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supine, latent energy never known before. I was conscious that when I rose, and went out into the world again, it would be as a man, capable of holding his own against other strong, straight men. That was a wonder. But it was succeeded by a greater marvel yet. One afternoon, while I was still in bed, Doctor Wedderburn came to see me and to sit with me. He had been away on a holiday, and, consequently, had not visited me before, except once when I had been delirious. The doctor was a short, spare man, with a sharply cut brick-red face, lively and daring dark eyes, and straight hair already on the road to grey. His self-possession bordered on self-satisfaction; and, despite his good heart and the real and anxious sanctity of his life, he could seldom entirely banishlooked to see the burden of the vile influence of the spectre lifted from the soul of Fraser, and so from the soul of Kate, which was infected by him. I looked to see my people sane and satisfied as of old, Carlounie no more a plague-spot in the land, that poor and zealous man, the minister, calm and at rest with his little faithful flock once more. All this I looked for confidently. And so, when the black and starless night of my deed came, I was happy and serene. That night Kate pleaded a headache, and went to bed very early, before nine. She begged me not to come to her room to bid her good-night, as she wanted perfect quiet and sleep. All unsuspecting, I agreed to her request. Soon after she had gone, Fraser, who

of Mdlle. Leroux's nature. He came to this conclusion one afternoon at Karnak. They three were hidden away in a stone nook of this great stone forest, enshrined from the gaze of tourists by mighty rugged pillars, walled in by huge blocks of antique masonry that threw cold shadows whence the lizards stole to seek the sun. The blue sky was broken to their gaze by a narrow section of what had been, doubtless, once a wide-spread roof. A silence of endless ages hung around them in this haven fashioned by dead men and living Time. Mdlle. Leroux had been boiling a kettle; and they sipped tea, and, at first, did not talk. But tea unlooses the bonds of speech. After their second cups they felt communicative. "One week gone out of my four," Bellairs said, "and each willyou love me as much as ever?" "Oh, yes." He looked into her eyes, asking them mutely to tell him the truth. And he thought their expression was strangely cold. The light had surely faded out of them. He kissed her silently and went forward. Clarice was standing there looking at the rising moon. "Good-night," he said, holding out his hand. "How grave you look," she answered, not seeing the hand. "The moonlight makes people look unnatural." "It does not reach the deck yet." "Good-night," he said again, and he went down the stairs. She looked after him with a smile. When he had gone, she turned her head and called. "Betty!" "Yes!" "Come here and sit with me. Let us watch the moon. Don't talk. I want to think--and to make you think--as I do." The cloud which Bellairs had fancied he noticed did

a wholly unnatural and distorted being. And she was strangely natural. Bellairs rode out alone with her along the built-up brown roads into the desert, and tried to interest her, but she was abstracted and seemed deep in thought. Often she didn't hear what he was saying, and when she did hear and replied, her answers were short and careless, and rather dismissed than encouraged the subject to which they were applied. Bellairs, at last, gave up attempting to talk, and from time to time stole a cautious glance at her pretty face. He noticed that it wore a puzzled expression, as if she were turning over something in her mind and could not come to a conclusion about it. She did not look exactly sad, but merely grave and distrait. At length he exclaimed, determined to rouse herof the sailors, and then the dim sigh of a coward who had escaped what he had merited. Then he heard Sergius laugh. "That again, Anthony!" "Yes. I didn't meet Vernon by chance at all." "What? You wrote to him, you fixed a meeting?" "I went to Phillimore Place, to his house." Sergius said nothing. Strange furrows ploughed themselves in his young face, which was growing dusky white. He remained in the attitude of one devoted entirely to listening. "You hear, Sergius?" "Go on--when?" "To-day. I decided to go after I met you yesterday night--and after I had seen that woman die--unprepared." "What could she have to do with it?" "Much. Everything almost." Anthony got up now, almost sprang up from his chair. His face was glowing and working with emotion. There was a choking sensation in his throat. "You don't know what it is," he

to the idea that Fane had hastened, if not actually brought about, her husband's death by his treatment. She made no accusation. She simply closed her doors upon him. She had a horror of him, which never left her. Again and again Fane called. She was always denied to him. Then he met her in the street. She cut him. He spoke to her. She passed on without a reply. At last a dull fury took possession of him. Her treatment of him was flagrantly unjust. He had wished the sculptor to die, but he had allowed nature to accomplish her designs unaided, even to some extent hampered and hindered by his medical skill and care. He loved Sydney with the violence of a man whose emotions had been sedulously repressed through youth, vanquished but not killed by ambition,He looked down the road. The man had his back turned, and was putting the letters into the box. Fane slipped into the garden, up the steps, through the door. The hall was empty. At his right was the passage leading to the studio. He stole down it, and tried the door. It opened. In the darkness the heavy curtain blew against his face. In another instant he closed the door softly at his back, and stood alone in the wide space and the blackness. Here there was not a glimmer of light. Thick curtains fell over the windows. No fire burned upon the hearth. There was no sound except when a carriage occasionally rolled down the road, and even then the wheels sounded distant. The silence and darkness had their effect upon Fane. He had done a desperate thing;

languidly into the hall. "Has it?" he said dreamily. "Yes, and Paul Verlaine's poetry, and the blue books--I mean the yellow books, and" (rummaging in a just-opened parcel) "yes, here are two novels by Catulle Mendez, and a box of those rose-tipped cigarettes. Now, what ought I to do? Shall we have some absinthe instead of our tea, or what?" Claude looked at her with a momentary suspicion, but her grey hair crowned an eager face decorated with an honest expression. The suspicion was lulled to rest. "We had better have our tea," he answered slowly. "I like my absinthe about an hour or so before dinner." "Very well. Tea, James, and muffins." The butler retired with fat dignity, but wondering not a little at the unusual vagaries of his mistress. Miss Haddon and Claude, laden with books, repaired to the drawing-room andplaced five yards from the goal area in line with the place of the penalty. GOAL KICKS: May be taken from any point on the endline, and not in the goal box area. A ball that comes to rest in the goal box is a dead ball and will result in a goal kick by the defending team. INDIRECT KICKS: All dead ball kicks (kick-ins, free kicks, kick-offs) are indirect with exception of corner and penalty kicks. KICK OFF: May be taken in any direction. NO OFFSIDES NO SLIDE TACKLING NO THROW-INS: The ball shall be kicked into play from the sideline instead of throw in. PENALTY KICKS: Shall be awarded if, in the referee’s opinion, a scoring opportunity was nullified by the infraction. It is a direct kick taken from the middle of the

these are not efficient in separating closed from opened pistachios. Specifically, Document GB730434 shows a machine for sorting small fruits, such as peas and pistachios. The machine presents a rotating drum containing a plurality of to needles and a rotating brush on the inside. This technology presents the disadvantage that the drum needles damage the fruit during machine operation. In addition, said technology presents the additional problem that needles may break on occasions and small pieces may get stuck in the fruit, thereby entailing a food safety risk. It was therefore desirable a system which attained an adequate pistachio inspection and sorting and an efficient separation of closed from opened pistachios, thus avoiding the inconveniences existing in the previous methods in the state of the art.A man armed with knives, described by callers as machetes, was shot and killed during a confrontation with Garland police Tuesday afternoon.[[487803231,R]] Lt. Pedro Barineau with the Garland Police Department said Tuesday afternoon multiple people called 911 just before 2 p.m. to report a man swinging two knives and "acting crazy" toward drivers. "The reports that we got were that the subject was swinging the knives at cars passing by in the parking lot as well as in the roadway," Barineau said. Witnesses captured video of a man walking in the middle of a road carrying what they described as two large machetes. The man was later shot and killed during a confrontation with Garland Police. Garland police confirm they are investigating an officer-involved shooting near Interstate 30 and Bass Pro Drive. [[487813881,

with Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu. Mattis also said "there are actions underway" by the U.S. "to protect our elections or to expose any external any, by anybody, external efforts to influence the American public," according to CNBC. Trump drew fire for his handling of Russia after he appeared to side with Putin’s denials of election interference at a press conference following the summit. The president walked back his comments one day later, saying he misspoke at the conference and believes that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election. Putin said Friday that he has invited Trump to Moscow for a meeting and that he is open to a meeting with the president in Washington. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders later said that Trump is also open to a meeting withPutin in Moscow. The White House had initially invited Putin for a second meeting in Washington in the fall, but said Wednesday that it would hold off on a summit until next year, citing special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE's Russia probe.

she has grown into a really fine young woman, comfortable in her skin, and focused on her future. Go, Hot Daughter. The only downside is her unnatural fondness for lime green, personified in a paint color called "Alien Green." More details are now available surrounding what exactly happened the day of the Giffords shootings. A surveillance tape has been viewed by law enforcement, and apparently one of the things that happened in the confusion was the emergence of yet another hero. After Loughner started shooting into the crowd, Judge John M. Roll evidently sacrificed his life in an effort to save another. Richard Kastigar, the investigative and operational bureau chief of the Pima County Sheriff's Department, describes what happened: [The judge was] intentionally trying to help Mr. Barber. It’s very clear tome the judge was thinking of his fellow human more than himself… He pushes Mr. Barber with his right hand and guides him with his left hand. The judge was on top of him and is covering up Mr. Barber, literally lying on top of him, and his back was exposed. I can speculate that Judge Roll's family might wish events had unfolded differently, but one thing I can say with surety: In the confusion and heat of this moment, this man proved who he was. Unequivocally, and without a doubt. As John Steakley wrote, "You are what you do when it counts." On January 8, 2011, the Honorable Judge John M. Roll stood up and was counted. Fair winds and following seas, Judge Roll. While I would wish for

the chilliest mornings. He's not too impressed, since we've never put him in any kind of doggie clothing before, but I suspect he'll get used to it. Bitter cold, we laugh at thee! For we have modern fabrics and Teflon on our side! After events of the last week, and the less than appropriate reaction of well, almost everyone, I need something that makes me happy. Into the breach comes the Incomparable Boogie™, with his demonstrable pleasure in walking in the snow, playing with his toys, and enjoying his treaty-treats. A pure, simple soul is my Boogie, full of joy, and his presence in my daily life indeed makes me happy. In December of last year, a Colorado State Senator named Suzanne Williams was involved in a fatal car accident outside ofAmarillo, TX. According to Reuters, Senator Williams veered into oncoming traffic, hitting a vehicle containing the Gomez family. The two children and Mr. Gomez survived, but the pregnant Mrs. Gomez was killed. Her baby was delivered by Cesarean section and remains in intensive care. Senator Williams' passengers, her adult son and two minor grandchildren, also survived. The investigation is still ongoing, and once complete, will be presented to a Grand Jury to determine if charges should be filed against the Senator. Now I don't have the details on this accident. I wasn't there. I don't know if Senator Williams was negligent. That's for the Grand Jury to decide. But she's still a big, fat hypocrite, and here's why. At the time of the accident, Senator Williams was the vice-chairwoman of the

Colorado senate's transportation committee. In that role, she pushed for legislation making unrestrained motorists and passengers a primary traffic offense. That means you could get pulled over here in Colorado purely on the basis of not wearing your seat belt. I have my own opinion about that particular piece of legislation, but here's the part where Senator Williams' hypocrisy is glaring: A Texas Department of Public Safety preliminary report concluded that the Senator was the only one in her vehicle who was wearing a seat belt. Her son and three-year-old grandson were ejected from the vehicle. Her seven-year-old grandson was not ejected, but was also unrestrained. But wait! There's more! The three-year-old was obviously too young to be riding in a car without a car seat or a booster seat.And the Senator had one in the vehicle. And following the accident, the Senator "moved the ejected boy to the car seat in the vehicle," according to the preliminary report. In other words, she knew she was wrong, and tried to cover up her poor judgment after the fact. Now, in terms of culpability, I totally blame the adult son for the fact that he and his children were not restrained in the vehicle. Only a complete idiot lets their children ride in a car unrestrained. But here's the thing - when I drive, people in my car wear seat belts. Period. This has been my policy for many, many years, and it's non-negotiable, because I've done the research and I know that my passengers will have a much higher

tired. __________*You thought I was going to talk about that raving idiot Sarah Palin, didn't you? Unfortunately, she's not the only idiot in the public eye, and their are other writings out there that more effectively eviscerate her racist dumbassery. Daniel Hernandez is twenty years old, and a junior at the University of Arizona. He's also an intern with Representative Gabrielle Giffords' office. And on his fifth day of work, he saved the Congresswoman's life by administering first aid. In the wake of this horrific event, it's worth noting that it was a young person, a young person who evidently has some commitment to our nation's governance, who emerged as the hero of the day. Congresswoman Giffords may not fully recover from this, but thanks to Mr. Hernandez, she has ait, here it is. In this episode, you'll first hear Sean Rameswaram, a host at WNYC who did the great great (and now concluded) podcast Sideshow. Sean wanted to talk about Kanye West and The Life Of Pablo, so we did. He's got thoughts on what it's like to be a Kanye fan, how the unconventional album release plays into remix culture, and lots more. Finally, I sat down with Daisy Rosario, of Latino USA, to talk about the upcoming Netflix reboot of Gilmore Girls. Daisy wasn't a fan when the show was first running, but she formed one of those molecular-level bonds with it, particularly after realizing how much she had in common with Rory Gilmore. I reference, by the way, an episode of Latino USA that I highly

surface is partly transmitted into the second material and partly reflected back into the first. This reflection disrupts the electromagnetic field and can cause further uneven heating of the fresh-frozen plasma. A number of efforts have been made to overcome these problems of nonuniform heating in a cavity-type resonator. In one method, a bag of plasma was exposed in a microwave oven for a number of thirty second periods. Between exposure periods, the bag was removed from the oven and manually manipulated for ten seconds to attempt to intermix any unevenly heated portions of the bag's contents. However, this method did not eliminate the problem of thermal runaway during the period of exposure to the microwave energy, and manual manipulation of the bags tended to produce inconsistent results. In andirectly on top of the sand loading the horn. The granular silica permits an efficient coupling of the microwave energy into the bag of frozen plasma, since it minimizes dielectric discontinuities between the microwave source and the contents of the bag. Additional sand is then poured over the top of the bag of plasma to minimize the dielectric discontinuity along the surface of the bag distal to the microwave source. The sand loading the horn and surrounding the bag of plasma serves to couple the microwave energy to the frozen plasma efficiently. This illuminator design suffers a number of disadvantages, however, First, to minimize the dielectric discontinuities between the bag of frozen plasma and the sand upon which it rests, special care must be taken when freezing the plasma

to ensure that the bag is perfectly flat. Any container of plasma frozen in an irregularly shaped configuration will cause air spaces between the bag and the sand, creating a dielectric discontinuity which will reflect a portion of the incident wave and thereby contribute to nonuniform heating. Additionally, after continued use, the sand in the horn becomes packed down, changing the dielectric characteristics of the horn load and disrupting the power distribution. Further problems arise from the direct contact between the bag and the sand. The requirement of pouring sand over the bag is messy and can lead to irregular results. And, any condensation on the exterior of the cold bag could cause sand to stick to the bag ports so as to contaminate the plasma when itpossession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Defendant complains that the government broke its plea agreement with him when it failed to file a motion for downward departure under § 5K1.1 of the Sentencing Guidelines. We disagree. Defendant himself committed material breaches of the plea agreement. In these circumstances, the government was not obliged to file a downward-departure motion. 2 Affirmed. 1 The Hon. Richard S. Arnold stepped down as Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at the close of business on April 17, 1998. He has been succeeded by the Hon. Pasco M. Bowman II 2 The Hon. Robert W. Pratt, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa, sitting by designation 3 The Hon.

