lamprey River in Raymond on Sunday afternoon when they came across the animal struggling to keep her head above the water, according to police.

Initially, Mike Eaton thought the rabbit was trying to swim to shore.

"As I got closer, I could see its furry little head, and all I could see was eyes filled with panic poking out of the water," said Eaton. "I couldn't wrap my head around why somebody would do this to this poor, defenseless little animal."

Eaton said he went to pick up the rabbit and felt something around her neck.

"At first,


and attorney, shared his house with his girlfriend, Kelly Boyle.   At the time of the search, Baldori, Boyle, and their overnight guest, the defendant Joseph Sissler, were in the house.

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On January 12, 1990, four days before the search was carried out, an FBI agent obtained an anticipatory warrant from a federal magistrate to search Baldori's house.   The warrant was contingent on an informant, Jim Joseph, successfully completing the delivery of police-supplied marijuana to Baldori at his home, pursuant to an agreement between Joseph and Baldori.   The warrant authorized the police to seize marijuana, scales, proceeds of marijuana sales in the form of U.S. currency, records of marijuana transactions, records of assets purchased with marijuana proceeds, safety deposit box keys, and phone numbersof marijuana suppliers and customers.

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Joseph delivered 88 pounds of marijuana to Baldori late on the evening of January 15, 1990.   While Joseph was inside, Sissler arrived in a car bearing Virginia tags and entered the house.   Neither the officers nor Joseph were expecting anyone to arrive, and Sissler was unknown to the authorities.   Joseph emerged from the house shortly after midnight and confirmed that he had delivered the marijuana to Baldori.   He had not spoken with Sissler.

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Approximately 24 local and federal officers then executed the warrant and searched the house for more than 5 hours.   The police combed the entire house and opened containers, including Sissler's briefcase and overnight bag.   The officers recovered the marijuana delivered


by Joseph, seized large amounts of currency from Sissler's overnight bag and elsewhere, and arrested Baldori and Sissler.   They also seized records belonging to Baldori.   The seizure included 500 computer disks, as well as three personal computers, two printers, and a modem.   Some of the local officers also seized sexually explicit photographs and slides of Kelly Boyle.

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An IRS agent and officers from a local forfeiture unit also participated in the search.   They seized records, some dating back to 1969, in an apparent attempt to determine Baldori's net worth.   The forfeiture unit also seized a fax machine.

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During the search, the officers separated Sissler and Baldori, warned Sissler of his Miranda rights, and questioned him.   In response tothe warrant was not executed for several hours because the officers waited until Joseph left the house before executing the warrant.   The officers could not be sure that delivery actually had occurred until Joseph came out without the marijuana.   The officers executed the warrant shortly after Joseph emerged.   Accordingly, we find that the officers executed the warrant "upon the delivery" of the marijuana in a timely manner.

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Sissler argues that the officers lacked probable cause to open his briefcase and overnight bag.   The officers found the briefcase in Baldori's recording studio and the overnight bag in an office.   Inside the overnight bag, the officers discovered prescription medication in Sissler's name and $130,000 in cash.   The briefcase contained


relating to his legal and musical careers on the premises.

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Detective Early testified that most of the records he seized, some dating back to 1969, were taken in an attempt to establish Baldori's net worth.   The warrant did authorize seizure of records showing purchases made with marijuana proceeds, but did not authorize the officers to seize all of Baldori's financial records to establish his net worth.   The intentional seizure of those documents goes far beyond the terms of the warrant.

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Fourth, the officers seized more than 30 intimate photographs and slides of Boyle.   The government concedes that the photos and slides are not covered by the warrant.   The officer or officers who took the slides and photos did not list them onthe outcome of this appeal

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 The government's reliance on  Rakas v. Illinois, 439 U.S. 128 (1978), is misplaced.   In Rakas, the Court held that a car passenger has no legitimate expectation of privacy in the car's glove compartment.   Id. at 148-49.   In dicta, the Court explained that a "casual visitor" to a home has no standing to challenge the search of the basement he has never seen.   Id. at 142.   In Olson, the Court carefully explained its holding in Rakas and held that an overnight guest, unlike a casual visitor on the premises, has a privacy interest in his host's home.   Olson, 495 U.S. at 97-99

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 Sissler argues that the sure course requirement is satisfied


42 channels) were amplified (10× gain) and stored after digitization at 15 kHz sampling rate per channel (RHD2000 Evaluation System, Intan Technologies, Los Angeles, CA, USA). After the skin measurements, the skin incisions were carefully connected and the scalp was removed while the recording electrodes were kept in place. The stimulating electrodes were attached to the skull surface and the same stimulation protocol was applied. In separate experiments, to compare the effect of subcutaneous stimulation to intracranial stimulations, in some cases additional stimulating electrodes were placed intracranially, in between the subcutaneous electrodes as follows: the additional skull holes were drilled with incrementally increasing (2, 4 and 8 mm) drill-bit sizes, and externally threaded, hollow plastic dowels (15 mm long, 8 mm diameter, Hettich Furntech, Germany) were introduced in the holes to forman electrical isolation toward the skull. Sponge electrodes with the encapsulated Ag/AgCl plates, soaked in physiologic saline, were glued to the tip of screws, and introduced into the plastic dowels to touch the brain surface.

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At the end of the measurements, the cranium was opened with an oscillating saw in the line of the stimulating electrodes. After removing the skull cap, the brain was also removed. Anthropometric data of the skull was measured (circumference, sagittal, horizontal, vertical distance, and skull thickness below the stimulating electrodes). After the brain was examined by the pathologist, a 5-g piece of the occipital lobe was removed to measure the water content of the brain tissue by desiccation. As reference, hydration value of living tissue was taken


May 26, 2013

The coffins of Serbian King Petar II Karadjordjevic and his wife Queen Aleksandra, his mother Queen Maria and brother Prince Andrej inside the St. George's Church on Oplenac Hill during their funeral in Topola, some 71km (44 miles) south of Belgrade, Serbia. Hundreds of mourners gathered for the reburial of Serbian royals, decades after their deaths in exile.

Two Lebanese Sunni gunmen fire a weapon in Bab Al Tabbaneh, a Sunni district, in the northern Lebanese town of Tripoli. Fighting in Tripoli between Sunni Muslims and the small Alawite community has claimed the lives of at least 25 people in eight days.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (C) shakes hands with Israeli President Shimon Peres (L) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the World Economic Forum atthe King Hussein Convention Center, at the Dead Sea, Jordan.

People gather at the Grand Place in Mons, Belgium, during the Ducasse (Doudou). The Ducasse is a popular medieval festival that holds every year on Trinity Sunday and depicts the fight between Saint George, representing the good, and the dragon, the evil. Spectators are taking part by trying to catch the mane from the tail of the dragon which is believed to give luck for one year.

China's Qiu Zihan, right, and Liu Xiaolong celebrate after defeating South Korea's Ko Sung-hyun and Lee Yong-dae during the men's doubles final match at the Sudirman Cup world mixed team badminton championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The pilot of an A380 aircraft carrying the Bayern Munich soccer players, waves a flag in team colors


Caltex Socceroos striker Jamie Maclaren has made his first start since his return to Hibernian in their Scottish Premier League clash at St Johnstone on Monday morning (AEST).

