Morris D. Davis, the chief prosecutor for the commissions, resigned his post in protest. Davis, who has served as a military lawyer for twenty-four years, took the job in September, 2005. He told me that he operated without interference for about a year. The situation changed when Susan Crawford, a protégée of Vice-President Dick Cheney who is close to his counsel and chief of staff, David Addington, was named the “convening authority” of the commissions and Hartmann took over as legal adviser. Crawford was a political appointee, and her position made her a kind of one-person grand jury. Davis came to believe that Hartmann and Crawford were more concerned with the Administration’s interests than with the integrity of the process.

“The commissions had such a bad image that itquandary is a controversial proposal, by the law professors Neal Katyal and Jack Goldsmith, that is attracting a great deal of attention in the small world of national-security law—and which may offer an electoral lifeline for the Republicans this fall.

Katyal and Goldsmith make unlikely allies. A law professor at Georgetown and former Clinton Administration official, Katyal won widespread renown when he argued and won Salim Hamdan’s case before the Supreme Court in 2006. Goldsmith is a former Bush Administration official who, despite leaving the government in 2004, in part over concerns about civil liberties in the war on terror, remains a strong national-security conservative. (He is now a professor at Harvard Law School.) But the two men shared a conviction that both military commissions and ordinary criminal prosecutions


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Bryan on Scouting is the official blog of Scouting magazine, a Boy Scouts of America publication. Scouting magazine is published five times a year and is received by 1 million registered adult volunteers.The radical commander defected from the terror group in June 2014 after the Federal government of Somalia offered amnesty to the al-Shabaab insurgents. The United Nations also removed him out of the Sanctions list after the Somali government had lobbied the UN to take out repenting individuals like Atom from sanction lists.
Over the past few hours, news of Qatar granting him asylum emerged after a Somali television network broadcasted an interview with the ex-rebel commander before moving to Doha last month.

In the interview, Mr Atom strongly denied that he had committed any war crimes but also requested Somalis to ‘forgive’ him.

‘’Am not a criminal who was arrested, I surrendered through peaceful negotiations.’’

Mohamed Said Atom, who was also a powerful arms dealer, accused al-Shabaab of being influenced by foreign


agenda and deliberately killed Somali Muslims, distorted jihad, and denied humanitarian aid to the Somali people.

Atom was the commander of al-Shabaab militia hiding out in Galgala mountain ranges in Northern Somalia. In 2010, he waged guerilla warfare against Puntland forces and over the years his militia was accused of being involved in atrocities such as displacement and killing of unarmed civilians.Field Goals

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Hudson Valley Community College women's basketball (1-0) kicked off the 2017 season with an 88-82 victory over Cayuga Community College on Saturday afternoon.

Hannah Kreiger (Brunswick/Tamarac) scored a game-high 30-points as she was one of three Vikings to reached double-digit scoring in the season-opener. Taylor Engster (Troy/Catholic Central) hit a team-high five field goals from three-point range and added five clutch free throws in the fourth quarter for 22 points for Hudson Valley.

Kreiger had the hot hand for the majority of the night, especially in the third quarter when she scored 16 points on five field-goals, including four three-point baskets. Kali Szczepanski (Las Vegas/Watervliet) took over in the fourth quarter to help the Vikings secure its first win of the season as she scored 11 of


her 12 points with five baskets, including one from behind the arc.

The women's basketball team is back at home on Friday, Nov. 11 to face Jefferson Community College at 6 p.m. in McDonough Sports Complex.also been moved up a week from Dec. 25 to Dec. 19, which is going to pose even more competition for several movies opening Dec. 21, including Bumblebee and Aquaman.

Disney Animation Studios is also tweaking the title of its next film from Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 to Ralph Breaks the Internet. The release date remains the same at Nov. 21, 2018.

And finally, Marvel fans should be excited, because Disney is moving up the release of an untitled Marvel movie from July 30, 2021, to Feb. 12, 2021.


The present invention relates generally to muscle exercise apparatus and more specifically to exercise apparatus capable of providing both positive and negative exercise over a range of motion.
A muscle produces force when it contracts. One form of exercise is called isometric exercise; the muscle length remains constant as the muscle contracts against force applied by an opposing muscle or against an immovable object.
Other forms of exercise involve shortening or lengthening a muscle through a range of movement of a limb about a joint. Movement in the direction of the muscle contracting force against an external resistance shortens the muscle and is called concentric contraction. Movement caused by a greater external force in a direction opposite to the muscle contracting force lengthens the muscle and is called eccentric contraction.p.m.  At that time, the officers were in a police vehicle and conducting a routine patrol.

As they were driving, Kurpiel testified that he saw a parked truck in a Clark gas station.  In the vehicle, he saw what he characterized as a domestic altercation taking place between Torres and a woman.  Kurpiel indicated that it appeared that Torres and the woman were having more than just a conversation.  Kurpiel explained that he saw "hands flying" and the female "looking very submissive."  When shown a copy of the police report that he made, Kurpiel testified that this information did not appear in the report.

After he and his partner approached the parked truck, Kurpiel testified that he spoke to the female passenger and his partner spoke to Torres, who


was in the driver's seat.  Kurpiel said that he asked the female if "everything was okay" and that she said "yes."  Kurpiel said that she informed him that Torres was her boyfriend and that the two were having an argument because he had been seeing another woman.  She explained that the  two were trying to work things out.

Kurpiel said that he never saw Torres strike the female or do anything of that nature.  Furthermore, Kurpiel testified that Torres never committed a crime in his presence.  However, at this time, the two officers did not leave.  By now, Kurpiel's partner had Torres out of the vehicle and was asking Kurpiel to run a name check on him.  When Kurpiel ran the name check on Torres, it revealed that Torreshad a warrant for driving under the influence (DUI).

The officers then placed Torres under arrest and conducted a search of his person and his vehicle.  Their search revealed a gun magazine in Torres' pocket and a fully loaded and cocked handgun, which was in the console of the vehicle.

On redirect, Kurpiel testified that at the time that he asked the female passenger if everything was okay, his partner had already removed Torres from the vehicle and patted him down.  He stated that this was done so that she could speak more freely to the officers.  Additionally, Kurpiel said that he did not inform his partner that she had already told him that everything was all right until after he had run the name check on Torres.  Kurpiel also


testified that, prior to his running the name check, he did not recall his partner finding the gun clip on Torres.

Rosea Cordero testified that on February 6, 2002, at approximately 10 p.m., she and Torres were in his truck, which was parked in a Clark gas station.  Cordero acknowledged that she was Torres' girlfriend and testified that she was driving his truck because Torres' license was suspended.  Cordero said that she had pulled into the gas station so that she could buy some cigarettes.

She then pulled over to where the pay phones were so that she and Torres could figure out where they were going next.  She said that the two were not having an argument.  Cordero testified that Torres was not waiving his hands and thatshe did not feel threatened by him at anytime while they were sitting in the vehicle.

At this time, an unmarked police car pulled up behind them.  One of the officers came over to the driver's side where she was sitting.  She stated that she rolled down her window, and the officer asked her if everything was "okay."  She told him "yes" and the officer then asked her for her driver's license and insurance.

The officer then asked Cordero what the two of them were doing there.  He returned her license and insurance card and asked her to step out of the car.  Cordero said that she was the first person to exit the truck.  After she exited the vehicle, the officer made a comment about there being problems in


the neighborhood with drugs and started searching the car without anyone's permission.

Torres testified that on the evening of February 6, 2002, Cordero, who was driving his truck, picked him up at his home.  Torres had previously lent his truck to Cordero so that she could drive to work.  At approximately 10:10 p.m., Cordero drove to the Clark gas station on Lawrence and Kildare Avenues.  Torres said that while he and Cordero were in the truck, they were having a discussion regarding where they should go next.  Torres said that they were not having a loud discussion and that he was not waiving his arms while they spoke.  At this time, an unmarked police vehicle approached his truck.

An officer exited the unmarked vehicle, walked up to his truck,knocked on the driver's side window and asked Cordero if she was "okay."  She told him "yes."  The officer then asked Cordero for her license and proof of insurance.  She was then asked to exit the vehicle.

At this point, another officer asked Torres to exit the vehicle as well.  This officer then patted Torres down.  Afterwards, the officer then began searching his vehicle, where he found a gun and a gun clip.  Torres admitted that the gun belonged to him and testified that he informed the officers of this.  At this point, Torres said that he was placed under arrest.

Torres testified that after the gun was found, the officers placed him in their vehicle and at that point asked him for his name.  The officers then ran a


wherein she alleged that she was searched without a warrant and proper probable cause, which was a violation of her fourth amendment rights.

At the preliminary hearing on the motion to suppress, the following information was adduced.  The two arresting officers approached a vehicle which was driven by defendant.  The officers were on bicycle patrol.

At the time, the officers observed two females sitting in a pickup truck parked in an apartment complex parking lot.  One of the officers testified that he and his partner were riding by the truck when he observed a bottle of beer sitting in a cup holder that was located between the two females.

The officer stated that because the passenger of the vehicle appeared to be very young, he and his partner suspected the possibilityof underage drinking.  He testified that he and his partner stopped to identify both of the people in the truck.  Upon doing so, the officer determined that the defendant was over the age of 21 and that the passenger was the defendant's 13-year-old daughter.  The officers also examined the bottle of beer and determine that it was unopened and in its original container.

After it was ascertained that no underage drinking had occurred, the officer testified that he began "casually talking" to the defendant.  He observed an Illinois Link card in the name of Lowell Briggs located underneath the defendant's leg.  When asked about the card, the defendant showed it to the officer.  When asked where she obtained the card, the defendant said that she did not know how


the card got in her vehicle and that possibly someone had dropped it there when they arrived.

