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Dr. P.A. Smithe was sent by the American Red Cross as a doctor and surgeon to work at a hospital in Vienna. He sailed to Europe in December 1915 and returned home in August 1916, according to his daughter, who donated his images to the National World War I Museum. Along the way he photographed what he saw in those months, before the Unites States declared war in 1917 against several of the countries whose troops Smithe photographed the most.
Here, Turkish soldiers ride in horse-drawn carts, still a frequently used means of transportation at the time.
The images are part of the collections of The National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Mo. On July 28, 1914 the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia, which escalated into World War I.
Credit: National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Mo.
Injured French soldiers standing outside the American Red Cross
hospital at Vienna.
National World War I Museum
The ruins of an unidentified church.
Civilians at the Ruhleben Prisoner of War camp. Caption on back: Smithe writes "A
typical scene from the Ruhleben Concentration Camp for Englishmen: Glimpse of
the theatre hall for English civilian prisoners at Ruhleben. In addition to
theatre and music hall performances, as well as concerts, moving picture shows
are held in this hall."
German soldiers escort French soldiers at a prisoner of war camp.
Austrian soldiers with large artillery.
Fort Pralkowece after it was shelled. Translation of caption on back of
image: "Przemysl - Fort Pralkowice after the storming."
The fort is located in a village of the same name in the Carpathian mountains of southeastern Poland, near the Ukranian border. The fort, built by the Austro-Hungarian Empire was the sieged by Russian troops in 1914 and 1915 and then retaken Germany in 1915.
German soldiers and officers ride on horseback down an unidentified
street in a town.
German troops fire on French soldiers. On the back of the photograph Smithe wrote "German troops repelling an attack. West front (France)."
Turkish army, including cavalry, infantry and artillery.
Turkish soldiers firing a large artillery gun.
A street scene in an unidentified town. Signs along the buildings are in
The operating room at the Vienna Red Cross Hospital.
Black and white photograph of an X-ray of the right leg of a man wounded
on February 2, 1915 and admitted on February 12, 1915. Description of injury on
back of image.
Staff and patients at the Vienna Red Cross Hospital.
A German soldier works on shaving a piece of wood with a prosthetic
limb for his left arm.
Black and white postcard photograph of Dr. P. A. Smithe, American Red Cross surgeon at the Vienna Red Cross Hospital.

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Part of the original Williams estate, the Carriage House is of board and batten construction with hand hewn beams. The interior features Arabella's horse-drawn Carriage and the brand new Neff Steam Buggy replica.
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Civic Education
(Title II, Part C, Subpart 3)
Authorizes grants to improve the quality of civics and government education for students in the United States, foster civic competence and responsibility, and improve civic and economic education in emerging democracies through cooperative exchange programs.
Changes from Current Law
Authorization - Creates a combined authorization for the "We the People" civic education program and the cooperative civic education and economic education exchange (Title II, Part C, subpart 3). Previously, the civic education program was authorized in the ESEA (Part F, section 10601) and the cooperative civic education and economic education exchange was authorized as the International Education Exchange Program in the Goals 2000: Educate America Act (Title VI, section 601).
Use of Funds - Explicitly authorizes grantees to use program funds to provide materials and methods of instruction, including teacher training, that use the latest advancements in educational technology. Also permits the Center for Civic Education to use funds available under the Project Citizen program to address specific problems, such as the prevention of school violence and the abuse of drugs and alcohol.
We the People Program - Expands program availability for We the People program to include schools administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and by the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Exchange Programs - Expands eligibility for Cooperative Civic Education and Economic Education Exchange Program to include the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and any developing country determined by the Secretary and the Secretary of State to have a democratic form of government. Also, eliminates use of funds for home stays in the United States or in participating countries.
Other changes - Repeals use of Department personnel and technical experts to assist eligible countries in improvements to educational delivery systems, structure, and organization. Repeals required studies of educational systems in other nations, particularly Great Britain, France, Germany, and Japan.
- No specific provision.
- Noncompetitive grant awards to the Center for Civic Education and the National Council on Economic Education.
- Up to 40 percent for Cooperative Civic Education and Economic Education Exchange Programs, of which, 37.5 percent is to be awarded to the Center for Civic Education, 37.5 percent to the National Council on Economic Education, and 25 percent for not less than one but not more than 3 grants or contracts to organizations for civic education activities under the Cooperative Education Exchange Program.
Teaching of Traditional American History
(Title II, Part C, Subpart 4)
Authorizes a discretionary grant program for local educational agencies to promote the teaching of traditional American history in elementary and secondary schools as a separate academic subject (not as a component of social studies). Although this is a new authority in the reauthorized ESEA, in fiscal year 2001 the Congress funded a very similar activity under the Fund for the Improvement of Education through appropriations language.
