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On September 16, 2011, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, LP (Panhandle) filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) an application under section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Commission's Regulations for authority to abandon the three remaining compressor units and appurtenant facilities at the Adams Compressor Station site in Texas County, Oklahoma. The abandonment would serve to align declining compression requirements of the gathering system feeding into the Adams Compressor Station. Furthermore, firm transportation services provided to existing Panhandle customers will not be affected, as more fully detailed in the Application.

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Commission's rules, 18 CFR 157.9, within 90 days of thisNotice the Commission staff will either: Complete its environmental assessment (EA) and place it into the Commission's public record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or issue a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. If a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among other milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission staff's issuance of the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) or EA for this proposal. The filing of the EA in the Commission's public record for this proceeding or the issuance of a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review will serve to notify federal and state agencies of the timing for the completion of all necessary reviews, and the subsequent need to complete all federal authorizations within 90 days of the date of issuance of


must submit seven copies of filings made with the Commission and must mail a copy to the applicant and to every other party in the proceeding. Only parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders in the proceeding.

However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project. The Commission will consider these comments in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's rules require that persons(FEIS) or EA for this proposal. The filing of the EA in the Commission's public record for this proceeding or the issuance of a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review will serve to notify federal and state agencies of the timing for the completion of all necessary reviews, and the subsequent need to complete all federal authorizations within 90 days of the date of issuance of the Commission staff's FEIS or EA.

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BEIJING, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- President Xi Jinping called for the Chinese people to carry on the national spirit of the Anti-Japanese War as the country is expecting many "great battles" in its future development.

China cultivated the great national spirit of Anti-Japanese War during the war against Japanese aggression, said Xi, addressing a symposium held to mark the 69th anniversary of victory in Anti-Japanese War.

"The great national spirit, with patriotism at its core, was a decisive factor for the victory, while the mainstay role of the Communist Party of China (CPC) played during the war was also crucial," Xi said.

The anti-Japanese aggression efforts which involved the whole nation are an important "magic tool" for the victory, he added.

"We must get prepared for many great battles with new historicalcharacteristics as the country is striving to achieve its goals, gradually realize the common prosperity for all, and realize the Chinese dream of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation," Xi said.

The President pointed out that, "in the journey ahead of us, we must unswervingly adhere to the socialist path with Chinese characteristics, put development as CPC's top task in governance, comprehensively deepen reform and stick to the path of peaceful development."

When summarizing the significance of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Xi said the victory utterly crushed Japanese militarism's scheme of enslaving China, resurrected China's status as a big power in the world, and created bright prospects for the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Premier Li Keqiang was also present at the symposium,


The Battle of Nicopolis in September 1396 CE, also known as the Nicopolis Crusade, was an attempt by French, Hungarian, and other European allies to curb the threat of the Ottoman Turks as they pressed ever westwards into Europe. Nicopolis in Bulgaria was the point of a dramatic and decisive defeat when an ill-disciplined and overconfident Crusader army was largely wiped out. Although smaller campaigns would follow in the 15th century CE, the disaster at Nicopolis brought an end to the long series of large-scale crusades which had seen huge Christian armies fight Muslim armies in western Asia and now Europe.

The Ottoman Turks

The leader of the Ottoman Turks who then controlled Anatolia was Bayezid I (r. 1389-1402 CE), also known as Yilderim (the Thunderbolt). Bayezid continued the successesof his father Murad I (r. 1362-1389 CE) in the Balkans and conquered Bulgaria. The Ottomans then set their sights on the Byzantine Empire and Hungary. Western European powers, and especially the Mediterranean’s foremost maritime power, the Republic of Venice, were now seriously alarmed that trade in and through the Adriatic was in jeopardy. A decisive factor in the West’s ability to respond to this threat was the recent conciliation between warring England and France. As a consequence, the whole of Europe was able to, as in the days of the very First Crusade of 1095-1102 CE, pull together and form a large multinational force.

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The Crusaders, as so often in the past, were intent on an all-out assault on the enemy in a single large offensive.

Launching


the Crusade

The early crusades had aimed to end the Muslim control of the Holy Land, but by the 14th century CE, the idea had long since been expanded to protecting Christians anywhere. Accordingly, the Muslim Ottomans presented a legitimate target for a crusade. The campaign was intended to weaken the Ottomans, restrict their expansive progress across Europe and relieve the pressure on Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire and under Ottoman blockade since 1394 CE. The initial plan, made in the early 1390s CE, was to send two Crusader armies, first, there would be a smaller force led by John of Gaunt, Louis of Orleans, and Philip the Bold of Burgundy. They would then be followed by a larger army led by the King of France, Charles VI(r. 1380-1422 CE) and the King of England, Richard II (r. 1377-1399 CE). However, by early 1396 CE, the reality was all rather less grand. Both kings chose to remain at home to look after their own domains, and it was left to the son of Philip the Bold, John of Nevers, to lead a smaller-scale crusade, essentially a France-Burgundy operation which included some 700 knights. Still, the army as a whole was not a negligible one at around 10,000 men, and it received a welcome boost of 6,000 German troops under the command of Count Palatine Rupert and Eberhard, the Count of Katznellenbogen.

Fortunately for the Crusade, many more men were available in central and Eastern Europe. On arrival in Hungary in April 1396 CE, the western army


was joined by an army of 70,000 under the command of King Sigismund of Luxembourg (r. 1387-1437 CE). The Crusader army now swelled to around 100,000 fighting men following the addition of perhaps 15,000 independent warriors from England, Italy, Poland, Spain, and Bohemia. To add to this land force, a joint fleet of Genoese, Venetian, and Knights Hospitaller ships sailed to the Black Sea and held station off the mouth of the River Danube.

Bayezid I by Unknown Artist (CC BY-SA)

Things now looked extremely promising for the Christians, at least in terms of sheer numbers, but Bayezid responded to the threat by withdrawing his troops from the siege of Constantinople and assembling an army of over 100,000 men. With two large armies in the field, victory on either sidecould be decisive to the future of the entire region.

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Nicopolis & Defeat

The Crusader army enjoyed some military successes as it marched down the Danube valley, taking the small garrison towns of Vidin and Rahova and ruthlessly slaughtering the inhabitants, but this bright start came to a crushing end when it met Bayezid’s main force just to the south of Nicopolis (Nikopol) in present-day Bulgaria. Nicopolis, located at the point where the main road through Bulgaria reached the Danube, was a major Ottoman stronghold perched on a hill and protected by a double wall of fortifications. Although lacking any siege engines, the Crusaders attacked the city anyway and, unsurprisingly, without much effect. A strategy of starving the city into submission was, by necessity, then adopted. A portion


of the western fleet had arrived on the scene, but the blockade was proving to be as ineffective as the assault because Nicopolis had been well-stocked with supplies by its governor Dogan Bey.

Bayezid’s army arrived via Thrace at the end of September and camped 5 km (3 miles) from Nicopolis. On the morning of the 25th of September, the two armies faced each other. Historians have been unable to ascertain what were the actual events of the battle, but it seems likely that, as with so many previous crusades, overconfidence and an underestimation of the enemy led to the westerners’ downfall. Sigismund had urged caution and preferred a strategy of entrapment from prepared positions, but the Crusaders, as so often in the past, were intent on an all-outassault on the enemy in a single large offensive.

Rescue of Sigismund at the Battle of Nicopolis by Ferenc Lohr (Public Domain)

The Ottomans were an efficient fighting unit with specially trained troops such as the Janissary Guards, an elite corps of infantry archers formed from conscripted Christians who were given military training from childhood. Perhaps even more significant to this battle was the cream of the Ottoman army, the elite sipahis, a cavalry unit whose members were promised the right to estates and tax revenues for any success on the battlefield. Finally, the Ottoman army had a single leader, a stark contrast to the many different units and loyalties which made up the Crusader army.

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When the French cavalry rashly charged the enemy infantry positions unsupported, the sipahis


cavalry Took full advantage of the chaos amongst the Crusader troops.

