First Solar Inc. in Tempe, and there are plans to bring the controls in house, Steiger said.

Energy is generated as a direct current then converted to alternating current before it interconnects to the nearby 230,000-volt transmission line, owned by the Western Area Power Administration.

Steiger said the line delivers energy across the reservation and into Arizona, California, New Mexico and Utah.

"That's why this location, for us, was ideal," he said adding the solar farm could increase to cover the entire 300 acres leased for the project.

This is the first venture by the tribal enterprise to become a sustainable power supplier.

NTUA General Manager Walter Haase said in an email the project shows that the tribe is ready for large scale renewable energy production.

"This is a huge step into the areaof energy production and sales, as well as a gigantic first step toward enhancing the green economy for the Navajo Nation," Haase said.

He added the tribe has always purchased energy from outside sources, but now the tribe can sell electricity produced by the solar farm.

Salt River Project is the project's sole customer.

In December 2015, SRP signed an agreement to purchase renewable energy credits from NTUA.

Scott Harelson, spokesman for SRP, said the pricing terms are confidential but NTUA estimated the project will provide electricity to service approximately 7,700 households.

He added SRP is buying the renewable energy credits for one year, with the possibility of extending the service for a second year.

"SRP is interested in supporting renewable resource development objectives on the Navajo Nation," Harelson said.

The solar project was proposed


in 2014 and its placement was proposed in various locations on the reservation.

Deenise Becenti, spokeswoman for NTUA, said multiple sites were considered but the area in Kayenta Chapter was selected because of its proximity to an existing substation.

The tribe entered a lease agreement with NTUA in 2015 for the location. Permission for the acreages was also obtained from individuals who held permits for livestock to graze on the land.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held in April 2016, followed by six months of construction that started last September by Isolux Corsán, an international company that specializes in the building of photovoltaic solar plants.

Becenti said at the height of construction, there were 250 personnel with 195 Navajo workers.

The $60 million facility was built using a construction loan from the National RuralUtilities Cooperative Finance Corporation.

Revenue from the solar project will help NTUA extend electricity to several communities on the reservation, according to an October 2016 press release from the tribal enterprise.

Last year, NTUA finalized an agreement with the tribe's Community Development Block Grant program to increase electrical services to 92 residences.

The tribal enterprise will use revenues from the solar project as matching funds for the grant, the release states.

Haase said in an email this will be the first time most families will have electricity in their homes.

"Using revenue generated from the solar project gives us the ability to bring electric service to these communities and help dramatically raise the standard of living for our Navajo families," he said.

Noel Lyn Smith covers the Navajo Nation for The Daily Times. She


Police said the man was upset after his wife gave birth to a girl and often fought with her. (FILE PHOTO)

A three-and-a-half-month-old infant girl in Kolkata was killed by her father who threw her to the ground repeatedly, twisted her arms and disfigured her face, police said on Friday.

"Seikh Raju, 25, a resident of Coal Berth Road has been arrested after his wife Afsari Begum reported the incident on Wednesday. The body of their infant daughter has been sent for post-mortem," an officer of South Port police station said.

He said that the man was upset after his wife gave birth to a girl and often fought with her. As per the complaint, Raju threw the baby girl down many times, twisted her arms and injured her face inwith a static 30-min acquisition. The reconstructed files were downloaded in their original format (DICOM, ECAT, Interfile) for meta-information and as Nifti which was ultimately used for analysis.

The preprocessing steps for the ADNI MCI scans followed recommendations for optimal statistical analysis of brain FDG PET scans in the context of MCI to AD conversion prognosis, previously described elsewhere ([@bb0075]). This processing pipeline utilized MATLAB (The MathWorks, Inc., Natick, Massachusetts, United States) and the freely available Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM 8) framework ([@bb0050]).

In case of dynamic scans, first a frame-by-frame motion correction to the first frame was applied and realigned frames were summed into a final static uptake image. In a second step the images were regularized into MNI space and subsequently stereotactically normalized onto an in-house FDG PET


1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a battery equalizer for cars, and more particularly, to a battery equalizer for cars whose electrical characteristic is improved.
2. Discussion of the Related Art
In general, cars (such as a bus and a truck) have a 24V power source system. A 24V battery module in which a 28V alternator and two 12V batteries are seriously connected to each other is used.
The battery equalizer for cars is mounted in the 24V battery module to sustain the voltage of the two serially connected 12V batteries to be always the same and to supply a power source to a 12V electrical load.
Here, when a 12V power source is used for the 12V batteries without the battery equalizer, in the two 12V batteries, aart, the ground of the battery equalizer is connected to a battery ground through a wire.
However, in the conventional battery equalizer for cars, when the ground of the battery equalizer is connected to the battery ground through the long wire, the internal ground of the battery equalizer becomes unstable due to the impedance of the wire, the erroneous operation of a product is caused by internal and external noises, and electrical characteristic test standards are not satisfied.


the United States radiology community lags in this regard. This paper defines diagnostic reference levels (DRL) and reviews the history of DRL in the United States compared to that in the European community and the progress by the American College of Radiology's National Radiology Data Registry (NRDR) to establish national registries. The establishment of the first pediatric Quality Improvement Registry in CT Scans in Children (QuIRCC) and its progress to date will be discussed.Q:

Why did the Emperor of the Daleks call the Bad Wolf entity "the Abomination"?

In the 2005 reboot of Doctor Who, during season 1 episode 13 The Parting of the Ways, both the Ninth Doctor and humankind are saved from the Dalek fleet by the Bad Wolf entity, who turns out to be...

...Rose Tyler possessed by the Time Vortex.

This effectively made her a Goddess who could divide atoms themselves - although still not as powerful or dangerous as a Time Lord possessed by the Vortex would be.
On first seeing this entity, the Emperor of the Daleks exclaims fearfully:

This is the Abomination!

...before a Dalek unsuccessfully attempts to exterminate it.
However, "The Abomination" isn't listed anywhere as an alternate name for the Bad Wolf entity.
Why did the Emperor refer to


the Bad Wolf entity as "the Abomination", and what does it mean?

A:

This isn't an alternate name for the Time-Vortex soaked Rose. This is how the Emperor Dalek refers to Rose to show his disgust and hatred for her.
The Emperor Dalek is insane and thinks of himself as the "God of all Daleks" and the Daleks he gave life to are also insane and worship him as a god. When explaining how the Dalek army was created out of the "pulped" dead humans, Rose says that this makes the Daleks "half human" and the incensed Emperor Dalek then accuses Rose of blasphemy. It is at this moment, because of what she has said, that she becomes most hated and despised.

When Goldi-Rose appears later, the Emperor Dalek recognizes her asFormer Labour cabinet minister Patricia Hewitt defended a proposal to lower the age of consent in the face of a school teacher's accusation that she was seeking to "shatter prospective individual happiness at an early age".

The then general secretary of the National Council for Civil Liberties was writing in April 1976 in response to a letter from a teacher at St Paul's boys' school in London. He had accused the organisation of having "some very twisted minds" behind it.

Hewitt wrote in her letter: "Our proposal that the age of consent be reduced is based on the belief that neither the police nor the criminal courts should have the power to intervene in a consenting sexual activity between two young people. It is clearly the case that a number


over the age of consent'."

In a statement released to media on Thursday night, Hewitt insisted: "The proposal to reduce the age of consent was not mine – it was the policy of the organisation and its executive committee at that time. I do not support reducing the age of consent or legalising incest." She did not respond to requests for comment on Friday.

Hewitt, who now sits on boards at BT and Bupa, is one of three Labour figures who were leading lights in the NCCL in the 1970s at a time when the Paedophile Information Exchange was affiliated to the organisation and some of its members attempted to influence NCCL policy. Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman was the organisation's legal officer during a later period between 1978 and1982, while her husband Jack Dromey was on the executive from 1970 to 1979.According to archives held at Hull University, in December 1975 Keith Hose, chairman of PIE, wrote to Patricia Hewitt, then general secretary of NCCL and later a Labour health secretary, asking her to consider PIE's views in its policy on ages of consent. The letter was on PIE notepaper which features a logo of two bare-legged children sitting on a rock. Hewitt wrote back saying: "We have found your evidence ... most helpful".

Earlier on Friday, Dromey, insisted he did not give his approval to the NCCL's call for the age of consent to be reduced to as low as 10, after the Sun reported that he had attended an executive committee in January 1976 where


the change was discussed.

Dromey said he did not give his agreement to the proposal at the committee meeting a month earlier, and was "a resolute opponent" of the PIE when he became chairman a few weeks later.

"I did not agree with the proposal in February 1976 to lower the age of consent," he said. "When elected chairman of NCCL weeks later, I made it clear that my first priority would be to take on the child sex abusers of PIE. I then defeated them by a massive majority at the annual conference in April."