At this point, the officer asked the defendant to exit the vehicle.  The defendant was asked if there were any other items in the vehicle which could belong to Briggs and of which defendant was unaware.  According to the officer, the defendant said that the officers were "free to look."

The officers did not search the vehicle at this time because they were still talking to defendant.  She was then asked if she had anything on her that belonged to Briggs including any illegal drugs or narcotics, to which she replied "no."  At this point, the defendant began emptying her pockets.  As she was doing so, a clear plastic baggie fell to theground that contained several yellowish-white rocks, which subsequently tested positive for cocaine.  Defendant was then placed under arrest.

At the hearing on the motion to suppress, there was additional testimony adduced that the officers, who were on bicycle patrol, were completely outfitted in their uniforms at the time of the arrest.  The officers also positioned themselves one each at the driver and passenger side doors of the defendant's vehicle.

In her motion to suppress, the defendant asserted that the officers' approach to her vehicle amounted to a
Terry
 stop to investigate.  She argued that after the officers determined that no underage drinking or open alcohol violation had taken place, the officers' investigation should have terminated.  She contended that her continued detention by the officers after the basis for the
Terry


encounter is where the officers' actions become unreasonable because they were no longer rationally related in scope to the circumstances that justified the interference in the first place.

By now Kurpiel had been told by Cordero that she was fine and not in any danger.  Kurpiel had not related this information to his partner.  At this time, however, his partner had requested Torres' identity and was asking Kurpiel to run a name check on Torres.  Kurpiel, however, knew that Cordero was not in any danger and ran the name check on Torres anyway.  The name check revealed that Torres had a warrant for a DUI.  This led to a subsequent search of Torres' vehicle and person which revealed a gun and gun clip.  These actions by the officers arehave his driver's license on his person.  The driver then proceeded to give the officers a false name and birth date.  This information was transmitted to the county dispatch by the officers, and the officers subsequently learned that there was no valid driver's license for anyone by the name given to them by the driver.  After confronting the driver, the officers learned the driver's real name and that his license had either been suspended or revoked.

The officers then asked the defendant for his identification.  One of the officers testified that this was done with the intent to release the vehicle to the defendant if the defendant had a valid driver's license.  However, at no time during the traffic stop was the defendant asked if he could drive


the vehicle.  The defendant's information was run through the county dispatch and it revealed that the defendant had an outstanding warrant.  The defendant was then placed under arrest and searched.  When the defendant was searched, the officers found cocaine on his person.

At the conclusion of the hearing, the trial court denied the defendant's motion.  At trial, the defendant was found guilty of unlawful possession of a controlled substance.  The defendant appealed, arguing that the trial court should have granted his motion to quash arrest and suppress evidence.  The appellate court agreed and reversed the trial court.  The State subsequently appealed.

The
Harris
 court affirmed the appellate court's decision.  Its reasoning follows:

"The warrant check performed by Officer Reed was not related to the initial justification for the traffic stop.  Officerarticulable suspicion, we consider whether the check impermissibly prolonged the detention or changed the fundamental nature of the stop.  From the record, we cannot ascertain whether the warrant check prolonged the detention.  Officer Reed testified at trial that he transmitted the driver's and defendant's information to county dispatch at the same time.  Some time later, county dispatch informed Officer Reed that the driver's license was either suspended or revoked.  County dispatch also informed Officer Reed that defendant had an outstanding warrant.  However, Officer Reed did not testify that the warrant check performed on defendant was completed before the check on the driver.  The warrant check performed on defendant could well have lengthened the duration of the detention if the officer had to wait for the results of the


warrant check.  Under the circumstances at bar, however, regardless of the duration of the detention, the warrant check was impermissible because it changed the fundamental nature of the traffic stop.  The warrant check converted the stop from a routine traffic stop into an investigation of past wrongdoing by defendant.  As Justice Murphy aptly observed in
Holt
,

'Terry's scope requirement is a common sense limitation on the power of law enforcement officers. It prevents law enforcement officials from fundamentally altering the nature of the stop by converting it into a general inquisition about past, present and future wrongdoing, absent an independent basis for reasonable articulable suspicion or probable cause.'
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, 264 F.3d 1215, 1240 (10th Cir. 2001) (Murphy, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part)."proportion of people within almost every income category differed between the areas. This was also seen for the education level, where 41.7% of the RIA population had no formal education level. However some caution might be warranted as a large proportion of the population (33%) did not give information on their economic status and education level. Even though, Dutch is the official language in Suriname and in school, only 5.7% of the RIA population (80.3% of the total population) was interviewed in Dutch. As the interviewers were also fluent in speaking the native languages of the RIA, they translated the questionnaire when needed. In case further clarification of a question was needed, showing cards were used. Furthermore, there is also a significant difference between the areas for the


PA behavior \[[@CR43]\]. Suriname is located in the tropical region of South America and experiences only small seasonal variations, which are mainly characterized by differences in rainfall and not by temperature or humidity. Hence, based on the distribution of rainfalls 4 seasons are identified for Suriname. These are: (a) the short wet season (beginning of December -- beginning of February), (b) the short dry season (beginning of February -- end of March), (c) the long wet season (beginning of April -- mid of August), (d) the long dry seasons (mid of August -- end of November) \[[@CR47]\]. Half of the recruitment period (3.5 months) involved the wet season (May -- mid of August) and the other half (3.5 months) was performed during the large dry season (mid of August --The day after Sept. 11, 2001, Rana Singh Sodhi and his older brother, Balbir, were out running some errands in and around Phoenix. Rana remembers that they started getting harassed.

“People yell to us, using [the] F-word, and ‘Go back to your country!’” he recalls.

But they were in their country. The brothers had immigrated to the US more than a decade before.

The Sodhis belong to the Sikh faith. In Sikhism, men don't cut their hair; they wear it in turbans and have beards. And Rana says, after 9/11, the Sikh men he knew were all having similar problems.

He says Balbir worried that someone might get hurt. So the brothers and a few other members of the Sikh community in Phoenix came together and decided to hold a press conference


he called me,” he says. Balbir was asking Rana to bring over an American flag.

“That’s his last wish. He wanted to put a flag on his gas station,” Sodhi says.

He invited up two police officers, and everyone watched as they raised the American flag right next to the spot where Balbir was murdered. Then, the children in the audience came up and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Today, Balbir Singh Sodhi’s turban and diary are in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin have reached consensus at the G20 summit i ...

US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin have reached consensus at the G20 summit in Turkey on the first steps to establish peace in Syria, following the terror attacks in Paris. ...


leaving little for the judge and attorneys to do but set further court dates. The trial is scheduled for July 7.

Defense attorney Brenda Lightbody told the judge that she would continue to reserve the issue of probable cause, while prosecutor Kathryn Keena noted that the grand jury that indicted Nelson on charges of premeditated murder had already found probable cause.

Nelson, dressed in a baggy orange jumpsuit, made eye contact repeatedly and smiled at a woman seated alone in the front row of the courtroom as he entered and left. Schunk’s parents sat in the row behind her. He is serving at least 5½ years in prison after pleading guilty in December to burglarizing a home in Richfield last June.

He was out on bail on that charge when JobiThe Latest: Judge rejects plea deals in deadly Oakland fire

FILE- This combination of file June 2017 booking photos released by the Alameda County Sheriff's Office shows Max Harris, left, and Derick Almena, at Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County, Calif. The two men, who accepted a deal in exchange for each pleading no contest to 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter in a California warehouse fire, will likely be released from prison after serving just half their sentences. A judge on Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, is expected to sentence Almena to nine years in prison and Harris to six years, even though relatives of victims of the 2016 blaze in Oakland slammed the proposed sentences as too lenient. (Alameda County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)AP

The plea deal called for


to Jeremy Warner writing in the Telegraph, US president Donald Trump has “run out of road for further fiscal stimulus”.

To try to keep his electoral base happy – in the hope of being re-elected next year – President Trump has been spending government money like there was no tomorrow. He has lowered taxes, he has paid billions in compensation to soya bean farmers who have lost out as a result of Chinese retaliation to the trade war Trump has initiated.

The US government has had to lift the government’s borrowing ceiling by $320bn to enable it to fulfil its budget plans for the next two years, putting the government $22tn in debt, with interest costs in the billions that have to be paid either at the expense of theApple reportedly plans to incorporate its newly acquired 98-acre parcel in Cupertino, Calif., into a new corporate headquarters designed by famed architect Norman Foster.

According to El Economista (via Google Translate), the new "City of Apple" will become the future headquarters of the company. A main focus of the campus will be the environment, as the property will allegedly rely on renewable energy.

The report said that the new "city" will be modeled after innovations planned for the car-free city Masdar in Abu Dhabi. That city, currently under construction, is a carbon-neutral project in which Foster is also involved.

The publication also said that transit on Apple's new headquarters will be accomplished through a network of tunnels, allowing the surface areas to remain green.

"The City of Apple is one of the


best kept secrets of the company," the report said. "It could be compared with the launch of [a] new iPhone or iPad."

In November it was revealed that Apple had purchased a 98 acre campus vacated by rival PC maker Hewlett-Packard. That property is adjacent to another 50 acres the company purchased in 2006.

30 St. Mary Axe in London, designed by Norman Foster.

Apple has not formally announced its plans for the new property in Cupertino, though the company spokesman Steve Dowling said Apple is "bursting at the seams" in its existing 57 buildings. The company has only started to use some of the existing buildings on the 50-acre purchase from 2006.by a buddy and his foot sealed in a plastic bag, Debby started disappearing. Photo: Matt Lusk

"It was well worth it," laughed Guion, who would've been skipping had he not been limping. Photo: Brad Styron.