Maclaren was one of a host of Aussies in action in Europe, with Danny Vukovic also showing some excellent form in Belgium.

ENGLAND WRAP: Tough start to EPL for Mooy, Ryan

AUSSIES ABROAD: Rogic's Celtic slump to shock loss against Hearts

DONE DEAL: Daniel Arzani seals Manchester City transfer

Here’s a wrap of the Aussies Abroad from overnight…

MACLAREN’S HIBS REMAIN UNBEATEN

Former Hyundai A-League golden boot Jamie Maclaren has made his first start for Hibernian since securing his season-long loan from German club Darmstadt 98.

And the Aussie almost had a dream start, going close to opening the scoring on 13 minutes when his shot from Martinhis second clean sheet in three league matches in 2018/19.

Genk left it late to secure their win, scoring both goals in the last 11 minutes through Leandro Trossard and Ruslan Malinovsky.

The result means Genk have two wins and a draw from their opening three matches to sit third, two points behind leaders Anderlecht and Club Brugge.

OTHER AUSSIES IN EUROPEAN ACTION

Caltex Socceroos defender Milos Degenek started again in Serbia as his Red Star Belgrade side thumped Spartak Subotica 3-0 to sit top of the Super Liga table with a 100% record after four games.

Alex Gersbach’s Rosenborg missed the chance to go to the top of the ladder in Norway after they were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Stabaek.

Gersbach started and played 57 minutes as Marius Lundemo’s


The Buildings of Hinckley

Buildings that start with the letter D

The Danilo

The DANILO 1936 Built on the site of a former hosiery factory in 1936 to designs by E. S. Roberts, a prolific cinema architect in the Birmingham area. G. E. and W. Wincott of Nuneaton were the contractors for the building. The Danilo was one of a chain owned by Mortimer Dent, including those at Brierley Hill, Redditch, Cannock, Longbridge, Stoke-on-Trent and Stourbridge. The cinema had 1250 seats, two dressing rooms and a smallish stage, and was the last super-cinema to be built in Hinckley. In 1970 it was re-opened as the Essoldo, and in 1972 was bought by Classic Cinemas and so renamed again. In August 1973 it re-opened as a three-screen cinema, later becoming the Cannon,which in turn closed in May 1993, the last functioning cinema in the town. It was subsequently a sports club (c.1999) and is now disused.

Davenport Terrace

DAVENPORT TERRACE 1889 Behind London Road, facing on to Queen's Park (below). Davenport Terrace, originally consisting of just seven dwellings, was amongst the first group of houses built by Hinckley Co-operative Society (founded 1862) and was named after its secretary, James Davenport. The Davenports are one of the oldest established manufacturing families in Hinckley, Davenport Knitwear PLC still having a factory on John Street. This is probably the earliest surviving row of terraced houses in the town.

Derby Avenue

DERBY AVENUE Continuation of Derby Road to the junction of Ashby Road, Factory Road and Middlefield Lane. The photograph of about 1910, below, shows, to the


left, the Weavers Arms - still in business although now mock-Tudor in aspect - and, to the right, the gateway to The Limes with, beyond, Highfield House just visible through the trees.

Derby Road

DERBY ROAD - Runs from the junction of New Buildings (formerly Grimms Lane), Holliers Walk and Leicester Road, to the junction of Middlefield Lane, Ashby Road and Upper Bond Street. The upper part was formerly designated Derby Avenue (see above). See also JOHN STREET.

Derby Road, about 1910, with Leicester Road to the right and the entrance to Holliers Walk - at this period restricted to pedestrians - further on to the left. The handsome early Victorian house in the foreground has long been demolished.

The Dog & Gun

The DOG & GUN 28 The Borough. Appears in tradesdirectories from 1835. Three bays, three storeys, with central Palladian window to upper storey. Still in business. See David J. & Jenny Knight in the Hinckley Historian, 32 (autumn 1993). Still in business. Below: The Dog and Gun, about 1930.

Dolphin

DOLPHIN Appeared in Pigot's 1822-3 Directory as situated in Leicester Road and, in later trades directories until 1850, as in Mill Street (now Victoria Street) off Derby Road.

The Drill Hall

Druid Street: Domestic

DRUID STREET: DOMESTIC In 1873 the Local Board was asked to approve plans for a number of new houses being erected on Druid Street (Leicester Journal, 7 Feb 1873).

Druid Street: Industrial

DRUID STREET: INDUSTRIAL This street was constructed in the late 1880s in response to the rapid expansion of hosiery manufacturing in the town. Many of the surrounding streets


of modest terraced houses, built to house the factory hands, date from the same period. Here can still be found 'numerous factories built during the latter part of the 19th century and the early 20th century. A number of businesses are no longer in existence and factory buildings have been used by various manufacturers over the years. For instance, the factory adjoining Neale's Yard and extending from Upper Bond Street to Druid Street has been under the ownership of Orril, Jackson and Brocklehurst (1894); Brocklehurst and Tomlin (1900); and in more recent times Ghia Hosiery. Also of note is Puffer's factory "'Unique Works" (E. & J. W. Bennett)…' (Hinckley Hosiery Heritage Trail). (For some of these factories see under UPPER BOND STREET: INDUSTRIAL.)

Above: Advertisement, about 1940

Moore and Osbourne'sfactory front of 1930-32 (below, left to right) was the work of the Leicester practice of Symington, Prince & Pike. 'At the corner of Druid Street and Albert Road a brick factory with a jazzy 1930's centrepiece' (Pevsner, The Buildings of England, 178). 'The Art Deco style of the building, originally Moore and Osborne's on the corner of Druid Street and Albert Road (recently Smallshaws and now undergoing conversion) provides an interesting comparison with the more functional designs of other factories on the street' (Hinckley Hosiery Trail). It is a striking example of the period (with fine internal fittings to match) and, although the factory itself has been pulled down, this fine building is to be preserved as the frontispiece of a new housing development (2003-04) .

Above, left


to right: Offices, Moore and Osborne's hosiery works, 1930-32. Below: Stocking seamers at work there, early 1930s.

Amongst the remaining factory buildings, the former Sunbro hosiery factory, on the corner of Druid Street and Spencer Street - originally G. Lord and Company, now Graphic House - has recently been converted into thirteen business units. This has been achieved with help from English Heritage on condition that the conversion was undertaken in keeping with the building's original purpose.

Above, from top left, clockwise: The Sunbro factory before restoration; an original advertisement for the company; the street front and rear of the premises after conversion.

In the early 1930s Atkins Brothers extended their manufacturing premises here at the Stockwell Head end of Druid Street, to the rear of their large factory on LowerBond Street:

'Plans now went ahead with the Architects, Messrs. Goddard, Symington & Pike, with the idea of building a new and completely up-to-date factory to house fully fashioned hose machines on the Druid Street side. I seem to remember some difficulty over the occupant of a small cottage in Druid Street which held up this big scheme for some time. Finally it was decided to go ahead with a two-storey building to house this modern plant of fully fashioned machines and the contract went to W. Moss & Son of Coalville; and what wonderful rooms they were, and in fact still are today, but of course not making fully fashioned stockings! The building was completed in under six months of wintry weather!' (Atkins of Hinckley 1722-1972 (1972)).

