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Premier League – Blake screamer stuns United
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Burnley scored their first points of the new Premier League season with a famous 1-0 victory over champions Manchester United at Turf Moor.
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Robbie Blake's stunning first-half volley was enough to hand Burnley their first win in the top flight for 33 years.
United, missing a number of first-choice defenders including Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, were out of sorts but can have only themselves to blame for defeat after Michael Carrick squandered the chance to equalise with a missed penalty just before the break.
But for all United's shortcomings – nervy at the back, far from commanding in midfield and largely toothless up front – the result proved Burnley will be a force to be reckoned with on home turf.
That said, United enjoyed the better of the opening exchanges – although that was hardly a surprise given the different footballing worlds the two sides have occupied in recent times.
Michael Owen was handed his first start in a United shirt, Alex Ferguson asking the striker to play up front alongside Wayne Rooney in a traditional 4-4-2 with Dimitar Berbatov left on the bench.
And it was Owen who nearly broke the deadlock after just two minutes. But his stab at Patrice Evra's near post cross did little to add weight to the clammer for him to return to the England set-up.
Owen did have the ball in the back of the net two minutes later, but his effort at the second time of asking, was disallowed for off-side.
After weathering the early storm, Owen Coyle's side began to come into the game and Blake stunned the champions with a barn-storming 19th minute volley which arrowed into the top right hand corner, leaving Ben Foster no chance at all, after Evra had failed to get enough distance on a clearing header.
It could easily have been their second of the night, as Martin Paterson had gone close just moments earlier, rounding Foster only to see his effort blocked by Edwin van der Sar's stand-in.
United did fashion chances to draw level before the break.
Owen was again guilty of a bad miss, this time with a totally mistimed header from Wes Brown's well-delivered cross, before Carrick was given a great opportunity to draw level with a penalty kick after Evra was upended by Blake in the box.
But Brian Jensen saved Carrick's spot kick, a big hand reaching out to frustrate United, not for the last time on the night.
The Danish keeper, announced as man of the match by the stadium announcer as time ran out, came to Burnley's rescue on several more occasions after the break.
Park Ji-Sung saw a shot pawed away on 67 minutes before Ryan Giggs was denied by the big Dane three minutes later, following a neat one-two with Rooney.
Substitute Antonio Valencia had earlier made a mess of a far post header and the pressure on Burnley's goal increased as the full-time whistle approached, but United never really looked like getting a later leveller.
Instead, celebrations were left to the home faithful, who were able to enjoy a famous night.
Mike Hytner / Eurosport

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text: After almost hanging up his coaching tie over the summer, Doc Rivers is contemplating coaching the Celtics long-term. Yahoo! reports: "Rivers doesn't want to discuss a contract extension, doesn't want to think much about tomorrow with so much on the line now. And yet, the prospect of staying a career Celtics coach has never resonated so strongly with him. 'Two years ago, I didn't have that thought,' Rivers told Yahoo! Sports. 'But clearly this summer, I had that thought a lot. It's because of the organization. Even after [the Big Three] leave, I still have that relationship and it's going to allow us to be good again. If I'm going to stay in it without taking a break, it would be tough for me to go anywhere else. We've talked about [an extension], but I just want to wait. But to be a career Celtics coach is something I think about. I've learned: You don't have what we have here somewhere else.' So much can happen over a long season, so much can change, but the Celtics mystique has seeped into Rivers. All the history, all the connection to yesteryear's greatness, has washed over and coated him now. When he took the job, he saw his boss, Ainge, as a Celtic. Now, he sees himself as one, too. 'I think we do have something special, and I think it would be in everybody's best interest to try to work something out and keep something long-term for Doc,' Ainge said."


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New Zealand bowled out West Indies for just 161 to earn an 88 run win, their first victory on their tour of the Caribbean, in the third One-Day International in St Kitts on Wednesday.
After suffering defeats in the two Twenty20 internationals in Florida and then the opening two One-dayers, the Black Caps needed a win to keep alive their hopes in the five game ODI series.
Half-centuries from opener Rob Nicol and Nathan McCullum helped the tourists to 249 for nine from their allotted 50 overs.
That total looked to be modest on a flat track at Warner Park with the short boundary an inviting one for the big-hitting West Indies batting line-up.
New Zealand's injury problems on the tour continued with wicketkeeper-batsman BJ Watling having to be replaced behind the stumps by Tom Latham after suffering a leg injury while running during his innings.
But West Indies never recovered after losing their opening pair of Johnson Charles (15) and Chris Gayle (11) cheaply as New Zealand's bowlers stuck to their task.
Gayle, who had struck 125 and 63 in the two games in his hometown of Kingston, Jamaica, was caught by Nicol at slip off Tim Southee's medium pace after Charles had been trapped lbw by ODI debutant Trent Boult.
The heart of the West Indies top order then self-destructed with Dwayne Bravo run out trying to make an improbable third and Marlon Samuels dismissed in the same fashion via some oustanding work from Martin Guptill.
The two run outs left West Indies at 62 for five and the pressure on their middle order but Kieron Pollard's ill-advised slog over mid-wicket was pocketed by substitute Dean Brownlie and when skipper Darren Sammy was caught and bowled by McCullum (7) the home side were in deep trouble at 95 for seven.
An unbeaten 42 from 40 balls from Andre Russell came too as the Caribbean side offered a glimmer of hope to New Zealand in the series.
New Zealand
Rob Nicol c & b Samuels 59
Martin Guptill lbw b Russell 11
Daniel Flynn c Ramdin b Bravo 28
Kane Williamson b Narine 9
Tom Latham c Gayle b Sammy 12
BJ Watling c Narine b Russell 40
Nathan McCullum c Bravo b Russell 50
Jacob Oram st Ramdin b Narine 7
Kyle Mills c Gayle b Russell 2
Tim Southee not out 17
Trent Boult not out 1
Extras: (6lb, 5w, 2nb) 13
Total: (50 overs) 249 for 9
Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-71, 3-97, 4-124, 5-125, 6-191, 7-216, 8-219, 9-239.
Bowling: Ravi Rampaul 10-0-61-0 (1w), Andre Russell 9-0-57-4 (1w), Dwayne Bravo 7-0-47-1 (2w, 2nb), Sunil Narine 10-0-28-2 (1w), Darren Sammy 8-1-22-1, Marlon Samuels 6-0-28-1.
West Indies
Johnson Charles lbw b Boult 15
Chris Gayle c Nicol b Southee 11
Dwayne Smith c McCullum b Oram 19
Marlon Samuels run out (Guptill) 11
Dwayne Bravo run out (Southee/Mills) 2
Kieron Pollard c sub (Brownlie) b McCullum 16
Denesh Ramdin lbw b Oram 14
Darren Sammy lbw b Oram 7
Andre Russell not out 42
Sunil Narine run out (Williamson/McCullum) 10
Ravi Rampaul c Southee b Boult 9
Extras: (3lb, 1w, 1nb) 5
Total: (all out) 161
Overs: 34.3.
Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-33, 3-50, 4-52, 5-62, 6-85, 7-95, 8-103, 9-133.
Bowling: Kyle Mills 7-2-37-0, Trent Boult 8.3-0-45-2 (1nb), Tim Southee 6-1-14-1 (1w), Jacob Oram 7-1-22-2, Nathan McCullum 6-0-40-2.
Result: New Zealand won by 88 runs.
Series: West Indies leads 2-1 with 2 matches left.
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Rick and Fred, two husbands who are having difficulty in their marriages, are given a Hall Pass by their wives: for one week, they can do whatever they want.
I Give It a Year
Newlywed couple Nat and Josh are deliriously happy despite their differences, though friends and family aren't convinced that they can last. With their first anniversary approaching and attractive alternatives in the mix, can they last?
Set in the future, Logan and Professor Charles Xavier must cope with the loss of the X-Men when a corporation led by Nathaniel Essex is destroying the world leaving it to destruction, with Logan's healing abilities slowly fading away and Xavier's Alzheimer's forcing him to forget. Logan must defeat Nathaniel Essex with the help of a young girl named Laura Kinney, a female clone of Wolverine.
Sherlock Gnomes
Garden gnomes, Gnomeo & Juliet, recruit renown detective, Sherlock Gnomes, to investigate the mysterious disappearance of other garden ornaments.
Table 19
Eloise, having been relieved of maid of honor duties after being unceremoniously dumped by the best man via text, decides to attend the wedding anyway, only to find herself seated with five fellow unwanted guests at the dreaded Table 19.
The Girl in the Spid
Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cyber-criminals and corrupt government officials - both in Sweden and in the United States - whom are only known as The Spider Society.
Tooth Fairy
A bad deed on the part of a tough minor-league hockey player results in an unusual sentence: He must serve one week as a real-life tooth fairy.


