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BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Internet court on Thursday launched an online litigation service center, which includes an AI judge claimed to be "the first of its kind in the world."

The AI judge, based on intelligent synthesizing technologies of speech and image, will help the court's judges complete repetitive basic work, including litigation reception, and thus enables professional practitioners to focus on judicial trials.

The judge has a female image with a voice, facial expressions and actions based on a real person. It can also provide users with litigation guidance in real time, helping users to use the online litigation platform.

The innovation is expected to improve the quality and efficiency of judicial work. As technology advances, the AI judge is moreThere is a saying that goes, ‘not all super heroes wear capes’ and there is one such ‘Super Hero’ in blockchain world that goes by the name Gabriel Abed. Gabriel is in the league of very distinguished people who discovered bitcoin and blockchain usability very early. He co-founded Bitt, a payment solution for end-users, banking institutions, merchants and central banks that promote social inclusion, financial empowerment and economic growth. After registering one of the world’s first blockchain company, Bit Edge Technologies, Gabriel is also known as one of the key people behind world’s first stable coin and he holds some key advisory roles in governments and blockchain startups.

I had the pleasure talking to Gabriel, as he shared his amazing journey so far, the challenges he faced and his


Influenza virus infects 5-20% of the population and results in 30,000-50,000 deaths each year in the U.S. Although the influenza vaccine is the primary method of infection prevention, four antiviral drugs are also available in the U.S.: amantadine, rimantadine, oseltamivir and zanamivir. As of December 2005, only oseltamivir (TAMIFLU™) is recommended for treatment of influenza A due to the increasing resistance of the virus to amantadine and rimantidine resulting from an amino acid substitution in the M2 protein of the virus.
Disease caused by influenza A viral infections is typified by its cyclical nature. Antigenic drift and shift allow for different A strains to emerge every year. Added to that, the threat of highly pathogenic strains entering into the general population has stressed the need for novel therapies forIsn't the constant attempting to lay the blame the worldwide financial crisis - caused by the recklessness and mismanagement of, in the main, US financial institutions, mirrored here and elsewhere by others - at the door of the last Labour government a clear indication of the fundamental dishonesty of the Tory Party and its sycophants?

The recession of 2008/2009 is well documented as being the result of an unfettered financial market worldwide and not of the last Labour government. There was a lot not to like about Gordon Brown but you cannot lay a world crisis on his doorstep.

GDP is the accepted measure of economic growth. This administration have never achieved the high that Blair and Brown did in 2000 and with their efforts to trash the economy they


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that I can truly call my hero, the person who is responsible for the Foo Fighters," before the star joined the group for a rendition of Dear Rosemary. But the biggest surprise was saved to the end when shock rocker Cooper appeared on stage and sang his hits School's Out and I'm Eighteen as part of the show's encore. As the stunned crowd saw Cooper emerge, Grohl shouted, "Say hello to one of our heroes - Mr Alice f**king Cooper!" During the band's second night at the venue on Sunday (03Jul11), Grohl played drums on the encore with Led Zeppelin star Jones, who is part of the rocker's Them Crooked Vultures sideproject, while veteran blues rocker Seasick Steve took over vocal duties. The star-studded pair of gigs endedAn Astounding 19 Million Colonoscopies are Performed Annually in The United States

An analysis of endoscopic gastro-intestinal procedure volumes by iData Research shows that over 19 million colonoscopies are performed annually, as reported in 2017, a significant contribution to the 75 million endoscopies performed each year in the United States. A major factor driving growth in colonoscopy procedures is the increasing public awareness of colon cancer, through media campaigns initiated by cancer awareness groups and government bodies, as well as an aging population that is recommended to receive regular screenings.

The U.S. screening program, in particular, has been quite successful. Many individuals who had postponed colonoscopies during the economic downturn have returned to regular screening schedules. In recent years, colonoscopy procedures have begun to cannibalize the procedures done with sigmoidoscopes.

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World renown and super talented violinist, dancer and singer, Lindsey Stirling, is preparing for the release of a brand new album called Warmer In The Winter. This will be her fourth studio album, and it is due for release on the 20th October.

However, before the arrival of Warmer In The Winter, the American musician has chosen to premiere a music video for a track off of her last album, Brave Enough, which was released last year in August.

Entitled “Mirage”, it also features Raja Kumari. Watch the music video for below:to check inflation. Global is indeed local, in the case of inflation. Prices are high and rising in most emerging markets. China beats India not only in growth, but in inflation, too, with consumer prices rising 8.7% in February. The Russian rate of inflation is nearly double that of India���s.

Among the major emerging markets, Brazil alone has moderate inflation. The silver lining is that a large part of the inflation comes from strong growth around the world and the lagged supply response to the resultant demand. China and India���s demand for oil not only pushes up oil prices, but also diverts food crops to biofuel. Rising quality of life in a host of developing countries is pushing up the demand for food as animal feed.

Supply would ease, as


up a bit of growth to drive inflation into the comfort zone.

The ammunition to wage the war against inflation is being readied at the highest level. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday held a long brainstorming meeting with leading economists within and without the government to discuss the options for policy action. He has also directed his Economic Advisory Council to examine the matter in detail.

The meeting was attended by Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, RBI governor YV Reddy and deputy governor Rakesh Mohan, former economic advisor to the finance ministry Shanker Acharya, public finance expert M Govinda Rao and NCAER director-general Suman Bery. The general consensus, according to a source privy to the discussions, was that government does not have too many options and theBullets came through wall of Far South Side Chicago residence Tina Cornell awoke to the sound of gunshots early Thursday at her home in Chicago's West Pullman neighborhood, and rushed into the bedroom where her granddaughter was sleeping.


Police Officer case and is requesting public assistance in locating the suspect.

On September 9th, 2016, 42-year-old JerryLee Ballesteros from Clarksville contacted three different Enterprise Car Rental businesses in the city and identified himself as Lieutenant Davis from the Hopkinsville Police Department.

Clarksville Police are looking for JerryLee Ballesteros in connection to an Impersonating a Police Officer case.

Clarksville, TN – On Saturday, September 10th, 2016 the 28th annual Riverfest Celebration wrapped up with all day entertainment, music, games, food and more. Riverfest gives the community a great opportunity to come down to the Cumberland River at McGregor Park and enjoy all the wonderful music with family and friends. Best of all, it’s free.

Saturday got started with the annual Riverfest Regatta at 10:00am at the McGregor Park Boat Ramp. The raceconsists of boats made out of cardboard or plastic bottles that race down the Cumberland River. This year, nine teams competed in three heats for awards.

Clarksville, TN – The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office would like to congratulate the Reserve Deputy Class of 2017 on their recent graduation.

Michael Bevilacqua, David Fivecoat, Charles Gehring, Brian Lynch, Angelique Maynard, Dennis Morgan, Micheal Ritchart, Christopher Smith, Devin Sorensen, and James Weatherford were surrounded by family and friends as they were sworn in by Montgomery County Sheriff John Fuson at the Historic Courthouse on August 26th, 2016.

Montgomery County Sheriff John Fuson (center) and the Reserve Deputy Class of 2017.

Clarksville, TN – On December 4th, 1956, an extraordinary twist of fate brought music icons Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley


100 of the 166 men who remain in Guantanamo are engaged in a hunger strike in protest of their indefinite detention. Twenty-one of them are being force-fed and five are hospitalized. Some of the men have been in prison for more than eleven years without charge or trial. The United States has cleared a majority of the detainees for transfer out of Guantanamo, yet they remain in custody year after year because of their citizenship and ongoing political gamesmanship in the U.S.

That is why I am calling on United States Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel to use his authority to effect cleared transfers from Guantanamo and on President Obama to appoint an individual within the Administration to lead the effort to close Guantanamo. Obama announced on April 30Allegiant ending flights between Duluth and Phoenix

Allegiant Air is continuing its retreat from Minnesota, putting service between Duluth and Phoenix in the hangar permanently.

“We didn’t see the demand on the route that we had hoped,” Jessica Wheeler, spokeswoman for the Las Vegas-based discount airline, said Thursday.

The flights had been suspended for the summer and were scheduled to resume Nov. 1, Wheeler said. The twice-weekly flights began in October 2011 and were year-round until this summer.

The airline’s service connecting Duluth with Las Vegas and with Orlando continue, she said. The Las Vegas flights are year-round, while the Orlando flights are taking a summer break.

Allegiant recently pulled out of the Rochester market, making its final flights to and from Phoenix in May. The airline also announced at that time the


Riot police clash with protesters in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, March 17, 2019. As Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic held a news conference in the presidency building in downtown Belgrade, thousands of opposition supporters gathered in front demanding his resignation. Skirmishes with riot police were reported, including officers firing tear gas against the protesters who have pledged to form a human chain around the presidency to prevent Vucic from leaving the building. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Riot police clash with protesters in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, March 17, 2019. As Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic held a news conference in the presidency building in downtown Belgrade, thousands of opposition supporters gathered in front demanding his resignation. Skirmishes with riot police were reported, including officers firing tear gas against the protesters who have pledged toform a human chain around the presidency to prevent Vucic from leaving the building. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s president pledged Sunday to defend the country’s law and order a day after opposition supporters stormed the national TV station, protesting what they called his autocratic rule and biased grip on the country’s media.