Program Description
Use of Funds - Grants may be used to improve the quality of history instruction and to provide professional development for teachers of American history.
Partnership - In order to receive a grant, an LEA must agree to carry out the proposed activities in partnership with: (1) an institution of higher education; (2) a nonprofit history or humanities organization; or (3) a library or museum.
- No specific accountability provisions.
- Grants are made to the highest-quality applications without regard to geography.
- None.
Teacher Liability Protection
(Title V, Part C, Subpart 5)
Subpart 5 of Chapter C of Title II (the "Paul D. Coverdell Teacher Protection Act of 2001"):
Limits the financial liability of teachers for harm they may cause acting on behalf of the school in disciplining students or maintaining classroom order;
Shields teachers from liability when they act within the scope of their employment and in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and local laws (including civil rights laws);
Limits the availability of punitive and non-economic ("pain and suffering") damages against teachers when they are determined to be liable for their acts; and
Extends protections not only to teachers, but also to administrators and school professionals, nonprofessional employees responsible for maintaining discipline or safety, and individual school board members.
State and Local Technology Grants
(Title II, Part D, Subpart 1)
Consolidates the current Technology Literacy Challenge Fund (TLCF) and Technology Innovation Challenge Grant programs into a single State formula grant program to support the integration of educational technology into classrooms to improve teaching and learning.
Changes from Current Law
Within-State Allocations - Requires each State to award half of the amount available for LEAs through a formula based on Title I shares and half through a competitive process. Currently, States award the entire amount available for LEAs through a competitive process.
Targeting - Requires LEAs to make competitive awards to high-need LEAs or partnerships that include a high-need LEA and at least one entity that can assist the high-need LEA to integrate technology effectively into classroom instruction. Defines a high-need LEA as an LEA that: (1) serves concentrations of poor students; and (2) (a) serves at least one school identified as in need of improvement under Title I or (b) has a substantial need for assistance in acquiring and using technology. Also requires States, when making competitive awards, to give a priority to LEAs that receive a formula allocation that is too small to carry out effectively the purposes of the program.
Providing Professional Development - Requires each LEA receiving formula funds to use at least 25 percent of its formula allocation for high-quality professional development activities to prepare teachers to integrate technology into instruction. (The current statute does not have a similar requirement.) Allows States to exempt from this requirement an LEA that can demonstrate that it already provides high-quality professional development in the integration of technology into instruction.
Emphasis on Proven Strategies - Requires local applicants to describe how they would identify and promote strategies, based on relevant research, that integrate technology effectively into curricula and instruction.
National Activities - Requires a national study (described below) and authorizes the Department to provide technical assistance to recipients of program funds.
Federal - Requires the Secretary to conduct an independent study, using an experimental research design, to identify the conditions and practices under which educational technology: (1) is effective in increasing student achievement; and (2) increases the ability of teachers to integrate technology effectively into curricula and instruction. Requires wide dissemination of the study.
State and Local - Requires each State and LEA to develop accountability measures and a process for evaluating the extent to which the activities carried out with program funds are effective in supporting the integration of technology into curricula and instruction.
Federal to State - Formula allocations based on each State's current-year share of Title I, Part A funds.
Within State - Requires States to award one-half of the amount available for LEAs by formula based on each LEA's prior-year share of Title I, Part A. States must use the remaining funds for competitive awards to high-need LEAs or partnerships that include high-need LEAs.
Federal - (1) up to 2 percent for national activities, including conducting the required study and providing technical assistance to grantees; (2) one-half of 1 percent for the Outlying Areas; (3) three-quarters of 1 percent for the BIA; and (4) the amount needed for continuation awards under the Technology Innovation Challenge Grants program.
State - Authorizes SEAs to reserve up to 5 percent for State-level activities, such as providing technical assistance to grantees and developing performance measurement systems to evaluate the effectiveness of technology programs.
Local - No specific set-aside for administrative expenses but, under the Education Department General Administrative Regulations, LEAs can use a reasonable amount for necessary administrative expenses.
Ready-to-Learn Television
(Title II, Part D, Subpart 3)
The Ready-to-Learn Television program supports the development and distribution of educational video and ancillary material for preschool children, elementary school children, and their parents.
Changes from Current Law
Clearinghouse - Eliminates the authority for the Secretary to establish, within the Department, a clearinghouse to compile and provide information, referrals, and model program materials and programming obtained or developed by the program.
