to run consecutively to the sentences for which the defendant was on Community Corrections. The petitioner filed a petition for post-conviction relief on October 14, 1994, and amended it with the assistance of counsel on January 24, 1995, alleging that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that the trial court erred in accepting his guilty plea because there was no factual basis to support his conviction for escape. The trial court dismissed the petition on May 3, 1995, finding that he petitioner had escaped from the custody of a Hamilton County Community Corrections Program employee who was carrying out an order of the Hamilton County Criminal Court. After a review of the record and the arguments in the present case, we reverse the judgment of the trialcourt and vacate the petitioner's conviction for escape from a penal institution.
The pertinent facts are not in serious dispute. Prior to the petitioner's alleged escape offense, he had been convicted on three counts of selling cocaine and had received a ten year sentence to be served on Community Corrections. As a condition of participating in the Community Corrections Program, the petitioner submitted to random drug testing. On February 17, 1994, the petitioner failed one of the random drug tests. In response to the positive drug test, the Community Corrections Program informed the Hamilton County Criminal Court of the petitioner's failure to comply with the program and requested a letter of revocation. Without a hearing, the Hamilton County Criminal Court ordered the removal of the petitioner from the Community


Corrections Program on February 25, 1994.
On March 2, 1994, David Gann, the petitioner's supervisor for the Community Corrections Program, met with the petitioner in the Community Corrections office. Gann informed him of the order removing him from the program. Gann then removed the electronic bracelet from the petitioner's ankle and told him that he would have to return to jail immediately. The petitioner stood up and told Gann that he could not return to jail at that time because he "had business to take care of." According to Gann, the petitioner adopted a defensive position and Gann, knowing of the petitioner's former prowess as a prize fighter, allowed the petitioner to leave the office. Upon the petitioner's departure from the office, Gann proceeded to the clerk's office tofrom a penal institution, as defined in the escape statute. On the contrary, he maintains that his actions could only be interpreted as a possible violation of the conditions of his Community Corrections sentence.
The State, on the other hand, argues that the petitioner was actually no longer a participant in the Community Corrections Program, but rather was in the custody of an incarcerating institution when he departed from the Community Corrections office on March 2, 1994. In support of this argument, the State relies heavily upon two court orders, one assigning the petitioner to Community Corrections and one allegedly revoking him from Community Corrections. In December of 1993, after the petitioner's conviction on three counts of selling cocaine, the trial court sentenced the petitioner to Community Corrections through


the following order:
It now appearing to the Court ... that the defendant is a suitable candidate for assignment to the Hamilton County Community Corrections Program, it is,
ORDERED that the defendant is hereby assigned to the Hamilton County Community Corrections Program. It is a further condition of said assignment that the defendant continue to comply with the Court's Guidelines and the Regulations of said Program... . The defendant will be released by the Workhouse authorities (or Sheriff, or Department of Corrections, if appropriate,) to the Hamilton County Community Corrections Program staff.
Should the defendant subsequently violate the Court's Guidelines or Regulations, the Hamilton County Community Corrections Program staff is authorized to administratively re-transfer the defendant to the incarcerating institution, and, in that event, it is,

ORDERED that the incarcerating institution acceptthe defendant as a prisoner to serve the sentence as originally provided. Should the defendant be aggrieved thereby, he may file an appropriate motion with the Court within five (5) days of the transfer, but the pendency of the motion shall not affect his physical transfer to the incarcerating institution. (emphasis added).
The second order on which the State relies was entered on February 25, 1994 in response to the letter sent by the Hamilton County Community Corrections Program stating that the petitioner had failed a random drug test. This order allegedly removed the petitioner from the Community Corrections Program. It reads as follows:
The ... defendant has violated the conditions of the Community Corrections Program, and it is therefore,
ORDERED that he be removed from the program.
The Clerk is ordered


to issue a workhouse capias for the arrest of the defendant.
The State contends that the December 1993 order expressly gave the Community Corrections Program staff, in this case David Gann, the authority to transfer the petitioner back to an incarcerating institution in the event that he violated the terms of the Community Corrections Program. Furthermore, the February 1994 order states that the petitioner violated the terms of the Program. As a result, the State argues that when Gann removed the petitioner's monitoring bracelet and informed him that he had to return to jail, the petitioner was no longer a participant with the Community Corrections Program, but rather was in the custody of an incarcerating institution. Accordingly, the petitioner's departure from the Community *710 Corrections office did meet thewith the Community Corrections Program at the time of his departure from Gann's office on March 2, 1994, we are implicitly faced with the larger issue of whether the procedures followed in Hamilton County for the revocation of a Community Corrections sentence comport with constitutional due process requirements. Based on our review of the record in the case at bar, we are convinced that Hamilton County's revocation procedures violate the due process rights of those individuals whose Community Corrections sentences are revoked.
As we explained above, the petitioner was originally assigned to the Hamilton County Community Corrections Program by order of the trial court upon his convictions for three counts of selling cocaine. The assigning order, entered in December of 1993, purported to authorize the Community Corrections Program staff


to "administratively re-transfer the defendant to the incarcerating institution" in the event that he violated any of the conditions of his Community Corrections sentence. It also ordered the incarcerating institution to accept the petitioner should he be administratively re-transferred by the Community Corrections Program staff. The assigning order provided further that the petitioner could challenge the transfer by filing an appropriate motion with the trial court, but the challenge would not affect his physical transfer to the incarcerating institution.
The removal order, entered by the trial court in response to the letter from the Community Corrections Program staff informing the trial court that the petitioner had failed a drug test, stated simply that the petitioner had violated the conditions of the program and ordered his removal from the program.state that the Community Corrections Program in Hamilton County or in the Eleventh Judicial District differs from nearly every program in the state. In most areas of the state, somebody is placed on a suspended sentence and assigned to Community Corrections.
Under our program, which has not been challenged, an individual does not receive a suspended sentence. He is just  he's in custody and he receives jail credit the same, and our orders provide that the Community Corrections officers take him out of jail and if he doesn't obey their rules, put him back in jail.
The trial court took judicial notice of the manner in which the Hamilton County Community Corrections Program operates and *713 found that the appropriate procedures were properly followed in the petitioner's case.
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Hamilton County revocation procedures, however, seemingly place extensive authority with the Community Corrections Program staff. From the record before this Court, it appears that the trial court's removal order is merely a perfunctory step in the process of revocation determined and carried out almost exclusively by the Community Corrections Program staff. For instance, in the present case the Community Corrections Program staff determined that the petitioner had violated the conditions of his sentence. The Program staff then sent a letter to the trial court requesting the petitioner's removal from the program, which the trial court granted in a conclusory, summary fashion. The Program staff, acting in accordance with Hamilton County procedures, took it upon themselves to "administratively re-transfer" the petitioner to an incarcerating institution.
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Mama Sarah Obama, Executive Director of the Mama Sarah Obama Foundation Debra Akello, and CEO and Founder of Elias World Media Monica Elias attend the Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Reception at the apartment of Loreen Arbus on November 18, 2014 in New York City.
Mama Sarah Obama was interviewed by CEO and Founder of Elias World Media Monica Elias during the Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Reception at the apartment of Loreen Arbus on November 18, 2014 in New York City.

The Mama Sarah Obama Foundation is the realization of a long-term dream. The foundation was founded after years of hard work helping orphans and poverty-stricken families feed and educate their children.


UPDATE:Batman: Arkham Origins publisher Warner Bros. has explained its decision not to include a multiplayer mode in the game's Wii U version as it had decided to focus its efforts on the platforms with a sizable multiplayer audience.

"MP will be available for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC," a Warner Bros. spokesperson told Eurogamer. "The team is focusing development efforts on platforms with the largest MP audience."

ORIGINAL STORY:The just-announced multiplayer component for Batman: Arkham Origins will not be available on Wii U.