The opposition clashes with police on Saturday and Sunday in Belgrade, the capital, were first major incidents after months of peaceful protests against populist President Aleksandar Vucic. The demonstrators are demanding his resignation, fair elections and a free media.

As Vucic held a news conference Sunday in the presidency building in downtown Belgrade, thousands of opposition supporters gathered in front demanding his resignation and trapping him in the building for a few hours.

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saying people are ready to come to Belgrade to defend him.

Serbian riot police on Saturday night removed hundreds of people, including opposition leaders, who stormed the state-run TV headquarters in Belgrade to denounce the broadcaster, whose reporting they consider highly biased.

Serbia’s weekly anti-government protests began after thugs beat up an opposition politician in November. A former extreme nationalist, Vucic now says he wants to lead Serbia into the European Union.

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Jovana Gec contributed to this report.ATLANTA -- Georgia Tech starters A.J. Gray and Jake Stickler are giving up football because of medical issues.

Coach Paul Johnson made the announcement Monday, saying he's "extremely saddened" for the two players but added that "health always trumps football." Both will remain on scholarship while not counting against the school's 85-player scholarship limit.

Gray was heading into his senior season as a two-year starter at free safety, but a heart condition forced him to quit. As a junior, he was selected as the Atlantic Coast Conference defensive back of the week after making two interceptions in a 33-7 win over North Carolina .

Stickler's medical issue was not disclosed. The offensive lineman started 10 games at right tackle as a junior in 2017.


[Encounter of cancer cells with bone. Present status and problems in occurrence of bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaws].
Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaws (BRONJ) develops as a side effect of long-term administration of bisphosphonates (BP) , especially intravenous preparations. The lesion is a new disease entity which was first reported in 2003 in the United States. Since then, the number of patients with BRONJ is increasing year by year. In Japan, the first case was reported in 2006, and at that time 30 cases of BRONJ were registered in the nationwide survey by the Japanese Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. However, the patients with BRONJ increased rapidly in the second survey after 2 years, and more than 250 cases of BRONJ which met the criteria of clinical diagnosisthat the amount of those add-ons would not count toward his pension, he insisted on a contract amendment: The add-ons were eliminated, and his base salary was simply increased to the $306,000. At the time, no nearby city was paying its city manager a base salary of more than $200,000.

With management incentive pay and other items, Tanner’s total pay was about $349,000. When he retired in 2009, he tried to claim that as the top salary on which his pension should have been calculated.

CalPERS said no. It was not just the inflated pay that was at issue, it was also the subterfuge he and Vallejo city officials used to hide the pension-spiking scheme.

The City Council discussed his original contract terms in closed session, in violation of the state


supply field.
The defendant White Iron Foundry was a copartnership consisting of Walter Kurdziel and his wife, Stella Kurdziel. The foundry is located in Rothbury, Michigan, and has been operated by the copartnership since 1939. The White Iron Foundry is engaged in the manufacture of foundry cleaning "Mill Stars"  a type of pointed casting used in the cleaning of other foundry castings. Prior to 1949 Walter F. Kurdziel acted as the sole salesman for the White Iron Foundry. After 1949 he devoted his entire efforts to the manufacturing end of the business.
In April of 1950 Mr. Reed contacted appellant Walter F. Kurdziel and discussed with him the possibility of selling White Iron Foundry "Mill Stars." Mr. Reed was at that time the representative of *290 Huffer Foundry, anothernot only on the original orders taken from the customers he had obtained for White Iron Foundry, but would receive commissions on all reorders from such customers.
Defendants claim plaintiff was to receive his commissions only upon written orders which were obtained by him and transmitted by plaintiff to the defendants, on which written orders he would compute and specify his commission or at least furnish such information that the commission could be readily computed.
The original agreement contemplated sales only to ultimate users of the "Mill Stars." A later agreement was reached as to "distributor accounts." The "distributor" customers purchased in larger lots and resold to the ultimate users.
The original agreement relative to distributor accounts was that plaintiff would receive a flat commission of $5 a ton. The parties


he obtained an order from Studebaker. Subsequent orders were obtained in August, 1950, and the commissions were duly paid. At that time plaintiff was associated with Mr. William E. Hunt and doing business under the corporate name of Jackson Supply, Inc. On August 19, 1950, plaintiff wrote appellants, indicating that he and Mr. Hunt had dissolved their business relationship and that he was allowing Mr. Hunt the Studebaker account.
On September 11, 1950, plaintiff again wrote defendants, indicating that he was to have an overriding commission on the "Mill Stars" sold to Studebaker corporation. He also indicated that the company should make the commission check for Studebaker sales to Jackson Supply, Inc., as formerly. Commissions were subsequently paid on all orders, secured by William E. Hunt through March, 1951.her law school employers to accept it.

William Jacobson at Legal Insurrection notes that Warren first claimed minority status in 1986, when an official publication of the Association of American Law Schools placed her on a list of Minority Law Teachers. She was, at the time, employed by the University of Texas. In 1994, the same publication placed her on a list of Minority Law Teachers while she was employed by the University of Pennsylvania.

Neither the University of Texas nor the University of Pennsylvania appear to have checked on the validity of Ms. Warren’s assertions. Harvard may still list her as a “minority teacher,” although it’s hard to get the administration to issue an official statement on that topic.

Indeed, as recently as 1996, Harvard Law School spokesman Mike Chmura


Indonesia military plane crash toll rises to 142

MEDAN, INDONESIA: The death toll from the crash of an Indonesian air force plane packed with military personnel and their families rose to 142 Wednesday, as witnesses described people fleeing the disaster zone covered in blood with their clothes alight.

The Hercules C-130 transport plane crashed into a residential area in the city of Medan on Tuesday, shortly after taking off from an airbase in the city on Sumatra island.

Buildings were severely damaged, cars reduced to flaming wrecks and the plane itself was almost completely destroyed, with the mangled tail the only part of the 51-year-old aircraft still recognisable after the disaster.

Many of those on board the flight to an island off Sumatra, which was carrying 122 people, were believed to beservicemen and women and their families. The air force has said no one survived the crash.

It is unclear how many people died on the ground, but a steady stream of bodies has been arriving at a Medan hospital as rescuers pull them from the disaster scene, and police said Wednesday that the total death toll now stood at 142.

New witness accounts emerged of terrifying scenes, with one man describing how the plane flew low and then smashed into a building, producing “flames as high as four storeys”.

“Everyone panicked and screamed,” Tumpak Naibaho, a 27-year-old tyre repairman, told AFP, adding there were hundreds of people in the area when the crash happened around midday.

“I thought it was a terrorist attack or something… I saw one man whose clothes were


on fire, staggering out of the debris. His face was covered in blood, dust and ash.”

“I had never felt so scared in my life, I thought I was going to die,” he added.

People in the area said several buildings were thought to have been destroyed in the crash, although it was not clear whether there were people inside at the time. The plane hit a massage parlour and hotel when it came down, according to officials.

Buildings ruined, cars destroyed

Rescuers were Wednesday continuing to clear debris, which spread over a large area, helped by two earthmovers, as hundreds looked on.

One end of a three-storey building had been left in ruins, with the walls blown away, leaving only the soot-blackened interior visible. An overturned, destroyed car could also be seeneasily recognized from their uniforms, and officials were now working to identify others.

It is not clear what caused the crash but the aircraft asked to turn back just after take-off, and air force chief Agus Supriatna has said engine trouble may be to blame.

However he also insisted the ageing aircraft was in good condition.

The plane took off at 12:08 pm from the airbase and crashed in the city about two minutes later, about five kilometres (three miles) from the base, according to the military.

Medan is the biggest Indonesian city outside the main island of Java and a major economic centre.

It was the second time in a decade that the city has suffered a fatal plane accident. A Mandala Airlines domestic flight crashed shortly after take-off in 2005, killing


global balance of the carrying vehicle and the boom is affected, because the orientation of the boom with respect to the ground is directed by gravity, while the orientation of the carrying vehicle with respect to the ground is directed by the profile of the ground.
Additionally, each section of the boom may be independently moved vertically (adjustment of the height of a section with respect to the ground) or extended horizontally, in order to adapt to specific conditions of use or to a specific profile of the ground. Such a vertical movement of one of the sections may modify the global balance of the boom, and trigger a rotation of the boom around its axis.
An optimal configuration for operating the boom is when the boom and the carryingOne Country, Two Legal Systems?: A Report on the Rule of Law in Hong Kong Two Years After the Resumption of Chinese Sovereignty, 55 RECORD OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK 325 (2000) [Co-author and editor]


has not yet been sufficiently realized.
As described above, the one-component developing system has various excellent features but has problems to be solved for achieving the high-image quality development. That is, there are problems that the toners are aggregated by the magnetic substance contained in the inside of the toners at development to make coarse the toner, whereby it becomes difficult to faithfully develop latent images, and the fine powder of the unfixed magnetic substance forms from the magnetic toner.
On the other hand, since the two-component developing system has a feature of being easily controlled, etc., because the carrier takes charge of the functions of stirring, transporting, charging, etc., of the developer and in the system, the function as the developer is separated, the two-component developing system has beenwidely used at present and, in particular, a developer using the carriers coated with a resin is excellent in the charge controlling property and in the case of using the developer, the improvements of the environmental reliance and the stability with the passage of time are relatively easy.
However, with the increase of the demand for small-sizing of the apparatus and energy saving, a toner which can be fixed with a lower energy has been required and for the purpose, a polyolefin wax is added to the one-component magnetic toner and the two-component non-magnetic toner. By the addition of the polyolefin wax, the occurrence of an offset phenomenon that when the toner is applied for a heat roll fixing method, the toner sticks to the heat rolls to stain


published Japanese patent application"). However, the toner thus prepared has a problem that the toner is yet insufficient for preventing the occurrences of lowering of the anti-offset property, lowering of the fixing property, etc.
Also, a toner containing two kinds of inorganic fine powders each defined by the molecule weight thereof and the BET surface area is proposed as described in JP-A-6-89044. However, since in the toner, the domains formed by the wax are large and the exposed amount of the wax is large, the toner has a problem that it is difficult to completely restrain the occurrence of filming by the wax although the toner has a polishing effect with the inorganic fine powders.Image copyright CARDIFF UNIVERSITY Image caption Serpentinite is made from mantle rock altered by water seeping through cracks in the seafloor