Digital television and the Internet - Specifically authorizes the development of material for distribution over digital broadcasting channels and the Internet.
Eligibility - Restricts eligibility to public telecommunications entities; previously, non-profit entities, including public telecommunication entities, were eligible. Requires applicants to have the ability to negotiate contracts in a manner that allows them an appropriate share of any ancillary income from sales of program-related materials.
- Annual Report - Continues to require recipients of awards to submit an annual report describing program activities to the Secretary.
- Federal - Discretionary, competitive awards. At least 60 percent of the funds must be used to: facilitate the development of educational programming and support materials and services; facilitate the development or programming and digital content specifically designed for nationwide distribution of public television stations' digital broadcast channels and the Internet; and contract with entities to distribute the programming and materials produced. The remainder of the funds may be used to develop and disseminate education and training materials that are designed to promote school readiness and promote the effective use of the programming and digital resources.
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When the financial system faces a major bankruptcy, one that is large enough to threaten its health, it often makes sense to buy time. Regulators, central bankers, multilateral lenders and governments, which are left to deal with the situation when the private sector messes up, usually throw a lifeline to the near-bankrupt borrower, allowing creditors to recapitalize, put aside reserves and prepare to absorb the eventual losses.
This makes any bankruptcy more costly. Buying time entails throwing more good money after bad, and in the end losses will be larger, sometimes substantially. But they will also be spread over time and shared by the private and public sector. The regulators will not have to step in to rescue the wobbly financial system, which they would have to do if a bankruptcy, like that of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, occurs without adequate preparation.
When it is a company or a financial institution that is threatened with bankruptcy, the bad debt resolution is fairly straightforward. Corporate entities can be liquidated, even if, as in the case of Lehman, the process takes some three years. Remaining corporate assets can be sold off to satisfy creditors and the debt is eventually wiped out or written off. That was also what happened with collateralized debt obligations, which were at the heart of the 2008 financial crisis.
Sovereign nations are different from companies. Countries don't go away and can't be liquidated. They don't run out of money because they can usually print more. Nor do creditors have recourse to the bulk of national assets, to seize and auction off. Nations continue to carry their debts no matter what. Delaying an inevitable sovereign bankruptcy may better prepare creditors, but the longer the delay, the greater the debt burden requiring resolution.
The debt crisis in Latin America showed that debt forgiveness and debt restructuring do not work, and the only way for sovereign nations to get rid of their debt problem is to grow out of it. Until growth picked up, Latin borrowers kept running into trouble. In the 1970s, they loaded up on syndicated loans; then in the 1980s they borrowed by issuing government bonds. The vicious cycle of debt restructuring went on and on.
Growth Solution
Only when Mexico effected major economic reforms in the 1990s and began posting strong growth did its debt burden melt away. Brazil began generating economic growth early in this century, with similar results. Today, these former basket cases enjoy higher debt ratings and are able to borrow much cheaper than some of the so-called core euro-zone nations.
Argentina, on the other hand, failed to grow in the late 1990s and slid into crisis in 2001. Stiffing bondholders in the subsequent debt restructuring didn't really solve its debt problem and, unless that country achieves more solid economic performance, it will face another bankruptcy or debt restructuring very soon.
In Latin America, the situation could drag on for more than two decades because individual governments had monetary tools at their disposal to postpone drastic measures. Brazil, Mexico and Argentina kept printing money, introducing new currencies and destroying their value almost as soon as they entered into circulation, and eliminating private savings by means of hyperinflation.
The euro zone's situation is different. The Greek government can't print euros, can't devalue and can't unleash an inflationary spiral because it is locked into the euro strait jacket. This circumstance should have actually worked into Greece's favor, preventing Latin America-style drift, but policy mistakes in Brussels, Frankfurt and Berlin actually turned this advantage into a disaster.
The euro zone crisis began two years ago and it was evident from the outset that buying time would do nothing. With government bond yields for peripheral euro zone countries — the so-called PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain), as well as Ireland — rocketing, delay in resolving the crisis only meant that their overall debt burden continued to escalate. Germany and France, the European Union's leading nations, behaved like the dog owner in an old joke, who liked his boxer puppy and didn't want to cut his tail, so clipped it just an inch at a time.
Even as fiscal austerity and lack of investor confidence pushed highly indebted economies into a severe recession, the interest rates they had to pay on their debt were averaging 5-6%. Even in mid-February, after markets calmed down, Portugal faced rates of around 12%, and Greece 33%.
Now, two years have been lost and a debt spiral has set in. The more tax revenues governments seek, the greater the burden that shrinking economic activity puts on their budgets. Even more alarming, the debt spiral affects not just Greece or Portugal, but also Germany and France, which are dictating austerity measures that effectively bankrupt Greece.
