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The state's governor had condemned Nike's decision, which was prompted by complaints from Nike-sponsored NFL player Colin Kaepernick.
A newly unsealed complaint shows how Google paid Android creator Andy Rubin $90 million in severance after he left the company amid allegations of sexual misconduct.
Topics of discussion are expected to cover the 100-day action plan announced by Erdoğan, complaints from the public about bureaucratic red tape in the new system and proposals from 16 ministries to enhance the new system.
Three female athletes from Connecticut have filed a federal discrimination complaint, claiming that the inclusion of transgender athletes in women's sport significantly undermines fairness of competition.
An officer from Humberside Police interviewed Harry Miller by telephone after the force received complaints over his posts on Twitter.
The lawyers who first represented Ms Trindade say her initial complaint was of "aggression" or "physical violence" by Neymar.
The case was opened following complaints from two Swedish women who said they were the victims of sex crimes committed by Assange. He has denied the allegations, asserting that they were politically motivated and that the sex was consensual.
Trump, who tweeted and re-tweeted complaints on Friday and Saturday, said he would "monitor the censorship of AMERICAN CITIZENS on social media platforms.
On Thursday, two of the most popular parental-control apps, Kidslox and Qustodio, filed a complaint with the European Union's competition office.
Gençoğlu later filed a criminal complaint in Istanbul last year against Kural, alleging that he had battered her and dragged her on the ground.
Gençoğlu later filed a criminal complaint in Istanbul last year against Kural, alleging that he had battered her and dragged her on the ground. She also claimed that Kural had banged her head against the wall.
In March 2014, the Central Administrative Court ruled the arbitration committee lacked authority to decide on the Hopewell project because Hopewell filed its complaint after the five-year arbitration complaint period finished.
"All the allegations in the criminal complaint, they are unfounded," Oppenheimer said.
A former member of South Korean boy band FT Island, Choi Jong-hoon, has filed a complaint with the prosecution against a woman suspected of blackmailing him, police said Thursday.
There have been complaints from many people that Chinese clinics in city are operating carelessly.
French media said the complaint had been lodged by a 22-year-old French actress.
Shortly after its opening, a complaint was sent to the St.
Complaints were also made about McCarrick's conduct in the New Jersey dioceses of Newark and Metuchen, where he previously served.
Following the friend's complaint, police found both women dead in their apartment.
Netflix removes comedy episode after Saudi complaint
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Increasingly China and the West disagree on the legitimacy of each other's complaints.
But as much as we love the Colonel for his Kentucky-fried generosity, we have had one complaint.


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Steve Vibol Meng drops out of Long Beach…
Steve Vibol Meng drops out of Long Beach District 6 race, endorses only other Cambodian American candidate, Suely Saro
Steve Vibol Meng (right) announced Friday, Dec. 6 that he ended his campaign to represent Long Beach's District 6 and endorsed Suely Saro for the seat. (Courtesy Suely Saro)
By Hayley Munguia | hmunguia@scng.com | Long Beach Press-Telegram
PUBLISHED: December 6, 2019 at 8:59 am | UPDATED: December 6, 2019 at 9:07 am
The race to represent Long Beach's Sixth District is down to seven candidates.
Steve Vibol Meng, a business consultant, announced Friday, Dec. 6, that he ended his campaign and endorsed Cal State Los Angeles adjunct professor Suely Saro for the job.
Both Meng and Saro are leaders in the local Cambodian community. Despite being home to the biggest Cambodian population outside of the country itself, Long Beach has never elected someone of Cambodian descent to the City Council.
Candidates for Long Beach City Council's District 6 state their cases in Friday, Nov. 22, forum
Long Beach Councilman Dee Andrews announces re-election campaign, seeking his fourth full term
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The election to choose the next representative for the Sixth District, which stretches from 10th Street north to 31st Street and from San Francisco Avenue east to Gardenia Avenue, is scheduled for March 3.
"Suely Saro is the right candidate to unite the Cambodian American community," Meng said in a statement, "and to represent all Long Beach residents on the City Council."
Meng said that he decided to run for the seat because he felt the city's Cambodian population "has been overlooked and under-represented.
"But the time has come to unite behind one candidate, with one vision for Long Beach," he added, "and that is Suely Saro."
Saro is still one of six challengers looking to unseat Councilman Dee Andrews, who was first elected in 2007 and is currently running to win his fourth full term on the panel.
"I am deeply grateful for Steve's support, and I look forward to working closely with him throughout the campaign ahead," Saro said in a statement. "I know that with Steve's help, and the support of the community, I will be the first Cambodian American woman to serve on the Long Beach City Council, and we will restore responsible leadership for the Sixth District."
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Owners and occupants of Brand Hall were Grosvenor's, Cotton's and later the Davison's. The Davison's were really a branch of the Styche family. James Styche inherited property from his step-father and took the name Davison. It was his grandson George Davison (d. 1714) who brought the Brand estate.
In the 1737 Churchwarden's Account book, S. Davison and Robert Davison are listed amongst the principle inhabitants of Norton in Hales. A Samuel Davison Esq, died and was buried at St Chads, Norton in Hales in 1740.
1756-57 Alterations to the interior of Brand Hall for Robert Davison. [1]
By a settlement made in 1765 on the marriage of Robert Davison and Ann Chetwode, the manor of Brand, Brand Hall, a house and lands in Betton and a house and lands in the parish of Malpas (called "the Maes-y-Groes estate") were settled to the use of Robert Davison, the husband for life. In Robert Davison's will dated in 1769, he gave all his estate to his wife for life, after her death it would pass to his brother William for his life, then to his nephew William Holt Davison (son of his brother William). When Robert Davison died in 1772 without children, his wife Ann (afterwards the wife of Edward Mainwaring) held Brand Hall. William Holt Davison (the nephew) died in 1791, leaving two sons, one of whom was William Holt Davison the younger.
