the trial court consisted of the following:

On March 15, 1976, the appellant, after receiving proper Miranda warnings, submitted to questioning by Detective Abreu about the rape complaint. He admitted during the interview that he was the driver of the bus covering Route 11 on the evening of February 14, 1976. He further admitted picking up a young female passenger that evening and dropping her off somewhere on Liliha Street. The appellant stated that at the time the young girl boarded two passenger friends were already on the bus. He stated that soon after he picked up another rider. Thus, the appellant counted five persons including himself, riding the bus on that particular run.
Detective Abreu later interviewed the two passenger friends named by the appellant; she testified at trialtouch on Google's search page off and on since the first one appeared in 1998. At that time, Google's co-founders spoofed the traditional "out of office" sign by incorporating the Burning Man symbol into the company's corporate logo. Since then, the addition of colorful -- and sometimes interactive -- graphics to Google's logo to highlight notable people, events, holidays and anniversaries has become a ritual. Doodles have celebrated, among many other things, Pac-Man's anniversary, Copernicus' birthday, Mother's Day and the World Cup, as well as reminding us of lesser-known real-world heroes.

Born in Hamburg, Germany, on Feb. 8, 1794, Runge earned his doctorate from the University of Berlin and went on to teach chemistry at the University of Breslau until 1831, when he went to work for a chemical


The helminths of ranch calves in the North-eastern Mountain Grassland of South Africa.
The cumulative total helminth parasite burdens of ranch calves during their first seven months of life on the North-eastern Mountain Grassland of South Africa were determined during two consecutive years. Trichostrongylus axei was the most abundant nematode parasite followed by Cooperia spp. and Ostertagia ostertagi. Haemonchus spp. occurred in relatively low numbers and its development was significantly inhibited. The total helminth parasite burdens of the calves ranged from 681 to 7,269 with a mean of 4,405.Our analyst charts where it has all gone right for Scotland so far during the first three rounds of the 2017 Six Nations.

Scotland have been the revelation of the Six Nations so far, after recent seasons where it looked like they were improving without achieving success.

However, those seasons, where the team were gelling, have now unearthed an immensely talented group of young players who are finally repaying the Scottish public for their support through the doldrums.

The unusual thing about Scotland though, is that despite their reputation as a free flowing attacking team, they languish dead last in the metres made charts, second last in clean breaks, second last in carries and last in defenders beaten. They do have the third most tries and the only teams above them,


The game plan so far has been, largely, to get the ball in Stuart Hogg’s hands as often as possible. Although serious question marks remain about the full-back’s defence, he is the most exciting player with ball in hand in the Six Nations.

In the below example, when the ball is spread wide there is disorganisation in opposition defences and metres to be made.

A Josh Strauss midfield carry pulls the defence in marginally which allows the one-man overlap to be exploited. This is repeated against Wales, a hard carry in midfield opens up just enough space for Scotland to go through on the outside.

Even when the Scots are close to the opposition line, they still have comfort and confidence in their handling in the outside channels. In the belowAugust 17–September 29, 2002 at the Getty Center

In this exhibition, Hungarian artist Péter Forgács and the Labyrinth Project at the University of Southern California's Annenberg Center for Communication create an interactive multimedia installation designed to involve visitors in narratives that incorporate found footage of two historic voyages along the Danube River.

The installation includes the amateur film footage of Captain Nándor Andrásovits, who ferried Eastern European Jewish refugees along the Danube River from Slovakia to the Black Sea (and eventually Palestine) in 1939. This narrative is paralleled by a "reverse" exodus that took place one year later, when Andrásovits' ship ferried Bessarabian Germans, who fled to the Third Reich because of the Soviet annexation of Bessarabia.

A touchscreen interface (pictured above) allows visitors to navigate through the orchestration of found


footage projected on multiple screens (pictured below).

An Immersive Experience

Visitors to the installation use a touchscreen interface to navigate through the intersecting tales of the Jews escaping Slovakia, of Bessarabian Germans fleeing Soviet annexation of Bessarabia, of the captain, and of the Danube River. Through its use of the touchscreen technology and design innovations by the artists, the installation allows visitors to experience history as a stream of moments and memories that can always be understood in new ways.

This experience is enhanced by an audio mix that includes ambient sounds of the river and harbor, the mechanical rhythms of ships' engines, regional music from the period, songs and prayers of the refugees, voice-overs of the captain and his passengers, and the haunting minimalist music of composer Tibor Szemzö, whohas collaborated with Forgács on all of his previous films. The exhibition also includes early eighteenth-century maps of the Danube River and drawings of the region from the special collections of the Research Library at the Getty Research Institute.

The Danube is the second longest and most important river in Europe
(around 1,700 miles). The river flows from the Black Forest region of
Germany to Sulina, where it empties into the Black Sea. With its basin of more
than 350,000 square miles, the river includes parts of Germany, Austria, Slovakia,
Hungary, the former Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Croatia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, and the Ukraine. Central to this exhibition is
Luigi Ferdinando Marsili's eighteenth-century six-volume encyclopedia of the Danube,
housed in the collections of the Research Library at the Getty Research Institute.

Born in Budapest


to a Polish mother, Nándor Andrásovits received his Ph.D. in political science and then attended a naval academy in order to become a sea captain like his Hungarian father and his brother. In 1938, as Central Europe was being redrawn by the Third Reich, he filmed the historic meeting between the Hungarian prime minister and his Czechoslovakian partners. Later that year, after witnessing the Hungarian re-annexation of Slovak territories, he made a short patriotic film, With Ships for the Upper Land. Most of his other films documented his own travel adventures and daily life on the Danube. No one knows why Andrásovits accepted the commission for the Slovakian Jewish transport of 1939, or let his cruise ship help repatriate the Bessarabian Germans in 1940.

Hungarian artist Péter Forgács startedcollecting found footage while working at the Cultural Research Institute in Budapest. Most of these amateur 8mm home movies were shot by Central Europeans during the Nazi era of the 1930s and 1940s. Calling himself a "telepathic coroner" rather than a documentary filmmaker,
Forgács seeks to reanimate the dead and enable audiences to feel their presence. János Varga, coauthor of Forgács' Jewish exodus story on the Danube, first suggested the idea for a multimedia gallery installation. The Labyrinth Project is an art collective that specializes in interactive narrative. Since 1997 it has been producing interactive documentaries in collaboration with
independent artists. This collaborative project was launched during Forgács' residency at the Getty Research Institute in 2000-2001 in response to the theme "Reproductions and Originals." It kicks off the 2002-2003 theme"Biography."

Visit


On Friday, veteran journalist E. Jean Carroll publicly accused Donald Trump of rape, writing in The Cut that he attacked her in a department store dressing room in the '90s. This should be an incredibly serious story, deserving of at least the wall-to-wall coverage and outrage that greeted Bill Clinton for his icky-but-consensual affair with Monica Lewinsky. It certainly deserves the same overwhelming amount of coverage that was given to the accusations against Harvey Weinstein, as Weinstein is a fading movie mogul and Trump is currently the most powerful man in the world.

And yet, somehow, the story felt doomed to fade into the background as soon as Carroll, who is clearly feeling serious anxiety about speaking out, first shared her story. As Media Matters demonstrated, nearly all themajor newspapers left the story off the front page the next morning, and the one that didn't, the Washington Post, still had it lower on the page than other major stories. Sunday news shows also largely ignored the story.

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Part of the problem, no doubt, is that there's so much horrible stuff happening right now — the Republican hawks trying to get Trump to start a war with Iran, the deadly concentration camps growing on the southern border, Trump threatening mass deportations — that it's hard for the news media to adequately capture it all. But that's not the full explanation, as many of these papers front-paged much less important stories than the rape allegation, such as Bernie Sanders's wife's past controversies, NASA's moon rock security protocols, and the


Trump opponents and supporters are exactly where they were before this latest accusation, with the former correctly believing he's a creepy sexual predator and the latter simply not caring if he's a creepy sexual predator.

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But the fact that this story won't shift partisan opinion isn't the only metric of whether it matters. That the president is quite likely a rapist — and that he's demonstrably lying in his denials of rape — should matter, even if 40% of the country doesn't care. Sexual assault, both rape and the "grab them by the pussy" kind that Trump confessed to, is a crime, and it matters that a man who probably should be in jail is instead sitting in the White House.

It also matters that Trump is a sexual predatordetention camp. It seems he was a German artillery cap- tain who had been captured while de- fending his battery with extraordinary bravery. He had escaped from a prison camp somewhere in France, and hid- den on a British cargo boat. The boat, unfortunately, had put off sailing for two weeks, during which time Captain Heintze had lived on some chocolate and a handful of raisins. Our class was pretty proud of itself. He had been in our room when they came for him. Mr. Carlstrom said that "they" were two federal agents in plain clothes; they had wanted to come upstairs and take him out of the room. But of course Dr. Koenig had cheated us out of that delightful ex- citement; he had told the detectives


Association between presence of visible in-house mold and health-related quality of life in adults residing in four U.S. states.
Despite the broad use of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) as one of the measurements to assess health status and effectiveness of health care and interventions, the impact of in-house mold exposure on HRQOL is unknown. The study described in this article examined the relationship between presence of visible in-house mold (PVIM) and HRQOL among adults. Data were analyzed from the 2005 and 2006 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) surveys that consisted of a random cross-sectional sample of 18,356 adults in four states. The authors examined the relationship between PVIM and three important indicators of the HRQOL by logistic regression analyses. Their results suggest that PVIM is independently associatedGuidelines assign weight to various factors without permitting adjustment to reflect relative uncertainties about underlying facts, in violation of due process rights, and that the evidence adduced at the sentencing hearing did not support the conclusion that he was reasonably capable of participating in a six kilogram cocaine transaction.  We affirm.