Scientists will set out this week to drill a hole into the Indian Ocean floor to try to get below the Earth's crust for the first time.

They want to sample rock from the planet's mantle - its deep interior.

In the process, the researchers hope to check their assumptions about the materials from which the crust itself is made.

It will probably take several years to drop the full 5 to 5.5km, says co-team leader, Prof Chris MacLeod.

Image copyright Thinkstock Image caption The continental crust can be tens of km thick; the ocean crust is much thinner

This is in addition to the 700m of water between the drilling ship, the


Joides Resolution (JR), and the seabed.

"In total, we think it will take three expeditions," the Cardiff University geologist told BBC News.

"The science is approved and we have funding for this initial two-month investigation. But we will need to come back and we may not complete the task until the 2020s."

There have been several attempts to drill into the mantle, but none has yet succeeded.

This latest effort may fare better, however, because faulting and erosion have already thinned the crust at the targeted drill site, known as Atlantis Bank on the South West Indian Ridge of the Indian Ocean.

The project, which is running under the auspices of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP), would give scientists access ultimately to fresh, unaltered peridotite - the rock, rich in olivine minerals,The elimination of Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour in a US drone attack inside Pakistan last month has once again raised questions about Pakistan’s nexus with, and seriousness to eliminate, jihadist groups on its soil. Instead of serious introspection about why an Afghan jihadist was found inside Pakistan and apparently carrying that country’s passport, the Pakistani civilian and military leadership has opted to respond by blaming the world for not doing enough to help Pakistan fight terrorism. A senior advisor to Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called the US a ‘selfish friend’. Faced with increasing diplomatic isolation within the region and on the world stage, the Pakistani leadership, instead of taking stock of its own disastrous policies, went on to blame even those Pakistanis who have consistently


in 1965 the military conceived another plan, dubbed Operation Gibraltar, to foment an uprising in Kashmir, ostensibly to jumpstart a “freedom” struggle. The botched operation led to an all out war with India but the use of assorted jihadist proxies, many of whom have been proclaimed terrorist organisations and sanctioned by the UN, against India continues to date. India-oriented jihadists parading the streets of major Pakistani cities, including in the federal capital, is a common sight.

On its western frontier, Pakistan started its jihadist manoeuvring by hosting Afghan extremists as early as 1974, ostensibly to counter the Afghan support for the secular Pashtun nationalist-separatist movement in Pakistan, when there was no Soviet Union or the US presence in Afghanistan. The founder of the Haqqani Network, Jalaluddin, set up hisjihadist shop in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region around 1975 and by 1980 he was running a jihadist seminary there. These same jihadists were enlisted to fight against the Soviet Union in the 1980s, an effort in which Pakistan did receive support from the US and Saudi Arabia. But while the US and others backed off, Pakistan never did stop backing and using these jihadists to project its hegemonic designs on Afghanistan even after the Soviet withdrawal in 1989. Pakistan not only played a major part in the rise of the Afghan Taliban in 1996 but also became the first of only three countries in the world to recognise its brutal regime. Many of the Taliban cadres and leaders, including its chief Mullah Omar, had been educated in religious


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All experimental protocols were performed in the laboratories of the Department of Clinical Pharmacology of the University Medical Center Goettingen. DNA extraction was performed in two different ways because a part of the blood samples was taken in ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) blood and another part was taken as peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). For the


Training video aims to teach kids CPR

Thanks to a new training video made by first-year medical students from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, middle-school children can learn to save lives with CPR.

By showing a scenario the middle-schoolers could encounter in public, the medical students demonstrate how to perform CPR and use AEDs, automated external defibrillators, for people who are having heart attacks.

The six-minute video is free and can be downloaded online by teachers, parents and youth leaders.

This fall, the medical students will volunteer to go to Chicago-area schools to answer middle-school students' questions after they watch the video.

The video was completed in time for the signing this summer of Illinois House Bill 5114, which redefined "safety education" in grades six through eight to include training videos aboutPolice arrests man for creating a fake ID card of a Pay and Accounts Officer. (Representational Image)

A 21-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday for creating a fake identity card of a Pay and Accounts Officer (PAO officer )of the central government to siphon off money from the bank accounts of various ministries through bogus bills, police said.

Noor Mohammad, who belongs to Assam, was arrested earlier by Delhi Police for a similar offence, in which over Rs 3.8 crore was fraudulently withdrawn from the accounts of the Health Ministry, a senior police official of Delhi Police Anyesh Roy said.

He was released on bail a few weeks ago and he hatched another conspiracy.

In the latest case, the Ministry of Labour and Employment complained to Delhi Police on June 25 about


an e-mail from "Lalit Dagar", who claimed he was appointed as the new Pay and Accounts Officer of the ministry's Directorate General of Employment in Chennai.

The accused requested the approval of his user-ID on the Public Financial Management System (PFMS).

Noor Mohammad was arrested due to the alert officials in the ministry.

"The accused, identified as Noor Mohammad, a resident of Moregaon in Assam, along with his associates, had earlier managed to successfully create and get approved a fake ID of PAO officer in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and managed to fraudulently create bills and thus, transfer money to the tune of Rs 3.86 crore to multiple bank accounts," Anyesh Roy said on Tuesday.

Similar complaints have been received from other ministries including Coal, Civil Aviation and Law,President Donald Trump has clashed with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi in an Oval Office meeting over funding for the US-Mexico border wall. In a heated debate in front of the cameras, Trump threatened that he will shut down the government if he doesn't get the $5 billion in funding from the Democrats.

Sputnik has discussed this with Elbert Lee Guillory, a former member of the Louisiana State Senate.

Sputnik: Following the unsuccessful meeting between the US president and the Democrats how likely are they to reach some deal before the government shutdown deadline, do you believe it's feasible?

Migrants reportedly attempting to storm U.S.-Mexico border © Photo : Blak Stone Hundreds of People From Migrant Caravan Breach US-Mexican Border - Reports I believe that


balloting place of the Third Precinct, Sixth Ward, and here at 8:43 he voted, signing the register as John F. Kennedy of 122 Bowdoin Street, Boston.

He was tense, it seemed, as he voted, thronged and jostled by the same adhesive train of reporters who had followed him, thronging and jostling, for three months across the country; only now his wife was with him in the press, and he was uncomfortable at how the pushing might affect her, she being eight months pregnant. He let himself be photographed as he came from the booth, and then the last cavalcade began, in familiar campaign order—photographers' car first, candidate's car second (the top of the convertible shut, for he did not want his wife to catch cold), security car next, threeis a very lovable figure, and someone asked him why he too wasn't filing in the Indiana primary against Kennedy—for Kennedy had just filed for the Indiana primary.

Humphrey twirled the cup in his fingers and, as I remember his fine voice above the hum of the bus, began to talk in a monologue that lasted for fully an hour.

"Now, you ask me that? And why didn't I file in Florida too? Well, I'll tell you—any man who goes into a primary isn't fit to be President. You have to be crazy to go into a primary. A primary, now, is worse than the torture of the rack. It's all right to enter a primary by accident, or because you don't know any better, but by forethought..." He shook


too "defensive," but he told them that he had several weeks to go before he would erase the image of pugnacity. He was, to be sure, overstraining himself physically with travel and speech making; but there was not to be another Black Thursday, and as he attempted to cut down on his flexible schedule, his health began to mend and some of the weight to come back.

So Nixon (like Kennedy) approached the second round of the campaign and the hazards of television in an episode not only new to this campaign but entirely fresh in the sweep of American political history.

## CHAPTER ELEVEN

## ROUND TWO: THE TELEVISION DEBATES

A 3:30 P.M., Chicago time, on the evening of September 26th, 1960, the voice and shadow of the previous show fadedcontained all the elements of defensive counterassault, sympathy and regular-fellowship.