Multiplayer will be available on all other versions, though. The game is confirmed for PC, PlayStation 3, Wii U and Xbox 360.

When contacted by Eurogamer this afternoon, Warner Bros. declined to explain the decision. A spokesperson told us the publisher wouldn't be expanding on the press release itissued this afternoon.

The lack of multiplayer is yet another blow for Nintendo's struggling console. Nintendo announced this morning that the Wii U had sold just 160,000 consoles sold globally in the three months to the end of June 2013. Wii U has now sold 3.61 million units worldwide.

Warner Bros.' decision may be to do with the Wii U's low install base. EA does not currently have any games in development for the console, and in explaining its decision it has blamed a lack of multiplayer engagement with previous titles.

Eurogamer's Christian Donlan went hands on with Batman: Arkham Origins' multiplayer, developed by UK studio Splash Damage. In it you can play as Batman, Robin or an Elite Member of The Joker or Bane's Gang.

The single-player portion is developed by


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We stayed here for two nights received a warm welcoming and hospitality. The made to order homemade breakfast was fantastic. They gave us a live sheep herding demonstration, it was amazing.The rooms were very clean and comfortable.Great location, very close to town.

My sister, her husband, and myself stayed in the self-catering house for a little over a week, starting June 17, 2015. The house was spacious, comfortable, clean, and quiet. Watching the sheep each morning with coffee, visiting with our host, Mike, and our hostess, Pat daily, and being a few minutes from the quaint harbor town of Dingle were some...

The two of us lived in Hazelbrook for a week in august 2014.
The locationMiddle ear effusion induced by a stream of air in the external auditory canal. A temperature-related phenomenon.
The blowing of chilled (14 degrees C) air into the external auditory canal (EAC) resulted in a profuse middle ear fluid production. The stimulation caused marked changes in the pars flaccida of the tympanic membrane. A slight vasodilatation was noted in the oedematous loose connective tissue layer of the pars flaccida. The abundant mast cells showed no signs of degranulation. When stimulating animals with air at 22 degrees C, only minimal effusion production and tympanic membrane changes could be induced. At 34 degrees C, no changes occurred at all. Thus it was shown that temperature is an important factor when provoking middle ear effusion by stimulating the EAC. As fluid production is


vicinity of both edges of the image forming width and an image quality is deteriorated by the, distorted stream line of the image recording liquid.
Moreover, in these continuous coating methods, in a front edge (edge of the image receiving medium in a moving direction) or a rear edge (edge in a direction reverse to the moving direction) of an image forming area, the image recording liquid becomes thick as compared with a central portion of the image forming area, or is spread on the front edge or the rear edge and thinned. Moreover, a position of the image recording liquid may change. Therefore, the thickness of the image recording liquid is distorted particularly in the vicinity of the front edge or the rear edge of the image formingplural recording liquids in the image recording liquid based on an image signal, and determines a supply amount and a supply timing-of the respective recording liquids and the determined the supply amount and supply timing is fed to said image recording liquid extrusion amount control means;
wherein said controller determines a supply amount and supply timing of the dummy liquid extruded from the dummy liquid extruding port and the determined supply amount and supply timing of the dummy liquid is fed to said dummy liquid extrusion amount control means.
The controller determines the mixing proportion of the coating liquids to be led to the respective image recording liquid extruding ports based on the image signal, and controls color and/or density of a mixture liquid. A plurality of recording liquids to


form the mixture liquid (image recording liquid) are extruded as a continuous flow from the image recording liquid extruding port within the image forming width, and transferred to the image receiving medium together with the dummy liquid extruded from the dummy liquid extruding port outside the image forming width. As a result, the image is formed on the image receiving medium. Since the image recording liquid is transferred as the continuous flow with both edges held by the dummy liquid, the image recording liquid fails to be spread over in the width direction, and a high-quality image can be formed.
When a plurality of dummy liquid extruding ports are disposed on at least one outer side of the image forming width, adjustment of dummy liquid extrusion amount or extrusionwidth of the dummy liquid can easily be performed. By continuously arranging the image recording liquid extruding ports and dummy liquid extruding port in the width direction of the recording head, the image recording liquid and dummy liquid can simultaneously be transferred to the image receiving medium. When the dummy liquid can also be used as (can mutually be diverted to) the image recording liquid extruding port, the change of the image forming width can easily be handled.
In the recording head, a slot-shaped opening may be provided for connecting the image recording liquid extruding port to the dummy liquid extruding port in the width direction and combining the image recording liquid and dummy liquid in the width direction to extrude the integrated liquids in a strip shape. In


this case, the image recording liquid can further steadily be transferred to the image receiving medium together with the dummy liquid. The recording head may be provided with a slot-shaped opening for extruding and applying an undercoating liquid. By applying the undercoating liquid from the slot-shaped opening, and transferring the image recording liquid and dummy liquid onto the undercoating liquid in a superposed manner, the stream line of the image recording liquid is prevented from being distorted and the image quality can further be enhanced.
The image receiving medium may be an intermediate image receiving medium to which the recording liquid extruded from the image recording liquid extruding port is transferred. The image recording liquid temporarily held on the intermediate image receiving medium is transferred to a final imagereceiving element for receiving the reflected light.
In order to prevent the dummy liquid from being transferred to the image receiving medium before the extruding of the dummy liquid is stabilized, the recording head may be disposed apart from the image receiving medium. Additionally or alternatively, a liquid recovery section is disposed midway in a transfer path of the dummy liquid to the image receiving medium from the dummy liquid extruding port, and the unstably extruded and unnecessary dummy liquid is removed and recovered before reaching the image receiving medium.
In order to transfer the dummy liquid to the rear end of the image forming area, the transferring to the image receiving medium may be ended before the extruding of the dummy liquid is stopped, in other words, before the


extruding becomes unstable. By regulating the transferring of the dummy liquid to the image receiving medium while the extruding of the dummy liquid is stable, the unstably extruded dummy liquid is prevented from being applied to the image receiving medium, which is suitable for the image quality enhancement. In order to prevent the unstable dummy liquid from being transferred to the image receiving medium, the recording head is detached from the image receiving medium while the dummy liquid is stable. Additionally or alternatively, the liquid recovery section may be disposed midway in the transfer path of the dummy liquid to the image receiving medium from the dummy liquid extruding port. While the extruding of the dummy liquid to be transferred to the rear end of the image formingportion is stable, the liquid recovery section starts operating to prevent the dummy liquid from being transferred to the image receiving medium.
In addition to the front end or the rear end of the image forming area, the dummy liquid may be transferred to at least one outer side of the width direction. This not only prevents the image from being distorted on the front-end side or the rear end of the image forming area, but also prevents the image from being distorted in the edge of the width direction of the image forming area.
The image recording liquid transferred within the image forming area and the dummy liquid transferred to the front end or the rear end of the image forming area or to the outside of the width


and a dummy liquid extruding port, the array of the plural image recording liquid extruding ports being aligned in a direction perpendicular to a relative movement direction of the image receiving medium within an image forming width, the respective image recording liquid extruding ports extruding plural recording liquids and combining the plural recording liquids to form said image recording liquid, the image recording liquid being transferred to the image receiving medium as a continuous flow while the image receiving medium is moved relatively to the aligned plural image recording liquid extruding ports, the dummy liquid extruding port being disposed to cover the image forming width and extruding a dummy liquid to;
image recording liquid extrusion amount control means for controlling supply amounts of the recording liquids fed to saidrespective image recording liquid extruding port;
dummy liquid extrusion amount control means for controlling an extrusion amount of the dummy liquid extruded from the dummy liquid extruding port; and
a controller for controlling said image recording liquid extrusion amount control means and said dummy liquid extrusion amount control means;
wherein said controller determines a mixing proportion of the plural recording liquids in the image recording liquid based on an image signal, and determines a supply amount and a supply timing of the respective recording liquids and the determined supply amount and supply timing is fed to said image recording liquid extrusion amount control means;
wherein said controller determines a supply amount and supply timing of the dummy liquid extruded from the dummy liquid extruding port and the determined supply amount and supply