The Greek economy shrank by 7% in the fourth quarter, but that's no longer the euro zone's biggest problem. By end-2011, Germany's industrial production was flat, and its economy contracted quarter on quarter in the October-December period. The French economy expanded during the same time period, but marginally so. Yet, Germany's debt measures 80% of its GDP, while France's debt is closer to 90%, both well above the 60% mark generally considered prudent. German long bond yields are extremely low, at around 1.9% as of mid-February, but with a shrinking economy it's still a dangerous situation. France is paying over 3%, which is twice the pace of its economic growth.
Stalling Innovation
The E.U. can resolve its looming regionwide debt crisis only by growing out of it. This is why 2011 data from Dow Jones VentureSource make such alarming reading. Venture capital investment in Europe was down 14% last year, to the lowest level since 2000, when data collection began. Deal flows shrank by 19%. Traditional favorites of venture capital investors in Europe, which besides Germany include non-euro U.K. and Sweden, suffered sharp declines in funds inflows.
Venture capital flows indicate innovation and technological sophistication, which Europe needs to compete internationally and grow at a pace that could at least in theory reduce debt burdens across the euro zone. At present, however, not only is the region entering a recession, but its flagship companies are faltering. PSA Peugeot Citroën, the blue chip French automaker, saw its profits nearly halved in 2011, largely due to a sharp deterioration of the European automotive market in the final months of the year. Its debt tripled over the past year and the company announced that it will scale down its crucial expansion plans in India.
Equally indicative is the fate of Nokia, the Finnish company which is still the world's largest producer of cellular handsets; its market position has been severely undermined in recent years by the success of more technologically sophisticated North American phone manufacturers.
Such bleak trends have emerged clearly in 2011 corporate reporting season. German engineering companies retain some cachet and can benefit from the rise of the newly wealthy in Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe and elsewhere. But their European markets — including Greece, Italy and Spain, which used to borrow heavily to buy German cars — look set to remain dead in the water. Europe's crisis will likely undermine these companies' ability to innovate and hence charge a premium on their products in a highly competitive global environment.
Alexei Bayer is an economist and author based in New York City.


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While AJN is a prominent publishing company dedicated to reporting latest news and discussions on tobacco and nicotine, our reporters, researchers and writers are all highly engaged with all different types of smoking. While most of our workers engage in recreational smoking or traditional cigarettes and cannabis that has been legalised in certain states in America, E juice nicotine is a new development that has captured AJN's attention and has proven to be worth researching and looking into further.
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After being transported to the present time by a witch with the power to time travel, vampire Jarharis Southerland goes in search of blood to revive his body and encounters beautiful Selena Bentley. His lust is immediately aroused but then he sees the silver dagger Selena carries in her boot and learns she's a member of the local vampire hunters club. Unable to resist her beauty, he pursues her—only to find he is trespassing in another vampire's territory. Aston is a ruthless, vicious killer with a legion of hundreds at his command; he issues a warning to Jarharis. Jarharis is strong and commanding and not used to taking orders from anyone. He wants Selena and pursues her—setting off a string of murders and putting the vampire hunters in danger. Forced to go after Aston in order to save Selena, he unlocks the magic of an amulet he took from a witch's neck ten thousand years ago.


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The American factory will be located in Faribault, Minnesota, about 72 kilometres from Minneapolis in the American Midwest, where the wind business is brisk and other subcomponent suppliers are clustering. Acciona is making wind turbines in neighbouring Iowa, and Vestas is setting up shop in Colorado for turbine production in 2010. Gamesa makes turbines in Pennsylvania.
"Many of our competitors already have their own production in the US and we have a growing number of customers in this market. Right now, it is more important than ever to be close to our US customers," says Moventas CEO Ilkka Hakala. The Minnesota unit will initially be used for gearbox assembly, testing functions, and after-sales service, but the company may add full gearbox production later, adds Hakala. With the US dollar still weak, he says short term cost savings can be achieved by investment now.
In Finland, Moventas is expanding wind turbine gearbox production capacity at its facilities in Parkano and Karkkila and with a new factory at Jyväskylä. Groundbreaking for the Jyväskylä and Faribault plants is expected next month, with production starting by the end of 2009 and full capacity reached by January 2011.
Bottlenecks in the supply of key components such as gearboxes are easing as manufacturing capacity increases, according to Denmark's BTM Consult. In a new survey of the industry, it reports there is now just enough gearbox capacity to meet demand through 2012, though shortages of large bearings means that gearbox supply will continue to be a problem.