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Head to head in the FA Cup
April 14, 1999: Semi-final replay, Arsenal 1 Manchester United 2: Roy Keane sees red, Dennis Bergkamp misses a penalty and Ryan Giggs reveals his hairy chest after his mazy dribble and superb winner.
April 11, 1999: Semi-final, United 0 Arsenal 0: Ferguson rages after Keane's goal is ruled out for offside.
February 20, 1988: Fifth round, Arsenal 2 United 1: Three minutes from time, Brian McClair's penalty heads towards the heavens after a first half that Arsenal dominated.
April 16, 1983: Semi-final, United 2 Arsenal 1: A 17-year-old Norman Whiteside strikes a half-volley with his left foot to overturn a half-time deficit.
May 12, 1979: Final, Arsenal 3 United 2: Alan Sunderland slides in to meet Liam Brady's cross and settle a dramatic match that…


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THE SHAH OF IRAN and DAVID ROCKEFELLER In 1872 British Baron Julius du Reuter was granted an exclusive 50-year mining and communications concession in Persia by that country's Peacock Throne monarchy. By 1921 the British government had installed Shah Mohammed Reza Khan in a palace coup. With their puppet Shah puppet in place, du Reuter's firm, one of the British Empire's most important tentacles, busied itself exploiting the rich oil reserves in what is now Iran. The Anglo-Persian Oil Company grew swiftly, changed its name to Anglo-Iranian Oil, and then became British Petroleum (BP). During the last two decades of the 20th century the company speeded its global expansion taking over Britoil and Standard Oil of Ohio during the 1980's. In the late 1990's BP swallowed up Amoco and Atlantic Richfield (ARCO). du Reuter, whose family founded British news service Reuters, had created the behemoth BP Amoco. In 1975 Anthony Sampson penned The Seven Sisters: The Great Oil Companies and the World They Made, bestowing the collective name "Seven Sisters" on the giant oil companies which throughout history sought to eliminate competitors and control the world's crude oil. Sampson's Seven Sisters were Exxon, Mobil, Texaco, Chevron, BP, Royal Dutch/Shell and Gulf Oil. The Sisters wielded immense clout, but were about to get even more powerful. A frenzied round of consolidation at the dawn of the new millennium left only four of the seven standing. Chevron swallowed Gulf Oil in 1984, Exxon and Mobil tied the knot in a record $75 billion deal in 1999 and Chevron married Texaco in 2000. Sampson's Seven Sisters are now four and will henceforth be alternately referred to as "Big Oil" and the "Four Horsemen": Exxon Mobil, Chevron Texaco, BP Amoco and Royal Dutch/Shell. Nazis, Assassins and Operation Ajax Prior to WWII du Reuter's BP dominated the Persian oil patch. Following the war Britain dumped its puppet Shah in favor of his more pliable son Shah Reza Pahlevi, whose Nazi sympathies were less overt. By 1943 the US had established a military command in Iran and signed the Tehran Agreement, cutting the US half of the Four Horsemen a generous slice of the Iranian oil pie. Iran was coveted for its expansive reserves of crude and remains the most geopolitically strategic Middle Eastern nation, bordering both the unprecedented Persian Gulf oilfields to the south and the vast, largely untapped Caspian Sea crude reserves to the north. The Rockefeller Chase Manhattan Bank owned the Bank Markazi, Iran's Central Bank and big blocks of stock in the Four Horsemen. Chase made billions from Big Oil sales and recycled Shah petrodollars. After World War II the Iranian people became increasingly hostile towards Big Oil. Anger was especially prevalent among oilfield workers of the Khuzistan region who formed the main constituency of the Tudeh (Masses) Party. In 1951 Tudeh formed a coalition with the National Front Party and elected Mohammed Mossadegh Prime Minister of Iran. Mossadegh, who first campaigned against Soviet occupation of northern Iran, became a vocal critic of Four Horsemen control over Iranian oil. He announced plans to nationalize BP interests in Iran. BP responded by organizing an international boycott of Iranian crude and called on two long-time associates for more drastic measures. US Sec. of State John Foster Dulles and his brother, CIA Dir. Allen Dulles, both worked for the Washington law firm Sullivan & Cromwell before joining the State Dep't. The firm represented BP in the US and was legal counsel to J. Henry Schroeder Bank, the Warburg-controlled Hamburg bank that financed Adolph Hitler's rise to power in Nazi Germany. Allen Dulles was a lawyer for the Nazi combine I. G. Farben and headed the CIA-predecessor Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during WWII. The Dulles brothers are cousins of the Rockefellers. After WWII, Allen Dulles was OSS Station Chief in Berne, Switzerland, where he helped Swiss Nazi Francois Genoud transfer Hitler and Goebel trusts into Swiss bank accounts. In 1952 Dulles founded Banque Commerciale Arabe in Lausanne, Switzerland. The bank represented a pact between the CIA and the Muslim Brotherhood-Benoist-Mechin, which is comprised of Saudi royal family members. Dulles was cutting a deal with Islamic fundamentalists. Part of this Faustian bargain may have involved the House of Saud chieftains providing information to US intelligence on how to create mind-controlled assassins. The Muslim Brotherhood claims to have first perfected this technique during the 11th century Crusades when it launched a brutal parallel secret society known as the Assassins, who employed mind-controlled "lone gunmen" to carry out political assassinations of Muslim Saracen nationalists. The Assassins worked in concert with Knights Templar Christian invaders in their attacks on progressive Arabs, but were repelled. The same year Dulles, himself a 33rd Degree Freemason and Knight Templar, formed his alliance with the House of Saud, the CIA launched its MK-ULTRA mind control program using LSD produced by the Warburg banking dynasty's Swiss Sandoz Laboratories. Dulles' OSS assistant in Berne was James Warburg. With Sydney Gottleib at the wheel, MK-ULTRA sought to create a "Manchurian candidate", a mind-controlled assassin to be utilized for CIA black operations. The city of Lausanne, where Dulles cut his deal, also came to house a group commonly known as Nazi International, led by Nazi intelligence officer Otto Skorzeny. The US, whose concern after WWII quickly turned to a growing Communist bloc of nations led by the Soviets and Mao's Chinese revolutionaries, also cut a deal with the Nazi Gehlen spy organization. With help from Lucio Gelli, who founded the P-2 Italian Freemason Lodge, US intelligence laid down a "rat line" by which several Nazi War criminals, including the Butcher of Lyon, Klaus Barbie, escaped to South America. Other Gehlen operatives and Nazi scientists were absorbed into the new CIA. Dr. Herman Erben, fled to Mexico where he was a CIA spy, financing his activities through morphine sales. In the early 1950's Erben migrated to Iran just in time for the "Operation Ajax". After failed negotiation attempts in Tehran with the populist Mossadegh led by Averell Harriman and Vernon Walters, the Dulles Brothers took charge of a joint CIA/MI6 smear campaign painting the Iranian leader in the most brilliant colors of Red. When this anticommunist rhetoric failed to convince the Iranian people to turn on their popular leader, a military expedition was organized. Financing for the CIA coup, code named Operation Ajax, came from Deak & Co., founded by OSS operative Nicholas Deak. Deak & Co. was the largest currency and gold bullion trader in the US after WWII and financed CIA adventures in Vietnam and the Belgian Congo through their Hong Kong gold monopoly. Operation Ajax was led by H. Norman Schwartzkopf, father of the Gulf War General of same name, and Kermit Roosevelt, grandson of Pres. Teddy Roosevelt. A palace coup was organized in 1954 and led by Shah loyalist Gen. Fazlollah Zahedi. Mossadegh was deposed and the Shah flew into Tehran from exile in Rome seated next to Allen Dulles. The Four Horsemen had their puppet back in the National Palace. Kermit Roosevelt stayed in Tehran, his CIA Deputy Director of Plans income soon augmented by a new job as salesman of military aircraft for Northrop Corporation. The Standard Oil Trust In 1952 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a report detailing collusion and price-fixing on the part of the Four Horsemen. Titled "The International Petroleum Cartel", the report detailed secret production quotas, joint ventures, marketing agreements and other evidence of Horseplay. BP and Royal Dutch/Shell had exclusive marketing commitments to Exxon and Mobil, who had especially cozy relations even before their recent merger. During WWII the Rockefeller family controlled 20.2% of Exxon, 16.34% of Mobil and 11.36% of Amoco. These companies all emerged from the "supposed" dissolution of the Standard Oil Trust, a process that began in 1892 when the Ohio Supreme Court ordered Standard Oil of Ohio, head of the Standard Oil snake, dissolved. John D. Rockefeller moved his headquarters to New York to circumvent the ruling, but Americans, led by populist writer Ira Tarbell, became increasingly hostile to the Standard Oil monopoly. In 1906 the US charged Standard with violating the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. On May 15, 1911 the US Supreme Court declared, "Seven men and a corporate machine have conspired against their fellow citizens. For the safety of the Republic we now decree that this dangerous conspiracy must be ended by