When the French cavalry rashly charged the enemy infantry positions unsupported, which were protected by a line of sharpened stakes, the sipahis cavalry, until then kept in reserve, was able to take full advantage of the chaos amongst the Crusader troops caused by the French ill-discipline and the withdrawal of Sigismund’s allies from Wallachia and Transylvania. The losses were heavy on both sides, but the Ottomans won a great victory. Over 10,000 captured westerners were slaughtered and many European nobles were taken prisoner, although King Sigismund was rescued from that fate by a group of Knights Hospitaller. John of Nevers was less fortunate, he was captured along with Philip of Artois, the Constable of France, and a numberof other prominent French aristocrats. This group were only released following the payment of a huge ransom, said to have been around half a million francs.

Aftermath

Nicopolis was the last major Crusade and the defeat, along with the changing times in general, meant that Europe’s nobility took a distinct lack of interest in any future religious campaigns against the Turks. The Ottomans soon tasted defeat themselves when Bayezid was taken captive in a battle against the Mongols near Ankara in 1402 CE and the Ottoman Turkish Empire was beset by the struggle amongst Bayezid’s sons for its control. One of them was Mehmed I, and he would eventually take control in 1413 CE. Hungary continued the fight to stem the spread of the Ottomans, their brilliant general John Hunyadi


described in the census, of whom is born Christ." Similarly, in his book "Against Marcion", he mentions Jesus's "enrolment in the census of Augustus— that most faithful witness of the Lord's nativity, kept in the archives of Rome". He makes these statements in a very straightforward and confidant way -- no weasle words like "these records are probably there" or "they were there at one time". There's a pretty clear implication that anyone who wants to check up on his facts could do so. If he was just making this up, he was a great bluffer. He would have made an excellent poker player.
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The extreme centralization of resources and decisionmaking power in Port-au-Prince, briefly explained in my previous post, rendered communication and logistics more difficult. As anthropologist Laura Wagner said, “this hurricane and the earthquake are extreme opposites of the same problem of centralization.”

Jessica Hsu, who for years as a Peace Corps volunteer lived and worked in Zabriko / des Abricots, in the Grand Anse, returned to the town an hour and a half away from the local capital of Jéremie on Friday.

Hsu reported that on Saturday, four days after the storm passed, the road was


Haiti Renewal Alliance. Individuals working in Haiti have created a Facebook group. The Haitian government posted a list of best practices.

Some are calling upon NGOs who are collecting emergency aid to sign a pledge, with new “minimum standards.”

So when asked about the relatively isolated Grand Anse, not a single Haitian professional could identify an international NGO to recommend.

There is an alternative to the NGO structure.

There is an Association of Mayors of the Grand Anse (AMAGA), which as the name sounds is a network of elected officials, like Zabriko’s mayor Jean RicarltoLouis. Founded by the then-mayor of Zabriko, novelist/poet Jean-Claude Fignole, who now resides in Pestel, AMAGA has established partnerships with mayors of towns in France and other Francophone countries. Before the hurricane AMAGA organized projects like cocoa productionAn unprecedented two-day dialogue of top U.S. and Chinese officials ended in Washington Tuesday with pledges by the two governments to work more closely together on political, economic and environmental issues. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said China shares U.S. concerns about the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran.

The meeting, bringing together Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and their Chinese counterparts was dominated by the economic track, and the need for the two powers to coordinate efforts to overcome the global economic crisis and restore stability.

But Clinton, at a closing news conference, said she and Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo, the Beijing government's ranking foreign affairs adviser, covered shared concerns about the North Korean and Iranian nuclear programs and that China is no less troubled


than the United States about the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran.

"China shares our concerns about Iran becoming a nuclear weapons state," said Hillary Clinton. "The potential for de-stabilizing the Middle East and Gulf is viewed similarly by the Chinese as it is by us, if Iran, in its pursuit, triggers an arms race And we had some very useful exchanges of information there."

On the economic side, Treasury Secretary Geithner said his Chinese interlocutor - Vice Premier Wang Qishan - promised that Beijing would step up domestic economic demand so that its recovery from the global downturn would be less dependent on exports - to the United States and elsewhere.

He said the United States, in turn, would move to assuage Chinese concerns by reducing its huge budget deficits assoon as economic conditions permit, to help shore up the dollar and protect the value of China's vast investments in the United States.

"As we move to raise private savings in the United States, as we move to bring down our fiscal deficit in the future, as we move to put in place a more stable, more resilient financial system in the United States, we need to see actions in China, and other countries, to shift the source of growth to domestic demand," said Timothy Geithner. "Those are necessary complements. They have to work together. And I think that's the most important strategic achievement here."

Treasury chief Geithner and Vice Premier Wang said the two countries would maintain economic stimulus efforts until recovery becomes evident. They gave no specifics about


how the two governments intend to meet their commitments to rebalance their economies after recovery, and also avoided mention of sharp differences over currency valuations.

But earlier Tuesday, Vice Premier Wang warned the Obama administration against letting the dollar's value slide too far - saying that as a major reserve-currency nation, the United States should properly balance and properly handle the impact of the dollar supply on the world economy.

China, running huge surpluses in trade with the United States, is the largest single investor in U.S. Treasury bonds -more than $1 trillion worth. U.S. officials have said the trade imbalance is partly due to an artificially low valuation of China's currency, though Geithner avoided mention of that Tuesday.

The two sides signed a memorandum of understanding to boost cooperation onhe has books with the birth dates of many politicians, and because of his interest in fortune-telling and current affairs, he often does readings based on these details, as a way of confirming his studies.

He said he had done so for prospective premiers two years ago, when then-premier Liu Chao-shiuan (劉兆玄) stepped down because of public anger over the government’s handling of the Typhoon Morakot disaster. Lin predicted at the time that Wu was most likely to take over Liu’s position.

For the five special municipality mayoral elections last year, Lin rightly predicted that Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) would be re-elected, that then-Taichung Mayor Jason Hu (胡志強) would win by a slim margin and that Eric Chu (朱立倫) would win in New Taipei City (新北市).

Asked by reporters about


No: 339, 22 December 2018, Press Release Regarding The Visit Of H.e. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister Of Foreign Affairs Of The Republic Of Turkey, To Tunisia

Republic Of Turkey Ministry Of Foreign Affairs 22.12.2018

H.E. Mr. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of
Turkey, will pay a visit to Tunisia on 23 and 24 December 2018 upon the
invitation of the Hon. Mr. Khemaies Jhinaoui, Minister of Foreign Affairs
of Tunisia.

On the occasion of the visit, Minister Çavuşoğlu will meet with his
Tunisian counterpart Khemaies Jhinaoui and Mohammed Ennaceur, President of
the Assembly of the Representatives of the People, and will be received by
Youssef Chahed, Prime Minister and H.E. Beji Caid Essebsi, President of the
Republic of Tunisia.

During the meetings, Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu will discuss prospects to
enhance bilateral relations and cooperation and exchange viewsof handguns and rifles were fired – with and without a suppressor – including a .45-caliber handgun, like one used in the Virginia Beach shooting.

Upon firing, all of the guns were loud and, at least in the NRA's firing range, the suppressor only muffled the sound of the .45 to a certain extent. (To hear the difference, click on the blue play button at the top of the page).

When asked why a shooting survivor like Christi Dewar would say she thought she heard a nail gun, Josh Savani, the director of Research and Information at the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action said, "I don't want to engage in any conjecture about exactly the situation and what the person heard."

"You hear a 'pop, pop, pop' sound, you're going to


with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says that the primary use of suppressors is tactical. He's now a senior policy analyst at Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

"The primary purpose is for someone who is on the offensive to maintain the element of surprise longer, and if that's the intention of an attacker at a workplace, it's really a recipe for disaster," Chipman says.

Along with the ban on suppressors, Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam has called for a ban on military style weapons, including bump stocks, he called to reinstate Virginia's one-gun-purchase-a month policy and for universal background checks, among other measures

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"Not a single one of Gov. Northam's gun control proposals would have prevented what happened atVirginia Beach. That's the bottom line. This is a gun grab by the governor, says Catherine Mortensen, a spokesperson for the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action.

Virginia Democrats have been holding forums around the state to drum up support the tighter gun laws.

If lawmakers approve the suppressor ban during a special legislative session next month, Virginia will join eight other states and the District of Columbia with similar laws on the books.

NPR's Bobby Allyn contributed to this report.


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Faces of Faith: Ronald S. Bortz

Name of church, your volunteer positions there and how long serving there: St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, 1018 N. Eighth St., serving on the parish council for five years, the Holy Name Society for 40-plus years, choir and folk group for 40-plus years.

