rapid integration of former Soviet-bloc states in Eastern Europe.

But Mr. Van Rompuy acknowledged that those memories were fading. "Parents struggling to make ends meet, workers recently laid off, students who fear that, however hard they try, they won't get their first job," he said. "When they think about Europe, peace is not the first thing that comes to mind.

"War has become inconceivable," he added. "Yet inconceivable does not mean impossible."

Some in Norway and farther afield argued that the award shouldn't have been made while Brussels is promoting austerity in some of Europe's most indebted states—especially Greece, Spain and Portugal—in response to the crisis.

An odd coalition of roughly 300 international peace activists and Norwegian political parties set on keeping their country outside the EU protested the award Sunday. "Howcan you award those who push my country and eventually the rest of the South of Europe back into the Middle Ages?" Dimitris Kodelas, a member of the Greek Parliament for the far-left Syriza party, asked the crowd.

Still, on Monday evening, the mood in the streets was more celebratory. and the crowd, estimated at 2,000, much larger. Messrs. Van Rompuy and Barroso and Martin Schulz, president of the European Parliament, waved from the balcony at the Grand Hotel to revelers below. After a torchlight parade through the streets, some in the crowd could be heard chanting, "EU, EU."

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Hedge funds boosted bullish bets on WTI by the most in more
than four months before the budget talks stalled. Money managers
raised net-long positions by 19 percent in the seven days ended
Dec. 18, according to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s
Dec. 21 Commitments of Traders report. It was the largest gain
since the week ended Aug. 7.

In London, hedge funds and other money managers raised
bullish bets on Brent crude by the most in three weeks,
according to data from ICE Futures Europe. Speculative bets that
prices will rise, in futures and options combined, outnumbered
short positions by 106,138 lots in the week to Dec. 18, the
exchange said today in its weekly Commitment of Traders report.

Electronic trading volume on the Nymex was 64,894 contracts
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SRINAGAR: Authorities today imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order in view of the killings of three militants one of whom hailed from the city, police said.
Restrictions under Section 144 of the CrPc have been imposed in eight police station areas of Srinagar, a police official said.
He said the curbs have been imposed in the jurisdiction of Nowhatta, Khanyar, Rainawari, Safakadal, M R Gunj, Maisuma, Kralkhud and Soura police station areas of the city.
The official said the restrictions have been imposed as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order.
Three militants were killed in a pre-dawn encounter with security forces in Hakura area of Anantnag district of south Kashmir


today.
Two of the slain militants were identified as Eesa Fazli, a resident of Soura area of the city here and Syed Owais, a resident of Kokernag in Anantnag. The identity of the third militant was being ascertained.
Meanwhile, a spontaneous shutdown was observed in many areas across the valley as shops and other business establishments were shut and public transport was minimal, the official said.
Clashes between groups of youths and security forces broke out in several areas of the city, he said.
He said stone pelting have been reported from Soura, Anchar, Old Barzulla, Lal Chowk and other areas of the city.
Authorities have ordered closure of schools and other educational institutions as a precautionary measure in Srinagar and south Kashmir.
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During the 18-day trial involving more than a dozen witnesses, the supervisor denied regularly passing wind in the communal office.

He said he could not recall thrusting his backside at Mr Hingst and pretending to fart, although he conceded he could not rule it out either.

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One former employee said he witnessed Mr Short fart when he walked over to the printer but argued it was typical office "mucking around".

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Fast forward to 2030 and the children who started school in 2017 will need to be just as skilled in critical thinking, creativity and empathy as they are in literacy and numeracy and technology.

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Quetta: 2 bodies found, man shot dead

QUETTA: A man was killed on the provincial capital’s SariabRoad and twomutilatedbodies were found in Lasbeladistrict on Thursday. Police said armedmen on a motorbikeopenedfire on a man near Irrigation Colony in Quetta, leaving him injured. Identified as AhmedAli, the man was taken to hospital where he died. A case was registered against unidentifiedkillers. Two mutilated bodies were found in Bela tehsil of Lasbeladistrict. Levies Force sources identified the bodies as that of BahadurKhan, a resident ofappeal is from the judgment entered on the verdicts.
 At the trial Hector Reyna, a special investigator for the Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement of California, testified that he had purchased quantities of marijuana cigarettes from appellant on five occasions. The respective purchases were offered in evidence and were properly identified as marijuana.
 Appellant was arrested on November 5th, after Reyna had purchased five marijuana cigarettes from him. After the appellant *375 had been arrested, a search was made of his room by state narcotic inspector, Major McBee, in company with Vallejo police captain, Dan Horan. The arrest of the appellant occurred about 10 p.m. on November 5th, and the search of his room occurred in the early morning hours of November 6th. The officers went to the Manx


in appellant's contention that the trial court committed error in allowing witness Reyna to consult certain memoranda during the course of the trial. He refers to the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, section 2047, which provides that a witness may be allowed to refresh his memory by reference to notes or writings made by himself or under his direction at the time when the facts related occurred or when the facts were fresh in his memory. During the course of the trial in the present case, it appeared that Mr. Reyna while on the witness stand had with him certain notes which had been typed by his wife from the witness' original notes made at the time that the facts related therein occurred. The appellant assumes157 Cal.App.2d 33 [320 P.2d 88].)
 [12a] Appellant's final contention is that the trial court erred in sustaining an objection to the introduction in evidence of a hotel register. The appellant sought to introduce in evidence at the trial a partial or mutilated register of the Hotel Manx. A Mrs. Bell was called as a witness and testified that she was the part-time manager of the hotel in the fall of 1957 and that she was familiar with the hotel register. She was shown a package containing pages which she identified as the hotel register for the periods of September, October, and November, 1957. The pages had been part of a book but had been cut out. The pages had been given to the witness by "her boss."


The witness testified that there were two registers, one for "transients" and one for "regulars." These pages were taken from the book for "regulars."
 An objection was sustained to the introduction of the pages on the ground that the pages were only a partial record and no sufficient foundation had been laid. This witness then *380 returned to the hotel and picked up the rest of the register which she brought to court. The witness testified that these were all of the records that she knew of; that she had "access to these books" and "recognized" them. After further argument by counsel, the court denied the appellant's offer to introduce them in evidence.
 The appellant states in his opening brief, "It will be admitted that an imperfect foundationwas laid for the admission of the records, but the witness testified that they were full and complete records." However, the record very clearly shows that the records were mutilated and that a number of the pages had been removed from the register. The witness when asked whether these were full and complete records replied, "All I know of, yes" and "For all I know about." The trial court refused to permit the introduction of these records upon the grounds that an insufficient foundation had been laid and they were not shown to be true and complete. The records were in fact mutilated, some of the pages having been removed.
 The Code of Civil Procedure, section 1953f, provides as follows:
 "A record of an act, condition or event,


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Meaning Of Iowa Straw Poll Is That There Isn't One

August 13, 2011 8:00 PM ET

Frank James

What was the meaning of the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa Saturday? In terms of the big picture, essentially nothing.

The presumptive frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination and winner of the 2007 straw poll, Mitt Romney, didn't even compete. Meanwhile, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who entered the race Saturday and had polling numbers near Romney's even before entering the race, also didn't compete in the straw poll.

That doesn't mean that the win won't help to further energize Rep. Michele Bachmann who came in first.

But her charisma, her fundamentalist Christianity, her Iowa connection (she spent part of her early life there) and being from neighboring Minnesota all conspired to give her certain advantageswith the social conservatives who powered her to victory.

So she was expected to do well and did. It's still difficult to see how she gets past Romney and Perry to the nomination.

The Iowa caucuses in February will be a different matter since, presumably, Romney and Perry will make a full push to win that contest.

Also, while the Ames Straw Poll has occasionally aligned with the eventual winner of the nomination, it hasn't always. George H.W. Bush won it in 1979 but Ronald Reagan won the nomination. Preacher Pat Robertson won it it 1987 and also didn't win the nomination. Same for Romney in 2007. So it's definitely not a reliable predictor.

The Latest On Pawlenty's Campaign

The straw poll results actually did likely have serious consequences for Tim Pawlenty. The


former Minnesota governor reportedly spent big to make a statement in the straw poll, about $1 million according to some reports.

Despite all that, he still came in behind Paul and not by a little. He's also been far back in national polls.

