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Pharmaceutical Unidirectional Airflow Cabinets
BVBI Series Vertical Laminar Flow Hoods
Germfree manufactures Laminar Flow Hoods for a range of biopharmaceutical applications. Our BVBI series of all-welded stainless steel, vertical clean air benches provide a high degree of localized control for critical aseptic processes and the handling of sterile products. HEPA-filtered air continuously bathes the work deck removing organisms and particulates 0.3 micron in size with an efficiency of 99.99%.
HEPA filters are positioned above the work surface, providing vertical, unidirectional airflow within the cabinet. This ensures a smooth and uninterrupted flow of optimal 'First Air' to the process area. Germfree's BVBI has an extra deep work area, which allows for maximum utilization and ease of placement of instruments and components.
Advanced Control for Biopharmaceutical Aseptic Processes
Laminar Flow Hoods provide unidirectional, ultra-clean air to enhance sterile product processing. They are widely used in cGMP-compliant production areas, USP 797 cleanrooms and 503B facilities.
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Germfree's BVBI Series is engineered to enhance both the performance of the cabinet as well as the overall airflow efficiency of the cleanroom. The air-return is positioned near the bottom of the unit. This bottom intake feature delivers two advantages when it is located in a cGMP-compliant or USP 797 cleanroom:
Compounding Operations for Pharmaceutical Clinical Drug Trials
Germfree's BVBI Series of Laminar Flow Hoods are an effective platform for preparing non-hazardous Compounded Sterile Preparations (CSPs). The deep work area is ideal for compounding and provides increased flexibility when using automated compounding devices. The units are constructed from all welded stainless steel with a pharmaceutical grade finish to ensure durability and ease of cleaning. 316L stainless steel is available.
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Laminar Flow Workstations are designed to protect the product from airborne particulates in the ambient air. Personnel and the environment are not protected from materials located in the hood. The BVBI should not be used with biohazardous materials, toxins, anticancer agents, radionuclides, or hazardous chemicals. GERMFREE manufactures complete lines of Biological Safety Cabinets, Pharmaceutical Isolators, Fume Capture Systems and other containment equipment to protect personnel and the environment as well as the product.
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What is in a Franchise Agreement Document?
UPDATED: July 16, 2013
It's all about you. We want to help you make the right legal decisions.
We strive to help you make confident law decisions. Finding trusted and reliable legal advice should be easy. This doesn't influence our content. Our opinions are our own.
The franchise agreement is the cornerstone document of the franchisee-franchisor relationship. This document is legally binding on both parties and lays out the rights and obligations of each. A sample agreement may either be attached to the disclosure statement or presented separately. Either way, you are entitled to receive it as a prospective franchisee five business days before signature. You should have it reviewed by a lawyer familiar with franchise matters, especially since most agreements are extremely one-sided in favor of the franchisor. No one should enter into a franchise agreement and expect to have an evenly drawn contract.
The agreement will contain provisions covering, in considerable detail, the obligations of the franchisor (the company) and franchisee (you) regarding operating the business; the training and operational support the franchisor will provide (and at what cost); your territory and any exclusivity; the initial duration of the franchise and any renewal rights; how much you must invest; how you must deal with things such as trademarks, patents and signs; what royalties and service fees you will pay; tax issues; what happens if you should want to sell or transfer the franchise; advertising policies; franchisee termination issues; settlement of disputes; and cancelling of the franchise by the franchisor.
There is no standard form of a franchise agreement because the terms, conditions, and the methods of operations of various franchises vary widely depending on the type of business involved. For example, franchises for printing, employment agencies, and automotive products will differ from the franchises for fast food service, convenience stores, or clothing.

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The dog stops and shakes, her harness rattling like sleigh bells, and we continue on our walk. When we reach the corner, one of the kids with the clipboards who hits people up for donations for her (probably nonexistent) "basketball team" steps up with a brittle smile stuck on her face.
"I'm sorry to bother you," she begins.
"That's okay," I say with a smile of my own, looking in her eyes as I walk right on past her, and her smile drops into a scowl.
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Eating Seasonally Is Better for You!October 12, 2016
Many health experts agree that eating seasonally is one of the best ways to maintain a healthy diet and get the most nutrients out of the fruits and veggies that you eat.
So, how do you know what's "in season?" A quick stroll through your local produce section or farmer's market will quickly show you what's readily available, not only by the prices (they are lower when something's in season), but also by the look and feel of the item.
For example, have you ever noticed that berries become very expensive towards the end of Fall, but prices drop and the selection looks much better in Spring and Summer?
Eating what's in season is also a great way to expand your palate while saving money. Many seasonal eaters explain that the number one benefit of eating seasonally is on your wallet. The cost savings comes into play because when something is out of season, it has to be sourced from all over the globe, packaged, and shipped to a grocery store near you. When something is grown locally and picked at the peak of season, fewer hands are involved in getting it you, and the cost goes down. Saving money while doing what's best for your body? We're into that.
Right now, the fruits and veggies that are in season are:
Brussel Sprouts
Rutabagas and Turnips
Sweet Potatoes
…and Pumpkins
So in honor of the Fall season officially being underway, we wanted to share a few of our favorite vegan recipes using Fall ingredients.
Chipotle Pumpkin Veggies Burgers
A great option for Football Sundays, the burger is naturally vegan so you can get creative with your favorite toppings and sides!
1 TBSP Ground Flax Seed
3 TBSP Water
1 Cup Cannellini Beans
1 Cup Pumpkin Puree
1/2 TBSP Chipotle Peppers In Adobo Sauce, Chopped
1 Clove Garlic, Smashed/Minced
1/2 Cup Chopped Green Onion
1/2 Tsp Garlic Powder
1/2 Tsp Salt-Free Italian Seasoning Blend
1/2 Tsp Paprika
1/4 Tsp Salt
1/4 Tsp Red Pepper Flakes
1 TBSP Oil
1.5 Cups Rolled Oats
1-2 Cups Salad Greens And/Or Micro Greens
4 Toasted Buns [Optional]
1 Ripe Avocado
1/8 Tsp Paprika
A Pinch Of Salt
1/3 Cup Quality Vegan Mayo [Store Bought Or Homemade]
1 Tsp Fresh Lemon Juice
1 Tsp Chipotle Adobo Sauce
1/4 Tsp Cajun Seasoning Blend, Or To Taste
1/8 Tsp Cayenne Pepper, To Taste
A Pinch Of Salt
For Full Recipe & Instructions, click here.
Roasted Sweet Potatoes & Brussel Sprouts
A savory vegan side item that will go great with any of your entrees (or be your entrée!).
1 Pound Brussels Sprouts, Trimmed
1 Large Sweet Potato (1 Pound)
2 Cloves Garlic, Smashed
1/3 Cup Olive Oil
1 Teaspoon Cumin
1/4 Or 1/2 Teaspoon Garlic Salt
1 Teaspoon Salt
Pepper To Taste
1 Tablespoon Red Wine Vinegar
Fresh Thyme, To Garnish
Get the full recipe on the Food Charlatan.
Fluffy Vegan Apple Cider Donuts with Powdered Cinnamon Sugar
A perfectly sweet ending to your vegan meal!
1 Cup Spelt Flour
1 Tsp Baking Soda
1 Tsp Baking Powder
1 Tsp Cinnamon
¼ Tsp Nutmeg
¼ Tsp Allspice
½ Cup Applesauce
½ Cup Maple Syrup
¼ Cup Apple Cider
2 Tbs Apple Cider Vinegar
2 Tbs Coconut Oil, melted
Cinnamon Sugar
½ Cup Raw Cane or Turbinado Sugar
½ Tsp Cinnamon
Thanks to Well & Full for the recipe!
What else are you eating this season? We'd love to hear from you!


