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Politics of Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Source: GNA
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has set the modernization of the agricultural sector, as the main bait to attract electorate to vote for the party's presidential candidate for election 2012, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, on December 7.
The NPP in its Election 2012 manifesto titled: "Transforming lives, transforming Ghana," made available to the Ghana News Agency, set out modalities to encourage small holder farmers to adopt new and improved agricultural technologies.
It said: "Small holder farmers would be provided with quality and affordable fertilizer with an improved land tenure and acquisition.We will also encourage private sector investments into large-scale commercial agriculture that also support cooperative, small and out-grower farmers.
"We are committed to completion of the restructuring of the Land Title Registration transfer of title and use of agricultural land".
The party noted that in order to enhance the ability of Ghanaian farmers to acquire the relevant technology to make them competitive, an NPP administration would establish an Agricultural Technological Fund to provide financing to small scale farmers at subsidized rates.
An NPP government would reposition State Owned Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) to fulfill its original mandate of specifically supporting agricultural financing.
The party promises to establish 250 mechanization centres across the country to provide services to farmers at competitive prices and restructure agricultural research institutions to build on the high yielding crop varieties and technologies already developed to farmers.
The manifesto said:"We would create more access roads to our farm-gates and market centres to mitigate post-harvest lost and ensure availability of foodstuff to consumers. We would work with the private sector and traditional authorities to improve our market places, and to develop warehouses and pack houses to ensure effective and efficient distribution and to minimize post harvest lost".
In the fishing and livestock sub-sector, the NPP seeks to develop a vibrant livestock industry in addition to fisheries.
The manifesto said the NPP will re-establish the Ministry of Fisheries to implement policies that will revive a sustainable fishing industry and ensure good practices and enhanced productivity for fishermen.
With regards to the poultry industry, the NPP seeks to introduce a short measured tariff increase that would result in relative high price for broiler meat whilst providing assistance to poultry farmers to make them competitive.
The NPP said that it will address the nutritional needs of Ghanaian children by initiating policy for pupils in secondary institutions to be fed an egg a day as part of their protein supplement.
In the cocoa sector, the NPP said that it would provide cocoa farmers good incentives through high producer prices, bonuses, cocoa scholarships and extension services to improve productivity and production.
Meanwhile, in a survey conducted by the National Commission for Civic Education titled "Election 2012: matters of concern to the Ghanaian voter" obtained by the GNA, revealed that 48.2 per cent of respondent suggested that the government should subsidize agriculture input.
Another 21.1 per cent said government must give financial support to farmers in the form of loans and scholarships for children of farmers, to enable them to continue their education to the highest level whilst 8.1 per cent called on government to provide market for farmers and also fix prices of agriculture crops.
About 7.3 per cent of the respondents called for mechanized farming, 5.3 per cent appealed for the provision of the irrigation and access roads by government, 4.6 per cent wanted government to make farming attractive to the youth, 4.1 per cent called for the provision of storage facilities for agricultural products, whilst 1.3 per cent suggested the reintroduction of state farms by government.


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AM Rule Refresher: Make The Cohabitation Leap
Will You Go Insane
If She Moves In With You?
Before you decide to make the cohabitation leap, you need to schedule a sit-down with your significant other to talk about finances. Recognize that living together is going to necessitate frank discussions of monetary matters. Are you going to split all the bills 50-50? If you're renting, will both of your names be on the lease (hint: they should be). Will the two of you have to purchase any furniture or other big-ticket items? What's going to happen to them if the relationship doesn't work out? How is grocery shopping going to work? Are you even ready to have these kinds of conversations? You need to be if you're planning to make the cohabitation leap.
Keep things interestingOnce you decide to make the cohabitation leap, the next major challenge is going to be keeping things interesting. Living together provides you with opportunities for romance, which you didn't have before. But you also run the risk of getting sick of each other. Now that you're seeing each other every day and every night, you'll need to develop some strategies for warding off boredom.
So use your living situation to your advantage: surprise her with dinner when she gets home from work, draw a bath for her or bring her breakfast in bed. If you keep things interesting enough, you might receive a pleasant surprise of your own, perhaps of the sexy lingerie variety.
Respect each other's spaceMaking the cohabitation leap means spending an awful lot of time in close quarters, and no matter how much you and your significant other dig each other, you're probably going to get on each other's nerves every once in a while.
So spend some time outside of your shared residence. Make sure to have guy's nights, and support her girl's nights out too. Girl's nights will help her relieve stress and give the two of you an occasional break from each other. Trust us; you'll appreciate having the place to yourself occasionally. Generally, you should just avoid spending every waking moment together. Be smart about it and don't overdose on the relationship.

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"The best meat pie in the world, Chileno stylz."
Empanada De Chile
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READY IN:55mins
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 kg plain flour
- 709.77 ml milk, tepid
- 125 g butter, melted
- 29.58 ml baking powder
- 14.79 ml salt
- 300 g onions, diced
- 500 g minced meat
- 4 eggs, boiled
- 100 g olives, pitted
- 100 g sultanas
- 2 garlic cloves
- 4.92 ml paprika
- 4.92 ml cumin
- 200 ml oil
- 9.85 ml salt
- pepper
- Pre heat Oven to 180c.
- Making the dough.
- On a clean bench combine flour, baking powder and salt, make a well in the centre, add butter and milk. Gradually mixing together until a dough forms, knead for a couple of minutes. At this stage if too dry add some more milk, if too wet add some more flour, until a nice dough consistency.
- Lightly dust with some flour and then place a tea towel over your dough and let it rest.
- Making the filling.
- In a saucepan heat your oil up on a medium heat, sautee off the diced onions until translucent, add your garlic and then your mince meat. Break up the mince just like you would for a bolognaise sauce, add your seasoning, salt and pepper, then your cummin and paprika. Cook and simmer for about 5-10 minutes. Turn off and let it cool.
- Assembling.
- Portion a piece of dough into a ball to about 200g, then roll it out using a rolling pin and some flour on a bench to a size of about your hand.
- Place about 3 tbspn of cold mince in the centre, add a quarter of a boiled egg a couple of pieces of olives and a pinch of sultanas.
- Brush a bit of egg wash on half the dough and fold the dough over like a pastie. Then twist and fold the edges together.
- Place on a oiled tray and baste with some egg wash.
- Bake for about 15-25 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Then Enjoy one of Chile's most popular dishes.