November 15th." The breakup of Standard only increased the wealth of the Rockefellers, who took a 25% interest in each of the new companies. Standard Oil of New York merged with Vacuum Oil to form Socony-Vacuum, which became Mobil in 1966. Standard Oil of Indiana joined with Standard Oil of Nebraska and Standard Oil of Kansas and in 1985 became Amoco. In 1972 Standard Oil of New Jersey became Exxon. In 1984 Standard Oil of California joined with "trust babies" Pennzoil and Standard Oil of Kentucky, then swallowed up Gulf Oil, to become Chevron. Standard Oil of Ohio retained the Standard Oil brand until it was bought out, along with Amoco and Standard baby ARCO, by BP, creating BP Amoco. The Justice Dep't. responded to the 1952 FTC report by bringing an anti-trust case against the U.S. faction of Big Oil. Exxon, Mobil, Chevron, Texaco and Gulf hired Sullivan & Cromwell, but the hotshot lawyers were never needed. Ten days before the coup against Mossadegh's democratically elected government, Pres. Eisenhower dismissed the FTC case on national security grounds. Ike granted the Horsemen immunity from prosecution under anti-trust law, while his envoy former Pres. Herbert Hoover traveled to Tehran to help Big Oil and their puppet Shah establish the Iranian Consortium, which consisted of the Four Horsemen and French oil giant Compaignie Francaise de Petroles (now Elf Total Fina). BP held a 40% share. The cartel established production quotas, which applied not only to Iran, but also to all oil-producing nations. Quotas allowed them to avoid competition among themselves and control the price of oil. Oil industry scholar John Blair, who was instrumental in prodding the FTC to conduct its inquiry, noted that from 1950-72, production in eleven Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) countries expanded at exactly equal rates. When Eisenhower left the White House he took up residence on a 576-acre farm near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He didn't buy the land. Nor did he pay for construction of outbuildings or the livestock that soon inhabited them. He didn't even pay for the hired help. Ike's dream retirement was bankrolled by Sid Richardson and Clint Murchison, two Texas oil billionaires who share interests with the Rockefellers in Texas and Louisiana oilfields. Their good will towards Eisenhower extended to Ike's Sec. of Treasury Robert Anderson, who enacted a quota system limiting oil imports, which helped Big Oil knock out their smaller US competitors. Anderson became an executive at ARCO and received a $900,000 piece of oil-rich west Texas property from Rockefeller's Texas strawmen. SAVAK Terrorism and US Multinationals Wherever the Four Horsemen gallop the CIA is close behind and Iran was no exception. By 1957 the Company, as intelligence insiders know the CIA, created one of its first Frankensteins- the Shah's brutal secret police known as SAVAK. Kermit Roosevelt, the Mossadegh coup-master turned Northrop salesman, admitted in his memoirs that SAVAK was 100% created by the CIA and Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency that acts as appendage of the CIA. For the next 20 years the CIA and SAVAK were joined at the hip when it came to matters of Persian Gulf security. Three hundred fifty SAVAK agents were shuttled each year to CIA training facilities in McLean, Virginia, where they learned the finer arts of interrogation and torture. Top SAVAK brass were trained through the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Public Safety Program, until it was shut down in 1973 due to its reputation for turning out some of the world's finest terrorists. In 1963 when JFK was assassinated SAVAK Chief Hassan Pakravan joined the Shah in Tehran to celebrate Kennedy's death. CIA, MI6 and Mossad supported 30 paramilitary groups in Iran and provided support to Shah-loyalist groups. Popular anger towards Big Oil, the Shah and his new police state resulted in mass protests. The Shah dealt with the peaceful demonstrations with sheer brutality and got a wink and nod from Langley. From 1957-79 Iran housed 125,000 political prisoners. SAVAK "disappeared" dissenters, a strategy being replicated by CIA surrogate dictators in Argentina and Chile. The SAVAK campaign of terror climaxed on June 15th, 1963 when over 1,000 people were butchered by SAVAK forces in what became known as the 15th of Khordad Massacre. In 1974 the director of Amnesty International declared that no country had a worse human rights record than did Iran. The CIA responded by increasing its support for SAVAK. A small group of elite families close to the Shah assumed total control of the Iranian economy. The Aalam, Sadri, Bakhtiyari and Eqbal families were part of this tiny but powerful aristocracy, as were the Rafsanjanis, who owned thousands of hectares of pistachio groves and whose son Hashemi would be Iran's President. Under the Shah's reign, the Rafsanjanis made millions in real estate transactions, selling much of their land to the throngs of multinational corporations who flocked to Tehran, where they were awarded tax holidays, exemptions of duties on imported machinery and low-interest U.S.-taxpayer-guaranteed Export-Import Bank loans. In 1971 the Shah held an extravagant coronation to celebrate the 2,500-year anniversary of the Peacock Throne. Guests included Chase Manhattan insider John McCloy and George Ball, the long-time State Dep't. hack who was now a senior partner at Lehman Brothers. Chase Manhattan, the Bank of America and Morgan Guaranty had been doing business in Iran for a very long time. Now they were joined by a horde of other banking giants. In 1968 Citibank bought a 35% stake in Bank Iranian and Manufacturer's Hanover Trust, led by Minos Zombanakis, became especially involved in Iranian affairs. Chase Chairman David Rockefeller presented the Shah with a hunting rifle and bought up Iranian art. Soon Chase had a 35% share of the Industrial Credit Bank of Iran. Bankers flocked to the Hilton and Intercontinental Hotels in Tehran to put together loan deals, which led to huge contracts for the multinational corporations which these same banks controlled. B.F. Goodrich, Allied Chemical and Amoco established huge petrochemical joint ventures in Khuzistan. Chase Investment, Diamond Agatel, Mitsui and Hawaiian Agronomic built an agro-industrial complex. The world's first aluminum smelter popped up at Arak in a joint venture between Reynolds, Kaiser, British Metal and General Cable. Dow Chemical, FMC and John Deere set up agribusiness operations, while Cargill, Continental and other international grain giants flooded the Iranian market with US taxpayer-subsidized wheat, corn and feed grains. Iran, which had been totally self-sufficient in foodstuffs, now embarked upon an export-led development strategy that benefited a handful of Tehran elite and their multinational partners. Cotton, sugar cane and sugar beet cultivation for export replaced traditional subsistence crops like maize and rice with the help of USAID funding. In 1961, before this "White Revolution", 79% of Iranian agriculture was for domestic consumption. Ten years later only 50% of production stayed in country while the other half was exported. Most multinationals operating in Iran went through either Chase Manhattan or Bank Omran, which became known at the USDA as "the Shah's bank". Food deficits weren't far behind and soon Iran found itself importing basic foods like wheat and corn to feed its increasingly urbanized population. Destitute farmers, plowed under by foreign agribusiness, flooded into Tehran and other large cities. In 1963 there had been over 40,000 villages in Iran. When the Shah was deposed in 1979 there were less than 10,000. The population of Tehran doubled during the 1970's, with many of the newcomers living in the growing shantytowns. Ironically, many built their shanties out of US military crates, which were now arriving daily.
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text: At first glance, the Color of the Month for May appears relatively unspectacular, since a white powder coating is not really that special. But the "intrinsic values" of our ENV antimicrobial pure white smooth silk gloss are impressive, and it has a unique feature which is completely new for powder coatings: this product reliably and prolongedly counteracts viruses, bacteria, fungi and even multi-resistant germs.Whilst conventional disinfectants only have a short-term effect and any protection against recolonization by micro-organisms is lost after just a few minutes, reduction rates of from 2.5-10 x 105 to ≤ 2.5 x 102 within 24 hours in accordance with the internationally recognized JIS Z 2801 standard have been proven for our ENV antimicrobial pure white smooth silk gloss.This reduction rate was still achieved even after a wipe test had been performed 10,000 times. The antimicrobial properties have also been proven to be still effective after two years. This makes our ENV antimicrobial pure white smooth silk gloss ideally suitable for the surface finishing of hygienically stressed components in healthcare, public buildings, industry and consumer goods.What's more, these antimicrobial properties can also be integrated into powder coatings in any standard RAL color and also in many special colors.Comprehensive information on our Color of the Month for May and color samples for this powder coating can be ordered by phone on +49 (0)33843 642-0 and +49 (0)800 3684725 in Germany or +43 (0)2626 50074 and +43 (0)800 400 150 in Austria. We thank you for your interest and look forward to your call.


