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NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A woman whose gang rape provoked protests and rare national debate about violence against women in India died from her injuries on Saturday, prompting promises of action from a government that has struggled to respond to public outrage.
The unidentified 23-year-old medical student suffered a brain injury and massive internal damage in the attack on December 16 and died in hospital in Singapore where she had been taken for treatment.
Protesters rallied peacefully in the capital New Delhi and other cities across India to keep the pressure on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government to get tougher on crimes against women. That was in contrast to the pitched battles protesters fought with police last weekend.
The six suspects held in connection with the attack on the student on a New Delhi bus were charged with murder following her death, police said. The maximum penalty for murder is death.
Authorities, worried about the reaction to the news of her death, deployed thousands of policemen, closed 10 metro stations and banned vehicles from some main roads in the heart of New Delhi, where demonstrators have converged since the attack to demand improved women's rights.
Despite efforts to cordon off the city centre, more than 1,000 people gathered at two locations. Some protesters shouted for justice, others for the death penalty for the rapists.
Most sex crimes in India go unreported, many offenders go unpunished, and the wheels of justice turn slowly, according to social activists who say that successive governments have done little to ensure the safety of women.
Political leaders vowed steps to correct "shameful social attitudes" towards women in the world's biggest democracy.
"The need of the hour is a dispassionate debate and inquiry into the critical changes that are required in societal attitudes," the prime minister said in a statement.
"I hope that the entire political class and civil society will set aside narrow sectional interests and agenda to help us all reach the end that we all desire - making India a demonstrably better and safer place for women to live in."
The woman, beaten, raped and thrown out of a moving bus, had been flown to Singapore in a critical condition by the Indian government on Thursday.
She and her male friend were returning home from the cinema, media reports say, when six men on the bus beat them with metal rods and repeatedly raped the woman. Media said a rod was used in the rape, causing internal injuries. The friend survived.
"She was courageous in fighting for her life for so long against the odds but the trauma to her body was too severe for her to overcome," Kelvin Loh, chief executive officer of the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore said in a statement announcing her death from multiple organ failure.
The Indian government has chartered an aircraft to fly her body back to India, along with family members, T.C.A. Raghavan, the Indian high commissioner to Singapore, told reporters.
The body was taken from the hospital to a Hindu undertaker in Singapore and hours later, lying in a gold and yellow coffin selected by Indian diplomats, the body was driven in a hearse to the airport.
The plane took off from Singapore at 1630 GMT and was expected to reach New Delhi around 3 a.m. local time on Sunday (2130 GMT Saturday), the NDTV channel reported on its website citing the High Commissioner.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in the northern Indian city of Lucknow. In Hyderabad, in southern India, a group of women marched to demand severe punishment for the rapists. Protests were also held in the cities of Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai.
"For some reason, and I don't really know why, she got through to us," well-known columnist Nilanjana Roy wrote in a blog on Saturday.
"Our words shriveled in the face of what she'd been subjected to by the six men travelling on that bus, who spent an hour torturing and raping her, savagely beating up her male friend."
Sonia Gandhi, the powerful leader of the ruling Congress party, directly addressed the protesters in a rare broadcast on state television, saying that as a mother and a woman she understood their grievances.
"Your voice has been heard," Gandhi said. "It deepens our determination to battle the pervasive and the shameful social attitudes that allow men to rape and molest women with such impunity."
The attack has put gender issues centre stage in Indian politics. Issues such as rape, dowry-related deaths and female infanticide have rarely entered mainstream political discourse.
Analysts say the death of the woman dubbed "Amanat", an Urdu word meaning "treasure," by some Indian media could change that, although it is too early to say whether the protesters calling for government action to better safeguard women can sustain their momentum through to national elections due in 2014.
The outcry over the attack caught the government off-guard and it was slow to react. It took a week for Singh to make a statement on the attack, infuriating many protesters who saw it as a sign of a government insensitive to the plight of women.
The prime minister, an 80-year-old technocrat who speaks in a low monotone, has struggled to channel the popular outrage in his public statements and convince critics that his eight-year-old government will take steps to improve the safety of women.
"The Congress managers were ham-handed in their handling of the situation that arose after the brutal assault on the girl. The crowd management was poor," a lawmaker from Singh's ruling Congress party said on condition of anonymity.