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A. Facts

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In late May and early June, 1988, defendant Aundre Ross agreed to participate in a narcotics transaction with a man named Willie Gibson because the defendant's video cassette business was in terrible financial condition.  On June 2, 1988, the defendant and Gibson spoke about locating someone to supply cocaine to a friend of the defendant.  Gibson made a telephone call to a potential source.  Unbeknownst to either of the pair, the potential


Restaurant in Country Club Hills, Illinois.  The defendant arrived alone with a bag containing $50,000 in cash.  Together they drove in Gibson's automobile to a restaurant parking lot where they had arranged to meet Williams, the DEA informant.  The location for the transaction was determined by the DEA informant.  On the way to the site, defendant told Gibson that the remainder of the cash payment was in a blue Camaro parked in a nearby baseball park.

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Gibson arrived at the restaurant parking lot and saw Williams with another individual.  This individual was DEA Special Agent Thomas Kelly.  The informant introduced Gibson and the defendant to Kelly.  The defendant informed Kelly that he would be supplying the money for the cocaine.  KellyWojnowce, Gmina Kuźnica

Wojnowce  is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kuźnica, within Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately  west of Kuźnica,  north-east of Sokółka, and  north-east of the regional capital Białystok.

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Post-traumatic stress disorder and coping styles of war veterans twenty years after the war from Tuzla Canton.
Aim To analyse symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and coping strategies of war veterans in Tuzla Canton twenty years after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Methods The study analysed a group of 120 war veterans from the Tuzla Canton who had experience of the war in BiH. For assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder Harvard Trauma Questionnaire was used, a version for Bosnia and Herzegovina and for assessment of coping styles Life Style Index was used. Results Concerning number of traumatic experiences of war veterans, it was found that they suffered 12 traumatic experiences. Most often traumatic experience was the participation in fighting and shelling (90.0%), knowledge of injuries in combatevoke the correct emotions and sound plays a big part of steering things in the right direction,” says Bailey.

The early collaboration has paid off. The game is racking up award nominations. It’s currently in the running for seven awards at The Game Awards — airing December 6th — including one for ‘Best Audio Design.’

Sonically, Bailey’s goal was to make an interactive game world that sounded as massive as any Marvel film. It had to feel cinematic, enthralling, and alive. The player needed to feel like he/she was Spider-Man swinging from web to web over a busy New York street or going hand-to-hand with some tough-guy villain. Sound helps to sell that perspective. There’s wind buffeting a player’s ears as he/she dives off a building. When a player swooshes


with the music. Overall, the soundtrack feels cohesive and well-crafted. “This was a giant undertaking from the music team, environment team and a lot of mix. Most of the music implementation was handled by the Sony music team, where they made thousands of edits to the music tracks and scripted in everything to properly react to the story, player actions, and city,” says Bailey. “Our environment team made sure to keep the city present and not overpower the music. The whole thing got buttoned up at the mix level.”

According to Bailey, the challenge here was having a music system and a city system that were both reactively dynamic to the player’s actions. Bringing the two together required “many, many, passes over the same areas while traveling at differentmillion people. The Delaware River is the only water source to provide drinking water for two major U.S. cities, Philadelphia and New York –- as well as Wilmington. In Delaware, the basin is an economic engine that must be protected, as jobs directly associated with the Delaware River Basin, such as fishing, recreation, tourism, water/sewer construction, water utilities, and ports, employ 15,737 people, earning $340 million in wages. In Delaware, the basin covers about 50 percent (965 square miles) of the land area yet includes 74 percent of the state's population.

“Congress has acknowledged the environmental and economic importance of the Delaware Basin by including $5 million for the Program for the first time in history,” said Coons, the first Delaware Senator in more than 40 years to serve


Image caption The arrests came after a car was impounded for having no insurance

Seven men have been arrested by police in anti-terror raids after weapons were found hidden in a car, police say.

Six men from the West Midlands and one from West Yorkshire were detained over three days, West Midlands Police said.

They said the car was stopped on the M1 in South Yorkshire on Saturday - a search later found firearms, offensive weapons and other material inside.

The BBC understands the arrests are not linked to the Olympics or Thursday's London arrests of six terror suspects.

The car had been impounded on suspicion of having no insurance.

Police traced and arrested the driver, passenger and others on suspicion of the commission, preparation, or instigation of acts of terrorism.

Forensic searches

Three men aged23, 26 and 27 from Sparkhill, Birmingham, were arrested on Tuesday morning.

A 22-year-old from Alum Rock, Birmingham, a 24-year-old from Moseley and a 22-year-old from Smethwick, West Midlands, were arrested on Wednesday evening.

A 43-year old man from Kirklees, West Yorkshire, was arrested on Thursday.

Det Ch Supt Kenny Bell, head of the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit, said: "As soon as the items were discovered in the impounded vehicle, our priority was to protect the public by pursuing and arresting those we believed to be involved."

The items recovered from the vehicle are undergoing forensic analysis and searches are being carried out at the addresses of those in custody.

Detectives were given extra time to question the three men arrested on Tuesday after the initial 48-hour detention period expired. They now


have until next Tuesday morning to charge or release the men, or apply for further time.

Officers have now also been given seven more days to question the men arrested on Wednesday.

All seven men are being held at a police station in the West Midlands.

On Thursday, five men and a woman suspected of terrorism offences were arrested in London as part of an investigation involving MI5.

It is understood those arrests relate to a possible plot involving Islamist extremists, with potential UK targets.

The UK terrorism threat level is unchanged from "substantial", which means a terrorist attack is a "strong possibility". There are two higher levels - "severe", meaning an attack is "highly likely", and "critical", meaning an attack is "expected imminently".No. 7,872,427 B2 issued to Carlo Scianna on Jan. 18, 2011, describes a technique for mitigating flicker in an LED by including a dummy load that turns on before the switching current falls below the holding current of the TRIAC dimmer, thereby inhibiting the TRIAC dimmer from turning off. A drawback with this approach is that the holding current varies from dimmer to dimmer. Thus, the duty cycle of the TRIAC dimmer becomes unstable and generates variability in the switching current during the AC cycle which leads to flicker in the LED. U.S. Pat. No. 8,492,992 B2 issued to Hirokazu Otake et al. on Jul. 23, 2013, describes another technique for mitigating flicker in an LED by delaying when the dummy load turns on. A drawback with this


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A top university in Australia has said it has been hacked, with unauthorised access to staff and student data extending back for 19 years.

The Australian National University (ANU) said it detected the breach two weeks ago and is working with security agencies to investigate further.

ANU - which suffered a similar incident last year - said the hack was carried out by "a sophisticated operator".

The university said "significant amounts" of data had been affected.

"We believe there was unauthorised access to significant amounts of personal staff, student and visitor data extending back 19 years," Vice Chancellor Brian Schmidt said in a statement.

"We're working closely with Australian government security agencies and industry security partners to investigate further."

Data including personal contact details, payroll information, bank account details, passport detailsDaniel And Majella's Room To Improve Episode Most Watched Show So Far This Year

Sunday night's Room To Improve has become the most viewed tv show so far this year!

Architect Dermot Bannon was enlisted to re-design Daniel and Majella O'Donnell's home in Donegal last year with the episode airing a few days ago and going down a treat with viewers.

An average of 722,000 people tuned in to watch the singer and his wife spend €395,000 on the renovations on their home.

This is a higher viewership than other big shows by the national broadcaster including Dancing with the Stars and The Late Late Show which received viewership figures of 532,000 and 510,000 respectively last week.

Director of Audiences, Channels and Marketing, Adrian Lynch said: "When we heard Daniel and Majella were


With Paladino’s Job at Stake, Right to Free Speech Is His Defense

Members of the Buffalo Board of Education contend that Carl Paladino, a member who had made racist comments about the Obamas, disclosed confidential information.CreditCreditHeather Ainsworth for The New York Times

ALBANY — Carl Paladino, a wealthy real estate developer who once made a bombastic bid for governor of New York, appeared at a hearing here Thursday that will determine whether he remains on the Buffalo Board of Education.

Several members of the school board have demanded that the State Education Department remove him, saying he revealed confidential information. But Mr. Paladino’s lawyers said those charges were a pretext, and that board members want him ousted because he made racist comments about President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama. As offensiveWalter E. Williams,

“A More or Less Perfect Union” is a three-part series, produced by Free to Choose Network, that will air on various PBS stations across the nation starting in February. The documentary is a personal exploration of the U.S. Constitution by Justice Douglas Ginsburg, who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals D.C. Circuit and is now a senior justice on the court. Ginsburg explores the U.S. Constitution and features interviews with and gains the perspectives from constitutional experts of all political views — liberal, conservative and libertarian. He examines the key issues of liberty in the U.S. both from a historical and contemporary perspective. Among those issues are freedom of the press and religion, slavery and civil rights, the Second Amendment, separation of powers and the


number of ways that the Constitution’s framers sought to limit the power of the federal government.

The first episode is titled “A Constitution in Writing.” It examines the contentious atmosphere that arose among the delegates in that hot, humid Philadelphia summer of 1787. State delegates were sent to Philadelphia to work out the problems of the Articles of Confederation, which served as the first Constitution of the 13 original states. This part of the documentary examines some of the efforts to deal with the problems of the Articles of Confederation while maintaining its guiding principle to preserve the independence and sovereignty of the states. It also examines the compromises and struggles that led to the document we know as the U.S. Constitution. Some of the framers, particularly the Anti-Federalists,led by Patrick Henry, saw the Constitution as defective and demanded amendments be added that contained specific guarantees of personal freedoms and rights and clear limitations on the federal government’s power. They swore that they would never ratify the Constitution unless it contained a Bill of Rights.