Aides to Harman meanwhile said that she stood behind her decision not to apologise for the NCCL's relationship to PIE after Patricia Hewitt's apology. The aide said Harman fully backs Hewitt's apology for being "naiveThe American Destruction of the Liberal Paradigm

Jul 23, 2015

by Cameron Dominy, TFF Summer Intern Charleston Southern University

Modern American Liberalism has essentially been constructed out of the teachings of two English, Enlightenment Era political philosophers. Both Jeremy Bentham and his pupil, John Stuart Mill, contributed substantially to the ideological base that created contemporary progressive thought. Within the community of the intellectual left, both men’s accomplishments are revered, their books studied, and their paradigms supposedly replicated. The mass of the American liberals however, have moved so far away from the contentions of Bentham and Mill that realistically, it is difficult to see any significant connection between the two sets of ideals. While modern liberals claim to still believe that truth and morality are essentially relative, and largely found in the


more than you so she considers humility her best quality

Richard Wiley(Policy Intern; Liberty University)Born in Jacksonville, Florida and presently living in Goochland, Virginia, Richard was drawn to The Family Foundation because of his interest in the interaction of church and state in local politics, particularly those in the Old Dominion. He was homeschooled for much of his primary education and studied with Liberty’s dual enrollment program to complete high school with an associate’s degree. Richard graduated with a bachelor’s degree in pre-law from Liberty this spring after spending time on the University’s policy debate team, moot court team, and SGA legal team.

Evan Withrow (Grassroots Intern; Christopher Newport UniversityEvan is an excellent candidate for the new British Prime Minister. After Britain voted to leave the EU last month, PrimeMinister David Cameron decided he no longer wanted to steer Britain to its uncertain future and announced his resignation. The nation will be left looking for somebody come October and much to our excitement as the first American non-profit organization to endorse an all-American candidate for Prime Minister, Evan has agreed to act in this capacity should he be chosen, so long as he gets to keep his desk and his American accent. His experience includes, but is not limited to, diligent and faithful service to his country in his softball league for several years, two years of college education at Christopher Newport University studying communications (probably the undercover kind), and YouTube. We can’t guarantee that he’ll be selected by the present monarch due to a less than


advantageous situation with the unionist party, but if he succeeds at gaining the position, he’ll leverage technical jargon against malefactors better than Humphrey Appleby ever did.

Cameron Dominy (Elections and Grassroots Intern; Charleston Southern University)Cameron is very much a Yankee…yet he wears Chubbies and goes to school at Charleston Southern University. Cameron is a Former Division One Javelin Thrower, but his competitive spirit carries over which is why he is currently serving as the President pro tempore for the CSU Student Government and is also the chairman of the CSU College Republicans. The South Carolina Student Legislature is lucky to have him as their chief of staff.

Introducing Abbey Jessee

Introducing Abbey Jessee

Abbey Jessee is the Development Intern at TFF this year. This is her second summer interning and she isvery excited to be back again. She attended Radford University and graduated in May with a degree in Marketing and a minor in Sports Administration. One of Abbey’s favorite times in college was when she had the opportunity to intern with the Radford Athletic Department as a Sports Marketing Intern. During this internship she worked with multiple sports teams doing advertising and promoting sporting events on and off campus as well promotions and student involvement during game time.

After, she graduated college she decided that while still looking for a job it would be beneficial to have another internship under her belt in order to gain a little more experience. Coming back to The Family Foundation she was excited to learn more about fundraising and all of the efforts


that go into garnering donors. After this internship she would like to get a job doing event planning for corporations.

Her favorite thing to do is go to Virginia Tech football games with her family. This has been a tradition that has been going on even before she was born and she attended her first football game at 4 months old and has only missed a couple home games. Her favorite game that she has been to so far was when Virginia Tech played Ohio State at OSU and Virginia Tech won the game! The atmosphere was by far the craziest she has ever seen it and OSU was one of her favorite stadiums that she has been to. Her favorite movie is Sweet Home Alabama, but Frozen doescome in as a close second. A fun fact about Abbey is that she has broken her arms 5 times and her foot once. Although it has been a little over a year since she’s been clumsy and broken anything and her family is hoping that the streak continues!

Abbey is excited to see what God’s plan is for her after the internship!

Introducing Cameron Dominy

Introducing Cameron Dominy

This is Cameron Dominy’s second consecutive summer interning for The Family Foundation. He returns as a Grassroots intern this time around, after spending the previous year working in Elections.

A Connecticut native, Cameron’s family currently resides in the Blacksburg area. For the majority of the year, he studies Political Science and History at Charleston Southern University in South Carolina. At his college, Cameron leads


the on Campus College Republicans Chapter, and serves as the President pro tempore of the Student Government Association. Last year, he was elected to be the Governor of the South Carolina Student Legislature, a student run and perpetuated organization with thirteen college delegations and over one hundred representatives. He will continue to serve in that capacity until the upcoming spring semester. Following graduation from college, Cameron plans on pursuing a graduate degree in Political Science at either George Mason or William and Mary.

Cameron enjoys reading, good tea, and all things Boston sports. He finds collections of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short stories especially stimulating, and he frequently writes about current political issues. Cameron has a particular love for sarcasm, which much of his writing tends to reflect. He is alsoin the preceding 3 days. He denied any history of chest pain, palpitations, presyncope, syncope, or claudication. His medical history was unremarkable, with no coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, or congestive heart failure. He had no known cardiac risk factors and was not taking any regular medications. Before the recent illness, he was physically active and enjoyed recreational biking and running. He worked as a welder, infrequently smoked marijuana, and had a remote history of cocaine use 7 years prior. There was no family history of cardiovascular disease or sudden death.

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the neck of the false aneurysm. Microbubble contrast agents can aid in the diagnosis, with contrast visualization in the pericardial space suggesting a communication between the LV cavity and the pericardial space. In cases with presence of superficial thrombus close to the area of interest, a diagnosis of intramyocardial dissecting hematoma may be difficult. Cardiac MRI offers increased spatial resolution and can visualize the extent of thrombosis and hemorrhage into the myocardium and delineate the endocardium. T2-weighted images can identify and differentiate thrombus from blood, as well as subendocardial late gadolinium enhancement and clear delineation of the intact endocardial and epicardial borders of the myocardium, with lack of intense enhancement of the pericardium, suggesting the absence of extension beyond the myocardium into the pericardial space. As in our"On July 17 2010 a tracked tree transporter was torched by a group of elf
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Page 44 of 72 from the second notebook of lecture and laboratory notes that John P. Trinkaus took during his time as a student in the Marine Biological Laboratory Embryology Course in 1939 in Woods Hole, MAChurches in Vietnam, Japan agree to jointly care for migrants

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HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (CNS) — Church officials from Vietnam and Japan are working to collaborate on how to best provide pastoral care and social benefits to the increasing number of migrant workers and diaspora in both countries.

Jesuit Father Joseph Dao Nguyen Vu, executive secretary of the Episcopal Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People in Vietnam, told ucanews.com that Catholic officials in both countries agreed to establish a joint working group, including priests and women religious.

The group will offer professional advice and pastoral programs to Vietnamese workers in Japan and alternatively to Japanese workers in Vietnam, Father Vu said.

The priest accompanied Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Do Manh Hung of Ho Chi Minh City,


commission head, during a meeting with officials from the Catholic Commission of Japan for Migrants, Refugees and People on the Move Sept. 23-28.

The priest said church representatives from both countries planned to establish pastoral centers for Vietnamese migrant workers in the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Osaka.

Father Vu said about 200,000 Vietnamese migrant workers live in Japan and that many of them suffer economic exploitation, oppression and abuse.

Dealing with the daily needs and challenges to faith life among Vietnamese migrants is a major undertaking, said Father Vu, who also is the vicar for pastoral care of foreigners in the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon.

Father Vu said that despite a lack of personnel, the Japanese church in Japan attempts to offer Vietnamese migrants faith education, pastoralThe Value of Postsecondary Credentials in the Labor Market: An Experimental Study (NBER Working Paper No. 20528 ). "Yet it is precisely the bachelor's degrees granted by the fastest-growing set of institutions that are associated with the worst callback outcomes for jobs requiring a bachelor's degree." Between April and November 2014, the researchers used a large employment website to send 10,492 hypothetical résumés to employers posting business and healthcare-related openings in five major cities: Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and the San Francisco Bay Area. For business positions requiring a bachelor's degree, the researchers sent four otherwise identical résumés for each position: two from local public universities varying by selectivity, one from a local for-profit institution and one from a national, online, for-profit school. The authors took


Camel

There are six members of the family Camelidae. Two of these are 'true' camels; one living in Asia and the other in Arabia and North Africa. The other four members of the family are the South American 'camels', better known to us perhaps, as llamas.

Camel History

The camel family originated in North America, where fossils of many different kinds of camel 'prototypes' have been discovered. These early camels seem to have appeared in a wide range of shapes and sizes, with the smallest being only the size of a rabbit, and the largest standing 4.5m (15ft) at the shoulder!

Eventually, the American camels migrated, some into what we call South America, and others north-west towards present day Alaska. The northward bound animals crossed into Asia over the ancient land bridgewhich then existed between the continents of America and Asia, and gradually evolved into today's Bactrian camel. The Arabian camel only appeared just over 6,000 years ago. It is believed to have been specially bred from the Bactrian camel as a one-humped domesticated form by tribes in Asia who left no written records of their success. The earliest reference to a one-humped camel appears on a piece of Egyptian pottery dating back to about 3,000 BC.