William Holt Davison, the younger (1733 – 1824) by his Will, date in November 1824, after directing his debts to be paid and after giving some legacies out of his personal estate he gave, devised and bequeathed unto his cousin, Daniel Wilson Davison the Brand estate. William was buried on 29th May 1824 at Norton in Hales.
Daniel Wilson Davison, was the son of Doctor Robert Davison. On 12th Jan 1823 at St Clement's Danes Daniel and Margaret Ann Scott were married. Daniel was a Solicitor and lived at 6 Clement's Inn, Holborn, London.
Following the death of Daniel Wilson Davison in 1836, Brand Hall was put up for sale in 1837 but it did not sell. In 1838 the trustees sold it to Mr. Sillitoe for 35,000.
In Purney Sillitoe's will 1855, he leaves majority of property, land etc. to Alfred William Griffin, eldest son of his niece Elizabeth Sarah Griffin.
Alfred William Griffin was born on 8th July 1835, at Hammersmith to Alfred Griffin (Barrister at Law, of the Middle Temple London) and Elizabeth Sarah Sandey (daughter of Commander Sandey, of the Royal Navy, one of Nelson's officers). He was later baptized on 12th April 1836, along with his older sister Elizabeth Fanny Griffin and younger brother Marten Harcourt Griffin. Alfred died on 18th December 1861 at 17 Cleveland Gardens Hyde Park.
Marten Harcourt Griffin born 21st December 1836. On 25th January 1865 at Stoke Clymesland, Cornwall, Marten Griffin married Isabella Elizabeth Spencer, the youngest daughter of Rev William Henry Spencer.
BRAND HALL TO LET - Either from year to year or for a term not exceeding five years and entered upon at Lady-day next. The capital Mansion House called "Brand Hall" late the residence of Charles Wickstead, Esquire with Coach Houses, excellent Stabling and Outbuildings, good Garden partly walled, Plantations and Pleasure Grounds surrounding the House. The Mansion is well calculated for the reception of a large family and is pleasantly situated in the parish of Norton in Hales, in the county of Salop and is distant about 3 miles from the town of Market Drayton, then from Nantwich and about seven miles from the Grand Junction Railway Station at Whitmore. The tenant can be accommodated with any quantity of land not exceeding 85 statute acres of land adjoining the mansion. Three packs of fox hounds are kept within a reasonable distance. For permission to view the place and for other information applications may be made to Mr Pigot, Market Drayton.
On the 1881 census Charles Tayleur Esq and his family were living at Brand Hall. On the 1901 census Philip Rawson and his family were living at Brand Hall.
At Westminster Police Court, Mr Marten Harcourt Griffin, JP of Salop and Stafford, described of Brand Hall, near Shrewsbury; Pall Mall House, Market Drayton, Salop; and the Junior Carlton Club, appeared to a summons, before Mr d'Eyncourt, to show why an affiliation order should not be made against him in the instance of Mary Morrat, nee Morgan, now residing in Sydney Street, Chelsea.
Lakes Chronicle and Reporter, Friday 17th August 1888
On the morning of the 22nd ultimo the inhabitants of this quiet little village were aroused from their slumbers by the merry peals of the church bells in honour of a son-and-heir being born to Martin Harcourt Griffin Esq of the Pelwall and Brand Hall estates, In the evening the Norton-in-Hales Campanalogian Band performed on the church bells by ringing a beautiful peal of "Grandshire doubles" – The band stood as follows' Treble Joseph Dunn Austin; 2nd William Wainwright; 3rd James Wainwright; 4th John Martin; 5th William Ellams conductor; tenor Richard Hassall. We may add that the band is progressing favourably under the instructions so willingly and freely given by Mr A Marshall conductor to the Sandbach Change-ringing Society, Cheshire.
3rd August 1867 – Wellington Journal
Marten and Isabella had eight children in 17 years. Marten died on 3rd June 1924 at the age of 87. Isabella died on 6 January 1934 at the age of 90. The Griffin's resided at different properties during their lifetime – 1880's Dinan, France, 1891 Sandbanks Havenhurst, Dorset and 1911 Efford Down, Bude.
John Radford-Norcop (formerly Radford 1904), born 20th August 1877 at Etwall, Derbyshire. John was the son of Arthur Radford of Smalley Hall and Henrietta Maria Hurt of The Knoll, Littleover. John married Miss Phyllis Thornton, daughter of Colonel Walker Thornton, of Maidenhatch on 9th June 1910. On the 1911 census John and Phyllis are living at Brand Hall, along with eight servants.
Miss Phyllis Thornton in 1910
Between 1911 and 1917, John and Phyliss had four children, Peter John Church Radford Norcop (Died of wounds July 14th 1941), Henrietta (Jane) Grace Radford Norcop (married Robert Sorel-Cameron) and Eve Radford Norcop. On the 1939 census John and Phyliss were living at Brand Hall, along with four servants.
John Radford Norcop of Church Stretton, Bradfield, Berkshire, died 11th November 1959 at Thames Bank, Goring, Oxfordshire. Probate (limited to settled land). London 29th March to the right honourable Evelyne Vaughan, Lady Foley widow and Charles Walter Turner retired major H.M army. Effects £38,328.
In 1952 Col. George Wade bought Brand Hall. He died in 1986 aged 94.
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If confirmed as an act of terrorism, the two explosions that struck the Boston Marathon's finish line on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens more, would represent the first such attack to strike the city in recent history. Authorities initially declined to label the incident an act of terrorism; when asked by ...
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If confirmed as an act of terrorism, the two explosions that struck the Boston Marathon's finish line on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens more, would represent the first such attack to strike the city in recent history.