Occupation: I am retired, however currently employed at the church as a maintenance man.

Family members: Married 61 years to Janet Bortz, have five children: Susan, 60; the Rev. Thomas Bortz, 59, pastor at St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church in Spring Township; Edward, 58; James, 57; and Eileen, 51. I have six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

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In Wisconsin, With Honor Fund has spent about $528,000 in support of Republican candidate Jason Church, a retired Army captain, who lost both his legs in Afghanistan. Church has raised $653,000 so far but is being out-raised by Wisconsin Republican state Sen. Tom Tiffany, who has raised $719,000 so far. Tiffany is supported by $205,000 in outside spending from the Club for Growth, a conservative super PAC that supports candidates that align with its goals of limiting the size of government, decreasing taxes and cutting regulations.

Due to the resignation of Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) in September, a special election will be held. The primaries for that special election will take place Tuesday. Church is also supported by Americans 4 Security PAC, which spent $345,000 supporting Church


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In the race for Meadows’ solidly Republican seat in North Carolina’s 11th congressional district, With Honor Fund is backing Dan Driscoll, a veteran who served in the Army as an officer and was deployed to Iraq in 2009. The group reported spending $361,000 Tuesday to support Driscoll.

Meadows,a strong supporter of President Donald Trump who had considered working for the Trump administration, announced in December that he will retire at the end of his term. Eleven candidates are running in the Republican primary to replace Meadows, despite the factthat Meadows’ announcement came 30 hours before the deadline to file for the primary. Meadows endorsed a friend, Lynda Bennett, to take his seat.

Another candidate supported by With Honor Fund is August Pfluger, a former fighter pilot and Air Force lieutenant colonel. Pfluger is running in Texas’s open 11th Congressional District, following the retirement of Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas). Pfluger was endorsed by President Trump, and has significantly outraised his opponents. So far he has raised over $1.2 million, and has roughly $900,000 more in cash on hand than any other candidate. With Honor Fund has spent about $214,000 supporting Pfluger.

Big donors to With Honor Fund include Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who gave more than $10 million in 2018; members of the Walton family, who are heirs to


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Boston.com is reporting that the Feathered Angels Waterfowl Sanctuary in Arlington, Tennessee has fitted Buttercup, an amputee duck who was born with a backwards left foot, with a custom 3D-printed webbed foot made by Dr. Shannon McGee. Buttercup walked for the first time with the new foot on June 30, 2013.

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judge, claims that the City of Elma illegally appointed a replacement judge to her position. We hold that Cotton, by failing to object to the process that led to her replacement, has abandoned her claim to the office and, thus, is estopped from reclaiming the position through quo warranto.

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On January 20, 1995, City of Elma Mayor William J. Bilsland appointed Cotton as municipal court judge pro-tem to serve until the expiration of his term. The mayoral term expired December 31, 1995, but Bilsland resigned early, leaving office in March 1995.
David C. Osgood then assumed the position of mayor and, on June 12, 1995, appointed Cotton judge pro-tem to serve until the expiration of his term in December. Cotton signed the pro-tem municipal court judge oath of office fora term to expire on December 31, 1995.
In July 1995, City of Elma Municipal Court Judge Arthur A. Blauvelt III, whose term of office was not due to expire until December 31, 1997, requested a leave of absence through the end of November 1995. He requested that Cotton take over his position during his leave. Mayor Osgood granted both requests by letter dated July 21, 1995.
*343 On that same date, Mayor Osgood wrote to Cotton offering her Judge Blauvelt's position until the end of Blauvelt's leave. Cotton accepted and signed a municipal court judge's oath on October 18, 1995.
In November 1995, Osgood was elected to a full term as mayor. Later that month, Judge Blauvelt tendered his resignation. At a City Council meeting in late November 1995, the


Council voted to appoint Cotton to Judge Blauvelt's position "until the position is filled/has been filled with a permanent position." Cotton was present at the meeting.
On November 30, 1995, Cotton signed a municipal court judge's oath. The oath did not indicate the term of service.
In 1996, Cotton reprimanded a court employee. The employee appealed to the Mayor, who overturned the reprimand in September 1996.
In late January 1997, the City advertised the position of municipal court judge for an unstated term. The City interviewed five of the applicants, including Cotton.
At a February 24, 1997, council meeting, the Mayor recommended the appointment of David Hatch. This elicited a bitter response from Cotton, who nonetheless concluded that she would "leave gracefully."
A majority of the council approved Hatch's appointment without discussion asto the length of the appointment. In late February 1997, Hatch signed the oath of office for an unstated term.
Two months later, on April 28, 1997, Cotton filed this quo warranto action, alleging that her removal and replacement was illegal. She sought Hatch's ouster, her own reappointment for the balance of the term, and unspecified damages. In its answer, the City asserted that (1) Cotton lacked standing, (2) her claim was barred by the doctrine of estoppel, and (3) her claim was barred by laches.
On October 20, 1997, while her quo warranto action was pending, Cotton applied for the municipal court judgeship for 1998-2001. The City Council re-appointed Hatch for the next four-year term.
Both parties moved for summary judgment. A hearing was initially set for June 5, 1998,


the claim is unfounded, after verifying that the audio files have edited the contents in an arbitrary manner.

By the way, Dispatch is known among Korean fans to be close to SM entertainment. Speaking of SM, it is a company that JYJ used to belong because of Tohoshinki, and is the producer of Kpop idols like Tohoshinki, SNSD, Super Junior, and Shinee. TV stations, media outlets can not ignore the power that this entertainment company holds especially with a large company like SM.

With that relationship, JYJ would become a prey of media inevitably. But it is interesting, even for entertainment giant YG, along with SM, Dispatch also publishes defamatory articles.

Incidentally, the only scandalous article that Dispatch released related to SM are the exclusive photos of 2PM Taecyeon(JYP Entertainment) andConsider this: Tiny satellites are becoming so ubiquitous that there is now a startup dedicated to giving students access to these satellites so they can conduct space experiments. This company, Ardusat , has a partnership with satellite data company Spire to get an “education payload” on every satellite that Spire launches.

But first, Ardusat needs to do some testing. On April 4, the company will launch a high-altitude balloon filled with science experiments from the winners of the AstroSat Challenge–a new yearly program that asks schools, science clubs, and other student groups to submit experiment ideas for a free trip to space.

For this first competition, Ardusat selected 15 winners, including an astronomy club in Pennsylvania, a Boy Scout troop in California, and a group of high school students in


was to be, for the time, was put under Plumas County's control in accordance with De Groote's earlier map. Two surveyors, meanwhile, ran the eastern boundary anew from Lake Tahoe to Oregon, finding all of the settlement and the lake within the limits of California and shrinking Roop so much so that neighboring Washoe County was forced to annex it.

In order to resolve any hard feelings still had by some residents of the area who weren't keen on the quasi-annexation into California, the legislature created Lassen County in 1864 with Susanville as its county seat.

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"He did not yell at 'SNL' staff. This audio was secretly recorded while he was venting his frustration in a private moment with his team," a Kanye source told E! News. "He found out his stage design was changed and taken apart under the direction of the show's lighting director without anyone's approval. He had spent an entire day rehearsing and [put] a lot of hard work into the performance."

Our insider continued, "Dramatic set changes were made 30 minutes before going live. It should be understandable why he was upset after being completely blindsided."

Ultimately, Kanye performed "Ultralight Beam" and "Highlights" live on the show. And despite what you all heard in the audio tape,


The government of India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare finally issued a directive banning multi-dose vials of the non-steroidal pain-killer diclofenac in the last week of August.

For a decade, numbers of three species of vultures had been in a precipitous decline throughout the subcontinent. Millions of white-backed vultures shrank in number by 99.9% reduced to a mere 11,000 by the early 2000s. Populations of two other species – long-billed vulture and slender-billed vulture – dropped by 97%. All three are listed as critically endangered in the IUCN’s Red List.

After extensive studies, scientists identified diclofenac as the culprit. The cheap painkiller was commonly used by veterinarians to treat minor ailments in livestock, but is toxic to vultures, causing fatal gout or renal failure. When sick cattle, treated withdiclofenac, died, their carcasses were disposed in the open as was the age-old practice. Hundreds of vultures stripped the meat within minutes, and died within a month.