The South American camels did not develop humps, but there can be no mistake about their family origin if the head of the llama is studied and then compared to that of the 'true camel'.

Of the four members of the camel family in South America, two are domesticated and two are wild animals.


The domesticated forms are the llama and alpaca. The llama is used as a pack animal, but it is also bred for its wool and its tender meat. Its dung is used as fuel in areas where there is little timber. The alpaca is bred for its superb wool. Wool from the alpaca was once used to weave robes for the Inca noblemen.

The guanaco is a wild member of the South American camel quartet and it still survives in reasonable numbers in the mountains of Peru and Ecuador and in the hills and plains of Patagonia.

Smallest of all camels is the vicuna. This animal stands only 90cm (30 ins) at the shoulder and weighs no more than 50kg (110lb). Once widespread on the higher plains of the Andes,This Midcareer Investigator Award (K24) proposal will support Dr. Gloria Yeh in patient-oriented research and mentoring of trainees in the field of integrative medicine. Over the past 16 years, Dr. Yeh has developed a successful program of integrative medicine research with focus on lifestyle and meditative exercise interventions for cardiovascular and pulmonary conditions. Dr. Yeh's research program is based at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard Medical School, where she serves as Director of Mind-Body Research, Director of the National Institutes of Health National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NIH NCCIH) funded T32 fellowship (Harvard Medical School Research Fellowship in Integrative Medicine). Dr. Yeh's current research program includes two NCCIH R01 grants for which she serve as a principal investigator, and several other studies for


Konami has released their earnings report for the fiscal year ending March 31, and reports strong results with record operating profits, the majority of the company’s revenue coming from the digital entertainment sector. This includes mobile games as well, an important platform for the company.

This is also the period in which Metal Gear Survive was released for PS4, Xbox One and PC. The spin-off using Metal Gear Solid V’s Fox Engine was the first game in the franchise the publisher released since the departure of Hideo Kojima and many other key figures in the series (although a number of important developers still remain). The game was met with a mixed reception by critics, garnering lukewarm reviews, and weekly sales charts indicate its sales were relatively low for aHost of the 2016PGA Championship

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If this technique is applied to a serviceLocal authorities are unwittingly becoming "recruiting sergeants" for drugs gangs, by sending thousands of children in care to live outside their home area, according to a report.

These children were "easy victims for predators", Ann Coffey MP told the BBC's Newsnight programme.

She said the government must "slash the number" of sent-away children.

The government said it was gathering evidence "to better understand" how out-of-area placements were used.

The report shows a 77% rise in the number of children in England being placed in care homes outside their home council area - from 2,250 children in 2012 to 3,990 in 2018.

Two-thirds (64%) of children in children's homes and 41% of all looked after children in England live out of area.

In some circumstances, an out-of-area placement will be suitable to ensure a child


can be properly safeguarded.

But, according to the report - from the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Runaway and Missing Children and Adults - children are often sent away "not because it is in their best interests, but because there are no local placements available".

More than 70% of the 41 police forces that responded to the inquiry said placing children out of area increased their risk of exploitation, often resulting in them being coerced into going missing.

Image caption Ann Coffey MP said unregulated accommodation for children aged 16 and over "become magnets for paedophiles and county-lines drugs gangs"

Ms Coffey, who chairs the APPG, told Newsnight vulnerable children were being failed.

"Amid the stories of chronic misery and loneliness, two stand out: one of a boy who attempted to hangunregulated semi-independent homes for older children, aged 16 plus.

Newsnight has been investigating this sector, as part of its Britain's Hidden Children's Homes series.

This type of accommodation is not inspected or registered by Ofsted. Local authorities can pay to place children in unregistered accommodation if they deem it is in a child's best interests.

Newsnight found that, according to figures from the Department for Education, about 5,500 looked after children in England were living in this sort of accommodation, up 70% from 2,900 10 years ago.

The report calls for the regulation and inspection of this accommodation and demands an emergency action plan from government to slash the numbers of out-of-area placements, which "do not keep children safe".

The Association of Directors of Children's Services said: "There is a national shortage of


There's a new independent candidate running in the riding of NDG-Westmount.

Humbert, a four-year-old tiger tabby cat, is throwing his paw into the mix with NDP candidate James Hughes, Conservative candidate Richard Sagala and incumbent Liberal MP Marc Garneau.

Under slogans like "An honest face," "The time is now," and "Let's keep the box clean," Humbert is running in his first-ever paw-litical campaign.

The feline however, has already made a name for himself in the neighbourhood.

Last year, Humbert and his owner John Jordan took it upon themselves to fight a graffiti problem in their alleyway with cat-inspired art.

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Humbert can often be found hanging out on top of the beer cases at his local dépanneur on Sherbrooke and Harvard streets, spending time at Iris Florist or in Jordan's Alley Cat Gallery.

"He'sDepartment of the Treasury (Treasury)
was managing assets totaling $63.2 billion in nonmortgage-related
Troubled Asset Relief Programs (TARP) (see figure). As of this date,
Treasury had exited 4 of the 10 nonmortgage-related programs, and in
December 2012 Treasury announced the exit from a fifth program—the
American International Group (AIG) Investment Program. Exactly when
Treasury will exit the remaining five programs remains uncertain.
Treasury has identified several factors that will affect its
decisions. For example,
* for the Capital Purchase Program (CPP, created to provide capital to
financial institutions), the financial condition of the participating
institutions and the success of auctions;
* for the Community Development Capital Initiative (CDCI, created to
provide capital to credit unions and financial institutions in
underserved communities), which Treasury has not yet decided to exit,
the financial condition of the participating institutions and the rate
at which the institutions repay


1: Timeline for Recent Major Events from TARP's Implementation
and Unwinding, October 3, 2008, through September 10, 2012:
Figure 2: Status of CPP, as of September 30, 2012:
Figure 3: Status of Institutions That Received CPP Investments, as of
September 30, 2012:
Figure 4: Number of Institutions Missing Scheduled Dividend or
Interest Payments, by Quarter, as of August 31, 2012:
Figure 5: Status of CDCI, as of September 30, 2012:
Figure 6: Status of AIFP, as of September 30, 2012:
Figure 7: GM's Share Price, November 18, 2010, through December 18,
2012:
Figure 8: Status of TALF, as of September 30, 2012:
Figure 9: Status of PPIP, as of September 30, 2012:
Figure 10: HAMP Modifications Started Monthly, January 2010 through
September 2012:
Figure 11: Status of Mortgage Programs as of September 2012:
Figure 12: Status of SBA 7(a) Securities Purchase Program, as of
Septemberpublic offering:
MHA: Making Home Affordable:
OFS: Office of Financial Stability:
PPIF: public-private investment fund:
PPIP: Public-Private Investment Program:
PRA: Principal Reduction Alternative:
RD: Rural Development:
RHS: Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service:
RMBS: residential mortgage-backed securities:
SBA: Small Business Administration:
SBLF: Small Business Lending Fund:
TALF: Term Asset-backed Securities Loan Facility:
TARP: Troubled Asset Relief Program:
TIP: Targeted Investment Program:
Treasury: Department of the Treasury:
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United States Government Accountability Office:
Washington, DC 20548:
January 7, 2013:
Congressional Addressees:
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) initially
authorized $700 billion to assist financial institutions and markets,
businesses, homeowners, and consumers through the Troubled Asset
Relief Program (TARP).[Footnote 1] This amount was intended to provide
confidence that the U.S. government would help address the greatest
threat the financial markets and economy had faced since the Great
Depression. As the severity and immediacy of the 2008 financial crisis
began to diminish, Congress reduced


severe crisis that rippled throughout the global economy,
moving from the U.S. housing market to an array of financial assets
and interbank lending. The crisis restricted access to credit and made
the financing on which businesses and individuals depended
increasingly difficult to obtain. Further tightening of credit
exacerbated a global economic slowdown. During the crisis, Congress,
the President, federal regulators, and others undertook a number of
steps to facilitate financial intermediation by banks and the
securities markets. In addition to Treasury's efforts, policy
interventions were led by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System (Federal Reserve) and the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation. While the banking crisis in the United States no longer
presents the same level of systemic concerns as it did in 2008, the
financial system continues to face vulnerabilities, including lagging
investor confidence, financial concerns about European banksPayments: 18;
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Institutions: 343.
Date: August 2012;
Missed Payments: 150;
Institutions: 300.
Source: GAO analysis of Treasury data.
Note: Dividend and interest payments are due on a quarterly basis. The
number of participating institutions on any given quarter did not
reach 707 (i.e., the total number of institutions that participated in
CPP) because these institutions entered and exited the programs at
different points in time. Also, 300 institutions remained in CPP as of
August 31, 2012, but as of