end of the image forming area but also to the outside of the width direction, and even the change of the image forming width can easily be handled.
When the image recording liquid extruding port and dummy liquid extruding port are used in the combined manner, and when the dummy liquid can also be transferred to the outside of the width direction of the image forming area, the recording head may be provided with a slot-shaped opening for connecting the image recording liquid extruding port to the dummy liquid extruding port in the width direction and for combining the image recording liquid and dummy liquid in the width direction to extrude the liquids in the strip shape. In this case, the image recording liquid can further steadily be transferredto the image receiving medium together with the dummy liquid. The recording head may be provided with a slot-shaped opening for extruding and applying an undercoating liquid. By transferring the undercoating liquid from the slot-shaped opening, and transferring the image recording liquid and dummy liquid onto the undercoating liquid in the superposed manner, the thickness or position of the image recording liquid is prevented from being distorted and the image quality can further be enhanced.
The image receiving medium may be sheet shaped such as paper or film shaped, so that the image recording liquid and the dummy liquid may be transferred to the image receiving medium directly by the recording head. Alternatively, the image recording liquid may be transferred to the final image receiving medium such as paper


by pressing the blade onto the surface of the intermediate image receiving medium, the liquid transferred to the surface of the intermediate image receiving medium is removed and recovered, and is prevented from being transferred to the final image receiving medium.
The controller transfers the dummy liquid prior to the image forming liquid, and transfers the image recording liquid continuously after the dummy liquid. In order to transfer the image recording liquid, the controller determines the mixing proportion of a plurality of recording liquids to be led to is the respective image recording liquid extruding ports based on the image signal, and controls the color or density of the mixture liquid. A plurality of recording liquids forming the mixture liquid (image recording liquid) are extruded as the continuous flowthe image quality of the edge of the width direction of the image fails to be distorted, and the image quality is further enhanced.
In the present invention, the image formed on the image receiving medium includes graphical intelligence patterns such as alphanumeric characters, graphical display, line art, and other image information.


serial inventor has revolutionized the future of spaceflight, space colonization, as well as the economy of low Earth orbit and beyond. Last May, Air Force General Terrence O’Shaughnessy even said that Elon Musk’s SpaceX may have completely changed the ability to sense threats against America using satellite clusters in space. The exact expression was: “Holy smokes. Talk about being able to move the ball”. Yep, he actually said that about the launch of 60 small satellites by SpaceX at one time.

The company, which was founded in 2002, designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft, with the ultimate goal of making interplanetary human life possible. The South African-born businessman has publicly talked about venturing to Mars for over a decade, with plans of building a greenhouse on theof what additive manufacturing can do hoping to make the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft more reliable, robust and efficient than ever before.

In 2014, SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket with a 3D printed Main Oxidizer Valve (MOV) body in one of the nine Merlin 1D engines. According to the company, the mission marked the first time SpaceX had ever flown a 3D printed part, with the valve operating successfully with high-pressure liquid oxygen, under cryogenic temperatures and high vibration.

SpaceX claimed that compared with a traditionally cast part, a printed valve body has superior strength, ductility, and fracture resistance, with lower variability in materials properties. The MOV body was printed in less than two days, compared with a typical castings cycle measured in months. The valve’s extensive


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In 2006 I traveled to Narfastadir the old farm where my mother grew up as it was to be used for the film litle trip to heaven that spring and then torn down. It was a strange feeling for us both to visit. As in my mind where the stories I had heard from here and the family and in my mothers mind the memories bubbled. We where to return later and do some more shooting but I never did. Now I have had the time and guts to dwell in the past to work on the images and find the developing style. this is a litle trip down memory laneAnd Tory members of Parliament who support a cleaner rupture with Europe are submitting letters saying that they have lost confidence in Mrs. May, which could very soon trigger a vote on her future.

Mrs. May has weathered crisis after crisis as prime minister. But commentators say she has never looked as alone as she does now.

There’s little chance the deal gets through Parliament.

The agreement, struck between negotiators in Brussels and Mrs. May’s government, faces a long road ahead, even if Mrs. May manages to hold on to her job.

The first stop (if it gets that far) is a summit meeting of European Union leaders on Nov. 25. The deal has their support, and it will ultimately need the backing of the European Parliament.

More troublesome is a mid-December vote


While fans of the series can get mini-figurines and a bunch of other goodies from Senran Kagura: Estival Versus’ limited “Nyuu Nyuu DX Pack Premium,” Gamer shows us a little bit of what you can also get with the game’s first-print bonus art book.

First, is a look at an illustration of Yumi, who won a recent character popularity poll for the spot.

The 52-page visual book features character profiles containing information on different Senran Kagura girls, along with concept art, and a look at the making of the opening animation, and more.

In addition to the art book, first-print copies of Senran Kagura: Estival Versus on PS4 and Vita include two soundtrack discs packed with all kinds festive and battle music from the game.

Senran Kagura: Estival Versus will release inBreadcrumb

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Each year, more than 25 million shipping containers enter the U.S. All too often, highly destructive forest pests are lurking among their imported goods. Wood boring insects arrive as stowaways in wood packaging, such as pallets and crates. Other forest pests and pathogens hitchhike in on foreign-reared plants bound for American nurseries.

According to Gary Lovett, a forest ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, imported forest pests are the most serious and underappreciated threat facing trees in U.S. forests, parks, and communities. They are the only forest threat that can decimate an entire tree species in a generation.

Take the case of American chestnuts. The stately hardwoods were once common throughout the Northeast, where they were revered for their wood, tannin-rich


With two months to go until the midterm elections, the Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that a grand jury must investigate the role of gubernatorial candidate Kris Kobach in mishandled voter registrations in the 2016 election.

In 2016, a petition filed by Kansas House candidate Steven Davis asked for an investigation into whether Kobach was involved in “destroying, obstructing, or failing to deliver online voter registration” or was “grossly neglectful with respect to [his] election duties.” His camp says the Davis’ petition references a period of time in 2016 when the online voter registration systems were temporarily malfunctioning. Kobach called the allegations politically motivated.

Since then, the petition has bounced around Kansas courts. First, a county judge dismissed the petition. Then, the Kansas Court of Appeals reversed the decision inJune. Kobach took the case to the Kansas Supreme Court, who have now ordered the investigation.

Kobach has helped enact some of the most oppressive voter laws in the country, under the guise of protecting against voter fraud. His legislation was described by the New York Times as “the nation’s most rigorous voting restrictions.” A federal judge struck down one of his’s voter ID laws.

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He was also one of the leaders of Trump’s ill-fated electoral fraud commission, which was put together to investigate the president’s bogus claims of mass voter fraud in the 2016 election. The commission has since been disbanded.

In addition to his attempts to disenfranchise Kansas voters, Kobach is also known for his alleged connections to white nationalists. In August, two GOP consultants accused Kobach of keeping


three men on his payroll with connections to white nationalist groups. The three campaign workers were purportedly members of the American Heritage Initiative, an offshoot of the white nationalist group Identity Evropa.

The investigation ordered by the Kansas court could hurt Kobach in his upcoming election, which seems to be a close race. According to a poll released this week by Kansas NEA PAC, Kobach leads Democratic Senator Laura Kelly by 39 points to 38 points, while independent candidate Greg Orman has 9 points. If Kelly won, she’d be the first Democrat to take the office since 2011.A German version of the Extended Aberdeen Back Pain Scale: development and evaluation.
Psychometric testing of translated, culturally adapted questionnaire. Cross-cultural adaptation of the German version of the Extended Aberdeen Back Pain Scale (EABPS, three questionnaires), and to evaluate its use for assessing back pain related health status and disability in German patients. The EABPS can be used as one questionnaire for the whole spine or three questionnaires for the three parts of the spine: neck, upper back, and lower back. It was shown to be valid, reliable, and responsive. No German version was available. The EABPS was translated and adapted. The three questionnaires were evaluated separately. A total of 158 outpatients with neck pain, upper back pain, and/or low back pain were assessed by the EABPS-G at admission,


Thursday, February 6, 2014

Press release for Beauty & Hope in the 21st century by Nikolas Sideris

On Tuesday, 4th of Feburary the music publishing house Editions Musica Ferrum announced their new project titled Beauty & Hope in the 21st century.