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Published Online: 01 April 2012
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A central ski-patrol-based registration of skiing and boarding injuries was performed by the Norwegian Ski Lift Association during the winter seasons 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 as part of an ongoing study since 1996. Totals of 8547 injured skiers/boarders and 6.621 × 106 s of skier/boarder days were recorded during the two seasons, giving an injury rate of 1.29 injured per 1000 skier/boarder days. Most of the injuries occurred during alpine skiing (67 %) and snowboarding (29 %), compared to telemark skiing (2 %), and skiboarding (2 %). Wrist injuries were common among injured snowboarders (22 %) compared to 1–6 % for the others (P < 0.001). The knee was the main injury location in alpine skiers (24 %) compared to only 8 % among snowboarders (P < 0.001). The prevalence of knee injuries for females (31 %) was twice as high as for males (15 %) (P < 0.001), whereas shoulder injuries was more than twice as high for males (18 %) as for females (7 %) (P < 0.001). These gender differences were observed in all four skiing/boarding ability groups. Snowboarders suffered more fractures (29 %) than the others, but fracture of the lower leg was uncommon among snowboarders (0.5 %) compared to alpine skiers (7 %) (P < 0.001). Lower leg fractures accounted for 4 % of the injured alpine skiers 20 years and older, and 5 % for adolescents aged 13–19 years compared to 14 % for children 12 years and younger (P < 0.001). In contrast, the prevalence of dislocations and injuries needing ambulance transport increased with increasing age. Twenty-two percent of the skiers/boarders were injured in terrain parks. They had a higher ability, but suffered more fractures and back injuries than those injured at other locations (P < 0.001). Injured experts suffered more injuries in terrain parks and during collisions, and needed more ambulance transport and admission to physicians and hospitals than injured beginners (P < 0.002). The use of protective helmets among injured skiers/boarders has increased from 11 % to 70 % in the period 1996–2010, but the prevalence of head injuries has only dropped from 19 % to 16 % in the same period (P < 0.001). In conclusion, injured alpine skiers were most prone to knee injuries, and snowboarders to wrist injuries. The prevalence of knee injuries among females was twice that of males, whereas the reverse was observed for shoulder injuries. This gender difference was observed in all four ability groups. Injured experts suffered more serious injuries than injured beginners.
Author Information:
Ekeland, Arne
Director and Chief Surgeon, Martina Hansens Hospital, Bærum,
Rødven, Andreas
Secretary General, Norwegian Ski Lift Association, Bygdøy alléOslo,
Stock #: JAI104496
DOI: 10.1520/JAI104496Author


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In Video below, Eric Jones Santana (Judge) & Josmarly Cordero (Contestant) Putting in Work While Final Scores Were Being Tabulated. Saturday February 20, 2016 on the night of DC'S Jack & Jill Salsa & Bachata Competition and Social, the air was fraught with anticipation and maybe a touch of nervousness from the brave competitors. From everyone else, there was the ...Read More »
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Final Thoughts on the 12th Annual Resolution Jam
My Professional View: The 12th Annual Resolution Jam 2016 shifted direction to strike a bold move and go into uncharted waters. Previously, it was always at a venue with one Huge Dance Floor that catered to a Mainly Hardcore Salsa Crowd with Bachata slowly but steadily making its sure presence felt at this Iconic Salsa Party in latter years. But ...Read More »
PHOTOGRAPHY that Tells a Story- The BEST Pics by Ho-Yon Hwang! MR. MAMBO'S MD 4th Saturday Turkey Weekend was a BLAST 11/28/2015! GREAT Crowd (200+), New Faces, Hot Music Made for Mucho Dancing! SPECIAL GUESTS in The House, Shaka Brown, Titanes Salseros, Luz Rodriguez-Mercier, Sheila McNeil! DANCE CLASSES Included Salsa, Bachata, & ZOUK w/PsyniiGianni Scott Psyniigianni Scott II, Irene Holtzman, ...Read More »
Random- Back on the High Speed Internet Highway & Recap of Baltimore's Alma Cocina Latina Dance Night
Today is a good day. Woke up feeling good and full of good cheer & renewed spirit even though I am exhausted. Good cheer because although I would much rather not go to work today, I will trudge forth to my 8 hours of repetitive tasks floating on memories of good dances and a very good salsa set by Cedric ...Read More »
VIDEO Recap of DC Bachata Masters Party Featuring Daniel y Desiree
Ferocity Dance Company hit another HOME RUN with their last DC Bachata Masters featuring Daniel y Desiree Saturday August 29, 2015 at the Capital Ballroom! The day workshops had more than 100 people people and the party was a huge success! And of course, the finale performance by Internationally Acclaimed Daniel y Desiree was SIZZLING HOT! Here are some video ...Read More »


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NASA's Juno Mission on Twitter: "Coming soon to a planet near… me. This July 4th, I'll plunge into the unknown, entering orbit around #Jupiter. https://t.co/YJqLkE43fa"
The. Cool. Est.
How does @NASA keep outdoing itself?
#yayscience https://t.co/QbbNLF2wgA
"I Wrote You a Sonnet, Instead" at the Intersection of Hip-Hop and Tragedy « Used Books in Class
Teach the sonnet using #Hamilton #tonyaward winning acceptance speech by Lin-Miranda https://t.co/0WqxRv1ztq #engchat #elateacher #poetry
Reminds me of ! RT Q4 How Walking in Nature Chang
Reminds me of @thereadingzone! RT @WymansWonders Q4 How Walking in Nature Changes the Brain https://t.co/JfONwR1VKj #TheEdCollab
UMaine Professor: Writing Boosts Performance of Maine's Student-Athletes | Maine Public Broadcasting
Rich Kent on writing to boost athletic performance: https://t.co/I9POxwcrtG He'll present at #ncte16 in our celebration of @Tom_Newkirk.
Watch All the Musical Performances from the Tony Awards! | Playbill
Rewatch all of last night's performances at the #TonyAwards! https://t.co/fnQEQuh5aV https://t.co/TCBsorLlR0
The Cast of Hamilton, Winners at the 2016 Tony Awards – Go Fug Yourself: Because Fugly Is The New Pretty
In praise of the sartorial efforts of #Hamilton at last night's Tonys: https://t.co/n1VHNXzfGs https://t.co/h3cKkmx8qT
2016 Tony Awards: Four Black Actors Win Best Performances For Musical | Variety
#TonyAwards: Four black actors win best musical performances for first time https://t.co/2Yi3u3shKw https://t.co/wVnEVEPgfn
Broadway Star Lin-Manuel Miranda Uses His Tony Acceptance Speech As A Tribute To Orlando Shooting Victims | GOOD
"Hope & love last longer. Love is love is love is love is love…" I'll just be replaying this all night @Lin_Manuel https://t.co/3dcN5e7Fx8
#TonyAwards: 'Hamilton'Cast Performs "The Schuyler Sisters" https://t.co/uvZKLVh3Ft https://t.co/8Hk9suhW24
The Man Is Non-Stop! Here's Lin-Manuel Miranda & the Cast of Hamilton Performing at the Tony Awards | Tony Awards 2016 | Broadway.com
Watch @HamiltonMusical's #TonyAwards performance here! https://t.co/bsegJxUyfU https://t.co/4Ckz9rKXuQ
Being Aaron Burr: Leslie Odom Jr.'s Star-Making Year In 'Hamilton' : The Record : NPR
My favorite interview with Leslie Odom, Jr. that I have ever heard is still this one, with @artsorority. https://t.co/qFv3fFH2Y2
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Yakuza 3 heading to Europe and NA in March 2010
SEGA Europe has announced on both the US and EU PS Blog that Yakuza 3 is leaving Japan in March 2010.
You can start dancing now.
"Yakuza 3 was one of the most requested titles for localization by our European SEGA community, so we are delighted to be able to fulfill their wishes with this announcement," said Gary Knight, SOE's marking director.
"As well as delving even further into the rich narrative of the Yakuza universe, the development team have pushed the PlayStation 3 hardware to the limits to produce a beautiful and startlingly realistic depiction of the Japanese underworld."
It will feature full English subtitling, whilst "maintaining the rich Japanese voice actors that bring an extremely engaging atmosphere to the game".
Neato. What we are more concerned with though, is if a tattoo artist in our area can replicate the coolness of the one in the pic posted above. If so, we're in.
There's an announcement video posted below. Watch it.