Quinn's 'bold' plan for care of developmentally disabled (MCT) — When Gwendolyn Jones-Scott learned Gov. Pat Quinn wanted to close a state center for the developmentally disabled outside Springfield, she was terrified about what would happen to her son. The family had spent years struggling to find care for Dony'a Scott, whose autism and other disabilities meant he was prone to lashing out, sometimes violently. The 24-year-old ended up at the Jacksonville Developmental Center, where staff put him on a strict behavior-modification plan, and Jones-Scott said her son soon seemed happy, sociable and at peace. Four months after the state moved Scott to a small group home in La Grange, Jones-Scott said her fears have subsided. Not only is her son still doing well, he has his own room. And he'sbe in small group homes or an apartment down the street. The state plans to close four of its eight centers for the developmentally disabled during the next two years. In all, 600 of the roughly 2,000 residents will be placed in new homes. Supporters say the move is long overdue, arguing that Illinois has continued to warehouse people at expensive and out-of-date facilities even as other states moved away from that approach. They say smaller settings within the community will allow those with developmental disabilities to have a better quality of life while ultimately saving the state money. But critics, including Illinois' largest employee union, contend that some residents simply are better served in institutionalized settings. They say specialized care simply isn't available in certain parts of the state, particularly

being offered the same level of care." Indeed, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31, which represents state workers, said one example of poor care came just days after a woman who uses a wheelchair was transferred from the Jacksonville center to a group home outside St. Louis. While the woman was being moved, she fell off a lift and broke her leg. An inspector general's report for the Department of Human Services determined that staff members at the group home were negligent, but the agency sent more residents to live there. State officials call the matter an isolated incident, adding that inspectors have since visited the facility to see what measures have been put in place to prevent a repeat of the situation. The union saidthe Jacksonville center is closed, the next facility that residents are slated to be moved out of is Murray Developmental Center in Centralia. It is expected to close in the middle of next year. The governor has yet to identify the other two state-run institutions he would like to close by the end of 2014, but those facilities are expected to be named in spring. It's unclear if Quinn will push for more closings after that, though longtime advocates already are applying pressure to do away with the large institutions altogether. "It's really an outmoded system for caring for people with developmental disabilities," said Don Moss, a longtime advocate and lobbyist on the issue. "A third of the states have already done away with the institutions, and I'd love for

News broke on Monday that 13 children were found chained to their beds and starving in a Southern California home. Half of the children were over the age of 18, which surprised responders, who witnessed their stunted growth and assumed many were teens or preteens. And what has disturbed many as well is that the family and the reality TV family the Duggars may be part of the same religion. A blog on Patheos, titled No Longer Quivering, creates articles and indictments about the Quiverfull movement, which encourages Christian couples to abstain from birth control and have as many children as possible. This is the philosophy that the Duggar family subscribes to, in addition to their ties with Bill Gothard and Institute for Basic Life Principles. The family has notbeen confirmed to be part of the Quiverfull movement or IBLP, but it has been substantiated that they are evangelical/conservative Christians. The article shared some of the striking similarities between the Turpin family and the Duggar family. These include instances of familial abuse and home schooling all of their many children. The author also pointed out that all of the children in the Turpin family dressed alike in many photos, and the Duggar children often did the same when the eldest children were younger. Fans of the Duggar family are aware that Michelle Duggar has taught her 19 children at home, while the Turpin family established their own school, known as the Sandcastle Day School, in which their father was the principal. The author also stated that from her experience, the

Turpin family must have been Quiverfull, and stated that both the Turpin family and Duggar family exhibit patriarchal control. It is also brought up that the Duggar family normalizes restrictive conservative Christian movements that allow abuse to thrive in the home. The Duggar family has been accused of using materials in their home school curriculum based off of the Institute for Basic Life Principles that normalize sexual abuse in the family and frame the problem as though it is the victim’s fault. In 2015, it was discovered that Josh Duggar, the eldest child, had molested four young women when he was a teen, including four of his sisters. He has not received jail time, but has been partly cut off from the show. The author of the original article argues thatwife, has been put through the ringer after his cheating and molestation scandals broke in 2015, but managed to stay with him despite his crimes and being unfaithful to her. The pair have five children and many think Anna was bullied into staying with Josh or feels she has no other options because her homeschooled religious life did not prepare her for a practical job. Jana Duggar, the eldest daughter, is also a topic of concern. At 28, she still lives at home where she takes care of the house and her younger siblings, nieces, and nephews while she awaits her prodigal husband. David and Louise Turpin, the perpetrators in this heinous crime, have been arrested and are being held on a $9 million bail. It is stated that some

contention among the soccer agnostics, which grows out of the injuries players feign in the hope match officials will be tricked into disciplining the opposition, that soccer players somehow are softer than athletes in other sports. It is laughable among those who know the game, who have seen the sometimes brutal contact involved, who understand why the play-acting goes on even while mostly loathing it. The absurdity of that position was underscored Monday evening in the United States’ opening game of the 2014 World Cup when Dempsey was kicked in the face, literally, and resumed running and battling and jostling and hustling for another hour as he continued to captain the United States to a 2-1 victory over nemesis Ghana in Natal. “I would go as long as I could,”only ones who play it (which pretty much is the deal with football). But soccer has been in the States about as long as any of them, just went dormant for a while, until kids in Southern California and St. Louis and, indeed, Nacogdoches, Texas, breathed life into its possibilities. U.S. SOCCER LATEST After what Dempsey went through to become Clint Dempsey, you think the fact that his nose was essentially a structural hat trick was going to keep him out of a World Cup game the United States wanted so desperately to win? Growing up in Nacogdoches, he was 185 miles from the high-caliber club competition Dallas offered. So his family made the commute several times per week, driving him up for practice and competitions, and Dempsey made the investment

of the time and gas money worthwhile by devoting genuine effort to making himself a player. He wasn’t making those trips so he could hangout with the cool kids. He wanted to become great. He earned a scholarship to Furman, which led to being drafted by Major League Soccer, which led to a transfer to England’s Premier League and along the way to a prominent position on the national team. There never has been a sense of satisfaction about any of it – including the decision to return from England to MLS, because the Seattle Sounders were willing to make him the highest-paid American soccer player in history. Dempsey became an essential part of the U.S. national team because he willed himself into it, always playing with a sense ofaggressive confidence -- and underappreciated skill -- that made it important to find somewhere to put him. Right wing? Left wing? Eventually his time in England showed him to be valuable as a withdrawn forward; he could score from there, and he would retreat beyond midfield if that were necessary to retrieve the ball. In a sense, he made Monday night more challenging for himself by scoring a mere 34 seconds into the game with a piece of sensational skill that split two Ghana defenders and set him up to fire with his left foot to the exact right spot inside the opposite post. It was the third consecutive World Cup in which he’d scored, the third time he’d done damage to Ghana. He got the one goal in

oxidation processes directed to maintaining the integrity of exposed metal-containing parts, such as titanium structures, while forming desired oxides in other exposed parts and preventing the nitridation of such desired oxides or reducing the nitridation of such desired oxides to acceptably low levels.2016 Alumni Seminar: UGA Newsmakers Deborah Roberts (ABJ '82), a correspondent with ABC, shared her thoughts at the Return to the Arch kickoff dinner at the UGA Hotel and Conference Center April 29, 2016. She spoke of how hard work trumps everything, lessons learned from her mother about being able to pivot and get things done, and how success is often about staying in the game. She greeted students and alumni, and posed for pictures afterwards.

accordingly in the adjacent drift region, characterised in that the field shaping region is arranged to function as a capacitor dielectric region between a first capacitor electrode region and a second capacitor electrode region, the first and second capacitor electrode regions being adjacent respective ends of the dielectric region and having different electron energy barriers. By substantially constant electric field it is meant herein that the maximum electric field in the field shaping region and hence in the adjacent drift region at a given voltage is reduced in comparison with the absence of the field shaping region with the consequence that the breakdown voltage of the device is comparatively greater. Associated with the reduced maximum electric field is an increased integral of the electric field along the length ofCharacteristics of Animal Hoarding and How to Recognize It in Your Community Roxanne Hawn The practice of animal hoarding is a danger not only to the safety and happiness of pets, but also to the community in which the hoarding occurs. Toward end of the 20th century, animal welfare professionals, mental health experts, veterinarians, and other animal lovers began looking seriously at animal hoarding. Among other things, they wanted to describe and classify the behavior in hopes of finding treatments to help those individuals affected by the behavior – and, in turn, save the lives of animals. Nearly 60% of animal hoarding cases are considered “repeat offenders” who have experienced treatment or intervention of some type in the past. Here are some insights into what researchers have found and ways to

One U.S. Air Force pilot was killed and another was injured after a U-2 spy plane crashed Tuesday morning in northern California, the service announced. The pilots, who weren't immediately identified, ejected around 9:05 a.m., shortly after taking off from Beale Air Force Base on a training mission in a rural part of the state, the service confirmed in a statement. "One pilot is confirmed deceased, while the other sustained injuries," it stated. In a video sent to KCRA, a local NBC affiliate in Sacramento, parachutes can be seen in the sky while the aircraft, a trainer designated a TU-2S, spins uncontrollably toward the ground. Photos show smoke billowing from the scene and wreckage strewn across the crash site. The plane, assigned to the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, part of the 9th ReconnaissanceWing, went down near the Sutter Buttes mountain range, according to the installation. "Two pilots were on-board and ejected from the aircraft," the base said in a separate statement. "The incident is currently under investigation. Additional details will be provided as they become available." Lt. Col. Michael Meridith, a spokesman for the service's Air Combat Command, confirmed the incident earlier in the day at the Air Force Association's annual conference outside Washington, D.C. He said he wasn't aware of the condition of the service members but that a search and rescue operation was underway. The command initially said the pilots had "safely" ejected and were "awaiting recovery with aircraft in isolated area," but later corrected that statement to say it couldn't confirm their condition. The U-2 Dragon Lady is a Cold War-era

surveillance plane based at Beale. The single-engine jet made by Lockheed Martin Corp. flies as high as 70,000 feet, has a range of 7,000 miles and dates to the 1950s. The Air Force as of this year had 33 of the aircraft in inventory, including five trainers, according to a fact sheet. Trainer models of the aircraft hold two crew members. The service had planned to retire the aircraft in 2019 and replace it with a high-altitude drone, the RQ-4 Global Hawk, made by Northrop Grumman Corp. Deadly accidents involving the U-2 aircraft are relatively rare. A previous fatal mishap occurred in 2005, when Maj. Duane W. Dively, 43, of Sacramento, was killed when the Dragon Lady he was piloting crashed while returning to a base in the United Arab Emirates, accordingcarry only $365,907 in dead money, per OTC. (Dead money is cap space allocated to players who were cut or traded.) The minimal amount, which is the second-lowest among the 32 teams, is primarily from the Ty Sambrailo trade to Atlanta ($264,265 of it), and affords the Broncos more flexibility in changing their roster. Even better: The Broncos are expected to have 10 draft picks, some of which they might use in trades or to build depth. In addition to their own seven picks, they acquired the fourth-round pick from the 49ers in the Kapri Bibbs trade, and a fifth-round selection from the Falcons in the Sambrailo trade. Denver is also projected to land a third-round compensatory pick for the loss of Russell Okung. Along with contracts of some current