With Perry now in the race with his strong appeal to fiscal and social conservatives as well as Tea Party voters, Pawlenty will likely find himself even further back in the pack.

It leaves Pawlenty in a difficult spot, having to ask himself just how much further he can go. Money-raising is likely to be an even bigger problem now for him.

Pawlenty's campaign issued a message congratulating Bachmann and saying his campaign was headed to the next phase, including visits to New Hampshire and South Carolina, early primaryhouses are decorated with lights and Rangoli. Apart from that, friends and families also exchange sweets, dry fruits, and other expensive gifts.

People get in the festive mood by getting all decked up in new ethnic outfits ahead of the evening puja of Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesha.

3. Janmashtami

Another important religious festival of India, Janmashtami is a beautiful festival to witness, especially when you are on a pilgrimage tour in India in Vrindavan or Mathura. This day marks the birthday of the eighth avatar of Vishnu, Krishna. People, on this day, observe fast and, in the evening, celebrate the birthday pf bal gopal with much pomp and show.

While some do just the evening puja, others cut the cake, dress Krishna up in new clothes as well as seat him


in a palanquin, decorate their homes and prepare scrumptious dishes to treat the family.

4. Eid-ul-Fitr

This one is the biggest Muslim festival that is, again, celebrated pan India. Eid-ul-Fitr marks the end of the religious month of Ramzan. People don the best of their outfits on this day. While the morning is dedicated to special community prayer, in the evening people visit their friends and relatives to exchange sweets. Elders give children or those younger to them Eidi which can either be money or gifts.

5. Dussehra

Also known as Vijayadashami, Dussehra is celebrated a day after Navratri, a religious festival of 9 days, concludes. On this day and a few days ahead of this festival, Ramlila takes place which is enacting the popular scenes and stories of Ramayana. This enactmentconcludes with Ravana Dahan, a ritual wherein the effigies of Ravana, Kumbhkaran, and Meghnath are put on fire.

This festival celebrates the death of Ravana, who was killed by Rama.

6. Independence Day

It is nothing but the celebration of freedom, as it is on this day, in 1947, that India got freedom from the shackles of the British rule. The highlights of this day are tableaus, parades, 21 gunshots, the speech of the Prime Minister from the Red Fort and Indian flag hoisting.

7. Republic Day

Apart from Independence Day, Republic day, one of the noted holidays in India, also evokes the feeling of patriotism in people. For the unversed, 3 years post-independence, in 1950, on this day, the Constitution of India came into being and India became a republic, after being


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"We are continuing to improve and it's showing when we do go to compete," said Sarah Boudreau, captain of the Acadia Axewomen and a member of the Keltics program.

Competing for national honours

Boudreau and the Axewomen, the host team, will be competing for a medal at the national university championship event starting Thursday in Wolfville.

Eight teams representing all of the U Sports conferences, including Atlantic University Sport champion St. Francis Xavier, will compete for the national banner.

"This is the first year that Acadia is hosting and it's kind of cool to be able to compete for that on your own home turf," said Boudreau. "I'm feeling very confident."

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be approximately 200 athletes attending, with 25 of them having played with the Keltics.

Calgary, Laval, Queen's, Guelph, Victoria and Ottawa are the other teams competing. There are four quarter-final matches on Thursday with the final on Sunday afternoon.each to receive $4,500. An award was entered accordingly which was sustained on appeal to the commission en banc.
Boettcher Oil & Gas Company and State Insurance Fund, hereinafter referred to as petitioners, bring the case here to review this award and rely solely to vacate the award on the ground that deceased sustained no accidental injury while in the employ of Boettcher Oil & Gas Company; that his death was not caused by an accidental injury, but was due to other causes.
This assignment requires a review of the evidence. The evidence shows that deceased, on the 20th day of September, 1951, while in the employ as above stated, sustained an injury to his heart caused while cranking a motor.
A fellow employee testified in behalf of respondent, in substance,


as follows: On the morning of the day Mr. Lamb sustained his injury he and Mr. Lamb were engaged in overhauling a motor; that they completed that task about noon of that day; that at about 1:30 p.m., Mr. Lamb attempted to start the motor for the purpose of placing it on a pump. It was necessary to crank the motor by the use of a hand crank. The motor was hard to crank, it required very heavy lifting to turn the motor over. After he had succeeded in turning the motor over about five times he stepped back and shrugged and twisted his shoulders and stated that he was suffering severe pain in his chest. The witness then started to crank the motor, but was unable toget it started, and he and Mr. Lamb eventually succeeded in starting the motor. About 20 minutes after the motor was started Mr. Lamb, this witness, and two other employees started over to another lease owned by the Boettcher Oil & Gas Company. The lease was about three quarters of a mile from the place where the motor was cranked. In arriving at that lease Mr. Lamb cranked another and smaller motor. This task he completed about 3:30 p.m. Mr. Lamb, the witness, and two other employees then started to play dominoes. Just as the game started Mr. Lamb arose, walked to the door and stated that he could not get his breath, and that he was still suffering great pain in his chest. He was then taken


to a hospital at Ada, Oklahoma, for treatment *194 and examination. An intern met him at the hospital and obtained a history of the case from him, reduced it to writing and delivered it to the doctor. The intern testified at the hearing as to the history obtained which is substantially the same as above detailed.
The doctor testified that he first saw John David Lamb at the Valley View Hospital at Ada, Oklahoma, at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon of September 20, 1951. He was then in a dying condition. He was pulseless, but had a slight heartbeat. He was given oxygen and other stimulants in an effort to revive him, but without success and that Mr. Lamb died; that he was furnished a history of thePools Explained

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Nava’s house to play, swim in the pool, and get help with her homework from her 28-
year-old cousin, Jesse. The charged offense occurred when the victim was staying at
Nava’s house for a three-day visit from Friday, July 22, 2011, to Sunday, July 24.
       The victim testified that on Saturday morning Jesse, Nava’s 28-year-old daughter,
asked her to get milk from a refrigerator located in a detached garage at the residence.
The milk was for a baby that was staying at the house. The victim went alone to the
garage. When she went inside, Nava was already there fixing something. The victim
asked him if he could


help her get milk from the refrigerator. Nava opened the
refrigerator door and the victim started looking for the milk.
       While the victim was looking for the milk, Nava came up behind her, put his hand
under her shirt, and started squeezing her breasts. Leaving one hand on her breasts, Nava
put his other hand inside the victim’s shorts and underwear and started squeezing her
vagina. It hurt and the victim told Nava to leave her alone. Nava stopped and warned the

                                            2.
victim that if she told her mom or dad, they would hit her, and if she told her aunt, her
aunt would kick him out of the house.
       On Sunday the victim walked back to her own nearby house and told her mother,
A.B., what had happened. The victim testified that after what happened in the garage,
she was scared of Nava and did not walk past his house anymore. The victim
acknowledged she sometimes laughed and smiled when she was nervous or scared.
       The victim consistently described the incident in the garage during interviews with
Sheriff’s Deputy Rod Schulman and social service practitioner Delia Acosta-Perez.
       A.B. is Nava’s sister. She testified she went to


                            3.
Nava on the victim during the summer of 2011 where Nava touched her in a similar
manner.
       M.N., who was 52 years old at the time of trial, testified that when she was around
nine or 10 years old and living with Nava in Mexico, Nava had put his finger inside her
vagina, causing it to hurt. She told their mother what happened and it never happened
again. Since then, her relationship with Nava had been fine and she never spoke to him
about what happened. She could not remember a lot about the incident but recalled it
occurred ina bathroom. She previously had told Schulman, however, that the incident
occurred in a bedroom.
       Acosta-Perez interviewed the victim on August 24, 2011. The video recording of
the interview was played for the jury. There, the victim, verbally and with hand motions,
described how Nava had touched her in the same manner as the charged offense on each
of the three days she stayed with him over the weekend of July 22. Those occurred when
Jesse would ask that she retrieve things from the garage refrigerator.1 She also testified
that one night during the same weekend, Nava touched her in a similar manner while she
was sitting on a couch in Nava’s house, after he locked the door to the room.2
       Defense Evidence