text: TV & Radio 23 May 2013 Get the TV kisses right and everybody wins From Friends to Cheers to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, not all television couples have to ruin the show. Sign UpGet the New Statesman's Morning Call email. Sign-up "A kiss is not a contract but it's very, very nice," sang the Flight of the Conchords in their HBO series. They're correct but a kiss is a sort of seal on a romantic deal. A kiss says: "We have started something." But that's in real life. On television, a firm lip-lock is just as likely to be the end. If a face can launch a thousand ships, a kiss can just as easily sink 'em. This summer, as I venture through the wasteland of pop culture, I'll also be making the case for why it's important. Television is real life as much as it's not: we are often looking to it to show us worlds that we could never enter, while also reflecting the everyday situations we can connect with. The ABC show Scandal is exciting when Olivia Pope walks into the Oval Office to talk communications strategy with the president but when the pair swerve out of the range of the security cameras so they can kiss adulterously – that's what we recognise as "real", at least to an extent. It was the same with the "Will they/won't they?" of Ross and Rachel in Friends a decade ago. The kiss is important and when beloved characters give in, sometimes after months or years of yearning, missed connections and other writer-induced obstacles, our reaction can be visceral. Why, we often find ourselves wondering, would you go and do a thing like that and ruin everything? Television fans, like most fans of popular culture, are inveterate list-makers: their favourite, their least favourite, the best, the worst, and so on. Telly kisses are a category all on their own. A request on social media for people's opinions on TV programmes ruined (my emotive word choice, granted) by an ill-judged – or, more usually, "ill-handledin- the-aftermath" – kiss yielded several examples, accompanied by howls of rage un - dimmed by the years since cancellation. One that sits in our collective TV memory is the smouldering consummation between David and Maddie in the 1980s comedy drama Moonlighting. It's spawned the "Moonlighting curse", referring to the diminished fizz between Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd after their season-three clinch ("I'm sick of this – two years of 'Is you is' or 'Is you ain't'," barks David, before the Ronettes' "Be My Baby" kicks in and they kiss and roll around on the carpet). Moonlighting's dwindling ratings were not solely down to the kiss but the myth persists. Look away now, fans of E4's New Girl, but that barnstormer of a kiss Nick and Jess shared recently ("I mean, yeah, I saw through space and time for a minute but that's not the point") has brought it back to the fore. It's still a fact that giving in to characters' lust is playing with fire and can be tricky as hell to pull off. There can be no one out there who will defend the Niles and Daphne kiss – and eventual marriage and baby – on Frasier, nor the terrible pairing off of Joey and Rachel in Friends: those decisions were indefensible acts of TV cruelty. But consider this – the first Ross and Rachel kiss came relatively early, in season two, without wrecking the show and the show-runners did it again with Monica and Chandler several seasons later. Did Buffy and Spike getting together kill Buffy the Vampire Slayer or ultimately enhance it? The Mulder and Scully kiss, ambiguous when it came in season seven of The X-Files, was somehow perfect; the kisses in NBC's Community are practically built into the set. Perhaps the lesson here is to do it with minimum fuss – no unnecessarily extended arcs that can provide too many opportunities to mess up the delicate ecosystem of a show. The kiss is not the problem, you see – it is the handling of the after-effects. In Fox's crime drama Bones, after a long and celebrated denial of attraction, the forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan and the FBI agent Seeley Booth hook up off-screen and return in the next season with a pregnancy and work as usual. In NBC's Parks and Recreation, Leslie and Ben manage to get – and stay – together with almost no show fallout. So the kiss doesn't haven't to be a deafening record scratch in a TV show. The real test, which, for my money, New Girl is handling realistically and admirably so far, is how the resulting shockwaves are dealt with. It can and has been done well, from Cheers to Ed. Get that right and everyone wins. › Ken Livingstone: we were warned that Iraq "would make Britain a target" Ross and Rachel in Friends. Bim Adewunmi writes about race, feminism and popular culture. Her blog is yorubagirldancing.com and you can find her on Twitter as @bimadew. Subscribe For more great writing from our award-winning journalists subscribe for just £1 per month! This article appears in the 20 May 2013 issue of the New Statesman, The Dream Ticket


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Stocko 21:46, 28 July 2007 (EDT)
The short-term plan (for my contributions) is as follows:
- Setup the structure of the wiki, calendars, navigation, etc.
- Add all available TV Listings from TV & Radio Bits (with the permission of the owner of the site)
- Add all (BBC) TV listings for 1936-1939
- Launch the Wiki publicise on forums and hopefully get linked from other sites
The long-term plan (for my contributions) will be:
- Add (BBC) TV listings for 1949-1955
- Add (BBC) TV listings for 1946-1949
- Add 1st year of listings for ITV 1955-1956
- Add 1st year of listings for BBC2 1964-1965
- Add 1st year of listings for Channel4 1982-1983
- Add 1st year of listings for Channel 5 (Five) 1997-1998
At the time of writing, I have completed the following:
- Structure of the wiki is mostly in place. Additional guidelines and information to be added, and probably some tweaks to the Main Page. Still unsure of the permission plans for the Wiki, which will in part depend on which host I end up using.
- Most of the TV Listings from TV & Radio Bits are in place. A few more recent ones to be added I think.
- All 1938, and some 1937 listings added. Altogether I currently have access to listings from September 1937 to the end of broadcasting in September 1939. I may need to take a trip to London before I can get hold of 1936 listings.
It may be a few years before I complete or even attempt some of the long-term plans mentioned above. But I hope to have the pre-war listings in place and "launch" this wiki within the next month or so.


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How Full Control of Ad Injection is Revolutionizing Podcast Monetization
Great content has real value: your engagement with your audience is precious. The more you feel empowered and in control of the true value of your podcast, the more you will be able to really give to it and make it thrive. That's why feeling fully in control of the way your podcast monetizes is important.
Savvy advertisers are already on to the phenomenal potential of audio content and are investing, big time. But there may remain a lingering concern that by accepting ads, you might be 'handing over reins' of your episode structure to advertisers. And what kind of money is there to be made, given the potential compromise?
Here at Spreaker, we resolutely believe that you CAN make your podcast steadily and seriously fruitful money-wise, while also keeping full control over your episodes. Earlier this year, we launched our Revenue Sharing program, allowing podcasters to earn money for every listen or impression. We are now delighted to announce that the program has graduated from its beta version, into a fully fledged sophisticated ad revenue system.


