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Green Economy - The PIPE UP Network
What are the alternatives to tar sands?
The risks of transporting diluted bitumen have been demonstrated by spills in Burnaby, BC in 2007, Kalamazoo River, Michigan in 2010 and in Mayflower, Arkansas in 2013. There is also the question of whether bitumen-carrying pipelines are in the economic best interests of residents of British Columbia. The bitumen is all for export. According to the company’s own documentation, Kinder Morgan’s proposed expansion would result in a net increase of only fifty permanent jobs after the expenditure of billions by the company. What are the alternatives?
Between 2008-2013, there have been remarkable developments in renewable energy, particularly in solar photovoltaics. Germany's Renewable Energy Act (2000), with its innovative use of feed-in tariffs has resulted in an "energyshift," allowing individuals and communities to produce power for the grid at guaranteed prices. The result is that Germany is exceeding its targets for conversion to renewable energy—surpassing 25% of electrical power in 2012 and on track to reach 35% well before the target date of 2020. Germany, with a climate similar to Southern British Columbia, and in the same latitude, has more than quadrupled its solar power production since 2008 and is now the world leader. China doubled its renewable energy production in 2012 and is now mass-producing photovoltaics, making solar power more cost-effective. Northern European countries, and many American states have made major advances in renewable energy production, as have Ontario and Quebec. Europe and Japan have shown leadership in the transition to electric transportation and
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Harjo (credit: Karen Keuhn)
ABOUT JOY HARJO
Joy Harjo’s ten books of poetry include Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975–2001, and She Had Some Horses. Her new collection, An American Sunrise, is forthcoming from W. W. Norton in September. Harjo’s memoir, Crazy Brave, won several awards, including the PEN Center USA Literary Award for creative nonfiction and an American Book Award. Her many honors include the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize from the Poetry Foundation, the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets, the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a United States Artists Fellowship. In 2014 she was inducted into the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame. A renowned saxophonist and vocalist, Harjoperforms both solo and with her band, the Arrow Dynamics, in the United States and abroad. She has recorded five award-winning albums, including Red Dreams, A Trail Beyond Tears and Winding Through the Milky Way, which won a Native American Music Award for Best Female Artist of the Year in 2009. She also performs a one-woman show, Wings of Night Sky, Wings of Morning Light, which Wesleyan University Press published as a book in January. She is working on a musical titled We Were There When Jazz Was Invented, which will revise the origin story of blues and jazz to include southeastern Native music. Harjo is the recipient of a Tulsa Artist Fellowship and lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is an enrolled member of the Muscogee Creek Nation.
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THE JACKSON PRIZE
The Jackson Poetry Prize is endowed by a gift from the Liana Foundation and is named for the John and Susan Jackson family. There is no application process; poets are nominated by a panel of their peers who remain anonymous. Previous recipients of the Jackson Poetry Prize are John Yau (2018), Patricia Spears Jones (2017), Will Alexander (2016), X. J. Kennedy (2015), Claudia Rankine (2014), Arthur Sze (2013), Henri Cole (2012), James Richardson (2011), Harryette Mullen (2010), Linda Gregg (2009), Tony Hoagland (2008), and Elizabeth Alexander (2007).
Poets & Writers will host a reading and reception in honor of Joy Harjo in New York City on June 17. For more information, visit pw.org.
ABOUT POETS & WRITERS
Poets & Writers has been the primary source of trustworthy information, professionalurgent need for an army was happily supplied by Israel.IDF generals arrived in the city-state soon after its independence in 1965 and secretly built from scratch a powerful military that to this day is considered the best-equipped and trained army in its region. Israel, for its part, emerged with a strategic foothold in the Far East, forging a close alliance that flourishes to this day with what has since become one of the world’s richest and most stable countries.The Singaporean saga was followed closely in Beijing, where Mao and his legacy were giving way to Deng Xiaoping’s economic U-turn and to alarm in the face of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.Moscow’s new unpredictability spurred Deng to inspect the Chinese military’s hardware, after which he concluded that
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game than our next game.
"We'll have a 26 in, but it won't necessarily be an indication of where it finishes. We'll work that out over the week. We've got a few training sessions to get through."
Reid's impending return, in addition to Darcy Moore's comeback from a hamstring injury, is likely to give Buckley a few welcome headaches at the selection table as the club targets its first finals appearance since 2013.
Mature-aged recruit Brody Mihocek made his AFL debut at age 25 on Sunday, kicking four goals and providing plenty of energy and effort in an impressive performance.
He joined Mason Cox in the side's two-pronged tall forward line, with Buckley keen to persist with the improving American through the back half of the season.
However, with Reid and Moore setbased on Pulp Fiction, the star-studded movie that made Quentin Tarantino a household name, are here, and the first two-pack features hitmen Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield in their iconic black suits! Each two-inch mini-figure has 14 points of articulation and features a variety of interchangeable parts and accessories, including pistols, hamburger, shake and the mysterious briefcase! Designed by Art Asylum! (MAR141945, SRP: $9.99Ea.)
Batman Classic TV Series Joker Bust
DST continues their line of busts based on the Batman Classic TV Show, and this one is no joke! Hot on the heels of Batman, it's The Joker, as played by Cesar Romero, with his painted-over mustache and all! This bust measures approximately 6 inches tall, and is a must-have for any Classic Batman TV Show fan. Designed by Barry
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now $600,000, and lower taxes. He instituted a no-tolerance policy for those who did not pay tax and water bills.
He said he thought he could win re-election by running on his record.
"He has been such a great mayor through so many difficult things that had to be done," said three-term Councilwoman Rebecca Harman. "Jay is so knowledgeable. His law background is so important today."
Young official
Gullo graduated from Widener College Law School in 1993, the year he was elected mayor, making him one of the youngest mayors in the nation.
His family has called New Windsor home for four generations. Eighty years before him, his great-grandfather William Lovell had been mayor.
Gullo lives in the stately Main Street house where his grandparents once resided, and he renovated his grandfather's barbershop intoan office.
"I lived in the town, opened my law practice in town and I wanted to do the best I could to lead the town," Gullo said.
"I helped create an environment of strong leadership and teamwork. I wanted to let the world know that New Windsor is special and to be a zealous advocate for it."
The first year was difficult. He studied for the bar and learned town business on his own after the town clerk, with 40 years of job experience, retired.
He soon passed the bar, developed his first municipal budget and made his name well known in county political circles.
"You could never learn this stuff in school," he said.
Along the way, Gullo served in several high-profile positions statewide, including president of the Maryland Municipal League.
When Carroll
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residents talked about changing the county commissioner government to one with an executive, Gullo served on the charter board and helped draft the proposed charter. The effort failed at the polls in 1998.
In addition to his law practice, he is working as counsel for a Baltimore law firm and as a municipal government lobbyist in Annapolis.
To remain a resource
He has kept his focus on his hometown, considering himself steward of its government.
"This job has never been about me, but it has been about reshaping the system so that future administrations have the tools to continue," he said. "I am really glad my hands have been on the reins, running an efficient, effective government."
Gullo will not rule out future political office - "politics has shaped my life," he said.Low-cost warrior CavinKare reboots for better profits
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Three years ago when Chennai-based consumer products maker CavinKare decided to shift its focus from low-priced goods to premium products, it was clear the company had embarked on a journey to reinvent itself.
CavinKare was known for catering to the bottom of the pyramid. Started as a small partnership firm from a village near Chennai in 1983, it pioneered the concept of selling shampoos in sachets at a time when shampoos were available only in bottles. In no time, it swept through the rural market, forcing others such as market leader Hindustan Unilever to follow suit. As of last year, 87 per cent of shampoos sold in the country were in sachets, of which CavinKare had 25-30 per cent share.
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way, were conducted by 117 investigators from September 2005 to May 2006.
Question of the Day
Will Donald Trump win the GOP nomination?
About the Author
Julia Duin is the Times’ religion editor. She has a master’s degree in religion from Trinity School for Ministry (an Episcopal seminary) and has covered the beat for three decades. Before coming to The Washington Times, she worked for five newspapers, including a stint as a religion writer for the Houston Chronicle and a year as city editor at the ...due to the transmission of HPV, a virus that has been implicated in the majority of cervical cancers and which has been detected in throat cancer tissue in numerous studies. The study concludes that people who had one to five oral sex partners in their lifetime had approximately a doubled risk of throat cancer compared with those who never engaged in this activity and those with more than five oral sex partners had a 250 percent increased risk.[31][32]
Miscarriage reduction
Fellatio may reduce the risk of miscarriages by inducing immunological tolerance in the woman by exposure to the proteins in her partner's semen, a process known as paternal tolerance. While any exposure to a partner's semen appears to decrease a woman's chances for the various immunological disorders that can occur
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that arose in the gay slang language of Polari that spread in the 1960s. The term is less common today.[49]
Cunnilingus is also sometimes referred to as muff diving, eating out or poon-job, a slang term and a cunnilingus variant of blow job, where poon is short for poontang or punani.
Additionally, in lesbian culture, several common slang terms used are carpet munching, giving lip, lip service or tipping the velvet (a faux-"Victorian" expression invented by novelist Sarah Waters).
Other slang terms for oral sex include going down on (male or female), licking out and muff diving (female), blow job (male), dome (male or female), sucking off (male), playing the skin flute (male recipient), rolling cigars (male recipient), lolly-gagging (gay male-on-male), gaining knowledge (male recipient) and bust down (male). Forced fellatiolaunch overseas.
Azure Striker Gunvolt will hit the Japanese eShop on August 20. A North American release date has not been announced.
Azure Striker: Gunvolt is a 2D side-scrolling action game starring a character with psychic powers, allowing him to harness the power of lightning for ranged attacks and other special abilities. The game shares much of its creative staff with Mighty No. 9, a Mega Man spiritual successor funded via Kickstarter last year.
Azure Striker: Gunvolt will premiere in the Japanese eShop (as Armed Striker: Gunvolt) this summer. A North American release date has not been confirmed, though the game's official website notes that an ESRB rating is pending.
Back in September, Keiji Inafune and the team developing Mighty No. 9held a vote to determine the design of main protagonist Beck's
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million.
The game's development team includes Mega Man series alumnus Nayoa Tomita and Manami Matsumae, who served as level designer and composer (respectively) on the original Mega Man, in addition to artist Shinsuke Komaki, whose resume includes character/mecha design work on Mega Man Legends. Mega Man 9/Mega Man 10 developer Inti Creates is also involved, with CEO Takuya Aizu listed as being responsible for "executing on the designs his company and Comcept create together for Mighty No. 9."
The game is a side-scrolling shooter, which concerns a robot named Beck – the ninth in a series of robots called the "Mighty Numbers." The other eight Mighty Numbers have gone rogue due to a virus, and it's up to Beck (and his female robot companion Call) to stop them. Each defeatedcommissioned for the homage to Mega Man's packaging designs of yore.
The shirts were originally created exclusively for Capcom's staff, including director Hironobu Takeshita and producer Keiji Inafune, with a limited run of four. But after seeing fan reactions to the astounding apparel, the publisher has decided to make t-shirts with the Mega Man 9 cover art "available for purchase soon" in the States. Oh, wondrous day!
Let's all hope Capcom decides to make a lot more than just four shirts this time!
In an effort to help build anticipation for Mega Man 9, and probably to prepare new players who don't realize how brutal Mega Man games can be, Capcom announced that the first two games in the series will be released on the Virtual Console in the two months
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sweater and a pair of gray pants. This photo was taken when she was chatting with a group of students at the school. While chatting with them, she jokes with a student about her height. Besides, Ivanka also had a look at an onion slice under a microscope. She visited the students for the USA General Election campaign for his father, Donald Trump.
Election Announcement Ceremony
On 15th June, Ivanka Trump and his family attended the 2016 president election speech with her father Donald Trump at Trump Tower. This is a memorable moment for their family. From Ivanka’s childhood, she loves her father a lot and supports him all the time, and the same thing happened to her family as well. Currently, Ivanka is working as an assistant to thesubjects. The vocational education system has been destroyed, and right now 30,000 students are studying for graduation tests which violate their rights (the terms for the tests in vocational training underwent major changes just a few months before the students were to take them, thereby putting these students in an unjust situation).
Meanwhile several puppet organizations have sprung up, all falsely advertising the government’s willingness to cooperate. An example of this is the Public Education Roundtable, which the government used for fake consultations with the assistance of organizations created and financed by them, such as the National Pedagogue Faculty and the Professional Association of History Teachers – which are the propaganda twins of the History Teachers’ Club, an organization that has existed for nearly two decades. Right now the
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seats are contested as well. Former Lubbock City Councilman Frank Morrison has filed to challenge Lubbock County Commissioner Precinct 1 Bill McCay. You can read that entire story here.
Two Democrats and one Republican will challenge current Lubbock County Commissioner Precinct 3 Gilbert Flores, a Democrat. Local funeral director Richard Calvillo and Lorenzo “Bubba” Sedeño will challenge Flores in the Democratic primary. Ysidro Gutierrez is the sole Republican running for that particular seat, which he held prior to Flores’ election.
Four people will compete for the County Court at Law No. 1 unexpired term left by late Judge Rusty Ladd, who was killed in a traffic accident in late September. The Lubbock County Commissioners Court appointed Mark Hocker to take the seat, and was sworn in Monday morning. Hocker willPresident Putin is a major political asset for United Russia's campaign
When President Putin leapt up onto the stage at the rally in his honour in Moscow on Wednesday, he set an important precedent.
Never before has a serving Russian president openly campaigned on behalf of a political party in parliamentary elections for which he himself has been nominated as a candidate.
It is a bizarre situation. He is not a member of United Russia and he may not even take up a seat in parliament because he is not due to step down as president until next spring.
The style of the rally was also unprecedented. The slick, bubble-gum choreography was taken directly from the American school of electioneering.
So why the need to put on such a glitzy show with the
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top man as star performer in between performances by boy-bands and girl-groups?
"Putin is annoyed by the fact that [the strategy] hasn't worked out as he'd been promised," says political analyst Stanislav Belkovsky.
"His decision to head the United Russia list [of parliamentary candidates] did not have the immediate effect of boosting United Russia's support to 70% as they had wanted."
Referendum on Putin
So getting President Putin up on stage in front of a crowd of 5,000 loyal supporters and more importantly in front of the cameras of state-run TV channels was an attempt to boost United Russia's popularity to the point where almost all opposition is eliminated.
Mr Putin wants to boost United Russia support to 70%
And that is crucial for President Putin himself.
Because as the United Russia party itself keepssaying, the parliamentary election on 2 December is primarily a referendum on Mr Putin and his policies after his eight years in power.
An overwhelming majority for United Russia along with a high voter turnout would, the argument goes, help the president remain in power after his second term in office comes to an end early next year.
Under the current constitution he cannot stand for a third term.
So a new leadership concept is now being put forward by his supporters.
"We want the continuation of the same foreign and domestic policies, we want him to stay in politics, we want him as our national leader," said Olga, a member of United Russia, as she sat surrounded by flags at Wednesday's rally.