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Although Shigatse (Xigaze) is Tibet's second largest city with a population of over 80,000, it remains relatively unexplored by tourists. Most visitors know it only as a stopover en route to Everest Base Camp, where overnighters often spend any extra time they might have zipping through Tashihunpo Monastery before moving on to Everest. This is too bad, because Shigatse is full of traditional Tibetan charm and culture. The busy city market is surprisingly full of fruits and vegetables, meats and grains as well as fine local handicrafts and artwork. True, the government has overseen the transformation of much of Shigatse into generic high-rise blocks, but the city's Tibetan inhabitants still tenaciously hang on to traditional ways. If you're coming from Lhasa, Shigatse is even higher at 3,900 meters (15,600 feet) so drink lots of water and pace yourself to avoid altitude sickness and shortness of breath.
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TAMPA — A lot was left unsaid Friday as the top U.S. military commander in the Middle East relinquished his post in a sunlit ceremony at MacDill Air Force Base.
Adm. William "Fox" Fallon, the chief of U.S. Central Command, abruptly announced his resignation two weeks ago — a move that was widely seen as evidence of a rift between him and President Bush over Middle East military strategy. Analysts say the last straw may have been an Esquire magazine article portraying Fallon as possibly being the only thing standing between Bush and war with Iran.
That all remained unspoken Friday as Fallon, 63, relinquished his command after only a year in the challenging job, a post previously held by Gens. John Abizaid and Tommy Franks.
Fallon publicly praised Bush for his "unfailing courage and determination to get the job done." And Defense Secretary Robert Gates came to Tampa to praise Fallon for his leadership.
Still, military analysts say the resignation is unprecedented for CentCom, the MacDill-based nerve center of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Military leaders rarely resign in wartime, and the normal rotation at CentCom can approach four years.
Fallon, who oversaw the U.S. troop surge in Iraq, thanked the soldiers on the front lines for their "blood, sweat and tears" before handing over the reins to his top deputy — Army Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey, who will be interim commander until Bush nominates and the Senate confirms a successor.
For the time being, Dempsey inherits a war in Iraq that recently passed the milestones of five years and 4,000 Americans dead. Just on Friday, the president said the situation there remains dangerous and fragile.
Friday's change of command took place on sunny ceremonial grounds with Hillsborough Bay and the Port of Tampa in the background, in front of several hundred people in uniform.
It seemed a world away from the feuding factions of Iraq, where U.S. pilots were conducting airstrikes Friday in Baghdad and Basra to aid Iraqi forces fighting heavily armed Shiite militias.
But for CentCom's commanders, it wasn't that far away at all.
Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the MacDill crowd that Fallon and his wife have "a son who is literally flying missions over Iraq as we speak."
As for Dempsey, he led the 1st Armored Division as it battled insurgents in Baghdad in 2003 and 2004, and two of his children have been deployed to Iraq.
As the ceremony went on, the military brass repeatedly expressed their admiration for the troops in the field.
"Many of their stories will probably be lost in time," said the white-haired Fallon, who had this to say about their performance: "It is, as the kids say, awesome."
Gates said the United States has made "great progress on a number of fronts" in the war, reducing attacks on troops and civilians and keeping insurgents on the run, "despite ongoing violence and despite the reality that … there will be hard days ahead."
Esquire's recent profile of Fallon portrayed him as "brazenly challenging" Bush on Iran, pushing back "against what he saw as an ill-advised action."
Written by a former Naval War College professor, the article predicted that if Fallon left his post at CentCom, "it may well mean that the president and vice president intend to take military action against Iran before the end of this year and don't want a commander standing in their way."
In the aftermath of the article, Fallon denied any friction but said the publicity made his continuing in the post untenable.
At the end of Friday's hourlong ceremony, the new commander, Dempsey, kept his remarks short: "Let's get back to work and see if we can make life a little better for our friends and more difficult for our enemies."
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Rolle meeting
PUBLISHED: 10:42 06 February 2012
In November 2009, there was a well-attended public meeting held at the Town Hall. There was only one topic to be discussed - the future of Rolle College.
From that seminal meeting came two actions. The first was to establish an investment vehicle that could raise funds to purchase part of the site. The second was to negotiate with the University of Plymouth to secure that opportunity.
Both of these objectives have been achieved. Rolle Exmouth Ltd has been established as a community-owned company able to raise capital through shares and,after literally thousands of hours of hard work by volunteers over the last two years, an accord has been reached with the University of Plymouth.
This does not mean that all has been resolved. Far from it.
Now we need everyone in Exmouth and surrounding areas to play their part. Without their support, Rolle College could still disappear underneath houses and flats.
There is a 'kick-off' public meeting being held at the Exmouth Pavilion on Thursday, February 2, starting promptly at 7pm. This is a vitally important meeting for Rolle Exmouth Ltd, the Rolle College site and the town of Exmouth.
We have endeavoured to publicise this event as best we can. We urge those interested in the future of Rolle College and Exmouth to attend.
Roger Staker
Managing Director, Rolle Exmouth Ltd.


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WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency will put controls on the emissions of hazardous pollutants such as mercury from coal-fired power plants for the first time by November 2011, according to an agreement announced Friday to settle a lawsuit against the agency.
Many other polluters were forced to reduce emissions of toxic material such as mercury, arsenic and lead after the Clean Air Act was strengthened in 1990. Power plants, the largest source of mercury pollution, aren't subject to nationwide rules.
In February 2008, a federal appeals court ordered the EPA to regulate toxic air pollutants from power plants. Then the American Nurses Association and environmental groups sued to compel the EPA to issue the regulations.
The tougher rules will clean up more than just heavy metals because some kinds of controls also remove other pollutants, such as soot.
Mercury enters the food chain and ends up in fish. Children, including those exposed to mercury before birth, are especially at risk of developmental and learning disabilities.


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Travelling cook Jenny Starling lands a summer job catering for the conference trade at a prestigious Oxford college, but she doesn't expect murder to be on either the menu or the syllabus.
An unpopular member of a taxidermy society is found dead, and Jenny is reluctantly persuaded by the college bursar to help the suspicious police solve the case. That's easier said than done when nobody has a particularly strong motive, and absolutely everybody seems to have an iron-clad alibi.
©2014 Joyce Cato (P)2015 Soundings
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This is a page with some pieces still hard to find, because not yet re-issued or out-of-print.
Do listen…..listen…..download…..listen again…….share with your friends…..listen again…..again and again…..
Let's start with the 1973 album HAIKU never re-issued on CD, but maybe one day, who knows, let's dream !
Then, a few pieces without any link between each other,
And sometimes without relation at all with the Don Ellis Orchestra, incredible isn't it ?
Spring Affair [Karin Krog supported by Don Ellis, beautiful…a bit pastoral]
Quintile [Stan Kenton Orchestra, revisited by Johnny Richards, bewitching]
Knock yourself out [Tower of Power, the famous magic horns in a kind of Ellis-style-rhythm...]
Bella Coola [Michael Shrieve, former drummer from Santana, extract from the terrific Stiletto album]


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THE ENRON VERDICT: NEWS ANALYSIS; Executives' Downfall: The 'Managing' of Numbers Turned Into Manipulating Them
By FLOYD NORRIS
Published: May 27, 2006
For corporate America, the most important fact about the Enron verdict returned by a Houston jury on Thursday may be that Kenneth L. Lay and Jeffrey K. Skilling were convicted even though they were not charged with being the masterminds of the Enron fraud.
Instead, several counts of the case were based on charges that the two men misled employees and investors in comments they made during the final months of Enron's existence. Those comments made the company's earnings and financial situation seem better than it was, or left out negative news that the prosecution deemed material.
For example, one count against Mr. Skilling was based on what the prosecution saw as a direction to underlings to find a way to beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly earnings.
''Abracadabra, just like that. A penny to meet the consensus estimates,'' said Kathryn H. Ruemmler, a prosecutor, in closing arguments. ''That's fraud. It's wrong.''
Many companies do their best to meet earnings estimates, and it is far from unusual for managements to change estimates in ways that make the company look good. The defense argued that estimates were within reasonable ranges, and so were legal. The jury agreed with the prosecution.
''The question here,'' said David S. Ruder, a law professor at Northwestern University and a former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, ''is what level of earnings management will cause the government, either the S.E.C. or the Justice Department, to bring action. There is a danger for management that if they step over the line, they may be prosecuted.''
Another count dealt with the way Enron reported performance of various sectors of the company. The prosecution said the company shifted one line of business from one sector to another to hide a loss. Under accounting rules, the company had every right to change its sector breakdown, so long as that was the way top executives measured its business, as a defense expert testified. The prosecution did not contend that accounting rules were violated. Instead, it told the jury that Enron owed it to investors to explain why it was making the change.
''They didn't disclose these problems to the marketplace, and the investor didn't know and didn't understand what was going on,'' Sean M. Berkowitz, another prosecutor, told the jury. ''It is a crime to omit material information about your business, and that's what happened, ladies and gentlemen.''
The prosecution argued that even things that were not part of formal S.E.C. filings could be part of a fraud. Enron had long used something it called ''total contract value'' to measure the success of a part of its business, known as Enron Energy Services, or E.E.S.
That measure was subject to abuse, as it depended on easily manipulated estimates about the future, but that was not what bothered the prosecution. It was that Mr. Lay stopped using that yardstick, or ''metric'' in business jargon, when it became clear that the goal for it would not be met.
''He tells people that the metric has been abandoned, not because they were going to miss, but because it's no longer relevant,'' Ms. Ruemmler told the jury, referring to a conference call with analysts on Oct. 16, 2001. ''And in fact, he then says, in answer to a specific question, 'We would have hit our numbers in E.E.S. on every metric.' That was just a flat lie.''
She went on to explain to the jury: ''The point of this is that this is all just smoke and mirrors. They can make the numbers say whatever they want to say.''
There was no charge that accounting rules were violated in that statement. ''Total contract value'' is not a term used in generally accepted accounting principles. The argument of the prosecution, which the jury accepted, was that simply misleading investors was a crime.
Many other companies use the numbers to make themselves look as good as possible, and they have been known to change the preferred measurement in what they sometimes call pro forma earnings, much as a baseball player seeking a raise may point to home runs one year and to batting average the next, depending on how he did.
Of course, the baseball team management knows all the statistics, so no one is misled. But in business, investors cannot know everything about a company and depend on the measurements corporations are forced to use -- by accounting rules -- or choose to use.
In essence, the prosecutors were bringing back the word ''fairly,'' which appears in every annual report. As Arthur Andersen certified in Enron's final annual report, the company's financial statements ''present fairly, in all material respects'' the company's financial condition.
In 1970, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that an auditing firm violated the law if it certified financial statements that conformed with accounting rules but did not provide a fair picture. It is a decision that companies have long disliked.
Enron's financial statements did not conform to the rules. But the convictions of Mr. Lay and Mr. Skilling were based in part on determinations that they failed to give a fair picture, even when they did not violate the rules. That is a precedent that could come back to haunt other executives.