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A Dartmouth man has been sentenced to 30 months in jail for sexually assaulting a teenage boy who he took under his wing in the 1980s.
Justice Arthur LeBlanc said Timothy Charles Farler, 54, plied the boy with alcohol until he was intoxicated and started out by touching him before proceeding over time to masturbation and oral sex.
"There is no question (the victim) was in many ways subservient," LeBlanc said.
The judge pointed out that the teen came from a poor financial background and that Farler bought him gifts and alcohol and eventually allowed the boy to live with him rent free.
"I am of the view that (the victim) became a sex object of Mr. Farler," Leblanc said.
"He invaded the privacy and sexual sanctity of a young person."
The teen left Farler's home in 1989 but returned a couple of years later, although there was more sex.
LeBlanc gave Farler six months credit for the 85 days he had previously spent in jail. He had been convicted in 2003 of charges involving five boys and sentenced to six years in prison but he successfully appealed that conviction.
The Crown proceeded on charges involving three of the boys at retrial but only gained convictions involving one of the teens.
Farler has continued to proclaim his innocence, testifying that the victim was of age when they had consensual sex.
The victim testified at trial that the sex was never consensual but was too embarrassed to say anything about it until years later.
In sentencing testimony last week, Dr. Hy Boom, a forensic psychiatrist hired by the defence, said Farler is at a low risk to commit a similar crime and would be a suitable candidate for group therapy in the community.
Under cross-examination, Bloom admitted having concerns that Farler hasn't accepted responsibility for his actions and still blames the victim for his predicament.
"One thing that is missing in this case is Mr. Farler's recognition at a deeper level . . . of the reality of his situation," Bloom said. "He's convicted of having sexually offended against a minor."
Defence lawyer Brian Church had asked the court for a conditional sentence to be served in the community.
Later, outside court, Church said Farler had been hoping for the conditional sentence but sexual assaults "cry out for denunciation and deterrence" to be considered in sentencing.
Church said his understanding from Farler is that he intends to appeal the conviction and sentence.


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Kamaitachi is the representation of the harsh wind of the mountains. Its is generally regarded as a weasel or a triad of weasel that is riding a wind gust. It is believed by the locals that the three weasels have specific powers. The first weasel is said to have the power to knock down human beings, the second weasel has the ability of inflicting wound and the third weasel has the healing ability. When a traveler journey to the mountain he will find out a bleeding but unpainful cut in his leg —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 188.8.131.52 (talk • contribs) .


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Our Mission Statement
"NAMI Pierce County provides support, education, advocacy, and public awareness so that all individuals and families affected by mental illness can build better lives."
We offer Support…
We offer Hope
The families and members of NAMI Pierce County are here to help! We offer understanding to anyone concerned about mental illnesses and the treatment of mental illness.
Mental illnesses are brain disorders that are biologically based medical problems. Untreated, they can cause severe disturbances in thinking, feeling and relating. This results in substantially diminished capacity for dealing with the ordinary demands of life. Mental illness can affect persons of any age and occur in any family. They are not caused by bad parenting and not evidence of weakness of character.
Our whole purpose is to support individuals and families whose lives have been touched by the challenges of mental illness. Why? Because we have been touched by these challenging conditions ourselves. We have walked – and are walking – in your shoes every day as individuals living with a mental illness or their family members. And things work better if we can take this journey together and support each other along the way.
Advocate at the county, state and national levels for non-discriminatory access to quality healthcare, housing , education and employment for people with mental illness.
- Educate the public about mental illness.
- Work to eliminate the stigma of mental illness.
- Advocate for increased funding for research into the causes and treatment of mental illness.
In our envisioned future mental illness will no longer thwart a person's fulfillment of his or her potential. With early pinpoint diagnoses, interventions and targeted medications and services there is no pervasive disability. Ultimately, we envision a day when prevention or a cure is found.


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With a pair of undefeated teams falling Saturday evening including the squad ranked No. 1 all season long in the USA Today Coaches Poll, the top 25 rankings saw quite a shake up on Sunday. The LSU Tigers became the unanimous No. 1 team in the country adding the USA Today ranking to the one they've had for the last few weeks from the Associated Press. The Florida Gators (4-3, 2-3 SEC), fresh off three consecutive losses including a 17-6 defeat by Auburn, had a bye this week once again did not receive any votes. Florida will face its fourth-straight ranked opponent on Saturday.[table "23" not found /]
This Week 1-5: LSU (41), Alabama (18), Stanford, Oklahoma State, Boise State
6-10: Clemson, Oregon, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Michigan State
11-15: Wisconsin, Kansas State, Nebraska, South Carolina, Virginia Tech
16-20: Texas A&M, Michigan, Houston, Penn State, Arizona State
21-25: Georgia, Texas Tech, Cincinnati, West Virginia, Southern Mississippi
Last Week 1-5: Oklahoma (31), LSU (15), Alabama (12), Wisconsin (1), Stanford
6-10: Oklahoma State, Boise State, Clemson/Oregon, Arkansas
11-15: Nebraska, South Carolina, Michigan State, West Virginia/Virginia Tech
16-20: Kansas State, Michigan, Texas A&M, Georgia Tech, Houston
21-25: Illinois, Penn State, Auburn, Washington, Arizona State
This Week 1-5: LSU (49), Alabama (10), Oklahoma State, Stanford, Boise State (1)
6-10: Clemson, Oregon, Arkansas, Michigan State, Kansas State
11-15: Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Nebraska, South Carolina, Virginia Tech
16-20: Texas A&M, Michigan, Houston, Texas Tech, USC
21-25: Penn State, Georgia, Arizona State, Cincinnati, West Virginia
Last Week 1-5: LSU (41), Alabama (11), Oklahoma (6), Wisconsin, Boise State (1)
6-10: Oklahoma State, Stanford, Clemson, Oregon, Arkansas
11-15: West Virginia, Kansas State, Nebraska, South Carolina, Michigan State
16-20: Virginia Tech, Texas A&M, Michigan, Auburn, Georgia Tech
21-25: Houston, Washington, Illinois, Arizona State, Georgia
This Week 1-5: LSU, Alabama, Oklahoma State, Boise State, Clemson
6-10: Stanford, Oregon, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Arkansas
11-15: Michigan State, Virginia Tech, South Carolina, Nebraska, Wisconsin
16-20: Texas A&M, Houston, Michigan, Penn State, Texas Tech
21-25 Arizona State, Georgia, Auburn, Texas, West Virginia
Last Week 1-5: LSU, Alabama, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Boise State
6-10: Wisconsin, Clemson, Stanford, Arkansas, Oregon
11-15: Kansas State, Virginia Tech, Nebraska, South Carolina, West Virginia
16-20: Michigan State, Texas A&M, Michigan, Houston, Auburn
21-25 Penn State, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Texas, Washington
*Numbers in parenthesis represent first-place votes.