At least 60 vultures died in January 2015 after eating a dead cow near Pani Dihing Bird Sanctuary in Sivasagar, India. Photograph: Luit Chaliha/Barcroft India

In 2006, the government banned the formulation, manufacture, and import of veterinary diclofenac. Meloxicam was promoted as a substitute anti-inflammatory drug.

The Royal Society for Protection of Birds conducted a survey for nearly three years in 11 Indian states after the ban. It found diclofenac being sold in more than a third of the pharmacies, but 70% of them had switched to meloxicam.

Vulture populations stabilised, but more action was needed. The birds continued to die, even if not in


be your opponent. Infinity is without doubt one of the most popular table top war games on the market today, and the backdrop is a futuristic world of 175 years in the future, where players select elite squads from the different regiments, and with each character having specific talents, to win requires a combination of good strategy and determination.

The Uncertainty of War

As with the real thing, table top war games are full of uncertainty, as one player might be in a seemingly unassailable position, yet the roll of the dice could quickly change everything, and also like real conflict, the more you play, the better you become. There are starter packs, where both players who are new to the game can test their skills and learn the rules,First thing that makes this kite shop great is the owner being an early pioneer of kiting and being a kiteboard addict. The guy was kiting a long time before he ever thought about opening a shop. He seemed to live at the beach in his RV for years. If you go to his shopÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ there are plenty seats around and kiters from all over the world telling stories, talking about funny things that happened that day, talking about gear, and you know what else. Great DVDs are playing on nice televisions and projection screens. He always has something to drink on hand. Computers are running with the latest wind reports. There are nice views of tourists chicks walking in front of the shop and nice chicks in


may not be long be for SA has more kites then anything. Go back to sleep that was a nice dream.

Prokitesurf is a kitesurf only shop (the biggest in texas) and they are a full service shop as well. They do Retail, Lessons, PASA certification for instructors, Repairs (guarenteed for the life of the kite) and the shop is big enough to blow a kite up to inspect before buying (inside). It is a cool place to just hang out and BS with fellow kitesurfers.

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An elegiac tale of lost innocence and the ruthlessness of the natural world, where the hunter all too soon becomes the prey. As he dies leaving his two boys orphans, Paulo's father lays on him the duty to look after his retarded but overgrown younger brother, for otherwise Daniel will be put away in an institution. But Daniel never listens to his brother, who is unable to exert any authority over him. Instead Daniel, aged twenty and still in the throes of puberty, goes off in an inept, fumbling pursuit of the village girls, as they ride past on their bicycles on the way to sewing lessons or cake-baking classes. Among these girls are pretty Teresa and her plain friend, Carmen, a girl disfigured by a birthmark


on one cheek. Both of them are sweet on Paulo, the quiet, irresolute but handsome lad who works in the family sawmill, while Teresa is the reluctant, indeed disgusted, object of Daniel's dreams. Each girl schemes to cut the other out and win favour with Paulo. All ends in tears. And the narrators of this story, who take turns to continue the tale, are creatures of the wild, driven by their inner voices - a bird, squirrels, a black snake.He wiped the floor with his opponents in every category of karting he raced in, often against boys a year or two his senior. By the time he reached single seaters, his name was being spoken about as an F1 driver, even a star, in the making.

After a dominant year in GP2, the feeder series for F1, in 2006, which showcased the full range of Hamilton's driving skills, McLaren took up their option on him for 2007.

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He partnered double world champion Fernando Alonso, where he was expected to learn his trade as the Spaniard launched another title bid.

It was a gamble but Dennis knew what McLaren had under their wing.

Still, no one could have foreseen the impact Hamilton would have in embarking on the greatest rookie season


the sport had ever seen.

Four wins, six pole positions, two fastest laps, nine straight podiums from the start of year and a total of 109 points -- just one behind champion Kimi Raikkonen, of Ferrari.

Hamilton could -- should -- have won the 2007 championship, one of the most dramatic, controversial and keenly fought in history, but bad luck and inexperience when it counted in the home straight cost him.

But Hamilton returned stronger for 2008 and though his title-winning campaign was undeniably littered with mistakes, he was not alone in that.

In the end, he did the better job as Felipe Massa and Raikkonen failed to make the most of a Ferrari that, on balance, was probably the fastest car.

Hamilton's wet-weather prowess -- as demonstrated in Monaco and Britain thisyear -- has lifted him up there towards the pedestals occupied by previous rain-masters, Michael Schumacher and Senna.

And like all the best racers, Hamilton is capable of putting on a great show, of producing remarkable, memorable drives. The last few nail-biting laps of the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix will be remembered as F1, indeed any sport, at its very best.

"If you look at the statistics, he has won more points, more races and had more podiums in the last two years than any other driver," reflected Dennis.

"He is now the youngest world champion ever, and he just keeps on delivering. At the end of the day, he is two years into his career, and there is a long way to go."

At 23, Hamilton has started his record-breaking run


Republic Airways Holding acquired Midwest Airlines in July 2009 by purchasing its parent, Midwest Air Group. The seniority lists for mechanics, baggage handlers, and administrative personnel have been integrated under the Amendment. But Republic furloughed the flight attendants, requiring them to apply for "new" jobs; if they are rehired, the Teamsters Union, which represents the flight attendants at Republic's older carriers (Republic Airlines, Chautauqua Airlines, and Shuttle America), places them at the bottom of its seniority roster. (Pilots, too, were furloughed, but their status is not at issue here.) The Teamsters Union has refused to budge from this position, which it has maintained even after the National Mediation Board concluded that the flight attendants who worked for Midwest became part of a single bargaining unit at an integrated100% of Midwest. (It is therefore unnecessary to consider whether the gates and landing slots were worth more than Midwest's meager equity in the leased planes.) And subparagraph (A) is satisfied if Midwest became part of a "single air carrier" with Republic. That it did. Operations and schedules were integrated; Republic answered the phones, took reservations, and began to fly Midwest's routes with planes and employees that came from its other subsidiary carriers. That's why the National Mediation Board concluded that all flight attendants are part of a single pool, represented by a single union; that's why the seniority lists of the reservations clerks and mechanics already have been integrated. When Republic abandoned Midwest's certificate and returned the leased planes, this meant even more complete consolidation. Only Republic


remained, as a "single air carrier."
Nothing in the text of the statute asks whether one of the merging carriers is bankrupt and about to vanish when the transaction closes. There's a good reason for the omission: this statute grew out of American Airlines' acquisition of Trans World Airlines, which was bankrupt and would have closed its doors had it not been acquired. TWA had its main hub in St. Louis; the two Senators whose names are on the legislation represented the State of Missouri. (The original sponsors were Senators Bond and Talent; Sen. McCaskill replaced Sen. Talent as a sponsor when she succeeded him.) What seniority TWA's former employees would retain was a contentious issue that threatened to frustrate the transaction or precipitate a strike; the statute providesChan Lowe: FPL gets approval for more nukes

One of the advantages of working at a newspaper office in downtown Oklahoma City during the early ’80s was that I could pop over to the federal courthouse during my lunch hour and sit in on a trial.

The most memorable of these was the civil suit by the family of the late Karen Silkwood, a plutonium-processing worker, against the Kerr-McGee Corporation. Kerr-McGee was the energy conglomerate that owned and operated the Cimarron plant where Ms. Silkwood became contaminated with deadly radiation. The events were so compelling that a major movie, starring Cher and Meryl Streep, was made about them.

The center of attention at the real-life trial was celebrated litigator Gerry Spence, who was imported from Wyoming to give the closing argument.


didn't know how to play defensively or physically, and despite their knack for scoring goals NHL teams feared taking a chance on a boom or bust situation.

The Islanders were happily surprised to snatch up Bossy at number 15, and he would quickly prove that he would be no bust. Bossy is considered by many to be the best pure sniper in the history of hockey - even better than a Brett Hull or Ilya Kovalchuk for modern fans. And Bossy worked very hard at becoming a well rounded player. He openly admitted to not playing any defense in his junior days, but he became a very reliable back checker with the Isles.