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Flora early 1940s painting
2009 limited edition prints available
Jim Flora Art has released a limited-edition, archival-quality fine art print of an uncirculated, untitled early 1940s Flora painting. The work, which depicts an inscrutable panorama of disconnected facial features, headless quadrupeds, and someone's nightmare of a fanged horse, is casually referred to as White Block Quadrupeds to differentiate it from other untitled Flora works. The original was painted in tempera on a thick rectangular block of wood the artist had first swathed in a coat of white. The stylized figures echo a number of motifs common to the artist's work in the period 1942 to 1944, after he was hired by the Columbia Records art department. (An early pencil sketch of the work appears at the bottom of this page.)
Only twenty-five (25) prints of White Block Quadrupeds were produced for this edition. Each print is numbered in the lower right corner beneath the image and authenticated on the reverse with the stamped seal of Jim Flora Art LLC (a Flora family enterprise). We have sold print numbers 21/25 thru 25/25, and are now offering number 20/25 for $175.00 (plus s/h). Prices will increase for subsequent prints as the edition depletes.
Produced by Flora archivist Barbara Economon with state-of-the-art digital technology, the prints have been meticulously crafted and painstakingly replicated from a high-resolution scan of the the original block. All elements of the artist's work have been retained, including faint pencil outlines. Some digital restoration was required to eliminate a series of dents (presumably not intentionally inflicted by the artist) which impacted the image. However, minor aging artifacts which do not detract from the overall impression were retained for the edition. In addition, because the original work was unsigned, a compatible Flora painted signature from 1943 has been added below the active art to officially "brand" the work.
The image area is 6-3/4" high x 11-1/2" wide — the exact size of the original work — and centered on a sheet 11" high x 17" wide. The unframed prints are on heavyweight (310g) mould-made William Turner stock, a natural white, 100% rag paper with a fine toothy surface manufactured by Hahnemühle, who are renowned for premium-grade archival papers. The edition was produced on an Epson 3800Pro large format printer using Epson UltraChrome K3 Pigment Ink Technology, resulting in brilliant, velvety color and offering excellent longevity and durability.
The print will ship flat, securely packaged and guaranteed against bending or dents. Print includes a detailed, custom-printed one-sheet with instructions for the proper care of this fine art reproduction.
White Block Quadrupeds has not been previously reproduced, published, or exhibited. Due to the fine art print's higher-resolution process, as well as superior paper, inks, and quality control, the colors in the print appear brighter, crisper, and more vibrant than the online image. Online color appearance may vary slightly depending on your monitor settings.
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Hidden DVD Drive Lets Viewers Burn Artist's Entire Exhibit
Visitors to the new installation by Aram Bartholl for the Museum of the Moving Image can have the whole exhibit for free, if they can find the secret portal.
Before even stepping foot in New York City's Museum of the Moving Image visitors will have access to Aram Bartholl's latest works – if they can find them. The digital artist has installed a slot-loading DVD burner into the outside wall of the building, physically hidden save for a tiny slot. Visitors can canvas the building from morning till night until they stumble upon it, and once they do all they need is a DVD. Slip it in the slot and it will spit back out Bartholl's exhibit, burned onto your disc.
The analog-digital nature of this hunt complements the artist's earlier work with USBs, where he cemented flash drives into the side of public buildings for passers-by to connect to and explore. When the search for art is part of the exhibition itself, where does the experience begin? Exploring ways for people to engage with art both digitally and in person may be where the future of the museum lies.


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Sam and Jacob Redman. Two brothers, SAS through and through. They fight alongside each other; they watch each other's backs. They are ruthlessly professional in the field of war, fiercely loyal wherever they are. But when Jacob is booted from the Regiment for a moment of madness, he disappears. Not even his family knows where he is, or even if he's still alive.
All that is about to change. On his return from a brutal mission in Afghanistan, Sam is ordered to conduct another dangerous operation into an inhospitable part of the world. He soon learns, though, that his unit are not being told everything by their government paymasters; and so he is forced to choose between his duty to the men around him and his loyalty to the brother that he loves.
Is Jacob part of a plan that threatens world peace? As the body count rises, only Sam can stop these events from reaching their terrifying conclusion.
©2009 Chris Ryan; (P)2009 Random House Audiobooks
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Saying goodbye to friend and cowboy journalist Carl Hilliard
"In the clearing stands a cowboy ... a writer by his trade."
I thought that slight modification to Paul Simon's lyrics to "The Boxer" would have been acceptable just this once as I looked at the portrait of my friend and former colleague Carl Hilliard and listened to the vocalist at the memorial service for the longtime Associated Press legislative correspondent on Sunday. Hilliard died of a heart attack at his home the weekend before last.
For 32 years he chronicled the activities of Colorado lawmakers, before retiring in 1999. For 13 of those years, we worked together during my two stints with the AP. After my exit, we continued our friendship.
Former Colorado AP editor Ward Marchant and I agreed Sunday that any combination of Hilliard and church seemed odd, a fact confirmed by the presiding pastor. A member of Carl's extended family, she acknowledged that the "church lady" would be presiding over a mostly-secular service.
"Being in a church doesn't make you a religious person any more than standing in a garage makes you a car," she allowed, a sentiment that could have been penned by the guest of honor himself.
That portrait was of mustachioed Hilliard standing beside a horse in a mountain meadow, smiling broadly, happy in mid-life while enjoying activities learned as a child growing up in Wyoming and Montana. His cowboy hat rested on the altar steps.
There may never be a more unlikely or more perfectly cast political journalist than Carl Hilliard.
He had an exceedingly low tolerance for the b.s. and pomposity that too often accompanies political activities, and he delighted in exposing that in the weekly column he wrote for years that was circulated widely by Colorado newspapers.
When one of the many bureau chiefs he worked for suggested Carl tone it down a bit, editors across the state made certain that didn't happen.
There's a plaque memorializing Hilliard's service affixed to the desk in the Colorado House chambers where he sat. A few years ago, he was inducted into the Denver Press Club's Hall of Fame.
But the enduring tribute to the way he practiced his craft may have come at his retirement party, attended by governors and politicians of all stripes, as well as fellow journalists and others.
At that event, friend and former Denver Post political writer Fred Brown recalled, House Speaker Russ George, a Rifle Republican, asked Carl to finally reveal his political persuasion, something George and countless other subjects of Hilliard's reporting had never been able to figure out on their own.
The gruff and witty nature often evident in his column and in any conversation with Hilliard also carried over into his family life.
His wife, Lana, noted that Carl's summation of their marriage was that "we saved two other people from us." At the service, Lana told the story of being in bed with Carl watching a movie in which a man spent a year in search of his kidnapped wife after efforts of police and private detectives failed to find her.
A misty-eyed Lana asked Carl, "Honey, would you come looking for me like that?"
"No," her loving husband replied. "He'd have to figure out how to escape all by himself."
Hilliard's son, Bronson, is the spokesman for the University of Colorado, after serving as a speechwriter for a former CU president. In one obituary, he recalled the reaction when he accepted that earlier job after stints as a journalist himself.
"He's left the Indians and joined the wagon train, " his father opined.
I suspect Carl wouldn't have been pleased with either the state of journalism or politics these days.
In his day, politicians could fight tooth and nail on the floor of the Colorado House and Senate, then buy one another dinner or drinks at the Profile or the Senate Lounge afterward. Today, politics is a blood sport.
He was one of the last of the political journalists to help us understand why we ought to be concerned about the machinations of our elected officials. Today we get cursory reports on the flare-up of the moment.
Carl Hilliard has been and will be missed.