Role unclear
It was a cry much repeated during the rally
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by the long list of celebrity speakers which included actors, journalists and even a fighter-pilot.
Many of President Putin's supporters at the rally were young
But while the concept is being trumpeted, the detail certainly is not.
Ask people to define what exactly they mean by "national leader" and the list of possible answers is endless, ranging from speaker of parliament to the head of one the giant state-run corporations or to simply being the power behind the throne without holding any official position.
Some analysts here believe even Mr Putin has not yet made up his mind up.
Likewise the power elites which lie behind him. It is a dilemma.
The only way he and his inner circle can be certain of retaining power is through a third presidential term.
But that would onlyyou're lying to me!" "Husband's down." "No!" "No!" "You stay back!" "Where is he?" "!" "Where's the Indian?" "!" "Where is he?" "!" "Stop." "He tried to smoke us out, just like in the movie!" "No!" "Peggy, there's no smoke!" "No!" "There's no smoke." "We need to check on Ed." "He's shot." "He's shot!" "He was... he was..." "He was shot, and the Indian..." "Where is he?" "He tried to light a fire, just like in the movie!" "Just like in the movie!" "Where is he?" "!" "Peggy." "Where's the Indian?" "Just look at me." "No." "He lit a fire." "No, the Indian got away, okay?" "We followed Ed's blood trail, okay?" "Kicked in the door... us." "No, he's here." "The Indian was never in the building." "No,
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The contracting parties,
Committed to the fundamental principles of multiparty democracy, the rule of law, respect for human rights and market economics;
Recalling the Final Act of the Helsinki Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and in particular its Declaration on Principles;
Welcoming the intent of Central and Eastern European countries to further the practical implementation of multiparty democracy, strenthening democratic institutions, the rule of law and respect for human rights and their willingness to implement reforms in order to evolve towards market-oriented economies;
Considering the importance of close and coordinated cooperation in order to promote the economic progress of Central and Eastern European countries to help their economies become more internationally competitive and assist them in their reconstruction and development and thus to reduce, where appropriate, any risks related tothe financing of their economies;
Convinced that the establishment of a multilateral financial institution which is European in its basic character and broadly international in its membership would help serve these ends and would constitute a new and unique structure of cooperation in Europe;
Have agreed to establish hereby the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (hereinafter called "the Bank") which shall operate in accordance with the following:
In contributing to economic progress and reconstruction, the purpose of the Bank shall be to foster the transition towards open market-oriented economies and to promote private and entrepreneurial initiative in the Central and Eastern European countries committed to and applying the principles of multiparty democracy, pluralism and market economics. The purpose of the Bank may also be carried out in Mongolia subject to
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the International Finance Corporation, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, and shall cooperate with the United Nations and its Specialised Agencies and other related bodies, and any entity, whether public or private, concerned with the economic development of, and investment in, Central and Eastern European countries.
Countries eligible for membership under paragraph 1 of this Article, which do not become members in accordance with Article 61 of this Agreement, may be admitted, under such terms and conditions as the Bank may determine, to membership in the Bank upon the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the Governors, representing not less than three-fourths of the total voting power of the members.
The original authorized capital stock shall be ten thousand million (10,000,000,000)ECU. It shall be divided into one million (1,000,000) shares, having a par value of ten thousand (10,000) ECU each, which shall be available for subscription only by members in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 of this Agreement.
The authorized capital stock may be increased at such time and under such terms as may seem advisable, by a vote of not less than two-thirds of the Governons, representing not less than three-fourths of the total voting power of the members.
Each member shall subscribe to shares of the capital stock of the Bank, subject to fulfilment of the member's legal requirements. Each subscription to the original authorized capital stock shall be for paid-in shares and callable shares in the proportion of three (3) to seven (7). The initial
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shares to that member within the authorized capital stock which are not taken up by other members; provided, however, that such increase shall not have the effect of reducing the percentage of capital stock held by countries which are members of the European Economic Community, together with the European Economic Community and the European Investment Bank, below the majority of the total subscribed capital stock.
Shares of stock initially subscribed to by members shall be issued at par. Other shares shall be issued at par unless the Board of Governors, by a vote of not less than two-thirds of the Governors, representing not less than two-thirds of the total voting power of the members, decides to issue them in special circumstances on other terms.
Payment of the paid-in shares ofthe amount initially subscribed to by each Signatory to this Agreement, which becomes a member in accordance with Article 61 of this Agreement, shall be made in five (5) instalments of twenty (20) per cent each of such amount. The first instalment shall be paid by each member within sixty (60) days after the date of the entry into force of this Agreement, or after the date of deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval in accordance with Article 61, if this latter is later than the date of the entry into force. The remaining four (4) instalments shall each become due successively one year from the date on which the preceding instalment became due and shall each, subject to the legislative requirements of each member,
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of this period, the decision to allow such a country access beyond the limits specified in subparagraphs (a) and (b) shall be taken by the Board of Governors by a majority of not less than three-fourths of the Governors representing not less than eighty-five (85) per cent of the total voting power of the members.
The operations of the Bank shall consist of ordinary operations financed from the ordinary capital resources of the Bank referred to in Article 7 of this Agreement and special operations financed from the Special Funds resources referred to in Article 19 of this Agreement. The two types of operations may be combined.
The ordinary capital resources and the Special Funds resources of the Bank shall at all times and in all respects be held, used,committed, invested or otherwise disposed of entirely separately from each other. The financial statements of the Bank shall show the reserves of the Bank, together with its ordinary operations, and, separately, its special operations.
The ordinary capital resources of the Bank shall under no circumstances be charged with, or used to discharge, losses or liabilities arising out of special operations or other activities for which Special Funds resources were originally used or committed.
Expenses appertaining directly to ordinary operations shall be charged to the ordinary capital resources of the Bank. Expenses appertaining directly to special operations shall be charged to Special Funds resources. Any other expenses shall, subject to paragraph 1 of Article 18 of this Agreement, be charged as the Bank shall determine.
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the total voting power of the members.
(ii)
The said review shall involve the consideration of, inter alia, each recipient country's progress made on decentralization, demonopolization and privatization and the relative shares of the Bank s lending to private enterprises, to state-owned enterprises in the process of transition to participation in the market-oriented economy or privatization, for infrastructure, for technical assistance, and for other purposes.
(i)
Not more than forty (40) per cent of the amount of the Bank's total committed loans, guarantees and equity investments, without prejudice to its other operations referred to in this Article, shall be provided to the state sector. Such percentage mit shall apply initially over a two (2) year period, from the date of commencement of the Bank's operations, taking one year with another, and thereafterthe procurement of goods and services from any country from the proceeds of any loan, investment or other financing undertaken in the ordinary or special operations of the Bank, and shall, in all appropriate cases, make its loans and other operations conditional on international invitations to tender being arranged; and
(xiii)
the Bank shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the proceeds of any loan made, guaranteed or participated in by the Bank, or any equity investment, are used only for the purposes for which the loan or the equity investment was granted and with due attention to considerations of economy and efficiency.
In the case of loans made, participated in, or guaranteed by the Bank, the contract shall establish the terms and conditions for the loan or the guarantee
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469,
491,
494,
530,
754,
756,
812,
1194,
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principal and the payment of interest and other fees and charges of the loan in accordance with the terms thereof. The Board of Directors shall review annually the Bank's practice in this matter, paying due attention to the Bank's creditworthiness.
The Bank shall charge, in addition to interest, a commission on loans made or participated in as part of its ordinary operations. The terms and conditions of this commission shall be determined by the Board of Directors.
In guaranteeing a loan as part of its ordinary operations, or in underwriting the sale of securities, the Bank shall charge fees, payable at rates and times determined by the Board of Directors, to provide suitable compensation for its risks.
The amount of commissions and fees received by the Bank pursuant to Article 15of this Agreement shall be set aside as a special reserve which shall be kept for meeting the losses of the Bank in accordance with Article 17 of this Agreement. The special reserve shall be held in such liquid form as the Bank may decide.
If the Board of Directors determines that the size of the special reserve is adequate, it may decide that all or part of the said commission or fees shall henceforth form part of the income of the Bank.
In the Bank's ordinary operations, in cases of arrears or default on loans made, participated in, or guaranteed by the Bank, and in cases of losses on underwriting and in equity investment, the Bank shall take such action as it deems appropriate. The Bank shall maintain appropriate
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| 40,077,510
|
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168,
228,
1250
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provisions against possible losses.
The Bank may accept the administration of Special Funds which are designed to serve the purpose and come within the functions of the Bank. The full cost of administering any such Special Fund shall be charged to that Special Fund.
Special Funds accepted by the Bank may be used in any manner and on any terms and conditions consistent with the purpose and the functions of the Bank, with the other applicable provisions of this Agreement, and with the agreement or agreements relating to such Funds.
The Bank shall adopt such rules and regulations as may be required for the establishment, administration and use of each Special Fund. Such rules and regulations shall be consistent with the provisions of this Agreement, except for those provisions expressly applicablethe Bank as contributions to Special Funds; and
(iv)
currencies received by the Bank in payment on account of principal, interest, dividends or other charges in respect of loans or investments, or the proceeds of disposal of such investments made out of any of the funds referred to in subparagraphs (i) to (iii) of this paragraph, or in payment of commission, fees or other charges.
Each member shall be represented on the Board of Governors and shall appoint one Governor and one Alternate. Each Governor and Alternate shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing member. No Alternate may vote except in the absence of his or her principal. At each of its annual meetings, the Board shall elect one of the Governors as Chairman who shall hold office until the
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| 40,077,512
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its next subsequent annual meeting. They shall continue in office until their successors shall have been chosen and assumed office. If the office of a Director becomes vacant more than one hundred and eighty (180) days before the end of his or her term, a successor shall be chosen in accordance with Annex B, for the remainder of the term, by the Governors who elected the former Director. A majority of the votes cast by such Governors shall be required for such election. If the office of a Director becomes vacant one hundred and eighty (180) days or less before the end of his or her term, a successor may similarly be chosen for the remainder of the term, by the votes cast by such Governors who electedthe former Director, in which election a majority of the votes cast by such Governors shall be required. While the office remains vacant, the Alternate of the former Director shall exercise the powers of the latter, except that of appointing an Alternate.
Without prejudice to the powers of the Board of Governors as provided in Article 24 of this Agreement, the Board of Directors shall be responsible for the direction of the general operations of the Bank and, for this purpose, shall, in addition to the powers assigned to it expressly by this Agreement, exercise all the powers delegated to it by the Board of Governors, and in particular:
(ii)
in conformity with the general directions of the Board of Governors, establish policies and take decisions concerning loans, guarantees, investments in
|
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| 40,077,520
|
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208,
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equity capital, borrowing by the Bank, the furnishing of technical assistance, and other operations of the Bank;
(iii)
submit the audited accounts for each financial year for approval of the Board of Governors at each annual meeting; and
The Board of Governors shall adopt regulations under which, if there is no Director of its nationality, a member may send a representative to attend, without right to vote, any meeting of the Board of Directors when a matter particularly affecting that member is under consideration.
The voting power of each member shall be equal to the number of its subscribed shares in the capital stock of the Bank. In the event of any member failing to pay any part of the amount due in respect of its obligations in relation to paid-in sharesunder Article 6 of this Agreement, such member shall be unable for so long as such failure continues to exercise that percentage of its voting power which corresponds to the percentage which the amount due but unpaid bears to the total amount of paid-in shares subscribed to by that member in the capital stock of the Bank.
In voting in the Board of Governors, each Governor shall be entitled to cast the votes of the member he or she represents. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, all matters before the Board of Governors shall be decided by a majority of the voting power of the members voting.
In voting in the Board of Directors each Director shall be entitled to cast the number of votes to which the
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| 40,077,522
|
[
114,
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Governors who have elected him or her are entitled and those to which any Governors who have assigned their votes to him or her, pursuant to Section D of Annex B, are entitled. A Director representing more than one member may cast separately the votes of the members he or she represents. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, and except for general policy decisions in which cases such policy decisions shall be taken by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the total voting power of the members voting, all matters before the Board of Directors shall be decided by a majority of the voting power of the members voting.
The Board of Governors, by a vote of a majority of the total number of Governors,representing not less than a majority of the total voting power of the members, shall elect a President of the Bank. The President, while holding office, shall not be a Governor or a Director or an Alternate for either.
The term of office of the President shall be four (4) years. He or she may be re-elected. He or she shall, however, cease to hold office when the Board of Governors so decides by an affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the Governors, representing not less than two-thirds of the total voting power of the members. If the office of the President for any reason becomes vacant, the Board of Governors, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article, shall elect a successor for
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| 40,077,524
|
[
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up to four (4) years.
The President shall not vote, except that he or she may cast a deciding vote in case of an equal division. He or she may participate in meetings of the Board of Governors and shall chair the meetings of the Board of Directors.
The President shall be chief of the staff of the Bank. He or she shall be responsible for the organisation, appointment and dismissal of the officers and staff in accordance with regulations to be adopted by the Board of Directors. In appointing officers and staff, he or she shall, subject to the paramount importance of efficiency and technical competence, pay due regard to recruitment on a wide geographical basis among members of the Bank.
One or more Vice-Presidents shall be appointed by theBoard of Directors on the recommendation of the President. A Vice-President shall hold office for such term, exercise such authority and perform such functions in the administration of the Bank, as may be determined by the Board of Directors. In the absence or incapacity of the President, a Vice-President shall exercise the authority and perform the functions of the President.
The Bank, its President, Vice-President (s), officers and staff shall in their decisions take into account only considerations relevant to the Bank's purpose, functions and operations, as set out in this Agreement. Such considerations shall be weighed impartially in order to achieve and carry out the purpose and functions of the Bank.
The President, Vice-President(s), officers and staff of the Bank, in the discharge of their offices, shall owe their
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| 40,077,526
|
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11,
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1173,
1278,
1498,
1500
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duty entirely to the Bank and to no other authority. Each member of the Bank shall respect the international character of this duty and shall refrain from all attempts to influence any of them in the discharge of their duties.
Each member shall designate its central bank, or such other institution as may be agreed upon with the Bank, as a depository for all the Bank's holdings of its currency as well as other assets of the Bank.
The Bank shall publish an annual report containing an audited statement of its accounts and shall circulate to members at intervals of three (3) months or less a summary statement of its financial position and a profit and loss statement showing the results of its operations. The financial accounts shall be keptin ECU.
The Board of Governors shall determine at least annually what part of the Bank's net income, after making provision for reserves and, if necessary, against possible losses under paragraph 1 of Article 17 of this Agreement, shall be allocated to surplus or other purposes and what part, if any, shall be distributed. Any such decision on the allocation of the Bank's net income to other purposes shall be taken by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the Governors, representing not less than two-thirds of the total voting power of the members. No such allocation, and no distribution, shall be made until the general reserve amounts to at least ten (10) per cent of the authorized capital stock.
Any distribution referred to in the preceding paragraph shall
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be made in proportion to the number of paid-in shares held by each member; provided that in calculating such number account shall be taken only of payments received in cash and promissory notes encashed in respect of such shares on or before the end of the relevant financial year.