In an ambitious effort to offer a new perspective on beauty and hope 9 composers from Greece, Spain, the Netherlands, the UK and USA join their forces in a collaborative project with 3 sketch artists from Polland, Japan and the UK.

Drawing inspiration from the 9 B&W illustrations that were delivered by the sketch artists, the composers are working on unique works for solo piano, to be recorded by Greek pianist Myrto Akrivou in September 2014. In the fall of 2014 the music score, the CD, the double LP and the5 Places to Get Your Cultural Fix in Spain’s Incredible Art History Scene

The Kingdom of Spain is a sovereign state in southwestern Europe with archipelagos in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, and several smaller territories on and near the African shores. Based solely on its strategic position between two major continents, you can imagine how interesting — and at times, turbulent — its history has been. Decades of conquering’s and invasions led to epic battles for power as various groups asserted their control over the years. However, each of those battles created the base for the country's unique melting pot of culture.

You know what they say: art imitates life. Spain today has the second most UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world and contains a mish-mash of


influence that can be seen in everything from the incredible architecture to their extensive museum collections. If you're looking to get educated on Spain's colorful past, here's where to get cultured:

Experience Modernism with Antoni Gaudí

Though technically an architect, Gaudi’s masterpieces are nothing short of modern marvels. While you can see a number of his buildings on a self-guided tour of Barrio Gótico in Barcelona, the Gaudí House Museum within one of his more iconic designs, Park Güell, will give you more insight into his life, work, and inspirations.

Get Otherworldly with Salvador Dali

Savaldor Dali is one of the most prominent surrealist artists on the planet. His out-of-the-box style is instantly recognizable and incredibly iconic in the art world. The Dali Theatre-Museum is as uniquely designed as the pieces inside,arranged chronologically so you can try to piece together the creative visionary’s timeline and inspiration.

Walk This Way…The Way of St. James

As one of the most important religious pilgrimages in the world, the Way of St. James (or the Camino de Santiago) has been a rite of passage for unwavering Christians for centuries. There are two routes: the French Way and the Northern Way. Both take you through incredible landscapes and hundreds upon hundreds of small towns (5-10 villages a day to be exact). Hundreds of thousands of people a year make the trek of more than 500 miles over approximately 25-30 days by foot or bike.

Get Googly-Eyed at the Guggenheim

Designed by famed architect Frank O. Gehry, this distinctive building in Bilbao singlehandedly revitalized the city and skyline. Regaled


as one of the most spectacular buildings in the world, it was constructed in the style of avant-garde deconstructivism, ensuring the exterior was just as impressive as the collection of exhibits inside.

Go Back in Time at the Museo Nacional Del Prado

Spain’s national art museum was commissioned by King Charles III in Madrid in the late 1700s. The Prado is one of the most visited museums in the world and features one of the finest collections of European art from the 12th through the early 19th century. On display are 7,600 paintings, 1,000 sculptures, 4,800 prints, 8,200 drawings, and a large number of rare antiquities and historic documents. Chances of seeming them all in one visit are slim, so plan multiple trips until you've had your fill.corn oil). The cease *930 and desist order became final on January 19, 1951.
On December 7, 1979, the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice commenced a civil action in the Northern District of California against the eight corporate defendants involved in the earlier FTC proceeding.[1] The complaint in this action alleges that, since at least December, 1974, until the present, these eight defendants have violated the terms of the FTC cease and desist order. The complaint seeks civil penalties and equitable relief.
On December 27, 1979, the Government filed a motion to stay its civil action until further order of the court on the ground that a grand jury in the Northern District of California will be investigating, inter alia, the same conduct that forms the


basis of the Government's civil action. That motion has not yet been ruled upon. The Government has advised the Panel that grand jury subpoenas recently have been issued for service upon the eight defendants, among others.
Shortly after the filing of the Government's recent civil action, a number of private civil actions were filed in this litigation. Presently before the Panel are 25 actions pending in a total of four federal districts: seventeen in the Northern District of California; four in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; two in the District of Minnesota, and one each in the District of New Jersey and the Central District of California. Each of these actions was commenced under Section 1 of the Sherman Act, and the allegations of the complaints, which are virtuallyon the motions of two defendants, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, for transfer of all private actions to the Northern District of California for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings.[2] All responding parties agree on the propriety of transfer. Plaintiffs in 22 of the 25 actions before the Panel and one additional defendant support movants' choice of the Northern District of California as the transferee forum. Five defendants favor transfer to the Southern District of New York. Plaintiffs in the remaining three actions before the Panel favor transfer to, alternatively, the Southern District of New York, the District of New Jersey, or the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. No other parties have responded before the Panel.
We find that these actions involve common questions of fact and that centralization of


New York or in the Midwest; (2) counsel for the plaintiffs, as well as most counsel who represent the eight defendants and who are well acquainted with the underlying facts in this litigation, are predominantly located in either the Eastern United States or in the midwest; and (3) New York is "far more accessible" to the parties, the witnesses and counsel than San Francisco.
The parties that have urged the Panel to centralize these actions in the Southern District of New York discount the importance of the pendency of the Government's civil action in the Northern District of California. Five of the eight defendants involved in the Government's civil action state in their papers before the Panel that they recently have moved to transfer that action to the Southernmove ahead with discovery without waiting for possible access to grand jury materials.
As previously noted, plaintiffs in three actions who favor centralization in the Southern District of New York alternatively urge the Panel to centralize these actions in either the Eastern District of Pennsylvania or the District of New Jersey. These plaintiffs basically favor centralization in the District of New Jersey because that district (a) is very near to the Southern District of New York, and (b) has a very favorable civil (and, in particular, multidistrict and class action) caseload in comparison to the other transferee districts that have been suggested in this litigation. These plaintiffs also urge that the Eastern District of Pennsylvania might be an appropriate transferee district because of its proximity to New York City


this litigation has an eastern tilt because of the location of all *932 eight of the major defendants' headquarters in the eastern half of the country. Thus, many key witnesses and relevant documents will be located in that area. Furthermore, the District of New Jersey stands out because, according to the latest statistics available, that district is in the best position to process this litigation toward its most expeditious conclusion. For example, as of June 30, 1979, only 68 class actions were pending in the District of New Jersey, whereas the Southern District of New York, the Northern District of California and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania had, respectively, 246, 220 and 156 pending class actions.[3]1979 Annual Report of the Director of the Administrative Office of the Uniteddecisions about ship positioning in the Mediterranean were still being finalized.

According to Reuters, five U.S. destroyers and an amphibious ship, the USS San Antonio, remain poised in the Mediterranean for possible cruise missile strikes against Syria.

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There's more smoke in the wide-ranging FBI investigation into college basketball recruiting. Again, it mentioned Alabama star freshman Collin Sexton.

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the district court for resentencing.

I. FACTS

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DuPont is the world's largest producer of spandex fiber, which it markets under the trade name, Lycra.  Because of superior technology in this highly complex technical area, it enjoys a competitive advantage in the marketplace for spandex.  It manufactures Lycra in eight plants worldwide, one of which is a wholly owned subsidiary, Ducilo.  Ducilo has a plant in Mercedes, Argentina.