Commenting on the bottlenecks, Hakala says: "These bottlenecks will become less of an issue when our suppliers invest at the same capital intensive manner as we are right now. We are working with suppliers to make sure that we are all reading off the same page on this." Hakala will not say who supplies Moventas with subcomponents. Neither will he name the wind turbine makers that Moventas' increased manufacturing capacity will benefit, other than the firm will be supplying gearboxes for turbines rated at 1.5 MW and 2 MW.
In August, the company received wind industry orders for EUR 140 million for delivery at the end of 2009 from existing facilities. It is hoping to raise its current 15% share of the wind turbine gearbox market. Moventas projects annual market growth of 35% for turbine gearboxes in Europe and North America and is pursuing stronger market shares in Asia. Group-wide, the industrial gearbox company is forecasting 40-50% growth in sales in 2008, against a 40% increase in 2007 to EUR 291 million. Moventas is majority-owned by IK Investment Partners, one of Europe's biggest private equity investors.


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Stickin' to the Union: Why Teachers Like Me Support Unions
True Story.
It's 1993, and the United States Department of Education is hosting the first of a series of eight National Teacher Forums (a wonderful initiative that disappeared when the Bush administration moved in). As Michigan Teacher of the Year, I am in D.C. representing my state, watching a presentation by four South Carolina state Teachers of the Year on how to create a statewide teacher forum. Three of the four SC TOYs--all earnest, articulate women--are wearing pink suits.
The SC teachers describe the essentials of creating a state forum: Secure outside funding from a business that supports education. Invite honored district TOYs to a day-long event with "business trappings"-- a hotel meeting room, meals and mileage provided, professional attire required. End up with an advocacy product--a pamphlet, white paper or videotape. This, evidently, was the formula for how to get the voices of the most accomplished teachers to the proverbial table, to "dialogue with key leaders and policy-makers" about educational issues.
I am sitting next to the Wisconsin Teacher of the Year. I murmur, "Wonder what their union thinks about the Teacher Forum?" So he asks the presenters.
The pink-suit teachers look at each other, shrugging. "The Association, you mean? I think some of our Forum teachers actually do belong to the association. You know, to get the insurance." But none of the presenters did. Their husbands already had insurance plans.
My take-away from this experience: Some teachers work in a parallel universe, where access to control over their own work and well-being is determined through winning over a succession of principals--a dicey business. If they're deemed outstanding instructors, they get to put on a pink suit and meet in a hotel once a year to "develop leadership" and "provide a voice" on the critical issues that shape their daily practice.
This model of teacher-as-compliant-servant (probably wearing high heels) resonates in the business community, where a malleable, dependable, economical workforce is always desirable. And if their husbands' employment provides benefits, so much the better. Convenient and cost-effective.
This is not the path to building a genuinely professional cadre of highly skilled teachers, however--or to invest in the creative human capital that we need to retrofit our aging approach to public education in America. Teachers need an active, ongoing presence in policy creation. Not a token "seat at the table" where their voice can be co-opted, but real influence over what matters most: classroom teaching.
I have been a union member since the first day I worked as a teacher. I didn't have anything to say about joining the teachers' union, in my agency-shop state-- but it didn't matter. My dad was a Teamster. At my house, the union was the bulwark between the little guy and those who would take advantage of him for unfair gain. An organization of workers, whose ultimate goal was equity. Within a few years of launching my teaching career, I took on leadership roles in my local union--because the association offered the most reliable way to have an authentic voice on my own professional concerns.
I came to view the union in the same way I regard my family: I participate fully, no matter what conflict arises. I may not appreciate every decision made, or agree with everyone whose voice gets heard--but we're in this together. Strength in numbers, growth through community.
Do I wish the union were more flexible and innovative? More responsive to novice teachers? Lighter on its feet, when it comes to policy analysis? Sometimes. But I remind myself that a union is only as reflective and imaginative as its membership. I am an integral part of union's work and mission--and if I don't speak up, I have only myself to blame.
Occasionally, I will hear teachers lament that labor tactics--demanding, marching, picketing, adversarial relationships with the public education hierarchy--are "unprofessional." Better we should meet over a chef salad and have a nice, civilized conversation. Perhaps the union label should be replaced by "guild" as we strive for more professional credibility. And so on.
I'm thinking that the Wisconsin Experience--the union politely conceding all the economic bargaining chips, and still getting shafted in a naked, thoroughly undemocratic, demoralizing power grab--might serve as lesson to those who believe that activist teachers are unprofessional. We organize, because without such allied strength, we have even less control over difficult work for which we must accept accountability.