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Mar 10, 2010
|Go to fullmantlepress.com for information on the complete Warpin Endorphin/Dump guide. Click on Guides > High Country Cragger. Also available from The Full Mantle Press is a comprehensive guide for the Gold Coast Cliffs, Linville Gorge. Check it out!
By Dan Petty
From: Wheat Ridge, CO
Nov 5, 2010
Parking: 36.096732, -81.777214
The rock face is directly across the street from the parking area.
By Mike Anderson
From: Colorado Springs, CO
Mar 19, 2012
I just wanted to say that this is an awesome little crag with a very misleading name. Thanks to all that had a hand in developing and maintaining it!
I'm baffled that it's not included in the Lambert guide...it must be because this crag contradicts his thesis that NC should be preserved as a museum for "ground up traditional ethics".
By Jeff Stirman
Jun 27, 2013
|How is this place after recent rain?
By Benandstuff
From: Winston-Salem, NC
Aug 10, 2015
|The Footslogger's map has an area on the opposite side of the road for boulders at The Dump. I went to the parking lot, and heard voices down the hillside, but I couldn't find a suitable way down. Both ways I tried had ass-tons of broken glass, tons of vegetation, and no clear trail. Is the trail a walk down the road, or am I missing something here?
By Tommy Penick
From: Truckee, California
Sep 15, 2015
|To further beta-ify where the parking is, if you're coming from Boone, keep in mind it's the second county line sign that you pass.It's about a 1/10th of a mile past Pilot Ridge Road, which steeply drops off to the left.
By Russ Keane
Jun 26, 2017
|Agree with the comment above: This place is a sweet little gem and the name is completely ironic!


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Diego Fagundez provided the perfect platform for New England to claim a first victory at BMO Field. Unfortunately for the Revolution, Fagundez's second-minute tally marked the high point of this visit to Ontario and left them with simply too much to do over the remaining 88 minutes.
Instead of building upon that early goal and submitting up an aggressive, ruthless display, the visitors struggled to find their rhythm after a bright opening period. Toronto FC scored an equalizer on the stroke of halftime and forced the Revs to eventually settle for a 1-1 draw on Friday night.
Revolution coach Jay Heaps admitted he wanted to see his players continue to press the initiative after the impressive start and noted how much the tone of the proceedings shifted from the intricate early stages.
"I was a little disappointed with the performance overall – not the points, but the way we played," Revolution coach Jay Heaps told reporters after the match. "We were up against tough opponents. They played great. Toronto worked their tails off. They didn't give us anything. Fortunately, we started very well. Then, about 20 minutes into the game, it started to slip away from us. It then became more about energy, fight and passion, rather than a football game."
The ensuing slog took the Revs away from the strengths they showed over the past couple of weeks – maintaining possession in the attacking half and piling on the pressure until the opposition succumbed – and shunted them into a more rudimentary contest.
It never really churned out of that gear as the night progressed. Neither side – not even TFC after Andrew Wiedeman's scrappy equalizer shortly before the interval – could generate the sort of chances required to turn the proceedings in the second half.
The final result left the visitors to lament their inability to snatch the victory and strengthen their position in the crowded Eastern Conference playoff picture. Those misgivings came with a caveat, though, according to Revolution defender A.J. Soares.
"We were very disappointed we did not win the game, but we are happy we are now at a level where we are disappointed about not winning games on the road," Soares told reporters after the match. "We have taken seven points out of our last three games. If you were to offer that beforehand, we would have taken it. It wasn't the way we wanted to play the game, but we defended well and had some good moments. Sometimes, that is what you have to do."


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Germany's DOWNFALL OF GAIA To Release Suffocating In The Swarm Of Cranes
June 11, 2012, 5 years ago
Metal Blade has signed Germany's DOWNFALL OF GAIA. The band formed in 2008 in Hannover, Germany and has released a demo CD, a split tape, a split LP, and a full length album. Their split with IN THE HEARTS OF EMPERORS can be found on bandcamp here.
Downfall Of Gaia started out as a crust band, but quickly developed further and have become much more difficult to compare to any other bands. Over the years, their songs became longer, slower, heavier; their influences range from doom to black metal, from down-tempo, to sludge, and hardcore. Their songs have and epic and majestic vibe, with enough musical peaks and valleys to keep listeners rooted firmly to the earth throughout 9:00+ minutes of music.
Since day one, the four-piece has been an active live band, not only performing Germany, but also throughout the world: Italy, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, and the United States have been witness to their live performances. No matter if they are playing a tiny club or a big festival, Downfall Of Gaia are well known for their intense live shows.
Downfall Of Gaia comments on their deal: "We feel quite honored to be a part of the Metal Blade family and to work with one of the most notable labels in the world! We are really excited about our Metal Blade debut and the future! A big thank you to all the people who supported us in any way during the last years, without you all of this wouldn't be possible!"
Downfall Of Gaia just finished the recording their next batch of music. The concept album, Suffocating In The Swarm Of Cranes, will be released later on in 2012. Stay tuned for more information.