'The ancillary


industries are well represented by the small 19th century factory at No.66...(parallel with Bond Street) which bears the legend 'Needle and Sinker Manufacturer' (Pevsner, The Buildings of England, p.178). The latter is the old Laban Tansey hosiery needle factory,which appears in the trades directories from 1891.

Above: Further examples of historic hosiery factories in Druid Street.

Druid Street Mission Room 1887

DRUID STREET MISSION ROOM 1887. In February 1887 a meeting was convened to discuss the building of a new mission room for the Upper Bond Street district, to take the place of an existing building in Bond Street. The cost was estimated at £150-200, the site having been given by Mr. Joseph Farmer, churchwarden of St. Mary's (Hinckley News, 26 Feb 1887). The Church Room or Mission Room was openedin December of the same year, with a frontage to the street of 34'. 'The walls are of red brick, with Bath stone sills to openings. The buildings contain a lobby and a porch 9' x 7' and the size of the room is 30' x 17'. There is also a washhouse or small room 7' square, containing copper etc. The room is lighted by a 3-light window at each end, glazed with Hartley's quarry rolled plate slates and the roof is of timber, covered with felt and slates. The bricklayer's work was by Messrs Greaves and Farmer; the carpenter's work by Mr Thomas Bassett, the contractor; and the plumbing, painting etc by Mr A. Varnon. Plans by Mr Josias Wells, architect, of Hinckley' (Hinckley News, 10 December


1887). The room was enlarged in 1894.

The Duke of Rutland Inn

The DUKE OF RUTLAND INN Lower Bond Street. Appears in the trades directories from 1822. Still in business.

'Public house, perhaps 18th century but might incorporate older fabric, altered 19th/20th century. Brick, rendered and colour-washed, with Welsh slate roof. Three storeys and two bays. Central door flanked by late 19th or early 20th century canted bays with cornices on brackets. On upper floors are 20th century casements, those on first floor in older openings with H type lintels. Left return shows set-back at second-floor level, perhaps marking top of incorporated party wall with demolished building to south. Eaves at rear are at a lower level than at front, suggesting late 18th or early 19th century heightening. Long rear wingMike O'Neill has become a student on the basepaths this season for Springfield, looking for ways to gain an extra step as he tries to become more valuable to the organization.

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5 takeaways from Cameron’s grilling on taxes

Barely 72 hours after David Cameron’s authority appeared to be draining away thanks to a week of damaging headlines about his family finances, the prime minister faced his opposite number Jeremy Corbyn across the despatch box Wednesday as if nothing had happened.

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game, but that was the closest the Eskimos would get after Jason Maas opted to kick a late field goal on third-and-four at the Calgary 10. The Esks would not get the football back, with Jamill Smith fumbling a punt in the game’s dying moments.

Bo Levi Mitchell threw for 228 yards and a touchdown on 20-of-32 passing while four different Stampeders scored touchdowns, as a crowd of 30,116 at a windy McMahon Stadium watched the home team advance to its second straight Grey Cup.

Reilly, the Eskimos’ quarterback and the favourite to win Most Outstanding Player, threw for 348 yards and a touchdown in the loss as the Esks’ six-game winning streak came to an end.

After struggling to run the ball the last month of the season, the Stampedersre-established their ground dominance in the win, with Messam and Finch combining for 152 yards and two touchdowns. Messam added 44 yards through the air.

Kamar Jorden had a team-high 111 yards on six catches, while Vidal Hazlelton and Walker led the Eskimos with 113 yards and 112 yards respectively.

The rest vs. rust debate played out in the Eskimos’ favour early, as the Stampeders, after playing in only three games since the start of October, sputtered out of the gate on both sides of the ball.

After a quick two-and-out by Mitchell and co., Adarius Bowman‘s catch moved the Esks down to the Calgary 30 after Reilly threaded the needle on a pass in single coverage. A defensive holding penalty negated a second-down stop by the Stamps, while Hazelton’s second-down


a 30-yard gain down the right sideline, setting up a one-yard plunge by the veteran quarterback.

The Stamps drove but eventually stalled, setting up a punt single by Rob Maver and a seven-point game with four minutes to go. Suddenly, with the clock ticking on the fourth quarter, the game was very much in the balance.

With time running out, the Esks went on a 10-play, 62-yard drive, eventually opting to settle for a 20-yard field goal by Whyte on third-and-four. Maas’ decision to settle for three may have cost the Eskimos, who ran out of time after allowing Cote to move the sticks on the ensuing drive.

At the end of the day, Sunday’s duel could be described as a masterpiece between two of the league’s most dominant teams. Neitherteam turned the football over, while only two yards separated the clubs on the stat sheet (402 yards for Edmonton vs. 400 yards for Calgary).

The Eskimos also held an edge of 21-20 in first downs.

Whyte finished 2-for-4 kicking field goals for the Eskimos, while Paredes missed his only attempt.

With the win, the Stampeders took three out of four games against their Alberta rival in 2017. They’ll take on the Argos on Sunday in Ottawa, a team they swept in two regular season matchups.

Their shot at redemption comes one year after being upset by the 8-9-1 Ottawa REDBLACKS in the largest upset in Grey Cup history.

Canadian and 2017 CFL Draft pick Tunde Adeleke left the game in the first quarter and did not return. He was replaced by veteran


Holy Land Pilgrimage Guidelines

Pilgrimage may
mean embarking on a journey of prayer; accompanying the poor, the oppressed,
and refugees in their times of trial; visiting local holy sites; and countless
other acts of faith. A pilgrimage to the Holy Land is a special time of
spiritual journey for Christians. It is a time when we recommit ourselves to
living a Christian life as a life of pilgrimage. For many American Catholics,
going on pilgrimage to the Holy Land is an especially appropriate way to come
to know the land where Jesus was born, where he preached and healed, suffered,
died and rose again.

Originally issued at the time of the Great Jubilee in 2000, these revised and
updated Holy Land Pilgrimage Guidelines are meant to encourage pilgrimages to
the Holy Land and to offer suggestions to help deepen thespiritual experience
of a pilgrimage.Committee
on International Justice and Peace
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

In
consultation with
The Catholic Near East Welfare Association
Catholic Relief Services
Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs

Pilgrimage - A Spiritual Journey

The bishops of
the United States, together with the Holy See and the Church in the Holy Land,
desire to promote an authentic pilgrimage experience for Catholics visiting the
Holy Land. We encourage those who already plan to become pilgrims and those who
are considering doing so, to undertake their journeys in a profoundly religious
spirit, understanding they will be walking along the way of the Lord.
Pilgrimages offer a special opportunity for Christian renewal and for carrying
out the Church's mission of solidarity and reconciliation. Pilgrimage is a
unique religious undertaking. Down the centuries, pilgrimage, whether begun out
of devotion or in penitence, has been the occasion


for conversion. Pilgrims are
changed by the experience. Hearts and minds transformed forever, pilgrims have
returned home with a new sense of their Christian calling to take up a new way
of life. We want to encourage Catholics undertaking visits to the Holy Land to
do so in the spirit of true pilgrims, to walk prayerfully and devoutly in the
steps of our Lord and with openness to the movement of the Spirit of Jesus in
their lives.