For better or worse, I'm stickin' to the union.
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1/2 teaspoon Hungarian paprika
1 teaspoon New Mexico chile powder
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1 1/2 cups heavy cream
Tabasco sauce to taste
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1. Heat the oven to 425 degrees.
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- find printable strings in an object or binary file
strings [-a | -] [-t format | -o] [-n number | -number] [file]...
The strings utility looks for ASCII strings in a binary file. A string is any sequence of 4 or more printing characters ending with a newline or a null character.
strings is useful for identifying random object files and many other things.
The following options are supported:
Look everywhere in the file for strings. If this flag is omitted, strings only looks in the initialized data space of object files.
Use a number as the minimum string length rather than the default, which is 4.
Equivalent to -t d option.
Write each string preceded by its byte offset from the start of the file. The format is dependent on the single character used as the format option-argument:
The offset will be written in decimal.
The offset will be written in octal.
The offset will be written in hexadecimal.
The following operand is supported:
A path name of a regular file to be used as input. If no file operand is specified, the strings utility will read from the standard input.
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of strings: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES, and NLSPATH.
The following exit values are returned:
Successful completion.
An error occurred.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
od(1), attributes(5), environ(5), standards(5)
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6.0705 Procedure upon opening polls.
(a) At the opening of the polls for election, the district officials shall, in the presence of bystanders, publicly open the ballot boxes and expose them to all persons present, that it may be seen that they are empty. They shall then be closed and locked and on no account opened till the polls are closed.
(b) The seals of the ballot containers or packages shall be broken and opened on election day only in the presence of at least 2 district officials.
(c) A card of instruction in both Samoan and English, detailing the method of marking ballots and of voting shall be immediately posted at or in each voting booth. Not less than 3 cards shall be immediately posted in conspicuous places outside the polling place.History: 1977, PL 15-42 § 1.


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text: December 24, 2014 (BBC News) Ukraine's parliament has voted to drop the country's non-aligned status and work towards Nato membership. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the move "counterproductive" and said it would boost tensions. The BBC's David Stern in Kiev says it is not clear when Ukraine will apply for Nato membership and many officials see it as a distant prospect. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko pledged to seek Nato membership over Russian support for rebels in the east. Russia, which annexed the Crimean peninsula in March, denies supplying the rebels with weapons. However, it is subject to EU and US sanctions over the crisis. In a vote in Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday, MPs overwhelmingly backed the move by 303 to 8. Speaking before the vote, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said Ukraine was determined to pivot towards Europe and the West. "This will lead to integration in the European and the Euro-Atlantic space," he said. The non-aligned status, which Ukraine adopted in 2010 under Russian pressure, prevents states from joining military alliances.


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Jonathan Ke Quan, the Saigon-born actor who played the adorable, pint-sized sidekick Short Round to Harrison Ford's titular archaeologist in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," says the 1984 action picture was every bit as much fun to make as it is to watch.
"It was my first movie, so I'd never been on a movie set before and we went to these beautiful, exotic locations," the 41-year-old former child star told United Press International in a recent phone interview.
"It was very different making movies back then versus making movies today. We shot a lot of the movie in London and they built these amazing sets. It wasn't blue screen," he noted. "Everything was built. Everything was fantastical, so for a kid to be a part of that was amazing. It was like a playground. The only thing I didn't like as a kid was I was required to do a minimum of 3 hours of schoolwork everyday and there was a tutor on set. But every day I was so looking forward to going on the set and seeing how they make the movie. So, it was just fantastic. It was like play time. It was fun all the way."
The newly restored 1982 picture "Raiders of the Lost Ark," as well as the 1984 prequel "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," and sequels "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" [1989] and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" [2008] were all released on Blu-ray for the first time last week. In addition to the blockbusters,
the "Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures" set also includes 7 hours of documentaries, featurettes, and interviews with cast members and filmmakers Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. Among the highlights on the Blu-ray collection is the new two-part documentary called "On Set with Raiders of the Lost Ark." Part 1 is "From Jungle to Desert" and Part 2 is "From Adventure to Legend."
Asked if it seems odd to be talking about "Temple of Doom" nearly three decades after he made it, Kuan told UPI: "It is. It's very surreal. It seems like everywhere I go, people always talk about 'Indiana Jones' and I realized over the years it has made a huge impact on their childhoods. ... I feel very fortunate to be a part of this."
Kuan, who also appeared in the 1985 Spielberg-produced family flick "The Goonies" and as a teen in the TV sitcom "Head of the Class," confessed he didn't realize at the time he was making "Temple of Doom" how famous Ford, Spielberg and Lucas were.