more than $40 billion in
proceeds. Nevertheless, Treasury still held substantial investments in
GM and Ally Financial, which included 32 percent of GM's common stock,
74 percent of Ally Financial's common stock, and $5.9 billion of Ally
Financial's mandatory convertible preferred stock (see figure 6).
[Footnote 19]
Figure 6: Status of AIFP, as of September 30, 2012:
[Refer to PDF for image: illustrated table]
Automotive Industry Financing Program (AIFP):
Assets held:
GM: Common stock;
Ally Financial: Common and preferred stock.
Assets sold:
GM: Preferred and common stock and debt obligations;
Ally Financial: Trust preferred securities;
Chrysler: Common stock and debt Obligations;
Chrysler Financial: DEbt obligations.
GM Start date: December 2008;
End date: July 2009;
Approximate exit: Unknown.
Ally Financial Start date: December 2008;
End date: December 2009;
Approximate exit: Unknown.
Chrysler Start date: January 2009;
End date: June 2009;
Approximate exit: July 2011.
Chrysler Financial Start date: January 2009;
End date: January 2009;
Approximate exit: Julycompany achieving 11
straight quarters of profitability since its formation in July 2009.
However, the company saw a decline in net income in 2012--from about
$8.5 billion in the first three quarters of 2011 to about $5.1 billion
in the first three quarters of 2012. GM officials reported this
decline was largely due to increased losses in the company's European
Operations, a region where the automotive industry as a whole
struggles. The company continues to post losses in Europe, with
vehicle sales declining 7.4 percent between the first three quarters
of 2011 and the first three quarters of 2012. In contrast, GM's North
American sales increased 3.2 percent over 2011 levels for that same
time period. The company has reported taking actions to help
restructure its European operations and expects financial results to
improve.[Footnote 20]
The company has also recently made a


number of other changes in an
effort to improve its financial condition and flexibility. In June
2012, in an effort to de-risk its pension plans and further strengthen
its balance sheet, GM announced that it would provide certain U.S.
salaried retirees with a continued monthly payment administered and
paid by The Prudential Insurance Company of America and others with a
voluntary lump-sum payment option, which it estimated would reduce its
salaried pension obligation by about $29 billion. In November 2012 GM
announced plans for its captive financing subsidiary, GM Financial, to
acquire Ally Financial, Inc.'s International Operations in 14
countries, which the company expects to drive higher vehicle sales in
China, Mexico, Europe and Latin America. Also in November 2012, GM
secured a new $11 billion revolving to help improve GM Financial's
financial flexibility.
In December 2012, two years after the GMMay 14, 2012, Ally
Financial's mortgage subsidiary Residential Capital, LLC, and certain
of its subsidiaries, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company is
also in the process of selling its international business, which
includes auto finance, insurance, and banking and deposit operations
in Canada, Mexico, Europe, the United Kingdom, China, and South
America. According to Ally Financial, contracts for each of these
countries have been signed, and deal closings are expected to occur in
stages throughout the first half of 2013. Ally Financial reported that
these actions would improve the financial viability of the company and
increase the likelihood of repaying Treasury. Ally's net income for
the first three quarters of 2012 has declined from the same period in
2011--decreasing from a positive $49 million in 2011 to a loss of $204
million in 2012. This loss is primarily attributable to


charges
related to the Residential Capital, LLC, bankruptcy filing in the
second quarter of 2012.[Footnote 23]
The challenges facing Ally Financial and reductions in the share
prices of common stock holdings in GM highlight how market conditions
contribute to the risks associated with AIFP and the variability of
lifetime cost estimates. The projected lifetime cost of AIFP has
increased since 2010 and as of September 30, 2012, was estimated at
$24.3 billion--about $700 million more than in September 2011 and
almost $10 billion more than in September 2010. According to Treasury
officials, Treasury continues to balance its goals of exiting as soon
as practicable and maximizing taxpayer returns.
Treasury Sold Its Remaining AIG Shares:
On December 11, 2012, Treasury announced that it agreed to sell all of
its remaining shares of AIG common stock, and on December 14, 2012,
announced that it hadreceived payment from its final sale of AIG
stock, bringing to an end the government's assistance to the company.
Prior to TARP, in September 2008 AIG received assistance in the form
of a loan from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY). In
exchange, AIG provided shares of preferred stock to the AIG Credit
Facility Trust that FRBNY created. These preferred shares were
converted to common stock and then transferred to the Treasury. In
addition to this and other non-TARP support, Treasury provided
assistance to AIG in November 2008 through TARP by purchasing
preferred shares that were also later converted to common stock. In
late January 2011, following the recapitalization of AIG, Treasury
owned 1.655 billion common shares in AIG (1.092 billion TARP and 0.563
billion non-TARP) and a $20.3 billion preferred interest in two
special purpose vehicle subsidiaries of


started: 88,000;
Permanent modifications started: 53,000.
March;
Trial modifications started: 70,000;
Permanent modifications started: 61,000.
April;
Trial modifications started: 49,000;
Permanent modifications started: 68,000.
May;
Trial modifications started: 27,000;
Permanent modifications started: 48,000.
June;
Trial modifications started: 22,000;
Permanent modifications started: 51,000.
July;
Trial modifications started: 24,000;
Permanent modifications started: 37,000.
August;
Trial modifications started: 24,000;
Permanent modifications started: 33,000.
September;
Trial modifications started: 31,000;
Permanent modifications started: 28,000.
October;
Trial modifications started: 30,000;
Permanent modifications started: 24,000.
November;
Trial modifications started: 31,000;
Permanent modifications started: 30,000.
December;
Trial modifications started: 35,000;
Permanent modifications started: 30,000.
2011:
January;
Trial modifications started: 26,000;
Permanent modifications started: 28,000.
February;
Trial modifications started: 35,000;
Permanent modifications started: 26,000.
March;
Trial modifications started: 34,000;
Permanent modifications started: 36,000.
April;
Trial modifications started: 33,000;
Permanent modifications started: 29,000.
May;
Trial modifications started: 27,000;
Permanent modifications started: 32,000.
June;
Trial modifications started: 26,000;
Permanent modifications started: 32,000.
July;
Trial modifications started: 23,000;
Permanent modifications started: 28,000.
August;
Trial modifications started: 21,000;
Permanent modifications started: 26,000.
September;
Trial modifications started: 22,000;
Permanent modifications started: 40,000.
October;
Trial modifications started: 17,000;
Permanent modifications started: 26,000.
November;
Trial modifications started: 18,000;
Permanentuse the
same Credit Reform accounting as the other program-specific lifetime
cost estimates.
[End of figure]
In addition to the MHA program, Treasury has allocated $7.6 billion in
TARP funds for HHF, which seeks to help homeowners in 18 states hit
hardest by unemployment and house price declines (Alabama, Arizona,
California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan,
Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, and Tennessee) plus the District of Columbia.
States were chosen because they had experienced steep home price
declines, high levels of unemployment in the economic downturn, or
both. According to Treasury, each state housing agency gathered public
input to implement programs designed to meet the distinct challenges
homeowners in their state were facing. As a result, HHF programs vary
across states, but services offered often include mortgage payment
assistance for unemployed homeowners and reinstatement assistance


of internal controls included in the servicer
assessments that Treasury publishes quarterly, according to Treasury.
The reviews also identified areas in which the servicers differed in
their implementation of the requirements, such as the precise timing
of the assignment of relationship managers. Treasury officials said
that servicers have many options for appropriately implementing the
requirement, given the flexibility provided in its guidance, and noted
that servicers were making progress in addressing the issues
identified in the initial compliance reviews. However, Treasury
officials also stated that they were considering whether to issue
additional guidance to clarify the requirements and to help ensure
greater consistency across servicers.
Treasury put in place another process aimed at enhancing borrower
assistance: a case escalation process for resolving borrower inquiries
and disputes. In June 2010, we reported that it was unclear whether
the process that Treasury had established forprogram guidelines.
In addition, MHA Help and the HAMP Solution Center (collectively
referred to as the MHA support centers) can refer escalated cases to
the servicer on behalf of either borrowers or third parties assisting
borrowers. MHA Help, which is a team of specialists dedicated
exclusively to working with borrowers and servicers to resolve
escalated MHA cases, receives cases from borrowers who call the HOPE
Hotline. A third party, such as a housing counselor, may escalate a
case through the HAMP Solution Center.
In its capacity as the MHA program administrator, Fannie Mae staffs
the HAMP Solution Center and oversees vendors that staff MHA Help and
the HOPE Hotline, according to Treasury. In order to resolve a case
escalated through these support centers, the servicer must obtain the
concurrence of the center that escalated the case with the proposed
resolution. If the