                         4.
stay was on the night of Friday, July 22, 2011, when Nava went to get a cake out of the
refrigerator.
       Nava explained that on Friday night he had more than 15 guests at his house for a
church celebration. At some point Jesse asked him to bring the cake to her. Nava headed
to the garage, followed by his wife. The victim ran up behind them and Nava handed her
the cake when he took it out of the refrigerator. He did not touch the victim in any way at
this time. Also, they never kept milk in the refrigerator inthe garage but kept it in the
refrigerator in the kitchen.
       Around 4:00 a.m. on Saturday morning, when it was still dark, Nava and his wife
left the house to drive to Tehachapi to visit their son, who was in prison. Nava did not
talk to the victim or say goodbye to anybody before they left. The drive to Tehachapi
took approximately one hour 45 minutes. Nava did not see the victim until later that day
when he met Jesse in front of a store to help her repair a flat tire.
       Nava saw the victim briefly on Sunday morning when they were getting ready for
church, but they were never alone together that day. The next time he saw the victim


was
Monday, when he first found out about her accusation, which surprised him. Jesse called
Nava while he was working and he came back to the house. When Nava arrived at the
house, the victim’s mother was there and he asked her to bring the victim over to the
house so the victim’s mother could see what the victim was saying was not true.
       Nava denied his sister’s allegations that he molested her approximately 43 years
earlier. He testified the house in Mexico, where she alleged the molestation occurred, did
not have a bathroom. Nava claimed he and his sister had had disagreements over the
years. He explained that when his sister came to Los Angeles, she sold drugs and legal
documents and they would argue about that. She wouldliving room
when the victim asked if she could get milk so she could eat cornflakes. Jesse said yes
and the victim went into the kitchen to get it.
       Jesse learned about the victim’s accusations against Nava on Monday, when the
victim’s mother called her. Jesse met the victim and the victim’s mother at Nava’s
house. Jesse called Nava to come home. Jesse’s mother also was present. Jesse then
asked the victim to show them what had happened to her. The victim brushed her hand
down the middle of her chest and below her waist. While she did this, the victim was
laughing and continued to laugh until her mother told her it was not a game. Jesse denied
threatening to turn the victim’s mother in to immigration.


    After Nava was arrested, Jesse saw the victim walk past Nava’s house with other
people on three separate occasions. As they passed by the house, the victim would turn
and laugh.
       Stephanie Estrada testified she had known Nava for 24 to 25 years. She used to
work at a school where she would see him two to three times a month and had had
sufficient contacts with him to form an opinion as to his reputation for honesty.

                                             6.
According to Estrada, Nava was a very honest individual. He was a God-fearing and
loving individual who cared about his community and the people with whom he was
acquainted. He had a very excellent reputation for the way he treated women and
children.
          Charges, Trial and Sentence
          On August 23, 2011, Nava was charged with one count of committing a lewd and
lascivious act on a child under the age of 14 on or about July 23, 2011, in violation of
Penal Code section 288, subdivision (a). Nava’s jury trial commenced on March 26,
2012, and concluded on March 29. After deliberating for just over an hour, the jury
found Nava guilty as charged. On April


anti-capitalism protest.

There were running battles between officers and anarchist groups which led to significant damage.

The following year, when some of the same groups returned, the Met responded in force.

Thousands of officers used a tactic known as "kettling" to corral crowds until they were trapped in what amounted to a human pen at the very same Oxford Circus location now occupied by Extinction Rebellion.

Some of the protesters turned violent - but many others were entirely peaceful and angry at being "kettled" and unable to leave.

Police identified the "trouble-makers" and sent in snatch squads to arrest them. It took seven hours for the city to return to normal and the crowds to be dispersed.

Kettling became the subject of an 11-year legal battle, which resulted in the European Court of Humanno-notice occupation of a part of the City of London - home of the Bank of England and other financial institutions - which police couldn't stop.

By early evening, the Met's commander on the ground was concerned there was going to be trouble - not from the Climate Campers, but from the dispersal of another nearby group which he feared could infiltrate the peaceful street occupation.

His officers issued Section 14 orders telling the Climate Campers to depart by 19:00. When they failed to leave, he contained them while his officers dealt with the other group.

What happened next deepened the controversy. Lines of police with riot shields and batons raised pushed through the Climate Camp to break up the occupation.

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The police "kettling" tactic was


used during the 2009 G20 protests

Eventually, after another mammoth legal battle, the courts backed the Met's decision-making that night, saying the commander was entitled to judge that violence would have been imminent had he not used the containment and dispersal strategy.

It's worth pointing out that while the Met has won these two key legal cases over kettling and dispersal, a far more serious incident happened during the G20 protests.

Ian Tomlinson, an entirely innocent newspaper vendor died after he was pushed over by a police officer as he tried to head home.

An inquest jury found he had been unlawfully killed and the officer was later tried - but acquitted of manslaughter.

No commander in charge of policing protests wants to go through that experience again.

And that's why the right approachExperiences and problems in the disinfection of fibre endoscopes.
The problem of the disinfection of fibre endoscopes is to achieve a good efficiency together with easy handling. There is not yet a disinfectant which shows a sufficient germicidal effect after a short time of contact with the fibre endoscope and which is harmless to the patient and medical staff. This paper deals with a two-stage disinfecting procedure in which the instrument undergoes a short intermediate disinfection using polyvidoneiodine (Betaisodona) between two investigations and a main disinfection at the end of a series of investigations using glutardialdehyde (Cidex). The measures lead to a sufficient reduction of the number of germs. The importance of the disinfection of all parts of the endoscopes, especially the channels and the accessories (water bottles etc.)


due and owing UNB. As security for the loan, UNB possesses, among other things, a mortgage on the premises and an assignment of the rental income.
In September, 1989, the debtor obtained an additional construction loan in the amount of $1,000,000 from Central Trust to construct several out-parcel buildings in front of the shopping center. Currently there is due Central Trust approximately $925,632 plus interest. Central Trust also possesses a mortgage on the real estate and an assignment of the rental income to secure the indebtedness.
The debtor filed for relief under Chapter 11 of the Title 11 of the United States Code on June 6, 1990. It was stipulated at the hearing on the motion for the use of cash collateral that the debtor was in default of itsdefense policies," he said. "You are a part of our strategy of engagement. By virtue of your presence, you are helping the United States carry out its role in stabilizing the entire region."

The United States is a global superpower, Cohen said, but even the United States can't go it alone. "We have to have great allies like Japan," he said. Some in Japan, however, oppose continuing U.S. presence on their land, he said.

Japanese support for U.S. forces in Japan took a severe blow last fall after two U.S. servicemen raped an Okinawan schoolgirl. The incident fueled the flames of other complaints against U.S. presence in Japan.

"Any time you have an incident involving a member of the military in a country in which we are guests, it does create


forward-basing in Japan.

The Okinawa case sparked U.S. efforts to reduce the intrusive footprint of U.S. military forces and activities on local communities. U.S. officials took steps to reduce noise and traffic, returned about 20 percent of the land formerly used for training and are working to relocate helicopter activities to an offshore base.

Cohen asked U.S. troops to do their part in maintaining good relations by always being on their best behavior and acting responsibly. "Everything you do reflects upon our country wherever you're deployed," he said. "... On duty or off duty, you are having an impact and reflecting an image of who or what the United States is."History

Killavullen GAA club is one of the oldest official clubs in North Cork, with the club being founded on the 15th of February 1888 in the parish under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association, and with the exception of a North Cork Junior hurling championship that they came close to annexing in 1929; being narrowly defeated by Churchtown, in the final, the club toiled away without much initial success. However they had a proud tradition of promoting our Gaelic games, and the club is grateful to neighbouring parishes, particularly Shanballymore for inviting them to participate in hurling tournaments which sometimes brought success, but more importantly provided competitive games in preparation of championship fixtures. The prize for winning such tournaments was often the "Cut" of a suit, or


gold watches, which in poorer times, were great incentives to do well. Persistence paid off and in 1962, the club contested the final of the Avondhu Novice hurling Championship, and won out this competition in 1968. In between, with the immense help of Johnny Beechinor, a native of Newmarket, who had come to settle in the parish Killavullen made a break through in Football in 1963, which was the clubs first football title, and went out to further glory in 1979, when they were crowned North Cork Junior (B) Hurling League Champions.

Since the revival of the juvenile club in 1978, more success has been recorded in football rather than hurling, and with the growth in population of the parish, and trojan work been done within the juvenile structureof the club, the basis for the modern day success of the club has been laid. The club won North Cork Under-12 championships in 1980 and 1981 and won Avondhu championships at all age levels, including minor titles in 1986 and 1992. Indeed in 1992, we won North Cork Championships in Under 14 B hurling; minor football and we were league champions in minor hurling and junior football, which really was a historic year.