March, his $5.5 million salary becomes fully guaranteed. Meanwhile, his backup, Donald Stephenson, restructured his contract last year to void his 2018 salary. He will become a free agent. Again: Decisions. The free agents The Broncos have 11 unrestricted free agents, including receiver Cody Latimer and starting inside linebacker Todd Davis. On the open market, Davis is projected to receive close to $5 million a year, but the Broncos are also paying that amount in salary to fellow inside linebacker Brandon Marshall, who signed a four-year extension in 2016. Marshall's salary becomes fully guaranteed in March. The Broncos have a shorter list of restricted free agents (RFAs), players with fewer than three years of accrued service who are often undrafted players. Teams can place one of three tenders on RFAs, which areessentially tags that allow the incumbent team to match offer sheets the players sign elsewhere or receive draft compensation. The three tender offers — original-round, second-round and first-round — are non-guaranteed, one-year contracts based on the compensation levels. Center Matt Paradis, who has played every offensive snap for the Broncos the last three seasons, is an RFA. Shaquil Barrett, a backup outside linebacker who played for an injured Shane Ray often last season, is another. Bennie Fowler, an undrafted receiver out of Michigan State, is the third. It's seems likely the Broncos will place second-round tenders on both Paradis and Barrett, at a projected cost of $2.916 million apiece. It's a different year, but a similar story for the Broncos: plenty of decisions, plenty of needs, plenty of options. And very

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former chief of staff, Nigel Wright, is being investigated for bribery, fraud and breach of trust along with Senator Mike Duffy, in an RCMP probe that has expanded to include the Prime Minister's Office, court documents released today show. RCMP Cpl. Greg Horton says in the court documents that there are reasonable grounds to believe Wright offered money or favour to Duffy contrary to the Criminal Code. Horton alleges Duffy agreed to accept the offer of money. Horton also alleges Wright and Duffy "have committed bribery, frauds on the government, and breach of trust." The documents include email excerpts that suggest numerous senior officials in the Prime Minister's Office were involved in the negotiations, as well as in writing the report by the Senate committee that handledthe audit process. They also allege that Duffy himself was the instigator behind what he described in the Senate last month as a "monstrous fraud." "The evidence I have seen shows that the demands made by Senator Duffy in February (2013) were the start of the 'monstrous fraud'," Horton wrote in his affidavit. None of the allegations have been tested in court. No charges have been laid. In an email to CBC News Wednesday, Duffy declined to comment. The documents were filed so a judge would sign a production order requiring the Senate to hand over emails from Duffy and three senators among the Conservative leadership in the Senate: Carolyn Stewart Olsen, Harper's former director of communications. Marjory LeBreton, then the government leader in the Senate. ​David Tkachuk, then chair of the Senate's internal economy

Wright's cheque to Duffy broke that night, and Harper has said repeatedly he only learned about it the next day, May 15. But in a February email, Wright refers to Harper's "approval" related to earlier negotiations around covering Duffy's expenses. Emails on Feb. 21 and 22 suggest Duffy's lawyer, Janice Payne, and several PMO officials negotiated the agreement to repay Duffy's expenses and legal fees in return for the Senate committee dropping a third-party audit into Duffy's expenses, according to the RCMP document. In one email to PMO legal counsel Ben Perrin and other officials, Wright said, "I now have the go-ahead" on the repayment, "with a couple of stipulations." Wright continued that he needed to know "who, if anyone, Sen. Duffy ever intends to inform" about the repayment. Wright also wantednot contained in the emails, but goes on to say "I am not aware of any evidence that the prime minister was involved in the repayment or reimbursement of money to Senator Duffy or his lawyer." Wright's side of the story Court records show Duffy, along with three other senators, are being investigated by the RCMP for their housing or travel claims. The questionable expenses have been subject to enormous scrutiny and resulted in Duffy, Patrick Brazeau and Pamela Wallin being suspended from the Senate without pay earlier this month. In May, a news report revealed Wright had paid Duffy's expenses for him. Horton alleges in the court documents that the payment was part of an agreement that would have seen the government end a Senate audit into Duffy's spending, and

far refused interviews. Horton writes in the affidavit that Wright was "incensed" at Duffy's $90,000 expenses tally, which included per diems paid for meals since his official appointment in 2009. Wright had thought Duffy owed $32,000 for accommodations alone, which Wright argued weren't appropriate since Duffy incurred no additional cost to live in the Ottawa home he'd owned for years. Senators and MPs are eligible for a housing allowance if their primary residence is 100 kilometres or more outside of the National Capital Region. "Mr. Wright was angered by the amount of money owed ... He was incensed that Senator Duffy was getting paid for meals that he ate in his own house in Ottawa," Horton wrote in the affidavit. Wright's lawyer, Peter Mantas, emailed a statement to CBC News on behalfan unusual May 8 meeting he attended with LeBreton, Stewart Olsen, and PMO staffers Patrick Rogers, Chris Woodcock and Sandy Melo. PMO staff, Montgomery allegedly told Horton, urged the senators to make the Duffy report less critical. He said LeBreton wanted the report to remain unchanged. In another police interview, Senate Clerk Gary O'Brien told the RCMP that Stewart Olsen moved an amendment to delete part of the Duffy report to make it less damning. Although Liberals objected, the amendment passed. Duffy and his lawyer were at the meeting. O'Brien, the administrative head of the Senate, said Stewart Olsen told him she wanted the audit of Duffy quashed. But O'Brien said he discussed her "partisan behaviour" with her, and he now believes she is on his side in a desire "to

with them openly with integrity and tell the full truth," Trudeau said. Meanwhile, the chair of the Senate's internal economy committee, which handled the expense audits, said he is retiring from the upper chamber. Senator Gerald Comeau replaced former chair David Tkachuk, who resigned as chair of the committee for health reasons following questions over whether the committee softened the language in a report on Duffy's expenses. The committee is the one that referred Duffy, Brazeau, Wallin and Harb for audits by Deloitte. The committee then wrote a report on Deloitte's findings.James W. Denver, governor of Kansas Territory, wrote from Lecompton, Kansas Territory, to his wife. Denver mentions the January 4, 1858, election on the Lecompton Constitution. He describes the tendency of Kansas Territory residents to exaggerate claims of violence, his general dislike of Kansas, and his desire to leave the territory as soon as possible.

different between the exporting country and the importing country. This difference is occurred because setting subdivision for the tariff codes in each country is permitted. For example, the tariff codes in Japan have nine digits whereas those in the United States have ten digits. This sometimes makes the tariff classification work difficult. As an example, when exporting automobile parts from Japan to the United States, the exporter or customs clearance agent assigns tariff codes to the parts, prepares an invoice for the details of the parts and exports the parts after clearing the customs in Japan. When the parts arrive in the importing country, staff member of the exporter's firm or the customs clearance agent takes an import application with the customs of the importing country. Because the tariff codesus a dark and grim tale. In the very far future, humans are on the brink of extinction. Having fled to the moon to avoid being exterminated; humanity sends android proxies to Earth to fight their war for them. These humanoid androids are compelled to fight against the alien machines on Earth. The story follows a pair of these androids, 2B and 9S, as they fight back and try to piece together the mystery of the aliens themselves. NieR came to me at an interesting time. Like many gamers, I got caught up in the zeitgeist of The Legend of Zelda and the supremely beautiful Horizon. With Persona 5 coming in April, I wanted a small palate cleanser before getting tangled up with an 80 hour Japanese role-playing game. Enter

guards. The guards were walking behind an obese woman dressed like a queen who appeared excited as she neared a room at the end of a long hall. Her excitement disappeared however as she reached the room and found it to be completely empty, as she turned to question her guards it happened. The guard closest to her immediately covered her mouth and stabbed her in the same motion, Just then the screen split in two with the second screen showing the point of view of the woman as she the cold expressions of her guards before her view went black. To my horror that was just the beginning of what must have felt like hours of guards killing their own rulers. It was different for each ruler, sometimeslight on the deception to which she was subjected. Chapter IV.--She explains how, with the assistance of God, she compelled herself to take the (Religious) habit, and how His Majesty began to send her many infirmities. Chapter V.--She continues to speak of the great infirmities she suffered and the patience God gave her to bear them, and how He turned evil into good, as is seen from something that happened at the place where she went for a cure. Chapter VI.--Of the great debt she owes God for giving her conformity of her will (with His) in her trials, and how she turned towards the glorious St. Joseph as her helper and advocate, and how much she profited thereby. Chapter VII.--Of the way whereby she lost the graces God had granted her, and the wretched life she began to lead; she also speaks

than if I had been dead, unless others moved me; I could move, however, I think, one finger of my right hand. Then, as to touching me, that was impossible, for I was so bruised that I could not endure it. They used to move me in a sheet, one holding one end, and another the other. This lasted till Palm Sunday. [1] 2. The only comfort I had was this--if no one came near me, my pains frequently ceased; and then, because I had a little rest, I considered myself well, for I was afraid my patience would fail: and thus I was exceedingly happy when I saw myself free from those pains which were so sharp and constant, though in the cold fits of an intermittent fever, which were most violent, they were still unendurable.it is clear enough that they do not love our Lord--for if they loved Him, they would rejoice at the sight of His picture, just as men find pleasure when they see the portrait of one they love. 8. At this time, the Confessions of St. Augustine were given me. Our Lord seems to have so ordained it, for I did not seek them myself, neither had I ever seen them before. I had a very great devotion to St. Augustine, because the monastery in which I lived when I was yet in the world was of his Order; [5] and also because he had been a sinner--for I used to find great comfort in those Saints whom, after they had sinned, our Lord converted to Himself. I thought they would help me, and that, as our

do violence to ourselves and weep; at other times, our Lord seems to do so, so that we have no power to resist Him. His Majesty seems to reward this slight carefulness of ours with so grand a gift as is this consolation which He ministers to the soul of seeing itself weeping for so great a Lord. I am not surprised; for the soul has reason enough, and more than enough, for its joy. Here it comforts itself--here it rejoices. 3. The comparison which now presents itself seems to me to be good. These joys in prayer are like what those of heaven must be. As the vision of the saints, which is measured by their merits there, reaches no further than our Lord wills, and as the blessed see how little merit theyfrighten us in the beginning, when we set ourselves to pray. Believe me in this, for I know it by experience. As a warning to others, it may be that this story of my failures may be useful. 11. There is another temptation, which is very common: when people begin to have pleasure in the rest and the fruit of prayer, they will have everybody else be very spiritual also. Now, to desire this is not wrong, but to try to bring it about may not be right, except with great discretion and with much reserve, without any appearance of teaching. He who would do any good in this matter ought to be endowed with solid virtues, that he may not put temptation in the way of others. It happened to me--that is how I know

to be borne is great, and caution is necessary, particularly in the case of women,--for our weakness is great,--and much evil may be the result of telling them very distinctly that the devil is busy with them; yea, rather, the matter should be very carefully considered, and they should be removed out of reach of the dangers that may arise. They should be advised to keep things secret; and it is necessary, also, that their secret should be kept. I am speaking of this as one to whom it has been a sore trouble; for some of those with whom I spoke of my prayer did not keep my secret, but, making inquiries one of another, for a good purpose, did me much harm; for they made things known which might well have remained secret, because not intended for I was so careful about this resistance, that it was a pain to me. But our Lord was more careful to show His mercies, and during those two months to reveal Himself more than before, so that I might the better comprehend that it was no longer in my power to resist Him. 2. I began with a renewed love of the most Sacred Humanity; my prayer began to be solid, like a house, the foundations of which are strong; and I was inclined to practise greater penance, having been negligent in this matter hitherto because of my great infirmities. The holy man who heard my confession told me that certain penances would not hurt me, and that God perhaps sent me so much sickness because I did no penance; His Majesty would therefore impose it Himself.

mass of perdition,--whom God did not lead by this way, they were at once filled with fear; they thought it all came through my sins. And so my state was talked about, and came to the knowledge of many; though I had spoken of it to no one, except my confessor, or to those to whom he commanded [13] me to speak of it. 19. I said to them once, If they who thus speak of my state were to tell me that a person with whom I had just conversed, and whom I knew well, was not that person, but that I was deluding myself, and that they knew it, I should certainly trust them rather than my own eyes. But if that person left with me certain jewels,--and if, possessing none previously, I held the jewelsintolerable as those of which I have spoken before, [9] nor yet of so great worth, overwhelmed me. I knew not what to do; for nothing gave me pleasure, and I had no control over myself. It seemed as if my soul were really torn away from myself. Oh, supreme artifice of our Lord! how tenderly didst Thou deal with Thy miserable slave! Thou didst hide Thyself from me, and didst yet constrain me with Thy love, with a death so sweet, that my soul would never wish it over. 11. It is not possible for any one to understand these impetuosities if he has not experienced them himself. They are not an upheaving of the breast, nor those devotional sensations, not uncommon, which seem on the point of causing suffocation, and are beyond control.