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In 1987, Skerianz, who had been in the textile industry for many years, became interested in manufacturing spandex.  That November he offered his brother Carlos Skerjanc (Carlos), a DuPont employee assigned to the Engineering Department of the Ducilo plant, a job in that field.  Carlos declined but gave Skerianz the names of some DuPont employees who might be interestedin working for him.  One of them was Jose Petrosino.1   Carlos told his other brother Ferri Scherianz (Ferri), DuPont's Director of Manufacturing for Argentina, about Skerianz's proposal.  Ferri advised Carlos to tell other DuPont officials about Skerianz's offer.2

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Skerianz formed a partnership named PNB to pursue a spandex venture with Giuseppe Casucci (Casucci) and Fernando Riva (Riva).  In the spring of 1988, Skerianz and Riva interviewed some Ducilo plant employees for positions with PNB.  Among the DuPont employees interviewed were Giordano, Inigo and Petrosino.  They were then employed in supervisory technical positions at the Ducilo plant.  We will collectively refer to them as the "technicians."    Inigo told his girlfriend, deBianchini,3 that Skerianz wanted him to help build and


reasons for leaving.  DeBianchini, secretary to the superintendent of the Ducilo plant and its document librarian, also quit at about the same time to join Inigo in Italy.  At trial, deBianchini testified that she heard the men talk about stealing DuPont's Lycra technology so they could take it with them.

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In November, 1988, Isaac Assa (Assa), owner of Lycratex, a Mexican company doing business with DuPont and Skerianz, contacted DuPont.  Assa informed DuPont that he had acquired Lycra technology, through Skerianz and current and former DuPont employees, and was planning to produce Lycra with Skerianz's assistance.  He asked DuPont for $20,000,000.00 and other compensation to squelch the project and return the technology.  DuPont persuaded Assa to stop doing business with Skerianz.

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The technicians, who initiallyunderstood that they would work in Mexico, were informed that the Mexican Lycra project had fallen through, but they would go on working on a similar project for the Radici Company, an Italian textile concern.  Learning of this, DuPont also contacted Radici and persuaded it too to stop doing business with Skerianz.  In December, 1988, Skerianz informed the technicians that the Radici project would be postponed, and that they should take a vacation.  When they came back to work in early January, it was at Cassuci's house.

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DuPont officials first contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the United States Attorney's Office about Skerianz's Lycra activity shortly before Thanksgiving of 1988.  The FBI took no action as a result of this contact.  Skerianz


was then contacted by his brother Ferri.  Ferri was acting on behalf of DuPont at the behest of Salim Ibrahim (Ibrahim), DuPont's World-Wide Director of Lycra.  After telling Ferri that he would only talk about the technology for $10,000,000.00, Skerianz agreed to meet with DuPont officials in Wilmington, Delaware.

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Skerianz, along with Casucci, met with his lawyer, John Byrne (Byrne), in the morning on December 20, 1988, the day of Skerianz's first meeting with DuPont.  They discussed Skerianz's proposed Lycra project and Skerianz told Byrne that he had hired three former DuPont employees.  Later Skerianz and Byrne, but not Casucci, met with DuPont officials.  Ibrahim and Paul Gillease, DuPont's Director of Textile Operations, represented DuPont, and DuPont secretly taped the meeting.  During theteam, and he was surprised that only Skerianz attended the December 20th meeting.  Inigo and Giordano were under the impression that Skerianz was sailing or in Mexico at the time that the first Wilmington meeting took place.

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In early January, 1989, before the next scheduled meeting between DuPont and Skerianz in Wilmington, the FBI opened a case file on Skerianz and assigned it to Special Agent Michael Kirchenbaurer.  On January 9, the second secretly taped meeting took place, this time at the Hotel DuPont in Wilmington.  Present at this meeting were Skerianz, his new attorney, Marvin Gersten (Gersten), Ibrahim, Gillease and FBI Special Agent Robert Rush.  Rush passed himself off as DuPont employee Bob Huie.  Inigo and Giordano again did not know of this


close the deal.

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Gersten says that he did not know that the technology was DuPont's property, and felt that DuPont was merely posturing in arguing that Skerianz had misappropriated the information.  He also notes that he never informed the technicians of the deal, and Skerianz in fact specifically requested him not to do so.

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During the months of January and February, Giordano, Inigo and Petrosino worked with Skerianz at Casucci's home.  DeBianchini later testified that they joked about the documents they stole from Ducilo and occasionally used an index of the documents while working in Casucci's home.  She also testified that about a week before their arrest Inigo awakened from a nightmare and asked her not to wear a certain purple sweater in Geneva on the daypertaining to elastane fiber production ....

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Joint Appendix (J.A.) at 1760-64.  Three days later, deBianchini, Skerianz, Inigo, Giordano and Petrosino traveled with Skerianz's attorney, Gersten, to Milan, Italy to have the non-competition agreements notarized.  On the same day, Skerianz and Gersten assured the group that the deal was legal.  DeBianchini testified that the group then "checked" two identical sets of documents in Gersten's presence.  Gersten testified that the February 23 meeting took place, but also testified that deBianchini was not present and that he never saw any documents.

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The next day Skerianz met with Ibrahim to finalize the details of the exchange.  On February 26, 1989, Skerianz, Inigo, Giordano, Petrosino and deBianchini drove to Geneva, Switzerland.  The exchange was to take place the next


morning at 11:00 a.m. at the Citibank building.  Although Gersten advised Skerianz not to go through with the deal, Skerianz chose not to heed his advice.  The meeting was aborted, however, when Skerianz's own counter-surveillance told him not to go to the meeting because Swiss police were detected nearby.  Skerianz told the others to go back to the hotel and instructed Inigo and Petrosino to get their cars.  As Skerianz, Inigo, Giordano and deBianchini were about to enter their cars, they were arrested by Swiss police who also seized the documents.  Petrosino avoided arrest at that time but was arrested months later in Italy.

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In addition to the testimony of the government agents, Byrne, Gersten, deBianchini and the DuPont employees who had negotiated withIn Mazzei, B.M.I., Incorporated, a holding company located in Pittsburgh, sought to lease some of the extra space in its headquarters building to reduce overhead costs.  Mazzei was a Pennsylvania state senator seeking a location in Pittsburgh for a regional office of the new Bureau of State Lotteries.  Even though Mazzei had no authority to engage in arranging leases for the Bureau, he met with B.M.I.'s secretary-treasurer on several occasions to discuss the terms of a lease involving B.M.I.'s extra space.  Id. at 640-41.    During one of their meetings, Mazzei informed the treasurer that it was common practice to submit ten percent of the gross rental amount to a senate finance re-election committee.  The lease was entered into and Mazzei received


Skerianz was selling his project to DuPont and had worked out an agreement in which he and the technicians would not produce Lycra in competition with DuPont was one week before the transfer and that it was presented to them as a "legal deal."

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The government says the evidence showing that Giordano and Inigo had knowledge of the stolen DuPont papers, together with their knowledge that the deal included their return, is evidence sufficient to prove that they had knowledge of the extortion and the intent to participate in the extortion.  The government notes that Giordano and Inigo had access to the documents in Argentina and that deBianchini testified about times when both of them discussed and handled the documents.  She also testified that these documents cameestablished at trial by the government's own witnesses, Gersten and deBianchini.  Again, there is no evidence to show the technicians knew Skerianz made an extortionate demand as opposed to an offer from DuPont to purchase the technology.

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The fallacy in the government's argument can be shown by an analogy.  Suppose a case in which a thief sells his loot to a third party.  The purchaser, without telling the thief, tells the victim that he will suffer embarrassment, financial or otherwise, unless he pays the purchaser of the loot for return of his own property.  The thief's lack of knowledge of the extortionate scheme is akin to Inigo and Giordano's.

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Still, the government goes on to argue that Inigo and Giordano's willingness to sign covenants not to


charged in the indictment."    See United States v. Terselich, 885 F.2d 1094, 1097 (3d Cir.1989).