for
questions about non-mortgage-related TARP programs, or Mathew Scire at
(202) 512-8678 or sciremj@gao.gov for questions about mortgage-related
TARP programs. Contact points for our Offices of Congressional
Relations and Public Affairs may be found on the last page of this
report. GAO staff who made major contributions to this report are
listed in appendix V.
Signed by:
Thomas J. McCool:
Director:
Center for Economics, Applied Research and Methods:
List of Addressees:
The Honorable Barbara Mikulski:
Chairman:
The Honorable Thad Cochran:
Vice Chairman Committee on Appropriations:
United States Senate:
The Honorable Tim Johnson:
Chairman:
The Honorable Richard C. Shelby:
Ranking Member Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:
United States Senate:
The Honorable
Chairman:
The Honorable Jeff Sessions:
Ranking Member:
Committee on the Budget:
United States Senate:
The Honorable Max Baucus:
Chairman:
The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch:
Ranking Member:
Committee on Finance:
United States Senate:
The Honorable Hal Rogers:
Chairman:
The Honorable Nita Lowey:
Ranking Member:
Committee on Appropriations:
House of Representatives:
The Honorable Paul Ryan:
Chairman:
The Honorable Chris VanHollen:
Ranking Member:
Committee on the Budget:
House of Representatives:
The Honorable Jeb Hensarling:
Chairman:
The Honorable Maxine Waters:
Ranking Member:
Committee on Financial Services:
House of Representatives:
The Honorable Dave Camp:
Chairman:
The Honorable Sandy Levin:
Ranking Member:
Committee on Ways and Means:
House of Representatives:
[End of section]
Appendix I: Objectives, Scope, and Methodology:
The objectives in this report were to examine the condition and status
of (1) nonmortgage-related Troubled Asset Relief Programs (TARP)
programs and (2) TARP mortgage programs, including Treasury's efforts
to ensure that servicers are implementing two new requirements.
To assess the condition and status of all the nonmortgage-related
programs initiated under the TARP, we collected and analyzed data
about program utilization and assets held, as applicable, focusing
primarily on financial information that we had audited in the Office
of Financial Stability's (OFS) financial statements, as of September
30, 2012. In some instances we provided more recent, unaudited
financial information. The


following:
* For the Capital Purchase Program, we used OFS's reports to describe
the status of the program, including the amount of investments
outstanding, the number of institutions that had exited the program,
and the amount of dividends paid. In addition, we reviewed Treasury's
press releases on the program and interviewed officials from Treasury.
* For the Community Development Capital Initiative, we interviewed
program officials to determine what exit concerns Treasury has for the
program.
* To update the status of the Automotive Industry Financing Program
and Treasury's plans for managing its investment in the companies, we
leveraged our past work and reviewed information on Treasury's plans
for overseeing its remaining financial interests in General Motors
(GM) and Ally Financial, including Treasury reports. To obtain
information on the current financial condition of the companies, we
reviewed information on GM's and Ally Financial's financesto prior to September were
fulfilled after that date.
[End of figure]
[End of section]
Appendix III: Treasury's Office of Financial Stability Staffing and
Use of Private Sector Contracting:
Office of Financial Stability Staffing:
As we noted in our 2012 annual TARP report, Treasury has addressed
several staffing challenges that we had previously identified, and the
overall staffing numbers, which began to decline in 2011, continued to
decrease through September 30, 2012 (see figure 13).[Footnote 47]
Treasury's Office of Financial Stability (OFS) used employees
(including term employees) and detailees from other Treasury offices
and other federal agencies to meet its workload requirements.
Figure 13: OFS Employees and Detailees, November 21, 2008, through
September 30, 2012:
[Refer to PDF for image: stacked vertical bar graph]
Date: November 21, 2008;
Employees (including term appointments): 5;
Staff detailed to OFS from other areas of Treasury and other federal
agencies: 43;
Total number


of employees: 48.
Date: January 26, 2009;
Employees (including term appointments): 38;
Staff detailed to OFS from other areas of Treasury and other federal
agencies: 52;
Total number of employees: 90.
Date: March 16, 2009;
Employees (including term appointments): 77;
Staff detailed to OFS from other areas of Treasury and other federal
agencies: 36;
Total number of employees: 113.
Date: June 8, 2009;
Employees (including term appointments): 137;
Staff detailed to OFS from other areas of Treasury and other federal
agencies: 29;
Total number of employees: 166.
Date: September 15, 2009;
Employees (including term appointments): 184;
Staff detailed to OFS from other areas of Treasury and other federal
agencies: 12;
Total number of employees: 196.
Date: September 25, 2010;
Employees (including term appointments): 216;
Staff detailed to OFS from other areas of Treasury and other federal
agencies: 3;
Total number of employees: 219.
Date: September 30, 2011;
Employees (including term appointments): 190;
Staff detailed to otheradded in 2012. In
addition, OFS officials stated that OFS had detailed some of its staff
to other Treasury programs, as Treasury had exited several programs
and no longer had assets to manage for them and many of the other TARP
programs were winding down. Treasury officials continue to anticipate
that staffing levels in OFS offices will decrease over time, and some
staff have moved or may relocate to other parts of Treasury or other
federal agencies.
Treasury also has addressed several turnover-related staffing issues.
We previously reported that a number of staff from the OFS leadership
team departed in 2010 and 2011, and in 2013 the terms of two other
leadership team members are scheduled to expire. As we previously
reported, OFS addressed this leadership challenge by replacing the
Assistant Secretary of Financial Stability with OFS's former Chief
Counsel in 2011


of the Treasury:
Assistant Secretary:
Department of the Treasury:
Washington, D.C.
December 12, 2012:
Thomas J. McCool:
Director, Center for Economics Applied Research and Methods:
U.S. Government Accountability Office:
441 G Street, NW:
Washington, DC 20548:
Dear Mr. McCool:
Thank you for the opportunity to review your draft report titled
"Treasury Sees Some Returns as It Exits Programs and Continues to Fund
Mortgage Programs" (Draft Report), which was provided to the
Department of the Treasury (Treasury) on November 28, 2012. Treasury
appreciates the efforts of the Government Accountability Office (GAO)
in providing an updated summary of the current condition and status of
the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
Four years after the establishment of TARP, Treasury has made
substantial progress in withdrawing the extraordinary assistance that
had to be provided during the financial crisis. As Treasury winds down
the TARP investment programs, protecting the taxpayers' interest,
maximizing returns, and exitingWhat a rush! A group of tourists in Iceland were left scampering to safety when a large chunk of a nearby glacier suddenly collapsed into the sea, producing a gigantic wave that caught the adventurers by surprise.

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One of the striking things about his administration -- and he has been prime minister for not quite two years -- is the way he is streamlining the civil service. He is in the process of cutting the number of government departments by more than half, from 39 to 18.

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Dover Studio Collective: 67 Astley Avenue, Dover, Kent CT16 2PW

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"I do believe that he has anxiety about the period ahead, but I also know from my discussions with him that he feels that the United States and the people that he's worked with and others and nonprofits, just an enormous number of supporters will be behind him as he goes forward. And I think in this set of circumstances, that's the best you can ask for.

NPR's Corey Flintoff adds this from his reporting today:

"Veteran China watchers say that


the U.S. officials who negotiated the deal for Chen to leave the embassy and the Chinese officials who approved the deal may be feeling burned by later Chen's statements. " 'This was really hard for the Chinese to do,' says Susan Shirk, head of the 21st Century China Program at the University of California. Shirk says the deal was apparently made over the objections of 'hard-line voices at the top' of China's political hierarchy. " 'It was pretty amazing diplomacy by the two sides—achieving the outcome Chen wanted,' she adds. "Jeffrey Bader, who served in the Obama administration as a National Security Council adviser on China, says there's good reason to believe the State Department officials who say they never conveyed any threat from the Chinese to Chen."Bader, now a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, notes that the Americans negotiated as a multi-member team, so there wouldn't be any ambiguity about what was agreed upon. "On the other hand, Bader says, Chen is a dissident who was beaten and jailed, 'so he has a reasonable basis for concern.' "Bader adds that Chen and the people he's associated with have at least two good reasons to keep him in the spotlight: to keep attention on his cause and also, to assure him of some measure of safety by keeping him under media scrutiny."

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embassy, Chinese officials had indicated to us that his family would be returned to Shandong, and they would lose their opportunity to negotiate for reunification."

Nuland also says that:

"At no point during his time in the Embassy did Chen ever request political asylum in the US. At every opportunity, he expressed his desire to stay in China, reunify with his family, continue his education and work for reform in his country. All our diplomacy was directed at putting him in the best possible position to achieve his objectives."

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The dramatic news that U.S. officials have escorted blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng to a hospital after receiving assurances that he won't be put back underhouse arrest raises a key question:

Will Chinese authorities follow through on those assurances?

"He was escorted from the [U.S.] embassy to the hospital. But, frankly, he can't be escorted around China for the rest of his life," Richard McGregor, Washington bureau chief for The Financial Times said earlier on Morning Edition.

As he pointed out, "in the past, Chen was actually snatched from the capital" by authorities from his home city. "Who's to say what can happen in the future? ... Assurances only go so far."

As NPR's Louisa Lim added, "a lot depends on how this now plays out."

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has gone to China for previously scheduled discussions, seemed to acknowledge the uncertainty in a statement sent to reporters:

"I am pleased that we were able


to facilitate Chen Guangcheng's stay and departure from the U.S. embassy in a way that reflected his choices and our values. I was glad to have the chance to speak with him today and to congratulate him on being reunited with his wife and children. "Mr. Chen has a number of understandings with the Chinese government about his future, including the opportunity to pursue higher education in a safe environment. Making these commitments a reality is the next crucial task. The United States government and the American people are committed to remaining engaged with Mr. Chen and his family in the days, weeks, and years ahead."