"I didn't know it was a sequel to 'Raiders.' And at that time I hadn't seen 'Star Wars' or 'E.T.' or 'Jaws,' so I didn't know how big they were until way after the movie," Kuan recalled.
"Back then, I was so innocent and naive," he added. "We made the movie in 1983 and I had just gotten to the [United] States not long before, so I wasn't allowed to watch a lot of movies. I didn't know how famous Steven, George and Harrison were at the time. I didn't really know what I was getting myself into. All I knew was we were going to make this amazing movie, go on this very fun adventure with the warmest family you can imagine. I didn't know it was going to be this huge movie the following year."
The actor went on to graduate from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. Now married and an accomplished martial artist, he has worked as a stunt choreographer for the films "X-Men" and "The One."
So, was it a conscious decision to move away from acting once he became a young adult?
"I always loved acting, but when you get older and you're going through adolescence, the roles are limited," he explained. "That's one reason and another reason is that I always found being behind the camera more satisfying. As a kid, I always wanted to be like Spielberg and to make wonderful movies. Even when I was making 'Indiana Jones,' I was looking at how he would come up with these amazing shots and how he would choreograph the blocking and all that. So I knew from early on I would go to film school and try to work behind the camera."
Questioned about whether he was asked to reprise his role of Short Round in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," Kuan confirmed there was some talk about it, "But it didn't work out."
"One day I got a call that Steven would like me to come in and do a cameo, so I don't know what the cameo was or what I was supposed to do, but there was talk of a cameo."
Although he said he hasn't seen "Temple of Doom" in its entirety for years, catching only clips of it on TV now and then, he said he is looking forward to seeing it in its new high-definition incarnation.
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Posted By Lester V Ledesma
Taken from my article on Cebu Smile Magazine:
"As the sky gradually lightens, I look around to a river that is just waking up. Bleary-eyed kids peek out from the doorways of stilted homes, while their mothers prepare breakfast on outdoor kitchens. Fisherman cast nets from tiny canoes. The Cai Rang market feels just like Saigon, except that everything – the hawking, the buying, the sense of organized chaos – happens afloat. From one side of the river to the other (a distance of about five city blocks) are nothing but boats. I see barges loaded with charcoal, coconuts or fruits, and just about any kind of produce. I see smaller, roofed boats stuffed with more provisions than a 7-11. There's also canoes carrying dry goods, and canoes that serve as food stalls – and canoes bearing buyers and tourists like me."
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You can shoot Paris with a digicam like everyone else, or you can document this amazingly picturesque city like the old photography masters did: using black-and-white film on a rangefinder camera.
That's exactly what I did last March with my Voigtlander Bessa R and a half-dozen rolls of Agfa APX 100. Following the footsteps of Henri Cartier-Bresson (you all know who he is) I spent days roaming the streets of the French capital, doing as he did. With bursts of silver halide and light, I captured the classic Paris: Montmartre, La Sorbonne, Notre Dame and that tourist HQ, the Tour Eiffel. My photos looked great – you can see more of them here – but to this day I suspect this wasn't because of my photographic skill; I guess the character of Paris simply showed through.
Good money. A long shoot list. Lots of travel involved, and complete creative freedom. Jobs like these are the reason I became a photographer.
So when I was approached to document Malaysia for a major client, everything else took a back seat. What followed was a month of hopping around the country doing nothing but photography. Better still, I was able to revisit places I haven't seen in a while. Like Penang with its awesome food, Melaka with its antique charm, and Kuala Lumpur with its cutting edge skyline. By the end of it all I was tired but smiling, and itching to shoot some more. (I was actually back in Melaka a few weeks later, but that was another story)
This truly was a great year… can't wait to see what 2012 will bring in!
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Top priority overall or just top domestic priority? Iraq and the economy can wait, I guess. The clip comes, via reader Edgar M, from today's appearance before NALEO, in which he and Obama took turns to see who could pander most cravenly on immigration. Truth be told, there's little new here: Lip service is duly paid to securing the border despite the questioner's emphasis on comprehensive reform "and not just enforcement," and he recycles his old line about illegals being "God's children too" as a way of insinuating, a la his crony's notorious remarks about telling "the bigots" to shut up, that one really can't oppose amnesty and be a minimally decent human being. Par for the course.
It's nice to know, though, that the very first 100 days of a McCain administration will be consumed with an internecine fight on the right to stop his next round of crap legislation from passing. Can't wait. If you're curious to see what Obama said in reply, here's a recap from Reuters. To the left, of course (minus Mickey Kaus), McCain's problem is that he isn't a big enough amnesty shill. Exit quotation from Obama, demonstrating a charming obliviousness to the fact that he himself flip-flopped on nearly every issue he commented on this past week: "If we are going to solve the challenges we face, we can't vacillate, we can't shift depending on our politics."