In 1993 Killavullen won the North Cork Junior (B) Football Championship, won the divisional league title and contested, albeit unsuccessfully, the county Junior (B) Football Championship, which reflects the work done at the Juvenile level since 1978 by Johnny Beechinor, Owen O Neill, George Lane, Mattie Dorgan, Joe Taylor, Tim Nagle and other club members.

The


underage success of the club in the middle years on the 1980's came to fruition when the club contested the Junior Football ranks in North Cork, and won the league championship in 1997, before annexing their first North Cork Junior football championship in 1998. That same year, Killavullen were defeated in the county final by Newmarket. The team again won the North Cork junior Football Championship in 1999, before winning that same title again in the year 2000, and landing the County title, defeating Kiskeam in the final. This gained the club promotion to the intermediate grade.

The Tadgh Crowley Cup was won in the year 2002, in our second year at the intermediate ranks, before the Tom Creedon cup was won in 2003, and again claimed in 2005.In the intervening year, Killavullen won the Munster Intermediate Football League in 2004.

The club came within the width of a post of winning the Premier Intermediate Football title in 2007, being defeated by Mallow in a very closely fought final.

Off the playing pitch, the club, to commemorate the centenary of the founding of the GAA, in 1984 the club were very grateful to the Browne Family from Killavullen from whom they purchased land near the village and since then have developed then into a magnificent playing field. Dressing Rooms were added in time, and recently, a second playing pitch and gym facilities have been added to the clubs portfolio. The playing pitch must surely be one of the most picturesque in all of Cork with it being on


the banks of the Blackwater River, though it is subject to the vagaries of flooding. However careful sitting of the dressing rooms means that these do not flood.

The club members are very grateful to the farmers who gave their fields down through the years, particularly the Lucey family, Ballymacmoy who provided the club with a playing pitch for over 30 years. Prior to that venue, games were played in the Inch Field of the property that is now part of the Nano Nagle Centre in Ballygriffin.

Aside from these activities, Killavullen has been competing with success in Scor na n'Og and in Scor na bPaisti, and praise must be heaped upon the respective principals, both present and former, in the two schools in the parish, Killavullen National School, andLeague Champions - Fitzgerald Cup
North Cork Junior (A) Football Championship

2000

North Cork Junior (A) Football League Champions - Fitzgerald Cup
North Cork Junior (A) Football Championship
Cork County Junior (A) Football Championship

2001

Winners of the North Cork Junior A Hurling "O'Leary" Cup2
North Cork Under -21 (C) Football Championship


from Farmville, they formed a line of battle on Cumberland Heights overlooking the town. Artillery was set up to fire on the Union troops as they moved into Farmville. After a short period of time, the Confederates withdrew  to the north to join Mahone's division around Cumberland Church. At this location, First Corps (Longstreet's) artillery chief Edward Porter Alexander told General Lee that the route of march to Appomattox Station was  shorter on the south side of the river and they should have stayed there. About this time, Lee also learned that Union troops had followed the Confederates across High Bridge and he could not break away from them on the north side. Having burned the bridges at Farmville, Lee's troops could not cross back topolice and Ethiopian migrants on Saturday that led to the deaths of three people in the poor Manfuhah neighborhood of Riyadh.

On Tuesday, Ethiopia said three of its citizens had died during clashes in the Gulf kingdom, without elaborating.

"The act of killing innocent civilians is uncalled for, we condemn that," Foreign Ministry spokesman Dina Mufti told reporters, saying he had been informed of the death of three Ethiopian citizens.

The troubles followed the kingdom’s move to round up thousands of illegal workers starting from November 4, following the expiry of a final amnesty for them to formalize their status.

Among them were foreigners who overstayed their visas, pilgrims who had sought jobs, and migrants working under one sponsor trying to get jobs elsewhere.

Having an official sponsor is a legal requirement in


should have submitted sentencing issues to a jury.1 We affirm the convictions but vacate the sentences and remand for resentencing.

2
Beginning in June 2002, LaShay was involved in a scheme to help Pakistani nationals obtain permanent resident status in the United States by finding United States citizens for them to marry. LaShay's employer at a local gas station, Faryad Hussain, asked him if he knew anyone who would marry an acquaintance who needed a green card, and LaShay suggested that his daughter might do so. LaShay's daughter eventually married one of Hussain's acquaintances and sponsored his application for permanent residency. LaShay afterward approached several other women about marrying Pakistani nationals, including his daughter's mother and a former co-worker. According to Hussain, LaShay was promised $400 or $500 for histestified at trial as a government witness that he indeed gave LaShay the check to use for petty cash at the gas station, and that it was not a payment for participation in marriage fraud.

4
According to Clark's trial testimony, LaShay mentioned the $2000 check to him several times in the three days immediately preceding his interview with the government agent. LaShay told Clark that Hussain had given him the check to provide funds for cashing checks for customers, but that he was "worried" about the check because immigration authorities had a copy of it. He asked if Clark remembered Hussain giving him the check, but, according to his testimony, Clark responded that there was no way he could have been present for the event because he and LaShay


request from that country?

A:

The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act applies to "protected computers", defined amongst other things as:

[...] used in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or communication, including a computer located outside the United States that is used in a manner that affects interstate or foreign commerce or communication of the United States [...]

The interpretation of "affecting" is very broad. AIUI if a computer sends packets over the Internet, and those packets enter the USA, then the computer has affected foreign commerce or communication of the United States. They don't need to be sent to a computer inside the USA; merely passing through a router on USA territory is sufficient, and it might even be interpreted to include a router owned by a USA company on foreignreally knowing who she was either.

After a couple of very quiet days the phone began to ring, British, American and Australian accents at the end of the line. “My husband mentioned there was a new Australian at the office and his wife was pregnant, do you have a doctor? I had a baby last year” a woman with a thick Scottish accent said. Someone invited me on a museum tour, someone else for a coffee “have you heard about ANZA?”. None of these women were the same, they were all from different parts of the world, all different ages but they had all been the woman in the hotel room, they had a pretty good idea on what was going through my mind.

When I started to spend time


she was showering and found the lump we all dread, she went into overdrive and needed to find a doctor quickly. She had just met my friend who lives in the country she had just expatriated to and confided in this stranger who had happened into her life…. Within days she had a doctor, a best friend and a group of other expat women that supported her through this unforeseen challenge. Her special group of friends, who looked after children when needed, made meals, held her hand and became her best friends. 6 months later she is in remission, but without that knowledge and special connection that she made it most certainly would have been much more difficult for her to survive this. AND she made a bestNVIDIA Corporation Corporate Office

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report we always hear in our every day lives, but do we ignore it? or is it seemingly not real that there is a war going on? That is just one of many questioned posed in this real life insight to the ever present war on terrorism.

Although stated as 'directed by' David Salzberg and Christian Tureaud "The Hornets nest" is filmed entirely by father and son Mike and Carlos Boettcher, and is an eye witnessed account of their experience living, breathing and doing everything these soldiers of the 101st airborne do day in and day out in Afghanistan. Mike Boettcher is a journalist who has spend the best part of 37 years reporting from some of the worst war zones in history, he has spend the majority ofhis reporting life in the deep end bringing people at home the truth of war. As well as being an account of the war in Afghan, we follow Mike's quest to build a lost relationship between him and his son Carlos, who in attempt to rebuild this relationship embarks on this journey with his father.

The journey is narrated by Mike throughout, as he gives a step by step as to what he and his son were witnessing and feeling. This however, proved to be a bit misleading, as the film suffers a lack of time line, because we forget that they were based in Afghan for over 12 months, and the jump between story is rather sporadic. However, this is understandable as there is clearly a , countless


the soldiers are fired upon, and also both Mike and Carlos receive heavy fire and must continue to film whilst taking cover. It is at this point that Carlos must move to better cover up at the top of the hill as they cannot ascertain where fire is coming from, we follow him running up the hill, only to fall down whilst fire is still coming over head, and to our horror he stops moving. There are moments throughout this documentary that the relationship between father and son (Mike and Carlos) is really drilled home, and the notion of parent and child, which allows us as an audience to understand how these soldiers are someone's friend, father, husband/partner.