it be His will, to give me patience, and then to let me suffer on, even to the end of the world. So, when I found myself suffering so cruelly, I relieved myself by making those acts and resolutions, in order that I might be able to endure the pain. It pleased our Lord to let me understand that it was the work of Satan; for I saw close beside me a most frightful little <DW64>, gnashing his teeth in despair at losing what he attempted to seize. When I saw him, I laughed, and had no fear; for there were some then present who were helpless, and knew of no means whereby so great a pain could be relieved. My body, head, and arms were violently shaken; I could not help myself: but thethe Inquisition; I would go myself and give myself up, if I thought there was anything amiss; and if I should be denounced, our Lord would deliver me, and I should gain much. 7. I had recourse to my Dominican father; for I could rely upon him, because he was a learned man. I told him all about my visions, my way of prayer, the great graces our Lord had given me, as clearly as I could, and I begged him to consider the matter well, and tell me if there was anything therein at variance with the Holy Writings, and give me his opinion on the whole matter. He reassured me much, and, I think, profited himself; for though he was exceedingly good, yet, from this time forth, he gave himself more and more to prayer,

watch over her conscience, she died, with nobody near her, and without being able to go to confession. This was a blessing to her, for it was little more than a week since she had been to her accustomed confession. It was a great joy to me when I heard of her death. She was but a short time in purgatory. 25. I do not think it was quite eight days afterwards when, after Communion, our Lord appeared to me, and was pleased that I should see Him receive my sister into glory. During all those years, after our Lord had spoken to me, until her death, what I then learnt with respect to her was never forgotten either by myself or by my friend, who, when my sister was thus dead, came to me in greatbe too tedious. It was his lot once to be in great trouble, to suffer great persecution and distress. One day, when I was hearing Mass, I saw Christ on the Cross at the elevation of the Host. He spoke certain words to me, which I was to repeat to that father for his comfort, together with others, which were to warn him beforehand of what was coming, and to remind him of what He had suffered on his behalf, and that he must prepare for suffering. This gave him great consolation and courage; and everything came to pass afterwards as our Lord had told me. 18. I have seen great things of members of the Order to which this father belongs, which is the Society of Jesus, and of the whole Order itself; I have

alluded to here (De la Fuente). 14. Sec. 22. 15. St. John of the Cross, Ascent of Mount Carmel, bk. ii. ch. xxvi. vol. i. p. 183. 16. See ch. xxvii. 17. Ch. xxx. Sec. 9. 18. Sec. 34. 19. Sec. 15. Fr. Pedro Ibanez. Chapter XXXIX. Other Graces Bestowed on the Saint. The Promises of Our Lord to Her. Divine Locutions and Visions. 1. I was once importuning our Lord exceedingly to restore the sight of a person who had claims upon me, and who was almost wholly blind. I was very sorry for him, and afraid our Lord would not hear me because of my sins. He appeared to me as at other times, and began to show the wound in His left hand; with the other He drew out the great nail that was in it,the protection of God, which keeps him from committing those sins into which he fell before he began to pray, but he must also, as they say, sue God for His own money? 22. This does not seem to me to be deep humility, and yet it may be that it is; however, I look on it as great boldness, for I, who have very little humility, have never ventured upon it. It may be that I never asked for it, because I had never served Him; perhaps, if I had served Him, I should have been more importunate than all others with our Lord for my reward. 23. I do not mean that the soul makes no progress in time, or that God will not reward it, if its prayer has been humble; but I do mean that we

God as vanity and lies. I cannot tell how much I am convinced of this, nor how sorry I am for those whom I see living in darkness, not knowing the truth. I derived other great blessings also from this, some of which I will here speak of, others I cannot describe. 3. Our Lord at the same time uttered a special word of most exceeding graciousness. I know not how it was done, for I saw nothing; but I was filled, in a way which also I cannot describe, with exceeding strength and earnestness of purpose to observe with all my might everything contained in the divine writings. I thought that I could rise above every possible hindrance put in my way. 4. Of this divine truth, which was put before me I know not how, there remainsown sense. But my comfort herein is that it is not my fault that they are become known, for I was extremely cautious never to speak of them but to my confessors, or to persons who I knew had heard of them from them. I was silent, however, not out of humility, but because, as I said before, [15] it gave me great pain to speak of them even to my confessors. 29. Now, however,--to God be the glory!--though many speak against me, but out of a zeal for goodness, and though some are afraid to speak to me, and even to hear my confession, and though others have much to say about me, because I see that our Lord willed by this means to provide help for many souls,--and also because I see clearly and keep in

serve God and my state [3] in anything; for if it were not for the body, I might do very great things, so far as my strength would allow; and thus, because I see myself without any power whatever to serve God, I feel this pain in a way wholly indescribable; the issue is delight, recollection, and the consolation of God. 5. Again, it has happened, when these longings to serve Him come upon me, that I wish to do penance, but I am not able. It would be a great relief to me, and it does relieve and cheer me, though what I do is almost nothing, because of my bodily weakness; and yet, if I were to give way to these my longings, I believe I should observe no moderation. 6. Sometimes, if I have to speakherein is consistent with the Scriptures and the teaching of the Church, and most true, according to the most rigorous principles of scholastic theology. "6. This soul is most pure and sincere, with the most fervent desires of being pleasing unto God, and of trampling on every earthly thing. "7. She has been told that whatever she shall ask of God, being good, she shall have. She has asked much, and things not convenient to put on paper lest it should be wearisome; all of which our Lord has granted. "8. When these operations are from God, they are always directed to the good of the recipient, to that of the community, or of some other. That she has profited by them she knows by experience, and she knows it, too, of other persons also. "9. No one converses with

my prayer that day, my headache was so violent that I thought I could not possibly go on. Our Lord said to me: "Behold now, the reward of suffering. As thou, on account of thy health, wert unable to speak to Me, I spoke to thee and comforted thee." Certainly, so it was; for the time of my recollection lasted about an hour and a half, more or less. It was then that He spoke to me the words I have just related, together with all the others. I was not able to distract myself, neither knew I where I was; my joy was so great as to be indescribable; my headache was gone, and I was amazed, and I had a longing for suffering. He also told me to keep in mind the wordsvery often are means of winning souls, even if they are not in a state of grace." When I heard this, I was in a high degree lifted up in spirit. Our Lord showed me what the spirit was, and what the state of the soul was then, and the meaning of those words of the Magnificat, "Exultavit spiritus meus." He showed me that the spirit was the higher part of the will. 3. To return to union; I understood it to be a spirit, pure and raised up above all the things of earth, with nothing remaining in it that would swerve from the will of God, being a spirit and a will resigned to His will, and in detachment from all things, occupied in God in such a way as to leave no

[5] is this,--in a trance the soul gradually dies to outward things, losing the senses and living unto God. A transport comes on by one sole act of His Majesty, wrought in the innermost part of the soul with such swiftness that it is as if the higher part thereof were carried away, and the soul leaving the body. Accordingly it requires courage at first to throw itself into the arms of our Lord, that He may take it whithersoever He will; for, until His Majesty establishes it in peace there whither He is pleased to take it--by take it I mean the admitting of it to the knowledge of deep things--it certainly requires in the beginning to be firmly resolved to die for Him, because the poor soul does not know what this means--that is, at first.Pacific Bank Arizona ("Security Pacific"). In 1990 and 1991, Security Pacific extended two loans to Reppel Steel, Inc. ("Reppel Steel"), totalling $1,750,000. The loans were secured by, among other things, Reppel Steel's accounts receivable. In March 1990, each of the Michalskis executed a Continuing Guaranty agreement, in which they guaranteed Reppel Steel's debt to Security Pacific. 3 Sometime after 1991, Reppel Steel apparently began experiencing difficulty in meeting its debt obligations to Bank. After various forbearance agreements between Bank, Reppel Steel, and the Michalskis had expired, Bank brought suit against Reppel Steel and the Michalskis in state and federal court to collect the balance due on the loans. In June 1993, Reppel Steel filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in the District of Arizona.

Dirty Jokes II Construction worker on the 5th floor of a building needed a handsaw. So he spots another worker on the ground floor and yells down to him, but he can't hear him. So the worker on the 5th floor tries sign language. He pointed to his eye meaning "I", pointed to his knee meaning "need", then moved his hand back and forth in a hand saw motion. The man on the ground floor nods his head, pulls down his pants, whips out his chop and starts masturbating. The worker on 5th floor gets so pissed off he runs down to the ground floor and says, "What the fuck is your problem!!! I said I needed a hand saw!". The other guy says, "I knew that! I was just trying to tell you - I'm coming!" One day an at home wife isof them together." Sara amazed by the offer sits and thinks a bit about it and thinks, heck, why not? So she opens her robe and gives Chris a nice long chance to cop a look. A while later Tony arrives back home from the store. The wife goes up to him, "You know, your friend Chris came over." Tony thinks about it for a second and says, "Well did he drop off the 200 bucks he owes me?" A kindergarten teacher one day is trying to explain to her class the definition of the word "definitely" to them. To make sure the students have a good understanding of the word, she asks them to use it in a sentence. The first student raised his hand and said "The sky is definitely blue". The teacher said, "Well, that isn't entirely correct, because sometimes it's

ones like mine?" Husband : "That's where they held the auction." The queen of England was visiting one of Canada's top hospitals, and during her tour of the floors she passed a room where a male patient was masturbating. "Oh my god!", said the Queen, "That's disgraceful, what is the meaning of this???" The doctor leading the tour explains, "I'm sorry your ladyship, this man has a very serious condition where the testicles rapidly fill with semen. If he doesn't do that five times a day, they would explode and he would most likely die instantly." "Oh, I am sorry" said the Queen. On the next floor they passed a room where a young nurse was giving a patient a blow job. "Oh my God", said the Queen, "What's happening in there?" The Doctor replied, "Same problem, better health plan." A little boy and his grandfather are raking leaves inthe yard. The little boy sees an earthworm trying to get back into its hole. He says, "Grandpa, I bet I can put that worm back in that hole." The grandfather replies, "I'll bet you five dollars you can't. It's too wiggly and limp to put back in that little hole." The little boy runs into the house and comes back out with a can of hair spray. He sprays the worm until it is straight and stiff as a board. The boy then proceeds to put the worm back into the hole. The grandfather hands the little boy five dollars, grabs the hair spray and runs into the house. Thirty minutes later the grandfather comes back out and hands the boy another five dollars. The little boy says, "Grandpa, you already gave me five dollars." The grandfather replies, "I know.

but their parents couldn't afford it so they had all of them on the same day. They also couldn't afford to go on a honeymoon so they all stayed home with their new hubbies. That night the mother got up because she couldn't sleep. When she went past her oldest daughter's room she heard screaming. Then she went to her second daughters room and she heard laughing. Then she went to her youngest daughter's room and she couldn't hear anything. The next morning when the men left the mother asked her oldest daughter, "Why were you screaming last night?" The daughter replied "Mom you always told me if something hurt I should scream." "That's true." She looked at her second daughter. "Why were you laughing so much last night?" The daughter replied "Mom you always said that if something tickled you should laugh." "That's also true."did she have to lose? That night, the sailor brought her aboard and hid her in a lifeboat. From then on, every night he brought her three sandwiches and a piece of fruit, and they made passionate love until dawn. Three weeks later, during a routine search, she was discovered by the captain. 'What are you doing here?' the captain asked. She got up off the ground and explained, "I have an arrangement with one of the sailors. He's taking me to Europe, and he's screwing me." The captain looked at her, "He sure is lady, this is the Staten Island Ferry.' A boy is at school and he hears the older kids talking about pussy, and their bitch. The boy confused by this goes to his mother. "Mom", the boy asks, "What's a pussy?" The mother being startled by this thinks quick and finds

the closest dictionary and opens it up to a picture of a cat and says "Son, that is a pussy." the son then asks "What's a bitch?" The mother again thinking quickly opens to a picture of a dog and says "Son, this is a bitch." The son walks away still confused, and sees his father watching television. The son walks up to his father and says "Dad, what's a pussy?" The father doesn't want to miss the baseball game so he quickly whips out his Penthouse magazine to the centerfold, grabs a marker and draws a circle around the vagina and says "Son, this is a pussy!" The son, now starting to understand what the older boys are talking about asks "Then, what is a bitch?" The dad replies, "That's everything outside the circle!" One Christmas Eve, Santa Claus comesscore to 17-10 at the break. Lusk opened up a ten point lead midway through the third, but like many other times over the years the home team clawed their way back into the game. A 6-0 run cut the lead to 22-18 at the close of three quarters and soon thereafter the game was tied at 22. Southeast led for most of the final period but when Seeds hit both free throws with 27 seconds left the lead was retaken by the Lady Tigers. Southeast had two chances to set up a game winning shot but was denied both times. Seeds missed the front of a one and one but with just two seconds left, the Lady Cyclones were unable to get another shot off. Lusk won 31-30

and for the first time in Southeastís gym since assistant coach Lacey Hauf was a senior in 2003. Saturday the Lady Hornets visited and while NCHS took better care of the ball, the offense wasnít getting easy baskets. Brueggerís three pointer to close the first quarter gave the Lady Tigers a 9-6 advantage. The teams played close until NCHS scored five points in the final 11 seconds. Amy Bergstrom nailed a triple, followed by a Dockery steal and dish to Seeds for an easy layup and 20-14 halftime lead. The defense clamped down in the third as head coach Deb Murray shuffled nine players off and on the court in an attempt to wear down the small PB roster. It worked well and back to back jumpers by Hailey andJessica Bruegger, and a triple from Dockery spurted the Lady Tigers out to a 35-21 lead going into the final quarter. The visitors tried to catch up but to no avail as the Lusk girls finished the first round of conference games above water by the 42-29 final score. The JV won both of their games also. The first was by a 31-28 overtime score in Yoder as Bergstrom hit a last second shot to send the game into the extra session. Abbey Larson led with 15 points while J. Bruegger added nine and KaciJo Skrukrud grabbed seven rebounds. The defeated Pine Bluffs in two quarters of action by a 22-13 score. Lexi Blackburn led with eight points and J. Bruegger added six. This week Wyopreps.comís 1A second ranked Lingle-Ft.