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Kansas City and Missouri Department of Transportation crews are preparing for a rare May snowfall.
Some workers were sent home and told to come back in at 9 p.m. for a 12-hour shift.
The city said there's plenty of salt left over from the winter season -- an estimated 16,000 tons. The city is also just starting a new budget year, so there's plenty of money in the snow-removal budget right now.
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by Norman Fulkerson
Imagine, for a moment that you are a Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) in the United States Army and you have been accused of a crime you did not commit. You are called before and an Article 15 hearing, found guilty and released from command. You are then called before an Army Show Cause Board to determine if you should be forced to retire from the military. You are informed you will not need a lawyer, only to find yourself before a General who is flanked by two. During a proceeding that lasts five hours, you are asked legal questions you cannot answer. After your grueling ordeal you narrowly survive a forced retirement, in spite of the fact that you are found innocent of wrong doing. This is what happened to LTC Christopher Downey.
A Formerly Stellar Career that is now Tarnished
It all began with a formal military ball where two lesbian officers –one a Captain the other a Lieutenant—were seen engaging in prolonged kissing and other lewd behavior while on the dance floor. LTC Downey noticed one of his enlisted soldiers photographing the indecent scene. He stepped and lowered the camera which inadvertently touched soldier's nose. LTC Downey's motives were the most upright possible. He feared the photos would end up on social media and wanted to safeguard his unit's reputation and that of the two [female] officers, who had clearly lost all sense of propriety.
His actions became an excuse for criminal charges of "assault consummated by battery." His actions were also deemed a violation of the repeal of DADT. After the above referenced hearing, LTC Downey was subsequently "relieved of command, issued a negative Officer Evaluation Report and reprimanded."
To illustrate what a witch hunt this case truly was, the Article 15 officer never called the "victim" of the "assault" to testify. Perhaps it was because the soldier who suffered the "assault" never accused LTC Downey of wrongdoing because he knew that Downey "never intended to harm him."
We can only fully appreciate the travesty of the case when we make a contrast. The gross conduct of the lesbians was clearly unbecoming of an officer. Yet the officer punished had, up till that point, a stellar 24-year Army career that would make any patriotic American proud.
While serving as the Presidential Airlift Coordinator for the White House, Downey's supervisor described him as being "clearly in the top 1% of hand picked officers." This is by no means hyperbole. With over 1000 combat flight hours and three tours of duty, LTC Downey earned 3 Bronze Stars and 7 Air Medals: one with a "V" device for valor.
Being Led into an Ambush
Col. John Ripley, subject of An American Knight, showed the same moral courage as LTC Downey when he testified against the flawed policy of DADT.
"You are asking us to look the other way," Col. Ripley told members of the House Armed Services Committee, "ignoring a practice we feel deviant, destructive and in conflict with American and God-fearing values."
Col. Ripley finished his passionate appeal before members of the Committee in military terms. He begged them, "not to lead us into this ambush from which we can never recover." LTC Downey's case looks strikingly similar to an ambush. Will he recover? Will the stain on his otherwise spotless career be expunged? Will he once again be able to provide an example for the junior enlisted of what a military officer looks and acts like? God only knows. While he remains a soldier in the service of America his career is hanging in limbo and the finality of the case is still pending.
The Marines Hymn speaks of the "few and the proud" guarding the streets of heaven after they have passed on. It is safe to say Col. Ripley, while standing by the pearly gates, smiles down upon LTC Downey and sharply salutes him for his principled stand. It is also likely that he is rolling over in his grave for an unspeakable injustice against such an outstanding officer.


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Witcher 2 developer CD Projekt RED has released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming sci-fi RPG 'Cyberpunk 2077.'
We've been told that this trailer is hideously sexist, but I'm not so sure. It's a teaser so we don't have much context, other than what appears to be a mass murder at the "hands" of a scantily-clad cyborg. Why the murder has taken place, whether the police are good or bad...it's all left to conjecture.
An attractive woman (or robot, as it were) with not a great deal of clothing on is not in and of itself sexist. It may not be particularly original (though again, without much to go on, who knows?) but it's not sexist, anymore than a six-pack boasting, shirtless he-man is necessarily sexist.
But who cares about that? I'm just super excited to see anything related to this game. Cyberpunk 2077 is a wonderful looking change of pace for The Witcher 2 developer CD Projekt RED. We need more good sci-fi RPGs.
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