The second episode is titled “A Constitution for All.” One major emphasis of this episode is the examination of the Supreme Court decisions that undermined racial justice both for slaves and later ex-slaves for a century after the Civil War. Several constitutional scholars discuss how the courts and states ignored and weakened the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, known collectively as the Civil War Amendments, which were designed to ensure equality for recently emancipated slaves. There is also discussion of Bill of


This invention relates to an attachment for use with a source of grease under pressure for readily dispensing grease uniformly about a hub for containing wheel bearings upon the spindle of a vehicle such as a trailer, automobile or truck.
In order to grease a hub, it has been the practice to first pack the inner bearing with grease and position same within the hub and a upon the spindle. Grease is spread by hand uniformly about the grease receiving cavity within the hub which must be manually positioned in alignment on the spindle to receive the grease uniformly therein preparatory to insertion of a packed outer bearing. Since the hands of the operator are by this time covered with grease, the outer surface of the hub and itsWith regard to such a BBW type vehicle brake device, an arrangement that includes a tandem type master cylinder, a tandem type slave cylinder, a wheel cylinder of a first line, and a wheel cylinder of a second line, connects a first fluid pressure chamber of the master cylinder to the wheel cylinder of the first line via a first fluid pressure chamber of the slave cylinder, connects a second fluid pressure chamber of the master cylinder to the wheel cylinder of the second line via a second fluid pressure chamber of the slave cylinder, operates the wheel cylinders of the first and second lines by means of a brake fluid pressure generated by the slave cylinder when the system is normal, and operates the wheel cylinders of


appellants' petitions for formation of a new elementary school district and a new high school district in Walnut Creek.
Interveners in this action are the three existing school districts which would be affected by the proposed new Walnut Creek districts and *135 interested parents of those districts. Interveners urge affirmance of the judgment.
The only issue on appeal is whether the State Board of Education has discretion to deny a petition for formation of a new school district where the petition meets the criteria guidelines established for review of such petitions in the California Administrative Code, title 5, section 18573. We conclude that the State Board of Education has such discretion.

FACTS
In March 1977, appellants, who are residents and taxpayers of the Walnut Creek area, petitioned pursuant to Education Code section35500 et seq.,[1] for the formation of new Walnut Creek elementary and high school districts, to be carved out of the existing Mt. Diablo, Acalanes, San Ramon Valley and Lafayette districts. It is not contended that appellants failed to comply with the procedural requirements for such petitions. They submitted their petitions, signed by more than 25 percent of the resident voters of the proposed new district, to the Contra Costa County Clerk, who forwarded them to the county committee on school district organization and to respondent State Board of Education (State Board).
On June 14, 1977, the county committee submitted its report and recommendation with regard to the petitions to the State Board. The committee, after hearings on the petitions, recommended denial.
On July 14, 1977, Wilson Riles, Superintendent of


Public Instruction and Director of the Department of Education, submitted a written report on the petitions to respondent State Board; he recommended denial on the grounds that the proposed new districts would adversely affect the future school district organization of the county, would disrupt the educational programs of the three existing affected districts, and would not be compatible with the county's master plan for school unification. Denial was recommended despite the fact that the conditions and guidelines established by section 35512.1 and California Administrative Code, title 5, section 18573, for review of such petitions had been met.
*136 At the conclusion of the public hearing, respondent State Board disapproved the petitions.
The superior court found that respondent State Board is vested with the discretion to approve or disapprove a petitiondistricts by a petition signed by at least 25 percent of the resident electorate of the proposed new district. (§ 1992.) Petitioners were granted a hearing (§ 1994), subsequent to which the State Board approved or disapproved the proposed new district (§ 1995). Section 1972 was also the first section of article 1, General Provisions. Research has failed to unearth any formal embodiment of minimum standards prior to 1969.
Section 3100 of the old code (§ 4200 of the new code) was enacted in 1964 and articulated the Legislature's intent in enacting the Unruh School Act (Stats. 1964, first Ex. Sess., ch. 132), which called for the drafting of master plans and ratification elections at the local level designed to effectuate unified school districts throughout the state. The master


plan was to be developed locally by the county committee on school district organization. (§ 3100.5.) Section 3100 authorized State Board approval of proposals for districts based upon the division of existing high school districts provided that five conditions were met. Approval was discretionary: "The State Board of Education may approve proposals for the formation of districts... [italics added]."
The discretion of the State Board in approving section 3100 proposals was amplified in 1970. The section was amended as follows: 1964 language  "The State Board of Education may approve proposals ... provided that the board has determined ... that all of the following conditions are met...." 1970 amended language  "The State Board of Education may approve proposals ... provided that the board has determined ... that thefollowing conditions are substantially met: ..." The 1970 amendment deleted the words "all of" and added the word "substantially." In addition, the amended section added a paragraph following the five itemized conditions which allowed the State Board to *138 approve a proposal which did not literally meet the conditions in an exceptional situation.
In 1969, section 2365 was redrafted to specify the contents of the county committee report and recommendation required when a petition involving the transfer of territory from one district to another was being considered. The new section 2365 required a statement from the county committee on whether the proposed transfer would adversely affect the school district organization of the county, whether the proposed transfer was compatible with local master plans approved by the State Board, and


could be called a children's back yard splashing pool, one of the blow-up type. Staff was friendly and helpful. Close to I-10, which was a plus for us on the way to join a caravan in New Orleans. Lots of over hanging trees, which dropped acorns or something like them on our roof when it wasn't raining. The camp is old and looks it, with several spaces taken by live-ins who did not care about their appearance--trashy, with lots of junk surrounding their trailers . Not very impressive. The water front sites, not many of them, have a great view of the river. We camped here in a 34 foot rig, and would only stay here again if no where else to go. Note: Lots of traffic noisepercent of the people arrested for fare evasion were black or Hispanic. That percentage remained unchanged, even after Vance stopped prosecuting fare evasion cases. (Vance is one of five district attorneys in New York City; the district attorneys in the other four boroughs have not changed their policies on fare evasion prosecutions.)

Why Aren't People Paying Transit Fares?

One of the flashpoints in the debate is why passengers aren't paying their fares. Advocates for low-income residents say fare evasion is a crime of poverty; New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and transit officials remain unconvinced.

Still, the mayor and city council agreed earlier this year to provide discounted fares for 800,000 low-income New Yorkers.

In Portland, Ore., Shawn Fleek, a spokesperson for OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon, says riders there have been a


Idol 'will get a huge recognition in the world and will show that the centre of cultural development in Eurasia was not only the Middle East but also in the Urals'. Picture: The Siberian Times

The disclosure this week on the precise fixing of age of the ancient wooden carved statue known as the Shigir Idol is seen as groundbreaking to our understanding of the pre-historic world.

As first revealed by The Siberian Times, the haunting monument is 11,000 years old, according to leading German scientists. As such, it is more than twice as the age of the Pyramids of Egypt and the Stonehenge monument in the United Kingdom.

The Idol - found in a peat bog in the Urals - is also 1,500 years older than previously thought by scientists,and the exact fixing of its age destroys theories by sceptics that it was not as ancient as its proponents believed.

Press conference on the results of the joint research was held on August 27 in Yekaterinburg. Picture: Alexander Varketin

The new findings are described as highly significant in understanding the cultural development of ancient man. Russian academics believed that foreign colleagues doubted the age of the Idol, but this scepticism is now shown to be misplaced.

General director of the Sverdlovsk Regional History Museum, Natalia Vetrova, said earlier Russian claims that it was at least 9,500 years old 'were not recognised by the international scientific community. And we wanted to know for sure, and tell the world how old our Idol is'.

Thomas Terberger, a professor at the Department of Cultural


get a huge recognition in the world and will show that the centre of cultural development in Eurasia was not only the Middle East but also in the Urals'.

Russian experts have described the findings as 'sensational'. They show that the Idol - covered in an 'encrypted code' which academics say maybe a coded message from ancient man - is the oldest of its kind in the world.

During the research it was discovered the Idol had eight faces, one more than previously understood. Only one is three dimensional. The wooden masterpiece was originally dug from the Urals' peat bog in 1890. The bog has preserved it 'like a time capsule'.

Professor Mikhail Zhilin, leading researcher of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Archeology, has spoken previously of his 'feelingof awe' when studying the Idol. Picture: The Siberian Times

The German analysis dates the Idol to the opening of the Holocene epoch. It was made from a freshly-cut 157 year old larch, and stone tools were used for carving the markings and hieroglyphics which several academics say contains a message from ancient man to people living now.

The ancient monument now stands 2.8 metres in height but originally was 5.3 metres tall, as high as a two storey house. In the Soviet era, two metres of the ancient artifact went missing, though drawings were made of it by pre-revolutionary archaeologist Vladimir Tolmachev

Professor Mikhail Zhilin, leading researcher of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Archeology, has spoken previously of his 'feeling of awe' when studying the Idol. 'This is


80 Year Old Michigan Man Fights Off Five Young Robbers With A Gun

FLINT, MI — What happens when five young thugs attempt to rob an eighty year old man in his own driveway? Does he end up in the hospital? Is he beaten to death? Does he “just” get robbed and become afraid to walk out of his own home?

Not this time.

Because this time, when an eighty year old man whose name has not been released walked out to his own driveway and was confronted by five punks, he had a gun.

Instead of becoming just another statistic, he fired off two shots and they ran away.

When the man called the police, he told them that he thought he hit one of the robbers, but no blood was found.

IfIt is more than half a century ago since Italy last failed to qualify for a FIFA World Cup. Now Italy are in the brink of failing to qualify for the 2018 World Cup having just failed to do so in 1958. Being four time World Cup champions, Italy were drawn against the Swedes in the play off after poor run in the qualifying campaign. The Azzurris’ manager Ventura has come under scrutiny after poor performances in the recent past.

Now he may even move on should Italy fail to qualify to the 2018 World Cup after a 1-0 defeat in the Play off First leg in the Friends Arena in Sweden. The Swedish team were praised for their recent performances under their manager Janne Andersson with Ibrahimovic retired


been the prominent system in Italy for the past few years and Ventura used the same as he started the BBC in defense. Buffon who is looking to set a record by playing in his sixth world cup, started in between the sticks as Barzagli, Bonucci and Chiellini played in the central defence. In the centre, de Rossi started as the pivot who was supported by Parolo and Verratti on the two sides.

In the wide areas, Candreva started in the right while Darmian was given the opportunity in the left. Both Ciro Immobile and Belotti started for the Azzurris as they looked to get something out of this game that would help them achieve their target in Milan in the return leg.