Withdrawal by a member shall become effective, and its membership shall cease, on the date specified in its notice but in no event less than six (6) months after such notice is received by the Bank. However, at any time before the withdrawal becomes finally effective, the member may notify the Bank in writing of the cancellation of its notice of intention to withdraw.
If a member fails to fulfil any of its obligations to the Bank, the Bank may suspendits membership by decision of a majority of not less than two-thirds of the Governors, representing not less than two-thirds of the total voting power of the members. The member so suspended shall automatically cease to be a member one year from the date of its suspension unless a decision is taken by not less than the same majority to restore the member to good standing.
After the date on which a member ceases to be a member, such former member shall remain liable for its direct obligations to the Bank and for its contingent liabilities to the Bank so long as any part of the loans, equity investments or guarantees contracted before it ceased to be a member are outstanding; but it shall cease to incur such liabilities
|
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| 40,077,530
|
[
428,
430
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with respect to loans, equity investments and guarantees entered into thereafter by the Bank and to share either in the income or the expenses of the Bank.
At the time a member ceases to be a member, the Bank shall arrange for the repurchase of such former member's shares as a part of the settlement of accounts with such former member in accordance with the provisions of this Article. For this purpose, the repurchase price of the shares shall be the value shown by the books of the Bank on the date of cessation of membership, with the original purchase price of each share being its maximum value.
The payment for shares repurchased by the Bank under this Article shall be governed by the following conditions:
(i)
any amount due to theformer member for its shares shall be withheld so long as the former member, its central bank or any of its agencies or instrumentalities remains liable, as borrower or guarantor, to the Bank and such amount may, at the option of the Bank, be applied on any such liability as it matures. No amount shall be withheld on account of the liability of the former member resulting from its subscription for shares in accordance with paragraphs 4, 5 and 7 of Article 6 of this Agreement. In any event, no amount due to a member for its shares shall be paid until six (6) months after the date upon which the member ceases to be a member;
(ii)
payments for shares may be made from time to time, upon their
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| 40,077,532
|
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surrender by the former member, to the extent by which the amount due as the repurchase price in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article exceeds the aggregate amount of liabilities on loans, equity investments and guarantees in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph until the former member has received the full repurchase price;
(iii)
payments shall be made on such conditions and in such fully convertible currencies, or ECU, and on such dates, as the Bank determines; and
(iv)
if losses are sustained by the Bank on any guarantees, participations in loans, or loans which were outstanding on the date when the member ceased to be a member, or if a net loss is sustained by the Bank on equity investments held by it on such date, and the amount of such(6) months of the date upon which any member ceases to be a member, all rights of such former member shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Articles 41 to 43 of this Agreement.
In an emergency, the Board of Directors may suspend temporarily operations in respect of new loans, guarantees, underwriting, technical assistance and equity investments pending an opportunity for further consideration and action by the Board of Governors.
The Bank may terminate its operations by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the Governors, representing not less than three-fourths of the total voting power of the members. Upon such termination of operations the Bank shall forthwith cease all activities, except those incident to the orderly realization, conservation and preservation of its assets and settlement
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| 40,077,534
|
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336,
478,
481,
757,
759
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of its obligations.
In the event of termination of the operations of the Bank, the liability of all members for uncalled subscriptions to the capital stock of the Bank shall continue until all claims of creditors, including all contingent claims, shall have been discharged.
Creditors on ordinary operations holding direct claims shall be paid first out of the assets of the Bank, secondly out of the payments to be made to the Bank in respect of unpaid paid-in shares, and then out of payments to be made to the Bank in respect of callable capital stock. Before making any payments to creditors holding direct claims, the Board of Directors shall make such arrangements as are necessary, in its judgment, to ensure a pro rata distribution among holders of direct andholders of contingent claims.
(ii)
the Board of Governors has decided by a vote of not less than two-thirds of the Governors, representing not less than threefourths of the total voting power of the members, to make a distribution.
Any distribution of the assets of the Bank to the members shall be in proportion to the capital stock held by each member and shall be effected at such times and under such conditions as the Bank shall deem fair and equitable. The shares of assets distributed need not be uniform as to type of assets. No member shall be entitled to receive its share in such a distribution of assets until it has settled all of its obligations to the Bank.
To enable the Bank to fulfil its purpose and the functions
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| 40,077,537
|
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liability in the case of damage arising from a road traffic accident caused by any such Governor, Director, Alternate, officer, employee or expert.
All Governors, Directors, Alternates, officers and employees of the Bank and experts of the Bank performing missions for the Bank:
(i)
not being local nationals, shall be accorded the same immunities from immigration restrictions, alien registration requirements and national service obligations, and the same facilities as regards exchange regulations, as are accorded by members to the representatives, officials, and employees of comparable rank of other members; and
(ii)
shall be granted the same treatment in respect of travelling facilities as is accorded by members to representatives, officials and employees of comparable rank of other members.
The spouses and immediate dependants of those Directors, Alternate Directors, officers, employees and experts of theBank who are resident in the country in which the principal office of the Bank is located shall be accorded opportunity to take employment in that country. The spouses and immediate dependants of those Directors, Alternate Directors, officers, employees and experts of the Bank who are resident in a country in which any agency or branch office of the Bank is located should, wherever possible, in accordance with the national law of that country, be accorded similar opportunity in that country. The Bank shall negotiate specific agreements implementing the provisions of this paragraph with the country in which the principal office of the Bank is located and, as appropriate, with the other countries concerned.
When purchases or services of substantial value and necessary for the exercise of the official
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| 40,077,541
|
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281,
283,
622,
625
] |
Board of Governors, the Bank may, so far as it deems it necessary, act on the basis of the decision of the Board of Directors.
If a disagreement should arise between the Bank and a member which has ceased to be a member, or between the Bank and any member after adoption of a decision to terminate the operations of the Bank, such disagreement shall be submitted to arbitration by a tribunal of three (3) arbitrators, one appointed by the Bank, another by the member or former member concerned, and the third, unless the parties otherwise agree, by the President of the International Court of Justice or such other authority as may have been prescribed by regulations adopted by the Board of Governors. A majority vote of the arbitratorsshall be sufficient to reach a decision which shall be final and binding upon the parties. The third arbitrator shall have full power to settle all questions of procedure in any case where the parties are in disagreement with respect thereto.
Whenever the approval or the acceptance of any member is required before any act may be done by the Bank, except under Article 56 of this Agreement, approval or acceptance shall be deemed to have been given unless the member presents an objection within such reasonable period as the Bank may fix in notifying the member of the proposed act.
This Agreement, deposited with the Government of the French Republic (hereinafter called "the Depository"), shall remain open until 31 December 1990 for signature by the prospective members whose names
|
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| 40,077,550
|
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402,
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1429,
1430
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by photos of Green, facedown on the floor, pallid, smeared with Campbell’s Chicken & Stars soup—the supposed aftermath of asphyxiation. Green holed up in his house (he had to stay out of sight as part of the ruse) in a kind of self-imposed witness protection, and Force went back to Baltimore. DPR sent $40,000 to a Capital One account controlled by the government as an advance. DPR never got back the stolen bitcoins, but once in receipt of the putative proof of death, he sent another $40,000 for a job well done.
Denied
Eventually, Force himself was accused of stealing from Silk Road and appeared before a federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday—his detention hearing is scheduled for Wednesday. He faces four charges, including wire fraud and money laundering.
Meanwhile,packets by hand.
So, how do we synthesize a signal?
The first thing is to create a squared wave with the signal we want. In this case, the coding used by the remote is On-Off Keying - OOK, and so the generated wave has to be like this:
To represent a '1': 3/4 of a period high, 1/4 low To represent a '0': 1/4 of a period high, 3/4 low Period: |0 |1 |2 |3 | Bit: | '1' | '1' | '0' | '0' | High -> _____ _____ __ __ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Low -> ----+ +--+ +--+ +----- +------
Now, to generate this signal we can simply generate nibbles (4-bit numbers) and serialize them to obtain
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| 40,077,740
|
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a macroeconomic surveillance flanking the Pact. Thus the Commission wishes to ensure that, in future, the Stability and Growth Pact will be applied in a more efficient, sharper and more thorough manner.
2014
The Commission proposes to entitle undertakings established in a third country to transfer their managers and specialists to their EU subsidiaries. To this end, a uniform procedure for granting residence and working permits should be established in all Member States. The permit is granted for the duration of the transfer and can be extended by up to three years. It is equally valid for transfers to subsidiaries in other Member states if limited to 12 months. Family member should be entitled to enter the EU along with the employee concerned without any integration measures being required before1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to human-implemented and computer-implemented game processes and games.
2. Description of Related Art
Laser tag systems, which include a gun, vest, and a central scoring computer, are known. Speech recognition (SRT) software and interfaces are known. Hand gesture computer interfaces are known. Fantasy games, such as Dungeons and Dragons, and fantasy books, such as Harry Potter, both of which involve the casting of spells, are known.
In fantasy games, literature, and folklore, spells are typically cast by usage of a verbal component and a physical component, the former being a magic word or phrase, and the latter being a series of hand motions, a wand, or a potion.
Role-playing games typically involve the use of dice at crucial junctures during the game, such as
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| 40,077,777
|
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brown eyes and her dark hair, which fell like silk to her shoulders.
He pointed at her.
You Mi led him from the lobby to one of the four upstairs massage rooms and told him to shower in the bathtub behind a curtain in the corner.
"This is my first time," he said.
It was a line You Mi heard daily inside Sun Spa.
The man was athletic, muscular. After showering, he led her to the bed and stretched out on his stomach. You Mi began massaging his shoulders.
Suddenly, he jumped off the bed, declared he didn't need a massage and yanked off her white camisole.
He threw her to the mattress and forced himself on her, pulling her hair and twisting her small body in so many ways that she screamed in pain.
Thenthe man's eyes went blank. He began choking her. She heard sounds of pleasure escape his throat. He seemed to be enjoying it.
The manager burst through the door. "What's going on?" she shouted in Korean.
"Help me!" You Mi gasped.
The man released his grip. The manager turned her attention to the customer.
"I'm sorry she disappointed you," she said, refunding his $50. A disgruntled john might tip off the police.
The man pocketed the money, turned and walked out the front door.
Of all the degradations You Mi endured while forced to work as a California sex slave in 2003, this was the worst. In an instant it became clear: Her life amounted to $50. The manager ordered her back to work.
After her attack, You Mi did the only thing she could
|
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| 40,077,848
|
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think of to survive. She wiped away the tears and smiled for her next customer.
For nearly a year, You Mi was caught in a sex-trafficking triangle -- starting in South Korea, one of the world's leading importers and exporters of sex slaves, and stretching to the exploding Asian outcall market of Los Angeles and then to the Asian massage-parlor mecca on the West Coast: San Francisco.
She would be forced to have sex with dozens of men a week in seedy massage parlors, apartments and hotel rooms. She would live under the watchful eye of guards and surveillance cameras, reminded constantly that her family back in South Korea would be harmed if she ran.
She would work in brothels with blacked-out windows and double metal security doors, allowed outside onlyunder the escort of crooked taxi drivers working for the traffickers who drove her to sex appointments. She would also be trapped culturally, unable to speak more than a few basic sentences in English, unaware of where she was and dependent on her captors for food and shelter.
To traffickers, 22-year-old You Mi was the perfect victim: a small-town girl in financial trouble. She gave her trust, and in return her life went horribly wrong, terribly fast.
Along a crooked hillside market in the South Korean port city of Busan, vendors gut fish and wash chicken feet, getting ready for the morning shopping rush.
This is You Mi's hometown, also known as the San Francisco of South Korea. Situated on the southeastern tip of the country, Busan also has steep streets,
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| 40,077,850
|
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192,
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summer beach tourists and even a white version of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Busan is also the birthplace of South Korea's sex industry, where Japanese troops built the first brothels after invading the country in 1904.
But the selling of Korean women goes back to the 15th century, when wealthy men bought educated Kisaeng girls to live in their homes and entertain them with song, dance, cooking and sometimes sex.
Today, sex work accounts for 4 percent of the country's gross domestic product, according to government reports. Prostitution brings $21 billion a year -- more than electricity and gas combined. There are an estimated 330,000 sex workers, 80,000 brothels and 69 red-light districts in a country the size of Indiana.
Busan is infamous for Wan Wol Dong, a maze of dark alleyscomputer rooms called PC bangs, in "love motels" and in nightclubs near U.S. military bases.
Even something as simple as ordering coffee has been sexualized. "Ticket tabang" girls make home deliveries with thermoses of coffee to sex-seeking callers.
While a 2004 South Korean law targeting pimps and buyers has slowed foot traffic in the open-air sex markets, early signs indicate that the crackdown has had the unintended effect of fueling international sex trafficking. Pimps simply go online or overseas -- mainly to Australia and the United States -- where demand is high and risk is low. They recruit in cities like Seoul and Busan, where most of the country's universities are located.
When You Mi was a little girl, her family -- like many others -- partly supported itself on the
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| 40,077,852
|
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sex trade. For one year, her mother managed a room salon, where women in skirt suits pour drinks, sing karaoke, dance and, if asked, retreat to a private room to have sex with customers. Considered playpens for the wealthy, room salons attract businessmen who spend the equivalent of $1,000 for a few hours at a table, and seal their corporate deals with sexual entertainment instead of handshakes.
The room salon was off-limits to You Mi and her younger sister, although sometimes her mother would ask her to fetch dried squid and other snacks for the family business.
Mostly You Mi spent her days at elementary school and her afternoons perfecting her skill at a Korean version of double-Dutch jump rope. She spent so much time jumping over two elastic ropesstretched by two of her girlfriends that she developed large calf muscles and the nickname "Drumstick."
She dreamed of becoming a policewoman.
You Mi's family lived in one of the poorer neighborhoods of Busan. The family budget got even smaller when her mother's room salon went out of business, and all they had was her father's carpentry income. Her mother tried opening a restaurant, selling boiled eggs and sticky rice as a street vendor, and running a karaoke bar, but those ventures also failed. You Mi and her sister knew never to ask their parents for spending money because there never was any to spare.
Money was tight for all the families in her neighborhood, so You Mi never felt deprived. But in 2001, when her family had to struggle to
|
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| 40,077,855
|
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853,
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1091
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for the subterranean shopping mall, her new credit card in her pocket.
She and five friends from school descended a staircase from the sidewalk down to the mall. Hundreds of girls walking arm in arm crowded the halls, laughing, shopping and talking on cell phones. Store upon store, no larger than walk-in closets, offered a paradise targeted at You Mi's generation: metallic handbags, low-rise jeans, high-heeled boots, skin-care creams, digital cameras and American-style sneakers.
You Mi wasted no time. She bought a handbag, shoes and a new jacket. She went to a wall of ATM machines and pulled out a couple of hundred more so she could get her hair done at a salon.
She felt grown up. She felt popular. When she invited her group of friends to dinner anddrinks at a soju bar, they all said yes.