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Chen, a self-trained lawyer, had run afoul of authorities in recent years because of his work to expose a campaign of forced abortions. He reportedly injured himself during his flight from house arrest.

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district judge held a hearing on the motion for reduction of sentences.  Mengel's sentence was suspended; Lewis's was reduced from six to three years.  The judge refused to alter the sentences of Berrigan and Eberhardt.

3
Berrigan has appealed, contending that the denial of his motion was based on impermissible considerations.  The appeal is without merit.  The district judge made it clear beyond cavil that his imposition of the original term of six years was based, not simply on Berrigan's later participation in other illegal acts as such, but on his continued determination demonstrated by the occurrence at Catonsville as well as other events and statements, to violate the law as and when it seemed to suit his purposes.  The judge nonetheless had been preparedTurkmenistan - The Spoken Language

In 1989 some 2,537,000 speakers of Turkmen lived in Turkmenistan, with 121,578 in Uzbekistan (the vast majority in the Khorazm region on Turkmenistan's north central border), 39,739 in the Russian Federation (including 12,000 in the Stavropol' region along Russia's southwestern border), 20,487 in Tajikistan, and 3,846 in Kazakstan. A high degree of language loyalty was reflected in the fact that some 99.4 percent of Turkmen in the republic claimed Turkmen as their native language in the 1989 census. At the same time, 28 percent claimed Russian as their second language--a figure that remained constant between the 1979 and 1989 censuses. More than half of the second category were part of the urban population. Only 3 percent of Russians in the republic spoke Turkmen.

The total


number of Turkmen speakers in Europe and Asia has been estimated at between 4 and 4.8 million. These figures include the 2,517,000 Turkmen in the republic, 185,000 Turkmen in other Central Asian states and Russia, an estimated 700,000 Turkmen in Afghanistan, and 850,000 Turkmen in Iran who speak a closely related but distinct language called Khorasanli.

The spoken language

Turkmen belongs to the family of Turkic languages spoken in Eastern Europe (Tatar, Bashkir, Chuvash), the Caucasus (Azeri, Kumik), Siberia (Yakut, Tuva, Khakas), China (Uygur, Kazak), Central Asia (Kazak, Kyrgyz, Uzbek), and the Near East (Turkish, Azeri). Its closest relatives are the languages of the Turks in northeastern Iran and the Khorazm Province of south central Uzbekistan (Khorasani), Azerbaijan (Azeri), and Turkey (Turkish), all of which belong to the Oghuz group— Frederick J. Kapala, Judge.
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 ARGUED DECEMBER 5, 2014 — DECIDED JANUARY 30, 2015
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   Before FLAUM, EASTERBROOK, and KANNE, Circuit
Judges.
   FLAUM, Circuit Judge. Subsequent to his acquittal by a
jury on burglary charges, Omar Saunders-El sued mem-
bers of the Rockford, Illinois police department, alleging
that they planted his blood at the crime scene in an at-
tempt to frame him. His complaint included a 42 U.S.C.
§ 1983 claim—contending that by fabricating evidence,
the officers offended his due process rights—and Illinois
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Edward Hitchcock's pre-Darwinian (1840) "tree of life".
The "tree of life" iconography, representing the history of life, dates from at least the latter half of the 18th century, but evolution as the mechanism providing this bifurcating history of life did not appear until the early 19th century. There was also a shift from the straight line, scala naturae view of change in nature to a more bifurcating or tree-like view. Throughout the 19th century authors presented tree-like diagrams, some regarding the Deity as the mechanism of change while others argued for evolution. Straight-line or anagenetic evolution and bifurcating or cladogenetic evolution are known in biology today, but are often misrepresented in popular culture, especially with anagenesis being confounded with scala naturae. Although well known in the mid 19th century,the geologist Edward Hitchcock has been forgotten as an early, if not the first author to publish a paleontologically based "tree of life" beginning in 1840 in the first edition of his popular general geology text Elementary Geology. At least 31 editions were published and those between 1840 and 1859 had this "paleontological chart" showing two trees, one for fossil and living plants and another for animals set within a context of geological time. Although the chart did not vary in later editions, the text explaining the chart did change to reflect newer ideas in paleontology and geology. Whereas Lamarck, Chambers, Bronn, Darwin, and Haeckel saw some form of transmutation as the mechanism that created their "trees of life," Hitchcock, like his contemporaries Agassiz and Miller, who also


customer down to Jamestown and after I got off the Thruway, the customer put a shoelace around my neck and started choking me,” said Ibrahim Amin. “I crashed and got into a fight with the guy and held him for the police. He’s in prison until 2018 and I have a lifetime order of protection against him.”

Eleven years ago, just before Abdallah joined Airport Taxi, he owned a deli on Walden Avenue, where he was shot in the right leg during a stick-up involving three robbers.

One of the robbers accidentally shot himself in the foot and police were able to follow bloody footprints to a Sweet Avenue home where the men were arrested. The man who shot Abdallah was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.

“He hada brush with death back then. He talked about it with me,” a fellow cab driver said, shaking his head over the violence his friend suffered then and now.

A woman in the Bailey-Kensington neighborhood told The Buffalo News she considered herself fortunate to be alive after having what she believes was a close encounter with those responsible for killing Abdallah.

“I got here around 5:30 a.m., and two men were walking away from the cab, headed up the street, as I parked my car directly in front of the taxi,” the woman said, requesting that her name be withheld.

She said she did not hear gunfire and that bolstered the belief that Abdallah was killed elsewhere and then driven to Norfolk.

“I spoke with the cab dispatcher who found him. He


Eleven police officers were shot by at least two snipers in Dallas Thursday night during a protest over police brutality, leaving five officers dead and wounding six, throwing the city into chaos and turning parts of downtown into a massive crime scene by Friday morning.

Dallas Police Chief David Brown said the snipers had opened fire on officers from “elevated positions” during the protests. A civilian was also wounded.

Three suspects were taken into custody, including a woman.

Amateur video appears to show Dallas gunman

A fourth suspect exchanged gunfire with police in a tense, hourslong standoff with police overnight, but that confrontation ended early Friday morning, according to a city spokesperson. Sana Syed, a Dallas public information officer, said she couldn’t confirm the status of the fourth and final suspect, butHoliday’s classic is Kanye West with “Blood on the Leaves.” The voice of Jefferson Pierce’s youngest daughter, Jennifer, narrates the first scene, which shows the family waiting at the police station after Anissa's arrest for protesting The 100 gang.

Jennifer sneaks out of the Garfield High School fundraiser to go to a party and the first song is “Blicka Blicka” by Rome Fortune.

Jefferson and Lynn share a moment at the high school while “100%” by Monogem plays in the background. Lynn is upset about Anissa’s arrest and we learn they share joint custody of the kids.

Jefferson tracks Jennifer to the club after she snuck out. He busts open the doors to “Love” by Rome Fortune and sees La La and The 100 gang take her into the back room.

The


of the first men.

Casper: Master of the treasure(Chaldean)

Chamrosh: A bird said to live on the summit of Mount Alborz and is the archetype of all birds

Charlie: Manly; strong; free(English)

Chloe: Blooming(Greek)

Coco: Help(Spanish)

Dahl: Household pet of the Kennedy family in the Australian soap-opera Neighbours

Daisy: Eye of the day; synonym for Sun(English)

Dolores

Fenghuang: Mythological birds that reign over all other birds.

Firebird

Fred

Gabby: Heroine of God(Hebrew, Italian)

Gamayun: A prophetic bird that lives on an island in the east, close to paradise

Garuda: A lesser Hindu divinity, usually the mount (vahanam) of Vishnu.

Gracie: Favor, blessing(Latin)

Griffin: A legendary creature with the body of A lion and the head and wings of an eagle.

Harley

Harpies: Winged death-spirits.

Ho-o: Japanese version of the Chinese Fenghuang.

Hokhokw

Hraesvelg: A giant, who in eagle from, creates the wind by beating his wings.

Hugin and Munin (Thoughtand Memory): A pair of ravens associated with the Norse god Odin.

Iago: A parrot from Aladdin

Jatayu: A demi-god who has the form of A vulture.

Ju-jak

Kin-u

Kiwi: A fuzzy, tart fruit (Polynesian)

Kwakwakalanooksiwae

Lightning Bird: A real or imaginary bird superstitiously associated with special powers, generally lightning.

Lola: Sorrowful (Spanish)

Lucky: Fortunate(English)

Mac

Mango: A bright, tropical fruit(Portuguese)

Marguerita

Max: The greatest(Latin)

Merlin: Sea fortress; A mythical wizard(Welsh)

Moe: Saved; love(Hebrew)

Morgan: Great and bright sea dweller(Welsh)

Paco: Free(Spanish)

Paulie: in the film of the same name

Peaches: A sweet, flavorful fruit(Persian)

Pepper: A hot spice(Malayalam)

Phoenix: A mythical sacred firebird.

Pisia

Quetzalcoatl: A god of wind, creativity, and fertility, frequently depicted as A Feathered Serpent.