Italy look to maintain width

As Italy playedColombia is
right in that range.
What helps, is that people born in these
high altitude societies tend to have
adaptations to aid survival.
Enlarged lung capacity, greater stamina,
lower rates of obesity.
So. over time the population of Columbia
would adapt to live there more
comfortably. And the 15 to 20,000 feet
where Columbia is locked is well below
what's known as the Death Zone.
Yhat's the altitude at 26,000 feet or
8,000 meters where there's not enough
oxygen to sustain human life. In the end
it's not the physics of building a city in the air,
the cold, or the lower oxygen levels, that
makes Columbia an impossible place to live.
It's air sickness. Seriously. People
living in Colombia would constantly need
a barf bag.
Why? Motion sickness results from one of
three causes. Motion that is felt but not

English:
seen, motion that is seen but not felt,
and


sausage like legs would carry me. Actually that’s not true, there is a bit I remember really well. As a came wheezing into the finish, bringing up the rear of the field there were dozens of other athletes, friends and partners, many of whom are seriously good athletes who would have finished up some time earlier cheering me and the others down the back on. This is one of my favourite bits of being in MTC.

After the race it was back to the hotel, rest for a bit, then over to the pub for dinner. Again, Lorne Hotel did well for food (highly recommend the Pork Ribeye!). There was a little presentation towards the end of the meal. Jenny did a great job running a competition to find[A case of the panencephalopathic type of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with retinal involvement].
Neuropathological study of the visual pathway from the retina to the occipital cortex in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) has been scarcely performed. In the present study, pathological involvement of the visual pathway was observed in a 54-year-old man with CJD. The patient had the onset of visual disturbances in December 1985. He subsequently developed progressive dementia, right hemiparesis, ataxia and dysarthria, and rapidly fell into decerebrate posture in February 1986. In March 1986, myoclonus appeared on the whole body and EEG revealed periodic synchronous discharges, while brain CT and CSF findings showed no abnormalities. Myoclonus was observed most frequently from May to October 1986, and then reduced gradually. Brain atrophy on CT started from April 1986, and was


The Roof-Box STLs, STL 1614-2647 (Total 1034)

The first toy I can ever remember receiving was a Dinky toy STL,
that Dad gave me one Saturday morning when I was about 3 or 4,
i.e. in about 1951-2. It made an impression.
I still have it, sitting on my study shelf.
I expect many children's interest in buses was stirred by these fairly crude,
but still recognisable models, in their red and cream, or green and cream colours.
The prototype was the roofbox STL.
From the latter part of 1936 until 1939 London Transport built these
as their standard double decker. Their most obvious distinguishing characteristic
was the route number display mounted on the front dome, with the final destination
and via points in symmetrical displays between the decks.

STL 2093 (DLU 92), in preservation, at Brighton.
Click on the imagethat the number range is 400 numbers while there were 360 roofbox STLs,
there is good news: the laws of arithmetic have not changed.
The missing forty were the Tunnel STLs, with specially profiled STL13 bodies
for use through the Blackwall Tunnel. These have their own page.

The roofbox STLs started into service in October 1936,
the start of a substantial tide that swept away the last of the NS class
and scattered the smaller STs to the corners of the LT system.
There were hiccups, of course:
the 56-seater STLs replaced 56 seater LTs on route 41, only to be turfed off a month later,
probably due to their higher axle-load over a bridge on the route.
Other non-standard types around the system went too, eg the Dennis Lances at the end of 1937.
The Leyland Titan TD


the usual reduced displays, brown roofs,
masked headlights and anti-shatter netting. Some received far nastier things too.
Like the other Chiswick roofbox STLs these lasted well,
and continued after the war while the later war-time and immediate post-war
classes were disposed of.

Most of the others were repainted into one or both of the post-war liveries
of red with cream relief,
either round the upper windows plus a band round the middle,
or the later version with just the cream band.
Appreciable numbers went to the Country Area after the war,
where rapid growth in traffic required unprecedented numbers
of double-deckers on routes that had been rural and were now outer suburban.

Some succumbed to the SRT fiasco,
but others survived until 1953-4 before being taken over by the ubiquitous RT.

One survivor, STL2377, has been throughly restored, with renewed framing andpanelling:

STL 2377 after restoration, at the Cobham Open Day at Brooklands Runway, April 2002,
with newly-painted period advertisements, and earlier at Cobham Museum, without ads, in June 2001.

STL 2516-2647 The Ultimate STLs (Total 132) 15STL16

These were the final main development of the STL design, before attention
switched away to the
RT.
They were distinguished by a new deeper radiator,
without a protruding starter dog, due to the flexible mounting of the 7.7
litre diesel engine.
For the first time, new highbridge rear-platform STLs (37) went to the Country Area,
where some were dedicated to Green Line work, and painted accordingly.
Others went to the Central Area, at Hanwell (HW) and Alperton (ON).

After the war these buses might have been expected to have a long life.
But someone had a stroke of genius that just went wrong,
resulting in a


A mother who killed her disabled son because of concerns over his "pedophillic tendencies" and his vow to take his own life did so out of her great love for him, a judge has said.

Kim Margaret Earle, 49, sobbed and shook as she was sentenced on Tuesday in the Brisbane Supreme Court, which heard she was of diminished responsibility when she killed her 18-year-old Brandon on the Gold Coast in 2013.

Credit:Tamara Voninski

Justice Roslyn Atkinson said Brandon's interest in sadomasochism and child porn had reached the point where he wanted to kill himself following his arrest for child pornography offences and his mother couldn't see any way out.

"Essentially, you helped him to die out of your great love for him," Justice Roslyn Atkinson said as she sentenced Earle.Dozens of the province's recycling depots will now accept new types of plastics including zipper-lock bags, candy wrappers, cellophane and bubble wrap.

As of June 1, 116 depots have expanded the list of items they recycle. The items fall under the category of "other flexible plastic packaging," Recycle BC said in a statement Thursday.

The expansion is being rolled out in phases, and the latest round of plastics will be accepted at all depots by the start of next year.

In addition to the products mentioned previously, select depots will also accept potato chip bags, wrappers for snack bars and cheese slices, stand-up pouches for baby food and soap, and packaging for fresh pasta and deli meats. British Columbians can also bring in net bags, woven plastic bags and padded protective


Drinking is a way of life for a major chunk of the men in our state and the TASMAC wine shop is the place which is the biggest unifier as people from different backgrounds congregate to drown themselves in alcohol.

MadhubanaKadai traces a single day in the functioning of a typical wine shop. That day happens to be prior to Gandhi Jayanthi, which is one of the few days when the wine shop is actually closed. All sorts of people come to the shop and it is a roller-coaster at the shop as each character gets into some mischief or the other. Such is the power of intoxication.

The episodes involving two perennial drinkers, Chinnarasu and Petition Mani, are definitely enjoyable. Even school kids, people who dress up as Godsand young professionals also make an appearance at the bar much to the amusement of us.

We have had many Tamil films where the wine shop is the scene of action for a few scenes. Santhanam has provided many a funny moment in his films with his drinking. But here, the entire movie is replete with such incidents which just become an overdose beyond a point. You just become numb as the same incidents revolving around alcohol are played out over and over again.

A love track involving the wine shop owner’s daughter and one of the employees in the shop named Rafeeq is one of the very few distractions from the scene of action.

The director Kamalakannan has also used this movie to highlight some issues like illegal adulteration of


alcohol and the fact that laborers like drainage cleaners depend on alcohol for some peace of mind.

Ved Shankar has given two enjoyable mass numbers while the song that comes before the finale, is poignant. His re-recording tends to become too noisy at times in his attempt to capture the ambience of the wine shop authentically.

The camera is constrained within the wine shop for almost the entire movie while the set design for the wine shop has been done authentically.

The target audience for MadhubanaKadai is restricted and some people might even get second thoughts just seeing the title of the movie.

To conclude, the director has intentionally avoided any structured narrative and has just showcased some incidents that happen in a typical day at the wine shop. One can safelythe project and was nearing the point where hardware for the mission would begin to be built. No working instruments were yet constructed, Hertz said. [NASA's 2013 Budget: What Will It Buy?]

The project was selected as a "small explorer" class mission, with a firm cost limit of $105 million, not including the price of launching the spacecraft. NASA recently commissioned an independent review of GEMS' budget, and found that the ultimate price tag for the spacecraft was likely to be 20 to 30 percent over budget.

Because of the cost overrun, NASA decided to pull the plug on GEMS last month. On June 5, the GEMS team, led by principal investigator Jean Swank of the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., appealed the decision and submitted documents


Stoke City are closing in on a deal for Tottenham centre-half Kevin Wimmer, a source close to the London club has told ESPN FC.

Wimmer said his goodbyes to the Spurs players and staff after Sunday's 1-1 draw with Burnley, for which he was omitted from the matchday squad, and the Austrian left Wembley to travel to Stoke, who will pay £15 million for him.

West Brom also had a £15m bid accepted for Wimmer last week, but he turned down the chance to join the Baggies.

Wimmer moved to Spurs from Cologne for £4.3m in 2015 and impressed in his debut season at the club.

But he started just three league games last term and the signing of Davinson Sanchez, who made his debut against Burnley, has pushed him further downworkers and keep them from pressure-washing infectious material all over a neighborhood;city government imprisoning people in a house full of known deadly infectious material for four days after the patients' status is known, and taking even longer to arrange to decontaminate the premises properly and safely.And by the end of the week, I want drills for simulated casualties to be conducted in every major city from coast to coast, publicized and covered carte blanche and full access by the news media, including anyone with a camera or a notebook, even if they blog in their pajamas, with the successes and failures reviewed in open public meetings in each case, and rigorously examined by medical and governmental officials to fix the problems, unsnarl the tangles, blow open the bottlenecks,


in 1980, is recognized world-wide as one of the most respected refining organizations. The company's headquarters is in Miami, Florida. RMC has grown to become one of the largest precious metals refinery throughout the world. Through proprietary green refining technology, Their massive refinery consist of one hundred and fifty thousand square foot of state-of-the-art refining technology which allows for a refining capacity of greater than 7,000 tons of silver and gold per year.Monday, February 8, 2010

Clover Boldt Baird, granddaughter of George C. Boldt wrote "The Love Story of Boldt Castle" in 1978. She wrote some interesting things apropos to Valentine's day. Boldt's wife, Louise, loved the Thousand Islands and her birthday happened to be on Valentine's day (Feb. 14th). As Clover tells it, George would make a castle for Louise that would be a double gift, a birthday present as well as a Valentine's gift.