Oh, you better believe there were rights, too. Nick Rupp leaves his rails alone for a moment. Photo: Brad Styron

Ben Powell thought he was gonna get doughnuts on this wave but only got the creamy filling instead. Sequence: Erik Schub

"This was the first 'real' waves in months for South Padre," said Texas photographer Erich Schlegel. "I drove into the night, got to Port Isabel from Austin at 1:00am, slept in the car and was at the jetties by 6:00am. The first three waves made the drive worth it!" Rachel Gore. Photo: Erich Schlegel

Tropical Storm


Debby on Sunday morning over the NE Gulf of Mexico. Debby managed to bring copious amounts of rainfall to the state of Florida. Fortunately, the tropical storm was also a swell producer that set up waves for both the Panhandle and West Coast. Image courtesy of NRL

"At this one Panhandle spot," said local photog Cameron McNeill, "there was two other guys out with these lefts were wrapping in, hitting the sandbar and barreling down the beach. It looked like a pointbreak, with three to four barrel sections on each wave. It would crumble on the outside and just drain on the inside sandbar for about 100 yards. We surfed it for eight hours with no drift. One of the best days I've surfed in Florida!" Photo: Leon Legot

"Iold and new elements. The most anachronistic feature is consistent use of the block format. There is little evidence in the text that supports the idea that it was written with wood and coal stoves in mind. Measurements are modern, with some exceptions; in contrast to Benedict's instructions, the measurements are specified as rounded rather than level. There is no mention of actual cooking temperatures and little about cooking times. In contrast, a modern feature is that the recipes provide quite a bit of detail about procedure—not as much as today's cookbooks, but more than earlier cookbooks. She includes an extensive discussion of sweets, especially candy. In 1912 Mrs. Johnson published a companion volume to _What to Cook and How to Cook It_ entitled _Cake, Candy, and Culinary


granted and rarely included in earlier Kentucky-based cookbooks.

_Dixie Dishes_ and _Out of Kentucky Kitchens_ are rooted in the Kentucky-inflected version of southern cooking. Perhaps even more clearly than Mary Harris Frazer's _Kentucky Receipt Book_ (1903), Flexner clearly shows the basics of Louisville foodways—a foundation of simple Kentucky foods of rural origin coupled with strong Gulf coast influences and a sprinkling of European (mostly German and some French) tendencies. Given the region's cultural and culinary inclusiveness, recipes representative of various ethnic cuisines often show up in cookbooks rooted in Louisville. This is associated with a good-natured interest in food, dining out, and entertaining, especially at Derby time.

Introducing basic country cooking to her _Dixie Dishes_ readership required detailed procedures and a narrative that conveyed the cultural context. It makes sensereprinted by the Hopkins County group has credits from local businesses in Earlington and Madisonville.

3. Corn syrup is produced from cornstarch through the action of certain enzymes. It is different from high-fructose corn syrup, which represents an evolution of the original corn syrup technology and is sweeter than corn syrup.

4. Some say this GE model was called the Monitor Top because the cylindrical fitting on top of the cabinet resembled the turret on the Civil War–era ironclad USS _Monitor_.

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_The Bourland's Feeding the Flock_. Vol. 3. 2003. Kearney, NE:Pete Seeger and the American Soul

Pete Seeger performs at his 90th birthday celebration, which doubled as an all-star benefit for his environmental non-profit, the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater. (Reuters)

The singer-songwriter-folk hero Pete Seeger, who died Monday at the age of 94, always reminded me of Henry Fonda playing Tom Joad in John Steinbeck's immortal Grapes of Wrath. Not just Fonda's character, although surely there were resemblances, but in particular this scene and these lines from the great work:

This is precisely what Pete Seeger did with his entire extraordinary life. He wasn't just the Forrest Gump of his time. He wasn't just ubiquitous on the national scene by happenstance. He was purposely so—from the late 1930s until a few weeks ago he actively sought out the suffering he saw


and tried to ease it. He did this for three quarters of a century.

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You can say that you didn't like his music or complain that his embrace of Communism did not end soon enough (or did not end at all). You can say that that he should not have gone to Vietnam in 1972 or that he should have been more critical of Castro's Cuba. There are plenty of political criticisms you could make about the man, his life, and his legacy.

But what made his life remarkable weren't his political beliefs—right or wrong there are plenty of people with such beliefs. It was the countless selfless acts he took in honor of those beliefs. Here was a man who dedicated the entirety of his long life toprofound social issues, a man unafraid to take controversial positions on the biggest issues of his age even when those positions were not popular or expedient. "I believe that there are things worth saying," he would say and, of course, he was right.

So Pete Seeger was there in the 1950s singing about the perils of McCarthyism. When he was (naturally) brought in for questioning by the House Committee on Un-American Activities he did not plead the Fifth Amendment and refuse to answer questions. Instead, courageously, he denounced the Committee's efforts to question him about his political and religious beliefs. For this he was convicted and blacklisted from television and radio.

His critics often called Pete Seeger anti-American. I think the opposite was true.

His critics often called Pete Seeger anti-American.


I think the opposite was true. I think he loved America so much that he was particularly offended and disappointed when it strayed, as it so often has, from the noble ideals upon which it was founded. I don't think that feeling, or the protests it engendered, were anti-American. I think they were wholly, unabashedly American.

In that passage from "Grapes of Wrath," Steinbeck wrote (and Fonda spoke) these words: "A fellow ain't got a soul of his own, just a little piece of a big soul, the one big soul that belongs to everybody." I think that's what Pete Seeger was. He was the little piece of the big American soul. And for 75 years he spoke on behalf of the souls of tens of millions of Americansthe regime are amassing near Afrin on Monday.A build-up of pro-regime forces to the east of Afrin was broadcast by Al Mayadeen TV.The forces were shown on the road between Aleppo and Afrin cities.“Popular forces will arrive in Afrin in the next few hours to support the steadfastness of its people in confronting the aggression which Turkish regime forces have launched on the region,” state news agency SANA reported, citing its correspondent in Aleppo.

A Kurdish politician from Syria told Rudaw on Sunday that Syrian Arab Army Forces would come to Afrin on Monday.“The agreement is to protect borders,” explained Sheikho Bilo, an official from the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Unity Party (PYDKS), adding that “the agreement is only militarily.”

Afrin has been controlled by the mostly-Kurdish YPG forces, who have


withstood a month-long assault at the hands of the Turkish military and their ‘Free Syrian Army’ proxies, who are opposed to the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

Kurdish and pro-regime forces have largely avoided direct and large-scale confrontations in the seven-year conflict. More via www.mesop.destay away from tempting chocolates!

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roles in the thefts.

The case was investigated by Smithsonian Office of the Inspector General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Jasmine Yoon and Special Assistant United States Attorney James McDonald prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.

A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia at http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/vae.Films like David Lowery's A Ghost Story are secondhand treasures. They are discarded, often lonely vessels bound with the spirits of someone else's life, viewed through the lenses of personal experience and regret. It is these stolen memories that often resonate within us, reminding us of the power of one's first kiss or the formidable magic of childlike imagination as we trace our hands across a dusty curio at a yard sale. Lowery's living poem is a testament to the cosmic mysteries of life, as explored through the finality of death. The result is a heartbreaking, empowering, and somber sleepwalk through the minds of the forgotten into the hearts of those left behind.

C is a musician who is desperate to dissuade his wife M from selling their house


in a quiet Texas town. Tragedy sends C to the other side, forcing him (in ghostly attire) to observe life outside of time, watching his loved ones move on and reality continue to lumber towards extinction on the ruins of what was once his life. As with the plot, the performances are more ideas than actual characters, with the actions of both the living and the dead serving as symbols for incommunicable bereavement and supernatural obsession. Rooney Mara's performance as M goes beyond tangible bereavement into near ethereal realms of loss. She is both a living talisman of renewal and a broken fixture of discord, consuming an entire pie in one wonderfully egregious long take and laying comfortably in the ruins of her loss in the next. Thisinsulting, however, as C's journey transcends accepted narrative conventions and delves into the cyclical concepts of life, death, and obsessive regret, the invaluable power of humor is revealed as one of the final vestiges of harmony when facing down the inescapable void of humanity's inconsequential presence in the universe. The small, compact timeline jumps between the present, future, and past, but nothing feels rushed, with each significant glimpse of a soul out of time reinforcing the simplicity of the first act, forming a perfect, tranquil circle of existence.

One of the film's greatest sequences involves a frontier family, carving a niche on the plains of manifest destiny and meeting the denizens of the wild in bloody matrimony. The digging of holes for a fence is reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy's


bloody and brilliant opus Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West, however, where McCarthy's tome is on destiny and the violence in men's hearts, Lowery's thesis is humble and yearning. The human race lives in the extremities of its creation. Every social media discourse is a seething debate, every good-natured proclamation is a definitive declaration of intent and meaning, and yet Lowery's vision implies that the simple truths of death and recovery are not existential horrors, but magical, even hopeful parts of the human experience.