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The government argues that Giordano and Inigo conspired with Skerianz, Petrosino and two unindicted co-conspirators, Riva and Casucci.  They point out that Casucci had been in Delaware for the first meeting with DuPont although he did not attend the meeting.  They also note that Casucci was a partner in PNB with Skerianz and Riva, that it was this firm that hired Giordano, Inigo and Petrosino away from DuPont, and that the technicians (Giordano, Inigo and Petrosino) spent a lot of time working with the documents in Casucci's house.  Skerianz also told DuPont officials on many occasions that he represented a "team."

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Giordano and Inigo again focus on their lackHe says first that DuPont's fear of economic loss was not reasonable and second, that he too lacked criminal intent.12

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Skerianz contends that DuPont's fear was not reasonable because it had already thwarted his two prior attempts at constructing Lycra production facilities, he possessed less than five percent of the Lycra documents from the Ducilo plant and that anyway DuPont was at fault for not guarding its own confidential documents.  These contentions beg the question.  While the two prior attempts Skerianz made to build a Lycra plant may have been stopped by DuPont, Skerianz still had possession of DuPont's technology and he could have sold it to other third parties or used it himself.  In fact, this was one of the fears the DuPont officials expressed


Skerianz had the requisite criminal intent.  It was sufficient to support Skerianz's conviction on the charge of attempted extortion.

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b. The Conspiracy Conviction

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On the conspiracy charge, Skerianz tries to turn the fact that the technicians were consistently kept in the dark about the proposed sale to DuPont to his own present advantage.  He contends that because the sale was presented to them as a legal business transaction, he cannot be guilty of conspiring with them.  Skerianz also argues that the dates in the indictment include conduct between December 20, 1988, and February 27, 1989, and as a result the hiring of the technicians was outside the scope of the indictment.  Further, because the technicians were employed by PNB, the fact that they worked together atwhen Skerianz mentioned that he had hired three former DuPont employees.  Byrne said that he was later surprised when Casucci did not attend the meeting with the DuPont officials.  Testimony by Byrne concerning the meeting itself involves communications made in the presence of DuPont employees that are not legally privileged because they were not made in confidence.

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Skerianz, however, also maintains that the privilege applies to Byrne's testimony about the suspicions of illegality that led Byrne to withdraw as Skerianz's counsel.  Skerianz says Byrne's testimony that he became leery about the deal's legality when he learned that Skerianz had hired three former DuPont employees had to be based on wrongs that Skerianz had already committed.  This argument also fails.  Both the December 20 meeting


ring).

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Riva or Casucci are the other candidates for participation.  Riva, with Skerianz, interviewed the Ducilo employees Skerianz sought to hire.  He was therefore involved in what was, perhaps, the first step of the offense.  Casucci accompanied Skerianz on his first trip to Wilmington and allowed his home to be used as headquarters for PNB.  His presence in Wilmington gave Skerianz's deal credence in the eyes of Byrne although Byrne later became troubled by other aspects of Skerianz's deal after Casucci failed to attend the meeting with DuPont officials.  The use of Casucci's home by the technicians kept the technicians distracted during Skerianz's negotiations and allowed Skerianz to pursue his negotiations with DuPont without interference or complaint from the technicians.

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Thus, there were at leastGiordano's and Inigo's convictions.  We will affirm Skerianz's convictions but will vacate his sentence and remand to the district court for resentencing in a manner consistent with this opinion.

1
 Petrosino was also named in the indictment but was not arrested until months later.  His extradition to the United States from Italy was still pending at the time this case was briefed

2
 While Bruno, Carlos and Ferri are brothers, each spells his last name differently.  During the first Wilmington meeting, Bruno Skerianz explained that Ferri's last name was the Italian version and that Carlos's last name was the Yugoslavian version.  Bruno did not specify which version his last name was

3
 Pursuant to an agreement to testify against her co-defendants, all charges against deBianchini were dismissed

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Angst

Angst is a measure of an individual wraith's despair, self-destructiveness and sympathy with Oblivion. It is the fuel of the Shadow, which uses Angst much like a wraith uses Pathos.

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Many White Wolf fans (and detractors) often use the word "angst" in reference to the World of Darkness games, usually intending to refer to some vague mopey, depressed quality; or the state of shaking your fist futilely at uncaring gods.

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After a middling season in Italy, Hart moved to West Ham last season on long, but he lost the No. 1 job to Adrian during the latter part of last term. Hart and Burnley had a marriage of convenience in August – the Clarets lost No. 1 Nick Pope to a shoulder injury he is still recovering from –


playmaker David Silva, who has played 335 of the last 360 minutes in their last four contests.

Even without De Bruyne’s array of offensive skills – he had 12 goals and 20 assists in all competitions last season – Manchester City still have scored a league-best 21 goals while conceding a joint-Premier League low three. Sixty-five of their 174 shots have been on target, not including seven others that struck the woodwork.

Burnley halted a four-match skid to City in all competitions with a 1-1 draw at Turf Moor in the most recent meeting last term. The Clarets are 0-2-2 all-time at the Etihad in league play and were also overrun 4-1 there in the third round of the FA Cup in January.

PUNTERS’ NOTES

Per Ladbrokes, City are staggering favourites toeven money pick. De Bruyne moves up to a somewhat surprising 9/5 option, while Wood and Vokes headline the options for the Clarets at 9/2 joint-favourites.

PREDICTION

On the bright side, it will nice to see City supporters give Hart his due for helping raise the profile of the club with a pair of Premier League titles and five overall trophies during his decade between the sticks for the club. He was there Thursday for a quiet ceremony to mark his contributions as the club named a training pitch after him.

And then, the match will begin.

While Hart will be at the center of attention, the player who may command the most attention among his peers is Sterling. After finally ending his scoring drought at the international level with England during


and more importantly, he is the one with the audacity to try that pass.

Those are the type of plays that make the difference between occasional sluggish draw and grinding out a victory, moments City may need both in the Premier League and in Champions League this year as it appears more likely the Citizens will not canter to a second successive title.

Dyche will have Burnley set in their usual two banks of four, likely to leave Wood or Vokes by their lonesome with a lone attacking midfielder in support, though that will not happen often. While Burnley have claimed seven of their eight points in their last three league matches, four of those points came against two of the most offensively challenged clubs in the top flight into her, neither observations nor statements could be suppressed in a 1538.5 motion. She still didn’t get it after the judge disabused her of that notion. The motion involved 4 officers who testified in the hearing. She proceeded to discuss the facts and reports with several of the cops with no investigator present. After the officers testified they had discussed the case and their reports with her, I demanded she produce written reports citing Roland v. Sup.Crt. She stated she was an officer of the court and she knew her discovery obligations. Of course she had never heard of it. After reading it she said it was a defense case and didn’t apply to the DA. One of the officers wrote NO report so she also discussed what


Police rush man on Main Street in Westover

WESTOVER — Officials shut down Main Street during rush hour after a man parked his car in the middle of the street, sat on top of its roof and threatened to light himself on fire if the Iraq War wasn’t stopped by 6 p.m.

The standoff ended when a Johnson City firefighter rushed toward the man, spraying him with a fire hose, while four sheriff’s deputies and Johnson City Fire Chief Henry W. Michalovic tackled the man, pulling him from the roof.

Broome County sheriff’s deputies and Johnson City fire personnel blocked off Main Street around 4:30 p.m., when they arrived on the scene and found the man sitting on the car in between BAE Systems and the Aldi grocery. The road wasA militant Islamist website run from the US has been forced to remove a page listing MPs who voted for the Iraq war and calling on Muslims "to raise the knife of jihad" against them.

The Home Office urged US authorities to intervene over the postings on the site, which is alleged to have inspired the London student Roshonara Choudhry to attack the MP Stephen Timms.