Potential pilgrims should not be discouraged by reports of the ongoing
political instability in the region. They should draw strength from the
generations of Christians who have made the pilgrimage to the Holy Land before
them. They should also realize that Catholics have a special calming gift to
bring to the Holy Land in the mission of repentance, conversion and renewal.

Solidaritywith Holy Land Christians

Just as the
Gospels are continued in the Book of Acts, so too pilgrimages are made complete
by encounters with the living Church in the Holy Land. The Church of Jerusalem
was the Mother Church for us all. It was from Jerusalem that the apostles went
forth to spread the Gospel. It was to the Church in Jerusalem that other early
communities of faith looked for guidance. So, we also hope that pilgrimages to
the Holy Land will be an occasion to build solidarity between American pilgrims
and the Church in the Holy Land whose center today is Jerusalem.

The great majority of Christians in the area are either Catholic or Orthodox.
Most of the Catholics belong to the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, a church of
the Byzantine tradition whose patriarch resides in Damascus. There


is also a
sizable Latin-rite community under the jurisdiction of the Latin Patriarch of
Jerusalem. The local Orthodox Christians are part of the Greek Orthodox
Patriarchate of Jerusalem. It has possession of many of the major Christian
Holy Places. It shares custody (with the Franciscans and the Armenian Apostolic
Church) of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, known to Greek Orthodox as the
Church of the Resurrection. There is also a significant presence of Oriental
Orthodox Christians, especially the Armenian Apostolic Church, which has a
local patriarchate and a school in Jerusalem associated with Saint James
Cathedral and Monastery in the Armenian Quarter. A number of smaller Protestant
groups complete the mosaic of Christian churches in the Holy Land. Your
pilgrimage can offer a valuable opportunity to make contact with these groups,
most of which have maintained a prayerful presenceat the Holy Places for many
centuries.

Jesus, on the night before he died, prayed for the unity of the Church. When
Pope Paul VI visited Jerusalem in 1964, he made the encounter with the
Ecumenical Greek Patriarch Athenagoras a major part of his pilgrimage.
Awareness of the richness of the manifestations of Christian faith, especially
in Jerusalem, can make every pilgrimage an encounter on the road to Christian
unity. The Holy Land includes Israel, the Palestinian Territories, Jerusalem
and Jordan. For some Eastern Churches, the Holy Land also includes Lebanon and
Syria. The Christians of the Holy Land have a difficult vocation to live out in
the land of the birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Pilgrims should be
attuned to the people, places and situations along their journey of faith. The
whole Church will be strengthened by special


efforts of solidarity on the part
of pilgrims toward the local Christian communities. The Arab Christian presence
in the Holy Land is part of the Church's historic witness to the Gospel. By
experiencing the local Church's travails, pilgrims can share in the wider
struggle for justice and peace, and can strengthen the bonds of solidarity
between the Church in the United States and the Church in the Holy Land.

Solidarity with the Christians of the Holy Land is particularly necessary at
the present time. The pressures faced by Christians of all denominations
throughout the Middle East region and the ensuing emigration are major concerns
for the bishops of the region. The Holy Land is of particular concern, for the
whole Church has an interest in the survival and well-being of living
communities of faith there.

Interreligious Ties

Traditionally
pilgrimage is also aof Key Concern

A pilgrimage is
not a political exercise, but pilgrims to the Holy Land ought to have an
opportunity to understand the suffering of a local Church caught in the midst
of conflict and the work of the Catholic Church for justice and peace in the
Holy Land. Materials from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on
peace between Israelis and Palestinians should be made available. Any
pilgrimage should be a journey of faith and a prayerful search for justice and
peace in the land that is holy to us. Many pilgrims are moved to work for
justice and peace upon their return.

Guidelines

To allow pilgrims to experience the full religious power of their journey of faith, we make the following recommendations to potential pilgrims, guides, chaplains, and Catholic travel agencies:

Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage should be planned and


staffed by the Franciscans will have specialized sacramentaries and lectionaries adapted to the memory of the people and events associated with the site. In addition, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has local liturgical books with Masses commemorating many pilgrims, hermits, penitents and other holy men and women who journeyed to the Holy Land or made it their home. These may also be a source of inspiration for pilgrims and may be obtained from the Chancery of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

Commercial contacts should be carefully limited with a view to retaining the religious intention of pilgrimage. Pilgrims can lend support to the local economy, but shopping ought not to become a preoccupation. Group leaders should prearrange a limited number of scheduled shopping times and/or allow free time foractivities not essential to journeying as pilgrims.

Solidarity

Catholic pilgrims are encouraged to show their solidarity with the local Church in the Holy Land by becoming acquainted with the faithful, by being attentive to their stories, and by sharing their living faith.

Catholic Relief Services has created outreach programs for pilgrims and the Pontifical Mission of CNEWA revived its programs. These offices can help orient American pilgrims and assist them in making contact with local Christians, along with Muslims and Jews. They can also assist groups in making contact with local organizations, especially related to peace, justice and development issues.

We encourage parish groups to meet with the parishes of the local Church in its different forms, especially Latin and Greek Melkite Catholics; likewise, diocesan groups, priests and religious should endeavor to


make contact with local Church leaders and their institutions. Arrangements may be made through Catholic Relief Services' Outreach Office and the Pontifical Mission Office. The Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center and the Catholic Information Center can also be helpful.

When planning your pilgrimage, obtain a copy of the calendar of events sponsored by the Office of the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land (evcat@palnet.com), which is located at the Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center.

Ecclesial solidarity will also mean learning about issues of justice and peace from Palestinians, Israelis, Christians, Jews, and Muslims.

When visiting or meeting with local Christians, explore ways to establish sustained relations between your parish or diocese and Catholic parishes, Catholic institutions (including the justice and peace commission), and the local Catholic hierarchy.

Ties to theJewish Community

The spirit of dialogue especially recommends making serious efforts to come to know the life and aspirations of Jewish communities in Israel. Therefore, pilgrims should try to engage in interfaith dialogue with Jews. The Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel (ICCI) maintains offices in Jerusalem which offer opportunities for learning about interreligious dialogue in the Holy Land, identifying speakers for pilgrim groups, and learning about lectures and discussions during pilgrims' stays.

Visit the shrines and historic places of the Jewish people, such as the Western Wall, and the ancient synagogues at Capernaum and Nazareth. Visits to these sites can be occasions for prayerful understanding of the Jewish culture of Jesus' time and the Jewish roots of our Christian faith. A visit to Yad Vashem, the Israeli Holocaust Memorial, also


would be important as a sign of respect and solidarity. Pilgrims should know that the Church disputes the way Pope Pius XII is depicted in the Museum.

Take advantage of lectures, symposia and other events sponsored by institutions such as the Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center.

Ties to the Muslim Community

Visit Muslim holy sites and meet with Muslim religious leaders. The CRS Outreach Office and the Pontifical Mission Office can be helpful in arranging meetings with Muslim groups and visits to religious sites, such as the Haram el Sharif (the Dome of the Rock) and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Visit a Muslim village and meet the people, especially where Catholic Relief Services, the Pontifical Mission, or the Franciscans are sponsoring a project.

Participate in Jewish-Christian-Muslim dialogue events at the Notre Dame of JerusalemCenter.