The climax of this story is when Carlos leaves Afghan aheadof his father, and Mike stays on to follow the 101st airborne into "The Hornets Nest", the Hornets nest is a term used to describe an ambush where you are surrounded, and the centre of an ambush. For 9 days the 101st stand and fight back against Muslim militia. Although as a film there are many cinematic mishaps, and areas where the continuity and narrative arch are complicated, it is the reality of war that makes this documentary award winning.

Finally, it is the end of the documentary which draws all glamour, fiction and Hollywood of war away from this documentary. And with one final bullet wound to the viewer, Mike Boettcher shows us the real loss of war, as we witness the funeral of the fallen men who


is being curtailed by the administration.

"The survey rating means we have a vibrant and robust exercise of those freedoms," the presidential spokesman said.

Palace: Respect Duterte's appointment power

The results of the SWS poll were released two days after Duterte hurled a string of insults at Sen. Richard Gordon for criticizing his appointment of former military officials to civilian posts.

Last Thursday, Duterte said Gordon is a "smart a**" who walks like a penguin. He also claimed the senator's stomach is "a fart away from disaster."

READ: Duterte said Gordon ran for vice president. He didn't.

Panelo insisted that the president's appointment power should be respected. He also defended Duterte's preference for former military officials, saying they are known for their discipline.

"Appointment is both a privilege and a right of a president. Weit to say, defendant's derelictions have been substantial and include possession of a weapon, abusive conduct, fighting and attempted escape. It is undisputed that defendant's misbehavior has resulted in his being placed in administrative segregation for the greater part of his incarceration.
The record clearly reveals defendant's apparent inability to cope with the realities of prison life. Uncontradicted evidence was presented that defendant made a serious attempt at suicide and came perilously close to succeeding. Apparently, this problem is not of recent vintage. The record reflects that defendant made a similar attempt several years ago when he was incarcerated for another offense. Whatever its etiology, it is beyond dispute that the risk of suicide is real.
*333 On December 10, 1984, defendant moved for a reduction of sentence pursuant to


within the confines of the prison environment. The doctor noted that treatment within the prison system was insufficient and that defendant would benefit from intensive psychotherapy. According to Dr. Latimer, releasing defendant from administrative segregation and placing him in the general prison population might prove beneficial, but it could "increase his suicidal tendencies."
Dr. Steven S. Simring, a psychiatrist, testified on behalf of the State. According to his testimony, "defendant did not suffer from a significant psychiatric illness." Specifically, defendant did not "show psychotic symptomology" in that he did not harbor hallucinations or delusions. Nevertheless, the doctor noted that defendant had "serious psychiatric difficulties" and that he suffered from an "antisocial personality disorder." The witness testified that defendant presented a danger to society because of his "gross immaturity." Dr.Senior Ted Trzaska has been a solid contributor to the success of Minster's boys cross country team this season. Trzaska and the rest of the Wildcats will compete at the state cross country meet on Saturday at National Trail Raceway in Hebron.


the conflict known as "the Castle War" saw both sides attempting to defeat each other through sieges, such as Stephen's attempts to take Wallingford, the most easterly fortress in Matilda's push towards London, or Geoffrey de Mandeville's attempts to seize East Anglia by taking Cambridge Castle.

Both sides responded to the challenge of the conflict by building many new castles, sometimes as sets of strategic fortifications. In the south-west Matilda's supporters built a range of castles to protect the territory, usually motte and bailey designs such as those at Winchcombe, Upper Slaughter, or Bampton.  Similarly, Stephen built a new chain of fen-edge castles at Burwell, Lidgate, Rampton, Caxton, and Swavesey – all about six to nine miles (10–15 km) apart – in order to protect his lands aroundto do with "establishing a governing system".

The Norman expansion into Wales slowed in the 12th century, but remained an ongoing threat to the remaining native rulers. In response the Welsh princes and lords began to build their own castles, usually in wood. There are indications that this may have begun from 1111 onwards under Prince Cadwgan ap Bleddyn with the first documentary evidence of a native Welsh castle being at Cymmer in 1116. These timber castles, including Tomen y Rhodwydd, Tomen y Faerdre and Gaer Penrhôs, were of equivalent quality to the Norman fortifications in the area and it can prove difficult to distinguish the builders of some sites from the archaeological evidence alone. At the end of the 12th century the Welsh rulers began to build castles


and latterly curved, were introduced along the walls and gatehouses began to grow in size and complexity, with portcullises being introduced for the first time. Castles such as Dover and the Tower of London were expanded in a concentric design in what Cathcart King has labelled the early development of "scientific fortification".

The developments spread to Anglo-Norman possessions in Ireland where this English style of castles dominated throughout the 13th century, although the deteriorating Irish economy of the 14th century brought this wave of building to an end. In Scotland Alexander II and Alexander III undertook a number of castle building projects in the modern style, although Alexander III's early death sparked conflict in Scotland and English intervention under Edward I in 1296. In the ensuing wars of Scottisharchitectural themes of earlier martial designs, but were not intended to form a serious defence against attack. These new castles were heavily influenced by French designs, involving a rectangular or semi-rectangular castle with corner towers, gatehouses and moat; the walls effectively enclosing a comfortable courtyard plan not dissimilar to that of an unfortified manor. Bodiam Castle built in the 1380s possessed a moat, towers and gunports but, rather than being a genuine military fortification, the castle was primarily intended to be admired by visitors and used as a luxurious dwelling – the chivalric architecture implicitly invoking comparisons with Edward I's great castle at Beaumaris.

In the north of England improvements in the security of the Scottish border, and the rise of major noble families such as the Percies and


seen as being under threat". The results, as at Kenilworth Castle for example, could include huge castles deliberately redesigned to appear old and sporting chivalric features, but complete with private chambers, Italian loggias and modern luxury accommodation.

Although the size of noble households shrank slightly during the 16th century, the number of guests at the largest castle events continued to grow. 2,000 came to a feast at Cawood Castle in 1466, while the Duke of Buckingham routinely entertained up to 519 people at Thornbury Castle at the start of the 16th century. When Elizabeth I visited Kenilworth in 1575 she brought an entourage of 31 barons and 400 staff for a visit that lasted an exceptional 19 days; Leicester, the castle's owner, entertained the Queen and much of therest of the century. Irish tower houses were built from the end of the 14th century onward as the countryside disintegrated into the unstable control of a large number of small lordships and Henry VI promoted their construction with financial rewards in a bid to improve security. English tower houses were built along the frontier with Scotland in a dangerous and insecure period. Secondly, and paradoxically, appears to have been the periods of relative prosperity. Contemporary historian William Camden observed of the northern English and the Scots, "there is not a man amongst them of a better sort that hath not his little tower or pile", and many tower houses seem to have been built as much as status symbols as defensive structures. Along the English-Scottish borders the


served in Europe returned during the war, bringing with them experience of siege warfare from the Thirty Years' War in Europe, it was the arrival of Oliver Cromwell's train of siege guns in 1649 that transformed the conflict, and the fate of local castles. None of the Irish castles could withstand these Parliamentary weapons and most quickly surrendered. In 1650 Cromwell invaded Scotland and again his heavily artillery proved decisive.