"...George noticed that his island had a somewhat heart-like shape. Valentines Day, a 'gift of love,' Hart Island... 'I'll make it a REAL heart,' he promised himself. Soon after, he imported hundreds of workmen to change the outline of the island into the desired shape ... reworked until the land became a giant valentine, which George


promptly named 'Heart Island.'"

But sadly ending like a Greek tragedy, Louise died unexpectedly at only 42, and George, inconsolable, immediately stopped all work on the castle and he never returned to it. Not to end on this note, Boldt Castle on Heart Island became one of the most visited tourist destinations, as well as a very popular host of weddings.

(Most of these factoids and excerpts are from Clover's booklet. The classic aerial-view post card which I have is dated from 1962. Click on the headline to read on Wikipedia about the surprisingly actual St. Valentines who were martyred for their beliefs).There are some evident changes in the House Kincaid, as some are promoted unexpectedly, while others are given what they want… at great cost.

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Kincaid Manor - City of Stormvale

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It is day 31 of the month of Sheat, 229 2E

The Kincaid manor had been prepared for the arrival of the family, from far and wide, they had been called. Aidan's brothers and sisters were present. This was serious business apparently for them all to be recalled to Stormvale. Donnal, Kierne's father was present, Malakai as well, along with their wives, and children. Bowen was present too, as well as the Priestess Danallia, also to which was Aidan's sister. Some were not present, of course, since not everyone could make the journey - or like Hayton's part of


it difficult to break through the numbers of men on duty this day.

Within the manor itself, the guests were in the small hall (small because Lakeshire's is grand compared). Formality has decorated the room with chairs to face the speaker this night. But for now, everyone's up and talking while they wait for further guests to arrive. Food and beverages have been prepared and none should need for wanting.

Kierne is done up in his squirely armour, emblazoned with the Lily of Lakeshire. It's all been repaired from what damage it had attained in combat and polished to something presentable. And the squire himself, shaven cleanly, hair washed and slicked back over his head. There may be no reason for him to want for food, but the lad hasbeen off of his feed, to-day, and so maintains the sober air of one fasting in the presence of his father, stone-faced with steady if somewhat unfeeling eyes to cover the gnawing anticipation that's forming a nice ulcer inside of him to find out what in the world his uncle's going to say to-night.

Treasure is here to attend to her mistress, or perhaps to help other servants with the meal and drinks as the various nobles of the family gather in the room. Attentive is the disfigured woman who wears a cap upon her head tonight, and stands to the back of the room out of the way for now.

Ronan has arrived but without his lovely wife for Roslin is large with child, now. She is due any


few words are exchanged and the Duke of Sutherland's baritone laughs softly, "Aye, your uncle was a great man to whom I squired, and I enjoyed my time here in Lakeshire as you well know." A deep chuckle, the two being familiar with one another. A taste of the wine and Donnal goes about refreshing some introductions for the Duke.

Having gotten the summons, Hadrian makes his way into the manor. With his duties to the King and having to help bring forth people to be interviewed before the King, he's been quite the busy young Lord of Lakeshire. He looks around and notices all the family who's here, some he had not seen in a very long time. He makes his way into the small sitting room, "Greetingsall." He says with a light smile before standing off to the side, thoughts moving on to Emma for a brief moment, wishing she was here with him.

Allyn stands just insidea door, dressed the same as the rest of the house guards. Sure its not likely there will be trouble here since it is just the members of the family getting together, but still, he's there and on duty, standing almost as still as a statue.

When you get this many Kincaid's together in one room, expect the unexpected is the saying. There's even a few siblings who bring their -own- loyal guards, as family history has proven enough, one just never knows. Aidan turns toward the announcements of those coming in, approaching Ronan after his excusing from his


siblings, some who've been on the field for a long while and this, their first respite from the battles or threat of battles. Aidan extends his hand to Ronan, "I hear congratulations is in order Ronan. I'm glad you could attend this night, for there are matters here which will impact your house as well, though… I hear it already told, perhaps. We shall see. Good to see you anyhow, Duke Crawford." He looks toward Kierne, then looks for his own squire about the group. He's in here somewhere… then again, Oxley was never a big fan of crowds, but he would never dishonour his knight tonight. Then his gaze finds Ronan once more, "Drink, eat, make yourself comfortable."

Another found mingling amongst those already gathered was the Duchessof Lakeshire, quiet words being exchanged with a few of the other Ladies present. A cup of wine held, though seeming to be siped from sparingly, and food is all but avoided presently. The woman dressed within a finely tailored gown of black with silver embellishments. But no longer does the looser fit nor dark color completely hide the small bump Nylie's stomach has taken to forming. A condition that is likely news for many. Then again, perhaps she just took to stress eating when Aidan was 'missing'? Her faithful maid, Alyxia, lingers near the edges of the room, taking care to keep an eye upon the Duchess.

Kierne is most definitely here, if possibly not in his normal manner of good cheer that makes him so conspicuously exuberant.


But he falls in with Ronan with a nod when he meets his Lord Knight's eye, playing that silent-but-dutiful role he so often falls into when official functions are presented. He waits behind while Ronan greets his father, and then takes a turn to do so, as well, in more polite and proper terminology than he might use for the rest of his family. No familiar 'dad' or 'father' will do— but, then, the Kincaid lads ever have been cursed with bad blood between them and their fathers, so it's probably no surprise to anyone, Kierne's sudden spate of formal propriety.

Present but mingling among some of the Kincaids while leaving her husband's side while he speaks of ships, Senga is attired in a gown that is predominantly black"I will." Ronan has a glass of red wine in his other hand already, tested by Rosley of course. The Rioga himself has been wearing black for for some reason tonight he has forgone the color of mourning for this gathering.

As Aidan is like to move on and greet his family and other guests, the Lord Marshal allows his gaze to wander. Ah, there is the Duchess, Nylie. Wait, something is … different. Ronan stands quietly a moment distracted as he watches her. And then there is Kierne!

The formality between his squire and Kierne's father is observed. Ronan looks between them, then speaks up, "Donnal, you should be proud of this boy. He has fought hard and served me well. I even hear rumor he came to his


Duke's aid recently. He's no shame to the family." Er, well, at least none that Ronan knows!

Another present after the calling together of family is Aemy. The former Kincaid has an obvious bump herself, though her own news is not so new. Having arrived with her handmaid and a guard assigned to her by her husband, she had avoided the greeting party and made directly for the food and drink, figuring to catch up with her father and Nylie before or after the family meeting. Dressed in a modest gown of fabric hued a soft blue, she moves rather easily still with the refreshment she had selected towards one of the seats available so that she can people watch!

Hadrian remains where he stands for now, mostly in theback. He looks over to his father as the man makes his rounds. He looks over towards Nylie as well, offering a brief smile then over to Ronan who gets a nod from him. Mostly, Hadrian stays in the back with his arms folded over his chest. There comes a yawn from him as he has been staying up late to deal with the guards, the King's personal orders, and visiting with Emma in her time of need. Hadrian continues to look around the room, to Senga and the others.

An easy smile is given to those whom Nylie had been speaking with, a light motion pointing them to one of the trays of food in answer to a request about some particular food sought. The Duchess giving a


nod of her head to Allyn, seeing her guard standing there to keep watch as well as keep the peace should something go amiss. It was ever a possiblity with any such large gathering of noblity. The small rounding to her belly perhaps not as easily noted when looking straight at her with the dark color of her dress, but the side profile is another story. Nylie offers a bow of her towards Ronan to see the Duke of Sutherland across the way, a slight incline of her head and a smile to Hadrian in catching his look her way. Though it is near Aemy that Nylie ends up,"Lady Aemy, it is delightful to see you again."

Allyn keeps a close eye on the things that go on aroundthe room, though he seems to be watching Nylie the most, he is one of her personal guards after all, even though he is available to the beck and call of any of those of the house. He stands there quietly just watching

Kierne was never the best at accepting praise, and never was that more the case than in the presence of his father, who knows more of his son's odd nature than most, making of Ronan's words a certain irony between the father and son that twists hard at Kierne's insides and rather makes him wish he'd had a drink to brace himself for all of this. As it stands, though, the boy is sober as water itself, and, though he might regret it, he has his


game face on and accepts the words of praise with a grateful bow of his head to Ronan before stepping to his father when his father comes to clasp arms with him in a less formal greeting, at least an outward expression of pride with a smile shared between father and son.

Aidan takes a look around the room as it fills. He nods to the others arriving, his eyes briefly flickering over Hadrian and Bowen, then Aemy as she also shows for this gathering. A reunion it has become. Black is worn by most, but then they can get away with it for the colour of their house. Mourning or not. Aidan moves to the dias though as the faces … for the most part, all seem presentfor Hadrian to join them if he so wishes. Nylie gains an especially nice incline of his head, being especially fond of the Kincaid Duchess. She makes Ronan smile at seeing her thus in profile. "Well, well." He rumbles low to no on in particular, "Mayhap congratulations are in order to my good Uncle and his lovely wife as well." Yes, the Rioga Duke looks pleased. Ah, there Kierne and Donnal claps arms at least! The Lord Marshal's attention goes to Aidan as his uncle speaks up from the dias to gather their focus.