Authorities initially declined to label the incident an act of terrorism; when asked by a reporter immediately after the explosions whether he would classify the incident as a terrorist attack, Boston Police Chief Ed Davis said, "You can reach your own conclusions." But CNN is now reporting that federal officials have classified the bombings as a terrorist attack and have moved on to investigating whether its origins were foreign or domestic.
According to the University of Maryland's Global Terrorism Database, 16 acts of terrorism — two of which resulted in injures, another two of which resulted in fatalities — have occurred in Boston since 1970, and no acts of terrorism have occurred in the city since 1995.
According to the University of Maryland, the most recent lethal terrorist attack in Boston was the 1995 killing of Paul R. McLaughlin, a gangland prosecutor who was shot to death execution-style in his car. The only other Boston terror attack to have resulted in a fatality was the 1992 killing of Iwao Matsuda, the president of Chukyo University, who was shot to death in his hotel room while visiting the city to sign an exchange agreement with the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Over the course of its history, Boston has witnessed several bombings carried out by a variety of leftist groups, black nationalists, and abortion activists. But only one such bombing — carried out by the obscure Marxist group United Freedom Front — resulted in serious casualties. In that attack, on April 22, 1976, 22 people were injured — including a man who lost a leg — in a bombing that targeted the Suffolk County Courthouse.
In more recent years, Boston has had an ignominious connection with the major terrorist attacks carried out on U.S. soil. Two of the hijacked airliners in the Sept. 11 attacks — American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 — originated at Boston's Logan Airport, and the attacks that day claimed the lives of 206 people from Massachusetts or with strong ties to it. Still, in the decade that followed, Boston managed to avoid a major terrorist attack. Until, it seems, today.
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The uniqueness of this Teak West Palm Semi Oval Extension Table's design makes it both a functional piece of furniture and a true work of art. The table's semi-oval shape evokes a Colonial feel that meshes well with the natural beauty of the teak wood. This table will become not only a natural setting for fellowship and conversation but also a conversation piece in and of itself.
The Teak West Palm Semi Oval Extension Table is easy to assemble and has dimensions of 71"x43"x31"h that extend to 94"x43"x31"h with the butterfly leaf in place.
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[…] Meanwhile, while no one was looking, psychoanalysis has evolved into an open-minded, vital, interactional process that may not get the attention or command the power it did in the 1950s and 1960s but helps people much more than it used to. Although I am not a psychoanalyst—I couldn't sit still long enough for the years of training it requires—I admire what psychoanalysis has become today. People outside the field don't know it, but psychoanalysis is perhaps the last spot left in all of medicine where understanding the patient as a person is the first task, if not the only task.
At the same time, modern psychiatry risks becoming merely a game of connect the dots. Patients arrive at the doorstep filled with pain and worry. After they fill out numerous forms, they get a quick visit with the doctor. In ten or fifteen minutes they are asked to list their symptoms, while the psychiatrist's mind whirs through the various patterns he has learned from the diagnostic manual, or DSM-IV. He often doesn't have the time or the training to look for the person inside the patient sitting before him. He is trying to match up a required number of symptoms with a given DSM-IV entry to make a diagnosis. Once the patient lists enough symptoms in a category, Bingo! You have a diagnosis. Maybe it's major depression. Maybe it's mania. Maybe it's generalized anxiety disorder. Maybe it's ADHD.
Once you name enough symptoms to reach a diagnosis, your doctor's mind now whirs through the medications that match the diagnosis, and she picks one to offer you. Sometimes she picks a few, and lets you join her in making the decision.
A few minutes later, you leave the office having been given a diagnosis and a medication. You feel confused, unheard, and unhelped. But, being in distress, you take what you've been given and hope the medication will be good enough to make up for what the process lacked in empathy.
The interaction with the doctor takes as little time as possible, because the insurance company is watching, and such time wasters as empathic conversation or humorous asides take minutes for which there will be no reimbursement.
This is a caricature, but, sadly, a caricature that comes close to the hurried reality of psychiatry today. We psychiatrists rightly boast that we are more evidence-based than we used to be, and that our diagnostic criteria are based upon objective symptoms and behaviors, not subjective intuitions. But while the science has progressed spectacularly, our implementation of it has grown so impersonal as to be frequently ham-handed and even rude. That's not a good way to heal emotional wounds.


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Proud of the New Ukraine
Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, is beautiful in all seasons.
I periodically become a target of all-around questioning, just because originally—25 years ago—I came to the US from Ukraine as a Fulbright Scholar in cross-cultural and language studies. Of course, this gives me the leverage to deeper understand what's going on there, and why. But I do not hold a magic ball that predicts what the future holds in this largely unpredictable country – and even more unpredictable America under the current government. So, let me just answer some of these questions and clarify my positioning.
When people get my new book about immigrant women, "How They Made It in America," many shrug shoulders reading the explanation of the reasons for my emigration—and for leaving the high position in academia—which were rooted in snowballing corruption that I could not stand anymore. Yes, may be many countries have their own bureaucracy and corruption, but Ukraine is something special. And therefore, I am triple proud that in the recent elections 73% of voices went to the new President Volodymyr Zelensky, a Russian speaker from the Eastern region – and a Jew. This ran counter to the typical populist Ukrainian tendencies and showed that people were fed up with the old way of life.
May be, this time around the social-economic situation was so bad that the people overwhelmingly voted for somebody who gave the most hope to uplift Ukraine from the hole the former management put it into. And President Zelensky, however young and inexperienced, makes big strides to fulfil his promises, and—most importantly—pull his country out of a deadlock war with Russia. To reach this goal, he needs money, weapons and support of the United States. But will he do a "small favor" to the almighty American President who held this money, although approved by the Congress? This episode featuring Ukraine made headlines all over the world. I am no judge of what the Presidents should or should not do. A good question is whether Zelensky has a choice. As for the rest, I can only provide my consulting opinion.