By the day's end, she had spent the equivalent of $600. She felt a pang of worry about how she would pay the money back without a job. But a week later, the pang had subsided. It was Friday, and her friends wanted to go out again.
Soon, the Friday outings became a regular habit for You Mi and her companions. Her wealthy friends rarely offered to pay after the pork cutlets and kimchi were eaten, but You Mi relished her newfound generosity and didn't complain.
It was easy for her to get sucked into the shopping culture in Busan. Fashion is a major cultural preoccupation for South Koreans, who crowd the glittering neon shopping districts at night to window-shop and people-watch.
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Designer labels create the dividing lines among social classes, and women dress in fur, cashmere and heels just to run errands. Street beggars are nonexistent, and poverty is considered a mortal sin.
Such intense pressure to acquire "American luxury goods" puts the average South Korean family in $30,000 credit card debt.
Once You Mi started wearing nicer clothes, she noticed people were more willing to be her friend.
She bought so much that she had to sneak her purchases into her room at night. When her mother questioned some of the new clothes, You Mi explained that her new college friends were letting her borrow them.
She could keep her mother at bay, but not the Samsung credit card division. In South Korea, cardholders can be taken to court if they aregirls. They were proud of their eldest daughter for being so responsible.
Although You Mi earned $650 a month during her year at Lucky 7, she was still spending. She turned to moneylenders five more times to get increments of $2,000 to finance shopping trips and nightclub outings with her friends. She knew her behavior was reckless, but she was addicted to money's power -- the attention it drew from friends and the feeling of generosity it gave her.
With each passing day, she worried that Samsung would take her family's house.
Then You Mi took out a second credit card to pay off all the loans.
She was too ashamed to tell her friends or family about her mounting debt. She wanted to fix it herself without burdening anyone. Two years
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after getting the original credit card, her combined debt hit $40,000.
You Mi found an empty table at a downtown cafe and opened to the job pages of the free weekly newspapers. It was January 2003.
Before her were hundreds of ads for sex workers: escorts, room salon girls, masseuses, exotic dancers and outcall services. Some offered jobs in America, Japan and Australia as "waitresses and models."
A year at the gambling hall had done little to erase her debt. High-paying jobs are limited for Korean women, and nearly nonexistent for young women without a college degree, like You Mi. The idea that college is a place for women to meet eligible husbands is still widely held in a country where it's rare to see a female politician, judge or professor.
It'scommon knowledge that the sex trade employs many women in Korea, yet people rarely speak of it. By middle school, some girls are already financing their wardrobes by selling themselves over the Internet.
So by fall 2002, You Mi began to wonder whether she was willing to do the unthinkable: sell her body.
Like most girls in South Korea, You Mi knew not to answer the ads for "coffee delivery girls" who work in ticket tabangs, the dreariest and lowest-paying job in the sex industry. The ticket tabang, the poor-man's sex outlet in rural farmland areas, attracts teenage girls who are just starting in the sex business, and who can be bought for as little as $20 an hour.
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on the Internet what appeared to be the perfect solution.
"Work in an American room salon. Make $10,000 a month. Very gentle. No touching. No second round."
She was dubious. She had never heard of a sex-free room salon before, but maybe in the United States things were different.
You Mi did the math. She could work for six months, pay off the credit card and moneylenders, and use the remaining $20,000 to fly back to Korea and re-enroll in college, maybe even get her own apartment. Easy.
The man who answered the phone said he needed to meet her in person. At a coffee shop in Busan, the broker looked at her body and face and said she could have the job if she wanted it.
He was short on details, buttold her she would pour drinks for men in room salons in Koreatown in Los Angeles.
"Is it gentle, no touching with customers like the ad says?" she asked.
"Yes, this is an American room salon; it's different than the ones in Korea, there's no sex," he assured her.
You Mi wanted it to be true. She needed it to be true.
She didn't have a visa or a passport. And she certainly didn't have the $7,000 fee the broker told her it would take to get her to Los Angeles through unofficial channels.
"Don't worry about that," he said. "You can pay it back later from your earnings."
You Mi was frightened about leaving home with underground travel brokers. Her mind, though, was consumed with her mounting debt. The next day, she called
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the broker and said yes.
She told her younger sister she was going to America for work, but to keep it a secret from her parents, who would never grant her permission to work abroad. You Mi told her parents she was going to Seoul to be a golf caddy -- one of the few legal women's jobs that bring hefty tips from rich men.
She planned to tell them the truth after she paid off her debts.
You Mi was instructed to take passport photos and give them to a man named Kevin in Seoul. The broker drove her to the city, and two days later, You Mi had her passport.
A different broker took her to the airport in Incheon, where she joined another Korean woman, a room-salon worker onher third trip to America. The broker handed them tickets to Mexico City.
"You told us we were going to America," protested You Mi, who did not know a stopover was part of the plan.
The broker was exasperated.
"Didn't the broker in Busan explain this to you? Why are you asking me all these questions?"
You Mi felt something wasn't right, but the promise of financial freedom beckoned.
She swallowed her worry and boarded the plane.
You Mi buckled her seat belt and turned to her flying companion. The older woman looked the other way and said nothing.
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she had never heard Spanish spoken, and she was starting to doubt her decision to come in the first place.
At the airport, a Korean man was waiting for You Mi and her flying companion. He treated them to a meal, and gave them $500 each. You Mi didn't realize it, but that spending money would be added to the debt she owed her traffickers. Then he went to the ticket counter and asked in Spanish for two tickets to Tijuana.
A second Korean man met the women at the Tijuana airport, drove them to a hotel on the border and checked them into the same room. He took their passports and told them to stay in the motel.
You Mi did as she was told.
Four days later, the second Koreanman returned to the motel and handed You Mi a visa with a photo of a woman who looked a lot like herself.
"Memorize her name and information," he ordered.
The man said they were going to be driven through the San Ysidro border checkpoint with the fake documents. Two drivers were ready -- one for You Mi, and one for the other woman.
"It's dangerous," he warned, "so be careful, and don't shake or look nervous because you'll draw suspicion from the customs agents."
He told You Mi to take only a few outfits from her suitcase and carry them in a smaller bag so it would appear that she was returning from a brief Mexican vacation.
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things out.
"Why do we have to cross illegally if we have passports?" she asked, referring to the passport that traffickers in Seoul had created for her.
The woman explained that Koreans need visas to get into the United States, but not into Mexico or Canada. Because it's difficult to obtain legitimate U.S. visas in Korea, it's easier to fly just outside the California border and sneak in.
"You've come this far," the woman said. "Why don't you just cross?"
The Story
How we reported the series
San Francisco Chronicle reporter Meredith May and photographer Deanne Fitzmaurice reported this story from South Korea, the U.S.-Mexican border, from Koreatown in Los Angeles and from San Francisco.
The story was told by You Mi Kim to May through a Korean interpreter and is You Mi's version ofevents. The shadowy nature of the sex-trafficking industry made it difficult to locate traffickers and co-workers who were willing to go on the record to corroborate You Mi's story.
The Chronicle verified the locations of the apartments and brothels where You Mi said she worked. May and Fitzmaurice also went to her hometown in Busan, South Korea, and spent time in her neighborhood, at her university, the casino where she worked and in the shopping malls where she went into credit card debt.
You Mi's attorney shared her knowledge of You Mi's case.
This year, You Mi also recounted her story for the U.S. government, which granted her a special visa for trafficking victims, given only to those who can prove they were enslaved through "force, fraud or coercion." The government's
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decision was based on interviews with You Mi's attorney, and on You Mi's written story, which was translated into English by the same interpreter who worked with The Chronicle.
You Mi's story was bolstered by May's interviews with more than 100 people over a 10-month period, including female sex-trafficking victims, current and former sex workers, men who pay for sexual services, federal sex-trafficking investigators, owners of sex establishments, U.S. Border Patrol agents, customs agents, U.S. and Korean government officials, university researchers, attorneys and numerous social workers who provide shelter, support and legal aid to trafficking victims.
May's reporting was supplemented by numerous court documents and research papers. She attended sex-trafficking conferences, sat through court hearings and attended a Bay Area police-training seminar on human trafficking. She went inside five allegedSan Francisco brothels with Mayor Gavin Newsom and city health-and-safety inspection teams, and witnessed customers, brothel managers and sex workers answering police questions.
May met You Mi Kim in September 2005. Over the course of 10 months, May interviewed You Mi with the help of a professional interpreter provided by Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach in San Francisco.
To research the sex culture and trafficking industry in South Korea, May interviewed Bong Hyup Chung, the government's top sex-trafficking official at the South Korean Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. May and Fitzmaurice met women in sex-worker shelters, and visited with more than a dozen agencies that offer sanctuary and social support to trafficked women. In South Korea, May interviewed two women who had been trafficked to California and one to
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Japan. She spoke with a woman from the former Soviet Union and several from the Philippines who were trafficked into South Korea. She also interviewed six South Korean women who had been forced into the sex trade within South Korea.
May and Fitzmaurice reported from the red-light districts of Seoul and Busan, where women are on display in glass rooms. There, they spoke with Korean military police on patrol, and "fishers," elderly women who beckon customers into the rooms. They interviewed U.S. soldiers in sex clubs near the demilitarized zone, and spoke with the "juicy girls" inside who are hired to entice men to buy them $20 drinks and pay for sex.
May and Fitzmaurice visited businesses that secretly offer sex, including a male-only drinking club called a "room salon,"a coffee shop with delivery service called a "ticket tabang," and a "PC bang," an adult-only computer center with private rooms where men have online sex or make arrangements to meet women in person. They spoke with the owners, workers and customers.
At the Korean Institute of Criminology, May tracked down reports depicting the size and scope of the South Korean sex trade and trafficking industry, which were translated with the help of an interpreter. Translators helped May peruse the want ads in Korean newspapers that are used by sex traffickers to lure women.
Like most of the women May interviewed, You Mi was able to recall the exact wording of the newspaper ad that prompted her to seek employment in America. Conversations that You Mi had with traffickers and
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both ears. She chose her top because it was in the colours of the union jack but, come to think of it, she says, “it could be the American flag couldn’t it ... or, er, French?”
However, Delevingne quickly puts the kibosh on the fashion chat, because she is an actor, too – and seemingly in it for the long haul. Since 2015, the 27-year-old has been on a break from her first career, the one in which the privileged goddaughter of Joan Collins became an unexpectedly relatable icon, ushering in the now ubiquitous pizza-noshing, Insta-friendly model who’s as likely to be talking about their mental health as they are jumping on a private jet (she once chartered Karl Lagerfeld’s to fly from Austria to London).
But while she stillEarly one morning in late February, a European investigator working in Kobani, the northern Syrian city that for months had been a battleground between Kurdish fighters and militants from the Islamic State, stepped outside the building where he was staying and saw something unusual. A Kurd on the street was carrying a long black assault rifle that the investigator thought was an American-made M-16.
Many M-16s, the conventional wisdom goes, entered Syria after militants seized thousands of them from Iraq’s struggling security forces, which in turn had received the guns — along with armored vehicles, howitzers and warehouses’ worth of other equipment — from the Pentagon before American troops left the country in 2011. The militants’ abrupt possession of former American matériel was part of the battlefield turnabout last
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January 22, 2007
Before: SCIRICA, Chief Judge, FUENTES and CHAGARES, Circuit Judges
(Filed: February 7, 2007)
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Chief Judge.
Henry Purnomo and Lydia Hartono, husband and wife, seek review of the Board
of Purnomo and Hartono are natives and citizens of Indonesia. They are Christian
and ethnically Chinese. In Indonesia, petitioners contend they were harassed and attacked
by native Muslim Indonesians. They allege that in 1995, a group of Indonesians robbed a
jewelry store at which Purnomo worked and in 1998, a Muslim mob looted Purnomo’s
own fabric store and assaulted his parents, precipitating his father’s fatal heart attack.
Purnomo contends Muslims attacked his church in 1996, but did not cause him any
physical injuries. Hartono contends she suffered an ethnically motivated assault when
she was fourteen years old, and again in July 1998, but she was not physically injured
during either incident.
Petitioners were admitted to the United States on August 18, 1999, as non-
immigrants with authorization to remain
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until February 17, 2000. Purnomo filed his
application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under CAT on March 12,
2003. On May 6, 2003, INS issued petitioners a Notice to Appear, which charged them
with being removable for remaining in the United States beyond the date of authorization.
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On December 11, 2003, Hartono filed her application for asylum, withholding of
removal, and relief under CAT.
After a hearing on August 2, 2004, the IJ ordered petitioners removable from the
United States.Durban - The ICC has been left with egg on its face after mixing up Proteas opening bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi.
Rabada was awarded the Wisden Golden Boy of the Year earlier this week, an honour for the best U-23 player in world cricket for 2018.
Ngidi, meanwhile, came in at No 9 on the list.
Then, on Wednesday, the ICC ran a story on their website quoting Cricket South Africa (CSA) CEO Thabang Moroe in praising Rabada for his achievement.
But, when the ICC tweeted a link to the story from their official Twitter account, things went wrong.
While they included a quote about Rabada, they included a picture of Ngidi that was very clearly a mistake.
While it may have been an innocent slip-up, some of the reactions the picture
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In his native Niger State, David Umaru, the All Progressives Congress senator representing Niger East Senatorial District is something of a folk hero.
He was a thorn under the skin of the immediate past administration of Governor Mu’azu BabangidaAliyu. He was an unwavering critic and soon gained the reputation of a whistleblower after be published series of advertorials in national newspapers exposing alleged corrupt practices by the Mu’azu Babangida administration.
But one aspect of his life Mr Umaru would hesitate to see on the pages of newspapers is his dealings in notorious offshore tax havens and his role in laundering money for the country’s most notorious dictator ever, Sani Abacha.
Documents obtained by PREMIUM TIMES from the leaked database of now infamous Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, revealed that Mr Umaruincorporated two shell companies in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), a notorious offshore tax haven, and in tiny South Pacific Ocean country, Niue Island.
The first company, Yorkshire Investment Limited was incorporated on April 27, 1998 with a registered address at No2 Commercial Centre Square, Alofi, the capital of the Niue Island.
The company was incorporated by International Trust Company (ITC), a Niue-based registering agent. In other to conceal the true ownership of the shell company, ITC provided two nominee directors for the company – Melvin Scales (Chairman) and Ramses Owens.
But Mr Umaru was clearly named the true and lawful attorney of the company.
The appointment of nominee directors for shell companies is a common practice in tax havens. The practice involved the appointment of directors only by title. They have
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in November 18, 2013 by the US Department of Justice in a suit seeking the forfeiture of assets worth over $500 million stolen by Mr Abacha and hidden in various in bank accounts in various offshore jurisdiction, revealed how Mr Umaru acted as the official extortionist and money launderer of the Abachas.
As part of a ploy to extort money from foreign companies, the Abacha regime stopped paying foreign companies for contracts executed. One of sure companies was a French Civil Engineering firm, Dumez Group. The Abacha regime owed the company $469 million it refused to pay. In fact, even after the company nationalized and became Dumez Nigeria Limited, the junta still would not release the funds.