Ted Haggard Says Same-Sex Marriage Should Be Legal in States In a new online debate, the disgraced antigay Evangelical Christian pastor says marriage equality should be legal at the state level. Ted Haggard, the disgraced-then-revived evangelical Colorado pastor notorious for a 2006 drug and gay sex scandal that saw him booted from the pulpit of the 14,000-member church he helped found, now believes the state should legalize same-sex marriage. That's what Haggard argued in an online debate Monday with Rabbi Benjamin Hecht, director of Orthodox Jewish think tank Nishma. The pastor, who in 2011 started a small, inclusive church in the basement of his Colorado Springs home, made a nuanced yet affirmative argument responding to the debate prompt, "Should same-sex marriage be allowed by the state?" "We've reached a point where humanGeorge Ingle Finch and the Mount Everest expedition of 1922: breaching the 8000-m barrier. Alpinist and scientist George Ingle Finch was invited on the 1921 British Mount Everest Reconnaissance, but events conspired to keep him away from Everest until the 1922 British expedition to the mountain. Very little is known in the English-speaking world about the 1925 German language book Der Kampf um den Everest, written by Finch and covering the Everest attempts of the 1920s, as it was never published in English. Additionally, very little has been published from Finch's personal diaries of the 1922 Everest climb. The object of this work is to utilize translated sections of Der Kampf um den Everest and passages from Finch's 1922 Everest diaries to create some sense of George Finch's personal

Lindsey Clark, the respected executive head of Park View, one of the Birmingham schools targeted in the alleged “Trojan Horse” plot by Muslim radicals, has confirmed that she is to retire. She becomes the fifth non-Muslim headteacher to leave one of the schools linked to the plot over the last six months. The others are Balwant Bains (Saltley), Tina Ireland (Regent’s Park), Bhupinder Kondal (Oldknow), and Peter Slough (Small Heath). A sixth head, Golden Hillock’s Matthew Scarrott, left a little earlier. Mrs Clark, who was awarded the OBE last year for her work in taking Park View to the highest Ofsted ranking, “outstanding,” in 2012, told Ofsted inspectors probing her school last month that she had been marginalised by Tahir Alam, the hardline chair of governors at Park View,father on the first poster (from marketing agency BOND), released in December of last year. The imagery is so unmistakable the movie’s title isn’t even used anywhere here. The second poster (from agency LA Associates) from February has Musafa and Simba sitting on a cliff ledge and looking out over the vast plains at dusk with clouds swirling through the distance. A series of character posters (from BOND) came out at the end of May featuring close ups of all the main characters along with the names of the actors providing the voices. The IMAX poster presented the epic scale of the movie, showing the citizens of the kingdom as they assembled on the planes around the cliff where Simba is being presented as the future king. Dolby Cinemas’ poster

emerged at this year's summer box office. Advertising and Publicity Most of the first news about the movie came via casting announcements supplemented by various comments from Favreau about what drew him to the movie. The first big publicity moment came when Disney brought footage of the “Circle of Life” sequence to D23 in 2017, a full two years before the scheduled release date. That footage was chosen in collaboration with Favreau because everyone wanted the first public look at the movie to show the epic scale and spectacle of the movie. “Anyone who saw ‘Circle of Life’ had a very strong reaction to it,” Ayaz says. The same clip, in slightly different form as it moved through production, would later be shown at both CinemaCon and CineEurope in 2018 toentice exhibitors and show them what was in store. The timing of the TV campaign has shown just how closely Disney has aligned its marketing beats with big cross-demographic cultural moments. For example, the first extended commercial, an edited version of the teaser trailer, debuted in February and aired during the Oscars broadcast on corporate sibling ABC. Further TV spots, including those that have debuted Beyonce’s performance as Nala and the first listen at the new version of “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” have been run during key episodes of popular shows, high-profile sports broadcasts and elsewhere. More clips were offered at CinemaCon 2019, drawing very positive reactions from industry and press attendees. In June Disney sponsored the Wearable Art Gala hosted by the WACO Theater in North Hollywood, creating

the “Journey to the Pridelands” theme for attendees, a partnership that worked in part because Beyonce is the organization’s chair. The event even opened with a performance by the cast of The Lion King on Broadway. First day ticket sales on Fandango were reported to be the second-highest of the year, behind only Avengers: Endgame immediately after they went on sale in late June. Earlier in July the studio brought a number of promotions for the movie to Essence Fest in New Orleans. Those included a chat with and performance by JD McCrary and Shahadi Wright Joseph, who voice the young versions of Simba and Nala respectively, as well as a special brunch for current and aspiring social media influencers. There was also a photo booth where people could havespots to promote those Happy Meals. ? Jeep, which ran a co-branded advertising campaign including a TV spot that put the vehicles on the savannah. ? Google, which ran a sizable media campaign including custom promo videos touting how search allows you to find out more about the movie. It also included The Lion King as one of the three audiobooks read by Kristen Bell accessible exclusively through Google Home Mini. ? General Mills, which put movie imagery and branding on select cereal boxes as well as stick-on patches inside those boxes. The promotion included online and TV advertising. ? Luminess, which offered a line of collection of movie-inspired makeup created in collaboration with Sir John. That collection was the subject of a major media push that included a number of beauty

and lifestyle influencers on YouTube. ? Pandora, which offered a line of jewelry inspired by the movie that was supported by in-store promotions, TV spots and more. ? Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer, which encouraged fans at games to lift their little ones in the air like Rafiki does to Simba in the hopes of appearing on “Simba Cam” on the big screens at stadiums. ? Verizon, which sponsored the livestream of the movie’s premiere in Los Angeles on July 9. Ahead of the Release Los Angeles was one of several premieres the movie had, with a rare “Royal Premiere” happening on July 14 in London at the Odeon Leicester Square. Both had many of the movie’s stars along with Favreau in attendance. Also in the weeks leading up to releasethe cast and crew were sent around the country as well as overseas to Canada, Japan, Mexico and elsewhere to attend press events and answer questions. Disney has, of course, utilized its vast media holdings to help promote the film. Multiple “first looks” and TV spots have aired during broadcasts of ABC's The Bachelorette and other popular shows. Custom promotions featuring both big sports stars and some of the film’s voice talent have aired during ESPN programming, including its broadcast of the Wimbledon tennis tournament. The Disney Channel, Radio Disney and Disney XD have had spots featuring talent from the film in heavy rotation, in some cases since as far back as April. On Nat Geo and Nat Geo Wild, the movie sponsored a “Born to Rule” marathon earlier this

month as well as other content online and the primetime premier of Yellowstone Live. Robin Roberts hosted a primetime special on ABC devoted solely to the movie. On opening day the entire roster of TV channels were activated with day-long co-branded logos and other promotions that included exclusive segments opening both Good Morning America and Jimmy Kimmel Live. Also fully activated were Disney’s resorts and theme parks. Talent from the movie appeared at Animal Kingdom before guests were treated to a musical performance. That park also featured exclusive merchandise and a special movie-themed scavenger hunt visitors could take part in. Those staying in resorts found signage, movie-branded food and drink options and more that all promoted the film. Other parks featured other marketing materials and events. On the social media front,the cast along with Favreau and the composers participated in a conversation hosted by Twitter in a custom-designed space featuring movie branding. That event was attended by select “influencers” and ended with a live performance of music from the movie. There was also a location-based AR filter featuring Rafiki’s drawing of Simba released on Snapchat. 4th of July fireworks displays in Los Angeles, Miami, Phoenix and elsewhere were sponsored by the movie and featured performances by local groups of music from the film. In addition to the exclusive posters mentioned above, theatrical format companies like RealD3D, IMAX and Dolby have promoted the movie via social and elsewhere. Favreau recorded a special introduction to the movie for IMAX, RealD3D while Glover and McCrary did so for Dolby. Niche exhibitors including Arclight Cinemas

and Alamo Drafthouse have also run special promotions, including the latter offering a collectible glass featuring artwork by Mondo. They, along with AMC Theaters, Regal Cinemas, Cinemark and other exhibitors took part in a special “Opening Night Fan Event” the night of July 18 at 300 locations around the country. Those lucky enough to attend received exclusive mini posters, were treated to special cast introduction videos and more. The Soundtrack The buzz around Beyonce being part of the voice cast has practically been its own subset of the campaign. As noted earlier, an early TV commercial was almost solely focused on offering the first footage of Nala speaking. The marketing of the soundtrack has been important as well. When the tracklist was revealed last month she was listed as beingfeatured in the new version of “Can You Feel The Love Tonight.” A mysterious “Track 14” was presumed to be an original song from the superstar, a presumption later confirmed to be “Spirit,” the video (12.5 million views on YouTube) for which was released this past Tuesday. Disney also recently announced The Lion King: The Gift, a new album curated and produced by Beyonce featuring songs from artists from around the world inspired by the movie along with Kendrick Lamar and other top names. Promotions on the front page of Spotify beginning with the 7/9 release of “Spirit” featured some combination of movie artwork and Beyonce and directed people to the soundtrack and official playlist. The movie’s music was also prominently featured on the front page of the recently announced

Disney Music Hub on Spotify. Philanthropy In late June Disney launched the “Protect the Pride” philanthropic campaign meant to support the African lion population it notes has been cut in half in the 25 years since the original Lion King was released. That campaign, run in conjunction with The Wildlife Conservation Network’s Lion Recovery Fund and others, promised to raise up to $3 million in grants and donations, with Disney chipping in the first $1.5 million and additional donations made for those riding Kilimanjaro Safaris at Walt Disney World during the movie’s opening weekend. That campaign was promoted with a launch video and the general public could contribute via the purchase of specific consumer products at Disney theme parks and elsewhere. That list of partners included Regal Cinemas, which created a collectibleto make sure everyone in the audience knows it was a powerful and recognizable lineup of talent behind the characters. ? Music, Especially Beyonce: Beginning in late June, more and more of the campaign turned toward Beyonce to call out her involvement and set the stage for the eventual release of her original single for the soundtrack. She was part of the WACO Fest sponsorship, has been prominently featured in the Spotify paid campaign and other aspects of the marketing. Not surprising given her status as a global music icon. ? Hakuna Matata: In the last weeks of the campaign there’s been a bigger presence by Rogen and Eichner and their cinematic alter egos, one that’s pushed “Circle of Life” out as a major musical cue in some of the

research so we can develop varieties.� Industrial hemp bill Industrial hemp was once a prominent crop in the United States. The Declaration of Independence was drafted on hemp paper. Even the first American flag, reported to be made by Betsy Ross, was crafted from hemp fiber. Henry Ford even experimented with hemp to build car bodies, according to the North American Industrial Hemp Council. But the hemp industry began to go downhill after that. Hemp was doomed by the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, which placed an extremely high tax on marijuana and made it effectively impossible to grow industrial hemp. During World War II, the U.S. Department of Agriculture campaigned with �Hemp for Victory� � allowing farmers to grow it with a permit. Yet, while Congress expressly expected the continued production of industrial hemp,the Federal Bureau of Narcotics lumped industrial hemp with marijuana, as its successor, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, does to this day, according to the hemp council. The 2014 farm bill included a provision allowing states, through research institutions and departments of agriculture, to grow and posses industrial hemp, according to the Kansas Farm Bureau, a proponent of the bill. More than 30 states have adopted legislation allowing for research and development of industrial hemp products. As many as eight more have introduced bills to their state governments. House Bill 2182 would allow Kansas to join those efforts. Rep. Willie Dove, R-Bonner Springs, introduced The Agricultural Industry Growth Act to the Kansas House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development. The purpose of the bill is to authorize and encourage the

growth of the industrial hemp industry in Kansas. Passage would help begin a value-added industry through research activities, business development and the support of public and private cooperation, along with education, according to the bill�s language. The research would focus on efficient means of producing hemp in Kansas as well as analyzing its potential uses and economic benefits of generating a local hemp industry. Industrial hemp products range from rope and paper to construction materials and fuel. �Industrial is an avenue of restoring Kansas farmers where they once were pre-1940,� Dove said to committee members. In his written testimony he added that the United States once had 400,000 acres planted to hemp and Kansas was a leading producer. �We can be again,� he stated. Dove stressed hemp�s water conservation measures, as wellbring new value-added opportunities to the area and create jobs and new businesses. Caryl Hale, whose family farms in Norton County, said Dove visited with the Norton County Farm Bureau a few years ago about the legislation. Everyone in the room was in favor of legalizing industrial hemp. �In Norton, it already grows everywhere,� she said. �It�s along our ditches. It�s growing in my garden � not intentionally. I had to dig it up and till it up, but it keeps reseeding itself.� �It�s still here and it is still around, and that shows its perseverance in growing in an area of very little water,� Hale said. Law enforcement against it Only one person gave oral testimony against the bill. Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeffrey T. Easter spoke for the Kansas Sheriffs� Association. He

on how we arrived at that number. Could I do that?� �You could,� Dove said, which was followed by laughs. Morton County represented Aaron Cromer, who farms in Stevens and Morton counties, said he grows corn, wheat and milo. He said in the past 60 days, Morton County has lost 22 jobs at its county-funded hospital, and 15 jobs in the oil and gas sector. Hemp processing and refinement in the county would create jobs, he said. �Right now we are withering pretty bad out there,� he said. Cromer added there is a lot to learn still about industrial hemp, but the industry is hindered because there is no research and development on the crop to help answer the unknowns. He said if he was able to grow it � even for research �'Start Here': Trump and Biden in Iowa, Kim Jong Nam's CIA ties, Jon Stewart's rage Here's what you need to know to start your day. It's Wednesday, June 12, 2019. Let's start here. 1. 'Someone who can beat Donald Trump' Former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump held each held rallies in Iowa on Tuesday, giving voters an early preview of a potential 2020 matchup. Biden is leading fellow Dems in the polls, but with 22 others running, ABC News Senior Congressional Correspondent Mary Bruce tells "Start Here" that some Democratic voters aren't sold on him as the front-runner. "Speaking with voters out here," Bruce reports from Mount Pleasant, Iowa, "there are a lot who still have not made up their mind. Many say they simply are looking for someone who

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resist. He and Mindy grow closer as they spend time together. Danny eventually confesses his deception. He tells her he loves her but she refuses to get hurt a second time. Danny asks her to give him one last shot and meet at her favorite spot. They both end up getting there and kiss.ball Corning (GLW, Fortune 500) shares were off 10% in mid-day trading Wednesday and down 27% for the year as investors fret that a global economic cooldown will chill the scorching- Looking ahead, Corning tempered its full-year growth forecast for LCD glass sales to about 27.5% from the 30% range it reaffirmed just five weeks ago. In June, CEO Wendell Weeks had said he saw "no evidence of an economic downturn impacting LCD TV sales in the U.S." Corning has difficulty predicting when downturns will result in lower orders because of its place at the start of the TV supply chain. For example, in November 2004 Corning reaffirmed its fourth-quarter sales growth range of between 3% and 10%, despite warning signs of an inventory glut. Two weeks later, two of Corning's biggest display-panel makers cancelled