Commentators and sociologists say the rape has tapped into a deep well of frustration many Indians feel over what they see as weak governance and poor leadership on social issues.
A global poll by the Thomson Reuters Foundation in June found that India was the worst place to be a woman because of high rates of infanticide, child marriage and slavery.
New Delhi has the highest number of sex crimes among India's major cities, with a rape reported on average every 18 hours, according to police figures. Government data show the number of reported rape cases in the country rose by nearly 17 percent between 2007 and 2011.
For a link to the poll, click here
Additional reporting by Devidutta Tripathy, Satarupa Bhattacharjya, Diksha Madhok, Shashank Chouhan and Suchitra Mohanty in Delhi, Sharat Pradhan in Lucknow, Sujoy Dhar in Kolkata, Anupama Chandrasekaran in Chennai, Eveline Danubrata, Saeed Azhar, Edgar Su and Sanjeev Miglani in Singapore; Editing by Mark Bendeich, Robert Birsel and Alison Williams


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A stagehand working for a gay pornography company has sued his employers in San Francisco Superior Court, alleging he was forced to inject performers with a controlled drug to prolong their erections.
According to the lawsuit, which was filed Friday, Ronald Baker of San Francisco claims he suffered emotional distress and anxiety-induced health problems when he accidentally pierced his finger in January after injecting a performer in the penis with TriMix, a prescription medication used to treat erectile dysfunction.
When he contacted his employer, Adult Entertainment Broadcast Network based in North Carolina, over concerns he may have contracted HIV, his bosses told him they did not know what to do, according to the lawsuit. When Baker discovered the models did not have prescriptions for TriMix, he refused to administer further injections and violate state law. His paychecks and health benefits were then cut off, said Elisa Stewart, his attorney.
Baker is suing for wrongful termination, emotional distress and violations of labor and professional business codes.
"They are injecting a controlled substance into all these models without checking with a doctor if it's OK for that person to have that prescription medication, and they are using people on the set to give the shots," Stewart said. "You have to be a nurse in the state of California to give an injection."
Because TriMix can help maintain an erection for several hours, she said, pornographers consider it a way to keep costs down and cameras rolling.
Calls to Adult Entertainment Broadcast Network were not immediately returned Saturday.
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For this sixth week of 2013, we were very busy but had a wonderful and fulfilling time. The highlight was a trip to my hometown for a wonderful visit with three of my lifelong friends followed by visits to the parents of two of those friends in a rehab facility and an assisted living home. It was such fun reliving old times with them!
Journaling: Church, Sunday School, lunch with Olivia & Lance and the Super Bowl began this week! Roll Tide! On Monday, Mollie and the birthday girls celebrated Stephanies birthday at the Chop House and on Tuesday Mollie went to the Apple Store for some Genius Bar help with iTunes and Eds Shuffle. Wednesday would have been Mothers 102nd birthday! Thursday brought a trip to my favorite fabric store; Ernies trips to the farm and a trip to Aunt Velmas house for Mollie, Ed, Mitchell, Burrell & Mark to work on the house. Ernie had a sick cow, thus a visit from the vet and Mollie wound up the week with a fun 3 hour breakfast with Cissie, Ella & John, followed by sweet trips for visits with Virginia Gibson, Sara & Clarence.
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Dave Barry: Put up hurricane shutters for the political wind
I figured out what the Florida primary reminds me of: A hurricane.
Think about it: When a hurricane forms, at first you don't pay much attention, because it's far away and you don't think it's going to affect you. But then, as it comes closer and excitable local TV weather people start tracking it on radar, you become increasingly nervous. Finally you go to Publix and join the hordes of alarmed Floridians buying vital emergency supplies such as canned meat to replace the unused canned meat you bought during the previous hurricane.
Likewise, last year, when candidates started campaigning for the Iowa caucuses, you didn't pay attention, because (a) Iowa is a distant place that you are always confusing with other flat soybean-infested states such as Kansas, and (b) nobody understands how the Iowa caucuses work anyway. Apparently even the Iowans don't really understand them; they're still trying to figure out who won this time around, with the current front-runner being Gerald Ford.
But then, after Iowa, the candidates moved to New Hampshire, which is a little closer to Florida. Then they moved to South Carolina, and suddenly the horrible truth hit you: They're coming HERE.