As soon as Nylie nears, Aemy puts the bit of refreshment aside on a side table, should there be one, if not it is handed off to her handmaid. Standing, she offers a warm smile


to her father's wife. "You as well, my Lady." Immediately, she does not notice the bump rounding her middle ever so slightly. "It is so good to see everyone in one place." Kierne and Hadrian are given warm looks before the others in the room get a brief nod of greeting until her father begins the meeting. She falls silent and turns her attention fully there with a look of respect and interest.

Nylie offering a warm smile in return to Aemy as the woman stands to greet her. Whatever conversation and catching up might have ensued with Aemy is stalled as Aidan steps to the dias and begins to speak. A slight nod given to Aemy before Nylie does turn her attention towards Aidan as he speaks. Agentle calmness settling to her features as she listens. While there is a fond look in her eyes for her husband, it soon fades to something more solemn at the words spoken. The war had touched them all.

The rather staid embrace between Donnal and son doesn't really know how long to last, but they disengage, at last, and, that ordeal over, Kierne bows his head to his father and makes a little bit of conversation with his mother before excusing himself to go trailing after Ronan again. He hasn't seen his cousin Aemy since she's been showing, and that's news to him even if it isn't news to anyone else. It finally breaks the stone-faced expression he's got on, giving her a great boyish smile of congratulations from


across the room before he comes to something like attention and turns a sober countenance toward Aidan.

Hadrian declines the extended offer to join Ronan for now. He stands over against a wall and then turns to give his father his full attention as he begins to speak. He's certain that this may be something quick. For now, the young Lord of Lakeshire watches and listens for his father to begin his announcement of things.

"Baron Mowbray has joined the Eight and our good King Callem, and many of our own family and friends. I give my condolences to his family, for there was a time we shared the field together." A moment of silence for the good man, before continuing, "He is not alone however, as I must announcethe passing of Baron Bellerose, who had taken injury in the Battle of Crosswynds. Injury was grave enough that infection spread and could not be stopped, despite the attempts to remove limbs to keep him from it. It is a deep regret of mine that he has passed before he could find wife and name an Heir. His sister," a nod to Aidan's brother Malakai, "has married to mine brother, Malakai, as you all know and while it would be my honour to put them on the seat, they've declined…" Some people just weren't meant to rule Baronies and Malakai seems relieved and bobs his head, "In understanding that my other brother, Arlen, would be the appropriate candidate to hold Stewardship over Halvard until such time as a


one large fleet in its command. Sometimes, it has taken a long time to decide the fate of a Barony, afterall, so it could be months, or years, before someone is named properly to the seat.

Nylie bows her head when the passing of the Baron Mowbray as well of her adored cousin is spoken of. Her fingers griping her wine goblet a touch more for a moment, Callem's passing had been rather….diffcult upon her, as it had been upon many. Her head remaining bowed for awhile yet as the moment of silence passes and Aidan takes up speaking again. Her gaze coming back up as the fate of the Barony continues to be laid out, eventually seeking out Arlen and Senga in the crowd to see what theirresponse shall be on the matter.

Arthur has been quietly sitting with his son on his lap. They seem to be playing a simple game. It's keeping the boy quiet and allowing Arthur to listen to what's happening.

Kaylee was a bit late joining the party it seems, she glances around slighly as she makes her way on into the room, sticking near the back for the time being it would seem. The Ranger is wearing her best clothing at the moment, a blouse with long flowing sleeves, a dark brow leather vest that has three buttons, along with a dark of black leather breeches. Her hair is pulled back slightly so it is off her face, it is a bit longer then most have seen her with in the


past, nearly past her shoulders and looking rather neat.

Ronan is attentive listening and sipping his wine. Rosley stands near to Kierne and now his arm is finally healed, he clasps his hands lightly behind his back and waits to find out what the various announcements will be.

Catching the smile from Kierne, Aemy returns it, her own a bit playful though it fades just as quickly at the talk of the Mowbray Baron. Ducking her head slightly in a show of respect for both of the deceased, plus the many others, she gives her own moment of silence before lifting her head once more and keeping her attention on her father. As Senga and Arlen are offered the position together, an approving look is given towards them, glad itwould be them. Glancing up as Kaylee joins, she gives her a brief smile but her attention remains mostly on her father.

Settling along the edge of the room at one point once Aidan begins to speak, it may be that Arlen has found Senga by the time that the mention of the war and those they've lost references the true extent of the casualties. The mention of the stewardship? That finds her brows lifting slightly before settling back down into something more.. 'normal'. More 'Senga-like'. Meaning, cool and unyielding and also decisively neutral. But, that was before she and her husband have apparently mended some fences between them. And being a port position, it may be ideal. Even as Arlen appears to nod his agreement, there would be


undoubtedly questions later outside of such a surrounding.

Kierne missed Rosley. He offers the man a quiet, sad sort of smile when they end up by one another, then bows his head for the moment of silence. Afterward, his attention flickers in brief, fitful darts toward one side of the room and the other, finally resting on Uncle Arlen and Auntie S as their new task is presented to them, though he finds his Aunt inscrutible as ever.

"Though from the numerous battles that have taken those we hold dear, it has also given us opportunities to see the young, reaching for their potential and finding their way to hold firm and strong in the face of the enemy and when death seemed so close to calling for them." Hiseyes find the squires in the crowd, before he continues, "Recently, as some of you know, I was taken and held for ransom. Though, such ransom never seemed to arrive, as the two knights who were with me that day, had given their lives over and such a note was never found to have reached anyone in Lakeshire properly. I had assumed that I would be moved to Laniveer, though these men were evidently working opposite to Eldwin's plans, for Eldwin returned my brother to us, unharmed." There been talk of this, to be sure. "My return and escape could not have been successful had it not been for the valiant effort understaken. Mistress Saltonstall was one in many that assisted upon my return," his gaze finding Kaylee,


for her to accept the bestowment, should she choose to do so.
Rosley watches his Duke closely, then shares a vaguely concerned look with Kierne.

Hadrian listens a bit and had heard the facts about some family and friends and some he didn't know dying in the war. He was saddened by this. His continues to listen to his father and keeps his arms folded over his chest a moment as Kaylee is announced and given the new rank with title and lands. He offers a light smile towards this. One less thing off his plate to worry with since he's been busy with his duties to the King.

Kaylee is needless to say taken back bit such a thing and she just blinks while eyeing Aidan a few long moments.A glance is indeed sent towards Ronan and she pales a touch at what this must seem like to him. She has not had the chance to speak with Ronan on such matters. There is a moment where she swallows, a slight bow of her head is sent to Ronan once she catches his nod to show that it was alright for her to accept such things it would seem. Her pale gaze drifts through the room though, searching for someone out of the crowd but she has not spotted Cian yet. With a soft breath escaping her she slowly moves forward towards where Duke Aidan is, and once near enough there is a polite bow offered while her gaze stays lowered. "Duke Aidan… It is a lovely


ranger when she approaches the Duke and the eventual acceptance.

It is an impressive gift. Title and land. And, as far as Kierne is concerned, she definitely earned the both. That was a hell of a slog, trying to track down his uncle in all those woods. If his Lord Knight feels slighted in having the offer presented to one of his retinue, Kierne doesn't register any concern about it, only looking to Rosley as he frets over it and lifting a hand to rub the man's shoulder soothingly and then giving it a bolstering pat before he returns to attention.

Arthur lifts his eyes and smiles towards Kaylee. He's so happy for her. He gets pulled down to pay attention to his son as his son points out howon up to the dias to join his uncle, Aidan.
When he gets up there, Ronan lays a hand briefly on Kaylee's shoulder. He gives her a smile, "You have earned it." Once he's up with Aidan, the Crawford half turns to wait for Kierne to come forward as bid.

Please with the way the meeting was advancing, Aemy continues to pay attention to all her father says, looking towards the ones he is bestowing the titles on as he indicates them. She still remains silent though and only sips her drink now and again, the food all but forgotten as she finds her attention riveted on her father and the rest of her family.

Kierne is a little bit less anxious than earlier in the day— given his last encounter


with his uncle, he had no idea whether this meeting foretold some great disgrace or otherwise. Now that it seems, at least, that his uncle doesn't plan to have him disowned, given the introduction he was given, at least the knots in his stomach have unraveled, somewhat, leaving only his natural disinclination toward accepting praise to play havok with his countenance, making the usually healthsome, flush youth come off rather pale. Still, he maintains the militaristic decorum proper for the surroundings, stepping to when summoned and giving both his Lord Knight and the Duke, his Lord Uncle a brisk, formal salute.

Kaylee offers a nervous smile to Aidan along with a bow of her head seen once more before she takes hold of the scroll. "Duke Aidan… Thank ye…"Is offered with a soft tone before she is looking to Ronan as he makes his way up front. There is a bow of her head to him as well. "Duke Ronan, I thank ye for such warm thoughts." She steps back, a warm smile sent to both Duke before she moves to make sure Kierne get all the attention now as he deserves it as well.

Aidan looks toward Ronan, "It is with my pleasure, that I allow Duke Crawford this honour, for Kierne's skills have been witnessed more often by him, than by mine own eyes, though the valor has been the same from what I seen." He takes a step back and says to Kierne as the young man approaches.

Hadrian remains where he is for now,


letting titles and rewards go out to those who deserve them. He moves to sit down now in one of the chairs facing his father. He leans back to relax a moment, listening and watching for now.

Ronan listens to Aidan and nods, "Indeed, it is fitting, Your Grace." The Duke of Sutherland, Rioga and Lord Marshal to the King turns to his squire, raising his deep baritone for all to hear him clearly. "House Kincaid took me in as a boy for me to squire to Sir Connelly Kincaid, Rioga knight to the King. I learned much from him, Donnal's uncle, until he was slain by the Laniveer when I was 18. The following year, when I was 19, my own father was killed on the field ofraiders in Sutherland, to the borders of Laniveer - fighting and taking wounds at the battle for Crosswynds, and later at Fenway and here by Lakeshire. After his long service unto me, he has even come to the aid of his Head of House, Duke Aidan Kincaid." The Lord Marhsal smiles, "Kierne is a man grown, no longer the boy I once knew."
There is a pause. Ronan draws forth his sword, baring the steel. "Lord Squire Kierne Kincaid, kneel!"