Available now for digital streaming, A Ghost Story is a slow, warm embrace that rewards patience and compassion with a remarkably candid exploration of the great unknown. A metaphysical poem for the digital age, David Lowery's outstanding effort is nothing short ofto show the half time show with an overlay of a commentator summarizing the first half, and live interviews of several coaches and football players from other NFL teams. John is interested only in the half time show, but he cannot turn off the overlay videos. Jack is watching the same game. Jack, however, is interested in the interviews while watching the half time show. Unfortunately ESPN shows more videos of the summary than the interviews, even though the remaining interview video footage is available on ESPN's website. Jack is not happy about that.
In one embodiment, Tina watches every morning CNBC to check the financial and business news. Though Tina is definitely interested in the news, she thinks she can listen to them without watching the television. However,


she is keen on the stock tickers on the screen. She wants the tickers to be more visible with larger letters and numbers. She does not have a choice as CNBC chooses the small text size for the tickers.
In one embodiment, a broadcaster does not want its video content to be shown together with video content from another broadcaster, opposite to consumers' desire. In one embodiment, John prefers to hear commentators from NBC Sports on the football game shown in ESPN channel. John wants to have an overlay video picture of NBC Sports anchorman to talk about the game while John watches the game telecasted by ESPN. In another embodiment, Tina wants to have two overlay pictures, one from CNN showing world news, and one from a localtelevision station going over local weather and news, while she watches CNBC every morning.
In another embodiment, John watches a telecast football game in a local sports bar. The sports bar wants to put advertisements on the television set about their beverage and food menu. The bar wants also to advertise the weekly Friday night happy hour appetizer specials. Ideally the advertisements are displayed as overlay animations on the television set in the sports bar, similar to many typical overlay advertisements run by ESPN. The sports bar is interested only to advertise on the television sets in the bar, and is not willing to pay big money to purchase an advertisement slot with ESPN, which will show the televisions to millions of viewers who do not live near the


bar or are not interested in sports bar.
In yet another embodiment, Jack purchases his television set from a local retail store at a discounted price. The television set connects to Internet. The retail store wants to use the television set to run promotion videos from the store's web site. The promotion videos are most effective when Jack watches sport games. For example, the retail store wants to run announcement of local sport events such as little league baseball games, sales of skiing equipment, profiles of athletics of a local high school. When Jack is watching a sports television program, the store wants to know the sports program and plays the corresponding promotion videos overlaying on top of the sports program on the television set.
The above embodiments illustrate ascrambled pedestrians | August 29, 2008

Spacing magazine's Matt and I went to see the launch of the scrambled Yonge and Dundas intersection last night. Took a few thousand frames from Milestones restaurant to make a timelapse video which is uploading right now. Check back here or visit Spacing Toronto's Wire in a few hours for the video clip.


not implemented and it would not be until  General de Gaulle's return to power in 1958 that the referendum was restored, both to ratify the new constitution and in the constitution itself which is one of its major innovations. Indeed, in the constitution of the Fifth Republic, referendum is embedded as a principle, as a means of exercising sovereignty (Article 3) and, simultaneously, covering three areas: legislative (Article 11), constituents (Article 89) and self-determination (Articles 53 and 86).

At the same time it focused criticism from opponents of the Fifth Republic, who saw it as a confirmation of the creation of an authoritarian government. In this instance, the referendum was in a much more democratic context than under the Empire, where the practice was strongly tinged with theThe Toronto Blue Jays have formally apologized to the Baltimore Orioles after a fan threw a beer can on the field at Orioles' outfielder Hyun Soo Kim on Tuesday night.

In a statement released Wednesday, the Blue Jays expressed "extreme disappointment" for the incident during the American League wild card game at Rogers Centre. The team offered "sincere apologies" to the Orioles, its managers and players, and Major League Baseball.

"Throughout this season, we have witnessed an incredible level of fan engagement, with a passionate and loyal fan base that extends across Canada," the statement reads.

"On the heels of one of the most competitive and exhilarating baseball games in our club's history, it is extremely unfortunate that the irresponsible actions of one individual would detract from the game on the


the Baltimore Orioles. (Toronto Police Service)

The incident occurred in the bottom of the seventh inning, as Kim was tracking a fly ball. The beer can flew out of the left-field stands and onto the field, not far from where Kim eventually caught the ball.

He turned and looked at the can as centre fielder Adam Jones ran over and began yelling at fans.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter ran onto the field to check on his players, and give the umpires an earful.

The Jays won the wild-card game, beating Baltimore 5-2 on a walk-off three-run homer by Edwin Encarnacion in the 11th inning. They open their American League Division Series against the Texas Rangers in Arlington on Thursday.

The Blue Jays said the team will take steps to prevent a repeat ofto interfere with the lawful use and enjoyment of property, and mischief endangering life.

"You've got a ballplayer whose back is turned to the crowd, he's trying to make a play for his team in a competitive game and you have one idiot throwing a beer at that player, narrowly missing him, trying to interfere with the play and in the process endangering the life of not only the ballplayer but, if the beer hadn't even made it to the field level, then somebody else in the stands," Gilbert said.

'You don't do that'

After the game, Showalter said it was lucky that no one was injured.

"It's tough when you have many people in the ballpark and one person does something that reflects poorly on all of them," he said.

Through an


instant lift. To your left an organic vegetable plot is being tended by a volunteer from Barcelona; a volunteer cook from London rushes out to cut what is needed for the evening meal; a dog sidles up, smiling and then saunters over to wag its tail at the volunteer from Italy who is sweeping the paths.

There are chairs laid out under beautiful trees. In a dream, you register inside what is a private house, shower and emerge in time for the yoga class. A voluble late-middle-aged man, a city banker, looks dubiously at those starting to recline upon yoga mats, but three bright young women he has met along the way grab his hands and pull him into the yoga space.

Unable to do the stretches, I jealously watch.Brisbane and Jetstar routes to Melbourne, Adelaide and Cairns.

Qantas said the decision was based on a decline in demand, which it put down to a reduction in corporate travel and the wind-down of the Inpex gas plant's construction phase.

It said there had been a 10 per cent drop in demand in domestic flights to and from Darwin in recent months, and expected the trend to continue until the end of June.

Recent tourism figures placed the Territory's tourism sector as the worst in the nation.

Qantas domestic chief executive officer Andrew David said flights during the peak of the dry season would remain unchanged.

"We have seen a decline in demand for interstate travel to Darwin, particularly from the east coast," Mr David said.

"So we'll be reducing the frequency of flights


on a number of routes between April and the end of June.

"In order to get more people to holiday in Darwin, Alice and other parts of the Territory, we need all the key players to work together — Government, Tourism NT, airlines, airports and local industry."

In November last year, Qantas scrapped direct flights from Cairns to Alice Springs and Darwin.

It also cut five weekly flights from Perth to Alice Springs and four from Perth to Darwin.

However Qantas also added two weekly flights from Darwin and Adelaide to Uluru, and a new discount program for Alice Springs residents flying to Darwin.

'We are succeeding'

But NT Tourism Minister Lauren Moss maintained that her Government's multi-million-dollar tourism stimulus package was succeeding.

The package was announced last year in a bid to stimulate theSearch Hotels

Jan Žižka (1360 – 1424)

If you have been in Prague long enough you may have noticed the massive equestrian statue at the top of Vitkov hill. The giant man perched atop the metal horse is none other than the one-eyed Hussite warrior and Czech General, Jan Žižka, and yes the district of Zizkov is named after the mighty man (Jan Žižka lost his eye in a childhood fight, not in battle). Jan Žižka was a follower of the religious reformer Jan Hus, a predecessor to the Protestant movement, who was burned at the stake in 1415. Jan Žižka was involved in the Bohemian Civil Wars under the reign of Wenceslas IV and was loved by his soldiers like a father, so much that when he died, his


the FCC is in contact with wireless carriers and 911 call centers located in the affected areas to identify and address the cause of the outages.

Public safety interoperability has been a hot topic since the problem was highlighted during the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Pieces of legislation have been introduced to help with the creation of a national broadband network and many hope the 10-year anniversary of the attacks will bring the issue back into the national spotlight.BEIJING, April 3 (Reuters) - China’s services sector struggled to get back on its feet in March after a brutal month of unprecedented shop closures and public lockdowns amid the coronavirus outbreak, a private survey showed on Friday.

Services companies cut jobs at the fastest pace on record as orders plunged for the second straight month and businesses scrambled to reduce their operating costs. Export orders also slumped again as more countries imposed their own tough virus containment measures.

While the Caixin/Markit services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rebounded to 43 in March from a record low of 26.5 in February, it still remained deep in contraction territory and was the second weakest reading since the survey began in late 2005. The 50-point mark separates growth from contraction on a monthly


South Africans Now Have a Cost-efficient Way of Accessing Ethereum

A South African exchange called Luno is now enabling users to buy Ethereum’s cryptocurrency, ether, at the lowest price in the market.

Unlike what many people may think, Luno is one of the oldest Bitcoin exchanges in the World. Formerly known as BitX, Luno was established in 2013 in the UK and maintains operations in over 40 countries. With time, Luno has built a reputation and is now well-known for being one of the most affordable Bitcoin exchanges in the world.

Luno recently made investing in cryptocurrency a whole lot cheaper in South Africa, thanks to its support for Ethereum. Before the company began its support for Ethereum, South Africans wanted to buy ether, or other altcoins, would need to gothrough a cumbersome process to have access to these cryptocurrencies. South Africans had to purchase bitcoin from Luno, send it to another cryptocurrency exchange like Bittrex or HitBTC, and then buy the cryptocurrency they were looking for. Apart from being a cumbersome process it also carried extra costs with transaction fees and usually would take a lot of time. By adding support for Ethereum, Luno has made it possible to buy ether instantly, and in the process enabled cheaper access to other currencies.

Ethereum has a number of advantages over Bitcoin as a transactional currency, including faster confirmation times and lower transaction fees. With this new addition to the exchange, Luno is now enabling Ethereum purchases to be available in the South African rand and investors in the country


The almighty former Predacon General Magmatron watches from a limbo as the planet of Cybertron explodes into nothingness. As he watches Cybertron's doom in the present, he realizes that he must do something to stop the doom of his homeworld. He conjures a plan to go into the past, and find an old foe in hopes of teaming up with him to save Cybertron. As he leaves, we are shown the shadowy figure of a deadly foe. One that most TF fans don't know. He has been called the most powerful of Cybertron, and his body contains some of the entity that is Unicron. I won't say anymore.