He carried his goal scoring ways right into the NHL, scoring a then-rookie record of an unheardof 53 goals and earning the Calder trophy as top rookie. Bossy, always a very confident person, even had predicted to team general manager Bill Torrey that he would score 50 goals in his first NHL season - something never before seen in the NHL.

He would go on to score 50 goals in every single season he played in, except his final campaign which was plagued with back problems. He also scored 50 goals in as many games during the 1981 season. It was only the second time a player had accomplished that milestone that Hall of Famer Maurice "Rocket" Richard made so famous in 1945.
Mike Bossy's brilliant career included: 573 goal along with 553 assists for 1,126 points; In playoff action, Bossy tallied 85 goals and 160


points in 129 games; At least 60 goals on five occasions, and seven 100 plus points seasons; Four Stanley Cup rings; he scored the series winning goal in both the 1982 and 1983 Stanley Cup finals making him the only player in NHL history to record Cup winning goals in consecutive seasons; the 1982 recipient of the Conn Smythe Trophy awarded to the playoffs' Most Valuable Player; awarded the Lady Byng Trophy for gentlemanly play three times; A first team All-Star five times and a second team All-Star three times; And his 573 goals also put him high on the NHL's all-time list.

Bossy was also a member of Team Canada in the 1981 and 1984 Canada Cup Tournaments. It was his overtime goal in the 1984 sudden deathsemi-final that eliminated the Soviets and sent Team Canada to the final and eventually to their second Canada Cup championship.

Bossy was and remains outspoken about violence in hockey. As one of the most gifted and talented players ever to grace the game, he was often the target of thugs. However Bossy took great pride in never stooping to retaliation. The three time Lady Byng Trophy winner who accumulated only 210 PIM in his career, Bossy was often criticized for not fighting back. Critics passed him off as not tough enough. Bossy's sweet revenge would however often come in the following 2 minutes after the cowardly attacks. Bossy - perhaps the greatest power play weapon in the game's history - would score on the man advantage, and that would


only upset the other team even more. Of Bossy's 573 career goals, 181 were scored on the power play.

A chronic bad back forced Bossy to retire prematurely. Oddly enough, the back injuries that still haunt him to this day were caused by the constant abuse he had to take on the ice. In his final season he tallied 38 goals, the only season in which he did not record at least 50 goals. Bossy termed the "failure" to score 50 goals as his biggest disappointment. In actuality he probably shouldn't have played that year either, as his back was just that bad. Bossy's love of the game outweighed doctors advice. But by doing so Bossy forever silenced his critics. He played through immense pain and showed the hockeyworld just how tough he really was.

It is an absolute shame Mike Bossy had to call it quits so soon. He is perhaps the greatest goal scorer the game has ever seen. But he also took great pride in working on his all around game, and became a very dependable defensive player and underrated playmaker.

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Bossy is the greatest goal scorer of all time and no player will match his consistency over an entire career. Some may be better players overall such as Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr but not as pure goal scorers.

Bossy scored 51 playoff goals in three straight Stanley Cup years, a feat unmatched by anybody, and in the five straight to the finals he scored 69 goals. In the regular season, he averaged .762 per game


for a season.

Actually, Mario had the highest career goals-per-game average on his first retirement. Think it was at something like .801 or .802. (also had the highest ppg average of 2.01 or so at that point too)... Mario only lowered it by attempting a few more unpeak seasons when he came back older and clearly out of his prime, the last season was limited to just 25 games and "only" 24 pts, 9 goals, due to an ailing heart that pushed him into retirement for good...

Not only as pure a sniper as can be.... he could take that puck and put it exactly where he needed to. Class act on and off the ice. Always both feet on the ground despite being a superstar... that made him avery likable character.

Agree that Bossy was the best goal scorer. Hard to compare Gretzky, who played in the wide open West, with lots of weaker teams, and Lemieux,who played in an era when there was more expansion and more wide open as well. Bossy also is the only player to score 50-plus goals in each of his first 9 years, and would have done it in his 10th year as well but for his back injuries. No other player ever had the quick release that he had, and his goal in 1982 Finals against Vancouver where he was in mid-air shooting a backhander may be one of the greates goals ever, but testimony to his ability as a scorer.

Bossy had 27 goals in 36 games halfway through his


and revealed why the Edgecombe side has been left behind.

My problem with this is since Nash County got the damn bond referendum money from Edgecombe and didn’t spend the money on the schools on the Edgecombe side then they ought to be made to pay it back. Oh they paying it back by saying now is the time for us to send them black children to Edgecombe County Public Schools.

A local lawyer is crying foul over the gubernatorial appointment of his rival for a vacant judge’s seat just months away from the election.

Beth Freshwater-Smith was appointed Friday by Gov. Pat McCrory to a District Court seat in the 7th District, which includes Nash, Edgecombe and Wilson counties. She faces Lamont Wiggins in November’s election.

Wiggins said November’s race willQ:

Visual Studio 2010 macro recording not picking up startofline-firstcolumn presses

In Visual Studio 2008 I would regularly record a macro to (for example) take a list of class member declarations and turn it into a list of property definitions.
Using Visual Studio 2010, the macro recorder appears to ignore a 2nd press of the Home key (the 1st should take you to the start of the text on the line, the 2nd should take you to the character position 1 on the line).
Putting the cursor at the end of a tabbed line, starting to record and pressing "Home" twice results in the following (it doesn't matter whether the tabs are actual tabs or spaces)...
Sub TemporaryMacro()
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When what it should really put is...
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Swansea City have surprisingly appointed Carlos Carvalhal as their new head coach just four days after he left the Championship club Sheffield Wednesday.

The 52-year-old Portuguese will take charge until the end of the season – with an option to stay on longer – as Swansea desperately battle against Premier League relegation.

Following the sacking of Paul Clement, Carvalhal becomes Swansea’s fifth manager in two years, with the club having been determined to make an appointment before the January transfer window opens.

Carvalhal took training yesterday morning, after a deal was agreed on Wednesday evening, before being presented to the media ahead of his first match, away to Watford on Saturday.

The focus will be on what transfer deals Swansea can complete, with the club accepting that serious mistakes have been madeconsidered a number of candidates following Clement’s sacking including the Dutch trio of former Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal, Ronald Koeman – both of whom are understood to have turned them down – and Frank de Boer along with former West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic.

Carvalhal took Wednesday to the play-offs twice, losing in the final to Hull City and then in the semi-finals to Huddersfield Town. He has long impressed Swansea, who have followed up their interest despite his struggles this season.

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Swansea discussed appointing Carvalhal when they sacked Garry Monk two years ago – hence they can justify departing from their original plan of wanting a manager with Premier League experience - and he is adamant that, despite being five points adrift of safety, he


Fatal Bus Crash In Oregon Claims Nine

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UPDATE: Between La Grande and Pendleton, Oregon (KEPR) Officials said the accident happened on the west end of the Blue Mountains. This is a stretch of the highway that tends to be icy in winter months.

ORIGINAL STORY: Pendleton, Oregon (KEPR/Oregon State Police) Nine people are dead following a bus crash on Interstate 84 near Pendleton, Oregon.

Saint Anthony Hospital told CBS affiliate KEPR that 18 patients were brought to their hospital with a wide range of injuries. Some of those patients were air lifted elsewhere with more severe injuries.

The bus driver survived the crash, but investigators have been unable to speak to the person because of theinjuries. The name of the charter bus has not yet been released.

The bus was en route from Las Vegas to Vancouver, British Columbia.Police believe the bus may have lost control while traveling down the snow– and ice–covered highway.


made just three car models in its brief 13-year history. The big question is whether or not Tesla can back up that value with raw sales numbers.

To a large extent, Tesla's valuation is based more on its potential than what it has done so far. All of its existing cars are luxury models that have sold in modest numbers -- it's happy to have sold 25,000 cars last quarter where GM sold nearly 690,000 vehicles (including commercial sales) in the same period. Even when you consider Tesla's premium prices, it's relatively a small player in the automotive industry. It's not exactly profitable, either. While Elon Musk's outfit occasionally turns a profit, it tends to bleed cash due to its combination of high investments and relatively low output.

Most ofGutierrez has talks with Haas in Spain

According to Autosprint, the Mexican had a “long meeting” with the incoming American team’s owner Gene Haas over the course of the Spanish Grand Prix weekend.

Haas, also a Nascar team co-owner, was visiting the Barcelona paddock following reports an internal deadline for the driver decision has been set for September.