So, my friends, the reason why the American people are going to reject our opponents and are going to elect us is that we fight for the truth, and the people know the truth, because the people live the truth, and it——[Cheers and applause]

...And then there's one other thing I want to set straight: I'm getting sick and tired of hearing this constant whimpering and yammering and wringing of the towel with regard to the poor United States. Oh, under Eisenhower, they say, everything's gone to pot. Our education is now second. Our science is second. We're second in space. We're running down in our economy and are going to be second there. Our military strength is being frittered


watch out" (and she meant it). One remembers the crude signs—hand-lettered, crayoned by school children, chalked on tarpaulin by workmen constructing new buildings, carried on staves by families (in the Bronx: "The home of the knishes thinks Jack is delicious" and "The home of the bagel thinks Big Jack is Able"). And the noise, and the clamor.

One remembers the motorcades and the people along the road—confetti pouring down at some stops until, when the convertible's door would open to release the candidate, the confetti would pour out like water from a tank. One remembers groups along the road waving, the women unbinding kerchiefs from their heads to wave; the grizzled workingmen and union men, too embarrassed to show emotion publicly, toughness written all over their hard faces, suddenlywere planned and mobilized by Kennedy—the concentration of campaigning in the Northeast, the emphasis on civil rights and protection of the Negroes, the cultivation of suburbia and the advocacy of a new important program of federally aided education. The Catholic vote, it is true, was counted in all Kennedy calculations as being committed to him in advance; yet this vote alone was not planned, nor was it mobilized. For even when the Catholic vote is added to the Negro vote, the Jewish vote and the suburban vote, one still has no true picture of what happened in the election of 1960 nor how its totals came about. For John F. Kennedy, as other Democrats before him, was not elected only by a federation of American minorities —nor does


faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution, so help me God."

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Bell, David E.,grooves 107 of the outer joint member 102 and the track grooves 109 of the inner joint member 103. The cage 105 for holding the balls 104 is arranged between the spherical inner peripheral surface 106 of the outer joint member 102 and the spherical outer peripheral surface 108 of the inner joint member 103. An outer periphery of the outer joint member 102 and an outer periphery of a shaft coupled to the inner joint member 103 are covered with a boot, and grease is sealed inside the joint as a lubricant (not shown).
As illustrated in FIG. 27a, the cage 105 has a spherical outer peripheral surface 112 fitted to the spherical inner peripheral surface 106 of the outer joint member 102, and a spherical inner peripheral


surface 113 fitted to the spherical outer peripheral surface 108 of the inner joint member 103. The spherical outer peripheral surface 112 and the spherical inner peripheral surface 113 each have a curvature center formed at a joint center O. On the other hand, a curvature center Oo of a ball raceway center line x of each track groove 107 of the outer joint member 102 and a curvature center Oi of a ball raceway center line y of each track groove 109 of the inner joint member 103 are offset to both sides in the axial direction by equal distances with respect to the joint center O. Therefore, when the joint forms an operating angle, the balls 104 are always guided in a plane bisecting an angleformed between axial lines of the outer joint member 102 and the inner joint member 103. As a result, rotational torque is transmitted at a constant velocity between the two axes.
As illustrated in FIG. 27b, a maximum operating angle θmax, which is defined as a main function of the fixed type constant velocity universal joint 101, depends on an angle causing interference between an inlet chamfer 110 formed at an opening rim of the outer joint member 102 and a shaft 111. In order to secure permissible torque to be transmitted, an axial diameter d of the shaft 111 is determined for each joint size. When a large inlet chamfer 110 is formed, the length of each track groove 107 of the outer joint member 102, on which


side of the outer joint member 102. Therefore, due to axial force G applied from the track grooves 107 and 109 to the balls 104, loads to be applied to the spherical contact portions 106 and 112 of the outer joint member 102 and the cage 105 and the spherical contact portions 108 and 113 of the inner joint member 103 and the cage 105 are generated in a certain direction. In this structure, as illustrated in FIG. 28, the outer joint member 102 and the cage 105 are held in contact with each other at a part J, and the inner joint member 103 and the cage 105 are held in contact with each other at a part I, which leads to restriction on achieving even highertransmitting torque are interposed in crossing portions between the track grooves 127 of the outer joint member 122 and the track grooves 129 of the inner joint member 123. The cage 125 for holding the balls 124 is arranged between the spherical inner peripheral surface 126 of the outer joint member 122 and the spherical outer peripheral surface 128 of the inner joint member 123. The cage 125 has a spherical outer peripheral surface 132 fitted to the spherical inner peripheral surface 126 of the outer joint member 122, and a spherical inner peripheral surface 133 fitted to the spherical outer peripheral surface 128 of the inner joint member 123. The spherical outer peripheral surface 132 and the spherical inner peripheral surface 133 each have a curvature center


two axes.
In the above-mentioned fixed type constant velocity universal joint 121 of the track groove crossing type, the track grooves 127 of the outer joint member 122 that are adjacent to each other in the peripheral direction are inclined in the opposite directions. Further, the track grooves 129 of the inner joint member 123 that are adjacent to each other in the peripheral direction are inclined in the opposite directions. Therefore, forces in the opposite directions are applied from the balls 124 to pocket portions 125a of the cage 125 that are adjacent to each other in the peripheral direction. Due to the forces in the opposite directions, the cage 125 is stabilized at the position of the joint center O. Thus, a contact force between the sphericalCute Gallery Of Wood Carving Illustrated Magazine Back issues

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impress and be a potential candidate for future integration of Nissan's smart new technologies, then the Japanese car maker will have done what very few others have managed.

Welcome to Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik is a small and rocky city in Croatia that borders onto the Adriatic Sea. Boasting stunning views, winding coastal roads and clear, greenish waters, it is unsurprisingly a tourist hot spot during the warmer, summer months, a fact that has increased dramatically as of late thanks to it also been the place where they filmed King’s Landing in Game of Thrones.

For us, however, flying in to the old city out of season amidst minus temperatures, it is the location of Nissan’s new Micra press event, a two-day opportunity to put the car through its paces in a seriesof test drives, and also get up close and personal with some of the people responsible for its rebirth.

And rebirth is definitely the word. Despite the Nissan Micra performing admirable sales-wise worldwide since its initial launch in 1983, as of late - in the UK especially - its has gained a largely uninspiring reputation, especially when compared to competitor vehicles in its class.

A sportier aesthetic

Nissan, clearly acting on feedback, has gone right back to the drawing board with the new Micra and the result, we think it fair to say, is one of the most aggressive modernisations we’ve seen over the past few years.

Longer, lower and far more angular than previous iterations, at first sight you’d be forgiven for confusing the new Micra with a new vehicle altogether.


Sportier and more dynamic in look, the Micra's exterior is considerably more expressive than before, with a floating roof effect, sharp lines and boomerang-shaped light clusters combining to good effect.

Inside things are, arguably, even more dramatically different. Central to the new cabin is the T-shaped dashboard, which holds cleverly clustered instruments and controls, while the rest of the cabin exudes a smart level of refinement with aspects such as two-tone and soft-touch materials, as well as redesigned D-shape, multi-function steering wheel as standard.

Other things to note in terms of the interior is that the driving position is lower than previous models, the front seats offer excellent adjustment capabilities, boot capacity sits at 300 litres and, in what was music to T3's ears, the new Nissan Micra now boastsover bumps and disturbances in the road, while the Intelligent Trace Control aids cornering by automatically engaging and adjusting the brakes on the inside of the vehicle and the wheels on the outside.

Customisation and a catwalk

On the night following the test drive Nissan held its official press conference for the new Micra, which involved driving a brace of the new vehicles down a tech-packed catwalk. Here it was revealed that as well as being available with three different engines, the vehicle would be marked with five-model grade structure staring at £11,995. This included the Visia, Visia +, Acenta, N-Connecta and Tekna, with the price and included options as standard going up each time. We won't go into the details here, as they are available to peruse on Nissan's


are mature and also sign an affidavit saying they would not marry off their daughters before 18 years of age and that no one in their family will indulge in foeticide.

This initiative for the girl child has seen villagers planting an astounding number of 286,000 trees in eight years.

“A girl child is considered a burden because in most parts of Rajasthan, like in many other parts of the country, her marriage is an expensive proposition. The FD account was to give the parents a sense of financial security,” Paliwal said over phone from Piplantri, around 350 km from state capital Jaipur.

He said that for the FD account, Rs 21,000 is collected as donation from villagers while the panchayat gives Rs 10,000.

Paliwal’s term ended on 2010, but his successorsidea how sex actually happened between consenting adults. More darkly, he warned that college campuses were the site of an unprecedented assault on the First Amendment.

Will was the guest of honor at an evening held to honor the many speakers who had been “disinvited” from commencement ceremonies and other campus events over the past year, ostensibly because their ideas were too challenging for students to hear. Notable examples from 2014-5 included Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the noted critic of radical Islam who had been awarded an honorary degree by Brandeis University, only to have it rescinded when members of the Muslim community complained.

Last year, Will himself was disinvited from Scripps College, an all-female college in Claremont, CA, after he criticized the national effort to tighten rules about campus sexual


assault, writing that colleges were elevating victimhood to privileged status. Ironically, the event from which Will had been disinvited was aimed at exposing undergraduates to conservative points of view they might not otherwise hear. (Protests against Will elsewhere were cheered enthusiastically by the left.)