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Black Sabbath Announce New Album Title, Release Plans
Black Sabbath has announced that their long-awaited new album will been entitled '13,' and is scheduled for release on an unspecified date in June of 2013.
The Rick Rubin-produced record will be the legendary group's first album to feature original singer Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler working together since 1978's 'Never Say Die.'
The band's press release — which was timed to arrive on the 13th of January — also revealed that Rage Against the Machine's Brad Wilk was selected to fill in for founding drummer Bill Ward, who was unable to reach a financial settlement with his bandmates for this reunion.
The group will also perform in New Zealand, Australia and Japan prior to the release of '13,' and promises that "additional tour plans will be revealed in the coming months." It is unknown if Wilk will join them for these concerts. Tommy Clufetos from Osbourne's solo band sat behind the drum kit during the group's 2012 concerts, including their headlining appearance at Lollapalooza.
Black Sabbath 2013 Tour Dates:
4/20 — Auckland, New Zealand
4/22 — Auckland, New Zealand
4/25 — Brisbane, Australia
4/27 — Sydney, Australia
4/29 — Melbourne, Australia
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SAN JOSE — It was the Miikka Kiprusoff of old.
It wasn't quite enough.
The Flames netminder kicked aside 39 shots in Friday's 2-1 loss to the San Jose Sharks in the Silicon Valley, with Calgary's winless skid away from the Saddledome now reaching a dirty dozen despite the best efforts of their star puck-stopper.
"He was phenomenal. That's the way he can play and that's the way, I think, a lot of people are accustomed to him playing," said Flames defenceman Chris Butler.
"Standing on his head. Making some ridiculous glove saves. Making diving saves when you think he's down and out.
"His compete-level, for a guy that's played for so long, his drive to win, is amazing."
He didn't win this one, but Kiprusoff certainly made the Sharks work for their seven straight victory on home ice.
Although he's stopped short of using it as an excuse, the 36-year-old netminder has admitted the swirling trade rumours have contributed to his struggles so far this season.
When the Flames honoured his request to stick around the Saddledome and didn't send him to the Toronto Maple Leafs — or any other suitor — at Wednesday's NHL trade deadline, he promised to be better.
For at least one night, he was.
In fact, Kiprusoff was perfect for almost 43 minutes before Dan Boyle's shot — San Jose's 28th attempt of the night — from the slot snuck past him early in the third period.
Sharks centre Joe Pavelski capitalized from the side of the net with 2:06 remaining to cap the comeback.
Flames centre Mikael Backlund had the lone goal for the out-of-towners, zipping a shot through Antti Niemi's five-hole on a first-period man-advantage.
"I felt normal," Kiprusoff said. "Everybody knows it was lots of of things going on the last few days. It was good to get it over with. It's the same thing I've been doing — just try to work hard.
"The next one is a new game again, but I felt pretty good."
Kiprusoff got a bit of assistance from his iron, with Logan Couture hitting the post and Joe Thornton leaving a dent in the cross-bar.
He also got some help from his defence corps.
With workhorse Jay Bouwmeester traded to St. Louis two days before the deadline and assistant captain Mark Giordano staying home to be with his wife, Lauren, as the couple welcomed a baby boy Thursday night, the Flames didn't ice their ideal blueline brigade.
In fact, head coach Bob Hartley — despite a Hockey Night in Canada showdown with the Vancouver Canucks looming less than 24 hours later — was rotating the foursome of Butler, T.J. Brodie, Cory Sarich and Dennis Wideman for most of the night.
Call-up Brett Carson was used sparingly and Anton Babchuk was used, well, almost never. On a first-period penalty kill, Butler didn't leave the ice. Not until the entire two minutes was up.
The Flames have now lost four in a row, but they can certainly can take some positives from Friday's effort.
"Tonight would have been a real good tonic for us to get the win, to get the two points, because we got every component that we needed to win a game," Hartley said. "We got the goaltending. We got the effort. We got a powerplay goal. We had some strong kills.
"It's just too bad, one missed assignment on that winning goal."
Butler, who had his heaviest workload of the season with 26 minutes of ice-time, likely didn't have any trouble getting some shut-eye on Friday's late-night charter to Vancouver.
Despite the loss, Kiprusoff should have slept even better.
"Tonight, we saw the real Kipper," Hartley said. "Since the trade deadline is over, I saw a different person. It seems that there is tons of pressure that is off his shoulders.
"He's the reason why we stayed in the game."
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Don't miss out on a lower price on this hotel
Get an overview of this hotelHotel in North Charleston with free breakfast and free airport shuttle
Popular property highlights
Situated near the airport, this hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Charleston Area Convention Center, North Charleston Coliseum and Performing Arts Center, and Charleston Tanger Outlets. Riverfront Park and H.L. Hunley Submarine are also within 6 mi (10 km).
Hotel Features
This hotel features an outdoor pool, a fitness center, and a 24-hour business center. Free buffet breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free airport shuttle. Other amenities include coffee/tea in a common area, dry cleaning, and a 24-hour front desk.
Room Amenities
All 124 rooms offer free WiFi, coffee makers, and flat-screen TVs with cable channels. Free local calls, hair dryers, and ironing boards are among the other amenities that guests will find.
Guest Highlights
- Comfortable rooms
- Good location
- Breakfast
- Helpful staff
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Hampton Inn Charleston Airport
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Hotel Amenities
Hampton Inn Charleston Airport features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. This hotel offers access to a 24-hour business center. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. An area shuttle within 5 mi and a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) are complimentary for guests. This North Charleston hotel also offers coffee/tea in a common area, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Hampton Inn Charleston Airport has designated areas for smoking.
- Outdoor pool
- Free airport transportation
- Free newspapers in lobby
- 24-hour front desk
- Express check-out
- Express check-in
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Total number of rooms - 124
- Number of floors - 4
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Television in common areas
- Free breakfast
- Elevator/lift
- Long-term parking (surcharge)
- Free self parking
- Fitness facilities
- Free shopping center shuttle
- Designated smoking areas
- Free WiFi
- RV, bus, truck parking
- Free area shuttle
- 24-hour business center
Family Friendly Amenities
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Area shuttle (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Long-term parking (surcharge), Free self parking, RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Free local calls
- Premium TV channels
- Coffee/tea maker
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Cable TV service
- Phone
- Partially open bathroom
- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast each morning.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
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Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
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Check-out time is 11 AM
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 10.00 per night.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets not allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
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- Rollaway bed fee: USD 10.00 per night
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- Hampton Inn Hotel Charleston Airport
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Monroe County dead dog dispute
CLARENDON (KATV) - Four people are charged in a Monroe County dispute after a man reportedly shot a hunter's dog.
According to hunter and dog owner Newell Gill, he was hunting in the White River Wildlife Refuge with two others when one of his dogs chased a raccoon onto private property. The owner of the property, Frank Newby, then shot and killed his dog.
Gill along with fellow hunters, Maggie Edmonds and Lee McGrill, have all been sentenced to 10 days in jail and a $1,000 fine for trespassing. The property owner was sentenced to 10 days in jail and a $500 fine for killing the dog. Newby was also sentenced to an additional six months in jail and a $2,000 fine for assault.


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The last unemployment report to be released before the election reiterates how far we have to go to reach pre-recession levels of prosperity. The 7.9 percent unemployment rate recorded for October is up slightly from September's 7.8 percent. Even more discouraging, it is slightly higher than the 7.8 percent recorded when President Obama first took office while the recession was at its peak.
Although the recession officially ended in June 2009, that is just a technicality for the more than 20 million Americans still struggling to find full-time work. "Recovery" is basically meaningless unless it is accompanied by job creation, and this recovery has earned a place in the history books as the slowest ever recorded. This is the first downturn since World War II in which jobs lost in the recession had not been restored by this point in the recovery.
When the jobs report is examined in depth, the challenges appear even more daunting. Although the unemployment rate has rebounded from an average high of 9 percent in the recession aftermath, many of the recovered jobs are only part-time positions. The number of full-time employees has actually dropped by 371,000 since January 2009 while the number of part-time workers has increased by more than 1.5 million. Many have just given up. Over the past three years, 7.8 million people have dropped out of the workforce altogether, compared to just 1.2 million new employees. If the unemployment rate included those who have given up and dropped out of the labor force, real unemployment for October stands at 10.9 percent. Of those, 5 million people have been unemployed for six months or more. In January 2009, only 2.7 million people were counted among the long-term unemployed.
This is the sobering context in which the upcoming lame duck Congress will tackle the rapidly approaching fiscal cliff. Failing to prevent the tax hikes and irresponsible spending policies collectively known as the fiscal cliff would be dangerous in the best of times, but persistently high unemployment makes the stakes that much higher. If Congress fails to act, all working Americans will be hit with a tax hike totaling $4.3 trillion over 10 years and $300 billion in 2013 alone. Military spending will be gutted, leading to another wave of job losses. Economic experts, including those at the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, universally warn that this outcome would plunge us back into recession and raise unemployment back above 9 percent.
While we should be grateful for the progress in job growth -- however slow and minimal -- we should be under no illusions that the economy is out of danger. In a weak economy further weakened by a major natural disaster, preventing the fiscal cliff tax increases in December is more important than ever.
Source: http://cole.house.gov/jobs-report-shows-continuing-challenges