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"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of," said Benjamin Franklin in 1746. Today, he might have added, "and if you're in Washington, D.C., stay at the Four Seasons Hotel." For nowhere is luxury equated more with the righteous use of time than at this Washington landmark located in historic Georgetown (called the Port of Georgetown in Franklin's day).
At the Four Seasons, conserving time translates into lightning-fast room service, an ultraefficient concierge (Javier Loureiro, named 1994 Concierge of the Year by the prestigious Hideaway Report travel newsletter), high-tech communications devices, computer-equipped workout facilities and among the speediest check-ins and checkouts in town. The object? Freeing up time in the present day to enjoy the good life.
A visit to the Four Seasons offers almost unlimited opportunities for that. Located on the eastern extremity of the Georgetown neighborhood, the building, with its sharp contours and modern glass-and-brick edifice, at first presents a jarring contrast to the Old-World gentility of the nearby eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Federal and Georgian row houses. Once inside, however, the tone warms considerably. The soft-polished mahogany panels of the smallish lobby lead invitingly to the Garden Terrace Club bar. There, the aromas of afternoon tea and scones mix, then later give way to the clubby smell of leather chairs, Cognac and Davidoff cigars from the club humidor. Patrons congregate around the window seats, which overlook the locks of the old C&O canal, where the gravel path laid for the barge-pulling mules now provides an ideal surface for joggers, bicyclists and strolling lovers.
The Georgetown neighborhood is itself a major attraction. Inside the quaint row houses are many of the city's finest shops and restaurants. And Georgetown Tobacconists, a two-minute walk from the hotel, is generally considered the finest in the D.C. area.
The 160 rooms and 40 suites offer surprisingly long vistas for a hotel with only eight floors (a pre-New Deal federal law limits building heights to below the top of the Capitol dome--about 12 stories). From the rooms overlooking Rock Creek Park, trees, streams and the occasional deer (and at least one recorded black bear) make up the view. From elsewhere, the view is of busy Georgetown and familiar national monuments.
Rooms are impeccably maintained and furnished, but hardly grand. Even the posh Presidential and Royal suites give off more the air of a compact, convenient in-town condominium than Old-World luxury, and standard rooms are commensurately less commodious. But high ceilings are not what the Four Seasons is all about. Prompt service and amenities are.
The epitome of such amenities has to be the Four Seasons Fitness Club. Think of it as a European health spa with "Intel Inside." Guests avail themselves of VCR-equipped LifeCycles, Stairmasters and treadmills. Nautilus, free weights, a steam room, a juice bar and a lap pool are also available. Professional trainers offer fitness evaluation, body-fat analysis and personal training. And in keeping with the need for almost instantaneous communication, the facility has fax machines, cellular telephones, a PC and pagers for executive joggers who need to keep in touch with the office. Even the club's two massage rooms have speaker phones for convenient communication.
The Four Seasons is a cigar-friendly environment. Cigars are stocked in both the Garden Terrace Club and the Seasons (formerly Aux Beaux Champs until a recent remodeling and name change), a Wine Spectator Grand Award-winning restaurant under Chef Douglas MacNeil. A feisty Scotsman with a long-time passion for Cuban cigars, MacNeil was host to three sold-out cigar dinners last year and plans a greater number this year. Such dinners are held in the Seneca, a newly inaugurated private dining room that features a custom-designed ventilation system to exhaust excess smoke.
After an efficient, time-compressed day of proficient touring, politicking or shopping, one could hardly imagine a more agreeable way to squander some time.
-- Ben Giliberti
Ben Giliberti is a wine and spirits columnist for The Washington Post.
Four Seasons
2800 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007
(202) 342-0444
Room Rates: about $220 to $345; suite: $395 to $2,000


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There are lots of awesome things about the beginning of the holiday season. Reconnecting with far-flung relatives, old friends coming home to visit their parents and intermittingly sneaking off with you to run up a bar tab in between family excursions, and ungodly amounts of stuffing foisted on you by Mom. Count one-off shows from dormant bands as another of Aftermath's holiday favorites. The Tontons have played two shows in the past month since lead singer Asli Omar came back home from school in New York City, including a surprise set during the Westheimer Block Party. Last Wednesday, we saw American Sharks play a show over at Boondocks to open up the long Thanksgiving weekend. Two days later, Basses Loaded brought their three bass guitar assault over to Mango's down the street. Originally active in late 2007 until the end of last summer, the members of Basses Loaded have all diverted out and blazed their own paths. Singer Benjamin Wesley is now a big-time solo act with this past year's Geschichte EP, and Mike Hardin is now the leader of not only the Sharks but also glam-balladeers Roky Moon & BOLT. Third bassist Lee Walker is off at college, and drummer Mike McBike still drums around town. Friday night was Basses Loaded's second last show ever, which in Houston terms means "Yeah... see you guys in six months." Their first last show was for Boondocks' one-year anniversary party in August 2008. Unless there is a stabbing or super-sketchy women trouble, most bands will live to play another show again. It's too much fun, which helps accurately describe Basses Loaded. Aftermath's favorite instrument besides the drum machine is the bass guitar, so Basses Loaded has always been low-frequency heaven for us. All three of the basses have a different tone and grind, with Wesley's the most nimble and Hardin's the most dirgeish. Walker's is somewhere in the middle. The gumbo alternately brings to mind the crawling breakdowns of mid-period Fugazi and the slow jams that Death From Above 1979 all too briefly graced us with. The hidden secret is that it is also very stoneriffic without being steeped in the black lights, dragon lore and creepy car worship of certain bad stoner bands. Hearing Wesley scream again instead of the ecstatic yelp on his solo stuff was fun to experience, after seeing him croon with two guitars in his hands for the past year or so. "Post-Apocalypto" brings to mind the Cars and Joe Lally having a thick-stringed sesh in a garage. Over eight songs the band brought us back down to earth after a week of familial stresses, in the only way a band with three bass players could. Their last song "Toaster In The Bathtub" perfectly and succinctly matched how we felt all week. It healed our wounds and kept us from picking at the scabs at least for another month. Spring Break and Independence Day can't come soon enough. Bands can reform for MLK Day, right?
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Broncos: Who's Sorgi?
December 31, 2004
ENGELWOOD — Ask Denver safety Kenoy Kennedy about the name "Sorgi" and football didn't exactly come to his mind.
"Isn't that a video game?" Kennedy said.
No, Sorgi is not one of the Mario Brothers, and he doesn't have anything to do with video games. Jim Sorgi is actually the name of Indianapolis Colts backup quarterback, one of the many backup players for Indianapolis the Broncos may see at 2:15 p.m. today at Invesco Field at Mile High.
With a win, the Broncos will guarantee themselves at least the sixth and final spot in the AFC playoffs, while the Colts are already locked into the third seed in the playoffs and have home-field advantage for the Wild-Card opening round next week.
With their playoff seeding secure, the Colts are expected to rest many of their starters for at least part of today's game, including Pro Bowl quarterback Peyton Manning, who broke the NFL single-season record for touchdown throws (49) last week against the Chargers.
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No matter who plays, the Broncos insist they are preparing as if the Colts starting unit is playing the entire game — including the quarterback.
That may be a good thing because the Broncos know very little about Sorgi, and some were even at a loss to come up with his name.
"We want to dominate whoever is out there, whether it is Peyton or whether it is his backup," Denver cornerback Champ Bailey said. "We know what Peyton can do. We don't know much about the backup. You feel like anything is good if it is not Peyton. But we are just going to play."
It is easy to understand why the Broncos wouldn't know much about Sorgi. The rookie out of Wisconsin has played in only three games this season and has thrown only four passes, completing one of those for seven yards.
In college, Sorgi was a one-year starter for the Badgers, in which he threw 33 TD passes and finished as the school's career leader in passing efficiency during his career.
So with no way to study Sorgi, the Broncos are preparing for him as if he were Manning, who is reportedly only expected to play a quarter.
"You just study the offense, and hopefully, he is not as good as Peyton," Bailey said. "That is pretty much what you go for."
In fact, that is the way the Broncos will prepare for any backup they may face today. At the same time, the Broncos don't expect Colts coach Tony Dungy to rest too many of his starters.
"We are preparing as if their starters are going to be there, and we really will see a full compliment of their players," Denver Broncos safety John Lynch said. "I keep saying I went through the same situation with Tony as a Buccaneer back in 1999, and we chose not to play our players, and I think Tony probably learned his lesson there. We didn't play well the next week in the Wild-Card game as a result."
Whether the Colts rest a lot of their starters is of no concern to Denver quarterback Jake Plummer.
"I'm not real concerned if they're going to start starters or not," Plummer said. "As a coach, that's a decision you've got to make week-to-week. They've got a good coach over there and a good staff, and I'm sure they'll make their decision, and whatever they do won't determine how we approach the game."
Besides, it may be a little hard to prepare for players the Broncos hardly know.
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I'm jumping on board in sharing some of my favorite layouts from 2013!
I hope you have a fantastic first day of the New Year!
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Hello again!
The monthly Lawn Fawn inspiration week has kicked off again and I have a layout up on the blog featuring the "Peace Joy Love" collection and "Cole's ABC" dies.
I used a piece of white card stock as the basis of my layout and sewed down strips of pattern paper from the holiday collection. Then, in between each of the strips, I stitched down the "Cole's ABC" die cut letters that were also in white card stock. I love this subtle tone-on-tone technique! Then, I layered some pattern paper and vellum and placed my pictures on top. I die cut out some snowflakes with my Silhouette Cameo and layered my title on top of the upper part of my photos.
Lawn Fawn Supplies Used: Lawn Fawn "Peace Joy Love" pattern papers, Cole's ABC dies.
Thanks for stopping by!
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Good Morning!
It's time again for the Elle's Studio Project Kit launch!! I loved the exclusive tags that were included in this month's kit and really loved the December cut files!
Here's the layout I created using these tags and cut files. I also used the "Noel" collection.
And a couple of things to notate:
- You can purchase the December kit HERE.- You can purchase the December Cut Files HERE.- The wood veneers will be restocked and can be found HERE.
I hope you are having a fabulous December so far! Thanks for stopping by :-)
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Welcome to the end-of-the-year Scrapbook Circle Blog Hop!!!
The creative team at Scrapbook Circle is ending the year with a bang! We are hopping along and you can win a All Is Bright December kit from Scrapbook Circle. Each Creative Team member is giving away a kit on their blog. That's right — 13chances to win! We are celebrating the holiday season and YOU get the gifts!
You should have come to my blog from Tessa Buys. You can also start at the Scrapbook Circle blog to make sure you stop back by there to see the full hop list and get some more details.
I loved all the different tags and die-cuts included in this month's kits! I decided to highlight a whole bunch of them on this layout and stitched them all down. Some were further embellished with buttons, journaling, and a title.
Your next stop on the hop is Diana Waite! Keep hopping, leaving comments as you go, so you have up to13 chances to win the December kit from Scrapbook Circle. Good Luck!
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Three edges of Europe: Russia, Turkey, Britain
Turkey and Russia share aspects of the past. In the middle ages, Ottomans and Muscovites alike depended on cultural inheritances from Byzantium. Over several centuries, the Ottoman and Russian Empires both … Continue reading
Victory Day: tanks on Red Square, Putin in Crimea
May 9, 2014: Victory Day, the annual celebration of the triumph against Nazi Germany. Powerful army formations and weapons of mass destruction parade across Red Square. President Putin receives the … Continue reading
Russian patriotism in Crimea: Tsar, Stalin, Putin
A nation is easier to imagine if it has a human face. Since George Washington, the American president has been a physical embodiment of the United States. The Queen's Diamond … Continue reading
Fun for rich kids and poor kids: Crimea under Khrushchev
'Are you ready?' 'I'm always ready!' So went the refrain of the Pioneers, members of the state organization for children in the Soviet Union. Set up in 1922, the Pioneers … Continue reading
The Olympic Games and the welfare state
Imagine a midnight flit from the Balkans to southern Russia, for the sake of a lucrative job on an Olympic building site that never pays anything at all. Unpaid wages, … Continue reading