Past Predicts Future
When thinking of Ukraine, consider the following:
For over twenty-five years of my life in the United States, whenever I answered "Ukraine" when asked where I came from, I'd hear, "Ah, Russia!" Home to 42 million people, Ukraine was little-known — until bloodshed in Kiev's Maidan Square and continuing mayhem provoked by Putinesque instigators brought it into headlines. The media, however, often understated the situation, thus hurting American understanding of this strategically important European country.
Critically, Ukraine, the second-largest military state in Europe (after Russia), surrendered its nuclear warheads in 1994, after the U.S., UK, and Russia had guaranteed the integrity of its borders. Now, when Ukraine sees the army of Russian President Vladimir Putin at the gates and is torn apart by pro-Russian separatists, Ukrainians feel betrayed by the all former guarantors. And it looks like nobody cares.
The late U.S. Sen. John McCain, speaking on Late Night with Seth Meyers, dismissed Russia as a "gas station run by a mafia masquerading as a country." I never agreed with that. Russia may be a mafia, but with many nuclear warheads! Their warheads can annihilate the world three times over. And by now, maybe four times.
And this mafia stops at nothing, as its track record in Chechnya, Georgia and Crimea had proven. It's not to be downplayed! Unfortunately, many politicians in America and Europe alike appear unaware of Putin's goal, which was applauded in the Russian Duma: to reconstruct the U.S.S.R., in a smaller but stronger version — including Ukraine. That statement from the past predicts the future.
Historical Roots of the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict
Despite their territories changing hands and enjoying only a short-lived independence, most population of Ukraine identifies as Ukrainian, whether or not their mother tongue is Ukrainian or Russian (which is often the case in Eastern Ukraine, where I have been born). Language issues notwithstanding, the growth of national consciousness began with the struggle of the independent Ukrainian People's Republic from 1917 to 1921. Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin drowned it in blood, adding the man-made Famine-Genocide of 1932-33, the deportations of the so-called kulaks (rich farmers who opposed collectivization, and one of my granddads fell victim to it), the physical annihilation of the nationally conscious intelligentsia, and general terror to subdue the nation.
The people of the Ukraine are fighting a vicious battle against organized crime, corruption and the forces of evil. While we shook the Soviet yoke in 1991, many of the corrupt, communist apparatchiks unfortunately managed to hold onto their positions. The crime and corruption continued but the Ukrainian people have finally had enough and are bravely making their stand.
The condescending and dictatorial "big brother" habitually ridiculed Ukrainian nationalism (equating it to narrow-mindedness) and even the traditional love of borsch; everything Ukrainian was regarded as second-tier, inferior to everything Russian. Facing repressions, Ukrainians kept a low profile.
But no low profile anymore! Multiple sources inside the country report a sharp rise in Ukrainian national consciousness, and even people who used to be indifferent to the issue favor Ukrainian unity over Russian recolonization. This chronicle makes Putin's takeover of Ukraine — and the ensuing, never-ending chaos and civil war — problematic.
Ukrainian Americans Provide Insights on Ukrainian Culture
As a believer in culture's power to condition and predict our success, I think that in order to grow U.S. influence in this strategic geopolitical region, we need to better understand the mindset of its people — because the culture prophecy is as steady as it gets in our ever-changing world. In 2016 there was a sizeable number of 347,759 Ukraine-born Americans. Among celebrities who contributed big time to the US well-being and culture, the first names that spring to mind are from Hollywood: Ukraine-born actresses Mila Kunis and Milla Jovovich – as well as Dustin Hoffman and Steven Spielberg who are proud of their Ukrainian heritage.
Let's look at two other successful Ukrainian-Americans for insights into the Ukrainian character, culture, and contributions.
Oksana Baiul: Queen of the Ice
Oksana Baiul, a retired Ukrainian figure skater, emigrated from Ukraine to America after becoming the 1993 World Championship Gold Medalist and the 1994 Olympic Gold Medalist in Ladies Figure Skating. Orphaned early, Oksana lived in Odessa with the wife of her coach, demonstrating talent and true grit on her way to becoming the queen of the ice. Her relaunched career in America went well; for example, she collaborated with renowned ballet dancer Saule Rachmedova to bring together the Ice Theatre of New York and had many public appearances, including on MTV's Total Request Live.
A passionate person, Oksana never forgot her roots: She supports the Tikva Children's Home, which aids the Jewish children of Odessa.
Oksana has been living in the U.S. for years, but her national consciousness is strong and prompts her to voice her support for the good of her former compatriots. She feels their pain at the Maidan events and beyond.
Helen Schneider, Ph.D.: Happy Health Economist
Helen came to the U.S. to study economics, knowing that America had given the world most of its Nobel Prize-winning economists. She proved to be flexible, moving from Kent, Ohio, to study at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, then to Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, then to the University of California, Berkeley, for her post-doctorate, then to work at the Los Alamos lab in New Mexico, and finally – to the University of Texas in Austin, with its outstanding Economics Department.
Helen embraced the diversity of America's regional cultures, thus becoming an all-American girl. Her integration into each place was heartfelt: her family still remembers how her immersion in Southern culture expressed itself as "Yankees are no good! Well, some may be…" Today Helen is an all-inclusive Texan — because everything is bigger and better in Texas. She's passionate about teaching health economics and econometrics, the tough subjects, plus some of her articles made headlines in top professional journals and brought her awards. Her cultural sensitivity helps in teaching a diverse student population at UT, and she's happy to do what she loves.
Helen stays in touch with her old friends in Ukraine and Russia and remains poised and graceful, never taking sides when Russia-vs.-Ukraine opinions become polarized or even hostile, but she believes Ukraine deserves to be independent, not subservient to Russia, because of the specific culture.