On Earth, in the year 70,000 BC, the Maximals have been rebuilding and waiting for rescue. There has been no replyfrom the stress beacon they sent out in Gathering, and they are all growing weary. As Grimlock roams the jungle, he stumbles upon a Decepticon infiltration party. As he engages them, they activate previously planted mines inside the Maximal base, and a new battle begins. as the Decepticons begin their war with the weary Maximals, it is revealed that field commander Ravage has taken up the position of Leader amongst the Decepticons. He infiltrates the base, and comes across Razorbeast. Meer seconds before slicing Razorbeast's head in two, Snarl saves Razorbeast, allowing him to imobilize Ravage.

In the past only a few by years from the past Earth (I know, confusing ain't it?) Magmatron changes history, and allows the Maximal distress beacon to reach Cybertron. The call is received


by none nther than Razorbeast's old friend and leader, Lio Convoy. Lio gets his team ready, and takes "The Pack" on a journey to the Past.

Meanwhile, the heralds of a god on Cybertron gather, as their master reawakens. He rises from his slumber. his power eminating from his body in huge beams of energy. His name is Shokaract, and as he rises, his heralds fall down, and bow to their, "god."

Simon Furman is an amazing writer, and really brings depth to these characters, which it difficult to do given the number of the transformers used in this comic.

Overall, I give the issue 8.5 out of 10.

Spoiler's End!!!

So thats the issue. Look here for more,"Syn's Matrix"soon for an overview of the entire series of Megatron Origins and Beast Warsto that.

Just as Simon shows us his competency as a writer, Don Figuroa shows us his talent at amazing art. There were four other covers for issue 1. Cover A with Magmatron in his Cybertron form (non beast like, no animals), Cover B with all three forms of Megatron from the TV show, Cover C with all three forms of Optimus Primal from the TV show, and my favorite, Cover D which is a front back cover of a depiction of a large battle between Magmatron and his Predacons versus Razorbeast and his Maximals. His portrayal of the characters in both robot and beast mode feels so real. I would never have another artist besides him.

(!!!Spoilers Ahead!!!!)

Issue one opens with an intro to Beast Wars. It does a


Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's emphasis on the revival of the handloom sector in Bengal has brought a major turnaround for Tantuja, which was struggling for existence during the Left Front government's rule in the state.

Diversification in products and designs to keep pace with the recent fashion trends have ensured profit for Tantuja and most importantly, the Puja season has been contributing more than 20 percent of the total annual sales.

"We have had a turnover of Rs 205 crore in the 2017-18 fiscal and a profit of Rs 10.26 crore. During the Puja this year, we have had a business of Rs 25 crore from our stores and another Rs 19 lakh through online sales. This is a clear indication that Tantuja's demand in the state has beenreasonably high," a senior official of the state Textiles department said.

It was 2016 when Tantuja had tied up with a handful of e-commerce portals. In Puja 2017, Tantuja's online sale was Rs 10 crore and it went up to Rs 19 crore this year, which is Rs 9 crore more.

At present there are 84 stores of Tantuja across the state. The Puja sale in 2016 was Rs 14.5 crore, Rs 18.5 crore in 2017 and went up to Rs 25 crore this year.

Tantuja had suffered a loss of Rs 12.69 crore in 2010-11 – the last financial year of Left rule in the state. "In 2011-12, the very first year we assumed office, we made a profit of Rs 69 lakh," the official added.

Managing director of Tantuja Rabindranath


in the design area and technical test laboratory, where technical parameters are established and checked.

Every single operation is performed and controlled by in-house staff, in the premises and laboratories of Grimont’s production units, where the latest generation of systems and machines are used.

The systems used for production include bi-material and vertical moulding machines, core shooting machines for temples and tips, numerically controlled machines for milling up to 5 axes, planing machines for temples in plastic or sheets, machines for bending, end milling and machines for tumble finishing, which control the last production phases. This is all followed and handled by an efficient internal specialized plant.

The process is completed with a scrupulous quality control performed in a specific laboratory which uses microscopes and dimension and roughness testing instruments.Kent Police launched a review into their alleged failure to investigate dozens of criminal allegations at the school, and at least one detective inspector has been disciplined.

The force has set up a dedicated team to review claims about the school, which is seen as a breeding ground for future army leaders and boasts His Royal Highness, The Duke of Kent, as a patron.

Prince Harry inspects the student guards during his visit to The Duke of York's Royal Military School on September 28, 2015Credit: Eddie Keogh - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Now it has emerged that the police are probing allegations that the school - which has enjoyed visits from Prince Harry and the British Army’s Chief of the General Staff - even bribed a teacher's daughter to provide information that


led to the arrest of whistleblowers who sought to expose the alleged goings-on at the school.

A letter from Kent Professional Standards Department, seen by The Telegraph, details how the force is reviewing a complaint that officers "failed to investigate the report of bribery by the school in paying Ceri Austin to provide a statement".

Ceri Austin's mother Tracy had resigned from her positions as the school's deputy child protection officer in protest at the way the school dealt with concerns about sexual abuse of a teenage girl.

They wanted to turn a blind eye to it. At the time there was a spate of sleeper holds - where boys strangle each other until they faint

Former teacher

After allegedly being offered a sum of money, Ceri Austin gave a witness statement whichled to the arrest of her mother and Georgina Halford-Hall, a concerned parent who had also tried to complain about alleged bullying and abuse at the school. Both were cleared a year later when crown prosecutors offered no evidence, causing the cases to collapse.

Kent Police are probing why the allegation of bribery was not properly investigated when it was first reported. They are reviewing a complaint about why it was downgraded to a "suspicious incident" when it was in fact a "matter of extreme importance and one which raised serious questions about the credibility of the evidence provided by school's management and others in the investigation".

Detective Chief Inspector Swan, who is overseeing the complaint said that allegations are "suitable for a proportionate investigation" which means that "the conduct


alleged may if proven justify criminal/disciplinary proceedings".

A spokesman for Duke of York's Royal Military School said that the suggestion that anyone was bribed is a “complete fabrication”.

Former teachers, parents and students at the school, which is seen as a breeding ground for future army leaders, have told The Telegraph that when they tried to raise the alarm about the alleged abuse, the school moved to silence them.

Rachel Ward, who sent her two sons to the school, voiced concerns about the allegationspractise of "chair-gating", where boys were made to sit on a hard backed chair facing a wall for whole weekends at a time, only allowed to get up to use the toilet or go to a meal, as a punishment for misbehaviour.

Mrs Ward, a retail and marketing executivefrom Hampshire whosehusband was a Warrant Officers with the Royal Engineers, claims that that she was warned by an intermediary that her husband's military career would be over if she did not stop complaining.

"They are in charge of all those children, you would think they would have a nurturing instinct," she said. "But they didn’t want anyone questioning their methods.

Former teachers have also told this newspaper about the "barbaric" punishment systems at the school, and claimed that they were told to stop recording incidents in the medical log book because the school wanted to "turn a blind eye" to the goings-on in the boys' dormitories.

One former teacher told The Telegraph that he was shocked at the punishments doled out by teachers to younger boys, which he said he


to the release of Superman: The Movie. DC later published treasuries as part of DC Special Series in 1981 and as a number of one-shots from 1999 to 2003 primarily produced by Paul Dini and Alex Ross.

The issues

Several planned features for Limited Collectors' Edition were never published.  These include several projects by writer/artist Sheldon Mayer. Mayer had been working on an adaptation of The Wizard of Oz but DC's then-Publisher Carmine Infantino canceled the project upon learning of a similar adaptation by Marvel Comics.  The two companies published the project jointly and the adaptation was crafted by Marvel's Roy Thomas and John Buscema instead. Mayer also worked on a followup to "The Bible" issue of Limited Collectors' Edition titled "The Story of Jesus" as wellIn 1942, the United States and Mexico created the Bracero program, allowing farm laborers to cross from Mexico with a work permit that guaranteed them decent living conditions and a minimum wage. The program itself was a codification of an arrangement that had been in place informally for decades. Although it was far from perfect, it was better than the uncontrolled illegal immigration—and the smuggling and trafficking activity that attends—which prevails today.

The demise of the Bracero program is telling. Labor unions in the United States complained that the braceros’ presence represented unfair competition, and lobbied for restrictions on Mexican workers as well as greater protections for union members. Labor leaders like César Chávez organized protests of the program and agitated for its demise, which they accomplished in 1964.


Shortly after the Bracero program ended, Chávez helped orchestrated the rise of the United Farm Workers.

In other words, opposition to organized migrant labor came from the political left, as a protection scheme for domestic farm workers. Today, progressives pose as the champions of illegal immigrants and yet refuse to acknowledge the Left’s role in the rise of illegal immigration and the misery it produces on both sides of the border. For all the debate over immigration today, we hear precious little—short of calls for amnesty—about how to make it easier for Mexican workers to enter the country and work here legally. There’s a reason for that, and it’s not because progressives are interested in allowing the free market to determine the flow of labor across the U.S.-Mexico border.

Ifas they conform to his preconceptions.”

Polanski is the filter rather than the creator of this story – the film is a faithful adaptation of Ira Levin’s novel – but it’s impossible, especially in this case, to separate the creator and his piece of art. The web with which Rosemary’s Baby links and plays with reality stretches at the bounds of coincidence. On one level, there is the troubled man and his own dangerous impulses. Rosemary’s Baby is practically a non-satanic blueprint of the “unlawful sex” and victimization in 1977. On the next level, the film quite closely mirrored the murder of his wife, Sharon Tate, just one year later.