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Catholic parishioners have been sent details of a proposed class action settlement with the Archdiocese of Portland, which declared bankruptcy following an avalanche of claims of sex-abuse by priests.
Each parish is invited to sent representatives to question-and-answer sessions with lawyers and class action representatives that are being held in Grants Pass and Eugene. A meeting took place in the Portland area last week.
In April, a bankruptcy judge is expected to approve a $75 million plan to bring the archdiocese out of bankruptcy.
Insurance companies will cover nearly $52 million of the plan, which will pay more than 150 people who claim they were abused by priests, nuns and other church officials.
None of the money will come from parishes and schools.
Here are the meeting details:
Grants Pass, 7 to 9 p.m., St. Anne Catholic Parish, 1131 N.E. 10th St. phone: 541-476-2240.
Eugene, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., St. Mary's Catholic Church, 1062 Charnelton St.; phone: 541-342-1139.


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Another batch rolling off the painting desk… Would have been done a day earlier but I had to host another board meeting – curse my volunteerism and community mindedness!
(Remember: click on the pictures for a bigger version)
This lot is a mix of Artizan Designs, Bolt Action Miniatures, Crusader Miniatures, and West Wind Productions.
Two more lots to go and I'm done all the Canadian Infantry. Then I'll have the three Shermans and a Universal Carrier and the Canadians are complete – or as complete as they're going to be for some time.
Coming soon on Tim's Miniature Wargaming Blog:
More Canadians. Not sure what I'll do after that… Commandos or Paras or back to Germans of one variety or another. Maybe I should finish up some more of the Germans in Greatcoats – since our East Front campaign is rapidly drawing nearer to the first snowfall of 1941 (7 October 1941).
Of course that last order to West Wind Productions before the moratorium should be arriving shortly with five T-34s and some Russian mortars… maybe I'll be working on that after the Canadians…
Or maybe I'll get distracted by that first order placed AFTER the moratorium (it was an isolated event and a sweet deal I couldn't pass up… I wasn't looking on ebay or anything - a friend contacted me about having a bit of an online "Wargamer's Garage Sale"… um…. yeah….).


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What is the difference between a counselor and a psychiatrist?
Psychiatrists are medical doctors who specialize in understanding how medications for mood disorders interact with the body and other medications you may be taking. Some psychiatrists may provide occasional therapy but they primarily provide medication. Counselors, such as myself, traditionally focus on the wellness model versus the medical model, and mainly provide therapy. We like to help educate and talk with our clients about everything that influences their well-being and possible changes they could make to improve their overall wellness. Unlike a psychiatrist, counselors cannot prescribe medication.
Should I take medication or go into psychotherapy?
It is well established that the long-term solution to mental and emotional problems and the pain they cause cannot be permanently solved solely by medication. Instead of just treating the symptom, therapy addresses the cause of our distress and the behavior patterns that curbs our progress. You can best achieve sustainable growth and a greater sense of well-being with an integrative approach to wellness. Working with your medical doctor you can determine what's best for you, and in some cases a combination of both medication and therapy is the right course of action.
I've never talked to anyone. I'm used to handling things on my own. Reaching out for help feels very uncomfortable for me.
Believe it or not, you're not the only one who feels uncomfortable about this! Many people feel uncomfortable reaching out for help because of many reasons. The message we receive as a society is that if we ask for or need help, we are weak. What if you give yourself permission to believe that asking for help is actually a sign of strength? You have strengths that you've most likely used in the past, but for whatever reason those skills might not be working for you right now. Perhaps you feel overwhelmed and that is making it difficult for you to access those strengths you have within you. In our work together, I will help you identify and utilize those strengths.
What's the difference between talking to you or my best friend or family?
I believe this is one of the most amazing and impactful parts of counseling. In counseling, you don't have to filter your experience, you don't have to tailor your story. You can be authentically you! A mental health professional can help you approach your situation in a new way– teach you new skills, gain different perspectives, listen to you without judgment or expectations, and help you listen to yourself. Furthermore, therapy is completely confidential. You won't have to worry about others "knowing my business." In counseling, you are talked to in a way that most of your friends probably don't talk to you. You are asked different types of questions that allow you to explore yourself in a way that is different than if you were having the same conversation with a friend or family member.
How does it work? What do I have to do in sessions?
Therapy will be different for each person. I tailor my therapeutic approach to your specific needs, and therefore no two sessions are alike. In general, you can expect to discuss the current happenings in your life, your personal history relevant to your issue, and report progress (or any new insights gained) from the previous therapy session or outside of your session. I tend to bring in outside research, exercises, books, etc., and I usually have you work on your skills outside of session. By the time our journey is completed together, the goal is that you're able to act as your own counselor!
How long will it take?
Depending on your specific needs, therapy can be short-term, for a specific issue, or longer-term, to deal with more difficult patterns or your desire for more personal development. Either way, it is most common to schedule regular weekly sessions initially, and then space them out as you see progress.
If I commit to therapy, what can I expect? How can I get the most out of therapy?
It is important to understand that you will get more results from therapy if you actively participate in and commit to the process. The ultimate purpose of therapy is to help you bring what you learn in sessions back into your life. Beyond the work we do in your therapy sessions, I am a big advocate for implementation of skills and homework outside of our sessions together. In order to see change, we must implement our work in our daily lives.


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The following factors could affect Italian markets on Friday.
Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*).
For a complete list of diary events in Italy please click on .
ISTAT releases September final CPI and HICP data (0800 GMT).
Bank of Italy releases August data on public finances, state borrowing and debt.
The Italian Chamber of Deputies on Thursday gave its final approval to a contested electoral law that is likely to penalise the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement in next year's election.
Spanish builder ACS will launch next week a cash-and-share offer for toll road operator Abertis, sources said on Thursday, complicating a rival bid by Italy's Atlantia.
The EU antritrust has approved the merger between Atlantia and Abertis, papers said, citing EU competition head Margrethe Vestager who said, according to Il Messaggero, "in the last few days we approved a merger between a Spanish highway operator and an Italian one".
The phone group said it had notified Italy's government of changes in its ownership as required by laws that give Rome special powers over companies of strategic relevance.
The proposal on the exercise of golden powers over Telecom Italia (TIM) being drawn up by the Industry ministry could be presented to the cabinet meeting scheduled for Friday, Il Sole 24 Ore said. The powers are likely to revolve around security measures regarding the governance of TIM unit Sparkle, the paper said. The final word on the exercise of such powers lies with the prime minister.
Enel with infrastructure fund F2i and Erg are among those interested in bidding for solar power company ForVei, Il sole 24 Ore said.
The gas group said on Thursday Moody's had affirmed its 'Baa1' long-term rating with a negative outlook.
Moody's said on Thursday the ECB's guidance on newly-classed bad loans was negative for the credit ratings of banks in systems with high problem loans, such as Italy. "At some point it will not be tenable to have two parallel provisioning policies — one for NPLs formed after 1 January 2018, and another for those formed previously — and the two policies will have to be harmonised," Moody's said.
Italian insurer Cattolica and French peer Covea have to send their final binding offers by Monday to become insurance partner of Banco BPM, Il Sole 24 Ore said. The bank could decide on Tuesday who to launch exclusive talks with, it added.
The bank's managing director Nazzareno Gregori said in an interview with MF the lender intended to pursue organic growth but did not rule out M&A.
The company has picked Lazard to evaluate M&A opportunities, MF said. The aim is to find a company of similar size, the paper said. France is the area the company is looking at.
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There are many products these days which are said to contain a potent formula that will help with maintaining better HGH levels in the body. One such product to consider is called Secratatropin HGH. What is this all about and how can it help support your need for human growth hormone? These you will find out after reading this page.
Secratatropin HGH mainly is 100% natural, safe and legal for fat burning purposes. It also has 10 powerful ingredients that are said to deliver results especially for better or enhanced physical performance in men while also of course considering the buildup of lean muscle mass. This product is also noted for giving better energy levels for sexual vitality. It also helps with endurance and calcium retention.
Ingredients in Secratatropin HGH
As mentioned awhile back, Secratatropin HGH has 10 potent ingredients in its pack. Included in the list are: (1) Alpha GPC which is known to help the body in terms of the pituitary gland's secretion of HGH; (2) GABA which is crucial in promoting fat loss and in improving the functions of the central nervous system; (3) L-arginine which is a natural amino acid that helps release the body's hormones; (4) L-DOPA that is crucial also in stimulating human growth hormone release; (5) L-Glutamine that is noted to be responsible in increasing the body's metabolism while at the same time boosting athletic performance; and (6) L-Isoleucine that works in synergy with another amino acid called L-valine to promote muscle recovery.
The other ingredients in the product include: (7) Tribulus terrestris, which is also known for its capacity to boost muscle strength; (8) L- Valine which fuels the cells of the body for wound healing as well as muscle recovery; (9) L-lysine that provides essential nitrogen balance for better maintenance of blood vessels; and (10) L-ornithine which is known to work with its anabolic effects and healing properties.
How Secratatropin HGH Works
Secratatropin HGH is known to work by combining essential and non-essential amino acids to promote muscle recovery and boost your body's energy. It can also be a fat burner as it boosts metabolism for better physical performance. It also has the capacity to make sure that your central nervous system and blood vessels will function best. Combining these ingredients will deliver its promise.
Benefits of Secratatropin HGH
It is obvious with the ingredients of the product that you will see results when you use it. Primarily utilized for fat loss and buildup of lean muscle mass, this product is also 100% natural thus it is safe for use in supplementation to the secretion and release of HGH levels. You will love it as it boosts and pumps up your energy.
Our Verdict
Secratatropin HGH is one product that you will look forward to when it comes to boosting HGH levels. However, this product may work for men only so you better check on that. Also, it costs so high at a price of $139.95 when other products would cost less than $60. This being said, you have to weigh in on the pros and cons of using this product.