Democracy Is Difficult to Dose and Dispense from the Outside
The flexibility, talent, passion, and national consciousness of these and many other Ukrainian Americans reflect the history-and-culture prophecies of their country of origin. Today's Ukraine, a struggling nation, made the headlines again, and not in a favorable context. But America should not jump the gun and withdraw support; Americans can extend support differently, while never underestimating Putin's track record and Russia's warheads.
Besides, in any country, democracy and a sense of fairness are difficult to judge, dose or dispense from the outside, especially when one knows as little of the country's history and culture as our typical politicians seem to. Let's make a better effort—and we'll continue to have Ukraine as a strategic partner in a geopolitical European region!
Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: America, Helen Schneider, Oksana Baiul, past predicts future, President Zelensky, Russian warheads, Russian-Ukrainian conflict, talented Ukrainian-Americans, Ukraine, Ukrainiam culture
For over 20 years of my life in the US, always answering "Ukraine" when asked where I came from, I'd heard, "Aah, Russia!" The home to 45.4 million people, Ukraine was little known—until bloodshed on the Maidan Square in Kyiv and continuing mayhem provoked by expert Putin-esque instigators brought it into headlines. The media opinions, however, often understate the situation, thus hurting all-American understanding—and standing—in this strategically important European country.
Critically, the second-largest (after Russia) military state in Europe, Ukraine surrendered its nuclear warheads in 1994, after the USA, Britain, and Russia had guaranteed the safety of its borders. Now, when Ukraine sees "Putin at the gate" and is torn apart by pro-Russian separatists, Ukrainians feel betrayed by the former guarantors. Senator McCain's speaking on Seth Meyers' show talked down Russia referring to it as "gas station run by a mafia masquerading as a country." Take a closer look, Senator: this is mafia but it's running the warheads! Their warheads can annihilate the world three times over, and this mafia stops at nothing—as the track-record from Chechnya and Georgia had proved. This is not to be downplayed! Unfortunately, our politicians appear unaware of President Putin' strategy that was applauded at the Russian Duma 2 years ago: to reconstruct the USSR, in a smaller but stronger version—including Ukraine. This kind of the past conditions and predicts the future.
The history-and-culture prophesy
Despite their territories changing hands and enjoying only short-lived independence, 77.8% of population identifies themselves as Ukrainians – whether or not their mother-tongue is Ukrainian or Russian (which is often the case in Eastern Ukraine). Language issues notwithstanding, the growth of national consciousness began with the struggle for independent Ukrainian People's Republic from 1917 to 1921. Stalin drowned it in blood, adding the man-made Famine-Genocide of 1932–3, the deportations of the so-called kulaks, the physical annihilation of the nationally conscious intelligentsia, plus general terror – and subdued the nation. The condescending "big brothers" habitually ridiculed Ukrainian nationalism (equated to narrow-mindedness) and even their love of borsch, a traditional food; everything Ukrainian was regarded as second-best, in comparison to Russian. Ukrainians kept a low profile. Not any more: multiple sources inside the country report the sharp rise of Ukrainian national consciousness—and even people who used to be indifferent to the issue favor Ukrainian unity over Russian re-colonization. This chronicle makes Putin's takeover of Ukraine problematical and the chaos and civil war – never-ending.
Look at Ukrainian-Americans for heads-up
A believer in culture conditioning/predicting our success, I think that to grow US influence in this strategic geo-political region, we need to better understand the mindset of its people—because the culture prophesy is as steady as it gets in our ever-changing world. Look at 2 successful Ukrainian-Americans for head-ups on the Ukrainian character, culture, and contributions.
Oksana Baiul, from Ukraine – Queen of the Ice
Oksana Baiul, a retired Ukrainian figure skater, immigrated to America after becoming 1993 World Championship Gold Medalist, and 1994 Olympic Gold Medalist in Ladies Figure Skating. Orphaned early, Oksana lived with the wife of her coach, in Odessa, demonstrating talent and true grit on her way to becoming the Queen of the Ice. Her re-launched career in America went well; for example, she collaborated with renowned ballet dancer Saule Rachmedova to bring together Ice Theatre of New York and had many public appearances, including MTV's Total Request Live.
A passionate person, Oksana never forgot her roots: she supports the Tikva Children's Home Charity, which aids the Jewish children of Odessa. It was natural for her to issue statement of support for protesters in the Kiev's Maidan, "The people of the Ukraine are fighting a vicious battle against organized crime, corruption and the forces of evil," she wrote. "While we shook the Soviet yoke in 1991, many of the corrupt, communist apparatchiks unfortunately managed to hold onto their positions. The crime and corruption continued but the Ukrainian people have finally had enough and are bravely making their stand." Oksana's been living in the US for years – but her national consciousness is strong and prompts her to voice her support for the better good of her former compatriots: she feels their pain.
Helen Schneider, Ph. D., from Ukraine – Happy Health Economist
Helen came to study Economics in America that gave the world most Nobel Prize economists. She proved to be flexible embracing American culture at the diverse culture spots where studies and career brought her: from Kent, OH to Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, GA; to Cornell University in Ithaca, NY; to post-doctorate at the UC at Berkeley, CA; to the Los Alamos Lab, NM; to the University of Texas in Austin—she absorbed the gamut of American regional cultures, thus becoming an all-American girl. Helen's integration at each place was heart-felt: her family still remembers how her immersion in the Southern-US culture displayed: "Yankees are no good!" Today Helen is an all-inclusive patriot of Texas—because everything is "bigger-and-better" there. A passionate health economist, some of her articles made headlines in top professional journals and brought awards. Her cultural sensitivity helps in teaching diverse student population, and – she's happy to do what she loves.
Helen stays in touch with her old friends in Ukraine and Russia, poised, graceful, and never taking sides when Russia-vs.-Ukraine opinions become polarized or even hostile—but she believes Ukraine deserves to be independent—not subservient to Russia—because of the specific culture.