Such a short time after the film, Charles Manson sent his cult followers to a home where they killed the


very pregnant Tate – who Polanski had wanted to play Rosemary. A version of his art had become reality, a real-life curse (of sorts) for taking the job, and a real-life benefit since the film brought him his first international and Academy acclaim. The intricacies unravel from there, making the Lincoln/Kennedy coincidence seem simple. The Manson Murders were instigated by the cult leader’s “Helter Skelter,” a term deriving from the famous Beatles song. Avoiding many of The Beatles/satanism/Polanski conspiracies, John Lennon lived and died at the Dakota, which served as Rosemary’s apartment building. Lennon also thinks he got stoned at “Doris Day’s house,” and her son Terry Melcher was the resident of 10050 Cielo Drive before Tate and Polanski (and is said to be the reason the houseWe all know that President Trump is perhaps the most prolific liar in the history of American politics -- perhaps in the history of pop culture, as well. Concurrently, he's also the worst liar in the history of politics, routinely blurting lies that he ends up contradicting either within the same sentence or just seconds later. Everyone, including his most loyal disciples know he's lying.

And yet he keeps doing it, chiefly because it's what he's always done. His various business and licensing endeavors, before he was a candidate, were almost entirely based on lies. The pair of Trump branded items I often return to are, of course, Trump University and Trump Steaks. The former is now and forever linked to fraud, reinforced by a $25 million settlement paid


by Trump to victims of his college scam. Trump's lie was so colossal, it cost him tens of millions of dollars. The latter, Trump Steaks, was pitched as "the world's greatest steaks and I mean that in every sense of the word." Seriously, how great can steaks be when they're sold in Sharper Image stores -- one of Trump's alleged "favorite stores." Yeah, right. The steaks were predictably awful and no one bought them, so they were discontinued.

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Today, however, we're living in a bizarre era in American history when the president always tells the truth even though he doesn't, and the objective truth is being systematically besmirched as "fake news." Again, 68 percentthey're seeking to also praise job growth under President Obama.

On Monday, the official Twitter account for the Republican National Committee tweeted the following:

The Republican Party is explicitly applauding this "unprecedented" achievement -- in ALL CAPS no less, which means it's extra important. Unfortunately for the GOP, it's a whopper lie -- a lie of Trump-like magnitude.

There's, in fact, nothing "unprecedented" about it. Under Obama, there were 2.998 million jobs created in 2014, 2.713 million jobs created in 2015, and 2.24 million jobs created in 2016. In other words, there were more than a million new jobs created every six months throughout at least the last three full years of the Obama presidency. Indeed, the last time there were fewer than two million jobs created in a single year


cycle, Republicans lost ground with suburban white women, and women in general, and polls suggest that antipathy stemmed almost entirely from the impression that conservatives were coming for their birth control. In 12 swing states in 2012, a plurality of women named abortion as their top electoral priority.

Men (especially Republican men) seem befuddled (or in denial) by women's intractability on the issue. Speaking at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference last weekend, American Values president Gary Bauer insisted, "The social issues we believe in are more popular than the Republican economic agenda." At best, they assume arguments about abortion to be a "distraction" from the obvious top priority, the economy. This week, moderate Republican congressman Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania expressed exasperation with the House leadership's decision to bringin limiting access may face uphill legal battles, but that doesn't change the fact that conservatives keep successfully turning back the clock – even as the country, on almost every other measure of civil liberty, moves relentless forward.

Prolife activists argue, ironically, that it's science that undergirds this retrograde motion: they hold up polls that show an decrease in support for abortion being "legal under any circumstances" and a rise in Americans identifying themselves as "prolife" with the rise of the "ultrasound generation". Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, wrote an open letter to that hypothetical contingent earlier this year:

"You have grown up with ultrasound technology that has opened a window into the womb, allowing us to glimpse preborn babies from the earliest weeks of gestation. You have


Richard Stallman's personal site.

For current political commentary, see the daily political notes.

RMS' Bio | The GNU Project

I conceived of these cartoons, then others drew them for me (since I have no skill at drawing).

Trance Pacific Partnership

Economists

Economists, Portuguese translation

Saving Iraq

Faith Based

This cartoon was posted in February 2005—before Dubya said that "god told him" to invade Iraq, and before there was retaliation through faith-based initiatives.

Trade Treaty

Alternative and higher resolution versions of trade treaty comic are here and here.

Defending Our Freedom

Land of the Brave and the Free

Oscar-winning "patriot act"cultivated commercially, these mushrooms fetch a high price on the market.

Young fruit bodies are collected from the wild and sold in the markets of Thailand. Thai people eat the blanched mushroom blanched with nam phrik (Thai chilli pastes) or nam chim (dipping sauces), or cooked in curry and also only boiled in water with fish sauce and palm sugar".

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Gunman Kills 4 in Finnish Shopping Mall

Police in Finland say they have found a body they believe to be the gunman who killed five people in a shooting Thursday at a shopping center in the Finnish city of Espoo.

Police superintendent Jukka Kaski said the suspect is 43-year-old Ibrahim Shkupolli, an ethnic Albanian from Kosovo. His body was found in an apartment in Espoo. Police suspect suicide.

Police say they also found a body believed to be that of Shkupolli's former girlfriend in another apartment. She is identified as a Finnish woman born in 1967. Officials say she had taken out a restraining order against the suspect.

Witnesses say a man dressed in black began shooting into the crowd Thursday morning, causing panic as hundreds of shoppers ran for safety. Threein Ghost Rider comic books

Film
 Black Roses (1921 film), a 1921 American crime drama film
 Black Roses (1932 film), a Swedish drama film
 Black Roses (1935 film), a 1935 German historical drama film
 Black Roses (1945 film), a 1945 Swedish drama film
 The Black Rose, a 1950 adaptation of the book, starring Orson Welles
 Black Roses (1988 film), a 1988 horror film
 Black Rose (2014 film), a 2014 action film

Television
 Black Rose (Singaporean TV series), a Singaporean television variety show that aired on MediaCorp Channel 8 in 2010 and again in 2014
 Black Rose (Turkish TV series), a 2013–2016 Turkish drama television series that aired on Fox Turkey

Music

Musical ensembles
 Black Rose, a Danish rock band featuring King Diamond
 Black Rose (British band), an English heavy metal band
 Black


was incensed by Mr Morrison's apparent indifference on Friday. "The PM wasn't even interested in us farmers," he said. "It's about mining and big business. It's about time the Liberal Party and [Warren] Mundine got out there and listened to us farmers." Minutes later, Shoalhaven dairy farmer Daniel Cochrane joined the media pack around the Liberal candidate for Gilmore, and put his concerns to him. "One of the ideas discussed with the National Party yesterday was the idea of a Royal Commission into the fresh food industry and the divestment of Coles and Woolworths, Scott Morrison came out and said he would divest power companies to make power cheaper, the National Party is on side, would the Liberal Party support a royal commission and divestment of supermarkets?" Mrfrom nearby businesses had a stickybeak, a group of Shoalhaven dairy farmers showed up to have their say, and refugee advocates who have quietly protested outside of Ann Sudmalis’ office every Friday for years walked down, placard in hand to join the crowd.

"It's about mining and big business. It's about time the Liberal Party and [Warren] Mundine got out there and listened to us farmers."

Minutes later, Shoalhaven dairy farmer Daniel Cochrane joined the media pack around the Liberal candidate for Gilmore, and put his concerns to him.

"One of the ideas discussed with the National Party yesterday was the idea of a Royal Commission into the fresh food industry and the divestment of Coles and Woolworths, Scott Morrison came out and said he would divest power companies to make


increase the availability of generating
capacity.

FERC seeks comments by March 30 on a series of economic incentives aimed at
ensuring timely upgrades to the western transmission grid, including an
increased rate of return on equity (ROE) for projects that significantly
increase transmission and can be in service by either June 1, 2001, or
November 1, 2001.  Other areas that FERC requested comment on include the use
of interconnection authority under the Federal Power Act, and to raise the
dollar limits on the issuance of blanket certificates authorizing gas
pipeline construction.  On hydro issues, FERC requested comment on ways to
increase operating flexibility at FERC-licensed projects while protecting
environmental resources.

In its effort to encourage investment in transmission infrastructure, FERC
asked for comments - again by March 30gap between supply in
demand in California.  The order also "fails to address price relief," noted
Massey.  Massey also called for a full Federal Power Act (FPA) Section 206
investigation of California issues, which would allow for the possibility of
refunds.  On transmission incentive provisions, Massey lamented that the
proposed ROE increase to 14 percent appeared arbitrary and inconsistent with
FERC policy under Order No. 2000.  The financial provisions, he said,
appeared to be "just throwing money at the problem."   While generally
disappointed with the order, Massey did express limited support for many
parts of the order.  Many of the suggestions in the order are the "same
actions as authorized last May," said Massey.  "They were good ideas then,
and


notice
requirement for mutually agreed upon interconnection agreements for
interconnections necessary to accomplish these sales.  Quarterly reporting is
required.

Allows Demand Response Bidding

FERC will allow retail customers, as permitted by state law, and wholesale
customers to reduce consumption for the purpose of reselling their load
reduction at wholesale.  FERC is granting blanket authorization, consistent
with its prior discussion on sales from on-site generation and requires
similar reporting.

FERC's December 15 order on the California market directed, as a longer-term
measure that the ISO pursue establishing an integrated day-ahead market in
which all demand and supply bids are addressed in one venue.  FERC seeks
comments on the desirability of accelerating action on this.

FERC says it realizes that states play an important role in regulating retail
electric service andto
ensuring an adequate flow of petroleum product into the California market.

Conference with State Commissioners

FERC will hold a one-day conference with state commissioners and other state
representatives from Western states to discuss price volatility in the West
as well as other FERC-related issues identified by the Governors of Western
states.  By notice issued March 16, this meeting is scheduled for April 6,
2001 in Boise, Idaho.