Rainbow: Symbol of hope and beauty. Biblically, it represents the covenant between God and His people(English)

Raven: Representative spirit of actual ravens, and often depicted as A trickster or culture hero figure

Rio: River(Spanish)

Roc: An


enormous mythical bird of prey, often white, reputed to have been able to carry off and eat elephants.

Rosita

Ruby: A bright, precious gem(Latin)

Samjoko: A 3-legged bird associated with the sun.

Sammy: Heard God(Hebrew)

Sampaati: Brother to Jatayu.

Shang-Yang

Simurgh: A gigantic, benevolent, mythical flying creature, often part dog or human.

Sirens: Female figures that lured sailors to their death with their music.

Sirin: A mythological creature with the head and chest of A beautiful woman and the body of A bird (usually an owl).

Skittles: A sweet, small, round candy(English)

Smokey: Smoke-colored(American)

Sphinx: A unique demon of destruction and bad luck represented as A winged lion with A woman’s head.

Spike: Sharp metal. A name commonly associated with danger; the name has cool connotations(American)

Sunny: Brilliant, cheerful, happy(English)

Sunshine: Term of endearment; happy, cheerful(English)

Suzaku: Japanese version of the Chinese Vermillion Bird.

SwanMaiden: A mythical creature who shapeshifts from human form to swan form.

Tango: A sultry, upbeat Latin dance or music(Latin)

Tecumbalam

The Cu Bird (el Pájaro Cu)

Thunderbird: An enormous bird that causes thunder and stirs the wind from the beating of its wings.

Tiki: Waterfall(Japanese)

Tookie: Colloquial for “buttocks.” (English)

Waddlesworth: A parrot in 102 Dalmatians

Xecotcovach

Yatagarasu: A 3-legged raven who belongs to the sun goddess Amaterasu.

Zhar-Ptitsa: A magical glowing firebird from A faraway land

Zhu Què (Vermilion Bird): A mythological spirit creature of the Chinese constellations

Ziz: A giant bird said to be large enough to be able to block out the sun with its wingspan.


Machine contributors. Live, the band have performed at Ibiza’s influential, International Music Summit and have other upcoming festivals in summer 2016.

The follow up EP ‘The Art Of Living’ is out October 2016. First track ‘Young’ landed a 405 Premiere and was added to ‘New Music Friday’ on Spotify, amongst several other leading playlists.

Meltybrains?----------------For fans of experimental maestros like Gang Gang Dance and Micachu, Meltybrains? push the envelope by being batshit. At a time when most bands are afraid to take any risks, Meltybrains? take them laughing, and their unswerving dedication to their craft (despite their whacky flippancy) is evinced in the beaming praise they’ve received for their live show-cum-spectacle from outlets such as Boiler Room, Clash, Pigeons & Planes and The Irish Times to name a few.

With morematerial to come by the end of the year, Meltybrains? are firm contenders for the most intriguing prospect the British counter culture has had in donkey’s years. They’re the antithesis to the spick and span polish and carefully manufactured image of most groups. Ultimately, they’re explorers, pushing to the furthest reaches of music and entertainment to report back that there’s yet more to be discovered.

Cameron Dawson------------------------Canterbury bred, Brighton inhabitant Cameron Dawson (Vels Trio/Mamas Gun) performs Jazz-Rock and Prog inspired instrumental music. His second venture as a solo artist draws from his love of dark, fuzzy grooves, along with an exploration of the Bass Guitar as a melodic and atmospheric instrument.

Move To Canada-----------------------Optimism, reverberation and repetition


and knees were flexed to 90°, with the chair and popliteal area 5 cm apart and the feet in contact with the ground. For anterior measurements, the shoulder was flexed to 90° with the elbow fully extended, and the subject moved his or her upper extremities and trunk as forward as possible. The distance from the starting position to the ending position of the middle finger tip was measured using the stick ruler. For lateral measurements on the unaffected side, the shoulder was abducted to 90° with the elbow fully extended. The subject moved his or her upper extremities and trunk towards the unaffected side to the maximum range possible. The distance from the starting position to the ending position of the middle finger tip was measured using thethickness of TA during contraction on the affected and unaffected sides, respectively.

The trunk stabilization training and feedback used in the present study promoted isolated contraction of the deep muscle, TrA, and improved trunk stability with strengthening of the TrA. Compared to the control group, the experimental group subjects were thought to have achieved more effective learning of selective TrA contraction, because they were provided with audiovisual feedback. In addition, the effect of selective training with feedback combined with trunk stability training in the present study is thought to have activated the tonic stabilizing muscle, TrA, by facilitating co-contraction in a multidimensional manner. Hodges and Richardson \[[@B43]\] also reported that motor control, achieved by combining functional movements with PBS training, is more effective at promoting activation of local muscles.

In


"Ballot" is not originally an English word: It comes from the Venetian word ballotta, or "little ball." For centuries, councils elected the Doge of Venice, who ruled the city-state, with small silver and gold balls. Now Venetians have put their modern equivalent to good use in a bid to declare independence from Italy. And they have a pretty good case to make for restoring their once-mighty republic.

Last week, in a move overshadowed by the international outcry over Russia's annexation of Crimea, Plebiscito.eu, an organization representing a coalition of Venetian nationalist groups, held an unofficial referendum on breaking with Rome. Voters were first asked the main question—"Do you want Veneto to become an independent and sovereign federal republic?"—followed by three sub-questions on membership in the European Union, NATO, andthe eurozone. The region's 3.7 million eligible voters used a unique digital ID number to cast ballots online, and organizers estimate that more than 2 million voters ultimately participated in the poll.

On Friday night, people waving red-and-gold flags emblazoned with the Lion of St. Mark filled the square of Treviso, a city in the Veneto region, as the referendum's organizers announced the results: 2,102,969 votes in favor of independence—a whopping 89 percent of all ballots cast—to 257,266 votes against. Venetians also said yes to joining NATO, the EU, and the eurozone. The overwhelming victory surprised even ardent supporters of the initiative, as most polls before the referendum estimated only about 65 percent of the region's voters supported independence.

Luca Zaia, Veneto's regional president and the referendum's most prominent supporter,


or the location of stressed syllables in the word while partial recall relies on the number of letters the target word.

Awards
Brown was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1966-67. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1963) and the National Academy of Sciences (1972). In 1971 he received the Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award of the American Psychological Association, in 1973, the G. Stanley Hall Prize in Developmental Psychology of the American Association, and in 1984, the Fyssen International Prize in Cognitive Science. He also was awarded several honorary doctorates.

Personal life
Roger Brown was born in Detroit, one of four brothers. His family, like many others, was hit hard by the Depression. He attended Detroit public schools, and began undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan, but World29 beaches including the 6th most beautiful beach in Asia, according to Tripadvisor: Nai Harn Beach

Phuket is connected to mainland by a bridge up North, which allows exploring the surroundings, including the marvellous Phang Nga, including Railey Beach and Koh Phi Phi. Some sites are classified as World Heritage of Unesco, such as Lake Khao Sok

The Buddhist Culture is very welcoming and the Thais are smiley and warm people

No other island in Asia has so much to offer in terms of spectacular landscape and infrastructure.

The proximity to Asian countries such as China, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong who don’t get to have in their coast the beach and the sea like you get in Phuket

The presence of a Community of Expats: French, Italian, Australian, English… Phuket attracts families


for its infrastructure and quality of life (around 30.000 people)

Amenities of Phuket Island

The Thai Government invests hundreds of millions each year in infrastructures, it’s the crown of tourism in Thailand

It’s the top of the line and most desirable island of Thailand. More than a hundred of luxury villas exceeding millions of Euros, and the most prestigious hotels and resorts

The presence of the biggest hotels in the World: Hilton, Sheraton, Hyatt, JW. Marriott, Accord, Holiday Inn, Movenpick,… (750 Hotels, 50.000 Rooms). These groups, along with their analysts, are confident about the future of Phuket, and they all keep investing billions on the island

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3 giant Shopping Centres: Jungceylon, King Power and Central Festival, and 2 more under construction including The Garden, built by the developer of Siam Paragon,time buyers goes less far towards buying a home.

Back in the 1980s and early 1990s the income of a first time borrower across the UK was typically about 40% the price of the average house. By the late noughties and up to 2015, it was about 25% of the price.


that has been uttered before, but Fennell says life out of the closet equals freedom. He called it “liberating.”

Fennell joins Jason Collins, Michael Sam, and countless other men and women who have broken down the closet door in their respective sports and organizations. While he does admit he previously feared the reaction of his family, friends, and coworkers, and particularly what could happen to an out gay man in notoriously homophobic Russia, he said he knows that competing without the fear of facing speculation or being outed can only improve his athletic career.

Reflecting on the irony of staying in the closet as an athlete who competes by sliding down an icy track at almost 90 miles an hour, he added, “I thought to myself, How the hell amand some of his associates were the subject of a narcotics investigation in Columbus, Ohio.  This investigation led to the issuance of search warrants, authorizing searches of an apartment shared by Aguilar and Gustavo Leaniz and a storage unit rented by Aguilar.  Aguilar and his girlfriend were at home when the search warrant covering those premises was executed on January 16, 1990.  The agents found cocaine, cash, assorted drug paraphernalia, and a loaded firearm in a nightstand next to Aguilar's bed.  Aguilar was arrested.