Will noted, with alarm, that likely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton had just declared her intent to pass a constitutional amendment that would alter the First Amendment to regulate campaign contributions and political speech. Campus speech codes had laid the foundation for that assault. However, he said, the silver lining was that universities were marginalizing themselves with increasingly ludicrous censorship, keeping them at arm’s length from government policy.

The William F. Buckley, Jr. Program at Yale was founded by then-student Lauren Noble, and continues to provokedebate and to promote conservative ideas on the campus where the Buckley legacy was born. After graduating, Buckley published God and Man at Yale, one of the most important early critiques of the left-wing tendencies of the American academy. The book propelled him to national fame and to a seminal career in conservative publishing, broadcasting, writing and wit.


July-August 2018. Respondents reflected on their experiences of working in the Irish health system, describing hospital workplaces that were understaffed, overstretched and within which extreme working had become normalised, particularly in relation to long working hours, fast working pace, doing more with less and fighting a climate of negativity. Drawing on Hirschman's work on exit, voice and loyalty (1970), the authors consider doctor emigration as exit and present respondent experiences of voice prior to emigration. Only 14/40 respondent emigrant doctors intend to return to work in Ireland. The deterioration in medical job quality and the normalisation of extreme working is a key driver of doctor emigration from Ireland, and deterring return. Irish trained hospital doctors emigrate to access good quality jobs in Australia and are increasingly likely toafter he sent notes of a sexual nature to an adult neighbor of his

foster family. Following a hearing on April 22, 2013, and by agreement of

the parties, the juvenile court added the charges of harassment and loitering

and prowling to the consent decree,4 and directed D.C.D. be placed with a

new foster family.

        On July 10, 2013, D.C.D. appeared before the juvenile court for a

probation violation hearing. It was established that during a home visit on

July 7, 2013, he attempted to set fire to a piece of wood in his bedroom. As

a result of the hearing, D.C.D. was released to his foster home, and ordered
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    The child’s date of birth is in March of 2002.
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           A second placement, Valley Youth House, had accepted
        D.[C.]D. at the time of the May 12, 2014 hearing, but the
        County had no contract with that facility. A third option,
        Abraxas Sexual Offender Open Program, had not yet
        accepted D.[C.]D. as of May 12, 2014, but even if it had, a
        bed was not available until the end of July or early August.
        Due to the lackand stepwise glucocorticoid tapering. Plasma exchange (eight cycles) was used to rapidly decrease autoantibody concentrations. For maintenance treatment the B-cell depleting anti-CD20 antibody rituximab was given intravenously in a dose of 2x1,000 mg within 14 days and subsequently 1,000 mg every six months. The treatment steps were carried out in succession. Following high-dose glucocorticoid treatment and plasma exchange, slight improvements were observed. His incontinence improved and he made considerable progress in his ability to communicate. At the first six-month follow-up (the admission was made for the third rituximab treatment), the patient had gone back to school to gain structure in his daily routine (initially 3 h, later the whole day). A complete neuropsychological testing was possible for the first-time half a year after initiation of immunosuppressive treatment, showing ongoing


in American English. There was a favorite Lucille Bluth double entendre from the sitcom Arrested Development:

How am I supposed to find someone willing to go into that musty old claptrap?

A:

To give a further sense of how claptrap was used in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, I offer these instances as supplements to those given in choster's excellent answer. From a review of "Othello acted by gentlemen and ladies, &C." in The Scots Magazine (March 1751):

The gentlemen and ladies who acted, were sumptuously dressed and with great propriety. They were all extremely perfect in their parts, gracefully proper in their deportment, not in the least offensive in their action ; and, what is seldom observed by the best experienced actors, they were, through the play, constant in theirthe execution.

Ronald Phillips has been executed. Please pray for him, his family, the family of Sheila Marie Evans, and an end to all forms of violence.

The execution was witnessed by Sheila Marie’s half-sister and two other relatives. The little girl’s mother, Fae Evans, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter and died of cancer in 2008. Phillips’ brother was also present, and the execution was briefly delayed so they could meet.

Ohio’s last execution was in January 2014 when murderer Dennis McGuire appeared to struggle for breath and took far longer to die than usual after being given an untested combination of drugs.

After his family sued, the state abandoned that protocol. It switched to the three-drug injection last year, but Phillips’ execution was held up when


a federal judge ruled that one of the components, the sedative midazolam, might contribute to a cruelly painful death.

An appeals court overturned that decision, and the U.S. Supreme Court turned down Phillips’ request for a stay of execution late Tuesday, paving the way for his lethal injection hours later.

Phillips would have been executed in 2014 but Gov. John Kasich granted him a temporary reprieve to consider whether he should be allowed to donate his organs to relatives. Instead, the state executed McGuire next.

Ohio has planned executions for 26 inmates, stretching all the way to 2020, though some of those are sure to be postponed. The next one to face the needle is Gary Otte, scheduled to die Sept. 13.

Executions hit a historic low last year, according to theRob Pardo

Talks

Rob is the CEO at Bonfire Studios, a game studio focused on multiplayer games that bring players closer together, united in a sense of adventure, exploration and fellowship. Previous to Bonfire Studios, Rob was the Chief Creative Officer for Blizzard Entertainment. Rob is best known for his work as the lead designer on ‘StarCraft: Brood War’, ‘Warcraft III’ and ‘World of Warcraft’. Based on the achievements of Blizzard games under his direction, Pardo was recognized by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world and The Wall Street Journal named him as one of the top 25 power players in the game industry. During his time at Blizzard, Rob was fundamental in building the game design department and culture within the company


the federal government, "The Department of the Interior manages public lands and minerals, national parks and wildlife refuges and upholds Federal trust responsibilities to Indian tribes and Native Alaskans. Additionally, Interior is responsible for endangered species conservation and other environmental conservation efforts." It was established in 1849 by the 30th Congress and its current secretary is Sally Jewell.

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A large flock of starlings fly illuminated by the setting sun near Bacau, north eastern Romania, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. Large numbers of starlings populate the vastthat difficult experience. At 16, she felt a call to ministry that remained strong during the last part of high school and throughout college.

Nienaber earned a bachelor of arts degree from Central College in Pella, Iowa, and a master of divinity degree from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. She has completed additional graduate study at Luther Seminary and the University of Minnesota in pastoral care and counseling and family social science, respectively. She is also a licensed marriage and family therapist.

“I have come to know Susan as a person with a deep and growing faith, with an equally deep commitment to the growth and vitality of local congregations,” Bishop Ough said in his letter to clergy. “She has excellent relational and administrative skills and is well known


Brookings' "Which Path to Persia?"

While the corporate owned media has the plebeians arguing over whether or not Iran should have nuclear weapons or if it intends to commit genocide against the Jews (the largest population of Jews in the Middle East outside of Israel actually resides in Iran), the debate is already over, and the war has already quietly begun. Before it began, however, someone meticulously meted out the details of how it would unfold. That "someone" is the mega-corporate backed Brookings Institution.

The Smith Richardson Foundation funds a bizarre myriad of globalist pet projects including studies on geoengineering, nation building, meddling in the Caucasus region, and even studies, as of 2009, to develop methods to support "indigenous democratic political movements and transitions" in Poland, Egypt, Cuba, Nepal, Haiti,Vietnam, Cambodia, Zimbabwe, and Burma. Also acknowledged by the report is the Crown Family Foundation out of Chicago.

The Brookings Institution itself is a creation of the notorious globalist funding arms including the Carnegie Corporation, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Ford Foundation, all who recently had been involved in the fake "Ground Zero Mosque" controversy. Today, Brookings boasts a full complement of support and funding from America's biggest corporations. Upon the Brookings Institution's board of trustees one will find a collection of corporate leaders from Goldman Sachs, the Carlyle Group, the insurance industry, Pepsi (CFR), Alcoa (CFR), and various CFR affiliated consulting firms like McKinsey & Company.

To say Brookings is of big-business, by big-business and for big-business is a serious understatement. This is crucial to keep in mind as


Not once is it mentioned that the Islamic Republic poses any direct threat to the security of the United States itself. In fact, Iran is described as a nation intentionally avoiding provocations that would justify military operations to be conducted against it.

Iran's motivations are listed as being ideological, nationalistic, and security driven - very understandable considering the nations to its east and west are currently occupied by invading armies. This is the crux of the issue, where it's America's interests in the region, not security, that motivate it to meddle in Iran's sovereignty, and is a theme that repeats itself throughout the 156 page report.

Page 11: The Nuclear Non-Threat

The report concedes that Iran's leadership may be aggressive, but not reckless. The possession of nuclear weapons would be usedof these weapons, but rather the deterrence they present, allowing Iran to counter US influence in the region without the fear of an American invasion. In other words, the playing field would become level and America may be forced to recognize Iran's national sovereignty in regards to its own regional interests.

Page 23: Persuasion

The first option on the table is a means to coerce the Iranian government, without regime change, through crippling sanctions versus incentives. The incentives, in turn, seem more a relief from American imposed torment than anything of actual substance.