Democracy is Difficult to Dose
Flexibility, survivability, talent, passion, and national consciousness of these—and many other—Ukrainian-Americans reflect the history-and-culture prophesies of their country of origin. Today the Ukrainians are a struggling nation. But God forbid America jumps the gun: we can extend support differently, while never underplaying Putin's Russia track-record and warheads. Besides, in any country, democracy and fairness are difficult to judge, dose or dispense from the outside, especially when one knows as little of the country's history and culture as our typical politicians.
Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Democracy's difficult to dose, Helen Schneider as happy health economist, looking at Ukrainian-Americans for heads-up, Oksana Baiul


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Cottonwood primary election canvassed
Originally Published: March 18, 2011 9:01 a.m.
COTTONWOOD -- The City Council Tuesday canvassed the results of March 8 election and approved the results.
City Clerk Marianne Jiménez repeated the results the March 8 primary election during this week's regular council meeting. She said 1,847 voters, 36 percent of Cottonwood's 5,129 voters, cast ballot.
The election will seat Ruben Jauregui as a councilmember and re-elected Diane Joens as mayor.
The election also sets the stage for the May 17 General Election.
Four candidates will face-off to fill the two remaining council seats. Those candidates include Incumbents Terence Pratt and Duane Kirby.
Jiménez says April 7 at 5 p.m. is the deadline for candidates who wish to run in the General Election as a write-in candidate.
A write-in candidate does not need to circulate petitions, but, must submit the other formal candidate packet information forms. Once they do so, then a candidate becomes an "official write-in candidate."
As the name implies, a write-in candidate does not appear on the ballot, but any votes would be counted toward their name. Contact the city clerk for more information at 634-5526.
A candidate in Cottonwood's case may only become a write in candidate for one of the two remaining council seats still open, according to Jimenez. Diane Joens has already be re-elected Mayor and Ruben Jauregui has been elected to one council seat.
8 candidates seek Cottonwood Council seats
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EBV co-infection may increase malaria mortality in childhood
Quinn Eastman
qeastma@emory.edu
MHV68 co-infection can turn a non-lethal infection by Plasmodium parasites lethal. Image shows mouse spleens, stained with antibodies that highlight B cells (green), T cells (red), and the germinal center (blue), a part of the spleen that is important for high-affinity antibody production.
Courtesy of PLOS Pathogens via Creative Commons.
Many people who live in sub-Saharan Africa develop a natural immunity to malaria, through repeated exposure to Plasmodium parasites. Even so, the disease kills close to half a million children per year, according to the World Health Organization. What factors can interfere with the development of immunity?
Infectious disease researchers at Emory are calling attention to a trouble-maker whose effects may be underappreciated: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Their experiments with mice show that co-infection with a virus closely related to EBV can make a survivable malaria parasite infection lethal.
The results were published May 21 in PLOS Pathogens.
In children, EBV infection is regarded as "not distinguishable from other mild, brief childhood illnesses," although it can cause infectious mononucleosis in adolescents and young adults. Children in sub-Saharan Africa become infected by Epstein-Barr virus in infancy. Within the same time period, they become susceptible to Plasmodium parasite infection because protective antibodies from their mothers fade away.
"Where we think kids get into trouble is when both infections are happening at the same time, because case reports show EBV can produce a weeks-long suppression of the immune system," says co-senior author Tracey Lamb, PhD, assistant professor of pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine.
The first author of the paper is Microbiology and Molecular Genetics graduate student Caline Matar. Co-senior author Sam Speck, PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology, is a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar.
Matar and her colleagues studied mice infected by Plasmodium yoelii, which is usually non-lethal because the mice develop antibodies that control the parasites. Co-infection by MHV68 (murine gammaherpesvirus 68), a close relative of EBV that infects mice, made P. yoelii lethal to the mice. However, mice that have entered the chronic phase of MHV68 infection (several weeks to months after primary infection) were not affected. Matar's experiments indicated that MHV68 infection hinders the immune system in developing antibodies against P. yoelii.
"These results are part of a pattern of evidence suggesting that clinicians treating severe malaria should check for acute EBV co-infection, and that ongoing malaria studies should include EBV as a potential risk factor for more severe forms of the disease," Matar says.
Some diagnostic tools are available to track EBV infection, but there is no EBV vaccine. Although there are no drugs approved specifically for EBV, some studies show that antiviral drugs such as acyclovir can be effective against it.
"This phenomenon may not be unique to EBV, and that infections with other pathogens may also exacerbate malarial disease since many pathogens have the capacity to suppress various components of the host immune response," Speck says.
The research was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R21AI099847) and a pilot grant from the Queensland-USA Technology Alliance.
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Asia Pacific will witness substantial growth owing to rising investments in military & defense sector coupled with growth in overall aerospace industry in the region.
United Technologies Corporation, Rockwell Collins, Inc., Honeywell International Inc., Thales Group, Cobham Plc, Eaton Corporation, Bae Systems, and ITT Corporation are among the prominent participants in the aerospace avionics market. The industry players are continuously focusing on strengthening their distribution network to gain competitive edge and enhance their visibility.


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Tragic accident on NH: Five killed, 1 critical
Latest News Odisha State
Kendrapara: Five persons were killed while another was critically injured in a tragic accident on NH 5 near Alabanka Chhak in Kendrapara district late last night.
Three deceased persons were identified as Rajesh Jena, Debasish Sethi, and Harekrushna Sahoo while the identity of two others is yet to be ascertained.
According to sources, the youths, who were members of a dance group, were returning in a car to Kendrapara from Panikoili in Jajpur district. Meanwhile, the driver lost control over the wheels and the car rammed into a truck stationed on the roadside.