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The search of the storage unit produced a Honda motorcycle, substantial quantities of cocaine, and $23,950 in cash.

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On January 17, 1990, narcotics agents executed a search warrant at a storage unit located very near Aguilar's, but leased to Aguilar's roommate, Leaniz.


the superseding information alleges the dates of the conspiracy to be "beginning [on] or about October 27, 1987, and continuing up to and including January 16, 1990, the exact dates being unknown...."

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We address the matter of the dates mentioned in the indictment first.  Defendant argues that since the cocaine was not found in Leaniz's storage unit until January 17, 1990, it could not be included as the fruits of a conspiracy alleged to have ended on January 16, 1990.

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The indictment covered the period "beginning [on] or about October 27, 1987, and continuing up to and including January 16, 1990, the exact dates being unknown...."  (Emphasis added).  The purpose of using the "on or about" language is because it is often difficult, if not impossible, toown separate drug distribution business ... the evidence here shows that Mr. Aguilar knowingly permitted Mr. Leaniz to carry on those activities in Mr. Aguilar's home, and that in itself would be sufficient to render him responsible for the drugs found in Mr. Leaniz's storage facility.  He knew that his co-conspirator was involved in these activities, he knew that he had a storage locker, and he know he was using it for the storage of cocaine.

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But beyond that, the evidence in this case convinces this Court that indeed these two gentlemen were involved in the same drug conspiracy, either they were partners or perhaps there was some hierarchy between them, but that clearly they were both involved in the same drug distribution activities and that Mr. Aguilar


was assisting Mr. Leaniz in this common goal to distribute drugs....  They lived ... together, and clearly they were more than simply roommates ... together because the evidence indicates that, without a doubt, Mr. Aguilar had unlimited access to Mr. Leaniz's part of the apartment because Mr. Aguilar's briefcase with his billfold and money ... were found in Mr. Leaniz's bedroom.  That is where the drug wrapping machine was.  That is where the scales were found, and clearly Mr. Aguilar not only had access to but used that bedroom.  He had stored his billfold and money in that bedroom in his briefcase, and since we know that Mr. Aguilar was involved in distributing drugs and the only drug wrapping machine and the only drugViolence in the emergency department.
The spillover of societal violence continues to escalate in emergency departments (EDs) in the United States. The violence is not limited to urban, inner-city environments; it extends into the rural areas as well. Preventive techniques need to be addressed. An overview examines risk assessments, preventive strategies, security systems, and staff education.


hearing in the PTO.  After the hearing, the examiner issued a decision holding that the claimed invention was "on sale" in this country before the April 7, 1968, critical date.  The interference was dissolved on May 10, 1974, and ex parte prosecution before the examiner was resumed.  On May 12, 1981, the appealed claims were finally rejected.

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The basis for the rejection was that Insuloid Manufacturing Company ("Insuloid"), a British corporation wholly owned by B-H, offered to sell the claimed invention in the United States to Tyton Corporation ("Tyton") prior to the critical date.  Specifically, on November 14, 1967, Insuloid sent samples of the claimed invention to Tyton for evaluation along with a catalogue and technical information.  Receipt of these items was acknowledged onDecember 13, 1967, in a letter from Robert Hall, a market research analyst for Tyton, who indicated that Tyton was in the process of determining the quantity for an initial order.  On February 9, 1968, Tyton placed an order with Insuloid setting forth prices and quantities of the desired cable ties, but the cable ties were not shipped until May 13, 1968, when Tyton deemed them acceptable.

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Tyton was formed as a joint venture company to be Insuloid's exclusive seller in the United States.  B-H owned 49% of Tyton, while Ideal Industries ("Ideal") owned the balance.

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A majority of the board affirmed the final rejection, because Insuloid offered to sell cable ties to Tyton within the meaning of 35 U.S.C. Sec. 102(b).  Insuloid and Tyton were deemed


of claims 26-28, 38-41, and 45.

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AFFIRMED.

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 Claim 38 is illustrative of the subject invention:
A binding clip for cables and the like comprising an elongated flexible tongue, a relatively rigid head formed integrally with one end of said tongue and having an elongated eye therein, a pawl integrally and flexibly united to said head so as to define one side of said eye, said eye being formed as a straight passage of a substantially uniform cross-section complementary to that of said tongue, a series of ratchet teeth formed on said pawl so as to project into said eye in parallel relation to its major dimension, and a row of coacting teeth formed medially of said tongue, said tongue being wider than said pawl so that plain portions thereof flankingKeith Jackson

Football Player

Green Bay Packers

Little Rock

Keith Jackson

On every football playing level, Keith Jackson has been the best at his position - from the elementary sandlot days to starring for Little Rock Parkview High School to the University of Oklahoma and on to the National Football League. Five times he's been honored as a Pro Bowl selection at tight end.

Jackson, 31 and in his ninth NFL season, began preseason drills two weeks ago with the Packers. His career has provided a lucrative income, and Jackson has returned some of that to Little Rock with the creation of Positive Atmosphere Reaches Kids, an recreational/educational facility for at-risk children in grades 8-11 that opened Feb. 1 at Gillam Park.

"I wanted to spend more time helping these kids off the street," Jackson


using it against every single attack. Keep it in reserve for when you really need it! Witch Twist – The angle foes are launched at changes between the first and second Witch Twists. Adjust your tactics to the situation to get the best combos.

– The angle foes are launched at changes between the first and second Witch Twists. Adjust your tactics to the situation to get the best combos. Witch Twist – This versatile move is great for combos or recovery! Do a midair jump after using the move and you can get in a sneaky extra Witch Twist.

Bowser Bomb – Bowser will leap into the air horns first. Hitting opponents on the way up makes it much easier to clobber them again on the way down.

– Bowserto it. It's a quick albeit risky way to descend quickly. Fire Breath – Once Bowser's used up his fire once, he needs time to recharge. Give him 10 seconds, and he'll be ready to roast!

– Once Bowser's used up his fire once, he needs time to recharge. Give him 10 seconds, and he'll be ready to roast! Fire Breath – You can change the angle of Bowser's flame. Try aiming slightly above the enemy to make it harder for them to escape! Bowser's not above dirty tricks.

– You can change the angle of Bowser's flame. Try aiming slightly above the enemy to make it harder for them to escape! Bowser's not above dirty tricks. Flying Slam – Bowser's target has a bit of control over their direction


right after shielding an enemy attack. Cancel the shield and whirl toward the enemy to counterattack!

Abandon Ship – After leaping out of the Junior Clown Car, Bowser Jr. can swing a hammer with the standard attack button. This attack is great for launching.

– After leaping out of the Junior Clown Car, Bowser Jr. can swing a hammer with the standard attack button. This attack is great for launching. Abandon Ship – Bowser Jr. abandons his Junior Clown Car and performs a massive leap. After a short delay, the abandoned vehicle will self-destruct.

– Bowser Jr. abandons his Junior Clown Car and performs a massive leap. After a short delay, the abandoned vehicle will self-destruct. Clown Cannon – This move fires a cannonball from the Junior Clown Car. The longerdirection right after the attack begins, Captain Falcon will turn around and deal a stronger punch. This works in midair, too!

– If you input in the opposite direction right after the attack begins, Captain Falcon will turn around and deal a stronger punch. This works in midair, too! Front Air Attack – There's a violent knee jab at the start of this move. Connect with that for some serious launching power.

– There's a violent knee jab at the start of this move. Connect with that for some serious launching power. Raptor Boost – Used in midair, his hand has a meteor effect on the downswing. The trick is to hit the foe when they're below Captain Falcon.

– Used in midair, his hand has a meteor effect on the


– Right before smashing a rock, Charizard gets super armor, meaning it won't even flinch if it's attacked!

– Right before smashing a rock, Charizard gets super armor, meaning it won't even flinch if it's attacked! Rock Smash – The rock shards will fly in random directions. Get close to your target to maximize damage.

– The rock shards will fly in random directions. Get close to your target to maximize damage. Strong Up Attack – Charizard's wings won't take damage, making this attack good for overpowering foes who are attacking from above.

Blade Beam – Cloud releases a shock wave along the ground. As you'd guess by looking, the attack range is quite wide, so you'll need to jump high to clear it.

– Cloud releases a shock wave along thegrabs his hat! That's the sign that the Peanut Popgun's about to backfire.

– While charging, watch for when Diddy grabs his hat! That's the sign that the Peanut Popgun's about to backfire. Rocketbarrel Boost – If someone attacks Diddy Kong when he's wearing his Rocketbarrel Pack, it'll break free and fly off on its own.

– If someone attacks Diddy Kong when he's wearing his Rocketbarrel Pack, it'll break free and fly off on its own. Rocketbarrel Boost – If you fly up through a platform and land on it, the Rocketbarrel Pack will explode on contact with the platform, blasting nearby enemies.

– If you fly up through a platform and land on it, the Rocketbarrel Pack will explode on contact with the platform, blasting nearby enemies. Rocketbarrel Boost