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The phenomenon of stunting as the core problem in a community based, multisectoral project in northern Peru. In a nutrition and health project in the countryside of the Highlands of Northern Peru, an anthropometric study was conducted on 306 pre-school children. The results showed a primarily stunted, but not wasted, population in which the process of stunting started after the first 6 months of life, with a modest linear progression over all age-groups. However, the rates of stunted children increased dramatically between the ages of 6 months and 2 years. Evidence with regard to the social dimension of the problem of becoming stunted was revealed by the significant differences between rates of stunted children according to the degree of community participation in their home villages.SF Performances presents Leon Fleisher & Jonathan Biss, piano Description Join the San Francisco musical community, SF Performances favorite Jonathan Biss, and pianist Katherine Jacobson to celebrate native son Leon Fleisher's 90th birthday with this special concert with works by Bach, Kirchner, Schubert, Dvorak and Ravel. Born in San Francisco, Fleisher has enjoyed an epic career, which began with his professional debut at age 16 with the New York Philharmonic when conductor Pierre Monteux called him "the pianistic find of the century." True to Monteux's prophetic words, the pianist is regarded as one of the great performers of the 20th century. Pianist Leon Fleisher thrives in a sustained career as conductor and soloist, recitalist, chamber music artist, and master class mentor. He made his debut with the New York Philharmonic in

1944 and in 1952 became the first American to win the prestigious Queen Elisabeth of Belgium competition, establishing himself as one of the world's premier classical pianists. At the height of his success, he was suddenly struck at age 36 with a neurological affliction, rendering two fingers on his right hand immobile. Rather than end his career, Mr. Fleisher began focusing on repertoire for the left hand only, conducting, and teaching. In the mid-90's he was able to return to playing with both hands after experimental treatments. Jonathan Biss was born into a family of musicians in Bloomington, Indiana. At the age of 17, Mr. Biss went to the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Leon Fleisher. Fleisher has said of Mr. Biss, "His ability and interestin the two sexes, the interaction between age group and sex was assessed using linear regression for the MRI and PRO outcomes, negative binomial regression for the number of attacks in the previous 2 years, and proportional odds logistic regression for EDSS. The T2 lesion volume was log-transformed for this analysis. An analysis using the cube root of the lesion volume produced the same results as the analysis using the log-transformed lesion volume, and thus only the results from the latter are presented. The interaction analysis was also completed adjusting for disease duration and disease category. There were two models for disease category; the first included an indicator for current relapsing course (CIS, RRMS) versus current progressive course (PPMS, SPMS), while the second included an indicator for relapsing

President, Defendants,v.Glenn BOGGIA, Appellant. Docket No. 98-6106. United States Court of Appeals,Second Circuit. Argued Dec. 10, 1998.Decided Feb. 4, 1999. Andrew W. Schilling, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, New York (Mary Jo White, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Gideon A. Schor, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, New York, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee United States of America. Dennis E. Milton, New York, New York (Charles M. Carberry, Chief Investigator, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, New York, New York, on the brief), for Appellee Charles M. Carberry. Robert A. Culp, New York, New York (Law Offices Laura A. Brevetti, New York, New York, on the brief), for Appellant. Before: KEARSE and STRAUB, Circuit Judges, and MURTHA, Chief District Judge.* KEARSE, Circuit Judge: 1 Glenn Boggia appeals from an order of theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of New York, David N. Edelstein, Judge, adopting a determination of the Independent Review Board ("IRB") for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, AFL-CIO ("IBT" or the "Union"), which upheld an IBT decision permanently expelling Boggia from Union membership and barring him from receiving compensation or nonvested benefits from any IBT affiliate on the ground that he had brought the Union into disrepute by accepting a bribe in exchange for promising labor peace. On appeal, Boggia contends that the Union's hearing procedures were unfair, that the evidence was insufficient to support the finding that he accepted a bribe, and that the sanction of permanent expulsion was unduly severe. Finding no merit in his

on these allegations ("IRB Report" or "Report") to the Trustee for Local 282 ("Trustee" or "Local 282 Trustee"). According to the Report, on April 7, 1992, an FBI informant operating under the alias "Frank Falco" was posing as a company representative for a construction site in Queens, New York. On that morning, FBI agents gave him, inter alia, an envelope containing $1,250 in cash and concealed a tape-recording device on his person. Thereafter, observed by an FBI agent, Falco proceeded to meet with Boggia in the parking lot of a restaurant. During the tape-recorded conversation, Falco gave Boggia the envelope containing the $1,250 in exchange for which Boggia promised to prevent labor disruptions on Falco's construction job. Attached to the IRB Report wereknowingly associated with members of organized crime, including Gravano. The IRB Report recommended that the Trustee bring disciplinary charges against Boggia. 6 The Trustee lodged the recommended charges and requested that Boggia be permanently expelled from the Union. A panel was promptly appointed by IBT General President Ron Carey to hear the evidence, make findings, and recommend a resolution. That panel ("First Panel") conducted hearings in November 1996, found Boggia to have accepted a bribe, and recommended his expulsion. The First Panel's decision, however, was overturned by the IRB, which ruled that Boggia had not been provided with certain documents sufficiently in advance of his hearing. Carey thereafter appointed a new panel, composed entirely of new members, to hear the charges ("Second Panel" or "Panel"). 7 The

Second Panel conducted hearings in June 1997. The case against Boggia was presented by the Local 282 Trustee, who introduced the IRB Report and its accompanying exhibits, which included the tape transcript and the tape. Boggia appeared on his own behalf and was assisted in his defense by another IBT member. Boggia argued principally that, though he had met with Falco and made the statements captured on tape, he had in fact refused to accept the proffered bribe. He asserted that someone had alerted him that he was to be "set up" and that he had played along with the conversation merely to conduct his own investigation of the set-up. He also called several witnesses to testify to his good character. Boggiacounsel in the presentation of evidence in support of the charges, see IBT Constitution art. XIX, § 1(c); and he argues that he was the victim of a "discriminatory" deprivation of counsel because at his hearing the charging party was so assisted. This contention is meritless. 28 The charging party here was the Local 282 Trustee. The record does not indicate that the Trustee was assisted by counsel at the hearing. The only person present in the capacity of counsel was counsel to the Panel, who advised the Panel as to appropriate evidentiary rulings. Other than the Trustee, Boggia, the Panel members, counsel to the Panel, and three witnesses, the only persons present were the Local 282 Corruption Officer, who had initiated the charges,

include any members of the First Panel. There was no requirement that Carey, who had reviewed the decision of the First Panel, be replaced by a new reviewer following the decision of the Second Panel. Nor has Boggia provided anything more than conclusory assertions as to his view that Carey was biased against him or was otherwise unfit to be a reviewing officer. Carey's role provides Boggia no basis for relief. 34 Finally, although Boggia also complains that various of his prehearing discovery demands were not met, the IBT responded to those demands by stating that it possessed no materials other than those already given him. Boggia conceded at the hearing that he had no knowledge of the existence of other materials. The record doesof Useful Security and Privacy Technologies that motivated OTR's design, compare it to other IM security mechanisms, and talk about its ongoing development directions. View Get the Flash Player to see this video using Flash Player. Download Bio Ian Goldberg is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, where he is a founding member of the Cryptography, Security, and Privacy (CrySP) research group. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, where he discovered serious weaknesses in a number of widely deployed security systems, including those used by cellular phones and wireless networks. He also studied systems for protecting the personal privacy of Internet users, which led to his role as Chief Scientist at Zero-Knowledge Systems (now known as Radialpoint), where he commercialized his research as

and soon my stay felt “normal.” I got up for work like anyone else, made my coffee, ate fruit and a bagel with peanut butter, got dressed, and sat down in the passenger seat to bash out 800 words before lunch. In the late afternoon, the writing would be put away and out would come the guitar, bass, microphone and iMac set up on a table, and I’d record tracks to whatever new song I was working on in Garageband. Friends started visiting, and one night three of us lit candles, put on some music and danced. I took Winnie to the funeral of a friend’s mom. I drove to gigs to play music. And I wrote, wrote and wrote, managing 30,000 words of a book. I feltQ: How to detect html div width and height once div is done resizing I am working with two divs where, one in the left is a collapsible container and the one in the right is a main container, something like this: ================================ | | | | | | | | | |

a whim. He had asked his friend, Martin Crowley, to bring him back some Tequila from Mexico where Crowley was on a work assignment. Crowley found a hand-blown bottle and ended up pitching John Paul DeJoria on starting their own Tequila company. From his interview with CNN: “In 1989 my partner [Paul Mitchell] died, and I started the Patrón Spirits Co. with my friend Martin Crowley, an architect who’d gone to Mexico to do some work. I said bring me back some tequila. He found a hand-blown bottle and said, “I could design a label for this. Want to make a smoother tequila and go into business?”” DeJoria went on to say that they decided to make the first 12,000 bottles and price them at $37 a bottle. Important Patrón Milestones: 1944: JohnWorld News In a joint interview with running mate Gov. Mike Pence, Donald Trump responded to Hillary Clinton's remark that he "did choke" by failing to get Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to say that his country would pay for the building of a wall on its border with the U.S. "I don't choke," Trump told ABC News' David Muir in the battleground state of Ohio today. "She chokes. ... I've been given A pluses for the job I did in Mexico." "The fact is Mexico will pay for the wall. It was discussed that it wouldn't be discussed but they know my stance and I know their stance," he said. "And until I'm president, I'm not going to press anything very much but they fully know my stance. My stance

is we're going to build a wall and Mexico's going to pay for the wall. It's very simple." In August, Trump met with Peña Nieto in Mexico and attended a news conference alongside him. At the news conference, Trump said he and Peña Nieto had talked about his campaign promise to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. "We did discuss the wall. We did not discuss payment of the wall. That'll be for a later date," Trump said at that news conference Aug. 31. Later that day, however, Peña Nieto took to Twitter, saying in two tweets written in Spanish that "at the beginning of the conversation with Donald Trump, I made it clear that Mexico will not pay for the wall."Eduardo Sanchez, Peña Nieto's spokesman, also said that theBorn in Sweden, chemist Alfred Nobel worked at his father's arms factory as a young man. Intellectually curious, he went on to experiment with chemistry and explosives. In 1864, a deadly explosion killed his younger brother. Deeply affected, Nobel developed a safer explosive: dynamite. Nobel used his vast fortune to establish the Nobel Prizes, which has come to be known for awarding the greatest achievements throughout the world. Alfred Bernhard Nobel was born on October 21, 1833, in Stockholm, Sweden, the fourth of Immanuel and Caroline Nobel's eight children. Nobel was often sickly as a child, but he was always lively and curious about the world around him. Although he was a skilled engineer and ready inventor, Nobel's father struggled to set up a profitable business in Sweden. When

Nobel was 4 years old, his father moved to St. Petersburg, Russia, to take a job manufacturing explosives and the family followed him in 1842. Nobel's newly affluent parents sent him to private tutors in Russia, and he quickly mastered chemistry and became fluent in English, French, German and Russian as well as his native language, Swedish. Family Tragedy and the Invention of Dynamite Nobel left Russia at the age of 18. After spending a year in Paris studying chemistry, he moved to the United States. After five years, he returned to Russia and began working in his father's factory making military equipment for the Crimean War. In 1859, at the war's end, the company went bankrupt. The family moved back to Sweden, and Nobel soon began experimenting with explosives.In 1864, when Nobel was 29, a huge explosion in the family's Swedish factory killed five people, including Nobel's younger brother Emil. Dramatically affected by the event, Nobel set out to develop a safer explosive. In 1867, he patented a mixture of nitroglycerin and an absorbent substance, producing what he named "dynamite." Alfred Nobel Wikimedia Commons In 1888, Nobel's brother Ludvig died while in France. A French newspaper erroneously published Nobel's obituary instead of Ludvig's and condemned Nobel for his invention of dynamite. Provoked by the event and disappointed with how he felt he might be remembered, Nobel set aside a bulk of his estate to establish the Nobel Prizes to honor men and women for outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and for working toward peace. Sweden’s central

bank, Sveriges Riksbank, established the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1968 in honor of Nobel. Death and Legacy He died of a stroke on December 10, 1896, in San Remo, Italy. After taxes and bequests to individuals, Nobel left 31,225,000 Swedish kronor (equivalent to 250 million U.S. dollars in 2008) to fund the Nobel Prizes.Zika and Flavivirus Shell Disorder: Virulence and Fetal Morbidity. Zika virus (ZIKV) was first discovered in 1947 in Africa. Since then, sporadic ZIKV infections of humans have been reported in Africa and Asia. For a long time, this virus was mostly unnoticed due to its mild symptoms and low fatality rates. However, during the 2015-2016 epidemic in Central and South America, when millions of people were infected, it was discovered that ZIKV causes microcephaly in the babies of mothers infected during pregnancy. An examination of the M and C proteins of the ZIKV shell using the disorder predictor PONDR VLXT revealed that the M protein contains relatively high disorder levels comparable only to those of the yellow fever virus (YFV). On the other hand, the disorder levels in the