The Restoration

The English Civil War resulted in Parliament issuing orders to slight or damage many castles, particularly in prominent royal regions. This was particularly in the period of 1646 to 1651, with a peak in 1647. Around 150 fortifications were slighted in this period, including 38 town walls and a great many castles. Slighting was quite expensive and tookas Kirtley and the appellee-plaintiffs as the Pointe Service Association (PSA). The appellants, William Kirtley, Phyllis Kirtley, Thomas Garrison and Terry Pierson, present or past directors of The Pointe Services Association, Inc., a unit owner's association, appeal from a judgment rendered against them following the bench trial of a shareholders' derivative action. The judgment ordered payment in the sum of approximately $150,000, an accounting and transfer of funds, and ordered payment of attorneys' fees.
We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand with instructions.
An overview of the basic facts shows that "the Pointe" is a planned residential community built around a golf course and situated on the shore of Lake Monroe. In 1974, Caslon Development Co., the original developer, created the resort community, starting with four independent condominium


successor, Indun Realty, a subsidiary of Indiana National Corporation, to attempt to sell the development. A buyer for the entire project could not be found; but, the country club, 30 residential units, and the golf course were sold to Resort Management Association (RMA), a limited partnership formed by the directors. As part of the agreement to purchase, RMA became the managing agent of PSA.
Development at the Pointe remained slow. Kirtley became concerned that RMA's investment in the club could be devalued by the plans of potential purchasers of the remaining land and so entered into negotiations with Indun to purchase the undeveloped property at the Pointe. Once the purchase had been consummated, in December, 1982, Kirtley formed a partnership, Pointe Development Company (PDC), and conveyed the property toPDC. Indun assigned the 1500 PSA class B memberships to Kirtley who assigned them to PDC and elected appellants Kirtley, his wife Phyllis Kirtley and brother-in-law Pierson the new directors of PSA. PDC began making changes immediately to encourage the sale of additional units. Among the changes, PDC sold tracts to builders and then diverted part of the purchase price to PSA to fund the deficit.
Over time, discontentment grew among the unit owners who were unable to elect board members, had no say in PSA's decision-making, and were unable to exercise any control over PSA assessments or spending. As a consequence, a group of class A unitowners brought this action against the directors alleging a number of irregularities in the management of the Pointe. One of the points


by Caslon.
Caslon precluded individual unit owners from maintaining outside antennae through the Declaration, which encumbered the entire property making up the Pointe. Caslon then purchased and installed master antennae on developer-owned property, laid cable to the exterior of the units, sold the antennae and tower to PSA on contract at 8% interest, and granted PSA an easement to maintain the system. Hence, PSA owned equipment and provided off air television service to its members.
During the first year of the directors' ownership, it became apparent that the off air set up designed by Caslon was not meeting member expectations. Indun had contacted cable television purveyors to determine whether cable television could be provided members, many of whom were investors, at a rate they were willing to pay. Indun's researchindividual capacity rather than in his official capacity, and the opportunity is one which, because of the nature of the enterprise, is not essential to his corporation, and is one in which it has no interest or expectancy, the officer or director is entitled to treat the opportunity as his own, and the corporation has no interest in it, if, of course, the officer or director has not wrongfully embarked the corporation's resources therein ... On the other hand, ..., if there is presented to a corporate officer or director a business opportunity which the corporation is financially able to undertake, is, from its nature, in the line of the corporation's business and is of practical advantage to it, is one in which the corporation has an interest


signal at the Pointe.
We have carefully considered this contention and Kirtley's assertion that the noncompetition contract had value independent of the exclusive right to distribute given by PSA, and agree. The record does not sustain the trial court's ultimate findings in this regard.
The trial court's conclusions of law on this issue are as follows:
William Kirtley signed the PSA Cable Television Services Contract and the Sales Contract with Pegasus. The PSA contract giving Pegasus the exclusive right to operate a cable television system on The Pointe renders Kirtley's covenant not to compete with Pegasus at The Pointe worthless. Quite simply, Kirtley had nothing to sell. He was precluded from competing at The Pointe with Pegasus by the exclusive right given to Pegasus by PSA. Craig Brubaker of Pegasus testifiedhalf marathon, which in 2018 falls on Sunday 7 October. It takes place in central Crete, passing through small villages and olive groves and vineyards.

•Kate Carter stayed at Daios Cove. Some suggested trail runs can be found here.


Guest post by Joe Hoft

The DOW Reached Another All Time High Yesterday – It’s the Greatest US Stock Market Rally Ever – But Mainstream Media Won’t Report It!

It was the 12th Straight Daily Close at an All Time High for the DOW!

It was also the 19th consecutive day where the DOW reached an all time high at the closing bell. More than Half a Month of Consecutive All Time Highs!

TRENDING: RUTH BADER GINSBURG DEAD! Supreme Court Justice Dies at Home Surrounded by Family

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DOW) hit another record new high on Monday! This incredible rally started back on February 9th.

In the history of the DOW, going back to January 1901, the DOW record for most continuous closing high trading days was set in January ofUniversities are to be allowed to hire staff on salaries higher than the Taoiseach’s under new measures aimed at attracting top talent to the third-level sector.

The Government recently agreed that pay restrictions should be lifted to allow colleges hire world-leading scientists and engineers on salaries of up to €250,000.

The move is aimed at attracting top academic talent from universities in the UK and elsewhere in light of the uncertainty caused by Brexit.

The move is likely to put pressure on the Government to increase salary limits for senior public servants such as members of the judiciary, gardaí and secretaries general of Government departments.

Under strict public sector pay rules, public sector employees may not earn more than the Taoiseach’s €190,000 salary. However, there is speculation that a salary of up


In Situ Visualization of Electrocatalytic Reaction Activity at Quantum Dots for Water Oxidation.
Exploring electrocatalytic reactions on the nanomaterial surface can give crucial information for the development of robust catalysts. Here, electrocatalytic reaction activity at single quantum dots (QDs) loaded silica microparticle involved in water oxidation is visualized using electrochemiluminescence (ECL) microscopy. Under positive potential, the active redox centers at QDs induce the generation of hydroperoxide surface intermediates as coreactants to remarkably enhance ECL emission from luminol derivative molecules for imaging. For the first time, in situ visualization of the catalytic activity of water oxidation with QDs catalyst was achieved, supported by a linear relation between ECL intensity and turn over frequency. A very slight diffusion trend attributed to only the luminol species proved in situ capture of hydroperoxideNBCU Names Kimberley D. Harris General Counsel

New advisor served as White House counsel; veteran Rick Cotton to work on piracy issues

NBCUniversal named Kimberley D. Harris executive vice president and general counsel Tuesday. Based in New York, she will report directly to Steve Burke, Chief Executive Officer, NBCUniversal. Her appointment begins on September 3rd.

Harris replaces NBCU veteran Rick Cotton, who first joined NBC in 1989 as executive veep and general counsel of NBC, and who has served as exec veep and general counsel of NBCUniversal since 2004. Cotton, who announced his intention to step down as General Counsel in May of 2012, will assume the post of Senior Counselor for IP Protection, working closely with the anti-piracy team at NBCUniversal and Comcast on anti-piracy policy and advocacy.

In her new


role Ms. Harris will provide legal advice to the NBCUniversal senior management team and supervise its law department, which handles legal matters for all of NBCUniversal’s business units, including the company’s film studio, two broadcast networks, 18 cable channels, 50-plus digital sites, and theme park operations. Ms. Harris also will coordinate NBCUniversal’s global regulatory and legislative agenda.

She joins NBCUniversal from Davis Polk & Wardwell, where she served most recently as a partner in the litigation department. During her tenure, she handled investigations by the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the U.S. Congress, among other matters.

From 2010 to 2012, Harris served in the White House Counsel’s Office, most recently as Deputy Counsel and Deputy Assistant to the President. During her tenure at the White House,Harris advised senior Executive Branch officials on congressional investigations and executive privilege issues, and senior White House officials on a wide range of compliance and risk management issues, as well as other legal matters. In addition, she developed and implemented the White House response to congressional investigations, and managed litigation matters relating to the President.

Harris graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, and holds a law degree from Yale Law School.


in Minnesota's 5-4 victory over Pittsburgh on Monday.

Romero allowed two runs - both coming on Joe Benson's second-inning homer - and two hits. The left-hander had an arthroscopic procedure during the offseason to clean up his left elbow, and also received platelet-rich plasma treatments to both knees to help the recovery of his quadriceps tendinitis.

"I'm going to use this spring to work on my sinker," Romero said. "I think that's basically about 90 percent of what we threw, maybe 95. I'm just trying to get that pitch back and get it under control."

Romero said his percentage of sinkers thrown last year decreased. He went 9-14 with a 5.77 ERA in 2012, and left his final start of the season on Sept. 30 after three innings due to aninjury to his left leg.

Pelfrey gave up three runs and five hits. The right-hander made only three starts for the New York Mets in 2012, a season cut short by elbow ligament-replacement surgery on May 1.

Adam Lind hit a two-run homer off Pelfrey during a three-run first.

Before the game, Toronto manager John Gibbons said a decision on whether J.P. Arencibia will catch knuckleballer R.A. Dickey this season will be made after the pair return from the WBC.

"When they come back, we've got to made a decision one way or the other," Gibbons said. "You don't want to let this linger. If he's the guy, or it's one of the other guys, that individual, he's got to work with him the rest of the way."