Enter Mr. Umaru. The senator, who was then a personal lawyer for theAbachas, approached the owners of Dumez and told them payment could be restarted if they agreed to a 25 per cent kickback of whatever they were paid to the Abacha family. The company agreed.
Mr Umaru then incorporated Allied Network Ltd for the sole purpose of collecting the kickbacks on behalf of the Abacha family. Listed as directors of the company were “Mohammed Sani” and “Abba Sani”, which were aliases of Sani Abacha and his brother, Abba Abacha.
In December 1996, Mr. Umaru opened an account on behalf of Allied Network Ltd at the Union Bancaire Privee (UBP) in Geneva, Switzerland, which was used to receive the payment of the kickbacks from Dumez and another account at the same bank which was used to receive the payment from the Nigerian
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Minnesota's only goal was the first goal allowed from the run of play by the Cardinal defense since August of 2017.
• USC’s Kaylie Collins notched a pair of shutouts with a 0-0 tie against Florida State and a 3-0 win against Florida to earn her first career Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week honor. Collins’ six saves and shutout against Florida State marked the first time the Seminoles had been shut out at home since Sep. 17 of last year.
2017 IN REVIEW:
• Last season, seven Pac-12 teams made the NCAA Tournament with Stanford earning a No. 1 overall seed for the fourth-straight year and was joined in the field by No. 2-seeded UCLA, No. 3-seeded USC, Arizona, Colorado, California and Washington State. Six teams advanced to the second roundU.S. consumer watchdog agency official sues to block Trump's pick
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau official filed suit late on Sunday trying to prevent President Donald Trump from naming an acting head of the watchdog agency, but its top lawyer concluded Trump had the power to do so.
The moves were the latest dramatic developments in the fight over leadership succession of an agency created in 2011 under Democratic former President Barack Obama to protect consumers from predatory lending practices. Republicans in the White House and Congress have tried to weaken the agency.
The leadership of the agency was plunged into confusion on Friday after its outgoing Obama-era director Richard Cordray formally resigned and elevated his former chief of staff, Leandra English, to replace him on
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15 and 22, as well as the French play-offs with his club next month.
He was injured while being tackled in the 52nd minute of the clash with the new Top 14 leaders and had to leave the field immediately.
It is hard luck for Clerc who ruptured the cruciate ligament in his other knee in 2008, again in a match against Clermont.
That injury left him on the sidelines for eight months, after which he took a long time to rediscover his previous form.This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. Primary support for the subproject and the subproject's principal investigator may have been provided by other sources, including other NIH sources. The Total Cost listed for the subproject likely represents the estimated amount of Center infrastructure utilized by the subproject, not direct funding provided by the NCRR grant to the subproject or subproject staff. ABSTRACT Background: Neonatal sepsis is a major cause for mortality and morbidity. Diagnosis of sepsis is hampered by 48-72 hr delay in reporting and lack of sensitivity of blood cultures. Antepartum antibiotics and small volumes of blood available for culture further complicate diagnosis. Evaluation of inflammatory biomarkers (e.g. CRP, cytokines and chemokines) is a promising
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German born Markus Stolz moved to Athens in 2003 with his Greek born wife. He fell hard for all things Greek, ditched his career in finance, and started an import firm with a dream to bring the wines he had fallen in love with to the rest of the world. Twelve years later he's now one of the top Greek wine importers in the world as well as a renowned Greek wine blogger.
We love the undiscovered gems he imports, his commitment to supporting small family run wineries and native varieties--and his true passion for all things Greek. As he says; "Only my passport keeps telling me I am German. Passports don't have a soul, my heart belongs to Greece."
What one piece of advice would you give a winepotential fraud speaks for itself,” said Kathleen Day of the Center for Responsible Lending.
But after the midterm elections, the individuals holding those offices could vary wildly, and some of the leaders of the investigation, as well as the most aggressive advocates for consumers and against banks, could find themselves out of a job.
Consider this: Of the 12 state attorneys general on the executive committee of the coordinated investigation, only two of them — Roy Cooper in North Carolina and Rob McKenna in Washington — aren’t up for re-election this year. Several of them — Jerry Brown in California, Richard Blumenthal in Connecticut, Terry Goddard in Arizona, Andrew Cuomo in New York and Bill McCollum in Florida — are running for higher office and will not return to their
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[Structure of the component community of parasites of Gymnocephalus cernuus (Linnaeus, 1758) in different seasons].
In the conditions of middle stream of Vychegda River, the species diversity of parasite community associated with Gymnocephalus cernuus was found to be maximal in March and minimal in September. It is shown, that during a year the parasite community passes through the phases of development in December-March, completion in May-June, and destruction in July-September, which form the annual cycle of the community.The series is a moody crime drama that explores Los Angeles's seedy lawless side, and it's being hyped as the latest project by director Nicolas Winding Refn, who won best director at Cannes in 2011 for Drive. Refn is also behind the thriller Only God Forgives and The Neon Demon, both of which previously ran at the festival. That's perhaps a testament that a big name is one way to rise above the streaming versus cinema battle -- though the series still won't be eligible for any awards.
Most of us will have to wait until June 14 to catch Too Old to Die Young when it debuts on Amazon Prime. Rumor has it each episode will be about 90 minutes, and as the trailer shows, it'll explore everything
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have been 1400 separate claims presented by the owners of the damaged vehicles against the 26 manufacturers; those are not before us. Such claims might have been funneled through the 26 manufacturers to Champion and Champion could have turned to the panel manufacturer, Vinyl, for protection, which it apparently did. However, Champion, as the seller of the defective paneling, was primarily liable and had paid out almost $1,600,000 on this liability. This amount was a sum which Champion (the insured ) became obligated to pay by reason of property damage and hence, was encompassed within the Umbrella Excess policy's term "ultimate net loss".
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Important in the interpretation of "occurrence" is Champion's selection, under the heading "Amount and basis of Deductible" in the Liberty Mutual policy, ofGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday the U.S. would "win" the battle against the heroin and opioid plague, but stopped short of declaring a national emergency as his hand-picked commission had recommended.
Instead, Trump promised to "protect innocent citizens from drug dealers that poison our communities."
"The best way to prevent drug addiction and overdose is to prevent people from abusing drugs in the first place," he said alongside administration officials at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. "I'm confident that by working with our health care and law enforcement experts, we will fight this deadly epidemic and the United States will win."
Trump announced no new policies in the fight against opioids after
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Who Is the President of New Zealand?
New Zealand does not have a president. The country is a constitutional monarchy with the reigning monarch of Great Britain as the head of state. The reigning monarch is Queen Elizabeth II of England.
The monarch's representative in New Zealand is known as the governor-general. As of the beginning of 2014, the governor-general is Sir Jerry Mateparae. The person who holds this office is not involved with running the government; however, he fulfills ceremonial, constitutional and international obligations for the queen. The prime minister is the head of government. As of January 2014, New Zealand's prime minister is John Key.animated movie musicals, however. In that genre, The Lion King has grossed $422 million, with Frozen ($400 million), Moana ($248 million), the animated Beauty and the Beast ($218 million), Aladdin ($217 million) and Tarzan ($171 million) all rounding out the list.
This is great news for Disney, which has fast-tracked more popular titles that started as animated films, then went onto Broadway success and are now heading back to cinemas in live-action format; Aladdin, The Little Mermaid and The Lion King are all in the works.
Based on the 1991 animated film, Beauty and the Beast stars Emma Watson as Belle, Dan Stevens as the Beast, Luke Evans as Gaston, Josh Gad as LeFou, Kevin Kline as Maurice, Ewan McGregor as Lumiere, Ian McKellen as Cogsworth, Emma Thompson as Mrs.
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campaign. Rick Gates, Manafort's longtime deputy and also a Trump campaign aide, attended. And prosecutors say the three men left separately so as not to draw attention to their meeting.
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Additionally, Jackson found by a preponderance of evidence that Manafort had lied about a wire transfer sent in 2017 to a firm by a political action committee that spent millions to help Trump's candidacy.
"OSC has established by a preponderance of the evidence that defendant
intentionally made false statements to the FBI, the OSC, and the grand jury
concerning the payment by Firm A to the law firm, a matter that was material to the investigation," Jackson wrote.
Jackson told Manafort's lawyers last week she wasn't entirely convinced by their argument thathis "succession of inconsistent explanations" about the wire transfer could be chalked up to confusion caused by accounting practices.
The judge specifically ruled that the lies regarding Kilimnik and the wire transfer were "material to the investigation," as prosecutors had claimed.
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Additionally, Jackson ruled that "OSC has established by a preponderance of the evidence that on October 5, 2018, the defendant intentionally made false statements that were material to another DOJ investigation." It was not immediately clear what investigation was implicated.
Jackson said the precise impact on Manafort's upcoming sentencing on two felony charges related to his Ukrainian lobbying work, set for March 13, will be determined at a later date. It appeared unlikely Manafort would face new charges as a result of Jackson's ruling
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Camacho was a passenger in a Jeep driven by Christian Arsenault, 23, of China, when the Jeep crossed the centerline on North Palermo Road at 5:45 a.m. Wednesday and collided with a tractor-trailer traveling in the opposite direction.
Police said speed was a factor in the crash and it was not weather-related, as Wednesday’s snowfall had not started. Rescue personnel freed Camacho from the vehicle.
Arsenault, who McCausland said was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown from the vehicle. He was listed in serious condition Thursday night after previously having been listed in critical condition, according a hospital spokeswoman.
McCausland said the men were traveling to work, but he did not know where that was.
Camacho graduated from Waterville Senior High School in 2003 and also attended the auto body programa trophy for his 400 career goals. To mark the occasion, he added two more and an assist.
Pregame honors + two goals + three points = A very happy @Guaje7Villa Day. #Villa400 pic.twitter.com/gt4vBkYTSu — Major League Soccer (@MLS) May 19, 2018
Gameweek 12 Review
In the first game of the week Vancouver Whitecaps split the points with San Jose Earthquakes. In the 19th minute the home team opened the scoring through Techera, but seconds before half time Hoesen made it level. Lima reinstated the visitors’ lead in the second half before Reyna scored in the 64th minute to secure the draw. Score: 2-2.
Toronto FC salvaged the three points at home against Orlando City. Both sides had equal possession and the host team had 14 shots compared to 10 from the
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visitors. After a goalless first half, Chapman opened the scoring for the hosts in the 63rd minute, but Higuita cancelled the lead ten minutes later. Telfer then scored his first MLS goal for the win. Score: 2-1.
On a rainy day at home, New York City FC thrashed Colorado Rapids. In the 22nd minute Moralez found Villa, who opened the scoring. Shortly after the start of the second half, Matarrita added another. Then, in the 56th minute, Villa repaid the favour to Moralez by assisting his goal to extend the lead. Later, David completed his brace for the resounding win. Score: 4-0.
Portland Timbers ended the six-game unbeaten streak of Los Angeles FC, thanks to two players who scored their first MLS career goals. After many attempts from both sides,the first half finished goalless. At the start of the second, Paredes went on the scoring board for the hosts. The visitors answered with a goal from the ever dependable Vela. When everything looked to be heading for a draw, Armenteros found the net to bring home the three points. Score: 2-1.
Goodness what a strike from Armenteros. 2-1 Portland. pic.twitter.com/ztbRR69EWL — Total MLS (@TotalMLS) May 19, 2018
It was a disappointing draw for FC Dallas when they hosted Vancouver Whitecaps. The only goal in the first half was scored by Cannon (another player registering his first MLS goal). Urruti doubled the score in the second half, but less than five minutes later Figueroa gave one away with an own goal. In the last seconds of a long ten minutes
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of added time, Kei Kamara scored from the penalty spot to earn a point for the guests. Score: 2-2.
New England Revolution faced their second home defeat of the season when they welcomed Columbus Crew. Both teams battled hard on the soaked pitch in the heavy rain. The lone goal came from Abubakar. Score: 0-1.
Philadelphia Union comfortably won their home game against Real Salt Lake. Epps and Dockal produced the goals in the first half. Kreilach scored the consolation goal for the visitors, but Philly went on to extend their lead with goals from Ilsinho and Rosenberry. Score: 4-1.
In their second game of the week, San Jose Earthquakes were demolished at home (somewhat surprisingly) by D. C. United. The job was done and dusted by the visitors in thefirst 37 minutes, with goals from Steiber, Mattocks and Asad. Hoesen scored the consolation goal for SJ. Score: 1-3.
Despite the better possession and 24 shots (including 10 on target), Sporting Kansas City had to settle for a point when they visited Minnesota United. The visitors quickly went on the scoring board with a goal from Shelton in the 8th minute. The lead didn’t last long as Quintero levelled the game in the 20th minute. Score 1-1.
Chicago Fire didn’t have enough gas in the tank to overcome Houston Dynamo. Quioto was quick off the mark for the visitors in the 4th minute. The hosts answered with goals from Nikolic and Campos. The guests increased their domination in the second half (with twice as many shots as their opponents), which
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eventually paid off when Elis scored a brace to snatch the three points. Score: 2-3.
That feeling when you score your first of the season…? #PHIvRSL pic.twitter.com/OMgKrxFMuv — Major League Soccer (@MLS) May 20, 2018
Atlanta United failed to win at home against New York Red Bulls. The home team was looking good at the start with a goal from Barco, but Royer produced the equaliser a few minutes before half time. The Bulls pressed harder in the second half and the great Bradley Wright-Phillips scored his 16th brace for the club. Score: 1-3.
Montreal Impact endured another loss at home, this time to LA Galaxy. It wasn’t the most entertaining game. Perhaps the highlight was Zlatan Ibrahimovic being sent off in the first half after slapping an Impact player. Despite‘The process will continue as there are many more PSUs listed for disinvestment’.
NEW DELHI: As many as six more public sector units (PSUs) that are listed before the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are likely to get the nod for disinvestment soon, highly placed sources said.
On Wednesday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the CCEA has approved the sale of a stake in five PSUs, including blue-chip oil firm Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), and with her announcement, the biggest ever exercise of privatisation has been started as there are 11 more PSUs that are likely to follow suit.
Sources have confirmed that the Centre will move further on its disinvestment project that is needed for realignment of the Indian economy.
A source
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High genetic diversity in French invasive populations of common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, as a result of multiple sources of introduction.
Ambrosia artemisiifolia is an aggressive North American annual weed, found particularly in sunflower and corn fields. Besides its economic impact on crop yield, it represents a major health problem because of its strongly allergenic pollen. Ragweed was imported inadvertently to Europe in the 18th century and has become invasive in several countries, notably in the Rhône Valley of France. It has recently expanded in both the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur and Bourgogne regions. As first steps towards understanding the causes and mechanisms of ragweed invasion, genetic variability of French and North American populations was analysed using microsatellites. Overall genetic variability was similar in North America and in the Rhône-Alpes region, but within-populationtool, a handle is attached to a tool head, which contains a hexagonal cam. In use, a tool shaft is inserted and locked into the center of the cam. The handle extending from the head contains a piston and spring washers or compression springs, which press the piston against one of the cam faces. The cam face is in turn pressed against the inner wall of the tool head. As with the axial handled torque-limiting tools, when the fastener begins to resist rotation and this resistive force exceeds the predetermined torque force of the springs, the shaft and cam may no longer be driven by the piston. Continued rotation of the handle may cause the piston to compress the springs, permitting the piston to slip over the cam
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Follow Lyrics Of Your Favorite Numbers While You Listen To Them
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Well it has a growing database of lyrics. The moment your player starts playing a number, MiniLyrics will search the lyrics for that song in the database and displays itfor a stress test that simulates the impact of a severe economic shock on about 100 banks in the euro zone and other countries, other sources close to the process told Reuters earlier on Wednesday.