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Grafton Group plc has announced that it has completed the sale of Plumbase to Plumbing and Heating Investments Ltd for an enterprise value of £66.75 million.
After allowing for adjustments for debt-like items and working capital, net cash proceeds of £60.7 million were received on completion.
What group calls "the disposal of Plumbase" is in line with the group's strategy of focusing on higher returning businesses with good long-term growth prospects.
This is consistent with Grafton's recent acquisition of Polvo in July 2019 for €131 million and the agreement to sell the group's Belgian operations.
Plumbase generated sales of £257.8 million and operating profit of £6.0 million for the year ended 31 December 2018.
Gavin Slark, CEO of Grafton commented: "The sale of Plumbase secures future opportunities for Plumbase, its employees and other stakeholders as part of an enlarged specialist plumbing and heating business."


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Whether you're a mom, have a mom, or have a special women in your life that has always mothered you, today is a great to celebrate them.
I am so fortunate to have a wonderful mother who I hope to be like one day. She is my rock, my friend, my cheerleader, and my counselor. I love her so much for being more than a mom.
I love this print. As I get older, I find it to be more true.
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Gartner Expects the AI Business Market to Grow 70% This Year
The EU wants to invest 20 billion euros in research by 2020
While it seems like everybody and their cyborg seems to be thinking about artificial intelligence, a report seems to show there is real business value in the AI market.
According to a report released today by the research firm Gartner, the global business value derived from AI is expected to increase to $1.2 trillion this year, up 70 percent from last year. That's expected to continue to grow over the next few years; AI-derived business value in 2022 could be as high as $3.9 trillion.
Sources for the business value came from three areas: customer experience capabilities, new revenue from current and future products and services, and cost reductions from producing and delivering products and services.
According to Gartner, customer experience is a "necessary precondition" for widespread adoption of AI—both in terms of its potential capabilities and the value it enables—having either a positive or negative effect on indirect costs to businesses. (And that seems to be true—considering how many industries are experimenting with AI in the form of chatbots and voice assistants.
"AI promises to be the most disruptive class of technologies during the next 10 years due to advances in computational power, volume, velocity and variety of data, as well as advances in deep neural networks (DNNs)," John-David Lovelock, research vice president at Gartner, said in a statement. "One of the biggest aggregate sources for AI-enhanced products and services acquired by enterprises between 2017 and 2022 will be niche solutions that address one need very well. Business executives will drive investment in these products, sourced from thousands of narrowly focused, specialist suppliers with specific AI-enhanced applications."
The Gartner report shows AI business value growth following the "typical S-shaped curve" that often accompanies emerging tech industries. While growth is rapid this year and next year, it's expected to slow after that—growing just 39 percent in 2020 and 26 percent in 2021.
Meanwhile, the European Commission today announced it's hoping to inject 20 billion euros in investment for AI research between 2018 and 2020 to boost R&D for businesses and government. EU officials say the injection of cash—which will help Europe better compete with the U.S. and China—will come from both public and private funding and support industries such as health care, transportation and manufacturing.
"Just as the steam engine and electricity did in the past, AI is transforming our world," European Commission vice president Adrus Ansip said in a statement. "It presents new challenges that Europe should meet together in order for AI to succeed and work for everyone."