It was believed that American Alexander Rossi, the former Marussia and Caterham tester who now races in GP2, was a prime candidate for the North Carolina-based team.

“We’ve obviously spoken with Haas,” Rossi admitted last year.

But another obvious favourite is 23-year-old Gutierrez, the Sauber race driver of 2013 and 2014 who has now taken his Mexican backers to Ferrari.

He attends every race as official reserve driver for Ferrari, who will power and support the


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The book was the highlight of the sale of the Gordon Waldorf collection on April 1.sides is a good sign for the CFL overall given the wave of pivot injuries this year.

What was really impressive about Harris' Week One showing against Edmonton was the accuracy; he completed 24 of 27 passes (88.9 per cent) for 347 yards and three touchdowns without an interception in that one. That accuracy wasn't quite at the same level Sunday, but he still delivered an incredible showing from that perspective, finishing with 30 completions on 38 attempts (78.9 per cent) for 267 yards and four touchdowns. Yes, the yardage wasn't as strong, and yes, he threw an interception, but this was still a great showing from Harris, and he looked strong under pressure. He was terrific in both overtime periods, making plays with both his arms and, unusually


for him, his legs; he finished the day with 25 rushing yards on four scrambles, including a critical nine-yard gain in overtime. Harris may be in his fourth CFL season, but he hasn't seen that much game experience, so some struggles in a crunch-time situation would have been understandable. He looked like a proven veteran, though, and was crucial to the Argonauts' eventual victory. If he keeps playing this way, they may be just fine without Ricky Ray.

Glenn was perhaps even better in a losing cause, though. He completed 33 of 40 passes (82.5 per cent) on the day for 477 yards and two touchdowns, just an incredible yardage total. (It's not quite in the top 10 all-time from a league-wide perspective, but it's not far off, andlost two close games, and this one gave them some promising offensive signs from Glenn. If he can keep this level of play up, the Riders may well be able to compete without Durant.

The performances from Glenn and Harris are good news for the league as a whole. Over the last couple of seasons, the CFL's seen a lot of quarterback injuries, and it's frequently seen subpar play from backup quarterbacks in the absence of the starters. That drags down the league's offensive stats and its points-per-game, and that affects attendance and TV ratings. With so many quarterbacks hurt so early, this could have been a really dismal year for CFL offence, but strong showings from backups might help avoid that. We've seen some poor ones this year


on agriculture, manufacturing, and textile mills for its economic foundation. In recent years, much of the manufacturing and textile jobs have disappeared, creating a dire employment situation with unemployment rates between 12--19% which exceeds the state average and national averages \[[@B44]\]. The city of Danville is the largest city in the region, with a population of about 45,000. Danville is the economic hub of the region, where many of the regions' services are located (e.g. retail, healthcare, higher education centers). An estimated 20% of the residents in Danville are over the age of 65, 44% are black, and 20% are living below the FPL \[[@B45],[@B46]\]. According to the Virginia Health Equity Report, low socio-economic status (SES), rural, and African American populations in the state consistently experience higher mortalitywere attributed as "high income", and the fifth and sixth deciles were attributed as "middle income" \[[@B47]\].

### Enumeration of food outlets and physical activity resources

To better understand the built environment, a database of food establishments and physical activity resources was created. Retail food outlets and restaurants were identified, enumerated, and classified based on the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey (NEMS) \[[@B48],[@B49]\]. Lists of city and county food permits were matched against lists of outlets from the City of Danville Office of Economic Development. The establishments on the lists were verified using a variety of sources and methods including online searches, telephone calls and drive by visualization to ensure that only those still in operation were included. Further, only establishments that were open to the public were included in this


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The Syriacs of Tirbespiyeh by Yann Renoult

22 Aug 2014

The ancient Syriac, Syrian Christian, community of Syria has a history dating back to the 1st century AD. The language spoken here, Syriac, is a form of the ancient Arameans, a dialect of Middle Aramaic that is of direct relation to the Aramaic of Jesus.

Over the centuries the Syriac community has become smaller under the pressure of conversion when Islam rose in the region. At the beginning of the 20th century Syriacs ,and Armenians, were brutally killed by the new Turkish Republic in what many see as a genocide.

In Syria, however, the state regime allowed Syriacs to keep their traditions and language, as long as it wasn’t too public. The government in turn used Syriac priests tospread the regime’s word amongst the Christian population. As a community the Syriacs had no rights.

Following the start of the 2011 uprising in Syria, the community’s population decreased further. Many Christians, afraid of renewed persecution by Islamist groups and rouge forces chose to flee. Those that remain live in fear and isolation.

In northern Syria, in the predominantly Kurdish region, the 2011 uprising gave occasion for the Syriac community to claim new rights. Describing itself as an ethnic group, not as a religious group, some members of the community choose to take part in the new local administration established by Kurds in the Kurdish areas of Syria. For example, in the canton of Jezireh, in the north east, the vice president of the administration is now a Syriac women.


Here also Syriacs hold 15 of the 78 parliamentary seats, where they represent their community’s point of view.

In the small town of Tirbespiyeh (Gabara Heworye in Syriac), a Syriac community that is thousands of years old, has organised its own defense militia, the Sutoro, as well as the Syriac Army Council, which works in collaboration with the Kurdish armed forces. Despite the fears of the community and their reticence at first not to be put in the spotlight when a photographer came to town, many members see the present conflict and possible disintegration of Syria as a chance for them to stand up, rise and face their foes so that they can live in peace and be assured of a future, equally as long as their proud past.

Forthe past year the local administration has allowed Syriac to be taught in school. The church organised this summer school for the children.

Syriac language summer school. The class sings the Syriac anthem at the start of morning lessons. Tirbespiyeh, Syria, June 2014

A Syriac home, Tirbespiyeh, Syria, June 2014

Whilst the elderly father in this family reminisces about the the good old days of the regime, his son has opted to join the local militia force, Sutoro, totake up arms and defend the future for his community.

Inside a Syriac home.

The aftermath of a car bomb attack in the city, which killed 13 and left many more injured. Tirbespiyeh, Syria, June 2014

A postcard depicting Christian martyrs killed in the current fighting.

A member of the Sutoro in the militia’s office in Tirbespiyeh

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cross is tattooed on the arms of a Sutoro member. With tattoos such as this fighters are proudly declaring their affiliation and commitment to their community, for if they are captured by Jihadists, there is no denying their religion.

A checkpoint manned by Sutoro Syriac police. Each car is inspected, in fear of car bomb attacks. Near Tirbespiyeh, Syria, June 2014

The jihadist group “Islamic State” often attacks in this area south of Tirbespiyeh. Syria, June 2014.

Graffiti scrawled on a wall by jihadis from the Islamic State, south of Tirbespiyeh, Syria, June 2014.

Syriac army members take position in a church destroyed by fighters of Islamic State

Only the cross remains on this church destroyed by IS fighters south of Tirbespiyeh.

Syriac army, on the frontline, south of Tirbespiyeh, Syria, June 2014

Syriac army,on the frontline, south of Tirbespiyeh, Syria, June 2014

TSoldiers display the flag of the Syriac community reuniting Catholic and Orthodox Christians. South of Tirbespiyeh, Syria, June 2014

Syriac Sutoro soldiers eat under a tapestry displaying the last supper biblical scene. South of Tirbespiyeh, Syria, June 2014


Sgt. 1st Class Walter Taylor’s life collapsed in four interminable seconds in a dusty field in central Afghanistan.

His convoy was reeling from a roadside bomb, his fellow soldiers were engaged in combat with insurgents — and a mysterious black car had just screeched to a stop in the middle of the firefight. Some nine minutes later, a black door opens.

Second 1: A figure dressed in dark, bulky clothing emerges.

Second 2: The figure begins walking toward the trunk.

Second 3: Taylor, with five wounded comrades behind him, sees a thin trigger wire seeming to snake directly toward the black car. Could there be a second bomb in the trunk?

Second 4: Taylor squeezes the trigger on his M-4 carbine. The figure crumples to the dirt.

The figure was not an insurgent, butnose, shattered his cheeks, ripped open his lips, drove his teeth back toward his throat, blinded him in one eye — in short, left him without a face as he had known it.