Markets are so far unconvinced the stress tests, whose results are due to be published on July 23, will be credible.
The CEBS was not available for comment.
In a sign of political influence, those sources said there was last-minute haggling among EU states over whether to publish a full list of banks being tested because it was still not finally decided which German banks would take part.
The test is expected to cover banks in the 16-nation euro currency area as well as Britain, Sweden and Denmark.
The European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Commission, the
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Six Cities Design Festival's Design into Business programme serves two primary functions: to educate Scottish businesses about utilising design to improve performance, productivity, and international competitiveness; and to provide professional development to the design community.
The elements that make up the Design into Business programme are case studies, practical master classes, access to online resources, and presentations by keynote international business leaders.
The Learning programme
The Six Cities Design Festival's Learning programme provides professional development for the design community as well as educational programmes about design for the general public.
The elements that make up the Learning programme are practical workshops, master classes, seminars, and public events, including lectures and family programmes.
In 2006, The Learning programme of the Six Cities Design Festival joined Highlands & Islands Enterprise as partners of the NationalYoel Hoffmann was born to a Jewish-Austrian family who came to pre-state Israel when Hoffman was a year old. He is a professor of Japanese poetry, Buddhism and philosophy at Haifa University. He spent two years in a Buddhist monastery, and has translated Japanese poetry. Hoffman received the Bialik Prize (2002) and the Prime Minister`s Prize (2007). With his first collection of stories, The Book of Joseph (1988), Hoffman began his lyrical, experimental literary journey. But only with Bernhardt (1989) and Christ of Fishes (1991) did his mature creative voice emerge.
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The invention relates to deck winches, and more particularly to an improved winch having provision for removal of the main shaft for maintenance or repair without detachment of the winch base from the deck.
Previously, deck winches have had to be removed in their entirety from a deck in order to pull the main shaft. This was due to the fact that the retaining structure for keeping the shaft in place to prevent upward movement was typically a clip device coacting between a groove in the main shaft, near its bottom, and a portion of the winch base surrounding the main shaft near the lower end. The clip device was accessible only from the underside of the winch base, so that the base itself had to be removed torelease the shaft.
This situation was objectionable in that a great deal of time was required to perform any maintenance or replacement functions on the main shaft. One would normally be required to remove the winch drum, then remove a series of bolts circumferentially positioned around the winch base and passing through the vessel deck, then invert the inner winch structure to release the clip to permit the shaft's removal. In some situations, the bolts would be difficult to remove because the bolt heads would be below the deck and would have to be held. Of course, replacement of the winch on the deck following the main shaft's maintenance operation was also time consuming and sometimes difficult.
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Saddam Hussein's presidential secretary executed
"He was executed today," Saadi said, adding: "The ministry of justice implemented the execution sentence against the criminal Abd Hmoud... for genocide," referring to Mahmud by the name Iraqis call him, the AFP reports.
Mahmud was number four on the list of Iraqi officials targeted by American forces following the 2003 US-led invasion, behind only Saddam and his two sons Uday and Qusay.
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In case you have found a mistake in the text, please send a message to the editor by selecting the mistake and pressing Ctrl-Enter.worked with or for a group that was dedicated to overthrowing the U.S.?”
Brennan recalled that he had previously voted for a Communist Party candidate. He told the polygraph examiner he was neither a Republican or a Democrat, but had voted for the Communist Party candidate as a protest vote. He also noted that he was not a member of the Communist Party.
The line of questioning moved on, and Brennan expected to be kicked out of the running (this was 1980, during the peak of the Cold War). Rather than being denied a job or a clearance, Brennan passed the polygraph and got the job. Would he have passed if he had lied about his Communist Party vote? Not likely.
In addition to being truthful, here are four rules to
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of conviction is affirmed.
Testimony elicited at the trial established the facts to be as follows: On September 24, 1968, at approximately 11:25 a.m., one John Crandall, while walking in the vicinity of First Street near McKinley in the City of Phoenix, was attacked and robbed of $29.00 and a number of credit cards. As a result of this attack, Mr. Crandall suffered serious bodily injuries including a broken nose and jaw, with cuts near his eye, and the loss of three front teeth. The attack was so sudden that neither Mr. Crandall nor the witnesses of the crime could identify the assailants. The witnesses did establish that two male Negroes committed the robbery and escaped with two other Negroes in a car which they described as a 1959Pontiac, license number 4FN-857, and later identified as belonging to the defendant Beard.
*390 Defendant's presence in the vicinity of the crime was established by two officers who testified that they stopped defendant's car approximately 15 minutes before and 4 1/2 blocks from the place of the robbery. Defendant was identified by the officers as the driver of the car. The car and its occupants were routinely examined and released.
Edmond Woods, who was present in the defendant's car on the day in question, was a witness for the State. He testified that on March 27, 1969, he and Beard were with one Carl Smith and Alvin deGrate. The four drove off that morning with Beard and Smith in the front, Woods and deGrate in the back. A few blocks
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before the robbery, a conversation took place between Smith in the front and deGrate and Woods in the back. The conversation centered around Mr. Crandall who was then walking on First Street. Smith commented on needing gas money for Beard's car and asked deGrate to join him in robbing Crandall. This conversation took place in defendant's presence while he was driving but he apparently never responded to Smith's remarks. Immediately upon coming to a stop sign, Smith and deGrate jumped out. Smith instructed Beard to circle the block, come back and pick them up. This Beard did. Woods testified further that Beard sped away immediately after the pickup, and later shared in the stolen money.
The defendant was subsequently arrested and properly advised of his rights. He denied atPedestrian struck in hit-and-run accident in Hackensack
HACKENSACK - Officials are looking for information pertaining to an alleged hit-and-run accident that left a pedestrian seriously injured, Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said in a statement.
On June 25, at approximately 9:15 p.m., the Hackensack Police Department received a 9-1-1 call reporting a person was struck by a car and was lying in the middle of First Street between Clay Street and Berdan Place, according to Molinelli.
The victim was identified as Little Ferry resident Grady Fort, 59. According to Molinelli, Fort "suffered injuries consistent with having been struck by a motor vehicle and was transported to Hackensack University Medical Center."
An investigation conducted by members of Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Fatal Accident Investigation Unit (FAIU) and the Hackensack Police Department, determined the victim
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car and was lying in the middle of First Street between Clay Street and Berdan Place, according to Molinelli.
The victim was identified as Little Ferry resident Grady Fort, 59. According to Molinelli, Fort "suffered injuries consistent with having been struck by a motor vehicle and was transported to Hackensack University Medical Center."
An investigation conducted by members of Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Fatal Accident Investigation Unit (FAIU) and the Hackensack Police Department, determined the victim was allegedly struck by a vehicle as he crossed First Street.
After striking the victim, the vehicle allegedly continued north and fled the scene, Molinelli said, adding that investigators believe the vehicle involved was a compact red car or SUV, possibly a Toyota Rav4, that suffered damage to the headlight on the passenger's side.
If youAccording to the Pew Global Attitudes Project, seventy-nine percent of Americans in 2011 had a favorable view of Americans. That makes the United States rank third out of twenty-three countries ranked in that category. Japan ranks first, with eight-five percent of Japanese having a favorable view of the United States.
In 2010, the United States ranked second (Kenya was first), with 86% of Americans having a favorable view of the United States.
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begins, Scanlan said.
Pageant officials earlier announced the winners of preliminary competitions, including Kaeppeler, Thompson and Miss Hawaii Lauren Cheape for talent; and Miss New York Kaitlin Monte, Miss Texas Kendall Morris and Miss Utah Danica Olsen for swimsuit.
Kaeppeler took home a $2,000 scholarship for her opera performance of "Il Bacio" in the talent competition.
Officials also said Miss Idaho Genevieve Nutting won the $2,000 Fourpoints Award, while Miss Kentucky Ann-Blair Thornton won the $6,000 Quality of Life scholarship.
The Miss America Organization touts itself as the world's largest giver of scholarships to women, with about $350,000 to be given this year at the national level.
Scanlan said she planned to use her scholarship to help pay for law school en route to a life in politics.West Kensington Escorts
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Due to so much wealth circulating around this area of West London, West Kensington has become a very prestigious area of London, and houses the more affluent members of the city. Home to attractions such as the Olympia Exhibition Centre and the Queen’s Club sports club, the wealth is visible wherever you care to look.
The wealth is also visible in the restaurants and bars, and while visiting them might put a sizable whole in some visitors’ wallets, the food and atmosphere is clearly deserving of their towering prices.
Not letting the area down at all, the escorts in West Kensington are equally as stylish and classy as the area itself. Seductive, sexy, stunning, these girls are a well sought after source of entertainment for
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of New York, party of the second part, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, do hereby release, grant, bargain, and quit-claim unto the said party of the second part, their heirs and assigns, forever, all her right, title, claim and interest in that certain tract of land granted by the United States unto David Millspaugh and Christina Lynn, the brother and sister and only heirs-at-law of Henry Millspaugh, deceased, as follows, to wit: [Here follows a description of the land] ...; to have and to hold the said premises, with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, to their only proper use, benefit and behoof of said parties of the second part, their heirs and assigns, forever.
"In witness whereof the said grantor have hereuntoof real estate, and authorized married women within that state to convey land by joining with their husbands and acknowledging the deeds in a specified way; but that no provision was made for the conveyance by non-resident married women of their lands in Illinois until the passage of the act of February 22, 1847. See also Higgins v. Crosby, 40 Ill. 260; Rogers v. Higgins, 48 Ill. 211.
*579 This case depends mainly upon the construction to be placed upon the second section of the latter act, which was in force when the deed of May 26, 1856, was executed. That section is as follows:
"When any feme covert, not residing in this state, being above the age of eighteen years, shall join with her husband in the execution of
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relinquishing the homestead right, was effectual for that purpose, the name of the wife not appearing in the granting clause of the deed, though it was signed and duly acknowledged by herself and husband in conformity with the statute. The court held the deed to be sufficient to pass the interest of both husband and wife in the estate of the homestead observing, that the statute did not require the name of the husband or wife to appear in the body of the deed. Referring to Miller v. Shaw, as presenting an analogous question, the court said: "In the case now being considered the wife joins with her husband in the release of homestead in precisely the same manner as the husband did with the wife inexecute" a conveyance of her real estate, they will both be held to have executed a conveyance of her separate property where her name appears, but that of the husband does not appear, in the granting clause of the deed, but they both sign and acknowledge it in the mode required by law; and if the wife's "estate of homestead" can be conveyed by a deed, signed and duly acknowledged by herself and husband, her name, however, not appearing in the body of the deed; it would seem to follow that, within the meaning of the act of 1847, and according to the tendency of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the state, the wife joins with her husband in the execution of a conveyance of her
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estate of inheritance where her name alone appears in the granting clause, but the deed is signed by both herself and husband, is acknowledged by both, and is certified as required by law. Such conveyance, so signed, acknowledged, and certified, of the wife's land, seems to be as effectual, under the local law, to invest the grantee with the title and interest of both husband and wife as if his name had also appeared in the granting clause.
If, as suggested, the purpose of the act of 1847 in requiring the wife to join the husband in the execution of conveyances of her real estate was to protect her against strangers and secure his coöperation and counsel, that object was as fully accomplished by his signing and acknowledging theby a credible witness, and the judge or officer taking such acknowledgment shall, in his certificate thereof, state that such person was personally known to him to be the person whose name is subscribed to such deed or writing, as having executed the same, or that he was proved to be such by a credible witness (naming him)," &c. That chapter was amended by the act of February 11, 1853, the first section of which provides: "That no deed, mortgage, or other instrument of writing, heretofore executed, or hereafter to be executed, by husband and wife, in good faith, for the purpose of conveying or incumbering the estate of the husband, or the estate of the wife, or the right of dower in any lands situate in this
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Competitiveness Act. The bipartisan bill, co-sponsored by Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), if passed will bring industrial competitiveness and energy security to Ohio and the nation. The Senator says that this bill will make it less expensive for American companies to secure an energy future and decrease American dependence on foreign energy sources. The Senator discussed his "all of the above energy policy" which includes producing more energy and being more efficient. The two, he said, are symbiotic. "Good energy policy can be good economic policy as well," he said.
The workshop had two tracks and featured two corporate perspectives of energy efficiency: efficiency and emissions and shale and natural gas. Before the morning breakout sessions, Frank O'Brien-Bernini, chief sustainability officer of Owens Corning, gave a dynamic presentation detailing howpractices. They include integrity, financial discipline, mutual respect, customer focus, environmental responsibility, and social responsibility.
Eaton Corporation Public Affairs Officer Christopher Hess discussed how Eaton Corporation built its sustainability policy a different way using five pillars to support the environment. Here are a few of his main points outlining their corporate energy strategy:
Increasing shareholder value
Improving the natural environment
Expanding transparency
Fostering a thriving workplace
Building strong communities
Together, he said, those pillars foster a responsible use of resources.
Following on the theme of utilizing Ohio's natural gas raised in Senator Portman's speech, panelists Tom Stewart, executive vice president of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association, Jenn Klein, president of the Ohio Chemistry Technology Council, and Tom Mahlberg, technical manager for Kraton Polymers U.S., LLC, all discussed ways in which shale and natural gas can
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increase Ohio manufacturing. In the afternoon panel entitled "How Natural Gas is Changing Ohio Manufacturing," moderator Christiane Schmenk, former director of the Ohio Development Services Agency, set the stage by presenting statistics about the number of Ohio manufacturing employees that have benefitted from increased development of natural gas. Tom Stewart then discussed the Appalachian Basin Oil Well and the economic boundaries to using shale. Jenn Klein concluded by discussing a common thread in the production of natural gas: the related chemical industry benefits.
To close the workshop, attendees gathered in a final plenary session to participate in a discussion about energy financing techniques with panelists John Molinaro of the Appalachian Partnership for Economic Growth, Chadwick Smith of the Ohio Air Quality Development Authority, and Nicole Stika, Senior Director ofIn this long overdue episode we take another look back into Oklahoma History.with the fascinating tale of Greer County … Texas.
Welcome to Blog Oklahoma
Here in home office in Elk City, Oklahoma I'm approximately 28 miles east of the Texas state line. If history had changed in one court decision I would be a mere 16 miles away from Texas.
To explain this we have to look back to when Spain and France still held these lands.
The Kingdom of France held the lands from present day Louisiana all the way up the Mississippi river to the most southern tips of Alberta Canada, and as far west as the eastern parts of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, and the Texas Panhandle. Spain controlled everything west of there to the Pacific coast.