Practical Issues

Many Christian institutions will provide meals for pilgrims, the income from which helps support their operations. Plan in advance to take meals in hospices, orphanages, or schools, or take your accommodations with them.

Where possible, pilgrims are encouraged to visit programs supported by the U.S. Catholic Church: the Pontifical Mission, Catholic Relief Services, and Bethlehem University. With a hotel training program, the university can provide meals as well as a chance to meet with Palestinian students and faculty from the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza. This can be easily achieved and incorporated into one's itinerary.

Guides and tour agencies will be alert to security concerns. The U.S. Embassy and the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem also issue alerts which can be helpful in planning and executing your pilgrimage. In general,


economically disadvantaged. Patronizing their businesses can be an act of solidarity with a Church seriously threatened by emigration. Such business contributes to the economic development of Arab Christian communities and helps retain the threatened Catholic presence in the Holy Land.

Sponsored
by the Vatican, chartered in the U.S., and staffed by the Brothers of Christian
Schools (De La Salle Christian Brothers), Bethlehem University offers higher
education opportunities to Palestinians and Arab Israelis, both Christian and
Muslim. Tourism and hotel management programs permit the university to host
pilgrim groups, providing lunch as well as meetings and discussions with
students and faculty.

Set
up to assist U.S. pilgrims, the CRS Outreach Office can provide background
briefings, contacts with local Catholic, Muslim and Jewish groups; instruction
on justice, peace and development issues; and site visits to U.S. Catholic
Church-sponsored projects in nearby villages.

Operated
byFranciscans, CIC provides information on religious events throughout the
country. They have opening hours, mass schedules and addresses for major
religious institutions; provide travel details for buses, taxis, etc. to
locations around the country; sell books, maps, travel guides; and arrange for
masses in the Holy Sepulchre and other sites.

Custos of the Holy LandP.O. Box 186Jerusalem 9100101Tel: 011-972-2-626-6561Email: custodia@custodia.orgWebsite: www.custodia.orgThe Custos, Franciscan friars designated by the Holy See to have "custody" of the holy places, promote pilgrimages and offer itineraries and proposals and practical information useful in planning journeys of faith. They can help coordinate and direct the reception of pilgrims at the Holy Shrines, offering spaces of prayer and making available Franciscan centers of hospitality (hostels) for those on pilgrimages organized by them.

Established in 2005, HLITOA comprises 43 member tour operators


working in the inbound tourist sector who arrange tours and pilgrimages that provide active private sector support for the Palestinian economy, bringing in foreign currency; directing business to service providers such as hotels, transport companies, guides; and creating major employment opportunities for Palestinians, including Christians.

Since 2013, the Patriarchate's Pilgrimage Agency has arranged pilgrimages for 5,000 people in the Holy Land, Rome and other major religious sites. They can assist pilgrims in visits to parishes and charities to encounter the "Living Stones," Christians living in the Holy Land. They have special youth pilgrimage and youth exchange programs. With an advance request from tour agencies, they can provide pilgrims with certificates confirming their completion of the pilgrimage. In a limited number of cases, the Patriarchate can also arrange for meetingswith His Beatitude Fouad Twal, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and the awarding of pilgrim shells to Knights and Ladies of the Holy Sepulchre.

The Center has a book shop, library, and pilgrim accommodations, and can provide services such as an introduction to Eastern Churches (they have a museum with a display for each Eastern Church). They are able to take people around on day tours, but have limited staff.

Located just outside the Old City, Notre Dame is a Vatican pilgrims' hospice and a major meeting place for Christians visiting Jerusalem, often hosting ecumenical, interreligious and cultural events. Evening Prayer and Mass are offered daily in their chapel.

Founded in 1949 to assist refugees and displaced persons, the Mission is administered by the Catholic Near East Welfare Association. It supports charitable,


medical, educational and cultural programs, including schools for the handicapped and the deaf in Bethlehem. It promotes Christian unity and fraternal relations with non-Christians, advocates for human rights for all, and seeks to raise consciousness about the churches and people of the East.

Beautifully
restored, Saint Peter is the traditional site of Jesus' imprisonment and
Peter's denial. Run by the Fathers and Oblate Sisters of the Assumption, the Church offers handicap access, rest facilities and an amphitheater for use by large groups, as well as basic accommodations (minimum 3 night stay). The gift shop offers religious and artistic items fashioned by local religious communities.

Situated on a hill overlooking the road from Jerusalem to Bethlehem, the Institute serves as a place of learning, prayer and hospitality for visitors from all over theSite navigation

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Gwenneth Ballantyne who grew up in North Adelaide and Torrensville in South Australia attended Scott's Business College. She worked for the Freemasons under Mr Charles Glover as a typist. Later she became secretary for the Adelaide, South Australian based Little Theatre Company. Ballantyne also was with the Hut theatre. She taught drama at the Wilderness School, South Australia for 27 years and worked with John Bishop to establish a Festival Theatre in Adelaide. Ballantyne joined the Lyceum Club and performed 'Victoria Regina' at the Club. She became President of the Club in 1978, and resigned as leader of the Play Reading Group in 1985.

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Fowler eventually decided to leave the company — and quickly had a new job offer in hand. Other women do not enjoy her flexibility or market power. Meanwhile, such abusive behavior is never going to end when women are bought off and moved out, often under gag orders that prohibit them from disclosing their settlements,


The 6 Most Brutal Murders Committed by Batman

Ask any comic book nerds and they'll tell you that there are two things that define Batman: With enough prep time, he could take down God himself, and he never, ever takes a life. However, for a guy who supposedly took a vow to never use a gun or kill any of his enemies (thus justifying the continued existence of the Joker), it turns out that Batman has not just murdered several dudes over the years, but done so in gruesome ways that probably made his victims wish that he'd just shot them.

Batman's career in needless, brutal murder started early. In the very first issue of Batman's solo rag, an evil scientist uses a toxic serum to turn a group ofinnocent mental patients into muscular, out-of-control monsters. The scientist's henchmen are driving one of the monsters to town, planning to set it loose in front of a bank they want to rob. Unfortunately for them, Batman had just finished mounting a brand spanking new machine gun onto the Batplane.

"Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat ... Batman!"

Batman guns down the driver and causes the truck to crash into a tree, but the henchmen actually get off easy compared to what's about to happen to the confused, mentally handicapped mass of muscles in the back: As soon as he falls out of the truck, and before he can hurt a single soul, Batman drops a noose made from reinforced steel and easily snatches the monster by the neck:

He'd been practicing this very maneuver on vagrants


that trick). After thoroughly lecturing Robin about the sanctity of life, Bat-Hypocrite ends up being chased through a junkyard by the drug dealer and somehow toppling a huge pile of unwanted cars on his ass.

"Jenga!"

To be fair, the guy did stand there like an idiot while a tower of metal fell on him -- we'd almost believe that Batman didn't really mean to kill him if this was the only time that one of his enemies ended up as bunch of mangled body parts buried under garbage (it isn't).

The second and third instances came two years later in Detective Comics No. 613, in which Batman must deal with the escalating violence between garbage disposal companies (yes, Gotham City is so fucked up, even the trash dudes want tokill each other in turf wars). Once again, the climax of the story leads Batman to a junkyard, where he carelessly leaves himself open to a classic wrestling match move.