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U.S. taking custody of British men linked to Islamic State killings of American hostages
WASHINGTON - The U.S. military is taking custody of several dozen high-value Islamic State detainees, including two British men accused of involvement in the militant group's summary executions of American and other Western hostages. The action is designed to prevent their escape or release from camps in Syria, where they have been guarded by Kurdish forces now under threat from Turkey's incursion, according to U.S. officials.
The move, a rare instance in which the United States has taken direct responsibility for Islamic State prisoners in Iraq and Syria, comes as U.S. officials scramble to ensure that Ankara's unfolding military operation does not permit the Islamic State to regain strength.
The roughly 40 individuals being taken into U.S. custody, all considered important Islamic State figures, had been held in a constellation of small prisons in northeastern Syria run by Syrian Kurdish forces who have been the Pentagon's primary partner against the Islamic State in Syria. The Kurds are now pulling guards from those facilities to confront the unfolding Turkish assault.
The British pair - part of a group of four British militants dubbed the "Beatles" by their hostages - were being detained with the goal of putting them on trial in the United States, said a senior U.S. official, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter. That official said the two men - Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh - had been taken to Iraq; other officials said recent administration discussions about the fate of those prisoners had examined the possibility of bringing them to Iraq. It was not clear whether that had occurred or whether they had been taken somewhere else.
"We are taking some of the most dangerous ISIS fighters out," President Donald Trump said at the White House on Wednesday, using an acronym for the Islamic State. "We are taking them out and putting them in different locations, where it's secure. . . . We have a certain number of ISIS fighters that are particularly bad, and we wanted to make sure that nothing happened with them in respect to getting out."
A criminal prosecution in the United States rests on the ability to obtain evidence from British authorities - a matter being litigated in the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. In recent days, Attorney General William Barr asked Trump to make securing the detention of the two men a "priority" so they could be eventually prosecuted in the United States, and the president "immediately agreed," according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
The British men are accused of involvement in the beheading of Americans James Foley, Steven Sotloff and Peter Kassig, as well as other Western hostages.
The Turkish attack on Kurdish forces raised concerns about the ability of the Kurds to maintain control over thousands of Islamic State detainees and tens of thousands of women and children housed in separate camps, some of whom are militant supporters.
"This is like a victory for the ISIS fighters. I just think it's appalling," said Diane Foley, James Foley's mother. "It's an abdication of our responsibility to ensure safety for our own citizens and allies."
Officials have said the U.S. military had orders not to intervene if the Kurds abandoned detention facilities to press all of their troops into the fight with Turkey. That position appears to be changing now as the military takes custody of a small portion of those detainees, suggesting the Pentagon is revising its plans amid a fast-moving situation.
"We now face the very real prospect of 10,000 ISIS prisoners rejoining the battlefield," Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D.-N.H., said in a statement Wednesday.
Mohammed Emwazi, the man who killed Foley, Sotloff, Kassig and other hostages in 2014, was killed in a drone strike the following year. A fourth American, Kayla Mueller, was killed while being held hostage by the Islamic State, but the exact cause of her death was not confirmed.
Kotey and Elsheikh had been in custody of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. Their potential transfer to the United States for trial has been delayed by Elsheikh's mother, Maha Elgizouli, who has challenged the British government's decision not to prosecute her son in Britain. She also has sued the British government to block any evidence-sharing with U.S. prosecutors without legal assurance that her son will not be executed.
"Mrs. Elgizouli is solely concerned to protect her son from the death penalty," attorney Edward Fitzgerald said in a July hearing before the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. "She recognizes that they should face justice. . . . But she submits that they should face justice in this country."
British authorities for years have said they would prefer to see the two charged in the United States.
Prosecutors in the United States would seek to convict Kotey and Elsheikh as conspirators in hostage-taking resulting in death, a charge that carries a potential death sentence, according to U.S. officials.
In an interview this summer, Kotey and Elsheikh denied involvement in any murders, saying they only facilitated ransom negotiations. Both men agreed to speak to The Washington Post, and Kurdish security officials facilitated separate interviews at a facility in Rmeilan, Syria.
Their role, both said, was to ask prisoners for contact information and personal details for "proof of life." Kotey recalled having prisoners hold up signs urging their governments and families to "be quick or they will be kill me."
At one point, Kotey said, a Syrian prisoner was shot in the back of the head in front of the European prisoners, who were made to hold signs saying they wanted to avoid a similar fate.
The British and American hostages were not included in that video, he said, because their governments were not negotiating.
"They were not pampered," Elsheikh said. "The treatment had to be harsh to keep them in the state of mind" of compliance. "The prisoners had to be kept always under pressure."
He said the harsh treatment included headlocks, punches and stress positions. But he denied any involvement in mock executions or waterboarding.
Kotey said he saw Emwazi, better known as "Jihadi John," beat prisoners and threaten to waterboard them "as if he had previously" done so. He said Emwazi saw the killing of journalists and aid workers as warranted because they had "come to interfere in our internal affairs."
Kotey and Elsheikh say they were no longer working with Emwazi when the killing of hostages began. But they say they were among a very small group of Islamic State members who knew Emwazi's true identity, first reported in The Post in early 2015.
A decision is expected in the coming weeks from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on whether the British government's offer to share evidence on Elsheikh and Kotey, absent a promise from the United States that the men will not face the death penalty, violates British law.
Toby Cadman, a British lawyer representing Diane Foley, said he also worries that moving the prisoners around could create new opportunities for the defendants' families to delay a prosecution.
"The last thing anyone wants is for the process to be . . . fudged in order to get them before a court that they can then challenge," he said. "You want these people lawfully handed over."
A fourth "Beatle," Aine Davis, was convicted in Turkey of membership in a terrorist organization and sentenced to seven years in prison.
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Mekhennet reported from Rmeilan, Syria. Khabbat Abbas and The Washington Post's Louisa Loveluck in Rmeilan contributed to this report.


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Essonne Weather Conditions
Weather News
Tropical Storm Zeta forms in Caribbean
After a lull in activity, forecasters are putting parts of the Caribbean and Southeast US back on alert for tropical activity.
Molave to impact the Philippines through the weekend
After Saudel swept across the Philippines earlier this week, a second named tropical storm will bring impacts over the weekend.
Record-setting cold leaves blanket of snow over north-central US
Temperatures tumbled to new record lows across the region on Saturday, and snowy, icy conditions remain on the horizon for the near future as a cold front sweeps across the north-central United States.
Satisfying sweater weather dishes to make this weekend
Nothing evokes the spirit of fall quite like the scent of cinnamon and nutmeg wafting through the house. Here are some meal ideas to invoke the flavors of the season.
Dog coats to keep your pup protected and warm this winter
Your dog is part of the family too, so make sure he or she has the right apparel for colder weather.
Making wind vanes at AccuWeather School
Creating a wind vane at home is simple with these instructions from AccuWeather School. Plus, find out whether a wind vane tells you the direction the wind is blowing – away from or toward you.


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Welcome to my blog!
- Published in Men's Health
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After nearly 30 years as a practicing physician and surgeon in the specialty of urology, I've seen many trends wax and wane in medicine. In addition, it has been humbling to observe my research play a significant role in changing theoretical concepts, as well as daily practice. Here in this blog, I will be addressing a number of topics based on my observations and conclusions, most on issues related to men's health, but in some instances pertaining more broadly to medicine and science in general.