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It's hard to believe that summer is about here. It's also hard to believe the fact that we are already in June. One has to
ask that same old question about where did the first half of the year go?
It wasn't that long ago when we celebrated the New Year. Valentine's Day flew by, and so did Easter, and the rest
of the holidays. Spring break passed, the graduations are over, and now school is out.
I've always felt that the older we get, the faster the year flies, but it has gotten totally out of control. I do say this in fun,
But really and truly it is not so fun after all. I am not prepared to put up my Christmas decorations. Yes, it is six months
away, but the way things are going, we'll suddenly be there.
As we get older we look for those long lazy day summers. The ones we spent in our childhood. Perhaps it is only doled
out to the young. If only there was some way to capture those moments. They say that you're only as old as you want to
be, so maybe going backwards might do the trick.
Cloud watching or playing a board game might do the trick. A thousand piece puzzle would be a change. Chalk might be the
answer. The sidewalk could be decorated in the midst of a hopscotch pattern.
A quick trek up a tree would really bring one back. On the other hand, the neighbors might begin to wonder what is going
on. Seeing their longtime neighbor suddenly up a tree, would not bring back any youth or time stalling for them. They might
assume that some form of help is needed.
So maybe there are other ways to slow down the time. In the meantime I might as well enjoy day today, no matter how
quickly it passes.
"To cause a stir-
Regarding that quickly passing calendar."


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The new generation of Cayenne will be around at early 2017. Actually, many people have been gathering information and rumors about 2017 Porsche Cayenne. It will be a luxury car in its class. What are the upgraded features provided in this car? As per the current information, Porsche will include some changes regarding the appearance of their new Cayenne. They will make it as one of the most luxurious SUV in the market. Plus, they will induce some features inside the cabin. Perhaps there will be a diet plan so the new Porsche Cayenne 2017 will become more lightweight with greater agility.
2017 Porsche Cayenne redesign
The car designers won't neglect the basic characteristic of Cayenne. It means they will use the basic appearance of the model with some improvements included. According to rumors, this new model will use the platform of VW MLB. The interesting part is that it will reduce the weight of this car by 100 kg. It means you will drive a car that's more lightweight. At the front part, you may see the same headlights with rounded shapes. They aren't changed at all. Perhaps the hood curve will be more alike to Macan. Also, you can expect sleeker taillights at the rear part of this car.
New Porsche Cayenne 2017 interior
In the terms of interior, you shouldn't hope lots of changes. The new Porsche Cayenne 2017 won't get significant alterations inside the cabin. It remains similar to the previous model. However, you will get enhanced safety and entertainment systems. There will be more features that you can get. Plus, the car will be more modern due to its connectivity. You can take advantage of its Wi-Fi connection and many others. When it comes to the safety aspect, there's a traffic detection system that makes you safer during the ride. This SUV will be more luxurious with its 2 options of trim. You can choose either turbo or GTS trim level.
2017 Porsche Cayenne Turbo specs
There hasn't official information regarding the engine. Yet, you can rely on some rumors regarding the power under the hood. It will use the upgraded engine of the current version. Base engine should be 3.6-liter naturally aspirated V6 with 300 horsepower and 295 lb-ft of torque. With twin-turbocharger this engine can produce 420 horsepower and 406 lb-ft of torque in Cayenne S and 440 horsepower and 442 lb-ft of torque in Cayenne GTS. Diesel engine will also be available and with its 3.0-liter of displacement it will deliver 240 horses and amassing 406 lb-ft of torque.
The manufacturer might consider including a hybrid system in its powertrain. It could combination of 3.0-liter V6 with electric motor which will be good for 416 net system horsepower and 435 lb-ft of net torque. For the fans of sportier versions there will be 2017 Porsche Cayenne Turbo with 4.8-liter turbocharged V8 engine that will be able to deliver 520 horsepower / 550 lb-ft of torque and 570 horsepower / 590 lb-ft of torque in Turbo S model.
Porsche Cayenne 2017 price and release date
The manufacturer doesn't release the actual information regarding the launching date of the new Porsche Cayenne 2017. Most people hope it will be around the end of 2016. Some others predict it to be early 2017. No fixed information can ensure the date yet. As for the price, the brand new Cayenne will be around $50,000. Remember, it's only for the base trim level. The 2017 Porsche Cayenne Turbo price will be around $100,000 while cost of Turbo S model could go up to $160,000.


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Read this tip to make your life smarter, better, faster and wiser. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about Custom Lasik and other LASIK topics.
A great deal of caution should be taken when selecting a wavefront laser vision correction surgeon. Some patients may mistakenly believe this form of LASIK is fully automated and the skill and experience of the surgeon is not as important as with traditional LASIK procedures. As a result of this misassumption, the patient may be tempted to select the most affordable surgeon but, as with other types of LASIK surgery, price should not be the deciding factor.
It is imperative for patients who are considering wavefront laser vision correction surgery to realize they must select a highly-skilled surgeon with a great deal of experience. This is important because although the computer can be utilized to create a highly customized LASIK procedure for each patient, the procedure is not fully automated. This means the skill and experience of the surgeon can still have a significant impact on the outcome of the procedure. Therefore, patients in search of a qualified surgeon should interview prospective candidates taking special note of the qualifications of each surgeon. They should then select from a pool of well-qualified surgeons who meet all of the patient's expectations.
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Getting people back to work and keeping them there requires vibrant environments, access to resources and information, enabling IT, strong financial backing and a commitment to delivering what we say will deliver.
However, our biggest asset is one which cannot be purchased or learned. It is the contagious energy and enthusiasm, dedication and creativity of our people. Our approach is founded in the principles of positive psychology and our advisors and counsellors are the types of people who make you feel good simply by shaking their hand. They are positive about life. They have an innate ability to engage with, encourage, empower, and inspire people. They believe in people.
Our people are enabled through state-of-the art technology which helps them to provide a consistently high quality service to our clients. Even through significant growth, we retain a culture of commitment, innovation, teamwork, support and hard work.
We deliver excellence with integrity.
to engage with, encourage, empower, and inspire people."