Choudhry, 21, was this week jailed for life for stabbing the East Ham MP twice in the stomach at his surgery.

The website described her as a "heroine" and encouraged others to follow her example.

"We ask Allah for her action to inspire Muslims to raise the knife of jihad against those who voted for the countless rapes, murders, pillages, and torture of Muslim civilians as


Morris to Host UMAC Women's Basketball Finals

Posted by Jenna Ray on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014

On Thursday, February 27, the women's basketball team hosted the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Semifinals and won 66-56 over Martin Luther College. They will now host the UMAC Championship on March 1.

This is the first home UMAC Championship game since the 2010-11 season. The Cougars are the number-one seed. For more information, see UMAC Championships.

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The University of Minnesota, Morris is a public liberal arts University that provides a rigorous undergraduate liberal arts education, preparing its students to be global citizens who value and pursue intellectual growth, civic engagement, intercultural competence, and environmental stewardship.EBRSO Apprehends Bank Robber

East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Deputies responded to an armed robbery at the Regions Bank on Siegen Lane at approximately 12:30 this afternoon in which a man entered the bank in a hat and sunglasses. He passed the teller a note stating he had a weapon and demanded money. The teller gave the suspect cash before he fled on foot.

Deputies, K-9 and Air Support were on scene within minutes and located the man’s shirt and hat nearby. While setting up a perimeter deputies spotted the suspect at the Shell gas station on Perkins Road. The man fled on foot and hopped a nearby fence into an adjacent neighborhood. A deputy that was part of the perimeter was stationed on the other side of the fence and


aid of his faithful secretary, John Locke. These constitutions (rules to live by), were eagerly accepted by the colonists, which provided a framework for government, and originally allowed for a landed gentry and religious tolerance. We’re not called the Holy City for nothing. Religious freedom was a huge draw for those seeking a safe place to live and worship. It was in this year, 1669 the first English colonists set sail for Carolina.

Months later in early April 1670, they finally chose a spot, now Charles Towne Landing, and it was deemed the first permanent English settlement south of Virgina established at Albermarle Point on the west bank of the Ashley River. It would be ten years later in 1680 when the settlement would move to the present locationthen called Oyster Point (now White Point Garden) for defensive purposes.

The city was called Charles Town for the first few decades of its existence as a proprietary colony. Known as Charles Town(e) during the era of royal rule beginning in 1720, it would finally become known as Charleston when the city was incorporated at the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783.

With over 80 acres of park gardens to explore, guests will love the six miles of trails before them, enjoying weaving and darting throughout the park. The dreamy Spanish moss blowing softly in the breeze from the twisted boughs of the oak trees will add to the splendor of this ride. Imagine, being one of the first settlers? They are all heroes in my eyes.

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is as Scottish as tartan, whisky and shortbread.

Before freemasons there were stone masons, skilled craftsmen employed to work on Scotland's landmark buildings.

The masons grouped together into something like a trade union to protect the secrets of their craft and hand them on to the next generation.

In 1598 and 1599, William Schaw's statutes set down how masons should behave both on and off the construction site.

They included instructions such as: "They shall be true to one another and live charitably together as becometh sworn brethren and companions of the Craft."

Prof Steve Murdoch, from the University of St Andrews, says: "They are often seen as the founding documentation for freemasonry in Scotland."

The Grand Lodge of Scotland's curator, Bob Cooper, said people soon became curious about this new brotherhood and askedpart of the 18th Century, Freemasonry had spread like wildfire across Scotland and England.

In the farming heartlands of Ayrshire, it caught the attention of a lowborn farmer, ambitious for greater things.

Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet, joined the Tarbolton Lodge in 1781, when he was 22.

He rose to be depute master from 1784 to 1788.

Prof Gerry Carruthers, from the University of Glasgow, said Burns could have gone to the lodge and been treated as an equal in a country where he and many other men did not have the vote.

"Freemasonry was a great egalitarian platform," says the professor, who has never been a mason.

A criticism often made of the freemasons is that they do favours for one another - and for Burns that is exactly what happened.

When it looked


as if hard times would force him to leave Scotland for Jamaica, it was the brotherhood that rallied round to save him.

Prof Carruthers says there were 612 copies printed of the Kilmarnock edition of Burns' first poetry book in 1786 and two-thirds of the subscriptions were taken up by freemasons.

It was freemasons further afield that propelled him to national and international fame.

Another famous Scot who joined the freemasons slightly before Burns was engineer James Watt.

He met influential people who could help with his development of the steam engine - an invention which changed the world.

Power and influence

Image copyright BBC Scotland/Matchlight Image caption Ramsay McGhee, who was Depute Grand Master at the time of filming

"I've heard it said that people only become freemasons in order to get a legup the greasy pole," says Bob Cooper.

"That's not what freemasonry intends to do.

"There are quite possibly occasions where people have got together within freemasonry with the intent of doing that but that is not the purpose of the freemasons."

The number of masons in high-profile public positions was a controversial subject, with many viewing the secret society as a means of bestowing favours.

Ramsay McGhee was a senior police officer in the north of Scotland and remains a prominent freemason.

He says that when he was transferred to the Black Isle in 1974 half the police section were active freemasons.

"When I left the force at the back end of 2003, I was the only active senior officer in Northern Constabulary that was involved in freemasonry," he says.

In the past, masons were


Catholics would be asked to put their membership of the lodge above the Church.

Since then, many popes have made pronouncements about the incompatibility of Catholic doctrines and Freemasonry.

The Freemasons claim to allow access to anyone who follows its tenets.

Declining membership

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In 1920 the freemasons was known as Scotland's conservative club for gentlemen and 54,000 joined its ranks that year.

One in 10 Scottish men were freemasons, the highest percentage anywhere in the world.

Today, numbers are dwindling with just 2,000 a year joining.

In Edinburgh, the masons have launched a university lodge to attract younger members.

Brotherhood of man

Image copyright BBC Scotland/Matchlight

Freemasonry has always been a men-only club in Scotland.

Women are not allowed to take part or even witness the events of the Masonic lodge.

Scotland's Depute Grand Master Ramsay McGheeChance meeting with musician five years ago put newcomer to Canada on path to self-discovery

Hey there, time traveller!This article was published 22/1/2014 (1051 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

For RasTamils' vocalist/guitarist Franklin Fernando, reggae has been more than just music. It's been a lifeline.

Five years ago, Fernando, then a 17-year-old newcomer from Sri Lanka who dabbled in folk music and not much else, met Rasta percussionist Martin Valach at a late-night outdoor drum jam. "He had these crazy long dreadlocks and I just went up to him and started chatting," Fernando recalls.

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Martin Valach, left, and Franklin Fernando have blended reggae with Tamil music to create RasTamils.

It was Canada Day 2009, and Fernando's life changed. Valach took him under his wing and


turned him on to reggae, educating him on the history of the genre and the nuances within it.

For a kid struggling to find an identity in a new country, the sense of community reggae offered was invaluable.

"People know as far as Bob Marley and Shaggy, but there's so much more out there that people don't know and miss out on," says Fernando, now 23. "I'm grateful Martin showed me that."

Right around the same time Fernando was getting into reggae, he was getting increasingly involved in social and political activism. "The best way I can put it is this: I went from working at Walmart to Mondragon," he says.

Fernando was moved to learn more about Sri Lankan civil war, the conflict that displaced him. The ethnic tensions between theSinhalese and the Tamils that erupted into a war that raged from 1983 to 2009 didn't just divide a country; it divided households.

"My mom is Tamil and my dad is Sinhalese," he says. "In school, I was ashamed to be a Tamil. I was told not to talk about Tamil issues in school."

Indeed, Tamil people were heavily persecuted; kidnapping was commonplace and, because he had family members involved in Tamil activism, Fernando's mother feared for his safety and sent him to Canada. In 2010, Amnesty International reported that more than 80,000 Tamil civilians remained detained in military-run internment camps.