The collision was so intense that the car got badly mangled crushing five to death. However, one of them survived with critical injuries. On being informed, police and Fire personnel reached the spot and rescued the injured one.
The injured youth was initially rushed to Kendrapara DHH and later shifted to the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack after his health condition deteriorated.
While the actual cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained, it is suspected that the accident took place due to over speeding, sources in police said.
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When many of the new-wave food cooperatives were founded in the '60s and '70s, the times could easily be described as the heyday of new food co-op development. Got an unused storefront somewhere and a couple of spare coolers? Throw in a legion of willing volunteers ready to schlep and stock and do whatever. Back then, those were the necessary ingredients for a food co-op.
Fast forward to the present. The heyday ended; a lot of those co-ops didn't make it. New food co-op development seemed to come to a grinding halt. Many established and operationally successful food co-ops were able to expand or grow locations in the face of increasing competition and consumer demand for sophisticated shopping experiences. But brand new food co-op developments have been few and far between. In recent years there's been a renaissance of startup projects like Harvest Market in Barneveld, Wis., Eastside Food Co-op in Minneapolis, and Just Food in Northfield, Minn.
" Successful development costs money," said CDS consultant Marilyn Scholl. "Being able to roll up your sleeves is no longer enough to have a co-op. If a community wants a store, they have to invest in it themselves and raise outside capital. Other co-ops, development agencies and banks can help to leverage the costs." As these startups work to meet the challenges of bringing cooperation to their communities, CDS has been expanding its vision of how new food co-op development can occur more quickly and easily for communities around the country.
CDS development specialist Denise Chevalier has been spearheading the research project. She explained the impetus for the project and CDS' desire to be a resource to the process. "We want to help initiate a broader vision for food co-op development, to build upon collaborative partnerships, and increase the infrastructure of support for new food co-op development." There are many aspects to that support: linking groups to resources like finance and systems development, as well as providing organizational support in management and board development.
Scholl noted many food co-op leaders have also expressed the desire to expand food co-op market share through visionary collaboration with a variety of stakeholders—the recent reorganization of the National Cooperative Grocers Association being one big step toward that goal. "We're responding to a need for new food co-op development and taking a broad view of things," said Scholl. This view includes not only new natural food co-op development, but conventional and blended formats in both urban and rural locations.
" Co-ops are driven by consumer needs and demands, and CDSwants to build an infrastructure for co-ops to be viable throughout the food sector," said Chevalier. To do this requires a mobilization of vision, systems, capital and talent—and CDS is prepared to take a role in bringing groups and resources together to realize these objectives. "Ultimately this is a vision to strengthen local communities. Co-ops raise awareness that self-determination is an option," Scholl added.
Looking back to the "heyday" to see what worked—the power of a community coming together—is the ineffable quality of cooperation. The idea that development opportunities are in "unused storefronts somewhere" is still very viable in some communities—it just needs to happen more efficiently and effectively. Rural communities are losing grocery stores to a lack of succession for the "ma and pa" grocery stores. Many inner city neighborhoods have lost food stores during the migration of businesses to suburban and strip mall settings. The loss of full-line grocery stores presents a challenge for a growing number of people in a variety of communities to access fresh and healthful food.


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Dan's WRC Blog – 2012 A Season To Remember (Part 1)
Posted on December 7, 2012 by Daniel Darrall
As Championships are wrapped up, and champion's are crowned, the 2012 season has come to a close. It's been another year of hot highs and soggy low's, both for drivers & teams as well as the Sport itself. So much has happened this year, its gonna be hard to talk about it all. It has been a very tough year for the sport. The season started disastrously, some even questioning the sports future existence. But we now have what appears to be a very good and stable future ahead.
The year started with the WRC's Global Promoter North One Sport being sacked due to their failing to meet the FIA's contractual agreement. Depending on what u read and what rumours you heard some say they were on the verge of a multimillion pound deal. But the sport had taken a bad turn. No Promoter, no media rights holder, no owner, no TV, nothing. All we had were 2 manufacture works teams Citroen & Ford. With Mini saying they were in, 'sort of'…. But that was all we needed. Kicking off in Monte Carlo, the teams and Drivers still turned up, and did what they do best. Fight to win. In doing so they put on a great show. And thanks to Eurosports last minute round up for the TV and Timing, Loeb went ahead to win it again.
Next up was Sweden. Stage 1 Technology were back in force for the tracking and timing. Motors TV in the UK at least had the 30min daily coverage. With Colin Clark and rally Guru Julian Porter commentating the show. It was a battle on snow and ice. And Fords Jari Matti Latvala took the win after crashing out on Monte Carlo.
Then it was off to Mexico. The Monster team returned with Ken Block and Chris Atkinson. Despite Atko setting some great stage times he retired with suspension damaged. He joined many others who suffered drama on the South American event. The worst was for title challenger Latvala who rolled out of his 2nd rally. Loeb went on to win his 2nd event of the season.
We were promised by his Majesty the Todt that we would have a Promoter by the end of Portugal – Portugal was up next, it was an event I was able to go along for. And what a memorable rally it was. Drama from start to finish. The event started with 3 evening stages on Thursday night. On the Night stage, SS2. The unthinkable happened….. Loeb Crashed out the rally. No Loeb meant big fight to win, and Fords best chance of a good result.
The locals said it hadn't rain in 4 months, so of course, the following day we had 4 months of rain on Day 1 of the rally. We were standing Stage side, we could see the road go along the top of the hill ridge, which worked its way down into the little valley at the bottom with a dry gully. First car made its way down, the gully was mearly a puddle at this point. 4 cars later and the gully was like a raging lake crossing. Cars almost stopping to go through it covered by a wall of water. While feeling like I jumped in a lake fully clothed we watched as Tanak slid off the road and into the bushes. Cars were skating like they were on ice. After finally admitting defeat to standing on a cold wet windy hill side we took cover in the mini bus and attempted to rinse our clothes dry.