The 30-year-old sergeant, who had served three previous combat deployments, accepted a Purple Heart in August 2011 and a criminal charge sheet shortly thereafter.

“I feel to this day that this makes no sense. It’s just wrong,” Taylor said recently, sitting at a table in the kitchen of his small apartment near Bamberg, Germany, with his German wife, Nina, and their two young children. “I mean, can people please look at everything I did, and why I did what I did?”

Taylor was a well-regarded field leader whose split-second decision came as the Army was trying to minimize


neighborhood where a lot of the people were on welfare. He lived with his mother, four brothers and an older sister in a two-bedroom, single-wide mobile home (later, they traded it in for a double-wide).

Taylor spent summers rounding up kids for summer camp at the local parks, where he worked as a youth director. He got a job at the grocery store when he was 14, and when he had enough money he bought an old Chevy for $350. He used it to drive his mom to work at a Bealls department store and to provide rides to half the rest of the neighborhood. They called him the “taxi driver.”

There were two dozen African American kids from Taylor’s neighborhood at his high school; Taylor said he was theConnections of the dorsal zone of cat auditory cortex.
The present study examined the anatomic connections of the dorsal zone of cat auditory cortex (DZ). The DZ was discriminated physiologically from the primary auditory field (AI) on the basis of neuronal responses with long latency and broad or multipeaked tuning curves. Wheat germ agglutinin-horseradish peroxidase was then injected either by pressure or iontophoretically. The thalamocortical and corticothalamic connections of the DZ were visualized by the presence of retrogradely labeled neurons and anterogradely labeled terminal fields in the thalamus; ipsilateral corticocortical projections from other cortical fields were visualized by the presence of retrogradely labeled cells. Injections of tracer into the DZ retrogradely labeled cells mainly in the lateral division of posterior complex (Po) and in the dorsal division (MGd) of


the efficient operation of the solenoid; and the KEK computer group, and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) computing group for strong computing support; and the National Institute of Informatics, and Science Information NETwork 5 (SINET5) for valuable network support. We acknowledge support from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) of Japan, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), and the Tau-Lepton Physics Research Center of Nagoya University; the Australian Research Council including grants DP180102629, DP170102389, DP170102204, DP150103061, FT130100303; Austrian Science Fund under Grant No. P 26794-N20; the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Contracts No. 11435013, No. 11475187, No. 11521505, No. 11575017, No. 11675166, No. 11705209; Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Grant No. QYZDJ-SSW-SLH011; the CAS Centerfor Excellence in Particle Physics (CCEPP); the Shanghai Pujiang Program under Grant No. 18PJ1401000; the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic under Contract No. LTT17020; the Carl Zeiss Foundation, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, the Excellence Cluster Universe, and the VolkswagenStiftung; the Department of Science and Technology of India; the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare of Italy; National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea Grants No. 2015H1A2A1033649, No. 2016R1D1A1B01010135, No. 2016K1A3A7A09005 603, No. 2016R1D1A1B02012900, No. 2018R1A2B3003 643, No. 2018R1A6A1A06024970, No. 2018R1D1 A1B07047294; Radiation Science Research Institute, Foreign Large-size Research Facility Application Supporting project, the Global Science Experimental Data Hub Center of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information and KREONET/GLORIAD; the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the National Science Center; the Grant of the Russian Federation Government, Agreement No. 14.W03.31.0026; the Slovenian Research


Flint residents hire first K Street firm MORE (D-N.Y.) leads by more than 250 votes over Republican Randy Altschuler, but the two are battling over challenged absentee ballots.

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Elsewhere in New York, Rep. Dan Maffei (D-N.Y.) trails Republican Ann Marie Buerkle, who appears on the verge of victory in that race with a lead of more than 500 votes.

Lawyers for both campaigns are due in state Supreme Court on Tuesday over several hundred contested ballots. Maffei might also still ask for a full hand recount of ballots

And in California, Reps. Jerry McNerney (D) and Jim Costa (D) both lead their Republican challengers who have yet to concede.

Republicans won back a House majority in the midterm election after four years in the minority.

Farenthold defeated a 14-term incumbent in Ortiz. UnderThe Government of New South Wales (NSW) in Australia has announced the removal of overhead wires from the planned light rail system at Newcastle as part of Newcastle's revitalisation programme.

Newcastle Light Rail vehicles are now set to feature on-board energy storage to remove the ‘spider-web’ of overhead wires.

NSW Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Andrew Constance said: “This is a game changer for the urban amenity and sustainability of Newcastle Light Rail, which has been the impetus for the complete revitalisation of the city.

“Implementing world class light rail technology aligns with our plans for Newcastle to become a major university town and a city known for cutting-edge research and innovation.

“Removing the overhead wires will preserve the aesthetics of Newcastle’s heritage architecture and its unique character as light rail breathes


new life into the city centre.”

"Implementing world class light rail technology aligns with our plans for Newcastle to become a major university town and a city known for cutting-edge innovation."

NSW Minister for Planning Anthony Roberts said that the suite of urban amenity upgrades will connect light rail customers with new activity precincts such as Darby Plaza and Civic Link.

Other upgrades planned across the Newcastle area include more open space for outdoor dining, while street trees are also scheduled to be delivered along with the light rail system in a bid to minimise disruption.

Construction of the rail system is expected to commence this year.

Image: Artist impression of Newcastle Light Rail Market Street. Photo: courtesy of NSW Government.Cinedigm & NBA Entertainment set to release 2019 NBA Champions: Toronto Raptors on Blu-ray™ Combo, DVD & Digital October 22, 2019

TORONTO, Oct. 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With a nation hanging on their every shot, the Toronto Raptors made history by becoming the first-ever Canadian team to win an NBA title. Produced by NBA Entertainment, the official licensed commemorative championship film, 2019 NBA Champions: Toronto Raptors,will be released on Oct. 22 by Cinedigm (NASDAQ: CIDM). The film offers exclusive behind-the-scenes access, interviews, commentary and never-before-seen footage that takes fans through the triumphant 2018-19 season filled with hard-fought battles, bold trades and a captivating collection of players from around the globe determined to bring the Larry O’Brien Trophy to Toronto for the first time ever.

“We the North” is much


more than a rallying cry; It speaks to the collective dedication of a team, its fans and a city to achieving the ultimate championship goal laid out by the Raptors’ front office, led by Team President, Masai Ujiri. On the heels of a disappointing loss in the 2018 NBA Playoffs, team architect Ujiri acted boldly, acquiring one of the most complete two-way players in the game, Kawhi Leonard, while fearlessly handing the coaching reins to rookie head coach Nick Nurse. The 2018-19 Toronto Raptors were not built like the typical NBA championship squad; Much like the multi-cultural metropolis they represent, the squad was a captivating collection of players from around the globe with a wide variety of backgrounds. Without a single lottery pick on the roster, the Raptorsearned their respect the old-fashioned way – between the lines.

For Kyle Lowry, the longest-tenured member of the squad, his seventh season in “The 6ix” was about redemption. For Pascal Siakam, whose amazing journey from Cameroon is chronicled herein, the season was a chance to establish himself as a rising star after fulfilling his father’s dreams. And for veterans like Marc Gasol – who was added in a trade deadline deal – and Serge Ibaka, the campaign provided a perfect opportunity to play for a ring.

2019 NBA Champions: Toronto Raptorstakes fans through the Toronto Raptors’ championship run from the first day of training camp through the scintillating six games of the 2019 NBA Finals against the returning champions, the Golden State Warriors. Viewers will also experience all the outrageous


optimism and electric enthusiasm of the jam-packed crowds at “Jurassic Park” in Maple Leaf Square and in towns across Canada. Hear the firsthand accounts from the team, including exclusive interviews with Kawhi Leonard, Kyle Lowry, Nick Nurse and Marc Gasol, who helped make it happen in the greatest season of the franchise’s history. Bonus features are also included, with player profiles and in-depth analysis.

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the NBA App and NBA League Pass. The NBA has created one of the largest social media communities in the world, with 1.6 billion likes and followers globally across all league, team, and player platforms. Through NBA Cares, the league addresses important social issues by working with internationally recognized youth-serving organizations that support education, youth and family development, and health-related causes.