"Your present, that is! Happy birthday! Here's a ch-"

Rather than ruin his perfect dentition by taking a chair to the face, Batman kicks his middle-aged attacker and causes him to stumble into another crook, sending them both directly into a conveniently placed garbage grinder.

"Gotta get one of these for the Batmobile."

The ensuing violence inspires the greatest onomatopoeia ever printed in a funny book. Seriously, look at this awful mess:

Not to be confused with "KASWULSH," the Swedish boy band.

Is this the same junkyard as before, and if so, exactly how many of Batman's former enemies are buried there? No one's


heard from King Tut recently. At this point it's pretty clear that Batman is doing this on purpose and possibly gets off on crushing human bodies (why else would he come up to the grinder and look into it?). See that white-eyed expression in the panel above? That's Batman's O-face.

Unnecessarily brutal murder is Batman's G-spot.

#4. Batman Hates Asian People and Cars, Kills Both (Various Issues)

Batman first became popular at a time when xenophobia was as common in children's entertainment as cute cartoon animals, which, combined with Japan's involvement in World War II, resulted in quite a bit of Asian bashing in those early issues. However, while other superheroes like Superman or Captain America were content with just "slapping a Jap" every once in a while, Batman took aslightly more extreme approach.

Like in this comic, where he pushes a huge statue onto a crowd of Mongols, crushing them to death:

"It's certainly lucky that this statue isn't bolted down or secured in any way!"

That's from Detective Comics No. 39, from 1940. Merely four issues earlier, Batman had kicked a Chinese swordsman into the swordsman's friend, which would not be the last time that he impaled a person on a sword (we'll get to that). Later in the same issue, he pushed their leader out of a window, but that guy turned out to be an American in disguise, so Batman probably wished that he'd just arrested him.

"He was dressed up like an Asian! I didn't know he was people!"

Later, in Batman No. 15 (1943), a scientist shows


In the town that launched the War on Poverty 48 years ago, the poor are getting poorer despite the government's help. And the rich are getting richer because of it.

The top 5 percent of households in Washington, D.C., made more than $500,000 on average last year, while the bottom 20 percent earned less than $9,500 - a ratio of 54 to 1.

That gap is up from 39 to 1 two decades ago. It's wider than in any of the 50 states and all but two major cities. This at a time when income inequality in the United States as a whole has risen to levels last seen in the years before the Great Depression.
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Americans have just emerged from a close presidential election in which the government's role asThe latest Census figures placed 10 of the capital's surrounding counties in the top 20 nationwide for median household income - up from six in 1990.

There probably isn't much society can do to stop some causes of the spreading class divide, such as technological change. But there's one factor that is changeable - public policy. This series of articles explores how government is exacerbating or alleviating the causes and consequences of inequality, by examining three places where the rich-poor gap has widened.

Massachusetts boasts the country's finest public education system, but that has failed to slow a sharp increase in the income divide. Indiana has revamped the state's welfare system, but the number of people in poverty has soared. And in the District of Columbia, the federal government's hand


in rising inequality is visible locally and nationwide.

A cadre of Washington professionals advanced their careers by pushing through personal income-tax cuts during the administration of President George W. Bush that redistributed nearly 2 trillion dollars nationally over the past decade, mostly to high earners.

Outsourcing boom

The tax cuts are listed as a career highlight in the official biography of Nicholas E. Calio, who championed them while White House liaison to Congress. "A big part of the pitch that we were able to make was that it would be benefiting middle and lower incomes," he said. Today he is chief executive of the airline-industry trade association and pressing for corporate tax reform.

The government-outsourcing boom created new opportunity for entrepreneurs. It also hollowed out a class of federal jobs that onceprovided entry to the middle class for people without college degrees in the region.

Michael Ponger got 10 months of temporary clerical work in the House of Representatives and at a court for a federal contractor. He's been job-hopping since, sometimes tapping family for help supporting his wife and son. "The job market out there is shaky," he said at a District unemployment office.

These changes to government policy are benefiting the affluent more than other Americans. The tax cuts were a major contributor to an increase in the nation's inequality in the 2000s, according to studies done by the research and budgeting arms of the U.S. Congress.

The income shifts in Washington are part of a broader evolution in the United States and in much of the developed world. Income


as Wall Street and Silicon Valley, but also in virtually every corner of the world's richest nation:

Inequality has increased in 49 of 50 states since 1989. (See accompanying box on how inequality was measured.)

The poverty rate increased in 43 states, most sharply in Nevada, ravaged by the housing bust, and in Indiana, which saw a rise in low-paying jobs.

Twenty-eight states saw all three metrics of socioeconomic well-being worsen. There, inequality and poverty rose and median income fell.

In all 50 states, the richest 20 percent of households made far greater income gains than any other quintile - up 12 percent nationally.

Income for the median household - in the very middle - fell in 28 states, with Michigan and Connecticut leading the way.

The five largest increases in inequality all werein New England: Connecticut first, followed by Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. The decline in manufacturing jobs hit New England's poor and middle hard, while the highly educated benefited from expansion in the biotech and finance industries.

The only state that didn't see a rise in inequality: Mississippi, which had an insignificant dip. The Magnolia State was one of the few to post a drop in poverty and a rise in income, but it still ranks worst in the nation on both counts.

Public policy isn't the only driver of inequality. Technological change has driven demand for high-skill professionals and eliminated a layer of lower-skill jobs. Weakened unions have lost power to lift wages. Perhaps the biggest factor of all is that the people on the winning side


of these tectonic shifts - entrepreneurs, financiers and chief executives - are earning ever-larger fortunes.

But government makes a difference.

Two Washingtons

Two miles south of the Capitol Building, the confluence of the Potomac and Anacostia rivers marks an economic divide between the region's rich and the District's poor. Carved out of their eastern banks is the city's poorest ward, the 8th. As of late last decade, just over a third of all residents and nearly half of children there lived in poverty.

Several miles west, Lani Hay owns a $2 million house with towering windows that overlook the bluffs of the Potomac River in the District's wealthiest neighborhood. A striking figure with dark hair and a designer wardrobe, she gets mentions in local society columns for hosting charity galas and privateparties with celebrity guests.

Hay, who attended the U.S. Naval Academy, said she left the military at age 27 after five years in active duty to try her luck in the defense industry. It was 2002, the year after the terrorist attacks on Washington and New York. The United States was at war in Afghanistan and preparing to invade Iraq.

Hay launched Lanmark Technology Inc., a national-security consulting company, joining hundreds of other federal contractors who opened or expanded businesses in the region after 9/11 - including many run by people fresh out of government.

She received a no-bid federal contract for $99,912 from the Department of Defense in 2003. Since then Lanmark has won more than $120 million in federal contracts, according to government records. Hers is a modest success


dramatic in the Washington region. Direct spending by the federal government accounts for 40 percent of the area's $425 billion-a-year economy. The government spends more on private-sector procurement here than in any other metropolitan area or state - up 300 percent since 1990.

Roughly 15 cents of every dollar from the entire federal procurement budget stays in or around the government's hometown, said Stephen S. Fuller, director of the Center for Regional Analysis at George Mason University. Last year, that was about $80 billion out of $536 billion in procurement spending, he said. The 15 percent share is far greater than the region's 2 percent portion of the U.S. population.