For the afternoon loop, after finally managing to order coffee in a lovely small Portuguese village, with the english language proving useless, we went on to SS8, to a great viewing spot, over looking a lot of the stage from a corner on the top of the road. Or at least it would have been if we could see. After the Rain had mostly stopped the conditions turned to thick fog, when I say thick, it was like looking through a glass of Cloudy Soup with a net curtain over your head. We had info that the stage had been delayed due to Breen's S2000 being stranded in a flooded road on the way to the first stage of the Afternoon. This blocked the road and all the WRC crews were called back into service. Stages were delayed, Then we got news that, due to the conditions being so bad, the afternoon of Day 1 was not just delayed but cancelled. So after a few hours in a mini bus trying to work out what we could see out the window, it was back to the hotel to dry off and reflect on the days action. Due to the conditions, most of the field lost time or went out. With no Loeb it was Fords chance to leap ahead in the Championship, but in the mornings chaos, Latvala slid off and out of the rally, an then on the following stage Solberg hit a rock and crashed out, A big blow to Fords title chase and a day to forget for team boss Malcolm Wilson.
Day 2 wasn't so bad and neither was Day 3, the conditions had dried up and the driver who survived day 1 could get on with driving his DS3 as a rally car rather than a boat with no rudder. By the end of the rally it was Citroen's number 2, Mikko Hirvonen at the top. The Fin doing exactly what he was asked to do, to pick where Loeb left the road. The perfect team player. Taking it easy in the tricky conditions and more importantly keeping it on the road, then inching out a big gap. Hirvonen came into final service on Sunday, to the cheers of his new team, with the Champaign out and the red flags waving. His first win for Citroen….. Or was it?!…..
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The unforgetable, unpredictable Rally Portugal hadn't finished with the WRC crews yet. Despite standing on the top of the podium at the finishing ceremony, later that evening while the teams were getting the after party started, the words coming out from the Media centre were that Citroen and the FIA where having a meeting. It turns out that there was a part on Hirvonen's Citroen DS3 turbo that didn't comply with the regulations. Therefore meaning, after scrutineering Hirvo was disqualified. Handing the Rally Portugal win to Mads Ostberg. Giving the privateer Norwegian his first WRC Career win. And after surviving day 1 and battling to keep ahead of Novikov in 3rd, it was still a well deserved victory.
Now THAT is Rallying.
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The call of God is usually too big to be accomplished within the realms of "I" pertains to our God who is a Ephesians 3:20 God which says, "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us." Many of the examples in the bible as it relates to individuals being called by God are usually callings that are beyond that individual's natural abilities and talents. Even Jesus relied on the Twelve to carry the mantle of Matthew 28 and His earthly ministry. I say all this to simply say, God is a big God who calls us to do His will which is usual beyond the scope of our abilities.
1. Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." The emphasis being on Christ not self.
3. 2 Corinthians 1:8-12 We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters,[a] about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, 11 as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.
The call God placed on Paul's life was huge and required help from fellow disciples regarding the planting and leading of churches all over the known world not to mention the care Paul needed while in prison. I hope this brief explanation was of some help to you my friend. Please comment further and thank you so much for asking the question. I truly enjoyed answering and unpacking this matter today.
Thank you for the clarification for me.
You're welcome my friend. My prayer is the explanation and thought for the day blessed you in ways you never expected.


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The business women I know don't lack for ambition. Women who work in a farming operations are made up of pure grit and love of the land. But rural America has the same issues with fewer women than men owning and running businesses as they do in the corporate world.
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POLAND - Finland's KEVA and the Dutch pension fund-owned AlpInvest are among the institutional backers of a new Polish private equity fund.
Private Equity company Enterprise Investors has announced the closure of its sixth Polish Enterprise Fund.
Out of a total of €658m in investments, €200m comes from pension funds, Jacek Siwicki, managing partner of enterprise investors told IPE.
The money comes from California pension fund CalPERS, AlpInvest, the private equity investment vehicle owned by Dutch pension funds PGGM and ABP, and the Finnish local government pensions institution KEVA.
"CalPERS is a third time investor and both AlpInvest and KEVA invest for the second time," Siwicki says.
CalPERS only confirmed that it is looking at Polish Enterprise Fund VI. "Central and Eastern Europe clearly have attractive economies, and the region promises continued economic growth capable of supporting successful private equity investments," spokesman Clark McKinley commented.
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Polish pension funds are currently not allowed to invest in private equity. However, Siwicki also doubts that there would be much interest at the moment.
One reason is that every six months a benchmark is published and those pension funds that are below it must pay a penalty. "So if a pension fund is locking up parts of its asset in private equity for seven to eight years it will be difficult to reach the benchmark."
There is discussion about excluding private equity holdings from benchmark. Another reason for the low interest is that Polish pension funds are currently yielding good returns from their holdings on the public market and going into private equity would be too difficult", Siwicki said.


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This internet site displying spiders from Europe and Australia was started in 1996.
The start of this new hobby was encouraged by members of the British Arachnology Society (BAS) and the Belgium Werkgroep Inheemse Spinnen (WIS).
Craig Slawson (Council member of the British Arachnological Society) who carefully read the first web pages in February 1997 gave me with Paul Selden some valuable basic suggestions about spiders.
I would like to acknowledge Bryan Goethals for providing me with some translated excerpts from his publications in the journals of WIS (Werkgroep Inheemse Spinnen) as well as for several corrections suggested by him, Vinay Koshte , Gie Wyckmans, Herman Vanuytven and Luc Vanhercke.
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Several of the Australian Mygalomorphs were photographed and donated by Colin Halliday and since then many visitors were attracted by this infamous spiders.
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