Contents Ronald Brownstein describes the blue wall as "the 18 states that form the blue wall, a term I coined in 2009"[3] After the 2012 presidential election, Paul Steinhauser called "blue wall […] the cluster of eastern, Midwest and western states that have traditionally gone Democratic."[4] The earliest description of the forces creating the blue wall comes from a Houston Chronicle blogger, Chris Ladd.[5] A Republican, Ladd wrote in November 2014 that the seemingly impressive Republican win in the 2014 mid-term elections had overshadowed another trend apparent in the results – a demographic/geographic collapse. The blue wall was a Democratic demographic lock on the Electoral College resulting from the Republican Party's (GOP) narrowing focus on the interests of white, rural, and Southern voters. Ladd's analysis became popular when MSNBC commentatorLawrence O'Donnell featured it on a post-election episode of his show The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell.[6] A similar "red wall," behind which lie states solidly Republican, has also been posited to exist[by whom?]. But having fewer votes, it would be theoretically easier for a Democratic presidential candidate to win without breaching it. The Republican party has won just 13 states in each of the last 6 election cycles, totaling 102 electoral votes. Behind this "blue wall" lay states, many carrying a relatively high number of electoral votes, which appeared to be solidly behind the Democratic Party, at least on the national level, and which a Republican presidential candidate appeared likely to have to write off, seeking a total of 270 electoral votes from other regions. States behind this wall

lay generally in the Northeastern United States, and the West Coast of the United States, and included some of the Great Lakes states. In each of the 6 presidential election cycles prior to 2016, the Democratic Party had won 18 of these states (as well as the District of Columbia), totaling 242 of the necessary 270 votes need to win. The "big three" Democratic stronghold states include California, New York, and Illinois. The states which Republicans have won in the last 7 cycles include Texas (38), Alabama (9), South Carolina (9), Oklahoma (7), Mississippi (6), Utah (6), Kansas (6), Nebraska (4), Idaho (4), South Dakota (3), North Dakota (3), Alaska (3), and Wyoming (3), giving a total of 102 votes. States with a 6-out-of-7 Republican record include Georgia (16),North Carolina (15), Arizona (11), Indiana (11), and Montana (3) for a total of 158 electoral votes. Much of the Southern United States are probably safely Republican as well, as 6 other states from that general region have not voted for a Democrat since southerner Bill Clinton in 1996, and the Deep South is nearly solidly Republican in their senators and governors. In a Seventh Party System, it is possible many other states could join the red wall, especially states such as Kentucky and West Virginia, both of which have gone to the GOP in the last five presidential elections, with Kentucky voting Republican by at least 15 percentage points in each election and West Virginia giving Donald Trump his second-largest victory margin in 2016 (behind Wyoming). States that

traditionally voted blue (Democratic), but voted Republican in 2016 are marked in red. Minnesota (a historic blue wall state), was won by Democrats by only 1.5% and Maine by 3% in 2016. Additionally, northern Maine gave the GOP one electoral vote. The Democrats' "lock" on these states had been called into question prior to 2016, as several had been competitive in recent elections, and many had Republicans currently holding elected statewide office, generally either senator or governor.[9] Blue wall states with a Republican senator included Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Maine. Those with a Republican governor included Illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Maine. In addition to these 18 states, three others, Iowa, New Mexico, and New Hampshire, had only voted for the Republican once in the same 6election cycles, giving their votes to George W. Bush in either 2000 or 2004, whilst Oregon saw Bush lose by only 7,000 votes in 2000. If included in the total, the votes behind the blue wall numbered 257, just 13 short of what is needed to win. In 2016, the blue wall showed some cracks, and went down from 242 electoral votes to 195. Some in the mainstream media did, however, suspect the Democrats might lose Pennsylvania. Nate Silver had criticized the idea of the blue wall, pointing to a larger "red wall" of states that voted Republican from 1968 to 1988. He argued that the blue wall simply represented a "pretty good run" in elections, and that relatively minor gains in the popular vote could flip some of

its states to Republican.[10] This was seen in the 2016 election, where voters from manufacturing states traditionally behind the blue wall voted for Donald Trump, providing him the victory in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Maine's 2nd congressional district. ^Hawaii was not a state until 1959 and did not vote in presidential elections until 1960. ^Washington was not a state until 1889 and did not vote in presidential elections until 1892. ^Clinton won Maine's statewide vote, but Trump won one of the state's four electoral votes. Since the 1972 election, Maine has awarded two electoral votes to the winner of the statewide popular vote, with one vote going to the winner in each congressional district.July 10, 2013 The Pumlanga Village of Halamahera Island, Indonesia, will soon benefit from a brand new community center thanks to donations from the Nu Skin Force for good Foundation and Seacology. In response, island residents have agreed to support a new plan to protect nearly 5,000 acres of rainforest for the next 25 years. The center will be mainly used for cultural gatherings, but it will also function as an education center for village children, since there are no schools on this remote island. Seacology and the Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation are proud to be a force for good and enhance the education and environment of the worldwide community. You Might Also Like: The Nu Skin Southeast Asia Children’s Heart Fund provides life-saving corrective heart surgeries for underprivileged children suffering

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he received the 2001 Australian Mathematical Society Medal, and from 2009–2011, he served on the Australian Research Council's College of Experts He was formerly director of the Mathematical Sciences Institute at ANU where is now Deputy Director. Academic work Bowknegt specializes in the mathematical foundations of String Theory and Conformal Field Theory. According to his web site at ANU, his specific interests are "the investigation of mathematical aspects of physical theories, in particular quantum field theories. Main expertise is the structure of two-dimensional conformal field theory and their applications in diverse areas such as condensed matter physics, integrable models of statistical mechanics and string theory, as well as the mathematical structures underlying string theory and D-branes, using mathematical techniques such as K-theory and gerbes." References Sources P.G. Bouwknegt, 1961 - at the UniversityThe Inside Agenda Blog Reacting to Mayor Miller Today, David Miller, mayor of Ontario's largest city for nearly six years, announcedhe will not be seeking a third term in 2010. Miller had recently been criticized heavily for his handling of this summer's strike of municipal workers and had his share of detractors. But judging from the comments I've been reading on Twitter today, he also had his share of fans. I asked some prominent Toronto residents, all of them past guests on The Agenda, to send me a few thoughts on Miller's announcement. Here's what they had to say: John Sewell, Mayor of Toronto from 1978 to 1980 David Miller’s announcement not to seek a third term shows how much job actions can change the picture in unexpected ways. Before the city workers’ strike

61-year-old man dies motorcycle crash near his Bellevue home Metro Police identified a 61-year-old man killed in a motorcycle crash near his home in Bellevue on Thursday morning. According to the MNPD, Bruce Bradley died after crashing hot motorcycle on the 900 block of Hicks Road. Officers said Bradley was thrown from his motorcycle going around a curb and landed in a dense creek bed. A neighbor found Bradley after she noticed her mailbox had been hit and called police. around 10 a.m. Police do not know what time the crash happened. The neighbor said her mailbox has been hit several times and that residents in the area have inquired about having a speed bump and stop sign placed at the intersection of Hicks Dr. and Patten Lane prior to the curve. Police foundEmbassy English - US From the East Coast to the West Coast of North America, Embassy English has schools in some of the most iconic cities in the world as well as in the most popular study locations in the USA and Canada. Geographically diverse and culturally rich, it’s no wonder the USA attracts some of the top students in the world. From the laid-back beach-side cities to the iconic brownstone centres of the east coast, Embassy English study centres in the USA are the perfect cool and comfortable place for students American dream to come true. At Embassy English US, the students can learn English in one of the four great locations and can choose one of over 40 pathway partners for a great university education after their English

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head the team in 1997, which made him the youngest men's basketball coach in the NCAA at the time. Athletic Director Jim Tinkey promoted him to head coach after Lang had served as assistant coach for four years. "His work ethic was always second to none," said Tinkey, who was impressed by his rapport with his players. Ironically, it was later Tinkey who encouraged him to leave after he got job offers from larger Division I and II schools to advance his coaching career. But Mr. Lang wanted to stay. "This is where his heart is and he just didn't want leave," he said. The Mars native made his mark at La Roche College, leading the team to a Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Championship game in 1998, a remarkable feat given the programwas just six years old at the time. Since then, the team twice finished second in the conference and he holds the record for the highest winning percentage in the school's history and the highest number of wins at 150 games. The Redhawks were off to their strongest start in the program's history this season at 7-1. And in spite of his streak of success at the school, Reufle said Lang valued character above anything that happened on the court. His team twice won the Schoenfield Sportsmanship Award, which is given annually to an AMCC school. She said Lang remained at La Roche because he felt he could make a bigger difference in the lives of his players at the Division III school. "He loved coaching at La Roche," she said. "He

made a difference in these kids' lives. He made sure they graduated. He made sure they came out better people." "That was more important to him than basketball." First published on December 11, 2010 at 12:12 am Correction/Clarification: (Published December 12, 2010) Scott Lang, the late men's basketball coach at La Roche College, led the team to a conference championship game in 1998. A story in Saturday's paper stated incorrectly that the team won that championship.is confident the company "can accomplish the impossible" and get itself back on the rails. "I have no misgivings about the enormity of the task in front of us but together with my colleagues, I am confident we can accomplish the impossible," A.S. Murty said in a Webcast to employees Friday. Murty, a company veteran, was plucked from the ranks Thursday by the board named by the government after founder and ex-chief executive B. Ramalinga Raju confessed he fiddled the financial books for years. Mumbai: The murky Satyam saga has put PE fund Infinite India, which has invested Rs 600 crore in Maytas Properties, in a fix. With interest in Maytas not playing up to expectations , this fund is examining a number of options. Among the options being

Jerrell Jones (born 26 March 1986), better known by his stage name J-Kwon, is an American rapper from St. Louis best known for his 2004 hit single "Tipsy". Jones' rap technique resembles that of a nursery rhyme, with his song "Tipsy" being particularly reminiscent of One, Two, Buckle My Shoe....Sergio Perez admits he is left in a “very difficult” position after losing his seat at McLaren two races before the end of the season. Perez said he had little warning his place at the team was in jeopardy. “I found out a couple of days before you find out so was very late decision,” said Perez in the press conference at the United States Grand Prix. “I had no idea it just came as a shock to me because the team always was giving a good feedback to me, everything was pretty much settled down and I was going to stay at the team. “But then something happened in the last few weeks that they decided not to and it puts me in a very difficult position now to look

however, because they've had to deal with lots of stuff and have acquired practical knowledge through experience. 3. There were a bunch of people working for Clinton, and a big internal war took place when Obama won with divided loyalties and lots of fallout. Clinton might be a little stronger on defense, and her and Bill don't like playing second fiddle, but she has. Much like Biden, Obama is plugging in the old Democratic guard (Clinton, now Kerry) but partly they're going along for the sake of the party and for political power and for their own careers and opportunity which is perfectly reasonable as these things go... ...yet, some old Schools are having to make the trek toward social justice, race, Obama's ideas and where he's leading the party andfor the extremists getting their voice out. John Kerry - statesman, leader, and former outspoken liar and hearsay hustler and critic of the atrocities of the U.S. I understand you point overall, and tend to agree, but I just had to fix that last line for ya. Lt. John Kerry never witness any infantry actions. He purportedly did shoot a wounded enemy in the back. He merely aggregated mythical unsubstantiated war stories he gathered, from men he never served with, during his "investigation" in Ann Arbor and Detroit. While it would have been nice to see Kerry win the Presidency in 2004, this will have to do. Plus, if he had won, Obama probably wouldn't be President now and both the demographic wave in favor of the Democrats and the general hilarity

It would have repudiated the Neocons, the Norquistians, and we would have been able to focus on bigger things than a few thousand "Terrahist Evildoers" and running America like our only purpose was to make the rich richer while dismantling US industries and sending them to China. 2. But Kerry dishonored the uniform. It was just a step too far to ask moderates and even many Democrats who served to accept him as Commander in Chief. 3. The nation would have been better off because the meltdown largely caused by Fannie-Freddie and the progressive Jewish financiers on Wall Street - stalwart Democrats all - would have happened on Kerry's watch and been properly seen as a Democrat thing..4. With the nation in complete economic mess in 2008, theshe had to be discarded as the First Woman President!! - because to the media - nothing would show how good a group they were than pimping for their annointed Black Messiah. The First Black President!! - who would redeem their guilty white consciences. Hence their buildup of Hillary (once again) as the Presumptive Next President (to atone for their 2008 betrayal of her). When he is not being a pompous asshole, half the time, Kerry actually has been an effective advocate for rational foreign policy objectives. He was right to recognize Vietnam and restore normal relations - ignoring the POWs are still alive!! moron brigade. He correctly warned against the Neocons and Bush's idiotic "Terrahist-Centric" foreign policy. And that good foreign relations have more than a military component. John

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traffic demands ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES Some of the significant environmental features of the project area include farmland, a church, a nature preserve, township open space, potential historic properties, five streams and six wetlands. A total of 18 active agriculture parcels are present, one of which is in the Sadsbury Township Agricultural Security Area. The Gateway Grace Community Church is located south of US 30. The Sadsbury Woods Preserve owned by the Natural Lands Trust is located to the north of US 30. Sadsbury Township open space used for recreation abuts the preserve. There are numerous older buildings found throughout the corridor that may have historic significance and will require evaluation. The four streams present are tributaries to Buck Run, which supports natural trout reproduction and is also located within the projectDella Reese, the singer and actress who became a household name while starring as a divine supervisor named Tess on CBS’ Touched by An Angel, has died at 86, her family and Roma Downey confirmed to EW. “On behalf of her husband, Franklin Lett, and all her friends and family, I share with you the news that our beloved Della Reese has passed away peacefully at her California home last evening surrounded by love,” Downey said in a statement. “She was an incredible Wife, Mother, Grandmother, friend, and Pastor, as well as an award-winning actress and singer. Through her life and work, she touched and inspired the lives of millions of people. She was a mother to me and I had the privilege of working with her side by

Houston Dynamo Academy defender Hans Leza and Dynamo Youth Academy midfielder Cesar Cordova have been called into the U.S. U-15 boys national team for the 2019 Torneo delle Nazioni in Gradisca, Italy from April 23 to May 5. The tournament marks the first international games of the year for the U-15s, who are preparing for this summer’s 2019 Concacaf U-15 Boys’ Championship. Both Leza and Cordova took part in January's U-15 training camp earlier this year. Leza, who played up an age group with the Dynamo U-17s last week at the Generation adidas Cup, has made 14 starts for the U-15s this season in U.S. Soccer Development Academy play. Cordova has made 12 starts for the Dynamo Youth U-15s as well as nine appearances (eight starts) playing up forthe U-17s. Houston Dynamo Dash Youth is an affiliate club of the Dynamo organization that collaborates in youth development. The USA will face India on April 28, Slovenia on April 29 and Mexico on April 30 in the tournament’s group stage, with placement games following the group stage. The USA has participated at the last two editions of the Torneo delle Nazioni, finishing third overall last year after an undefeated group stage and taking home the title in 2017.