In
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years went by without a resolution to the conflict between the United States and Texas about this area.
On May 2, 1890, U.S. Congress passed the Organic Act that created the Territory of Oklahoma. One section of this act required that the attorney general of the United States file a suit to the U.S. Supreme Court to officially settle the disputed boundary.
On March 16, 1896, the Court ruled that the southern branch of the Red River was the true Red River of the 1819 treaty. Thus Greer County became part of Oklahoma Territory.
In 1906 during the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention Greer County was divided up into Beckham, Jackson, and Greer counties. After statehood in 1909, Harmon County was created out of a part of southwestern Greer County.
And thus ends theThe pace race
Never before has there been so much competition to melt the speed gun
Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar and Australia's Brett Lee have been clearly the two most devastatingly destructive bowlers in world cricket over the last few years.
In modern times nobody else has been closer to the elusive 100 miles per hour mark (160.9kph).
This may have been an ultimate goal of these two rare gems but over the past few years an intriguing battle has ensued as they jostle for the title as the world's fastest bowler.
So close has the margin been between Shoaib and Lee that they have almost gone ball for ball, speed for speed, since Lee's emergence in December 1999. Before this, Shoaib held the mantle as the world's fastest bowler.
Early in 1999, Shoaib was
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timed at 154.5kph (96mph) in Sharjah, the same mark that he reached against South Africa in Durban the previous year. In May 1999, at the World Cup, Shoaib proved himself the undisputed fastest bowler in the world, by bowling at 153kph (95mph) in his opening spell against South Africa. He then produced the fastest ball of the tournament in the final against Australia, once again reaching 154.5kph (96mph).
In October 1999, the great Dennis Lillee wrote an article for the West Australian, suggesting the imminent arrival of a sensational new speedster to the world stage, a 22-year-old Australian, who at 19 had been clocked at 148kph (92mph). Although no name was mentioned, by December 1999 the cricketing world knew the name Brett Lee.
In Lee's first Test match he rippedone down at 154.1kph (95.77mph), signaling himself as a genuine express bowler of rare ilk. The two speedsters went head to head, trading missiles throughout the Australian summer, constantly bowling in excess of the 150kph mark, up to and over 154kph. One wickedly brutal waist-high full toss from Shoaib to Justin Langer recorded a horizontal velocity of 154.2kph (95.83mph), Langer's hand bore the brunt of the red missile.
It was January 23, 2000 when Lee bowled what was considered the fastest recorded opening spell in history. Lee was consistently between 150-154kph, with a top speed of 154.8kph, which he bowled twice. His third and fastest over of that spell will go down as one of the fastest overs in history, recording speeds of 153.2kph, 152.7kph, 153.9kph, 154.1kph, 154.5kph and
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154.8kph, with an average speed of 153.9kph. But Shoaib was to come back with some pure speed of his own.
In the second one-day final of the 1999-2000 season at the MCG, Shoaib bowled an over based on raw, untamed aggression. His fourth over recorded the following speeds: 151.7kph, 152.2kph, 152.9kph, 154.7kph, 153.5kph and 153.1kph, the average being 153.0kph. The two men were fast and getting faster.
On March 28, 2000 in Sharjah, against South Africa, Shoaib bowled a ball which registered a phenomenal 156kph (97.0mph).
In early April in South Africa, at the climax of a gruelling international schedule, Lee had his chance to go for the gun and eclipse Shoaib's mark, set two weeks earlier. Lee produced a seemingly effortless, rhythmical display, netting him the same personal-best mark of156kph (97.0mph). Not only was this mark reached once but twice in the same match; however, it was not bettered.
Both players suffered stresses and strains associated with their speed of bowling. Lee had operations on both ankles, found he had the first signs of a stress fracture in his back and, when fielding, he blew out the elbow of his bowling arm in an injury akin to those suffered by baseball pitchers.
Shoaib constantly seemed to be breaking down and had no doubt been through the most horrendous period of his life so far. Shoaib was passed fit and ready for action in December 2000 and it was revealed by Pakistani officials that he had bowled at a speed of 158.4kph (98.45mph), most likely in practice. The fast man
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reached incredible highs and lows in New Zealand, bowling one of his most devastating spells with a fastest ball of 151kph (93.85mph), before breaking down and ultimately being reported by the officials.
In the second match of the tri-nation one-day series in England, a rusty, under-prepared Lee was a surprise inclusion to an injury-ravaged Australian bowling line-up. Lee looked weak and nervous in his return bout and could bowl no faster than 140kph.
Meanwhile, the Rawalpindi Express steamed in and in his first over recorded the super fast time of 152.85kph (95mph). But in his second over, he was to hurl the red sphere faster than any bowler in modern times. With the eighth ball of his spell, Shoaib bowled a 157.2kph (97.7mph) bullet.
Akhtar now stood alone as the fasteston that day and an unwell Dennis Lillee (139.03kph) was 20kph slower. As an interesting side point, Jeff Thomson was also recorded by conventional radar the following year at 160.58kph to win a "fastest bowler" competition.
This fastest ball of modern times was released at a speed of 157.4kph. It was a short-pitched ball, so a greater amount of kinetic energy is taken from the ball when it collides with the pitch
Lee was below his best during the Ashes, although in the fourth Test he did bowl a spell close to his best, bowling both the fastest over and fastest ball of the five-Test series. Lee's hostile over recorded an average speed of 148.3kph and peaked at 152.4kph.
In the meantime, Shoaib was making another comeback to the international arena
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following his injuries in England. The wait was not long as the Rawalpindi Express exceeded the 150kph mark (150.7kph) in his very first over.
A mere four matches later and Shoaib was given another forced absence as suspicious officials reported him once more. Ironically, Shoaib would bide his time with Brett Lee's club side Mosman as he waited for the process to take due course.
While Lee and Shoaib were together on Australia's eastern seaboard, a third genuine "express" bowler was emerging and a legitimate threat to Shoaib's crown. The new threat had not come from the youngsters Mfuneko Ngam of South Africa or Mohammad Sami of Pakistan, as was expected, as both were on the long road back from injury. But another South African, a 24-year-old peroxide blond power-packhad materialised after spending two years in the fast-bowling wilderness.
Back on December 10 1999, the then fiery red-headed Mornantau Hayward had stopped the gun at 151kph. His speed reading against England had stamped the 22-year-old as a 'fast man' of the future. But over the next 22 months, Nantie battled with poor form and injury which kept his speeds down mostly to the 130s (kph) and low 140s (kph).
In 2001 against Kenya, Hayward bowled a shock 152kph to the hapless Kenyans in a one-day international in South Africa.
A few days later Hayward bowled a spell to Sachin Tendulkar which had the Little Master in all sorts of trouble.
In the first Test against India, Hayward bowled the ball that would indelibly stamp him into express bowling's "big three".
He produced
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a 154.4kph blinder. His fastest delivery and faster than Lee had bowled in 18 months.
In the third Test against New Zealand Lee rejoined the pace race. He bowled three stand-out balls in the match, two of them measuring 153kph and one touching in at 154.5kph. That was faster than he had bowled in Australia since his debut season in 1999-2000, only 1.5kph from his fastest ball and more importantly 0.1kph faster than Hayward's personal best set the previous month.
In the first South African Test in Adelaide, Hayward shocked both commentators and fans alike with his new-found pace.
In the second Test, Lee was back in the express lane again, bowling in the high 140s on occasion and breaking the 150kph barrier.
When the South African captain finally let Hayward loosefor a long spell he came out swinging. He notched up speeds of 150.2kph and 150.1kph twice in a torrid spell. He was in the 150kph zone for the first time on Australian soil, but one ball in the middle of the spell was of special significance.
Hayward bowled a ball to Steve Waugh which came in at 154.3kph, just 0.2kph under Lee's fastest ball and only 0.1kph below his own quickest. Of particular note was that the ball was bowled to Steve Waugh and that Waugh came within a whisker of playing on as did Sachin Tendulkar.
Lee stopped the gun at the 150.5kph mark in the second innings of the third Test. But a new challenger was yet to emerge.
During the one-day international tri-series to follow, Shane Bond
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of New Zealand emerged from the pack.
In Bond's first two Tests, he notched top speeds of 142.3kph and 146.2kph, and then headed home to terrorise the hapless Bangladeshis. He returned to Australia as a fully-fledged and confident speedster.
Bond not only proved to be the best bowler of the tri-series series to follow in Australia, he often pushed Lee for the title of the fastest.
Lee's fastest ball of the summer came on January 11, 2002 against New Zealand, the ball registering 154.6kph. Just 0.1kph faster than the ball in Perth and once again, his fastest since the 156kph balls in April 2000.
On January 26, Bond joined the "big three" in the 150kph club. During one of the most devastating spells you're likely to see in one-day cricket, Bond bowledover Adam Gilchrist with a 151.2kph rip-snorter of a yorker.
Hayward's ankle injury gave a boost to another young paceman as Makhaya Ntini took over the reins as the No. 1 South African fast man. Ntini aspired to join the express pacemen's club and was constantly up around the high 140s (kph).
Ntini reached a pace peak in Australia towards the end of his tour, clocking up 149.7kph and joined the likes of Bond, Shoaib, Lee and Hayward. Just a few weeks later back home in South Africa he released a 151.4kph projectile on February 22 2002.
In just a few short months, the exclusive club of two had grown to five and still there was another to come.
On the first day of the second Test in South Africa, Lee blew
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away these newcomers with a 157.4kph rocket. The ball in question was called a no-ball but this does not affect the speed of the ball's release and thus the speed was to stand as the new benchmark. Lee also bowled a legal ball recorded at 157.3kph by the EDH company's speed recording devices and one in the third Test came in at 156.2kph.
His two fastest balls had eclipsed Shoaib's 157.2kph, recorded the previous June against Australia and Lee was now No 1. But while Lee should have been basking in the glory of his fastest ball, the media as a whole chose to concentrate on some off-hand remark by wicketkeeper and Australian team-mate Adam Gilchrist.
Gilchrist had chosen to rain on Lee's parade when he called into question theaccuracy of the EDH speed guns. What Gilchrist failed to acknowledge was that the EDH guns actually track the ball through the air, giving an actual ball velocity at the time of release by the bowler and not when the ball smacks into his gloves some 40 or more metres away.
This fastest ball of modern times was released at a speed of 157.4kph. It was a short-pitched ball so a greater amount of kinetic energy is taken from the ball when it collides with the pitch. Such things as friction with the pitch, the ball being compressed out of shape, the noise of the ball striking the pitch and the extra distance the ball has to travel through the air (which also reacts on the ball) to reach
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the keeper, rob the ball of velocity. Thus a short-pitched delivery on a slow pitch will take longer to reach the keeper and will reach him at a lower velocity than a yorker released at the same speed.
The one-day internationals saw perennial speedster Jason Gillespie belatedly enter the domain of the world's fastest. With his shorter run-up and more economical action Gillespie had recorded 149-plus kph in Australia (149.7kph), India (149.1kph), England (149.5kph) and in South Africa.
But now it was his turn to annihilate the 150kph mark once and for all. In the fifth and sixth one-dayers Gillespie returned speeds of 151kph and 153.9kph respectively. And then there were six.
Shoaib responded by bursting out of the blocks in Sharjah, answering the critics with super-fast balls. In his firsttwo matches he was timed at speeds of 156.2kph and 154.9kph. Already he had blown away the newcomers and Lee was in his sights. The 156.2kph delivery was Shoaib's second fastest delivery in international cricket.
On April 12, Shoaib was to shock the world with his new found pace. Bowling with pace like fire, he clocked in at 159.5kph and with another ball of 157.4kph just for good measure. Shoaib had just blown Lee's 157.4kph out of the water in an inspired burst.
On April 17, Shoaib proved that his fast times were no fluke, recording speeds of 159kph and 158.4kph.
In the first of three one-day internationals against New Zealand, the show which Shoaib put on can only be described as phenomenal. Shoaib took six wickets for 16 runs, clean-bowling
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four New Zealand batsmen and breaking a stump when Andre Adams had trouble connecting with the ball.
Shoaib had done it again as he sent a missile down at 159.9kph.
He was a mere 1.1kph shy of bursting through the 100-miles-per-hour barrier (160.9344kph) and half a kph or so away from Jeff Thomson's world-record 160.45kph recorded during the 1975 Perth Test. During the third and final one-dayer, Shoaib was to finally go where no man had gone before.
On April 27, Shoaib burst through the 100 miles-per hour (160.9344kph) barrier with a ball registering 161kph on a speed gun operated in the ground by a sponsor. The US-made Stalker radar gun was run by the high-tech firm Cybernet. The EDH radar however was inoperative at the time and this caused muchconfusion as to whether the time would stand. Shoaib also clocked 160kph on the Stalker device and 159.8kph on the EDH device when it was operational. The 161kph ball was the sixth ball of Shoaib's second over whilst Craig McMillan was facing. Shoaib can now lay claim to being the "Hundred Miles Per Hour Man", but only unofficially. The ICC has declined to make Shoaib's 161kph officially recognised, but this is not surprising as there is no policy in place to recognise bowling speeds.
Shoaib has been recorded as bowling faster than 100mph, but some will doubt this reading because it was not registered by either IDS Sports or EDH, which between them cover the majority of international cricket matches. Both IDS and EDH have measures in place to
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it in the context of his exorbitant contract. But, for now, we’ll put the financial numbers to the side and take a look at how he performed in the boxscores.
Beagle By The Books
Before getting to the concrete figures, the fractured forearm that Jay Beagle received five games into his Canuck career bears mentioning. Beagle suffered the injury when he blocked a shot in an October 13 matchup with the Florida Panthers—the same game in which Mike Matheson infamously zangiefed Elias Pettersson to the ice. It was a testament to Beagle’s reputation as a player willing to make sacrifices for his team—but it also cost him 24 games.
Being that Beagle’s injury occurred so early in his season and that there’s no discernable difference between his performance in those firstthat such actions "were willful and malicious, and were. . . with the intent to defraud Delia I. Worcester . . ."
Appellant sought return of the $16,000, imposition of a constructive trust upon the funds, which had been deposited in another account by appellee, and also sought exemplary damages and attorney's fees. Appellant did not plead, and offered no proof, that the account was a mere convenience account or solely for the benefit of Delia I. Worcester.
The record shows that Mrs. Worcester, the deceased, and Mrs. Warren, the appellee, maintained a close personal friendship which had its beginning about 1925, when the husbands of the two women were both working for the Santa Fe Railroad at Temple, and that the friendship between *571 Mrs. Worcester and Mrs. Warren
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continued through the years until Mrs. Worcester's death early in March of 1972. Mrs. Warren helped with the care and nursing of Mrs. Worcester's husband in his last illness and until his death late in January of 1970.