"We're seeing an enormous transfer of wealth from taxpayers to the Washington economy," said Fuller.

The federal largess kicked off afull-time in an administrative job at the lowest pay grade on the federal scale, GS-1. "I kept time cards, and I typed memos," he said.

Today, he is at the National Weather Service. He worked his way up to program analyst at the GS-13 level, which pays $89,000 to $115,000. He has three children, ages 16, 11 and 9, and bought a $130,000 townhouse in Waldorf, a suburb in Maryland.

Winnowing entry-level work

But foot-in-the-door jobs are fast disappearing. Epps left the Census Bureau in 1997 because the agency laid off his entire section. Now he is working toward an associate degree in accounting after hours. "I'm preaching to my kids that they have to get college degrees," he said.

Indeed, in 1998, one in four federal civilian jobs in the District


pay the rent. And after you pay taxes, it's even shorter," he said.
Mother's footsteps

A trim man with a pencil mustache, Ponger lives in a one-bedroom apartment in Washington's 8th Ward with his wife, Stephanie, 31, and their 5-month-old son, Michael Jr. They pay $750 a month in rent and sometimes need help from family to get by. She is a suite attendant at the Washington Nationals stadium during baseball season, and styles hair for extra cash.

Growing up, she lived in the suburbs. Her mother did data entry at the Federal Aviation Administration, developing skills that opened the door to a lifetime of good jobs.

"I thought I was going to follow in my mother's footsteps," she said. "Now it's harder. I find that disheartening."

Midtown Group's president, Helen Stefan Moreau,them.

The 66-year-old Catholic nun is policy director for the Coalition on Human Needs, a nonprofit that represents about 100 organizations. She earns $78,000 and shares an apartment in the District with another nun. On a recent day she was at the U.S. Senate's Hart Office Building, carrying around a letter backed by 1,900 unions, social-service and faith-based organizations. The groups are prodding Congress, in balancing the budget, to raise taxes on the wealthy and reduce defense spending rather than cut low-income assistance programs.

Conservatives, she said, want to "cement tax breaks for the wealthy at the top and do so by cutting services." Friedman argues that the affluent have an inherent advantage on Capitol Hill. Many federal benefits that flow their way are built into the tax code, such


for taxes on corporate income, capital gains or dividends. The chairman of the powerful Business Roundtable, representing CEOs from about 200 large U.S. corporations, "looked at it and asked, what's in here for business?" Blalock recalled.

Emails and letters

He set to work with trade-association allies to sell the cuts to the wider business community. Their pitch: Repealing estate taxes would be a boon to family-owned firms, and the income-tax cuts would lift small-business owners, whose profits are taxed via their personal returns.

They also dangled a carrot: If business helped get this bill passed, Bush could press for a second directly addressing their desires.

Within months, a thousand business associations joined a new "Tax Relief Coalition." They inundated Congress with emails and letters. Congress passed the cuts largely intact, slightly reducedto $1.35 trillion.

By 2003 Blalock had a new job: senior vice president for what was then Fierce & Isakowitz. He brought with him an important new client. The Business Roundtable had become a key supporter of the first tax cut. It now wanted Blalock's help passing a second round proposed by Bush, a cut in taxes on capital gains and dividends. Congress passed a $350 billion bill.

By the end of the year, Blalock made partner and the firm added his name to the door. He moved from a $700,000 small brick Georgian home in a middle-class neighborhood to a $1.7 million house with a pool in one of the nicest sections of Alexandria, Virginia. His rise was no exception: Other aides who worked on the tax cuts went


on to similarly successful lobbying careers.

The changes took hold shortly before the United States headed into its worst recession in 70 years. By 2009 the federal deficit surpassed a trillion dollars a year. Republicans and Democrats began fighting over whether to extend the tax cuts when they expire this year - and what role, if any, they played in rising income inequality.

Last year, two nonpartisan government bodies, the Congressional Budget Office and the Congressional Research Service, each undertook studies of income inequality for lawmakers. Both concluded that a major driver in the years leading up to the recession was the growth in capital gains among top earners - but that the cuts also reduced the equalizing influence of the income-tax system. The 2011 CRS paper said tax cutswere the second-largest contributor to the rise in inequality in the decade through 2006. (See accompanying article, "The economics paper that rattled Washington.")

Conservative economists point out that even after the tax cuts, the rich overall wound up paying a larger dollar amount in income taxes. That's mainly because the incomes of the wealthy kept climbing. The top quintile paid 15 percent more in taxes but made 30 percent more money in 2006 than in 1996, the CRS reported.

Legislating equality

There is no serious disagreement that the rich saved far more on taxes than any other group relative to their incomes, however.

The Tax Policy Center, a think tank staffed by a mix of economists from both parties, calculated that two-thirds of the tax savings would go to the top quintile


of households and 1 percent to the lowest quintiles in 2012. In dollar savings, that's $371,000 for the top 0.1 percent of households in 2012, $958 for the middle and $66 for the poor.

Nicholas Calio, the former Bush aide who heads airline lobby Airlines for America, worked on the 2001 law as White House liaison to Congress and for the 2003 cuts as in-house lobbyist for banking giant Citigroup. Calio, 59, said he won over members of Congress by focusing on the savings for average Americans. "There were concerns that there was too much for the wealthy," he said.

Calio says he isn't bothered that the wealthy benefited more. He grew up poor in Cleveland and used education as a springboard. He went to law school, came to Washington,and possibly worse dynamic range.

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insured's policy with Fremont due to the policy's employee exclusion provision. We affirm.
Plaintiff Krueger was seriously injured on July 3, 1984, when he fell from a bridge on the Cedar Valley Nature Trail, a recreational facility operated by the Linn County Conservation Board and located on land owned by Linn County. At the time of his injury, Krueger was doing work for IRTT, *392 a volunteer organization which provided labor for work on the Cedar Valley Nature Trail.
Since IRTT did not carry worker's compensation insurance, Krueger filed an ordinary tort action against IRTT, Linn County, and the Linn County Conservation Board, pursuant to Iowa Code section 87.21. In a declaratory judgment proceeding, Krueger also joined Linn County's general liability insurer, Fremont Indemnity Company, seeking a declaration that Fremont'spolicy with Linn County provided coverage for Krueger's accident.
A bifurcated trial was held. The first trial considered the issues of liability and damages against all three named defendants. The jury found that each party's negligence or fault was a proximate cause of the injury or damage to the plaintiff and assessed negligence as follows: plaintiff-50%; IRTT-10%; the County-20%; the Board-20%. The damage verdict was $886,000. Krueger attempted to collect against IRTT but the judgment was unsatisfied. In the second trial, the court rejected Krueger's request for a declaratory judgment against Fremont Indemnity and held that Fremont's general liability policy with Linn County did not provide coverage for Krueger's accident. The court rejected Krueger's argument that because he worked for IRTT, a volunteer organization of the county, he was