“Bit Gold”, which was worked on by Nick Szabo between 1998 and 2005. Bit gold is considered the first precursor to bitcoin. In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto (an anonymous person and/or group) released a paper detailing what would become Bitcoin. Bitcoin became the first decentralized digital coin when it was created in 2008. It then went public in 2009. As of 2015, Bitcoin is the most commonly known cryptocurrency. Given the popularity of Bitcoin as well as its history, the term “altcoin” is sometimes used to describe alternative cryptocurrencies to bitcoin. As of January 2015, there are over 500 different types of cryptocurrencies – or altcoins – for trade in online markets. However, only 10 of them had market capitalizations over $10 million. On this site, we explore every aspect ofFeatured Research from universities, journals, and other organizations Saturn's moon Enceladus spreads its influence Date: September 22, 2011 Source: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory Summary: Chalk up one more feat for Saturn's intriguing moon Enceladus. The small, dynamic moon spews out dramatic plumes of water vapor and ice -- first seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in 2005. It possesses simple organic particles and may house liquid water beneath its surface. Its geyser-like jets create a gigantic halo of ice, dust and gas around Enceladus that helps feed Saturn's E ring. Now, thanks again to those icy jets, Enceladus is the only moon in our solar system known to influence substantially the chemical composition of its parent planet. Chalk up one more feat for Saturn's intriguing moon Enceladus. The small, dynamic moon spews out dramatic plumes of water vapor and

in Saturn's upper atmosphere. Though it is enormous, the cloud had not been seen before because water vapor is transparent at most visible wavelengths of light. But Herschel could see the cloud with its infrared detectors. "Herschel is providing dramatic new information about everything from planets in our own solar system to galaxies billions of light-years away," said Paul Goldsmith, the NASA Herschel project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. The discovery of the torus around Saturn did not come as a complete surprise. NASA's Voyager and Hubble missions had given scientists hints of the existence of water-bearing clouds around Saturn. Then in 1997, the European Space Agency's Infrared Space Observatory confirmed the presence of water in Saturn's upper atmosphere. NASA's Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite also observed waterCassini UVIS science team member Candy Hansen, of the Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, Ariz. "It's very nice with Herschel to track where it goes in the meantime." While a small fraction of the water molecules inside the torus end up in Saturn's atmosphere, most are broken down into separate atoms of hydrogen and oxygen. "When water hangs out in the torus, it is subject to the processes that dissociate water molecules," said Hansen, "first to hydrogen and hydroxide, and then the hydroxide dissociates into hydrogen and atomic oxygen." This oxygen is dispersed through the Saturn system. "Cassini discovered atomic oxygen on its approach to Saturn, before it went into orbit insertion. At the time, no one knew where it was coming from. Now we do." "The profound effect this little

moon Enceladus has on Saturn and its environment is astonishing," said Hansen. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Cassini orbiter and several of its instruments were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. Herschel is a European Space Agency cornerstone mission, with science instruments provided by consortia of European institutes and with important participation by NASA. NASA's Herschel Project Office is based at JPL. JPL contributed mission-enabling technology for two of Herschel's three science instruments. The NASA Herschel Science Center, part of the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center at Caltech, supports the United States astronomical community. More Fromstory Mar. 25, 2015 — Researchers have completed a new analysis of an ancient Martian lake system in Jezero Crater, near the planet's equator. The study finds that the onslaught of water that filled the crater was one of ... full story Mar. 25, 2015 — The precise measurement of Saturn's rotation has presented a great challenge to scientists, as different parts of this sweltering ball of hydrogen and helium rotate at different speeds whereas its ... full story Related Stories May 1, 2012 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft will be flying within about 46 miles (74 kilometers) of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Wednesday, May 2, aiming primarily to learn more about the moon's internal ... full story Oct. 19, 2011 — NASA's Cassini mission will take advantage of the position of two of

the three stars in Orion's belt when the spacecraft flies by Saturn's moon Enceladus on Oct. 19. As the hot, bright ... full story June 23, 2011 — The NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens mission has directly sampled the water plumes jetting into space from Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The findings from these fly-throughs are the strongest evidence yet ... full story Dec. 2, 2010 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft successfully dipped near the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Nov. 30. Though Cassini's closest approach took it to within about 48 kilometers (30 miles) ... full story ScienceDaily features breaking news and videos about the latest discoveries in health, technology, the environment, and more -- from major news services and leading universities, scientific journals, and research organizations.needed. Fed.R.App.P. 34(a). 3 Gessa pleaded guilty to operating a continuing criminal enterprise. 21 U.S.C. § 848. He received a thirty year sentence. In his motion, and on appeal, Gessa raises three issues. First, he argues that his guilty plea was induced by an offer from the United States that could not be fulfilled. Second, he argues that the district court committed error by not allowing him to withdraw his guilty plea. Third, he argues that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. Upon review, we find Gessa's arguments to be wholly without merit. 4 Gessa's guilty plea was entered during the third week of his trial. As part of the plea agreement, the government agreed

patient who presented with acute pancreatitis due to chronic alcohol ingestion complicated by bilateral common iliac and left external iliac thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. A pseudocyst at the head of the pancreas was found to be compressing the inferior vena cava. The results of the patient's genetic and other thrombophilia screens were negative. Case presentation {#Sec2} ================= One year before his current presentation, a 38-year-old Sri Lankan man who had previously been well went to the local hospital with intermittent severe epigastric pain radiating to his back, in addition to vomiting. At this initial presentation, acute pancreatitis with high amylase levels was diagnosed. He had been consuming around 12 units of alcohol per week for a 12-year period. He did not have diabetes, hypertension, cholelithiasis, thromboembolic disease, or any other medicaldisease. He had no family history of significant medical illness. Following this presentation, he had intermittent episodes of epigastric pain, which subsided spontaneously without any medical treatment. At his current presentation, he had a 1-month history of steatorrhea and abdominal pain. His abdominal pain was intermittent and was associated with vomiting. He did not have fever. His initial serum amylase level was high. He was not immobilized. On the third day of admission, he developed progressive abdominal distention with bilateral ankle edema and normal urine output. He was not breathless. His physical examination revealed that his body mass index was 21.6 kg/m^2^. He was afebrile and pale and had ankle edema. He had a pulse rate of 80 beats per minute, and his blood pressure was 130/80 mmHg. His jugular venous

Archive for dad By the spring of 1995 I was ready to be social again. I took these brand new wings that had sprouted in the tender care of all my new friends and began spreading my branches out to those who were offering friendship. All those days and nights roll into one in the shadowy recesses of my memories but they are remembered with a fondness of a time that will never be again. I moved from the apartment in one suburb to another apartment in another suburb. This apartment had many perks. It was in a complex right downtown and situated in a perfect spot for a very social place. It was behind a 24 hour eatery and everything was just around the corner. The supermarket, theShiloh and Jennifer would pick her for a solo date, since they thought that she and Travis would be perfect together. The box is opened and Sarah has a note: “Come paint the perfect picture with me in Montmartre.” [No doubt she will see the Eiffel Tower from Montmartre.] The dating group plays in the pool, and then Travis tells Moana that it’s time for her to claim her reward. The reward is a couple’s massage. Travis tells Moana he wants to know more about her. She says that her parents got divorced when she was young and her mother remarried and she had a difficult childhood. They hold hands during their massage and the women realize that they can watch the massages from a window inside the pool. Tara says that she is disappointed that she hasn’t been

Moana hogs the time with Travis. Moana, in an amusing bit of overacting, says, “Pardon me for having a heart and pardon me for having feelings.” Later Moana says that she would rather have a connection with Travis than with the other women. Travis tells Sarah that she is “pure and true” rather than being the bottled up old prude he thought her to be. He says that it’s easy to be with her and he doesn’t worry about her character. He admires her for being a kindergarten teacher [because unlike the other women, it probably means that she can color within the lines, spell her name, and count to twenty without taking her shoes off]. Travis says that Sarah has surpassed his expectations, and tells her that she has to go home. Sarah looks shocked, thinking thathe is dismissing her back to her life of booger-eating, paste swilling five year olds, but Travis fakes her out and asks her to take him home with her. [So instead of a five-year-old booger-eating, paste swiller, she gets to be around a 33-year-old booger eater/paste swiller.] They hug with all the intensity that is possible from 26-year-old “Technical Virgin” and 33-year-old Resident Physician who probably masturbates while looking at his own headshot. The next morning, Travis shows up at Whorehouse for a “surprise” visit. [I am sure that this visit had been choreographed weeks ago by the producers, but then again, I am cynical.] The women are sitting around talking [except for Moana who is off being crazy by herself]. Travis talks about how his visit means so much to the women [but then again he is the

[Factors involved in the development of the community projects. Observational study of the Catalonian primary care centers AUPA network]. To describe the characteristics of the AUPA Health Centres network, identify the favourable elements and the obstacles when carrying out community projects (CP), the impact of belonging to the AUPA network, and the types of support members expect from the AUPA Network. A cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study with analysis of information using quantitative and qualitative techniques. Primary Care. 15 centres of Primary Care belonging to the AUPA network before January 2006. Variables regarding the characteristics of the Health Centres, professionals, CP, facilitators and obstacles of the CP, usefulness, expectations and impact of belonging to the AUPA network. The majority of centres are teaching and receive methodological external support. Themajority of CP are in initial phases of development and the most used methodology is Community Oriented Primary Care (COPC). The projects have the support of the community and intersectorial collaboration. Nursing is the group most involved. The factors that influence development of the CP are the motivation of the professionals, previous training in community care, management support and the participation of key personnel and the community. The community centres require more time to work on CP, methodological support from experts, better professional recognition, support by the Health Centre management and companies. It is necessary to motivate professionals, promote knowledge in community care, giving recognition and support by the institutions and by the community. Work benefits are perceived from the network: sharing experiences, commitment and gaining knowledge.

order to purify the online environment.” An online poll released earlier this month showed 68% of people in Taiwan back same-sex marriage. It came after a coalition of over 120 gay rights groups campaigned outside the Taiwanese parliament last month, as well as a Pride march which drew tens of thousands just a few days earlier. Preliminary plans to legalise same-sex marriage are currently being addressed in the Taiwanese Parliament. The equal marriage bill, proposed by Democratic Progressive Party lawmakers, has been stalled by the Parliament’s judiciary committee since October last year. Last month, six same-sex couples in Taiwan had their marriages rejected after attempting to register en masse.Rock band The Big Moon have just returned from the South By Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas. The quartet played 11 gigs in four days at the festival, which showcases up-and-coming bands to fans and record industry types alike. Throughout the festival, the band kept a video diary of their shows (and backstage antics) exclusively for BBC news. Get to know them now - before everyone else catches on. Footage shot by The Big Moon. Edited by Mark Savage.

(2) In 2010, Guardado injured her left wrist in a work-related accident while working as a machine manager for Roos Foods. Thereafter, she received workers’ compensation total disability benefits. Two years after the accident, she had a left wrist fusion performed by Dr. Richard DuShuttle, and shortly thereafter, Dr. DuShuttle released her to light-duty one-handed work. (3) Following Dr. DuShuttle’s release, Roos Foods filed a petition for review with the Industrial Accident Board (the Board) alleging that Guardado was able to return to work. At the hearing before the Board in March 2015, the parties generally agreed that Guardado could return to light-duty one-handed work, but disagreed as to whether she was a displaced worker and the extent to whichThis is no game. This is SPARTAN. Lock and load … and explore the far reaches of the Halo universe with Halo: The Complete Video Collection. Inspired by the world famous video game series, this compendium of action-packed stories will blow fans of the game and science fiction away. Includes: Halo Legends – Go beyond the game with eight thrilling animated tales that build upon and expand the Halo mythos. Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn – When a UNSC academy falls under attack, Thomas Lasky and his fellow cadets must fight for survival, only to find assistance from a mysterious ally – the mythic, armored supersolider known as Master Chief. Halo: Nightfall – ONI agents are forced to work with local commander Randall Aiken after a devastating biological assault. As they unravel a

so connected in law that the party to the judgment represented the same legal right. Id. The Trust has not established such privity with Daniels based on the record of the trial court cause. (2) The record does not establish that the Trust has any interest in the leased property or any legal relationship with Daniels. The lease is between Daniels and Ross. There is no indication in the lease that Daniels was acting as an agent for the trust; he is simply denominated "landlord" and signed the lease as the landlord. Correspondence concerning certain alleged lease violations is in Daniels's name as landlord. There is only one suggestion that Daniels might not own the property. In a sentence dealing with the non-existence of an easement across thebut not published yet, in which a cushion is formed in a box shape and transversely unfolds along the front of the bumper of a vehicle, covering the bumper. Further, the external airbag has a plurality of chambers separated by separation walls inside and a gas independently flows into the chambers, thereby preventing the entire cushion from bending or folding to one side. Further, variable vents are formed at the sides to sufficiently absorbing shock after rapid unfolding, so that the variable vents open and the gas is discharged, when the internal pressure increases to a predetermined pressure or more. Further, common vents are formed toward the bumper to effectively absorb shock after the airbag cushion unfolds and to protect the vehicle on impact. However, such an airbag cushion of the