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OXFORD, United Kingdom, Feb. 24, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Summit Therapeutics plc (NASDAQ:SMMT) (AIM:SUMM), the drug discovery and development company advancing therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Clostridium difficile infection ('CDI'), announces the online publication of preclinical data in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy supporting ridinilazole as a novel and potent antibiotic against CDI. The peer-reviewed paper reports ridinilazole outperformed the current standards of care, vancomycin and metronidazole, in preclinical studies by having a robust killing effect on C. difficile that significantly reduced the level of toxins produced by the bacteria that play a major role in driving the symptoms and severity of the disease. The study, funded by Summit, was conducted as part of a collaboration with researchers at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy.
"Ridinilazole is truly a differentiated antibiotic, driven by its exquisite selectivity and potency against C. difficile in preclinical studies, with the potential to treat CDI and reduce recurrent disease," commented Kevin W. Garey, PharmD, MS, FASHP, Chair, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy and Principal Investigator in the study. "The data presented in this paper highlight some of ridinilazole's potential advantages over the current standard of care antibiotics for CDI in the key virulence factor, toxin production. Based on all of the preclinical and recent positive Phase 2 clinical data, I believe ridinilazole has a promising future in the treatment of CDI."
The research was published in the paper entitled, "Impact on toxin production and cell morphology in Clostridium difficile by ridinilazole (SMT19969), a novel treatment for C. difficile infection." Progression of CDI most commonly involves production of toxin A and B by C. difficile to elicit an inflammatory response, including IL-8 release, which results in symptoms of disease including severe diarrhoea. In the study, in vitro treatment of C. difficile isolates with ridinilazole resulted in a significant reduction in toxin A and B levels and subsequent IL-8 release. These data were in contrast to treatment with vancomycin and metronidazole that were both comparable to control. Insights into the mechanism of ridinilazole revealed that it halts cell division, characterised by a significant increase in the length of C. difficile cells and an absence of division septum formation.
This publication is in addition to other recent peer-reviewed literature publications, which in aggregate bolster the preclinical data that highlight ridinilazole's potential advantages over the current standard of care antibiotics for CDI. Links to the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy paper, along with the other publications, are available from the programmes section of the Summit website.
About C. difficile Infection
C. difficile infection is a serious healthcare threat in hospitals, long-term care homes and increasingly the wider community with between 450,000 and 700,000 cases of CDI in the US annually. It is caused by an infection of the colon by the bacterium C. difficile, which produces toxins that cause inflammation, severe diarrhoea and in the most serious cases can be fatal. Patients typically develop CDI following the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics that can cause widespread damage to the natural gastrointestinal (gut) flora and allow overgrowth of C. difficile bacteria. Existing CDI treatments are predominantly broad spectrum antibiotics, and these cause further damage to the gut flora and are associated with high rates of recurrent disease. Recurrent disease is the key clinical issue as repeat episodes are typically more severe and associated with an increase in mortality rates and healthcare costs. The economic impact of CDI is significant with one study estimating annual acute care costs at $4.8 billion in the US.
About Ridinilazole
Ridinilazole (SMT19969) is an orally administered small molecule antibiotic that Summit is developing specifically for the treatment of CDI. In preclinical efficacy studies, ridinilazole exhibited a narrow spectrum of activity and had a potent bactericidal effect against all clinical isolates of C. difficile tested. In a Phase 2 proof of concept trial in CDI patients, ridinilazole showed statistical superiority in sustained clinical response ('SCR') rates compared to the standard of care, vancomycin. In this trial, SCR was defined as clinical cure at end of treatment and no recurrence of CDI within 30 days of the end of therapy. Ridinilazole has received Qualified Infectious Disease Product ('QIDP') designation and has been granted Fast Track status by the US Food and Drug Administration. The QIDP incentives are provided through the US GAIN Act and include an extension of marketing exclusivity for an additional five years upon FDA approval.
About Summit Therapeutics
Summit is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialisation of novel medicines for indications for which there are no existing or only inadequate therapies. Summit is conducting clinical programmes focused on the genetic disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy and the infectious disease C. difficile infection. Further information is available at www.summitplc.com and Summit can be followed on Twitter (@summitplc).
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In returning to his native town of Shaston as schoolmaster Phillotson had won the interest and awakened the memories of the inhabitants, who, though they did not honour him for his miscellaneous aquirements as he would have been honoured elsewhere, retained for him a sincere regard. When, shortly after his arrival, he brought home a pretty wife — awkwardly pretty for him, if he did not take care, they said — they were glad to have her settle among them.
For some time after her flight from that home Sue's absence did not excite comment. Her place as monitor in the school was taken by another young woman within a few days of her vacating it, which substitution also passed without remark, Sue's services having been of a provisional nature only. When, however, a month had passed, and Phillotson casually admitted to an acquaintance that he did not know where his wife was staying, curiosity began to be aroused; till, jumping to conclusions, people ventured to affirm that Sue had played him false and run away from him. The schoolmaster's growing languor and listlessness over his work gave countenance to the idea.
Though Phillotson had held his tongue as long as he could, except to his friend Gillingham, his honesty and directness would not allow him to do so when misapprehensions as to Sue's conduct spread abroad. On a Monday morning the chairman of the school committee called, and after attending to the business of the school drew Phillotson aside out of earshot of the children.
"You'll excuse my asking, Phillotson, since everybody is talking of it: is this true as to your domestic affairs — that your wife's going away was on no visit, but a secret elopement with a lover? If so, I condole with you."
"Don't," said Phillotson. "There was no secret about it."
"She has gone to visit friends?"
"Then what has happened?"
"She has gone away under circumstances that usually call for condolence with the husband. But I gave my consent."
The chairman looked as if he had not apprehended the remark.
"What I say is quite true," Phillotson continued testily. "She asked leave to go away with her lover, and I let her. Why shouldn't I? A woman of full age, it was a question of her own conscience — not for me. I was not her gaoler. I can't explain any further. I don't wish to be questioned."
The children observed that much seriousness marked the faces of the two men, and went home and told their parents that something new had happened about Mrs. Phillotson. Then Phillotson's little maidservant, who was a schoolgirl just out of her standards, said that Mr. Phillotson had helped in his wife's packing, had offered her what money she required, and had written a friendly letter to her young man, telling him to take care of her. The chairman of committee thought the matter over, and talked to the other managers of the school, till a request came to Phillotson to meet them privately. The meeting lasted a long time, and at the end the school-master came home, looking as usual pale and worn. Gillingham was sitting in his house awaiting him.
"Well; it is as you said," observed Phillotson, flinging himself down wearily in a chair. "They have requested me to send in my resignation on account of my scandalous conduct in giving my tortured wife her liberty — or, as they call it, condoning her adultery. But I shan't resign!"
"I think I would."
"I won't. It is no business of theirs. It doesn't affect me in my public capacity at all. They may expel me if they like."
"If you make a fuss it will get into the papers, and you'll never get appointed to another school. You see, they have to consider what you did as done by a teacher of youth — and its effects as such upon the morals of the town; and, to ordinary opinion, your position is indefensible. You must let me say that."
To this good advice, however, Phillotson would not listen.
"I don't care," he said. "I don't go unless I am turned out. And for this reason; that by resigning I acknowledge I have acted wrongly by her; when I am more and more convinced every day that in the sight of Heaven and by all natural, straightforward humanity, I have acted rightly."
Gillingham saw that his rather headstrong friend would not be able to maintain such a position as this; but he said nothing further, and in due time — indeed, in a quarter of an hour — the formal letter of dismissal arrived, the managers having remained behind to write it after Phillotson's withdrawal. The latter replied that he should not accept dismissal; and called a public meeting, which he attended, although he looked so weak and ill that his friend implored him to stay at home. When he stood up to give his reasons for contesting the decision of the managers he advanced them firmly, as he had done to his friend, and contended, moreover, that the matter was a domestic theory which did not concern them. This they over-ruled, insisting that the private eccentricities of a teacher came quite within their sphere of control, as it touched the morals of those he taught. Phillotson replied that he did not see how an act of natural charity could injure morals.
All the respectable inhabitants and well-to-do fellow-natives of the town were against Phillotson to a man. But, somewhat to his surprise, some dozen or more champions rose up in his defence as from the ground.
It has been stated that Shaston was the anchorage of a curious and interesting group of itinerants, who frequented the numerous fairs and markets held up and down Wessex during the summer and autumn months. Although Phillotson had never spoken to one of these gentlemen they now nobly led the forlorn hope in his defence. The body included two cheap Jacks, a shooting-gallery proprietor and the ladies who loaded the guns, a pair of boxing-masters, a steam-roundabout manager, two travelling broom-makers, who called themselves widows, a gingerbread-stall keeper, a swing-boat owner, and a "test-your-strength" man.
This generous phalanx of supporters, and a few others of independent judgment, whose own domestic experiences had been not without vicissitude, came up and warmly shook hands with Phillotson; after which they expressed their thoughts so strongly to the meeting that issue was joined, the result being a general scuffle, wherein a black board was split, three panes of the school windows were broken, an inkbottle was spilled over a town-councillor's shirt front, a churchwarden was dealt such a topper with the map of Palestine that his head went right through Samaria, and many black eyes and bleeding noses were given, one of which, to everybody's horror, was the venerable incumbent's, owing to the zeal of an emancipated chimney-sweep, who took the side of Phillotson's party. When Phillotson saw the blood running down the rector's face he deplored almost in groans the untoward and degrading circumstances, regretted that he had not resigned when called upon, and went home so ill that next morning he could not leave his bed.
The farcical yet melancholy event was the beginning of a serious illness for him; and he lay in his lonely bed in the pathetic state of mind of a middle-aged man who perceives at length that his life, intellectual and domestic, is tending to failure and gloom. Gillingham came to see him in the evenings, and on one occasion mentioned Sue's name.
"She doesn't care anything about me!" said Phillotson. "Why should she?"
"She doesn't know you are ill."
"So much the better for both of us."
"Where are her lover and she living?"
"At Melchester — I suppose; at least he was living there some time ago."
When Gillingham reached home he sat and reflected, and at last wrote an anonymous line to Sue, on the bare chance of its reaching her, the letter being enclosed in an envelope addressed to Jude at the diocesan capital. Arriving at that place it was forwarded to Marygreen in North Wessex, and thence to Aldbrickham by the only person who knew his present address — the widow who had nursed his aunt.
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How one farmer's invention is reducing postharvest losses around the world
In many developing countries, more than half of all fruits and vegetables are never eaten, but instead are lost, damaged or spoiled after harvest. These "postharvest" losses can mean that farmers need to sell their fresh produce as soon as it is harvested for whatever price they can get, before they lose the crops that represent investments of labor, water, and agricultural inputs. Improving how fruits and vegetables are handled after harvest can significantly prolong freshness — and cooling is key.
"The three most important aspects of postharvest handling are: temperature, temperature, temperature," said Michael Reid, UC Cooperative Extension postharvest specialist who works with the Horticulture Innovation Lab at UC Davis. "In the developing world in particular, affordable cooling technology is mostly absent."
Cooling can be expensive — even for American farmers
As a farmer in upstate New York, Ron Khosla knew this problem too well. His vegetable crop was spoiling too quickly, but he could not afford to buy a walk-in cooler for his small farm. So he invented a solution: a small electrical device he called a CoolBot that tricks an air conditioner into getting colder without freezing over, turning a well-insulated room into a cold room at lower costs than refrigeration.
"I was hoping for a cheap, DIY solution that I could maintain. But mostly I just needed to keep my leafy greens and strawberries cold," Khosla said.
Khosla's CoolBot invention caught the eye of postharvest researchers, including Reid, who saw it in action on farms in California and decided to try using it in developing countries too.
CoolBot goes global with the Horticulture Innovation Lab
In one of his first projects with the Horticulture Innovation Lab (a program led by UC Davis with funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development), Reid partnered with agricultural scientists from Uganda, Honduras and India to test the CoolBot in their climates. The four scientists also tested different local materials as insulation for each of the cold rooms.
Since that first project, the Horticulture Innovation Lab has tested CoolBots for farmer cold storage in Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda, Thailand, Cambodia, Bangladesh, India and Honduras.
Jane Ambuko of the University of Nairobi is another Horticulture Innovation Lab partner who has worked with the CoolBot. She received a grant to pilot this technology with mango farmers for a program called the Kenya Feed the Future Innovation Engine. Her project was featured on an NTV Food Friday news segment about the CoolBot earlier this month.
"I see the CoolBot making a whole lot of difference," Ambuko said during a TEDxNairobi speech. "But for it to make that desired difference we have to make it cost-effective and affordable for the smallholder farmers."
Adapting, troubleshooting and scaling up
In many places, the most expensive part of a CoolBot-equipped cold room is the structure for the insulated room, but both Reid and Khosla expect foam building materials to become more widely available and affordable.
In the meantime, Khosla's small business has been growing — selling to not only farmers, but also florists, micro-brewers, and other artisanal food businesses. Now with six employees, the company has sold more than 27,500 CoolBots in 51 countries.
"I'm thrilled and so grateful to be a part of helping lots of people. Working with USAID has gotten us known in other countries, and I'm looking forward to the day when we have enough in-roads in India and Africa where we can work directly with farmers there," Khosla said. "People didn't believe the CoolBots worked at first. But now we get the most amazing letters from people whose businesses have doubled or quadrupled. Good postharvest care makes such a difference. Once they try it, then they see."
A previous version of this article appeared in the newsletter for Feed the Future, the U.S. government's global hunger and food security initiative, and also in the Horticulture Innovation Lab blog.
Event - Sustainable solutions and extending California's agricultural expertise to the world: The UC Global Food Initiative and UC Blum Centers will host a Global Food Summit on Sustainable Solutions, May 5-6 at UC Irvine. Elizabeth Mitcham, director of the Horticulture Innovation Lab and UC Cooperative Extension postharvest pomologist at UC Davis, will be speaking about technology transfer for horticulture-related technologies such as the CoolBot, seed drying beads, UC Davis-designed chimney solar dryer, pest-exclusion nets, and other tools the program adapts to the needs of farmers in developing countries. She will also be on a panel with two other UC Davis-based directors of Feed the Future Innovation Labs (UC Davis leads five Feed the Future Innovation Labs with funding from USAID — more than any other university). More info about this event.
Feeding a hungry planet
Agricultural innovation and technological advances have been harvested from UC Davis over the last century. As advances are achieved, our growing global population applies pressure for researchers to achieve more. California is a top world-wide producer of agricultural products, and California researchers work hard to find new and better ways to produce food.
The UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CA&ES) does much to contribute towards this effort. The recent CA&ES Outlook: Feeding a Hungry Planet highlights current research and innovations to provide agricultural producers knowledge and technology needed to make better, faster and economically sound decisions. This work is focused towards agriculture, conservation and economics. The articles are interesting and provide much food for thought.
For instance:
- Everyone needs to eat, and our global population is growing quickly. Economists have documented substantial long-term benefits of agricultural research.
- To continue feeding a growing population we have two options: increase yields on land already in production, or expand agriculture onto new land.
- UC researchers are developing "precision agriculture" methods, which use global positioning systems (GPS), geographic information systems (GIS), wireless networks, and innovative sensor technology to deliver precise amounts of water, fertilizer and pesticides to individual plants or small blocks of plants. This individualized management will save growers money and reduce the potential environmental load from excess fertilizer and pesticide use.
- Using GPS, a mechanical weeder has been developed. This will save growers money and reduce the need for herbicide use. On-campus testing has been successful and the weeder will be tested in a commercial field next year.
- Increasing biodiversity on and near the farm provides many benefits towards increased food production while increasing the sustainability of farming systems.
Learn more about these topics and many others in the Fall/Winter edition of CA&ES Outlook. To find out more about the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, or to view previous publications please visit their website.