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WITTON Albion have accepted an offer from neighbours Knutsford to play a friendly tomorrow, Saturday.
The Cheshire League champions have hired a 3G pitch at Middlewich Leisure Centre to host the game after both teams' scheduled league encounters were postponed.
Kick off is at midday, with admission free for spectators.
Donations from anybody watching the action, to cover the hire of the playing surface and match officials, will be welcome.
Witton had been due to host Worksop Town in the Evo-Stik Northern Premier League, but the game was postponed on Friday as their Wincham Park pitch is covered in snow.
Meanwhile Knutsford's home date with Crewe, in the Cheshire League's top tier, has been called off for the same reason.
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On another fairly bleak weekend for South Africa's Super Rugby teams, the Bulls have at least put themselves in a position to challenge for a place in the top six and a place in the "quarter-finals".
The Sharks may have suffered a third defeat of the season on Saturday, against Jake White's former team, the Brumbies in Canberra, but the men from Durban still have a handy lead in their race to end tops in South Africa and win the local conference. In fact, they're still in the No1 position overall and still in with a great chance of actually finishing that way in a few weeks time.
The defeat was a small setback for White and his charges, but it could become a whole lot worse than that should they also stumble against the Crusaders this weekend. This match is now shaping up as a hugely important one for the Sharks.
In what can only be described as "a waste of time" the Sharks and Brumbies resorted to a kicking duel not seen this year in their clash in Canberra, with neither side likely to have taken many positives from the match. It is a game the Sharks may even have won had Frans Steyn sadly not had one of those days – his goal-kicking was woeful and not much else worked for him either on the night.
The good news from the weekend, though, was the performance of the Bulls, who turned around a 12-0 deficit to comfortably beat the Stormers at Loftus Versfeld. It was a typical Bulls display – they slowly got the better of their opponents upfront, earned penalties, kicked the goals and ended up as the dominant outfit.
With two out of two now on home turf since returning from a winless tour of Australasia, the Bulls are back in business, but that doesn't mean they're headed for the play-offs just yet. But what the win has done is keep them alive in the competition – and with just four games to play before their schedule is done, they have their fate in their own hands.
Frans Ludeke's men have a bye this week, but then they face the Brumbies at Loftus in what is shaping up to be a potential make-or-break game for them. After that they're up against the Lions, the Stormers and Rebels – a big ask if you know you have to win all of them to qualify. But then the Bulls have shown recently they can handle the pressure and win when they have to. If nothing else, at least there's hope that South Africa will have more than one team in the knockout stages.
Sadly it was another weekend Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske will want to forget as quickly as possible. His team suffered their ninth defeat of their campaign, going down to the Western Force in Bloemfontein.
The Cheetahs had more than enough chances to bag a win, but poor finishing, some dubious officiating and the Force's strong defence thwarted them for much of the contest. It was the Force's seventh win in 10 matches and they look to be well on their way to making the playoffs.
The Lions also came unstuck, against the Highlanders in Dunedin, but they showed tremendous fighting spirit to keep their hosts scoreless in a strong second half showing, which bagged them three tries. A missed conversion by Elton Jantjies in the final act of the game was all that separated the teams after 80 minutes.
Yesterday, the Crusaders moved to fourth place overall after a convincing 57-29 victory over the Reds in Brisbane.
Reds 29, Crusaders 57; Bulls 28, Stormers 12; Cheetahs 16, Force 23; Brumbies 16, Sharks 9; Highlanders 23, Lions 22; Rebels 15, Hurricanes 25; Chiefs 32, Blues 20 FIXTURES
Friday: Hurricanes v Highlanders 9.35am
Saturday: Crusaders v Sharks 9.35am; Reds v Rebels 11.40am; Stormers v Force 5pm; Cheetahs v Brumbies 7pm
Sunday: Waratahs v Lions 8am - The Star


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Located on the Monterey Peninsula, Gosby House Inn in Pacific Grove has been welcoming guests for over 100 years. This cheerful yellow and white Victorian mansion, with its carefully tended gardens and central patio, sets the standard for gracious innkeeping. Restaurants, shops and a scenic shoreline-walking route are just a few blocks from the Gosby House Inn, the choice for romance on the Monterey Peninsula.
This Four Sisters Inn blends the modern luxuries and sophisticated services of a boutique hotel with the traditional amenities and architecture of a B & B.
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- Internet Access - Wireless
- Voice Mail
- Travel Agent Commission
- Accepts Gift Certificates
- Bike Friendly
- Non Smoking
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THE Australian dollar has continued lower after Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens said he would not rule out intervention to bring the currency lower.
At 0630 AEST on Thursday, the local currency was trading at 92.89 US cents, down from 92.96 cents on Wednesday.
In his semi-annual testimony to a parliamentary committee on Wednesday, governor Stevens said while he had not yet intervened to bring the currency lower, intervention remained an option.


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Hotel Da Raffaele3
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Staying at the hotel Da Raffaele you find yourself in the heart of the main town of the Island, at about 200mtrs from the harbor and 30mtrs from the lido S. Pietro Beach. Thanks to it's central position you can easly reach the lovely high fashion shops, jewelries, boutiques, bars, night clubs and of course all other important services as bus-stop, pharmacy, travel agency etc just stepping out of the hotel.
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Sir Stamford At Circular Quay5 Self rated
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Sir Stamford at Circular Quay is superbly situated in the heart of Sydney on historic Macquarie Street. This excellent location means you're just a short stroll from the world famous Opera House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Central Business District and Sydney Harbour. Regularly awarded for its outstanding service and facilities, the hotel features 18th Century Louis xv and Georgian antiques.
Sir Stamford Circular Quay houses one of Australia's largest private collections of fine art.
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This smoky little cellar hosts bands playing fresh, unrecorded rock, jam nights and reggae, live and on the sound system. It's just a student bar, but one with a love for chilled-out, dreadlocked hanging-out. The entrance is hidden in a shopping passage.
Area Prague
Transport Metro Národní třída/tram 6, 9, 17, 18, 22 .
Telephone 221 085 599
Open 6pm-5am Mon-Sat; 6pm-1am Sun.
Admission 60 K±.
We went there last night (Saturday night) and the place was decently crowded. The band was The Professor - a Beatles Revival band and they were really good. The atmosphere was really chilled out and we met a bunch of really cool people


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Egemen Korkmaz turned his birthday into a party for all Beşiktaş JK fans, as his powerful 66th-minuteheader lifted the Black Eagles above FC Dynamo Kyiv and into the qualifying places in UEFA Europa League Group E.
Centre-back Egemen marked his 28th birthday by getting his head to a Simão corner and powering into the Dynamo net as the Istanbul side gained a modicum of revenge for their elimination from this competition by the same opponents last season. However, they lived on their nerves in the closing stages despite a typically vocal backing at the BJK İnönü Stadyumu.
There was little to choose between the sides in the opening period, though in terms of chances, it was the home side who were on top. Hugo Almeida might have put Beşiktaş in front in the 11th minute, as he timed his run perfectly to meet a Roberto Hilbert cross, but his header did not find its target. Olexandr Shovkovskiy then prevented a Dynamo disaster, fending away a Yevhen Khacheridi deflection from Ricardo Quaresma's searching ball.
The goalkeeper had to stop Mehmet Aurélio's shot soon afterwards and Quaresma might have done better with his boot when he elected to have a go with his head ten minutes from the break.
Beşiktaş showed plenty of patient endeavour after the break as they looked to pass their way to success, but the goal when it came was a little less elegant, Egemen surging in to nod past Shovkovskiy from a corner. Carlos Carvalhal's men created enough chances to kill the game off, but mindful of Dynamo's penchant for added-time goals, Beşiktaş were mightily relieved when the final whistle finally came.
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Print Study Room Open House
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Date and Time
- Saturday, February 25, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Founders Hall, Room 102
The University of San Diego will hold an open house at the Hoehn Family Print Study Room. This open house will offer members of the San Diego community an opportunity to learn about prints from our permanent collection, view our new print reference library, and visit the current exhibitions on display.
The Hoehn Family Print Study Room first opened its doors in 2009 as the home for the university's print collection, which includes works by master printmakers Goya, Dürer, Callot, Rouault and Rembrandt. The collection strives to represent the history of printmaking from the fifteenth century to the present day. The Print Study Room acts as a reference and resource for students and the larger San Diego community.
On display in adjacent galleries are Goya's Disasters of War: A Legacy in Print, and New Impressions: Recent Acquisitions for the University of San Diego Print Collection. The galleries will be open throughout the open house event.
Visitor parking is available free of charge. For additional questions about this event, please consult www.sandiego.edu/printroom or contact (619) 260-7516.