One incentive in particular is very telling. Brookings suggests "security guarantees" from an American invasion to address the very real concerns that would motivate Iran to construct nuclear weapons in the first place. Brookings notes that concrete action


raising the stakes exponentially for anyone attempting to stage provocations.

Page 103: Supporting a Color Revolution

Hailed as the "most obvious and palatable method" of bringing about the Iranian government's demise, Brookings suggests fostering a popular revolution. It brazenly admits the role of the "civil society organizations" in accomplishing this and suggests massive increases in funding for subversive activities in Iran.

Of course the United States has already passed the Iran Freedom Support Act, directly funding Iranian opposition groups inside of Iran with the explicit objective of overthrowing the current government. The passage of the act was followed by the 2009 "green revolution," which Iranian security forces were able to put down.

Currently, the "green revolution" in Iran is gearing up again. The US State Department and corporate sponsored Movements.org has beenfollowing and supporting the US-backed Iranian uprisings since the beginning. Iranian-American Cameran Ashraf, described as a senior fellow at Movements.org, participated in the 2009 event. Movements.org featured on their front page recently, information on the upcoming "green" revolution set to feed off the US backed overthrow of the Mubarak regime in Egypt.

Indeed this option is currently being pursued. Brookings specifically mentions threatening Iran with instability as a means to leverage concessions from the government. It goes on to explicitly call for the promotion of unrest within Iran's borders, and when coupled with the crippling sanctions Iran is already under, constitutes an overt act of war as pointed out numerous times by Congressman Ron Paul.

Brookings also suggests the use of military force in conjunction with their staged color revolutions,


terror against the Iranian people. The CIA is selected to handle supplies and training, while Brookings suggests that options for more direct military support also be considered.

In their subsection, "Finding a Proxy," Brookings describes how the use of ethnic tensions could fuel unrest. It laments the fact that many ethnic minorities still hold nationalism as a priority along with their fellow Persians. And despite being on America's official terrorist list for having previously killed US military men, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) are given ample consideration within Brookings' report.

In their subsection, "Finding a Conduit and Safe Haven," Brookings describes various methods of harboring their stable of US funded terrorists within the nations currently occupied by US troops and how to ferry them in and out of Iran between operations.

PageSandy Dockendorff, a former state rule chair of the Iowa Democratic Party, took her role as precinct captain seriously.

So when she was asked to try an early version of the app to report caucus results, she did. She tested it “vigorously,” she said, running it through several scenarios. She could never get it past one in particular: resolving a three-way tie between viable candidates.

She flagged the issue and received an updated version of the app on Saturday, two days before the caucuses.

On Monday, she was still unable to report her final results through the app. The problem: Her caucus site had a three-way tie. When the app told Dockendorff to hold a game of chance to break the tie and force a new alignment, the app would not


You may have wondered, while watching a Streetfilm or reading a post on Streetsblog, where we got the term "livable streets."

The answer can be found in the work of Donald Appleyard, a scholar who studied the neighborhood environment and the ways planning and design can make life better for city residents. In 1981, Appleyard published "Livable Streets" based on his research into how people experience streets with different traffic volumes. The Second Edition of Livable Streets will be published by Routledge Press in 2011.

Today we're revisiting Appleyard's work in the second installment of our series, "Fixing the Great Mistake." This video explores three studies in "Livable Streets" that measured, for the first time, the effect of traffic on our social interactions and how we perceive our own homesit’s probably easiest to understand these charts on the heavily traffic street cos people basically drew red rectangles which shows their apartment, or in some case, their whole building, as being their home territory. So people defined their home territory as just the individual space in which they lived or maybe the building. If you look on the lightly traffic street you start to see that most of the people are defining their entire street as their home territory, with some people saying their building or a slightly larger area. When you get to the moderately traffic street some people still said it was just their apartment. You had more people saying it was their whole building, and then you had a few people who defined territories as


The
Lord said, "More seeds mean more growth, not only in Israel, but in the whole
world. Plant seeds. The seeds are like the blood of the Lamb on the doorpost
during Passover when the Jews left Egypt. I want people in other places around
the world to do the same; to physically throw seeds, to symbolize that I am
bringing the Body together."

Note:

The
Lord also showed me that the act of planting physical seeds was like the act of
placing lamb's blood on doorposts during Passover. It was this physical act that
caused Death to Passover those houses and caused the people in them to be saved
from the events that took place in Egypt during Passover.V. Parmeswaran Nair

V. Parmeswaran Nair is a physicist, currently a Distinguished Professor at City University of New York, holding it since September 2011, and is also a published author.

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nonetheless knows what he is talking about from personal experience. President Obama did not use the word “we” in his statement, but he could have.
I think that is correct, because, even if he did not have a black father around to pass on his experiences, He grew up in his skin, and had to have his own negative experiences throughout the years, and Obama spent three years in the South Side of Chicago as a community organizer, offering counselling and assisting people's access to services and education. So he experienced all that goes on, and also had the opportunity to hear of it from many others. He had to try to overcome the barriers in order to help people.

or four cylinders, but the actuator employing external conduit network is extremely large and highly subject to breakage and external damage of fluid tubing, the yoke is subject to external corrosion and breakage, although the force on the yoke on four cylinder actuator is balanced but not efficient, the rod of pistons is under an unbalanced side loading force as the yoke moves away from 0 degree and has high leakage. U.S. Pat. No. 4,337,691 to Hisao Tomaru (1982) discloses a new design by easing consequence of unbalanced loading force on the linear side with bearings made out of lower friction materials but not on rotary side, the unbalanced side loading force on the yoke increases not only the friction between yoke and bearing, but also loading on


Susan Kake, 45, inside her hut in Masumave, a village of 2,000 largely subsistence farmers in PNG’s remote Eastern Highlands Province, rarely sleeps under the bednet behind her. Malaria remains endemic in the country

Susan Kake, 45, inside her hut in Masumave, a village of 2,000 largely subsistence farmers in PNG’s remote Eastern Highlands Province, rarely sleeps under the bednet behind her. Malaria remains endemic in the countryDavid Mussafer said in a statement.

Here's what Lululemon said about Pitcher in a recent SEC filing:

Rhoda M. Pitcher has been a member of our board of directors since December 2005. Since 1996 she has served as Managing Partner of Rhoda M Pitcher Inc., a management consulting firm providing services in organizational strategy and the building of executive capability to Fortune 500 corporations, institutions, start-ups and non-profits. From 1978 to 1997, Ms. Pitcher co-founded, built and sold two international consulting firms. Ms. Pitcher holds a Master's degree in Organization Development from University Associates. Our board of directors selected Ms. Pitcher to serve as director because she has extensive experience in management consulting, culture development and strategic planning. Our board of directors believes her considerable knowledge of our business gained


Josef Fares, a Lebanese filmmaker who's been living in Sweden since he was ten years old, made its debut in the games industry with Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, an acclaimed adventure game launched in 2013.

Now he's working on A Way Out, a game to be published under EA's Originals label that will follow in the footsteps of Brothers with an additional twist: it must be played by two people, either via local or online play. Even in the latter case, there will always be split screen active.

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Given the cinematic flair of his titles, Fares' work has been often compared to the creative output of Telltale Games and Quantic Dream. However, in anJohny Hendricks set to face Tyron Woodley at UFC 192 Oct. 3rd

On UFC Tonight it was confirmed that the two welterweights will finally square off as Johny Hendricks is set to take on Tyron Woodley at UFC 192 October 3rd in Houston, Texas.

Tyron Woodley has been campaigning for this fight to happen and was hoping it would happen at UFC 189 but Hendricks wanted to wait to see who the winner was between Lawler and MacDonald in hopes of facing the winner. This will not be happening as Lawler is scheduled to take on Carlos Condit at UFC 193 in Australia.

Tyron Woodley (15-3) is coming off a two fight win streak with his latest earning him a split decision win over Kevin Gastelum at UFC 183.

Johny Hendricks (17-3)


Lost California family is found safe

When the first helicopter landed, a girl and a boy walked into the waiting arms of emergency personnel, who whisked them into ambulances.

When the first helicopter landed, a girl and a boy walked into the waiting arms of emergency personnel, who whisked them into ambulances. (AP)

Eric Bailey and Steve ChawkinsLos Angeles Times Staff Writers

Under glowering skies, the Dominguez family set out Sunday afternoon to find the perfect Christmas tree. A couple of hours after church, darkness would fall -- but they knew this spot in the mountains, just a half-hour away, where the woods were thick and a million perfect Christmas trees beckoned just off the road.

After three nights of snowstorms and subfreezing temperatures, they were rescued Wednesday when a California Highway Patrolhelicopter pilot saw "HELP" spelled out in tree branches on the snow.

The family's search for the perfect Christmas tree had ended, but their hopes for the perfect Christmas -- which is to say, any Christmas -- came alive.

"It was just a relief," said the father, 38-year-old Frederick Dominguez, a Los Angeles native who hadn't been in the snow since he was 12. "It was, 'Man! Lord! You saw us through!' "

Dominguez and his three children had spent bitterly cold nights huddled in a culvert, but doctors at the Feather River Hospital in Paradise described them as in remarkably good condition Wednesday afternoon.

All were treated for frostbite before they were discharged Wednesday night. Still, they were eating heartily and preparing for their close-up on national TV.