It was in April of 1970 that Mrs. Worcester set up the disputed savings account in the amount of $16,000, transferring the funds from a joint account she and her husband had maintained during his lifetime, and caused the new account to be designated "WORCESTER, Delia I. &/or Lena Mae Warren." Both Mrs. Worcester and Mrs. Warren were present when the account was created, and both women signed the customary signature card. The savings association official who supervised the opening of the account testified that Mrs. Worcester stated at the timethat "She wanted it to where either party could withdraw the funds at any time with no questions asked." The official testified that Mrs. Worcester was assured the account would be that type.
Between the period in which her husband became ill and died and the period of Mrs. Worcester's last illness and death about two years later, Mrs. Worcester followed a pattern of disposing of much of the considerable estate she and her husband had accumulated. Several witnesses who knew Mrs. Worcester well, testified that she frequently expressed her desire to make gifts during her lifetime in preference to postponing the giving until after her death. Although she had executed a will at one time, Mrs. Worcester later, in consultation with her attorney, wrote and signed an instrument,
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found after her death in a lock box at the bank, in which she declared, "I hereby revoke all wills heretofore made by me." The writing was dated in August of 1971. Her attorney, a banker, and the pastor of her church testified concerning the occasions during this period when they had dealings with Mrs. Worcester, and all agreed that despite her advanced years Mrs. Worcester remained alert, sensible of her business matters, and firm as to how she wanted her affairs handled.
Early in January of 1972 Mrs. Worcester suffered a fall at home, resulting in a broken hip. She had had a similar accident about five or six years earlier which she survived. Apparently as a result of her last fall, Mrs. Worcester died on March 2,1972, nearly two months later. While in the hospital Mrs. Worcester continued to arrange her own affairs, including complete details for her funeral services and burial. On one occasion in this period she made a cash gift to an old friend of $1,000.
After setting up the $16,000 savings account jointly with Mrs. Warren in 1970, Mrs. Worcester in November of that year conveyed to Mrs. Warren the home in which Mrs. Worcester lived until her death, together with "all the household furnishings and personal belongings located in said above property." Simultaneously with this deed, Mrs. Worcester by written instrument leased the home from Mrs. Warren for a nominal rental of one dollar per year. Both writings were acknowledged and recorded. In the latter part of the following February
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Mrs. Worcester made arrangements for Mrs. Warren to have authority to enter the bank lock box Mrs. Worcester maintained. Later that year, in October of 1971, Mrs. Worcester provided for Mrs. Warren to have authority to draw funds from Mrs. Worcester's checking account, but without providing right of survivorship.
In August of 1971, the same month in which Mrs. Worcester revoked all prior wills, she transferred $20,000 from a savings account and opened three savings accounts for friends, one account for $10,000 and each of two others for $5,000. In February of 1972, while Mrs. Worcester was confined in the hospital and only about two weeks before her death, she gave written instructions to a savings association that a note being collected in monthly installments from another couple wasto "be paid in full" in event of her death. The balance of the note when Mrs. *572 Worcester died was about $4,100. In 1971 Mrs. Worcester also set up two savings accounts, each for $20,000, in trust for two members of her family. Her attorney testified that Mrs. Worcester expressed to him her desire to make disposition of her estate during her lifetime so "that she could see the effect on the people to whom she was making the gifts . . . rather than to give it away by will after her death."
Mrs. Warren testified that from the time Mrs. Worcester set up the $16,000 joint savings account in April of 1970 until Mrs. Warren cashed the certificate on January 17, 1972, Mrs. Warren had possession
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of the certificate. Mrs. Warren cashed the certificate and moved the funds into a separate savings account in her own name. Thereafter, some months after Mrs. Worcester's death, Mrs. Warren moved the money from the savings association to a savings account in one of the Temple banks. Most of the dividend checks paid on the $16,000 savings account were not endorsed by any person, but one check was endorsed by Mrs. Warren during the lifetime of Mrs. Worcester and prior to the date appellant alleged the conversion took place. The trial court found that in opening the account Mrs. Worcester acted with donative intent toward Mrs. Warren, and that Mrs. Warren was in fact the person who exercised dominion and control over the account from the time itMaine's Southern "Summer Colony" at York Harbor
From time to time celebrities visit and stay at Stage Neck Inn in York Harbor. Our staff is respectful of their need for privacy and, to the greatest extent possible, anonymity. The coast of Maine was a destination for wealthier families and celebrities in the late 19th Century. York, York Harbor, York Beach and York Village comprised one of the southern-most "summer colonies" ... a pristine and temperate destination away from the hussle and bustle and heat of the cities.
Rail transportation connected York to Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Washington, D.C. and even Chicago. Prior to housing Stage Neck Inn, built in 1973, this spectacular peninsula was home to The Marshall House. This 1895 newspaper clipping shows an ad for the Marshall House,
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which amazingly, didn't open for the Summer season until June 25! It was not unusual at that time for people to come and spend two to three months at a seasonal hotel or to enjoy their "summer cottage". Many of these beautiful homes still dot York Harbor's waterfront.
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Perhaps the most notable visitor to the area, in his time, was Charles Lindbergh. Once Charles had completed his monumental Transatlantic flight (May 21, 1927), his life forever shifted from obscurity to public fascination and even relentless pursuit. We found a great account of Lindbergh's time in Maine on SomeOldNews.com1 and in excerpts from both Charles Lindbergh's 2 and Anne Lindbergh's3 autobiographies, Shortly after making history, Lindbergh flew to Maine tolanding at an airfield in Scarborough. Crowds ensued wherever he went, hounding him and crowding his plane.
Charles Lindbergh's notoriety made it necessary for Charles and Anne to be married secretly, yet in plain sight. The press assumed the couple would be married that summer at Anne's folk's summer cottage in North Haven, Maine. The wedding was held at Anne's parent's home in Englewood, NJ under the guise of a charity luncheon. Essentially none of the guest knew they would be attending a wedding! In her SomeOldNews account Sharon Cummins notes "By the time the press got wind of the secret marriage the couple had slipped away on a 38-foot honeymoon yacht Lindy had purchased a week earlier."
What happened in the coming days varies by account, but it is
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known that the couple did port in York Harbor, at least to re-provision or refuel their boat. One account has them being discovered by the press around New London, CT. Another has them being discovered in York Harbor. Yet, in Anne Lindbergh's autobiography, we find ...
Anne "began a long, continuous letter to her mother telling her all of the amusing things that happened to them. How Charles had gone on land, disguised by his growing beard, dark glasses and a cap pulled over his eyes. He went to get more water, and when the local fishermen asked about his fancy boat, he told them he was Charles Lindbergh. Hiding behind the curtains below ship, Anne heard the men laugh in disbelief. Sure, he was Linbergh! they scoffed."
"They madeit up the coast of Maine before being discovered. They were able to elude boats filled with reporters when they headed away from land. As a wedding present, Anne's father had given them a small island, called Big Garden, near North Haven. They found it on the map and visited the wild island before they turned back."
What great literary or musical works were authored in York Harbor? Mark Twain documented that in June of 1902 he rented a cottage in York Harbor, Maine4. Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey also stayed in York Harbor. A document on file in the Hampton Beach Library website states that The Dorsey Brothers performed at the Casino5. We can only imagine their giving impromptu performances, overlooking the ocean.
There was a bit of excitement in
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York Harbor in 1975 when Bob Dylan was on the scene. Dylan was there with his then-wife Sara, plus Joan Baez and Sam Sheppard. This was prior to Dylan's "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour6 ... a time in which scenes for "Renaldo and Clara" were being shot.
Our long-term former general manager, Phoebe Apgar-Pressey, was a waitress at the Inn during Dylan's visit. She recalls delivering champagne to the Dylan's guest room. Before the entourage left the Inn, many staff were given tickets to the "Rolling Thunder Revue" a the "Portland Civic Center". "I was a fan of Joan Baez and was so excited. I remember the show being fabulous. It was wild!"
Mark Foster, the current owner of Stage Neck Inn remembers when Bob Dylan and Joan Baez were intown. "My folks owned Foster's Downeast Clambake here in York Harbor. They prepared a clambake for Bob Dylan ("Renaldo") and his first wife, Sara ("Clara") on Harbor Beach, adjacent to Stage Neck Inn." This film never had any notable exposure to the public, perhaps because it had a running time of over 4 hours. The script was written by Bob Dylan and Sam Sheppard and directed by Dylan. Information contained in Sheppard's chronicles of the trip, "The Rolling Thunder Logbook" also notes that Baez and Dylan enjoyed going out on a lobstering vessel in York Harbor.
We'd love to hear what you might know about special happenings and celebrated visits to York Harbor. Please share your stories with us on Facebook.com!
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Biocrime - English
Diseases that are transmitted from animals to humans are defined as zoonoses. The spread of these diseases in the human population is often
linked to human activity, and the illegal trade of pet animals is an important route of transmission of zoonoses. In fact, animals bought on the black
market may come from infected areas, and not be checked from the health point of view. Friuli Venezia Giulia and Carinthia are both transit as
destination routes of the illegal trade of pet animals coming from Eastern European countries. The impact of this criminal activity generates
negative effects on at least 4 areas: 1. Human health, 2. Animal health & welfare, 3. Market protection, 4. Consumer fraud. The Bio-Crime Project
wants to reduce the zoonotic risk through the development of a jointWednesday, February 15, 2017
Top 10 things to know about cerebral palsy: the video
What I most wish people knew about cerebral palsy: that people who have it also have plenty of abilities. Every person has strengths and talents, including those with CP. One of Zach Anner's superpowers: his sense of humor, as the comedian, book author and TV personality proves yet again in a video he created with The Cerebral Palsy Foundation (CPF) to promote the show Speechless. (Also: his biceps, as he notes.) CPF posted the video on Facebook last week, and it's gone viral.
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German far-right party members attacked after cinema visit Berlin police say two members of the far-right Alternative for Germany party's youth wing were injured in a street attack after watching a Holocaust film
BERLIN -- Berlin police say two members of the far-right Alternative for Germany party's youth wing were injured in a street attack after watching a Holocaust film.
Police said Monday they are investigating whether the violence was politically motivated.
The party's youth wing, known as Young Alternative, said its members were attacked by people shouting "(expletive) Nazis" late Sunday after attending a screening of the film "Who Will Write Our History," about the Warsaw Ghetto.
The head of the Berlin film festival had invited Alternative for Germany to watch the movie for free. The offer was a response toname of TICORP Limited. Staysure Travel Insurance is arranged by TICORP Limited which is registered in Gibraltar company number 111526. Registered office: First Floor, Grand Ocean Plaza, Ocean Village, Gibraltar. TICORP Limited is licensed and regulated by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission number FSC1238B and trades into the UK on a freedom of services basis, FCA FRN 663617.Staysure Travel Insurance is administered by Howserv Limited which is registered in England and Wales number 03882026. Registered office: McGowan House, 10 Waterside, The Lakes, Bedford Road, Northampton, NN4 7XD. Howserv Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority FRN 599282.
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to go.
"Oh, I don't know, a hospital maybe?" He says, staring at the pool of blood coming out of him as he lays on the floor.
A. Take him to the hospital.B. Drag Vermilion into the elevator and look for a hospital.C. Go find a hospital by yourself and come back for Vermilion later.D. Lay down alongside him and make a snow angel, but in the blood.By: Monica Casey | WCTV Eyewitness News
July 26, 2019
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) -- Another scooter round-up, as two more companies have continued issues with geofences around college campuses.
Bird and Gotcha have been required to suspend all operations in Tallahassee as of Friday night until the issues are resolved.
Scooters are not allowed on FSU, FAMU or TCC campuses as part of the City of Tallahassee's three month pilot program.
In an e-mail to Gotcha, a senior city planner explains that yesterday when the City tested the geofence, Gotcha scooters were not functioning.
Members of the Gotcha team had to unlock the scooters for the City, after which the City learned that the scooters were going through the geofence, and therefore violating the agreement with the City.
Senior planner Michael Alfano explained that he
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The 2017 Prime time Emmy Awards were held last night and history was made! Lena Waithe became the first black woman to win an Emmy for Best Comedic Writer!! She teamed up with Master of None star and creator Aziz Ansari for the fantastic episode on season 2 of his Netflix series, entitled ‘Thanksgiving.’ The episode delves into the traditions of the typical black family on Thanksgiving and the semi-autobiographical story of how she came out to her family. It was my favorite episode of the season and I couldn’t be happier for Lena and Aziz!
Cover Girl Issa Rae – Best Make-Up and Hair
In addition to their win, Donald Glover (Childish Gambino) won for Best Actor and Director in a Comedy Series for Atlanta, Sterling K Brown wonfor This is Us, Riz Ahmed won for his incredible performance in the mini series The Night Of, Ava Duvernay won for her documentary on Netflix the 13th and rapper Common won for Best Song for the title track to the same documentary. Big Little Lies won ‘big’ along with the new Hulu series A Handmaids Tale.
Viola Davis – Best Dressed
For a Full List of Nominees and Winners, Scroll Below. Congratulations!
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state of Pennsylvania to conduct several institutional camps in Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri in order to attract more prospective student-athletes from the Midwest.
The answer: False
Social Studies
Marquise Doherty is not only one of the top running backs in the country he’s also one of the top baseball prospects around. So when Doherty tweeted out Tuesday his top five schools -- a list that consisted of Iowa, Oregon, Missouri, Kansas State and Louisville -- he indicated all the schools have talked to him about playing both sports in college. Some have pegged Iowa as the team to beat because his former high school teammate Aaron Mends is a freshman with the Hawkeyes, but Doherty says official visits will be key for him.
I would like to thank all the schools thatseveral tons each are completed, they are loaded onto ocean-going barges in the Sabine making their final destination by sea either to Sea Train in New York or to Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia.
A. Alford's Case
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John Alford was injured on August 8, 1974, when he struck his back on a steel beam while welding a subassembly for a module of an oil tanker in the process of being assembled at Sea Train in Brooklyn, New York. He was immediately transported to the hospital in Orange, but returned to work that day following examination and treatment. He continued to complain of back pains until his last day of work, August 21, 1974. Alford eventually underwent back surgery, but he has not returned to work at American
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Buller was injured on June 29, 1976, when a large T-Bar which he was fitting onto steel plates to be welded together fell causing a fracture in his right leg. His module was destined for Newport News. During his three years with American Bridge, Buller had spent about 95 percent of his time working on component part for vessels and in repairing barges afloat on the Sabine River which were owned and used by American Bridge to ferry materials across the peninsula. The shop where Buller worked is approximately 150 yards from the Sabine.
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The ALJ likewise concluded that Buller qualified as an "employee" under the LHWCA and that he was covered because he was injured while performing necessary work from a blueprint on a modulewhich was an "integral part of a particular ship".4 The BRB again reached contra results based on the reasoning it expressed in Alford's case.
C. Cantu's Case
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Hector Cantu, a maintenance welder, suffered injuries on March 4, 1975, when he fell while moving a 75 pound black diamond signal which he was constructing. The black diamond was to be attached to the top of a barge bound for Newport News. Navigational rules of the U. S. Coast Guard require black diamonds to be attached to tops of barges as daytime indicators when the barges are towing loads exceeding 600 feet. Cantu performed a variety of welding jobs, including maintenance and repair of equipment in the machine shops as well as work on Sea Train barge modules.
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