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Can't wait until October 2013 to get your first taste of "The Walking Dead" Season 3? Well you don't have to. Here are some new set photos from the upcoming season, featuring actors Danai Gurira (playing newcomer Michonne) and her gal pal, Laurie Holden (gun-totin' Andrea) stuck behind a certain town and a certain character from the past making a certain comeback.
Without a doubt — SPOILERS BELOW.
Here's your first look at Michonne and Andrea in the town of Woodbury, stronghold of The Governor. Interesting that Andrea and Michonne are together; I'm thinking after getting saved by Michonne, Andrea has found herself a new BFF:
And look who is back! Yes, that would be Michael Rooker, back as Merle Dixon, the show's ridiculously generic Southern redneck racist/horn dog/douche bag from the first season. It's amazing how complicated Daryl Dixon has become, but Merle was so painfully cliche.
Via : The Walking Dead Forum


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As one travels around this great nation of ours, it's not unusual to see an American Flag flying from a flagpole or displayed from a side mount of a home. Such sights are refreshing and reassuring reminders that people still take pride in showing the flag and giving physical demonstration of their patriotism. Bravo to every one of them for doing so. However, something else is also equally evident in many of these displays.
All too often, the flag on display is in serious need of attention. Public display of the Flag of the United States of America does have some regulations governing it. Too often, good intentions trump the simple rules for proper flag display. Without meaning to, many citizens actually do a disservice to their flag by not displaying it properly. And the amazing thing is that this wrong can be so easily avoided and/or corrected.
A soiled flag can be laundered and returned to serviceable condition. Worn, frayed, discolored, faded, unraveling ends and threads are all signs of a flag that is no longer serviceable. Local VFW posts offer free retirement services and will provide a replacement flag as well.
From U.S. Code, Title 36, Chapter 10: §176. Respect for flag. No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.
(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.
(b) The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.
(c) The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.
(d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general.
(e) The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any way.
(f) The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling.
(g) The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature.
(h) The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.
(i) The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard. Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.
(j) No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform. However, a flag patch may be affixed to the uniform of military personnel, firemen, policemen, and members of patriotic organizations. The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing. Therefore, the lapel flag pin being a replica, should be worn on the left lapel near the heart. (k) The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.
Basically, if you don't attempt to wear the flag, place anything on it, use it to carry or deliver another item, use it when colors are faded, or threads are unraveling, use it for commercial purposes or place another flag above it, you are on safe territory.
One other point of concern is displaying the flag after dark. From the VFW website, the following applies: The federal flag code says the universal custom is to display the U.S. flag from sunrise to sunset on buildings and stationary flagstaffs in the open, but when a patriotic effect is desired the flag may be displayed 24-hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness.
Also, the U.S. flag should not be displayed when the weather is inclement, except when an all-weather flag is displayed. Included here are some images of respectful handling and display of the flag and some flag code violations. Don't let yourself become a statistic in this posse. Remember, June 14 is Flag Day. Show your colours with pride, proudly.


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Two Rangers fans found guilty of assaulting Lennon
Two Rangers fans were found guilty on Friday of assaulting former Celtic captain Neil Lennon.
A jury found Jeffrey Carrigan, 43, and David Whitelaw, 47, both of Knightswood in Glasgow, guilty by majority verdict at the city's Sheriff Court.
Part of the charge, that the attack was aggravated by religious prejudice, was dropped.
Lennon, 37, now a coach at the Glasgow club, needed hospital treatment after the attack in the early hours of September 1 last year.
Lennon had been out in the west end of Glasgow following his side's defeat to Old Firm rivals Rangers.
Carrigan and Whitelaw did not deny getting into a fight with Lennon, but claimed he was the initial aggressor.
They told the court the football coach started the fight after Carrigan asked him if he enjoyed the day's game. Sheriff Martin Jones jailed both men for two years each.
The pair were impassive as Sheriff Jones sentenced them.
He said: ''You have been convicted of a vicious, brutal and cowardly attack on an innocent member of the public who was making his way home in the early hours of the morning in Ashton Lane.
''That is an area popular with the public where they should feel safe and such an attack should be viewed seriously.''
Describing the attack on Lennon, he said: ''He was curled up trying to protect himself and offering no resistance. At some stage during this mindless attack the complainer was rendered unconscious.
''Once it ended you left the complainer lying on the ground and you made your escape. The complainer was fortunate that he did not receive more serious injuries, given the ferocity of the assault.''
The midfielder was born in Lurgan, Northern Ireland in 1971 and signed his first professional contract with Manchester City at the age of 18.
Having made his name at Leicester, where he won the League Cup in 1997 and 2000, he was signed by Celtic for £5.75million.
Lennon became part of the Celtic side that won five titles in seven seasons and reached the final of the UEFA Cup. He was made captain in 2005.
In 2007 he moved to Nottingham Forest, but after retiring from the game returned to Parkhead as first-team coach.
Lennon won 39 caps for Northern Ireland, but announced his shock retirement from international football in 2002 after claiming he had received death threats from an Ulster paramilitary group.
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A friendly between Italian giant AC Milan and fourth division club Pro Patria was suspended early on Thursday due to racist chants towards Milan's black players.
Just 25 minutes into the match, Milan's Kevin-Prince Boateng punted a ball towards host Pro Patria's supporters, some of whom had been verbally abusing him and his teammates from the opening whistle. Boateng proceeded to remove his jersey and walk off the field. In a gesture of support, his Milan teammates and the entire Pro Patria squad walked off the field together, abruptly ending the match.
Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri told reporters afterwards that he hoped that the events on the field would be "an important signal" for change in regards to racism in the sport.
Boateng, Urby Emanuelson, Sulley Muntari and M'Baye Niang were among those targeted in the chants. AC Milan was playing in a final tuneup match before its match against Siena on Sunday.
Here are some more mid-day stories from the world of soccer:
After rumors that Manchester City would make a move for their star center back heated up over the weekend, Stoke City and its fans can breathe easy today as the club re-signed Ryan Shawcross to a five-and-a-half year deal.
The 25-year-old English central defender will now make £45,000 a week. The contract, estimated to be worth £13.5M, is the biggest in Stoke City history.
The club captain indicated in November that he wanted to remain at Britannia Stadium long-term, but lengthy contract talks prompted other EPL clubs to look into Shawcross's availability. Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool reportedly joined Manchester City in sending offers for Shawcross.
Shawcross joined Stoke City in 2008 for just £1M after a successful loan spell from Manchester United.
Another English-born defender tied his future to his current club on Thursday, as Phil Jagielka signed a contract extension that would keep him at Everton until 2017.
The extension comes on the heels of fellow defender Seamus Coleman's re-signing last week.
The 30-year-old central defender, who has become a fixture on Roy Hodgson's English national squads, has played in every league match for Everton this season.
Jagielka joined Everton from Sheffield United in 2007 and will most likely end his career with the Toffees.
After spending the last few seasons in charge of Liga MX clubs Cruz Azul, Atlas and Santos Laguna, Benjamín Galindo is returning to Chivas de Guadalajara as the club's new manager.
Galindo was named to the position only a few hours after the club fired John Van't Schip, whose job security was in jeopardy after fellow Dutchman Johann Cruyff's departure from the club.
Galindo, the fourth-leading goalscorer in Chivas history, managed the club from 2004-2005. He is leaving Santos Laguna, where he won the 2012 Clausara and finished in second at the 2011-12 CONCACAF Champions League.
Think Boateng and Milan did the right thing by walking off? What kind of effect do you see the re-signings Shawcross and Jagielka having on their respective clubs? See Galindo enjoying some success in his return to Guadalajara?
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text: Volunteers Judy Meyer, left, Marge Brintszenhofe, far right and Darlene Ford, rear right, work on packing Casa salads Wednesday during the SCAN, Inc. (Stop Child Abuse and Neglect) brown bag lunch fundraiser. This is the 29th year for the annual event and their goal is $28,500, last year they netted $27,464 said Britny Berndt, grants and communication manager. Over 120 volunteers helped with the event which raises money for the nonprofit organization that served over 15,000 adults and children in Allen and 18 surrounding northeast and north central Indiana counties in 2013. The agency provides prevention as well as restoration services for children and families who are victims of, or are at risk for abuse and neglect. For more information, visit us at www.scanfw.org.