Arencibia caught Dickey in Monday's


recent, a match between Mexico and New Zealand in October, drew 40,287 fans. In December, Nashville was named one of 14 cities that will host matches in next year's CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Detroit

Detroit’s bid is a joint venture between NBA owners Tom Gores and Dan Gilbert, who announced in April their plans for a $1 billion development at the former Wayne County Jail site that would include a 23,000-seat soccer-specific stadium.

“Detroit sports fans are some of the most passionate in the world. No where else can you find as many major league teams in the urban core than in Detroit,” Gilbert said in the statement. “Since soccer is the most popular global sport, we also hope having an MLS team will put Detroit on the map with new audiences,all but assumed that Sacramento, with its strong ownership group and shovel-ready stadium plan, would be a lock for 2020 expansion.

Well, not so fast.

It seems there's some turmoil among the impressive group of Sacramento investors, led by Sac Soccer & Entertainment Holdings chairman and CEO Kevin Nagle. The group includes Meg Whitman, president and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprises, and Dr. Griff Harsh, a professor of neurosurgery and otolaryngology at Stanford University Medical Center. Several local investors in the Sacramento Kings, as well as Jed York of the San Francisco 49ers, also are part of the group.

However, the role the Sacramento Republic, the city's USL team, played in the MLS expansion bid process Tuesday, or lack thereof, has created some confusion. Deadspin has more on the situation.

The club's


downtown stadium plan for a 20,000-seat MLS stadium has already cleared all regulatory approvals, according to a statement by the team.

Phoenix

Phoenix is the largest city in the country without an MLS team.

The investment group is led by Berke Bakay, the chief executive officer of Kona Grill, along with former Diamondbacks pitcher Brandon McCarthy, now with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Phoenix group revealed a plan to privately fund the building of a new, climate-controlled, soccer-specific stadium on a 45-acre site that is under contract. The soccer complex will include the club's academy, as well as light rail access for fans.

“We offer MLS the largest population of Millennial and Hispanic soccer fans, and the most TV households," Bakay said in Tuesday's release. "Phoenix is also the only expansion marketwithout an existing MLS team within 400 miles. It’s time for the MLS to come to the southwest and rise with our fans in Phoenix.”

Raleigh/Durham, N.C.

A group led by North Carolina FC owner Steve Malik has confirmed an expansion bid has been submitted for the Raleigh/Durham area. Formerly the Carolina Railhawks of the North America Soccer League, NCFC rebranded in December with an eye on MLS expansion.

The area has been one of the fastest growing regions in the country for over a decade, giving it the highest growth rate among MLS-contender markets.

In the statement announcing the official expansion application, North Carolina FC noted it would reveal more information about its stadium plans in the coming weeks.

San Antonio

San Antonio's bid is led by Spurs Sports & Entertainment, which runs


of support from local politicians, and roughly 30 co-workers and friends to present the bid. During their pitch, the group proposed an expansion of Al Lang Stadium into an 18,000-seat facility.

The MLS has called Tampa home before. The Tampa Bay Mutiny were an original member of MLS in 1996, but folded in 2002 amid ownership concerns.

San Diego

You think San Diego wants another pro franchise after being jilted by the Chargers?

While most of the expansion bids were hand-delivered in New York, MLS commissioner Don Garber received the San Diego delegation's paperwork aboard the USS Midway in San Diego, joined by the city's mayor Kevin Faulconer and U.S. national team icon and MLS star Landon Donovan.

San Diego's proposal includes a privately-funded 30,000-seat stadium where the former home of the Chargersvictims, Guillory and Maturin, were visiting on the front porch of the house, Welcome quarrelled with Maturin about the ownership of a pocketknife.  The argument developed into a scuffle between Welcome and Maturin in front of the house.  Dorothy Guillory entered the struggle by striking Welcome several times on the head with her purse.

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Alexis Sanchez's family arrive in London in preparation for Arsenal exit

The Chilean's family are in London and sources close to the player believe that a January move is close to happening

Alexis Sanchez’s family have arrived in London in preparation for the Chilean’s departure from , Goal has learned.

The 29-year-old is subject of a transfer tussle between and this month, although it’s understood that the former Barcelona man has his heart set on a move to the Etihad Stadium, where he will link up with his old coach Pep Guardiola.

Arsenal are demanding a fee of £35m for Sanchez while the player's agent Fernando Felicevich, previously dubbed ‘the king of South American football’ by Forbes magazine, is requesting a fee of £5m for facilitating the transfer.

City have made it knownMonday, October 26, 2009

The sense that Wall Street has pulled off a coup d'etat and taken over the machinery of the United States is the most powerful meme out there now, and its power is growing in magnitude every day among all classes of Americans...

The government has given trillions in bailout or other emergency funds to private companies, but is largely refusing to disclose to either the media, the American people or even Congress where the money went

Congress has largely been bought and paid for, and two powerful congressmen have said that banks run Congress

The head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, the former Vice President of the Dallas Federal Reserve, and two top IMF officials have all said that we have – or are in


danger of having – oligarchy in the U.S.

Economist Dean Baker says that the real purpose of bank rescue plans was “A massive redistribution of wealth to the bank shareholders and their top executives”

The big banks killed any real chance for financial reform months ago

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Bloomberg:Marc Faber, publisher of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report, talks with Bloomberg's Deirdre Bolton and Erik Schatzker about the performance of the dollar and U.S. economic outlook.

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Monday, September 29, 2008

This was just awesome! We have seen Singapore turned party town!Not only was the race sensational, but also the entire set up for the Grand Prix. Needless to say that everything (at least on the surface) went smooth as silk. The organisers of the inaugrual Singapore GP have done a great job. The spirit of the helpers on track was amazing and I liked the fact that the Formula 1 ticket was a ticket into numerous parties as well (NB: in KL you would have to pay to get into most venues). The only thing I really hated was that there was no live commentary on the radio. Earmuffs with Radio were advertised as "Race Radio" and did cost a fortune.


techno. Fuck loopy minimalism! His label Monnom Black has been consistently putting out bangers, and on the dj front he just kills it. This is another great track of his, wiring multiple acid lines over a slamming percussive base.

Nite Fleit – Partly Sunny (Steel City Dance Discs) Nite Fleit is an Australian dj/producer who is based in London (I think?). I think her release on Steel City Dance Discs was probably one of my all-around favorite releases last year, featuring as it does three kicking electro tracks and one gorgeous breaks track. I featured ‘Little Friend’ from the same EP on Get It 002 and am planning to use the breaks tune as the intro on a breakbeat-oriented Get It mix, maybe 4 or 5. This is atitle track Sirens on Get It 002. This is quite a spaced-out electro track, a little step down in intensity from the previous track, but that was deliberate, as I thought it would make sense to take the pressure off for a moment or two.

Locked Club – Electro Raw (Private Persons) Again, this is another release where I used a different track on Get It 002, and in this case this is from Locked Club, who are described in their promo material as ‘Russian electro punk’, which sounds good enough to me! This is another step up in intensity after the lull of the previous track, and a fitting end to the electro section.

Andreas Gehm – Two Times More (I Love Acid) OK, so back to techno. This


COKE BRINGS FIFA TROPHY TOUR TO PAKISTAN

Pakistan is a country where football is loved by millions. The love can be seen during the league matches and the enthusiasm is on its peak during the Worldcup. Even the famous city of Sialkot provides nearly half of the world’s soccer balls. Unfortunately Pakistan failed to qualify for FIFA Worldcup but still we have a great news for all the football fans. We will have a chance to get a glance of the glorious 2018 FIFA World Cup Trophy being brought to our country by Coke.

COKE BRINGS FIFA TROPHY TOUR TO PAKISTAN – GET READY FOR CELEBRATION

Pakistan has suffered a lot of damage during the last many years. Last year Ronaldinho and friends came to Pakistan for an exhibition match andwe witnessed how excited Karachi and Lahore were for them. Coke’s step of bringing the trophy to Pakistan is promoting a soft image of Pakistan. These activities are of utmost importance for a country as they result in international recognition of the country.

Coke is a multinational brand and it has contributed a lot in promoting Pakistan at an international level. Pakistan is one of the 51 blessed countries that will see FIFA Football World Cup Trophy on February 3rd 2018 and it is going to be a big day for football enthusiasts in Pakistan. Coke is a renowned brand and not in need of any introduction. It is also said that the most popular word in the word after HELLO is COCA COLA. It associates itself with various


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No doubt about that fact that the earlier one begins saving, especially in a Roth IRA, the bigger the


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On the Chromium end of things, there's Brave and Vivaldi. While from Firefox there are Pale Moon and Waterfox.