Lisa Sams, the children's


mother and Dominguez's ex-wife, said her daughter was excited about her sudden chance to be on TV, but asked: "Do I get to shower first?"

Sams, who has lived in Paradise for five years, told reporters at a news conference after the rescue that she was "overwhelmed with just joy."

After Sams reported her ex-husband and her children -- Christopher, 18, Alexis, 15, and Joshua, 12 -- missing Monday, the community rallied in their support. To discourage untrained volunteers who might get lost, the Butte County Sheriff's Office had to block a road to the search site. After the rescue, a local radio station announced that it would give the family the very thing that triggered their ordeal: a Christmas tree.

Dominguez and the children headed into the hills in apickup about 3 p.m. Sunday, parking about a mile north of an old mining settlement called Inskip, off a narrow mountain road called Skyway. Although it wasn't snowing when they got out of the truck, night would soon fall and a storm would blow in, disorienting the family even more.

At a hospital news conference, Dominguez described how the family went uphill, cut down a tree with a battery-operated saw and started back downhill. But they never found the road they expected and, as darkness fell after a two-hour march, they realized they would have to spend the night outdoors.

By the light of their otherwise inoperable cellphones, the four fashioned a lean-to out of tree limbs. Winds howled through it as the storm slammed in. Dominguez said he didn't


sleep that night, nor did his oldest son. Each tried to block an open end of the crude structure, shielding the younger children between them.

By Tuesday, daughter Alexis was complaining that one of her toes had gone black. Dominguez and his children tucked one another's feet inside their shirts to warm them.

A religious man, he said he prayed "for a cave or a shelter, for God to help us." The four found a wide culvert beneath a fire road and stayed there the next two nights, passing the time with songs and shared fantasies of places they would like to go to eat.

"The only food we had was in our thoughts," said Dominguez, a pest-control employee who moved to Paradise in March to be closer to his children.

Thefour were dressed in light jackets, sweat shirts and sneakers.

"Next time I go out there, I won't be a knucklehead," Dominguez said. "I'll have some boots on."

His son Christopher told CNN that the family camps out during the summer, but wryly added: "The way we go camping isn't like what we did over the last few days."

By Wednesday morning, at least 45 search-and-rescue specialists from all over Northern California were combing the steep hills and canyons in the rugged area near where the family's truck had been discovered. For a while, search dogs were out, but snow that was 2 to 6 feet deep limited their effectiveness. Rescuers crisscrossed the area in snowmobiles, and dozens of additional searchers were converging from as far as Oregon.

Early in the afternoon,


Dominguez, barefoot, was crying in joy.

"They were ecstatic -- and weak," White said, adding that they wolfed down the military rations he offered them.

With snow falling, the helicopter lifted off with the two younger children and quickly returned to pick up Dominguez and Christopher. Their clothing was soaked through. They had discarded their freezing, sodden socks. Dominguez spent hours at night massaging his children's toes to minimize frostbite.Meet Republican Steve Yates

Meet Republican Steve Yates

ABOUT STEVE YATES

THE CONSERVATIVE FOR LT. GOVERNOR

Steve Yates is running for Lieutenant Governor to put our conservative principles into action, the way he’s done it his entire life.

Steve’s 25-year career in public service, beginning as a China policy expert and culminating with his election as Chairman of the Idaho Republican Party, included time at the conservative Heritage Foundation and advising Vice President Dick Cheney as his Deputy National Security Advisor. Since 2011, Steve has run his business here in Idaho, where he’s dedicated his time and energy to serving Republicans across the state to advance our shared values.

As our next Lieutenant Governor, Steve will continue his lifelong work protecting our shared conservative values, controlling government spending, standing up for education, and strengthening


our economy to create good jobs – because Idaho deserves nothing less.

A Commitment to Service

From an early age, Steve Yates has been guided by hard work, conservative values and service to others. As our next Lieutenant Governor, Steve will always remember the job is not about him, it’s about the people of Idaho. That’s why he’ll work tirelessly to advance conservative principles and fulfill the opportunities that Idaho has in front of us.

Born to an auto mechanic and a writer in a rural community, Steve attended BYU and served a two-year mission to Taiwan. Upon graduation, Steve was recruited into the National Security Agency as a China policy expert. In 1996, he joined the conservative Heritage Foundation, where he translated his conservative principles into public policy at nationaland state levels. He joined Vice President Dick Cheney’s office as a Deputy National Security Advisor in 2001, tasked with issues ranging from cyber security and hostage negotiations to energy policy and economic matters. As a top advisor, Steve witnessed history and leadership at the highest levels; he was evacuated from the White House on 9/11 and helped shape our country’s response to its greatest threat.

Following his service in Washington, Steve, with his wife Diana, moved their family and business to Idaho Falls, closer to family. In 2014, Steve was elected as Chairman of the Idaho Republican Party during a very divided moment. He went right to work, bringing people together and working with Republicans across the state, laying out a clear vision and unifying people to advance


conservative values in Idaho. He was honored to oversee the party’s election-year successes in 2014 and 2016, and was hailed as a “peacemaker” following his re-election as Chairman.

Continuing his commitment to service, Steve Yates has served in advisory roles in several presidential campaigns including Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani and George W. Bush. Steve has been a frequent media contributor and commenter, including appearances on CNN, Fox News, Fox Business Channel and many Idaho and regional TV and radio programs.

Steve and his wife Diana were married in 1990, and they have welcomed two adopted kids into their lives: Christina and John.expect both free and paid DLC to add new levels in the future.

Sound design is up to par, for the most part. Vermintide 2 is a melee-focused game, and the impact sounds, from the heavy blow of a hammer to the quick strikes of a rapier, have real weight behind them. A few characters have access to black powder weaponry—though, when fired, they lack some of the bravado one might expect. The music is well done, painting a mood of unease in the periods of quiet, and providing a real urgency when a horde is incoming or when your group is racing to escape a level.

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the region's native Uighurs had launched a wave of politically motivated syringe attacks against Han Chinese.

But days after reports of the attacks in state media, credible evidence seems in short supply. Some are questioning whether there were any organized attacks at all.

"I don't think there's very much evidence to support the idea that there was any sort of campaign," says Gerald Groot, a specialist in Chinese studies at the University of Adelaide. "I've seen reports suggesting there could have been as many as 500 people who were stabbed. But there's really been nothing to show for it."

The government said more than 500 people claimed to have been attacked, but only 170 show any signs of injury. Of those, 22 were being monitored and none were expected to sufferThe incidents occurred between Aug. 28 and 31.

"It's not clear why these incidents reported by Xinhua were considered `political' as opposed to `criminal,'" says Nicholas Bequelin, a keen observer of events in Xinjiang and senior researcher with Human Rights Watch. He said Chinese authorities had not substantiated claims the attacks were political.

But the fact rumours appear to have triggered last week's protests is proof positive tensions in Urumqi still loom large – despite upbeat reports in state media that the crisis of the summer has passed.

In July, the city was the scene of bloody rioting that claimed 197 lives – mostly Han Chinese – when local Uighurs exploded with fury. They were angered by reports that three Uighur workers had been killed in clashes with Han Chinese at


valve, allowing people to let off steam. Without it, "people decided they had to take to the streets to make themselves heard."

Last week, thousands publicly called for the firing of the region's strongman, Communist Party Secretary Wang Lequan – a friend and ally of President Hu Jintao. Wang has hung on, but two lesser figures were sacrificed: the city's Communist Party Secretary Li Zhi and the region's top police official, Liu Yaohua, were sent packing Sunday.

Angry Han Chinese in the city have claimed since the summer Chinese authorities have been too soft on Uighur rioters, who had the upper hand in the July clashes.

But authorities are also aware how important it is to try to maintain harmonious inter-ethnic relations in a country with at least 56 officially recognizedminorities – the Han Chinese by far the biggest.

Against this backdrop, rumours of organized "syringe stabbings" were a powerful force in a vacuum of reliable information – especially in the tense aftermath of July's riots.

But reports yesterday suggested the Urumqi rumour mill is still running hot. "This is not over," one newspaper vendor in the city told a British journalist. "They are going round pouring sulphuric acid in people's faces now."

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have suspicions when you do the work—intuitions—you have a hunch. But it was hard to prepare for how strong [the black-ape association] was—how we were able to pick it up every time."

The paper, "Not Yet Human: Implicit Knowledge, Historical Dehumanization and Contemporary Consequences," is the result of a series of six previously unpublished studies conducted by Eberhardt, Pennsylvania State University psychologist Phillip Atiba Goff (the lead author and a former student of Eberhardt's) and Matthew C. Jackson and Melissa J. Williams, graduate students at Penn State and Berkeley, respectively. The paper is scheduled to appear Feb. 7 in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, which is published by the American Psychological Association.