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4201 Albemarle Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20016
202-363-4119 (phone)
202-686-2671 (fax)
For staff and other directories, click Quicklinks in the top right corner of your screen.
September through May:
Mon. through Thurs.,
9 am to 5 pm
Fri., 9 am to 4 pm
June through August:
Mon. through Fri.,
9 am to 4 pm.
Please note that clergy are generally off on Fridays.
To find us, scroll to the bottom of any page and click the Facebook icon.
Click the following link to download a PDF of the parish bylaws:
The Bylaws of St. Columba's Episcopal Church, revised Feb. 2, 2014
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Don't miss out on a lower price on this hotel
Get an overview of this hotelDesign District hotel with new resort pool complex
Popular property highlights
Near events centers
Set on 45 acres adjacent to the Dallas Market Center and the fast-growing Dallas Design District, just 2 miles from downtown and the American Airlines Center.
Gracious amenities
All new JadeWaters resort pool complex in hotel's 7-acre sculpture park features a lazy river, two pools, swim up bar & cabanas (open weekends Sep 9-Oct 9); 8 restaurants & bars, including 27th floor SĒR Steak + Spirits with great views of Dallas skyline; A valuable 1,000 piece art collection.
Work in comfort
All guestrooms offer Hilton's Serenity bedding, work desk with Herman Miller chair, high-speed internet access, large flat-panel HDTV, mini-refrigerator, coffee makers, and in-room safe.
Guest Highlights
- Central location
- Onsite restaurant
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
- Overall room comfort
- Parking wasn't ideal
Hilton Anatole
Renovations & Closures
- Water park
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Set on 45 acres just outside of downtown Dallas, the Hilton Anatole features the JadeWaters pool complex, 8 restaurants and bars and room service (24 hours with a late night menu) is available. 3 Executive floors, a private 7-acre sculpture park, an extensive collection of museum-class fine art and antiques, and a full-service health and fitness facility are on site.
The hotel's 349,000 square feet of meeting and event space feature 65 meeting rooms and 7 main ballrooms. Onsite convention, catering, concierge, audiovisual, destination, and business services departments are available.
The Hilton Anatole's 7-acre Sculpture Park provides a peaceful retreat for travelers. The well-tended gardens include jogging trails that wind along a Koi pond and lagoon with fountains and sculptures. The new JadeWaters pool complex offers a lazy river, two swimming pools, swim up bar and cabanas (open weekends Sep 9-Oct 9).
The hotel's shopping boutiques feature upscale women's clothing and accessories, unique gifts, sundries and quick snacks.
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Swim-up bar
- Steam room
- Sauna
- Spa services on site
- Full-service spa
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Health club
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Meeting rooms 65
- Conference space
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Express check-out
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 1608
- Number of floors - 27
- ATM/banking
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Elevator/lift
- Number of bars/lounges - 3
- Wedding services
- Coffee shop or café
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Express check-in
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Computer station
- Free water park access
- Grocery/convenience store
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Pool umbrellas
- Lazy river
- Waterslide
- Number of indoor pools - 2
- Number of spa tubs - 2
- Laundry facilities
- Nightclub
- Garden
- Terrace
- Picnic area
- Poolside bar
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference space size (meters) - 32
- Number of meeting rooms - 79
- Year Built 1979
- Number of restaurants - 2
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 349,000
- Pool cabanas (surcharge)
- Pool sun loungers
- Conference center
- Snack bar/deli
- Free self parking
- Shopping on site
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 3
- Children's pool
- Outdoor pool
- Television in common areas
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Free self parking, Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Premium bedding
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Designer toiletries
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Pillowtop mattress
- MP3 docking station
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Daily housekeeping
- Room service (24 hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Terrace Cafe - Open-air cafe ambiance and a complete selection of American fare for breakfast. Dress code: Business/Casual. Open: Mon-Fri 6:30 AM-10:30 AM Sat-Sun 7 AM-11 AM.
Media Grill+Bar - A refreshing twist on the Contemporary American bistro, this high-tech eatery is open for lunch and dinner. Along with signature cocktails and American craft beers, this venue offers free WiFi, an interactive bar, and 27 HD plasma TVs. Open: Sun-Thu 11 AM-12 AM Fri-Sat 11 AM-1 AM Dress code: Business/Casual.
Counter Offer - Featuring espresso, fresh fruit, and energy drinks throughout the day, this restaurant also offers pre-packaged breakfast items, sandwiches/salads in the afternoon, and an evening wine bar with Tapas-style small plates, cheeses, charcuterie, olives, and more. Open daily 24 hours. Dress code: Business/Casual.
Gossip Bar - This chic bar offers beverages such as coffee, martinis, and premium wines. Pastries are available in the morning, and the bar is open all day into the late evening. Located in the Tower lobby. Open daily 6 AM-9:30 AM and 4 PM-11 PM. Dress code: Business/Casual.
SĒR Steak + Spirits - An exciting new breed of Dallas steakhouse, this 27th floor restaurant is perched at the top of the Hilton Anatole, boasting unparalleled views of the Dallas skyline. SĒR offers a sophisticated, urban dining experience unlike any other and features bold, chef-driven cuisine featuring innovative dishes paired with handcrafted cocktails and an extensive selection of expertly selected wines. Bar open daily: 5 PM-11 PM Restaurant opens daily: 5:30 PM-10 PM.
In-Room Dining - Decadence is only a phone call away. Whether you desire sliced fruit or steak and eggs, fennel soup or filet mignon, sodas or chardonnay, enjoy Hilton-quality dining in the comfort of your own room! Kids' menu selections are also available. Open: Sun-Thu 5 AM-12 AM Fri-Sat 5 AM-2 AM
Nearby Things to Do
The fitness club provides cardio and strength-training equipment; tennis, basketball, racquetball, and squash courts; boxing gym; aerobics studio; and men's and women's lounges. Tennis lessons and clinics, and group exercise classes such as pilates, are available along with the services of personal trainers. The V-Spa offers massages, body scrubs, and aromatherapy treatments (advanced reservations required).
The Anatole's seven-acre park has a quarter-mile cushioned jogging and walking path, a year-round croquet court, a koi pond, and sculptures including segments of the Berlin Wall. The new JadeWaters pool complex offers a leisure pool, beach-entry family pool, lazy river, luxury cabanas, a splash zone with two 180-foot slides, and a swim-up bar (open weekends Sep 9 - Oct 9).
The 36-hole Tenison Golf Park is located 7.5 miles from the hotel.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Fitness classes on site
- Basketball on site
- Pilates classes on site
- Racquetball/squash on site
- Tennis lessons on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
Spa Services
V-Spa - Guests can choose from a variety of Dallas spa packages including soothing services and treatments, from facials to massages to pedicures.
Open every day, Sunday – Thursday 10 AM – 8 PM, Friday and Saturday 9 AM – 8 PM.
- Hot stone massage
- Deep tissue massage
- Swedish massage
- Prenatal massage
- Number of treatment rooms 5
- Couples treatment rooms
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Massages
- Minimum age to access spa is 14
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 18 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 25.0 per stay.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Resort fee: USD 25.00 per accommodation, per night
- Pool access
- Health club access
- Fitness/yoga classes
- Internet access
- Phone calls
- Self parking
- Additional inclusions
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD $5 and USD $30 per person (approximately)
- Valet parking fee: USD 29 per day (in/out privileges)
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 25.0 per stay
Hotel Name
- Anatole
- Anatole Hilton
- Hilton Anatole
- Hilton Anatole Dallas
- Hilton Anatole Hotel
- Hilton Anatole Hotel Dallas
- Dallas Hilton
- Hilton Dallas
- Hilton Hotel Dallas
We should mention
The seasonal pool will be open from May to October. Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. Some facilities may have restricted access. Guests can contact the property for details using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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The full text has now been made available here of the proceedings before the Alexandria Mixed Court of Appeals in the Cairo action against the president of the Cairo German Club brought on behalf of the Cairo League Against German Anti-Semitism by an Italian Jewish resident here, Umberto Jabes.
Although the court dismissed the appeal on the ground that it has no competence in such an action, much gratification is felt on account of the speech made in court by the prosecutor general, Justice Hugh O. Holmes, K.C., who said:—
"The case of the Jewish race has already lasted twenty centuries, and it can be said now that history has definitely judged it.
"During all this time, this race has been subjected to all kinds of defamation and even more serious ordeals, and it is not by suing before tribunals, but by despising such defamations and confining itself to the efforts of its own members throughout the world, that it has obtained from the only competent tribunal, that of history, a favorable judgment, which cannot be affected by the pamphlet which has led to this case, or by the decision arrived at by a tribunal of three or four Magistrates, no matter how high their authority."
The court was presided over by Justice Sir C. Van Ackere (Belgian), Vice President of the Mixed Court of Appeal, and composed of Justice Youssouf Bey Zulficar (Egyptian), Justice Messina (Italian), Justice J. S. Blake-### (British) and Justice Scandar Bey Azer (Egyptian).