Canada provided a safe space in which Fernando could get to know a part of himself that was so repressed. "Here is this strong culture -- my mother's culture --


that I never learned about."

He recalls watching the documentary Sri Lanka's Killing Fields with "anger and tears in my eyes," he says. But it was an op-ed article penned by Lasantha Wickrematunge -- a prominent anti-government Sinhalese journalist who was assassinated in 2009 -- that shook him to his core.

"In this article, he expressed himself so truly. He was standing up for the Tamil people. I thought, he's not even a Tamil and he can stand up? I have to stand up."

Shortly after his arrival to Canada, Fernando and Valach formed the reggae/soul outfit RasTamils, its name a hybrid of the two cultures Fernando connected with after coming to Canada. The band offered an outlet to not only play the music he loved but also to publicly standin solidarity with the Tamil people.

On Friday night at the West End Cultural Centre, RasTamils -- which now counts bass player Christian DeVoin among its ranks -- will record its debut album live in front of an audience. In addition to yielding an LP, Fernando hopes the event will unite Winnipeg's Tamil community and raise awareness about the human-rights abuses Tamils have suffered as a result of a decade-spanning war.

"For me to be here, and not bring awareness, it wouldn't be right," Fernando says. "There are so many Tamil people here in Winnipeg. This will be a chance for us to get together and build a community."

Fernando plans to return to Sri Lanka for a visit in 2015. His parents were finally able to join him in Canada


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The Clippers’ dysfunction and bad chemistry have been well-documented, and the cultural issues that surround the club must be addressed before the 2009-10 season opener. But even if the Clippers return to training camp as a svelte, rededicated bunch, there are some fundamental weaknesses that [...]

Watching the postseason over the past couple of weeks has offered a reminder that the NBA, at its essence, is a game of exploiting mismatches in the halfcourt. Good teams do this effectively when their offenses are humming. The standout defensive teams? They’re the ones who can recover from, [...]

Marcus Camby has been a somewhat polarizing player in the sphere of NBA discussion since he was named the 2006-07 Defensive Player of the Year. Camby has built a career as a serviceable offensiveIconix Brand ties up with Sports Direct

Iconix Brand Group has entered into collaboration with Sports Direct International. The two have signed a cooperation agreement in this connection, pursuant to which Sports Direct has the right to appoint two members of the company’s Board of Directors. Justin Barnes, of IBSL Consultancy, has been appointed to the board with immediate effect.

Additionally, James Marcum, a current member of the board, will continue to serve on the board as a Sports Direct designee. Barnes and Marcum will each serve a term expiring at the company’s 2018 annual meeting of stockholders, and will be nominated by the company on its slate of nominees for election as directors at the 2018 annual meeting.

As part of the cooperation agreement, Sports Direct has withdrawn its previously


ThinkSoJoE Show Episode 190

Joe tells tales of his trip into “enemy territory” as Corina sips happily out of a Toronto Maple Leafs souvenir cup he brought home. Joe gushes over more products and services that aren’t paying paying us. An interview with Matt from Grizzly Run. Music from Grizzly Run, heave, Kaiser Solzie, and Aircraft.bachelor's degree from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1980 and a master's degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He served as a U.S. Navy officer until 1994 at which time Di Rita joined the Heritage Foundation as Deputy Director of Foreign Policy and Defense Studies. Di Rita was Policy Director to the 1996 Presidential campaign of U.S. Senator Phil Gramm and Chief of Staff for U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison from 1996 until 2001.

In February 2001, he was one of the first to join Rumsfeld's Pentagon staff. In addition to handling legislative relations, press relations, and special projects for the Defense Secretary, Di Rita was also a regular squash opponent of Rumsfeld. He left the Department of Defense and joined Bank of America


Visiting Morocco

Investment performance of Morocco

In recent years, promoting investment and cleaning up the business environment have been strategic priorities. Today, Morocco’s ability to attract structuring investments is confirmed.

Moroccan direct investments in Africa, worth 37 billion dirhams between 2003 and 2017, are the bulk of outward FDI from Morocco, with an average share of 60% of total outward flows. Morocco is the 2nd investor in Africa. Our ambition is to rise to the rank of the 1st investor in the continent.

Morocco has managed to improve its image as a regional platform in several areas including finance, automotive, agriculture and renewable energy. This position has enabled it to reinforce its investments in the continent. For example, the Office Cherifien des Phosphates (OCP) created in 2016 "OCP Africa" dedicated to thedevelopment of the Group's activities in Africa with its subsidiaries in Nigeria, Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Côte d ' ivory, Ghana, Tanzania, DRC, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Senegal, Benin, Mozambique.

Thanks to these achievements, Morocco has become a privileged destination for European, Arab, American and Asian investments. Witness the diversity of the countries that invest in Morocco: France with an investment amount of 3.5 billion dollars, China with 2.8 billion investments. The United Arab Emirates 2.7 billion, the United States 1.8 billion, Spain 1.6 billion and Italy 1.5 billion.

The latest ranking "Africa Investment Index 2018" ranked Morocco as the most attractive destination for investments directed to the Continent. This observation is the result of the efforts made by the Kingdom in terms of enhancing the business climate in general, its geographical


position as a crossroads between Europe, Africa and the Middle East, its economic openness and the multiple Free Trade Agreements, which connect it with several countries, giving access to a market, which exceeds one billion consumers.

Morocco has entered into partnerships with international financial institutions with a view to strengthening cooperation in the development of value chains in the Moroccan economic sectors.

Morocco has strengthened its position in the global value chain in certain areas, such as the automotive sector, where significant progress has been made. To this end, our country is trying to strengthen the attraction of large international groups through the implementation of structuring projects relating to an industrial infrastructure enabling Morocco to improve the performance of its economy at continental and international levels.

Large groups have chosen Moroccoas a destination for its growth and development opportunities: After Renault in the automobile sector, or even Safran in aeronautics, these include the following major groups: Eaton, Aerolia, Alcoa, Shandong, PSA Peugeot Citröen. These implantations attest to the confidence placed in Morocco by world-renowned groups as a destination and reaffirm the position of the Kingdom as a platform for production and trade.

Morocco attracted a record amount of 33.5 billion dirhams in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2018, despite an unfavorable international and regional context, that being an increase of 28.6% compared to 2017, in sectors as diverse as the automotive, aeronautical, renewable energy, agri-food, textiles and many others.

Invest in Morocco

Investment performance of Morocco

In recent years, promoting investment and cleaning up the business environment have been strategic priorities. Today,


Morocco’s ability to attract structuring investments is confirmed.

Moroccan direct investments in Africa, worth 37 billion dirhams between 2003 and 2017, are the bulk of outward FDI from Morocco, with an average share of 60% of total outward flows. Morocco is the 2nd investor in Africa. Our ambition is to rise to the rank of the 1st investor in the continent.

Morocco has managed to improve its image as a regional platform in several areas including finance, automotive, agriculture and renewable energy. This position has enabled it to reinforce its investments in the continent. For example, the Office Cherifien des Phosphates (OCP) created in 2016 "OCP Africa" dedicated to the development of the Group's activities in Africa with its subsidiaries in Nigeria, Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Côte d ' ivory, Ghana,which connect it with several countries, giving access to a market, which exceeds one billion consumers.

Morocco has entered into partnerships with international financial institutions with a view to strengthening cooperation in the development of value chains in the Moroccan economic sectors.

Morocco has strengthened its position in the global value chain in certain areas, such as the automotive sector, where significant progress has been made. To this end, our country is trying to strengthen the attraction of large international groups through the implementation of structuring projects relating to an industrial infrastructure enabling Morocco to improve the performance of its economy at continental and international levels.

Large groups have chosen Morocco as a destination for its growth and development opportunities: After Renault in the automobile sector, or even Safran in aeronautics,