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Who is to Blame?
Some of the controversy surrounding The Passion of the Christ, Mel Gibson's new movie, has been about who crucified Jesus. Was it the Romans? Was it the Jews? Were both equally responsible, even if for different reasons? If they were, is this where we are to place the blame?
In seeking answers to these questions, it is critically important to remember that the passion narratives in Scripture do not offer eye-witness accounts or a modern transcript of historical events. Rather the events are presented through the theological lense of the respective evangelist.
Certain historical essentials are shared by all four accounts: a growing hostility against Jesus on the part of some Jewish religious leaders; the Last Supper with the disciples; betrayal by Judas; arrest outside the city; interrogation before a high priest; formal condemnation by Pontius Pilate; crucifixion by Roman soldiers; affixing the title 'King of the Jews' on the cross; death; burial; and resurrection.
Many other elements, such as the crowd shouting "His blood be on us and on our children" in Matthew, or the generic use of the term "the Jews" in John, are unique to each author and must be understood within the context of that author's overall theological scheme.
The Scriptures must be interpreted within their historical and literary contexts.
Raymond Brown in attempting to bring modern scholarship to bear on the passion narrative of John's Gospel states that one can not disguise a hostility towards "the Jews" in the passion narrative. It seems clear that the evangelist is spreading to the synagogues of his own time the blame that an earlier tradition placed on the authorities. He is not the first to do this, for the oldest extant Christian writing speaks of "the Jews who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets" (1 Thess. 2:14-15).
But John is the most insistent New Testament writer in this usage. Why?
Because he and/or his confreres have suffered from synagogue persecution. They have been driven out of the synagogue for professing that Jesus is the Messiah (9:22; 12:42). Within a few decades of the composition of John, there was introduced into synagogue prayer (Shemoneh Esrh or the Eighteen Benedictions) a curse against deviants from Judaism, including followers of Jesus. This was an initial example of an attitude that is still with us today. For many Jews, no matter how true and long one's Jewish lineage may be, one ceases to be a Jew when one confesses Jesus to be the Messiah.
At the end of the first century, expulsion from the synagogue seemingly exposed Christians to Roman investigation and punishment, even death. Jews were tolerated by the Romans; but who were these Christians whom the Jews disclaimed?
The evangelist may be alluding to this painful outcome in 16:2: "They will put you out of the synagogue; indeed the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God." The context of mutual hostility between the Johannine community and the synagogue must be taken into account if we are to bring out the meaning of the Gospel texts for Christians of today.
As for Matthew's statement,"His blood be on us and on our children," one could argue that it was not applicable to whole Jewish people of Jesus' time, for relatively few stood before Pilate. It might also be that it was an affirmation of present willingness to accept responsibility, not an invocation of future punishment or vengeance. However, given Matthew's hostility to the Pharisees and Sadducees, "a brood of vipers," any tempering of his remarks must ultimately be sought in the words of Jesus, who refers to his blood "as poured out for many (all) for the forgiveness of sins." (26:27).
The Catholic interpretative perspective is that the Bible is the Church's book. It is the foundational written authority for Christians. It was assembled within the Church. Its New Testament books were composed within first century church under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and are interpreted in the Church for each succeeding generation.
History shows that the Scriptures have been misused to justify war and violence, racial segregation and slavery, and antisemitism. The Scriptures are not only to be studied and prayed with, but also, to be read attentively and wisely.
For Pope John Paul II this need for an informed reading of the Scriptures has special significance in regard to Jews. In meditating on the first station of the cross, he deals with who bore responsibility for the crucifixion of Jesus: "Oh no, not the Jewish people, crucified by us (Christians) for so long, not the crowd which will always prefer Barabbas because he repays evil with evil, not them, but all of us, each one of us, because we are all murderer of love."
Even though the Jewish authorities and those who followed their lead pressed for the death of Jesus, neither all Jews indiscriminately at that time, nor Jews today, can be charged with the crimes committed during the passion.
The Church has always held and continues to hold that Christ out of infinite love freely underwent suffering and death because of the sins of all, so that all might attain salvation.
It is said that while Mel Gibson does not himself have a role in the movie, he does, nonetheless, appear in one scene. It is his hands that are pictured driving the nails into the flesh of Jesus. He did so to express his own conviction that his sinfulness, as well that of all of us, was responsible for the crucifixion.
Who is to blame? Frankly, we all are. As we watch the movie, we might also bear in mind that some of the bad guys just happen to be Jewish, but all the good guys are Jewish!
☩ Frederick Henry
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Verizon Foundation Shines Volunteer Spotlight on Lisa Harrison
When Lisa Harrison volunteered with nonprofit Springfield Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. (SpringfieldNHS) six years ago she had no idea she would be invited to sit on its board of directors and simultaneously be elected as president two years later.
The Springfield nonprofit transforms families and revitalizes communities through homeownership development, recycling of blighted properties and resident empowerment. This is done through credit counseling and home-ownership education for potential buyers; technical assistance to borrowers from loan intake to closing; flexible financing products that include property rehabilitation; technical assistance with property inspections and rehabilitation services; and post-purchase services that include foreclosure intervention.