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Trademark: the rights of the licensee
09 12 2008
Legal aspects of trade mark licensing agreement
The corporate real estate 2008-2009
04 11 2008
PLCCROSS-BORDER HANDBOOKS, The corporate real estate market - Ukraine
Mergers and Acquisitions Specialist
28 10 2008
VKP Partner tells "Delo" newspaper that owners of large industrial and financial groups are preparing their business for a possible sale. This interview given by Denis Lysenko, Head of Corporate/M&A Practice is only available in Russian.
23 10 2008
This commentary given by Yulia Kyrpa for "Legal Weekly" on how to make a premature withdrawal of a deposit considering the newly issued by the National Bank of Ukraine regulation #319 "On tax measures related to bank activity" is only available in Ukrainian.
Tax on real estate can be the end of developers
22 10 2008
This expert commentary given by VKP's Senior Associate Natalia Dotsenko-Belous to LIGABusinessinform deals with the proposal issued recently by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to raise the real estate tax is only available in Russian.
Competition Litigation 2009, Ukraine
20 10 2008
Competition Litigation 2009 provides corporate counsel and international practitioners with a comprehensive worldwide legal analysis of the laws and regulations of competition litigation.
Is there a right without a document or the differentiation between rights defining documents for a land lot and the documents deriving that right
25 09 2008
This article is available in Russian language only.
24 09 2008
This article is available in Russian language only:
There is a need for laws compliant with WTO rules in the area of trade investigation
24 09 2008
This article is available in Russian language only.
Domestic law firms ready for international challenge
18 09 2008
Veteran lawyer Oleg Makarov of Vasil Kisil & Partners has been at the forefront of the Ukrainian legal industry since independence in 1991. He believes that while courthouse corruption remains an endemic problem, Ukrainian law firms have nevertheless managed to keep pace with their international rivals over the past 17 years and now stand poised to play a leading role in the globalisation of the domestic economy.


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How to get Android apps running on your laptop
7 minute read
A decade ago, Android was first released for smartphones. Since then, Android has turned up on plenty of other devices, including tablets, smartwatches and smart home appliances. You can even install Android on your laptop… and in this article, we'll show you how!
First of all though, why would you actually want to do this? Well, because Android is designed to work even on low-end phones with limited processing power, you can run Android at full speed even on old or slow laptops, where Windows might struggle.
This makes Android a good way to reuse an older machine. It's also a fun and convenient way to try out the millions of apps and games available on the Google Play app store.
If you want to try out Android on your laptop, it's not too difficult to get started. Most hardware, including wireless cards and USB peripherals, will work out of the box, and you can control what's going on with your laptop's built-in touchpad and keyboard.
This article will walk you through the process, from downloading a recent version of Android all the way through booting up Android for the first time.
All you need to get started is a laptop, a USB storage drive and Wi-Fi. I'm using an XPS 15 9560 laptop for this guide, but many other laptops will work just as well.
Of course, the process isn't risk-free. As we will be installing a new operating system, it's possible to take a wrong turn and erase what's already on your laptop. That makes it a good idea to back up any important data beforehand, and proceed through the instructions carefully. We're not responsible for any damages you might suffer as a result, so proceed with caution. With that disclaimer out of the way, let's begin.
Step 1: Download Android x86
We'll begin by downloading the Android x86 ISO file to our computer. You needn't download this on the laptop you're going to install Android on; any computer will do.
At the time of writing, the most recent version is Android x86 7.1, with a build date of May 3rd, 2018. (An alternative version, CM 14.1, is also available but falls outside the confines of this guide.) Simply click the 'View' link on one of the .iso files listed; we've chosen the one titled 'android-x86-7.1-r2.iso' for the sake of simplicity.
The file will take some time to download, and for us weighs around 700MB.
Step 2: Download Rufus
Now we have to turn the ISO file we downloaded into a bootable USB drive. In our original guide on this topic, ca. 2012, we suggested using the app UNetbootin to prepare our USB drive. This app will probably still work fine, but we will use the more modern Rufus app instead.
Once Rufus is downloaded, insert your USB drive and then run the Rufus app. Your USB drive will be COMPLETELY ERASED by what we're about to do, so ensure that you have copied off any important data before you begin.
Now, press the SELECT button near the top of the screen to choose the Android x86 ISO file you downloaded earlier. Then, confirm that your USB drive is shown as 'Device' near the top of the screen.
You can keep all other options at their default values, so just go ahead and press the START button near the bottom of the screen when you're ready.
You will be asked to choose ISO Image mode or DD Image mode; select the Recommended ISO Image mode setting and hit OK. You will be warned that all data on the drive will be destroyed; again hit OK.
Once the process is complete, a dinging noise will sound and the drive will be remounted with the title 'ANDROID-X86'. Now you're ready to insert this drive into the laptop that you want to install Android on.
Step 3: Boot the Android x86 installer from the USB drive
Now we need to simply plug the USB drive into our target computer and turn it on. If your laptop boots up straight into its standard operating system, restart it again and this time try pressing a key to enter the BIOS or the boot menu. Usually, this is a key like Delete, F1, F2, etc. If you're not sure which key it is, try pressing all of them or looking it up online with a Google search for the name of your laptop plus "BIOS key".
Once you're in the BIOS, you need to look for a section labelled Boot Priority or Boot Order. Then, set the USB drive as the top priority, ahead of your laptop's internal hard drive. This process is different between different laptops, so you may need to consult the internet or your computer's manual to find this information.
Once you've correctly booted from the Android x86 installer, you should see a blue screen, giving you two options. Firstly, you can run Android x86 in a kind of test mode, allowing you to check out its functionality without installing it first and wiping your laptop's existing data. This is helpful for making sure your keyboard, mouse, Wi-Fi and screen work as they should, but performance is normally not as good as a proper install.
In our case, things worked pretty well - touch inputs on the 4K display worked perfectly, all nearby Wi-Fi networks showed up and the keyboard and trackpad worked as expected. The only issue was that Google Play services crashed during the initial setup process, but this didn't have an noticeable effect. Hurrah!
With everything working, we can go onto actually installing Android. Restart your PC, and this time select the 'Install Android x86' option.
Step 4: Install Android x86
After choosing to install Android x86, the first thing that you get is a slightly scary looking prompt that asks you to Create/modify partitions or Detect devices. Select Create, then select the default option ('No') for the GPT question.
If you're happy to wipe your laptop completely, simply delete all partitions and then create a new partition.
If you'd like to keep your data, you can also choose to install to an existing Windows partition and then choose between Android and Windows when starting your computer.
In our example, our hard drive is already wiped, so we're going to simply select New > Primary > and keep the default size, which in our case is the entire drive.
Press Enter on the Bootable option, and you should see text saying Boot appear under Flags.
Now scroll all the way to Write and press enter on your keyboard. Type yes and press enter again to confirm.
After a short delay, you'll be back to the original screen. Now, move all the way to Quit and press enter one more time.
You'll be prompted to choose a partition for Android x86; just hit OK to choose the partition you just made and then ext4 for the filesystem choice.Again, you'll be prompted to confirm that you want to format the partition. Hit Yes, then wait a moment for the partition to be formatted.
Answer Yes when asked if you want to install boot loader GRUB…
…and Yes again to ensure the /system directory is writable.
Wait a slightly longer time, and you'll be greeted with good news: Android-x86 is installed successfully! Select Run Android x86 to start it up.
Step 5: Run Android x86
Hurrah! We've made it! Go through the standard Android first-time setup process, signing into your Google account, choosing a language and so on. It's worth setting up your laptop as a new device to save a bit of time.
Feel free to check out the apps that come with the installation, adjust all of your settings and download more apps from Google Play. Hopefully everything will run smoothly!
If you do face issues, it might be worth trying a different Android x86 ISO from the download page we saw in step 1, adjusting any relevant options in your BIOS.
Android doesn't support all laptops out of the box, so it might not be possible to fix all problems, but hopefully you'll be one of the lucky ones!
Wrapping up
That brings this guide to a close. Thanks for checking it out!


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