The research took place over six years at Stanford and Penn State under Eberhardt's supervision. Itthe paper's fifth study, the researchers subliminally primed 115 white male undergraduates with words associated with either apes (such as "monkey," "chimp," "gorilla") or big cats (such as "lion," "tiger," "panther"). The latter was used as a control because both images are associated with violence and Africa, Eberhardt said. The subjects then watched a two-minute video clip, similar to the television program COPS, depicting several police officers violently beating a man of undetermined race. A mugshot of either a white or a black man was shown at the beginning of the clip to indicate who was being beaten, with a description conveying that, although described by his family as "a loving husband and father," the suspect had a serious criminal record and may have been high on drugs


River levels continue to rise in the Montreal area, but there are still no evacuation orders in place in Montreal or Laval.

Residents, city workers, the military and emergency responders are working together to prepare for the flooding by digging dikes and installing walls of sandbags.

But if an evacuation order does come, it's critical that residents are prepared to leave, said Montreal Fire Department chief of operations Martin Guilbault.

"Get ready, that's the main message," he said.

That means packing a bag with clothes and other supplies to last 72 hours, lining sandbags around your home and considering moving any valuables out of your basement, he said.

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enjoy his company over those who wished to please him and pander to him to advance their own position. Nonetheless, his choice in friends can sometimes still prove to be rather faulty, and he is known for taking a shine to sometimes unworthy men and women.

After his squiring to Aemon Targaryen, Roy began to take more of an interest in fighting and commanding, going so far as to revel in every chance he could get to watch or participate in a good bout. Despite his skill in martial pursuits, Roy finds himself lost in the political arena, and often needs to rely on the advice of his older sister Cassandra.

History Edit

Early Life Edit

Roy was born to Raymont Baratheon and Jeyne Caron in 78 AC. From birth he wasthe heir to Storm's End, and the world knew it. It seemed as though the sun had always shone on Roy, and he was never short of caretakers, mentors, and friends with whom to talk to- among whom were members of House Blackwood, the lord of that house being a dear friend of his father Raymont.

Three years before in 75 AC, his sister Cassandra had been born. And follow his own birth, Serra, Devan, and Richard would be born to complete the family. Although Roy was never a bully to any of his siblings, there was nonetheless a feeling that he was somehow above them, due to his place in the birthing order and gender. To say Roy in his younger years was spoiled would be an understatement


could think of to do to help her; he asked the Maesters to help her, demanded that they try harder, and finally cried to the Septon to pray for her. But nothing worked, and in the end Roy would find himself without his mother.

In the wake of Jeyne's death, Cassandra stepped up and began to fulfill her role in some ways, and Roy began to find that though he might be the next lord of Storm's End, that did not make him better than his siblings. Yet it would only be in 90 AC when Raymont, tired of his son's ego and lackluster nature for a future lord, sent him to be squired to Aemon Targaryen.

Squireship Edit

Roy, never one to do much more than show up to theyard prior to this, began to find that his silver tongue wouldn't work in the Red Keep. They were used to even bigger men than him, and even the heir to a great house was not a prince. He persisted doggedly in his ego until Aegon Targaryen, Aemon's son who was two years his elder, laid him low in the training yard. With a friendly sort of rivalry springing up between them, Roy began to try harder, though he was still far from ready after all the time he spent wasting with friends. Yet once he got his hands on a halberd, he truly began to improve, finding the weapon to be an extension of his arm.

Alongside Aegon, he found himself friends with Helaena Targaryen, Daeron Targaryen, and


even the future king himself, Viserys I Targaryen. Though he didn't know it, these friendships would later cultivate in him a loyalty to House Targaryen that would prove the center of his struggles as Lord of Storm's End.

With Aemon's teachings, Roy grew to be a strong warrior and a decent commander. He longed for the day that he would be able to put what he learned to the test. And in 93 AC, it seemed he would have the chance. For Rhaegar I Targaryen had died, Viserys had ascended, and a wide scale rebellion broke loose.

Though the Rosegold Rebellion had its roots in Viserys rather than Lannister and Tyrell, who started the rebellion, Roy didn't care about that. Offended that his friend would be challenged in such away, he declared in a letter to his father "should you not rise in his name, I will personally take my halberd and deal with these men myself". Though it certainly didn't sway Raymont, who was already planning on joining with the crown, it did show to him that his son had grown from the pliable boy of his youth into someone ready to see battle.

And so, at the outbreak of the war, Raymont asked Aemon to knight Roy so that he may be at his side in the coming battles. Roy couldn't think of a prouder moment in his life than that day. After, he would follow his father into battle, joining with the Stormlander army gathering at Storm's End.

In the early days of the war it


was clear the Stormlands held the upper hand over the decentralized Reachmen, winning two battles before being halted by Tarly and several other houses, and forced to join with the royal army at Bitterbridge. Having seen battle, Roy was raring to avenge his father's defeat, unencumbered by thoughts of the dead as only a man eager to prove himself can be.

Yet the Slaughter of Bitterbridge would prove itself a horrid place. Dead piled high on both sides. On the second day of battle, Roy would become Lord of Storm's End. Raymont, having survived the slaughter of the first assault, would find himself bested by Lord Lucas Osgrey, only to be avenged when Roy furiously killed the old lion. Alongside his old friend, Lord Lucas Blackwood would be slainas well. And it was all for naught- no side would win at Bitterbridge. In the end, Viserys would negotiate with the rebels and find accord. House Baratheon, for their loyalty, gained nothing. Yet Roy was not troubled by that so much as the death of his father and "uncle". Delivering Lord Blackwood's body personally to Raventree Hall, he would begin to find that he was not the only one suffering, having spoken with Jenny Blackwood.

Lord of Storm's End Edit

With his new position, Roy was incredibly underprepared. It was only thanks to the guidance of Cassandra that he would manage to find stable footing, and his rule would be entirely unremarkable for a short time. That is, until 96 AC, with the death of Aemon Targaryen. The loss


of his mentor hurt Roy deeply, and as Aemon was laid to rest, he announced that he would hold a tourney in Storm's End in the honor of such a storied knight.

While there were many prominent men and even some women who took part in the events, it was mostly notable to Roy for the fact that he finally realized what had been brewing under his nose for a long time; independence. Or more specifically, that there were many in the Stormlands who desired it. The Estermonts drew his ire by speaking ill of the deceased, and his rage was only stayed when Lord Clyve Caron managed to convince the Estermonts to calm their tongues.

Yet the tension in the air remained. The following year, oft called in theStormlands the Year of Skulls and Daggers, Lord Toyne would fund a group of bandits led by one of his family members, oft called the Lord of the Storm's Heart. After some time it became clear that his men were specifically targetting Stormlanders who wished to remain with the throne. Lord Wylde, seeking to curry favor with Roy, announced that he would fight the bandits, to which he responded that he would gladly support these efforts. Unfortunately, Lord Wylde was not acting in good faith. Much like the men he claimed to be fighting, he would raid towns and villages, only this time belonging to those Stormlanders supporting independence.

Caught off guard by the changing circumstances, Roy dithered despite the advice of Cassandra, remaining in Storm's End with his


men until a true battle occurred outside Mistwood, with men on both sides taking breaks from the fighting to loot the nearby town and pillage the countryside. Finally outraged enough to act, Roy gathered his men at Crow's Nest and began a guerrilla campaign against the men of Toyne. With the disorganized nature of the forces opposing him, as well as their better familiarity with the area, Roy struggled to get a conclusive victory, almost resolving to go to Toyne's keep itself and burn it to the ground before being talked out of it.

Lord Wylde, sensing a chance to escape the ire of Lord Baratheon, offered aid. Roy saw right through and shot that down. In response, Wylde desperately launched his fleet into the sea, alongside his levy.At that moment Roy knew not where they went, and didn't care. He had finally cornered the Lord of the Storm's Heart.

North of Mist Town, Roy caught the bandit and his men, slaying the majority as he and their leader were separated from all else. Though nobody saw it, it's well known that Roy slew the ruffian.

It was after this conflict that Roy learned of where Wylde had gone off to: his own home, Storm's End. Having hoped to take the castle as the majority of its garrison were in the south, the Wylde forces were rebuffed by Cassandra, who cleverly employed many of the peasants who took refuge in the castle as archers and saw off the attacker.

Beaten, Lord Wylde returned to Rain House. When Roy's forces


reached him, it became clear that there was no hope for any victory, only prolonging the inevitable. In rags, he came to the Baratheon camp alone and submitted. This act of humility calmed Roy's violent rage, and in exchange for a hostage he agreed to refrain from the slaughter of House Wylde as a whole.

After his victories, Roy would remain content in Storm's End, believing that he saw off the factionalist threat for the time being. As yet unwilling to be married, he nonetheless found a lover in his old friend Jenny Blackwood. Things looked bright for House Baratheon, and Roy himself.

Yet with Balerion's death, Roy has found cause to worry once more...

Current Events EditIt’s frighteningly evident that billionaire George Soros has his hands in numerous elections across America.

The billionaire has made it his mission to promote the candidates he deems far-left enough to be in office.

He donates millions to different shadow groups who then donate to specific candidates.

During the mid-term elections last November, Soros was responsible for supporting numerous candidates who went on to win for Democrats to take over the House. This is serious business to this far-left political kingmaker.

Soros also knows what local races are key to moving his agenda along. In the Cook County State’s Attorney race, he is on record with huge donations to Kim Foxx who went on to win the race.

Chicagoist reports:

Kim Foxx has found two sources of cash, in the form of twin $300,000