TEHRAN: Iran's currency is continuing its downward spiral amid a deepening economic crisis and the imminent return of full US sanctions.The Iranian rial fell to 1,12,000 to the dollar on Sunday, from 98,000 to $1 on Saturday. The government-set exchange rate was 44,070 to the dollar, compared to 35,186 on January 1.The rial has lost half its value against the dollar in just four months, having broken through the 50,000-mark for the first time in March.The government attempted to fix the rate at 42,000 in April, and threatened to crackdown on black market traders.But the trade continued with Iranians worried about a prolonged economic downturn turning to dollars as a safe way to store their savings, or as an investment in the hope the rial will continue todrop.With banks often refusing to sell their dollars at the artificially low rate, the government was forced to soften its line in June, allowing more flexibility for certain groups of importers.The handling of the crisis was one of the reasons behind last week's decision by President Hassan Rouhani to replace central bank chief, Valiollah Seif.The currency collapse was encouraged by the US announcement in May that it was pulling out of the 2015 nuclear deal, that lifted certain sanctions in exchange for curbs to Iran's atomic programme.The US is set to reimpose its full range of sanctions in two stages on August 6 and November 4, forcing many foreign firms to cut off business with Iran.


case by the Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, and by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.[2] A brief summary of the case and the facts on which the motion is based is appropriate, however.
On April 28, 1960, an indictment was filed against Persico and several other persons charging them with various crimes arising from the July 1959 hijacking of a truck from the Akers Motor Lines terminal in Brooklyn, New York. On May 9, 1968, after the fifth in a series of five trials,[3] a jury returned a verdict of guilty against Persico and three codefendants on charges of robbery of merchandise moving in interstate commerce (18 U.S.C. § 1951) and of conspiracy to commit the robbery. Judgment of conviction was enteredagainst Persico, and he was sentenced to terms of imprisonment of fourteen and nine years respectively on each count of the indictment, the sentences to run concurrently. The Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, affirmed the conviction, United States v. Persico, 425 F.2d 1375 (1970), and the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari, 400 U.S. 869, 91 S.Ct. 102, 27 L.Ed.2d 108 (1970).
On October 21, 1970, Persico and the three codefendants with whom he was convicted commenced proceedings before the judge who had conducted the fifth trial, the Honorable John F. Dooling, Jr., for an order granting them a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence. After a hearing on the motion, Judge Dooling issued on June 21, 1971, a memorandum and order denying the motion. United


this was known by the Assistant United States Attorneys who were in charge of the earlier prosecutions of this case." (Boitel Affirmation, p. 3).
It is argued that the complete and unequivocal recantation exculpating Persico and the suppression of material evidence by the prosecution call for the granting of a new trial as a matter of due process or at least in the interest of justice.
The original transcript of the Vaccaro statement has also been filed with this Court. (Defendant's Exhibit B). It was made in the presence of Frank A. Lopez, Esq., Vaccaro's attorney, on January 23, 1972, and was transcribed by one, Myron Geist, a court reporter. The statement was not sworn to by Mr. Vaccaro at the time it was made.
The statement presents the following factualsituation. On January 19, 1972, his recollection of the events to which he had previously testified having been refreshed by the hearing conducted on the defendants' motion for a new trial before Judge Dooling, at which he had again testified, and by conversations with agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and with members of the United States Attorney's staff prior to the said hearing, Vaccaro went to the chambers of Judge Dooling to recant his trial testimony.[4] (Tr. 8, 10-12).[5] He states that he informed Judge Dooling, in the presence of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and several of his assistants, that he had been mistaken in his testimony and that the defendant, Carmine Persico, Jr., and one of his codefendants,


States Deputy Marshal Denson and F.B.I. agents Elofson and Fritschel.[20] Thus, in light of Vaccaro's frequent expressions of fear for his safety and that of his family, and in light of judicial experience with recantations as a product of coercion, this Court finds it unlikely that the witness would be moved to give a voluntary statement by the reasons to which he attributes his recantation, his sense of duty and the dictates of his conscience.
(5) Vaccaro's character is also a persuasive factor moving this Court to conclude that it is unlikely that he would be moved at this late date to recant, subjecting himself to a perjury prosecution, because of the dictates of his conscience. Vaccaro has spent more than twenty years of his life in penal institutions,serving sentences imposed for a variety of crimes, primarily armed robbery. (Trial 1025-39; 1411-20; 1558). As to his participation in the hijacking, Vaccaro testified that had the driver of the truck refused to cooperate, he would not have hesitated to kill him. (Trial 2091). Moreover, at the time of his initial cooperation with the Government, Vaccaro was facing the prospect of sixty years in prison as a three-time felony offender in New York State; he also testified at trial that he would not be adverse to lying in order to avoid going to prison for the rest of his life (Trial 1430, 1431, 1496, 1693-1694, 1715).
Vaccaro appears to be an unscrupulous person whose integrity is entirely suspect and whose character is eminently impeachable. As Judge Dooling carefully noted,


unable to make the required showing under part three of the Larrison test.[22] A new trial is, therefore, unnecessary and not required on the basis of Vaccaro's recantation.

III.
The defendant argues that the Vaccaro recantation raises a substantial question as to whether the failure of the United States Attorney's Office to inform the defense of Vaccaro's admitted confusion concerning participation by the defendant in the crimes with which he was charged constituted a suppression of evidence violative of due process or at least calling for a new trial in the interest of justice.
The Vaccaro statement reads in that part pertinent to this argument:
"Q Well, did you ever report [`the mixup as to which hijacking the defendant was not involved in'] to anyone?
A I reported this here  in fact,MEXICO CITY -- Tiger Woods said he will skip his hometown Honda Classic next week and has committed to the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Players Championship.

A busy spring schedule has been the subject of much conjecture for Woods, who is playing his third event and second in a row at this week's WGC-Mexico Championship.

It did not seem likely that Woods would play a third event in a row at the Honda and potentially five straight with the Arnold Palmer and Players tournaments upcoming. But he didn't make it official until before teeing off Thursday at Club de Golf Chapultepec.

Unfortunately, due to the schedule this year, I cannot play all the events I want to. I will be taking next week off and playing in the @APinv and


@THEPLAYERSChamp. Sorry to miss seeing Jack and everyone at Honda. — Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) February 21, 2019

Woods tied for 20th at the Farmers Insurance Open in late January and tied for 15th Sunday at the Genesis Open.

He qualified for the WGC-Mexico Championship by finishing in the top 30 in the FedEx Cup last year and is making his first start in the tournament (which has been played at several locations over the years) since 2014.

But that meant missing a tournament that is less than 30 minutes from his home and where he finished 12th last year.

Woods will play the Palmer tournament for the 19th time. He has won the event eight times. The Players has moved to March after 11 years in May and is the PGA Tour'sflagship tournament.

After that, Woods is likely to choose one of two tournaments prior to the Masters: the Valspar Championship, where he tied for second last year; or the WGC-Dell Match Play, which is just two weeks before the year's first major championship.


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A day after the Great Manitoba Duck Race, the great Manitoba duck hunt is under way.

Teams from the Assiniboine Park Conservancy were continuing to gather ducks from the Assiniboine River on Sunday after a "significant portion" of the small toy ducks passed through the barrier at Saturday’s Great Manitoba Duck Race.

More than 13,000 rubber ducks were released into the river as part of the fundraising event. "Unfortunately, the oil booms used to capture the ducks at the end of the race did not hold," the conservancy said in a news release.

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