Arthur lifts his eyes and stares at Kierne. He glances around and then his smiles brightly. "Jaxon, watch this grand thing. You will be where he is one day." He smiles brightly. "Cuttin off a man's head?" Jaxon asks quietly and Arthur chuckles. "Perhaps but not in this moment."

Kierne has


been with Ronan a long while, now, it's true. And hearing the recounting from those earliest years is enough to touch the squire's heartstrings. For all his bravery in battle, moments of high emotion never manage to fail but to bring tears to Kierne's eyes, and this is no different, but his dark eyes shimmer with a subtle watering-over which, as though for the sake of sparing the dignity of the moment, decline to fall from their place, but stay there, making the world just a little blurry past his Lord Knight before him, before whom he takes his knee and bows his head. He would just as soon give his head over to be cut off as displease him, after all, so the choice is up tothe Duke.

Attention is given towards the dias and the honor being bestowed upon Kierne, Nylie giving a smile to listen on. Though at some point the smile falters and a there is a small breathe taken in as her eyes close a touch. Alyxia is at the woman's side in a thrice, her head dropping as a murmur is made to Nylie. One that causes a small nod of Nylie's head, a briefly thankful look. And as most have their attention upon Ronan and Kierne, debate on whether the lad will lose head or ear, or just be Knighted, Alyxia expertly extracts the Duchess from the room.

Watching Ronan and Kierne, Aemy can barely contain her excitement… for what she assumes is going to happen, and she glances towards


Nylie to see hers, then to her father, though back to Nylie as she is led from the room. Her smile is still somewhat solemn as is warranted with the occasion and she watches between Ronan and Kierne, just waiting.

Senga is happy. Especially when it comes to one of her nephews being knighted. Again, there's a smile and clearly one does cross her face as she watches the ceremony. But much like Aemy, the disappearance of the Duchess who was there one moment and gone the next finds the smile holding but nothing further.

Aidan watches the ceremony with a glint of pride in his eyes for the young man kneeling before Ronan. He'll remain quiet as he observes the tradition of being knighted, eyes glancing shortly to Donnal,nodding at the man, before Aidan takes notice of his wife leaving. That has him frown slightly, but otherwise, he doesn't move to follow. She has her servants and handmaidens to watch after her care. His attention returns to the dias and the sight of the steel being drawn.

After a suitable pause to watch the reactions of those who are witnessing this event, Ronan studies Kierne. Good lad, holding it together before his family. The Duke of Sutherland once more raises up his voice, "You, Kierne Kincaid shall not traffic with traitors nor plot treason. Thou shall not treat women, knights, lords, nor especially ladies evilly but with respect for their persons. Thou shall observe fasts, abstinences, attend Mass, give generously to the church and especially pray to


Sess as befits a knight of Mobrin. You will stand vigil and purification before the Eight and then You shall takes Oathes to serve your Lord and your King, to serve me no more. Do you so swear and before witnesses here tonight?"

A knight ceremony it would seem of a Kincaid, Hadrian approved. The more Kincaids with titles and powers, the happier he was. He offers an approve nod to the knighting process and sits there in his chair, relaxing back as he watches. The war had done bad things and took good people so this was given it back and getting past the tradegy of the war with such celebrations.

Kierne's throat threatens to close up a little ways under the pressure of all the oaths he's swearing,one after another. Yet his voice comes as though of its own volition, not letting the flow of the evening get tangled up in the mire of those dark, grim thoughts of his he so often drinks away, not letting the ceremony be marred by an inauspicious pause: "I so swear," just comes out as solidly and steadily as one could please. He's already fasted this entire day, so tonight will prove a truly transcendant experience if he manages through without falling over.

Ah, a man is made of sterner stuff than that and can fast for several days, if he be fit. Ronan's stern face watches his squire closely. "It is Witnessed!" The blade he had drawn he now moves to tap Kierne with upon first his right,


meal's ended. The rations while encamped at Crosswynds were bad enough. But he's gotten through trials before, and will get through this, too, Gods willing, and— he blinks, once, when smacked across the ear and cheek, but it focuses him, and he brings his head straight 'round again. His eyes lift to take in the instructions, and then, having knelt a Squire, he rises a Knight. "Aye, Sir, Your Grace," he utters in brisk, obedient tones, saluting first Ronan and then Aidan, to whom he will swear his allegiance on the morrow.

Hadrian was still sitting in his chair and quietly applauds Kierne when he's knighted, "Good man!" He calls out and then settles down quietly once again. He looks over to his father, noting the look a momentand raises an eyebrow before watching him look to his younger brother. Hadrian ponders a few things in his mind right now but does not outwardly show it on his face.

Ronan looks pleased. He shares a look with Aidan and then steps forward when Kierne has risen to clasp the boy - now a man and his fellow knight, in a brief but fierce embrace. "You have earned it, Sir Kierne. And I shall miss having your company, but you have a new Lord to serve, now. Your rightful Duke." This Duke smiles and then steps back. He slaps Kierne on the back of his shoulder once, then steps down from the dias so that Aidan may continue with his family activities as he desires.

Aidan nods to Kierne,


grinning at him, then he claps Ronan on the shoulder, murmuring a job well done or something of the like. Once the agreement of a knight's vow has been made, Aidan waits for them to leave the raised dias and the family to offer the congratulations and shoulder claps and hugs to Kierne. There will be plenty to celebrate. Perhaps why they did so quietly and within just the family, so that the Mowbrays and their Weston lords would not be offended. Still, there had to be positive things to come from all the hurt.

Only after the time seems right, Aidan will take the dias again. His look is pensive and severe. His eyes turn to Hadrian, again, and hold there. Aidan's speech will continue, "The Eight havegiven and taken away from everyone during our lives. We see some rise and we see some fall, but we shall ever see them all." He nods to the attendants and the like at the side, before he gestures, "Hadrian," said with a sharpness that might sting after the good natured and much celebrated promotions of many in the room, "Rise and attend the front."

He was not expecting his name to be called for this as he had not done anything to warrent such called but with the look in his dad's eyes, he feels something's about to happen. Hadrian slowly rises and looks around a moment. His hands move to his tunic and pulls it down a bit to straighten it up before his feet carry him


towards the front. A nod is given to his father just as he comes to a halt at the front, standing there and watching his fathers reactions to his presence.

After having checked on the rapidly retreated Nylie, Oxley returns to the room. He furrows his brow a little, trying to determine what he missed. Then he figures it out, and he stares at Kierne for a long moment, conflicted. In the end, he makes no expression, instead, he simply stands a bit straighter and returns his attention to the Duke.

Kierne is a hugger; Ronan knows this, and so when the embrace is offered it's returned redoubled in vigor. He lets go of Ronan, then, physically, while still looking how to do so emotionally. He's so used to followingafter him wherever he goes that when Ronan steps down he nearly follows him in Squirely fashion once more, then hesitates there a moment longer before stepping toward his own family, instead, indulging in a few more embraces before taking up a stalwart position toward the other side of the dais to watch the rest of the evening unfold.

Arthur keeps quiet. Both son and father watch the looks between Aidan and Hadrian. Arthur turns a quick smile to Kierne bowing his head to the man before looking once more towards Aidan.

Something was going to happen. This night was all about somethings happening. Aidan takes a few moments to wait for his son to come to the front, a goodly amount of time after Kierne's celebrations. Aidan does regard


Oxley for a moment, some quick check with his squire, yet, his son is front and center. "I am not sure where you have been, other than serving the King faithfully. I have not seen you for months." A beat as his jaw tenses, "Perhaps there has been reason for this, as I have heard, you had been treating with the Baron Mowbray before he had met his untimely end and before this, scowering the Royal Rangers and Royal Guards for signs of weakness, after the castle was overrun by assassins." Yes, the whole family is here. So they can watch. Their eyes to witness. "You have waited for a match of marriage to be presented to you and while I can secure a Kundari or Skingaard Princessfor a marriage that could aid us in the wars yet to be fought, you have found your own way." His eyes on Hadrian, "Are you still keen on finding your own way?"

Excited for Keirne, Aemy beams a bright smile though after a moment, she glances to see the expression of the others. With her handmaiden at her side, Aemy glances towards her, biting gently on her lower lip as she watches her brother and her father, two people she greatly adored, wondering quietly to herself what was about to happen. Handing off her drink, she clasps her hands together tightly, keeping quiet. Eyes widen at the question directed to her brother and she rests blue eyes there, on him, awaiting his reply.

There was a nod of his


time. I wish you all the best." He nods, seeming to bless the union, yet there's something amiss here. This hasn't been apparently handled in the traditional sense of fathers speaking and arranging a match. "Serve her as faithfully as you serve the King and you should have a happy life," the King… not Lakeshire, not his family, not him… the King. Then Aidan takes a moment, "You are removed of your responsibility as Heir to Lakeshire. In your stead, Bowen will take on this burden." Anyone want to drop a pin right about now?

Love.. Aemy had not married for it, but it had come after the marriage. With a smile, she listens to her father wishing Hadrian and Emma his best, though the smile turns to aof our blessed union to be so that I can set a wedding date." Then with a quick and sharp turn, he begins for the foyer of the manor. There was no more reason for him to be here. Suddenly, he was feeling very un-welcomed in the Kincaid manor. He had nothing further to say since his father already just ruined things further. As of right now, the wedding invitations were minus one on the groom side. Now he gets to let the King know that he doesn't have to train a re-placement for his position on the council.

Arthur stares with wide eyes. He covers Jaxon's mouth preemptively and then covers his own. He's shocked at the revelation and he watches Hadrian move for the door. He makes


to handle, as you seemed capable of doing as much prior," there is no emotion now in the Duke's face, but his eyes were pained. He watches Hadrian leave, then turns to the room, "There is justification for this decision and it was not lightly made." And the intrigues will make your head spin, "The proper documents have been sent to the King." His eyes look to Bowen who looks just as mortified as the rest of the room. "That is enough for tonight. Two days hence, we shall meet here again. I have further business with those of you who are here."