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What happens during a hangover?
The science behind the misery
Hangovers are horrible. No matter how amazing a night out was, a hangover can suck the joy right out of all those great memories and leave you feeling nauseated, dehydrated, exhausted and generally out of it. Not to mention the horrendous pounding in your head!
What symptoms can a hangover cause?
- Low mood/feeling down
- Nausea
- Headaches
- Intense cravings for fatty, sugary and processed food
- Intense thirst, no matter how much you drink
- Exhaustion
- Shakiness
- Sensitivity to light and noise
What happens in our body during a hangover?
- Hormonal havoc. Believe it or not, alcohol actually affects neurotransmitters in the brain, such as serotonin and dopamine. It even affects histamine, a chemical which the body releases whenever you come into contact with a substance you are allergic to. This disruption in neurotransmitters can negatively affect your mood and cause you to feel 'down' the day after a heavy drinking session.
- Sleep disruption. Alcohol interferes with sleep quality, in particular REM sleep. REM sleep is the period of sleep where you dream and it is also supposed to be one of the most important stages. So you'll likely feel wrecked the day after, even if you've slept for 12 hours straight!
- Stomach irritation. Alcohol can irritate the lining of your stomach and increase stomach acid. This is what causes that horrible feeling of nausea and stomach pain.
- Dehydration. Alcohol is a diuretic, which means it increases urine output. Therefore you pee more. If you pee more, your body will simply increase your thirst (it's clever that way!) to try and replace the lost fluid. Dehydration can further lead to electrolyte imbalances. So your body can get low on important substances such as sodium and potassium. This is part of the reason you may crave crisps or salty foods like sausages the morning after.
- Widening of blood vessels in the head. Just as painful as it sounds, but this widening certainly contributes to the morning after headaches! It also seems to contribute to light sensitivity.
- Low blood sugar. Some people are more sensitive to this effect than others. Basically, alcohol generally lowers glucose levels in the blood and can also deplete the stored sugar in the liver. Some peoples' bodies just make more sugar to compensate, but not everyone can, and so you may find yourself dealing with low blood sugar symptoms like intense hunger, cravings, shakiness, weakness and headaches. If you are diabetic or if you know that you have a tendency to low blood sugar, you need to be mindful of this effect.
- Toxic by-products. As alcohol is metabolised, it breaks down into various by-products. Some people can clear these by-products quickly and efficiently, while others cannot. Eek!
Top five hangover remedies
There is no end of hangover remedies out there. A quick google search will yield hundreds of potential remedies, from the well-known cures to the outright crazy ones. Some remedies, such as eating a proper meal before you start drinking, are best done before you hit the bar, but here are our top five for the morning after.
- Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. Orange juice, water or even something like Lucozade will do the trick. As strange as it sounds, some people even add a small amount of sea salt to their juice. This helps to replenish electrolyte stores. If you are feeling nauseated, hot ginger tea is a great remedy too. Go easy on the caffeine though, it will just dehydrate you further. Sorry!
- Good food. You may not feel like solid food, but if you do, eggs are a great choice, along with orange juice and bananas. Eggs contain a type of amino acid called cysteine which helps to break down alcohol by-products, and orange juice and bananas contain potassium, which you may be low on after your hard night. Be careful if you crave stodgy food though, your delicate tummy may not be able to handle it.
- Hot baths. Some people find that the steam acts as a detox and helps to ease their hangover. A hot shower would follow the same principle, though it probably wouldn't be as relaxing.
- Walking in the fresh air. Walking outside is probably the last thing you want to do when you have a hangover. However, the fresh air can help a lot by increasing circulation and blood flow to the brain.
- Vitamin C or multivitamin tablets. A glass of the fizzy stuff should help to set you right, since these products work by topping up your depleted vitamin stores. You can get these soluble vitamins in most chemists and supermarkets.


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References and Thank Yous
Some employers may ask for references when applying to jobs or after an interview. Don't use space on your resume for references – if and when an employer is ready, they will ask for them. The same holds true for letters of recommendation. You may have them available, but you do not need to include them unless asked. Letters of recommendation are rarely asked for as a part of the hiring process. Having 3-5 people listed as references is ideal.
Whom should you ask?
- Selecting people that have supervised your work in extracurricular activities, volunteering, jobs, and internships are appropriate
- Utilize Faculty and staff members that you have connected with while at Notre Dame
- Personal references should not be family members and should only be used if they can speak to your skills and talents that would be applicable to an employer
- Obtain approval from people you are planning to list as references and provide them with background information on the position for which you are applying
How do you provide the information?
- Have a prepared Reference Page that is formatted like your resume (same font and style) with you when you interview, otherwise be prepared to provide it at a later date
- Provide each contact's name, job title, company name, work address, phone number, and email address
- Send each of your references a thank you note when your job search is over
Thank Yous
Follow-up is critical during the interview process. A thank you letter, restating your interest in the position and the organization, should be sent within 24 hours of each interview, and should be sent to each person that you spoke with. Be sure to ask for business cards or ask the person arranging the interview for the correct spelling, titles, business emails, or business addresses of each person you met. Make each note somewhat different, and try to reference something you discussed in the interview. Take no further action until at least one week beyond the date when they said they would contact you. At that time, a phone call to see if a decision has been made is appropriate.
Sample Wording for a Thank You Letter (use same formatting as a cover letter)
It was a pleasure to meet with you to speak about the Marketing Representative position at ABC Organization. I especially appreciated talking with you about ….
If given the opportunity, I am confident I can make valuable contributions to your organization. Thank you for the time you took to interview me. I look forward to hearing from you about this position.