Tyler Engel and ricocheted across the goal line. The former North Carolina Tar Heel took a bow for his first professional goal as the RailHawks led 1-0.

In the 22nd minute, RailHawks center back Futty Danso absorbed a ball to his midsection, forcing him to leave the game for Austen King. With that tidbit posed for cause-and-effect purposes, Atlanta equalized in the 31st minute. A through ball was played ahead to midfielder Jaime Chavez charging up the left channel. Chavez centered to Pedro Mendes, who maneuvered right of defender Connor Tobin and slotted a shot under diving Carolina keeper Akira Fitzgerald to even the match at 1-1.

Three minutes later, Chavez settled a ball in the box before playing it back to forward Kyle Porter stationed near the outer left


wing in the 76th minute, winding up inside the box. But he pushed his sure-shot wide right.

Carolina has only one win over their last 10 matches, with seven losses and two draws over that same span. On the bright side, the RailHawks only surrendered two goals to Atlanta, snapping a streak of six losses in which Carolina has allowed three goals in the game.

The RailHawks (6-8-10, 26 pts.) slide to eighth place in the combined NASL season standings, with seven points and three other teams separating Carolina from the final league playoff spot, currently occupied by the Tampa Bay Rowdies. With just six games left in their regular season, the RailHawks stagger back to WakeMed Soccer Park next Saturday to host the Ottawa Fury, the first of threemeans, there is a loop regist means in which a tip end of a sheet abuts against a nip between a pair of regist rollers which are now stopped to form a loop in the sheet, so that skew-feed of the sheet is corrected by aligning the tip end of the sheet with the nip by elasticity of the sheet. As another regist means, there is a shutter regist means in which a shutter member for stopping the tip end of the sheet is retractably disposed in a sheet convey path and the skew-feed of the sheet is corrected by retarding the shutter member from the sheet convey path after the tip end of the sheet is aligned with the shutter member.
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home, but detectives received information that the suspect was intending to flee the United States and head back to Mexico.

An arrest warrant was filed and a second search warrant was executed on January 11, 2019, in a separate location to collect additional evidence.

@MCTXSheriff and numerous law enforcement agencies partner together to find and arrest sexual assault suspect. pic.twitter.com/uiB3wa5sK2 — MCTXSheriff (@MCTXSheriff) January 12, 2019

ONE OF SO MANY

Hernandez is only one pervert among many. There aren’t a lot of readily available statistics on the specific crime, but North Carolina Fire keeps a record of this type of crime in their state.

North Carolinians For Immigration Reform and Enforcement (NCFIRE) reports on their website on each sex crime against children monthly. In 2018, 215 illegal aliens committed at least 743 sexualSaid to smell like God's feet, France's favourite soft cheese is at the heart of a battle pitting small farmers against the corporations

In his tiny workshop with a view of his cows, Francois Durand stood lovingly ladling raw milk curd into cheese moulds. After several weeks of salting, ripening and maturing, these would turn into the pungent, oozing Camembert that is France's favourite soft cheese - as much part of the national stereotype as the Basque beret, the baguette and a glass of red wine.

"When you use raw, unpasteurised milk, the taste is nice and fruity," Durand mused as he inspected the smelly contents of his ripening rooms. "You can taste what the cows have been eating at different times of year."

Durand is the last dairy farmer in


the tiny Normandy village of Camembert still making traditional, raw milk Camembert cheese. But the farm's visitor book hints at the bitter cheese wars that have poisoned the air of the surrounding hills and dales. "Be brave!" urges one scribbled French entry. "Keep up the fight! Thanks for defending real cheese."

For months, small cheese producers and Camembert connoisseurs have been engaged in a battle of David and Goliath, dubbed the "camembert wars", which have captured the French imagination and seen Normans take to the streets to defend their cheese's pungent tang.

"Camembert is a subject that unites all the French," the former president Francois Mitterrand once said. But when small, traditional producers are pitted against France's industrial dairy giants the divide seems vast.

Camembert, whose sharp aroma was once likenedto "God's feet", was made fashionable by Napoleon III and popularised as part of rations to soldiers in the first world war. It is France's best-selling cheese after Emmental, so it is not surprising that French industrial diary giants moved in to mass-produce it, buying up small producers and delivering vast amounts of cheaper, machine-produced camembert to supermarket shelves. There are only five remaining small, traditional producers of the prized "Camembert de Normandie".

Last year, the two industrial giants that produced 80% of the exclusive Normandy Camembert that carries France's famous Apellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) stamp of approval, tried to change the rules. Until then, all prized AOC-approved Normandy camembert had been made with raw milk.

The big groups decided instead to make most of their Camembert with pasteurised milk,


industrial producer, Lactalis, snitched on a smaller, traditional competitor, telling authorities that dangerous bacteria was found in a batch of AOC raw milk Camembert produced by Reaux. Coincidentally, Reaux happened to be one of Lactalis's biggest critics. The smaller company said there was no evidence of contamination. "This was an operation to destabilise us, it's a new episode in the camembert war, that's for sure," said Reaux's director Bertrand Gillot.

"The camembert war is a symbol of the wider cheese crisis in France," warned Véronique Richez-Lerouge, founder of France's Regional Cheese Association, which lobbies to protect traditional raw-milk varieties.

Nicolas Sarkozy has vowed to apply for Unesco world heritage status for French cuisine. Yet, while French leaders have long promoted the ideal of French countryside produce, small, regional cheeses areRead 90-30-HUC-818028 text version

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Hannibal to work as a printer's assistant. He held printing jobs in New York, Pennsylvania, and Iowa. Then, when he was twenty-one, he returned to the Mississippi River to train for the job he wanted above all others: steamboat pilot. A few years later, he became a licensed pilot, but his time as a pilot was cut short by the start of the Civil War, in 1861. After a two-week stint in the Confederate army, Clemens joined his brother in Carson City, Nevada. There, Clemens began to write humorous sketches and tall tales for the local newspaper. In February 1863, he first used the pseudonym, or pen name, that would later be known


by readers throughout the world. It was a riverboating term for water two fathoms, or twelve feet, deep: "Mark Twain." Clemens next worked as a miner near San Francisco. In 1865 he published in a national magazine a tall tale he had heard in the minefields--"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." It was an instant success. Later, he traveled to Hawaii, Europe, and the Middle East. The humorous book he wrote about his travels, The Innocents Abroad, made him famous. In 1870 Clemens married Olivia Langdon. A year later they moved to Hartford, Connecticut. At the same time, he began a successful career as a lecturer, telling humorous stories and reading from his books. More books followed, including Roughing It, a travel memoir about the West; TheAdventures of Tom Sawyer; Life on the Mississippi; and The Prince and the Pauper. Thanks to his lecture tours and books, Mark Twain became familiar around the world. His death in 1910 was met with great sorrow.

I was born the 30th of November, 1835, in the almost invisible village of Florida, Monroe County, Missouri. . . . The village contained a hundred people and I increased the population by 1 percent. It is more than many of the best men in history could have done for a town.

ark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Clemens, was in many ways a self-made man. Clemens was born on the Missouri frontier, learned several trades, traveled widely, and transformed himself into Mark Twain, the larger-thanlife writer, lecturer, and symbol of America.


Four years after Clemens was born, his father moved the family to Hannibal, Missouri, on the Mississippi River. There, the young boy lived an idyllic life. Some of his happiest days were spent on the riverbanks watching the parade of boats that passed by. In his memoir Life on the Mississippi (1883), he recalls the excitement people felt when the lazy summer air was pierced by the cry of "S-t-ea-m-boat a-comin!" "All in a twinkling," he wrote, "the dead town is alive and moving." Hannibal was also home to relatives, friends, and townspeople who served as the inspiration for characters in his fiction. But before Clemens could turn his childhood memories into literature, he needed to see something of the world. At the age of seventeen, he left

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Introducing the Novel

Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.

--author's note from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

These humorous warnings were the first words that readers of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn saw when they opened Mark Twain's new novel in 1885. At the time, Twain was already well known as a humorist and the author of the nostalgic "boy's book" The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Therefore, Twain's readers probably did not expect that Twain would have serious motives for writing Huckleberry Finn or that the novel would teach serious moral lessons. In some ways, Huckleberry Finn is