[Source: FERC 03/14/01 order, Docket EL01-47-000, and news release.]
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A 2009 documentary on modern day coal mining is almost as threatening as anarchists and “international jihadists,” according to a document uncovered by Discovery Channel’s Treehugger website.

In a 2009 briefing (.pdf) at the Pennsylvania Department of Homeland Security, a documentary entitled Coal Country is called “potential catalyst for inspiring ‘direct action’ protests or even sabotage against facilities, machinery, and/or corporate headquarters.”

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The documentary, which originally aired on the Planet Green Reel Impact Series, describes the controversy that stems from the coal-mining practice of mountaintop removal.

The briefing, conducted by the Institute of Terrorism Research and Response, identifies three facilities allegedly put at risk by the documentary.

“Actions against these facilities would likely cause counter-protests from the pro-coal side, which TAM-C analysts believe already feels assaulted, not only by environmentalists, but byWILFRED Bouma has praised Martin O'Neill for transforming him into an accomplished Premier League performer.

WILFRED Bouma has praised Martin O'Neill for transforming him into an accomplished Premier League performer.

The 29-year-old Dutch international arrived at Villa as a centre-back in August 2005 from PSV Eindhoven in a £3.5million transfer.

He struggled at club level initially and even last season saw O'Neill continually revert to Gareth Barry as his preferred left-back.

But times have changed. Bouma is an ever-present in the league this season and has, in fact, missed just one start in the Premier League since February.

He ended an 18-month exile from the Dutch scene when he was recalled to their squad last February for a friendly in Amsterdam against Russia.

Now preparing for Wednesday's crucial Euro 2008 qualifier with Slovenia, Bouma


is an integral part of Marco van Basten's side.

He played 90 minutes in the 1-0 defeat in Romania on Saturday and has chosen to thank O'Neill for the part the Irishman has paid in his turnaround after enduring a wretched time under David O'Leary.

"Martin has helped me become a better player,'' he said. "When he first came I wasn't playing, but that helped me as well. He just told me what he expected of me.

"I listened, because if I didn't perform as he wanted me to perform, I wasn't in the squad. So he's definitely helped me improve.

"I'm a better player than I was before I came here and that's helped me back into the international side. I had to wait a while, but I have forced mya lot of people. It is, in essence, a parallel universe."

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Sheen is an executive producer and narrator of CNN’s new documentary mini-series, “American Dynasties: The Kennedys.”

Alumni of the show have not shied away from criticism of President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE. Richard Schiff and Bradley Whitford, who played Bartlet administration staffers on the show, both campaigned for Hillary Clinton during the election.

And some cast-members took to Twitter to criticize press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders after she compared herself to C.J. Cregg, the show’s beloved press secretary.

A reboot of the political drama may not be


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Review: Bastille and Mondo Cozmo at the Air Canada Centre

BASTILLE AND MONDO COZMO – Live at the Air Canada Centre

Bastille made a triumphant return to Toronto on March 24th, packing the Air Canada Centre on the 1st date of extended 2016/2017 Wild World tour. Bastille are touring with an elaborate stage setup featuring a wedge of screens broadcasting dystopian news footage and visuals that perfectly suit their unique style of major key pop despair. It was honesty hard to hear the band take the stage to “Send Them Off!” over the screaming fans and to be honest – the scream fans never let up. Bastille’s 23 song setlist gave their fans everything they’d want, saving theirNew studies being released this week indicate that climate change is exerting massive and worrying change on the Arctic region—reducing the volume of ice, releasing methane gas into the atmosphere, and dramatically raising air temperatures in some parts of the Arctic.

The findings will give fresh urgency to international deliberations on the next global climate change pact planned for December 2009 in Copenhagen. The studies also will likely intensify international pressure on the incoming Obama administration to embrace major cuts in the emission of greenhouse gases in an effort to help stabilize global temperatures.

NASA scientists will reveal that more than 2 trillion tons of land ice on Greenland and Alaska, along with in Antarctica, have melted since 2003. Satellite measurements suggest half of the loss has come from Greenland.


Melting of land ice slowly raises sea levels.

The World Meteorological Organization, a United Nations agency, is also reporting that ice volume in the Arctic this year fell to its lowest recorded level to date.

Experts from the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Colorado will further reveal that temperatures this fall in some Arctic areas north of Alaska were 9 or 10 degrees Fahrenheit above average. The long-predicted phenomenon is known as "Arctic amplification." As global air temperatures increase, the Arctic tends to show greater changes because the ice pack that once reflected solar heat is reduced in scope. More heat is therefore absorbed. The study is being discussed at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco.

Says NASA climate scientist H. Jay Zwally, "We maybe going through a tipping point [in climate change] right now." He adds, "Once the ice goes away, you're absorbing much more heat." The Arctic, he says, is showing two to three times the overall global rate of temperature increase.

The Arctic, adds Mark Serreze of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, plays a key role in global weather. "You're starting to fundamentally change the Arctic refrigerator," he says. "You're fiddling with the dials on that refrigerator—maybe changing weather patterns well beyond the Arctic."

The changes in the Arctic, analysts predict, will launch an unprecedented era of oil and gas exploration, mineral exploitation, shipping, fishing, and tourism—all placing a fragile ecosystem at risk. One result of the new opportunities could begeopolitical competition among the five countries with Arctic Ocean


frontage: Russia, the United States, Canada, Denmark (through Greenland), and Norway.

The changes are also being documented by visitors to the Arctic. Minnesota polar explorer Will Steger this June encountered high, jagged blocks of ice near Canada's Ellesmere Island that ultimately forced his team to change its plans. The ice blocks were apparently from ice shelves that had broken off.

"We were traveling over the ruins of the Arctic Ocean," Steger said. "Five, 10, 20 years from now, when we see this picture clearly, we won't believe what we've done.""How can one person go through the house and kill six people the way they think they were killed?" asks DeFeo in "First Person Killers: Ronald DeFeo, Jr.," a documentary set to air on A&E tonight at 9.

Throughout the three decades DeFeo has spent in prison, intrigue in the murders and the house where they were committed has never abated, propelled largely by those hoping to profit.

One family who moved into the DeFeo home after the crime claimed the house was haunted. Books were written. Movies were made. And remade.

Much of the film takes place in Green Haven Correctional Facility, where DeFeo, now 55, is serving a 25-years-to-life sentence. (He has been denied parole several times.) In a visiting room, DeFeo re-creates the haunting details of the murders


to Dr. Steven Hoge, a psychiatrist from Bellevue Hospital Center.

"When I saw his body getting ready to make a move, I just pulled the trigger," DeFeo says about killing his father.

The film features interviews with retired detectives, a medical examiner, DeFeo's judge, a juror. There are photos of the victims, the murder weapon and other evidence, along with footage of the family's funeral.

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He details the abuse his father inflicted on him, how it fueled his heroin habit and made him feel like a "dog on a long leash."

"The man knocked teeth out of my mouth," DeFeo tells Hoge. "How much abuse did you think I was going to take?"

DeFeo's friend, Barry Springer of Blue Point, who is also in the film, recalls DeFeo's house as tumultuous. "Itwas a crazy home; somebody was always screaming at somebody," he says in the documentary.

Reached by telephone Saturday, Springer's wife, Traci, said her husband would not comment about the film.

DeFeo's wife, Tracey Lynn DeFeo of South Carolina, did not return a phone call or reply to e-mail requesting comment.

In November 1974, after his father broke a pool stick over his head, DeFeo said he decided to kill him. But on the night of the murders, DeFeo said he and his sister, Dawn, then 18, had only intended to scare Ronald DeFeo Sr. The younger DeFeo, then 23, grabbed a shotgun and yelled, "Hey fat man, fat man, get up!" he tells Hoge. But when his father awoke, DeFeo got scared and shot him. His mother, Louise, woke up


and reached for a gun, so he shot her, too, he said.

After that, DeFeo said he left. When he was gone, he said Dawn shot their siblings Alison, 13, Mark, 12, and John, 9, in their sleep. When DeFeo returned, he and Dawn fought and DeFeo said he accidently shot her.

"When I realized what I did, I was sick," he recalls for Hoge.

During his trial, DeFeo admitted to killing all six relatives, but now says it was an effort to appear insane. In 1992, when DeFeo sought a new trial, he claimed Dawn was responsible for three of the deaths and said he had a witness to prove it, his former attorney Gerald Lotto of Bohemia said. The judge said the witness didn't exist and rejected the appeal,Lotto said.

"He said so many things that after a while you began to wonder what was real and what was not real," Amelia Franza, a juror in the trial, says in the film.

By the end of the film, even Hoge questions DeFeo's honesty. He tells DeFeo he believes he suffers from anti-social personality disorder, which DeFeo dismisses. After leaving the prison, Hoge is even more forthcoming.

"I didn't find anything credible about the Dawn story," he says. Instead, Hoge said, what was most believable was DeFeo's emotional honesty, how he became visibly uncomfortable when he talked about his three youngest siblings.


Suitors eye Batelco stake

The Bahraini telco confirms several unnamed firms are looking to buy a share in the company as it downsizes operations.

May 21, 2007, 07:14 AM

Several firms are eyeing a stake in Bahrain Telecommunications Co. (Batelco), which plans to downsize its local operations, the firm's chief executive said in Monday's Bahrain's Gulf Daily News newspaper.

Peter Kaliaropoulos said it was too early to name suitors or outline the possible size of any stake sale, but said "sooner or later something will happen".

Shares in the firm surged more than six percent last week on rumours that the company was in talks to sell a 20 percent stake in the firm to a company in the Far East. Batelco denied this, saying the decision to sell a stake would beProton running for 2010 in the LHC at CERN came to a successful conclusion November 4 at 08:00 CET. Since the end of March, when the first collisions occurred at a total energy of 7 TeV, the machine and experiment teams have achieved all of their objectives for the first year of proton physics at this record energy and new ground has been explored. For the rest of the year the LHC is moving to a different phase of operation, in which lead ions will be accelerated and brought into collision in the machine for the first time.