Hadrian didn't have nothing further to say. The distance he and his father had once healed now re-opened and torn. Hadrian moves into the Foyer andleaves, slamming the door behind him. His anger was boiling at the top and he found himself wishing to be in the middle of a war right now. He wanted to feel his sword slashing into someone but for all his rage and his new found hatred, the thought of Emma brings him back to his senses. At least with her, he can be his true self.

Arthur turns his eyes to Aidan and the look he has is still there. It's as if the Duke can do no wrong. He looks down to his son as the kid points. "Did he just orphan his son?" Arthur shakes his head and covers his lips again. "It's complicated. I will try to explain at home."

Torn, Aemy looks between the departing


Hadrian and her father and remains in her seat, removing her own hand from her mouth, the words from her mother, not so long ago coming to mind. "We do not get to choose love, we marry who we must and hope it develops." Only then does she realize she had whispered the words aloud and she rises and moves to her father, tiptoeing to give him a kiss on the cheek, should he not object. "I love you, father. I understand." And she does.

Kierne's head is still swimming from that last blow. But he shakes it off, straightening his back and listening for further instructions. When he thinks about all that's going to transpire between now and two days from now, it makes it feel like theto depart with his lord.

Aidan nods at the stewards who were poised to send letters out, looking toward Aemy as she approaches him, his tone low as she gives him a kiss on the cheek, "There are truths you do not know…" A look toward the family, "I need to speak with you… Bowen… and Lynette. Privately. There are… truths…" and then he shakes his head, "But not tonight." And he looks worn out, moving to retire from the room.

Oxley watches Hadrian go, not at all surprised. He watches then as Aidan ends the evening and he lets a little huff out, turning his attention back to Kierne. He shakes his head just a bit, perhaps disapproving. Aidan is needing his family now, so Oxley simply turns and


heads for the door, moving past Kierne without even acknowledging him, and heading out.

Kierne is used to being ignored by Oxley. It barely even registers on his list of Stuff Going On, given everything else. He looks over toward the door when Ronan is taking his leave, but this won't be the last time he sees him, so a proper farewell will wait. When Aidan's ready, he moves out slightly behind him, moving at least to the doors and then turning back to scan over the room with his eyes.

Confused, Aemy nods solemnly and steps back so that others can come near him as well. She gives Bowen an encouraging smile, though it wobbles a little as she looks towards the door. "I will be here, father, shouldlost sight of her. After searching and calling for her I figured maybe she had wandered back to the house on her own. When I returned to my house and she was not there I became very concerned and quickly jumped on my bike and went back to the trail. About half way down the trail I found her laying on the ground shaking. As I approached her I saw that her foot was caught in a trap. I immediately tried to open it up but it would not even come close to budging. I rang my neighbor who quickly jumped onto his motorcycle and raced down the trail. Fortunately he brought a pair of wire cutters with him and was able to cut Lucy free from the


of the king of Ayutthaya. When he later returned to Chiang Rai he brought the Pra Buddhasihing image with him.

Other Buddha images at Wat Pra Singh

There are several other interesting Buddha images at Wat Pra Singh, like these gathered beneath a Bodhi tree sent from India.

The Pali School at Wat Pra Singh

There has long been a Pali language school at Wat Pra Singh and a new building was dedicated on the occasion of the Queen’s seventy second Phansa, on 22 July, 2005 (22 กรกฎคม 2548).

According to Radhika Abeysekera, the Buddha’s mother, Queen Mahaa Maayaa, decided to visit her mother so that she could be with her at the time of the birth of her baby.

On the way she stopped at the Lumbini Pleasure Garden to rest. Under aNext video in 10 Secs

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DSA has invited them into the fold, and thousands joined. The group’s membership has tripled over the past year — to 25,000. It now has 177 local groups in 49 states and the District of Columbia. And DSA members are running for and winning local offices across the country.

Socialists once governed great American cities, helped to define the politics of states across the country, and played a critical role on the national stage. The Socialist Party of Eugene Victor Debs and Norman Thomas had many bases of strength (and exists to this day, along with DSA, Socialist Alternative and a burgeoning array of socialist organizations).

Milwaukee was not just a “hotbed of socialism.” What was then one of the largest and most prosperous of American cities was run bySocialists. The first member of the Socialist Party to govern a major American city, Emil Seidel, took charge of Milwaukee in 1910 (with the poet Carl Sandburg as his aide), two years before he would run for the vice presidency on a Socialist ticket headed by Debs. The Debs-Seidel ticket pulled close to 1 million votes nationally — 6 percent of the total cast in an election year that saw Democrat Woodrow Wilson, “Bull Moose” Progressive Teddy Roosevelt and even Republican William Howard Taft borrow ideas from the Socialists. By the end of 1912, the Socialist Party had elected mayors, city councilors, school board members and other officials in 169 cities from Butte, Montana, to New York City. In several states, the Socialists were so successful that they


Former First Lady Betty Ford Dead at 93 Ford also became famous as a pioneer in the battle against substance abuse.

July 8, 2011  -- Betty Ford, wife of former President Gerald Ford and the founder of the Betty Ford Center for substance abuse and addiction, has died at age 93.

In public, she was one of the most visible and outspoken first ladies in history. In private, she triumphed over serious personal adversity.

She was married to Gerald Ford for 58 years. Shortly after becoming president in 1974, Ford said, "I am indebted to no man and to only one woman, my dear wife."

Ford died Friday at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., ABC News has learned. Her cause of death was not immediately clear.

Ford's family hastraveled to California and expects to arrange a service in Palm Springs soon, Barbara Lewandrowski, a family spokeswoman, told The Associated Press. Ford will be buried alongside her husband, the former president, at his library in Grand Rapids, Mich., she added.

Take a look at images from Betty Ford's years in the White House.

Betty Ford Dies: Presidents React

Reactions to Ford's death came in quickly from subsequent occupants of the White House.

President Obama noted how Betty Ford "distinguished herself through her courage and compassion. As our nation's first lady, she was a powerful advocate for women's health and women's rights. After leaving the White House, Mrs. Ford helped reduce the social stigma surrounding addiction and inspired thousands to seek much-needed treatment. While her death is a cause for sadness, we


know that organizations such as the Betty Ford Center will honor her legacy by giving countless Americans a new lease on life."

President George W. Bush said he and his wife Laura "admired her as a first lady and valued her as a friend. She made countless contributions to our country, and we especially appreciate her courage in calling attention to breast cancer and substance abuse. Because of her leadership, many lives were saved."

President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also cited Ford's dedication to woman's rights and substance abuse issues, and recalled honoring her during her lifetime.

"We were honored to host President and Mrs. Ford at the White House in 1998 when they received the Congressional Gold Medal for their dedication and service to our nation,"the Clintons wrote. "Betty was a remarkable woman whose legacy will live on in people around the country whose lives are longer and better because of her work."

President George H.W. Bush called her, "a wonderful wife and mother; a great friend; and a courageous first lady. No one confronted life's struggles with more fortitude or honesty, and as a result, we all learned from the challenges she faced. The Betty Ford Center, which already has helped change the lives of thousands of people, will be her lasting legacy of care and concern. We were proud to know her. We were proud to call her a friend."

Fellow first lady Nancy Reagan also was "deeply saddened" by the news.

"She has been an inspiration to so many through her efforts to


educate women about breast cancer and her wonderful work at the Betty Ford Center," Reagan said. "She was Jerry Ford's strength through some very difficult days in our country's history, and I admired her courage in facing and sharing her personal struggles with all of us."

President Carter and his wife Rosalynn, who succeeded the Fords in the White House, recalled "a close personal friend and our frequent partner in bipartisan efforts to improve mental health and substance abuse care in our nation. She was a remarkable political spouse, whose courageous candor helped forge a new era of openness after the divisiveness of the Vietnam War and Watergate. Also, as a tireless advocate for women's rights and social justice, she helped to improve the lives and opportunities of countlesswomen and children."

A Dancer and Fashion Model

Elizabeth Bloomer, who was known from childhood as Betty, was born in 1918 in Chicago and grew up in Michigan.

From a young age, she had a passion for dancing. She studied dance under Martha Graham in New York, working as a fashion model to finance her studies. She joined Graham's auxiliary troupe and eventually performed with the company at Carnegie Hall.

Married and divorced in her 20s, in 1947 her life changed forever when she met Gerald R. Ford. They married in 1948, two weeks before he was elected to his first term in Congress.

As Betty Ford recounted at the time, the wedding was delayed until shortly before the election because, "Jerry was running for Congress and wasn't sure how voters might feel


about his marrying a divorced ex-dancer."

Unexpected Rise to First Family

The Fords' unlikely rise to first family started in 1973, just as they were planning on retiring from Congress. President Richard Nixon selected Gerald Ford to serve as his vice president after the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew.

On Aug. 9, 1974, Nixon stepped down following the Watergate scandal. Ford would become the 38th president of the United States. Betty Ford was at his side.

It was something the couple neither expected or wanted, Betty Ford recalled in her memoirs.

"Jerry did not want this," she wrote. "I certainly did not want it, and neither did our children. But the main point was, it was best for the country."

The first lady helped the nation restore its faith in the presidency followingthe Watergate scandal, once saying she wanted the White House to sing again.

Saw Role as Goodwill Ambassador

Betty Ford saw her role in the White House as official hostess and a goodwill ambassador.

"In terms of the White House atmosphere, there's no doubt that Mrs. Ford wanted to, in her own words, let open the windows," said Richard Norton Smith, a presidential historian and one of the eulogists at the funeral for President Ford.

"Early on, she went to the head usher and asked why the staff didn't return her good morning greetings," Smith told ABC News. "Did they dislike her? 'Not at all,' he replied. It was just that they were accustomed to the more formal atmosphere prevailing under the Nixons. Thereafter, Mrs. Ford's daily greetings were verbally reciprocated."

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