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Since inception, Cinedigm (NASDAQ: CIDM) has been a leader at the forefront of the digital transformation of content distribution. Adjusting to the rapidly transforming business needs of today’s entertainment landscape, Cinedigm remains a change-centric player focused on providing content, channels and services to the world’s largest media, technology and retail companies. Cinedigm’s Content and Networks groups provide original and aggregated programming, channels and services that entertain consumersUPDATE, 11:15 a.m., June 16, 2017: Michelle Carter has been found guilty

Michelle Carter was bubbly, athletic and an attentive student. Conrad Roy was a Red Sox fan from a boating family, with a 3.88 GPA; his loved ones nicknamed him Coco.

Now, he is dead and she is facing manslaughter charges, in a suicide case whose combination of lurid details and legal knottiness has led to national attention and an upcoming hearing before Massachusetts' highest court.

Carter stands accused of involuntary manslaughter for a series of text messages that encouraged Roy, with whom she had a romantic but largely online relationship, to kill himself. He did so with carbon monoxide in a Kmart parking lot in 2014. And over a year later, the case is still unsettled, with Carter's attorney


making a free speech argument that will be heard before the Supreme Judicial Court in May.

With the case in limbo, new details have emerged in a feature on the case by New York Magazine, including interviews with Roy's family and Carter's school classmates.

Roy, whose grandfather owned a tugboat company, earned his captain's license at age 18, New York Magazine reported. A Mattapoisett native, he struggled with anxiety and depression, and was hospitalized for a acetaminophen overdose at age 17.

Carter, who attended King Philip Regional High School, was a bubbly, popular athlete, classmates told New York Magazine. She was named "class clown" and "most likely to brighten your day" in school superlatives. But friends also suspected she suffered mental illness of her own, telling New York Magazine that shehad made oblique references to time spent at McLean Hospital, a Belmont psychiatric facility.

Roy and Carter had met years ago on vacation in Naples, Florida. As court documents show, they communicated and professed their love through a prolific stream of text messages, but rarely met in person. Roy's family told New York Magazine they only knew of a couple of meetings, and Joseph Cataldo, Carter's attorney, told MassLive last year that the relationship was almost entirely digital.

Carter's legal battle continues to inch its way toward a resolution. More than two months after defense attorney Joseph Cataldo filed an appeal seeking the dismissal of the case, Supreme Judicial Court Justice Margot Botsford made her decision last month -- one that does not bring the matter closer to an end.

Botsford


her trial must begin before her 20th birthday on Aug. 11, 2016. Prosecutors said in a court hearing Tuesday that such a time frame could limit their ability to prepare for the case, South Coast Today reported.

In early December the Bristol County District Attorney's office denied a request from MassLive for the prosecution's response to the appeal, saying that it referenced grand jury minutes and was a sealed filing.

Roy drove from his mother's house to a Kmart parking lot in July, 2014. He started a portable engine inside the cabin of his truck, and left it running until he died of carbon monoxide poisoning. A trail of text messages, released in an unsealed indictment, show that Carter encouraged him to kill himself, and urged him to follow throughwhen in his last minutes he exited the truck, afraid of dying.

Prosecutors allege that Carter led a campaign of encouragement that directly led to the death of Roy, who had graduated from Old Rochester Regional High School that June.

"Carter assisted Conrad's suicide by counseling him to overcome his doubts," the indictment reads. "Her counsel took the form of positive direction, where she told him he was 'strong' enough to execute the suicide plan and would be happy once he was dead."

The text messages included in court filings show Carter, in between professions of love, advocating for suicide as Roy's best option after an extended period of depression. "It's painless and quick," she wrote in one text. "Everyone will be sad for a while but they will get over


it and move on," she wrote in another. She urged him not to delay the act, and advised him to find alternative methods of producing carbon monoxide when it became clear his truck's diesel engine would not work.

The prosecution has portrayed Carter as an active participant in Roy's death -- one who, after the fact, pretended to have no knowledge of the plan. She texted with Roy's relatives, asking where he was in the hours before his body was found in the Kmart parking lot.Madison

Here then, is another favorite passage from the Federalist Papers, that compilation of eighty-five essays that Alexander Hamilton and James Madison (with the brief assistance of John Jay) wrote in defense of the newly-proposed Constitution. It’s taken from Federalist no. 63 and comes from the pen of James Madison, the slight Virginian often remembered as the “father” of the Constitution. In context, Madison was making a case for the proposed structure of the U. S. Senate. In the passage below he makes no bones about the role that he hoped the Senate would play:

I shall not scruple to add that such an institution may be sometimes necessary as a defense to the people against their own temporary errors and delusions. As the cool and deliberate sense of the


in northern California and Southern Oregon. This year, he is spearheading the creation of a nonprofit to advocate for what he has dubbed the Bigfoot Trail.

New trails, less hustle and bustle

Kauffmann said a fundraising campaign on the crowdfunding website Kickstarter has achieved more than triple its goal with days still to go.

"People now understand what it means to hike a long trail, what it can mean both emotionally, physically - and spiritually as well - as you connect with the landscape,” he said.

Kauffmann initially sought to raise $2,500 on Kickstarter to cover legal and administrative costs to establish the official Bigfoot Trail Alliance. As of Thursday, there was more than $8,000 in the kitty, which could seed a first season of trail work as well.

He sees a desireto have additional long trails with less of the "hustle and bustle" expected on hiking's "Triple Crown" of famous distance trails: the Pacific Crest Trail, Continental Divide Trail and Appalachian Trail.

"The folks who have hiked the Bigfoot Trail discuss how they see more bears than people,” Kauffmann explained. “Then they overlap with the Pacific Crest Trail and they kind of get that flavor of the hiking community again. And then they disappear further into the wilderness."

‘The mythic quality of our ancient forests’

The proposed route of the Bigfoot Trail stretches 360 miles from Crescent City to a trailhead west of Red Bluff, California.

Proposed route of the Bigfoot Trail

Credit Michael Kauffmann

Kauffmann described the thru-hike as not really ready for prime time yet. The route links existing trails, but there are


gaps and some bushwhacking required at present.

The unsigned route needs "to be easier to walk," Kauffmann observed.

The Bigfoot Trail crosses six wilderness areas, one national park, one state park and four national forests. The terrain has been fertile ground for purported Sasquatch sightings, although the trail's chief promoter makes no promises about that.

"I don't believe in Bigfoot, but I do believe in the mythic quality of our ancient forests and the evolution that has occurred here and still occurs here," Kauffmann said. "I thought about naming it something different. I thought about the Ancient Forest Trail, the Biodiversity Trail. But I really think Bigfoot Trail is catchy... It generates interest."

The Northwest is home to several other long distance trails which have long been overshadowed by the better knownin expansion mode. This trail association is in the midst of hiring a marketing and PR manager. Thereafter, Knechtel hopes to hire a regional coordinator for Idaho and Montana.

Emerging long distance trails also include the proposed Mokelumne Coast to Crest Trail, which starts at San Francisco Bay and would finish at the Sierra Crest. Other backpacking enthusiasts have laid out a new 400-mile route through the Central California coastal mountains called the Condor Trail.

"Definitely in the last year, there is renewed energy behind these long distance trails," said Jack Haskel, trail information specialist for the granddaddy Pacific Crest Trail Association.

The U.S. Forest Service anticipates the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail to be so popular this year, it modified the permit system to spread long distance hikers out. Departures from


the trail's southern terminus at the Mexican border will be capped at 50 people per day.

In 2014, the Pacific Crest Trail Association issued 2,655 Long-Distance Permits on behalf of the Forest Service to hikers wishing to travel more than 500 miles on the national scenic trail. That compares to 1,879 permits issued in 2013.

Haskel said “it's all speculation" at this point as to how many more will head out in the upcoming season.Gail's Gab: remember World War I, remember Harry Patch

Type in the name Harry Patch and among the scores of websites that pay tribute to him you will find direct quotes from recorded by the BBC where he eloquently and with supreme authority lambasts war in general and the First World War in particular.

Harry Patch was the oldest surviving soldier of the First World War in Britain and Europe.

His most damning condemnation of war came after he had reached 100 years of age.

He lived to celebrate his 111th birthday and was briefly the third oldest man in the world and one of the five oldest veterans of the First World War.

He died in July 2009. I wish we had the benefit of his words and wisdom when we studied