A major target for 2010 was to reach a luminosity -- a measure of the collision rate -- of 1032 per square centimetre per second. This was achieved on 13 October,


lead ions -- lead atoms stripped of electrons -- opens up an entirely new avenue of exploration for the LHC programme, probing matter as it would have been in the first instants of the Universe's existence. One of the main objectives for lead-ion running is to produce tiny quantities of such matter, which is known as quark-gluon plasma, and to study its evolution into the kind of matter that makes up the Universe today. This exploration will shed further light on the properties of the strong interaction, which binds the particles called quarks, into bigger objects, such as protons and neutrons.

"Heavy-ion collisions provide a unique micro-laboratory for studying very hot, dense matter," said Jurgen Schukraft, spokesperson of the ALICE experiment, which is optimized to study lead-ion collisions atchemicals. The GroAloe fields are producing 8 tons per hectare. Newly published reports show that the soil has a balanced pH and the natural ecosystem of the soil has returned. The plants a healthier stronger and able to withstand many of the pathogens and insects that are normally found in rice... GroAloe works with all cereal crops, fruit and who knows what else...

Agrilend has been in business for over 24 years, first registered as Servicios Financieros de Agricultura, S. A. in Colombia it extended its growth incorporating two other entities controlled by the Colombian Parent company to be domiciled in The United States of America, the first being Agriculture Services & Supply, Inc registered as a for profit corporation in Florida in November 1, 1994 and then its


is a over billion dollars per year? “The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) estimated that losses to field crops, vegetables, fruits, and nuts exceeded $765 million USD in 2001. White-tailed deer were responsible for 58% of field crop losses and 33% of losses to vegetables, fruits, and nuts...

Early blight and late blight are important diseases on solanaceous vegetables... What’s difference between early blight and late blight?Early blight mainly affects the stems,leaves,and fruits of vegetables,and is most susceptible to disease at the branches of leaves and stems... The disease of the fruit begins in the vicinity of the flower buds... When infected in adulthood,it is often the simultaneous onset of stems,leaves and fruits... The fruit,especially the green fruit,has oil-stained lesions...

Soil temperatures have risen 4-6F in the past week. Thisthe road and accelerated backwards at a high speed directly into the front of the fully marked Ocean View Police Officer's patrol vehicle, pushing it off the roadway. The Infiniti continued backing at a high rate of speed almost striking a fully marked Deputy Sheriff's vehicle and smashed into a mailbox where it momentarily stopped. The SUV then drove forward and entered into an empty residential lot where it turned around and began driving toward a Sheriff Deputy that was standing outside of his vehicle in the driveway of the lot. The Ocean View officer was able to exit his patrol vehicle and run up to where the Deputy was standing as the SUV accelerated toward the two law enforcement officers who were yelling commands to stop. Both


the officer and the Deputy fired multiple rounds at the Infinity before the operator came to a stop in a private driveway in the 36000 block of Pine Grove Lane.

The officer and Deputies removed the suspect, who is described as a 31-year-old Hurlock, Maryland man, from the SUV and rendered first aid until the arrival of EMS. The suspect was then transported to an area hospital where he is currently admitted in serious condition. His name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

The officer was also transported to an area hospital by EMS where he was treated and released with non-life-threatening injuries he sustained in the collision.

The Deputy Sheriff was uninjured in the incident.

The investigation into this incident is being conducted by the Delaware State PoliceThe Associated Press

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Sprint has cut 452 jobs from its Overland Park headquarters as part of a previously announced cost-cutting effort, the nation's third-biggest cellphone carrier disclosed in a filing with the Kansas Department of Commerce.

The report, which was filed Friday, covers the first installment of layoffs planned throughout October. It doesn't cover any job losses outside the headquarters campus, although they are believed to be happening too, The Kansas City Star reports.

The company said earlier this month in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it was cutting an unspecified number of jobs to better compete with AT&T and Verizon. Sprint said it would book a $160 million charge in its fiscal second quarter to cover the layoffs, which include managers


as well as other employees. It may take more charges for future job cuts.

Job reviews are still underway. Friday's disclosure said the local cuts were permanent and more would come.

"We anticipate additional reduction activity in the next few weeks and will provide an updated list of impacted positions," said the notice filed with the Kansas Department of Commerce.

Another 477 Sprint employees in Overland Park were laid off earlier this year, bringing this year's job cut total to 929. Many of the employees in the first round of cuts had worked at a call center that was shut down.

Before the newly disclosed layoffs, about 7,500 worked for Sprint in the Kansas City area, including some employees who weren't at the headquarters. They're among a total of about 33,000 peopleworking for the company, down from 36,000 at the end of March and down from 38,000 at the end of last year. The decline accounts for layoffs, retirements and people leaving for other reasons, but the company also has hired new employees in some areas.


Low water levels on the Mississippi have revealed the wreck of the USS Inaugural, a World War II minesweeper which sank in the Great Flood of 1993. The Inaugural began life in Washington state where it was built for the US Navy during World War II. A member of the Admirable class of minesweepers, the ship was commissioned in December of 1944 and earned two battle stars for its service in the Pacific Theater. Inaugural and her crew fought in the Okinawa campaign and swept more than 80 Japanese mines from the Pacific.

Following World War 2, the ship was mothballed in Texas as a member of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet until an enterprising St. Louisan named Robert O’Brien discovered the ship in a military surplus catalog. O’Brien purchasedHe regularly reads verses from the Torah. He once addressed 700 congregants at a friend's bar mitzvah. In 2011, he took his parents to Israel for a "trip of a lifetime." And he is a staple at seder meals during Passover.

He is Cory Booker, the African-American, Christian mayor of Newark.

The U.S. Senate candidate has immersed himself...


turning left on Clinton Avenue, left again on Washington Street and left on Monroe Street back to the Roundhouse.

Some of the speakers represent religious organizations, including Spirit of the Cross Church in Huntsville.

The free event is hosted by GLBT Advocacy & Youth Services Inc. The Huntsville-based organization was founded in 2009 and to engage in effective advocacy for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people.

"We are committed to ensuring the physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing of youth and young adults struggling due to sexual orientation or gender identity issues," GLBT's press release states.

Rocket City Pride on Sunday will feature speakers, DJs and live performers. (Photo contributed by GLBT Advocacy & Youth Services)

Events schedule:

1 p.m. - Various local speakers, choirs, DJ Sweet T and live musicians

5 p.m. - Pride paradehe later received Trump’s endorsement in his 2018 Senate run — though Trump tried to keep Orrin Hatch from retiring in a bid to keep Romney out of Washington.

The two have also clashed over Trump’s response to the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Trump’s behavior detailed in the Mueller report and trade policy, among other areas.

Now Trump is facing perhaps his greatest crisis as president and while the vast majority of Republicans are sticking by him, Romney’s criticism is surely only going to enrage him further.

Trump's move to pressure the Ukrainian president into investigating Biden and his son Hunter is at the center of the House's impeachment inquiry.

Democrats are issuing a series of subpoenas and are already obtaining damaging evidence, including text messages suggesting the White House


168," but the apartments at that address only went up to 41. The next day, he contacted Tranter's counsel to request further information. On October 25, he decided that "10000 Rushing # 16" might be Duemling's address. He advised Tranter's counsel of the possible new address the next day. Martinez then attempted to serve Duemling at 10000 Rushing # 16 on October 29, November 6, November 14, November 20, and November 29. Each time there was no answer. On December 4, Martinez contacted the management of the apartment complex and learned that Duemling had moved without leaving a forwarding address. That same day, Martinez informed Tranter's counsel of his finding. From December 4 to December 27, Martinez checked various resources, including the phone company, the city directory, acity appraisal, a Fort Bliss liaison, driver's license records, and the post office. He eventually determined that 5940 Deer might be Duemling's new address. On December 27, Martinez informed Tranter's counsel of the possible new address. He then attempted to serve Duemling at 5940 Deer on January 5, January 9, and January 14, 2002. Each time there was no answer. On January 9, he checked with neighbors in the area, but they did not provide any information. On January 16, Martinez discovered that Duemling might be a teacher at Andress High School, so he contacted Tranter's counsel to advise him of a possible work address. On January 17, he served Duemling at Andress High School.

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A person must "bring suit" for personal injuries within


pet.) (considering that the time between filing and service included Thanksgiving); see also Cooper v. Balderas, No. 08-00-00076-CV, 2001 WL 925772, at *5 (Tex.App.-El Paso Aug. 16, 2001, pet. denied) (not designated for publication) (considering the fact that Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukah, and New Year's Day occurred during a period in which the plaintiff offered no explanation for lack of efforts to serve the defendant).
Martinez notified counsel of a possible new address on December 27, and attempted to serve her there on January 5, 2002, shortly after the New Year's holiday. During a ten-day period, Martinez attempted service at the new address three times at various times of day. He even talked to neighbors in the area, but was unable to glean any information. On January 16, Martinez determinedfull moon rises at sunset, and sets at sunrise.

June 29, Last Quarter: the week around the last quarter moon, it is visible in the early morning sky.

July 8, New Moon: the day of the new moon you won’t see the Moon at all, but in a few days before or after you might see a tiny sliver of a crescent Moon in the mid-day sky.

July 15, First Quarter: the first quarter moon is ideal for late afternoon and early evening observation.

Resources:

Stellarium: free planetarium software for your home computer. Bring up the sky for anywhere in the world, any time and date in history or the future.

Clear Sky Chart: the astronomer’s forecast for the next couple days. Cloudcover, darkness, and “seeing” which is how nice it is to view