This is where my hurricane analogy breaks down. Because when we know a hurricane is coming, we wisely prepare for it. But when a major political campaign is coming — even when we have plenty of warning — we sit around like morons and let it slam directly into us.
How can you protect yourself from a presidential primary? I'll tell you. As soon as you know that a campaign is going to hit Florida, you should go to Home Depot and buy sheets of plywood three-quarters of an inch thick. You should take these home, cut them to size, and then, using a hammer and nails, fasten them firmly to every TV screen in your house. You should also fill your bathtub with water, add about a cup of bleach, and drop in all your radios.
These simple steps will protect you and your family from the toxic spew of political attack ads that run nonstop on all media outlets, so that no matter what channel you change to, you hear sneering announcers telling you one appalling thing after another:
"...can we really trust Mitt Romney, a Massachusetts liberal who..."
"...bloat-faced beltway insider Newt Gingrich drank champagne while thousands of Florida homeowners lost their..."
"...a Massachusetts socialist who..."
"...raked in millions from lobbyists while Florida homeowners were selling their kidneys to pay for..."
"...apparently wears some kind of secret cult underwear..."
"...CLAIMS he never performed a human sacrifice on behalf of Fannie Mae, but can we really..."
"...a Massachusetts communist who fought for Fidel and..."
"...CLAIMS he never bludgeoned any of his wives to death with a hatchet, but can we really..."
And so on. I think you'll agree that the destruction of your household electronics is a small price to pay for reducing your family's exposure to these ads. Another option is to call FPL and ask them to send out a crew to cut off the power to your house.
The main thing is, you need to have a plan, because it's only a matter of time before we get nailed again. Finally, we should remember that even though this primary campaign is leaving Florida, millions of innocent Americans still lie directly in its path. We should do what we can to help them. I for one am willing to donate a large quantity of canned meat.


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Case Study 1. An Unexpected Challenge
Thomas B. Anderson
Case Study 2. Newly Merged International Company Plans Meeting
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Case Study 3. Fundraiser: Razed by Tornado
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Case Study 4. You're Never Too Old to Learn
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Case Study 5. The Do's & Don'ts of Exhibiting on a Small Budget
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Case Study 6. Hot Times in Portland
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Case Study 7. Where's the Truck?
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There is not a day that goes by that an event of some sort is not scheduled somewhere. They come in all shapes and sizes, for all purposes. Meetings and events have become such an important and integral part of our lives and culture that people make a career out of planning them. Every event offers its own unique challenges and there are many ways of navigating these challenges, with varying degrees of success. Tales is a compilation of event war stories (every hilarious, frustrating, exciting detail).
Tales provides real world events in an academic framework. These are a 'jumping off' point for discussion, there is no 'right' answer, or even one answer, usually there are many.
We all make mistakes—ever had the wrong date/time/venue printed on 900 invitations?—and we learn from them (hopefully). What meeting and event planning insights have you picked up from hard-earned experience? What are some lessons learned from your meetings and events? Would you like to share your wisdom with other planners and students? We want to hear your event war stories; every hilarious, frustrating, exciting detail. We're looking for stories from every type of event from the smallest board meeting to a large mega-event like the Olympics.
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Worlds Fair
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Calgary Stampede
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Food Festivals (Taste of Chicago)
Macy's Thanksgiving
Rose Parade
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Wimbledon Tennis
The Masters Golf
Major League Baseball
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World Cup
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G8 Summit
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"You don't need a lawyer to tell me if you want a cup of coffee."
Hanna finds herself alone in the interrogation room with Lieutenant Tanner. Facing up to 7 years for possible charges ranging from obstruction to the actual murder of Detective Wilden, Hanna remains mum about everything ... even when her parents come to pick her up from the police station.
If dealing with one friend who was arrested during the college visit weekend, and another friend who decided it wasn't the right university for either of them wasn't enough, Emily's biggest rival makes her debut on the swim team.
Shawna shares with Emily that she will be attending Rosewood High, and swimming on the team (hoping to land a scholarship), but we are sure there are other reasons for her mid-semester transfer. (Don't be sneaky Shawna; we want to know what Jenna actually told you).
With one girl under constant parental supervision and two not speaking, Aria decides it is time for the girls to meet and figure out how A managed to set Hanna up, and how to keep the heat off of Hanna before she ends up in jail for seven years. Spencer takes the time to apologize to Emily for "bulldozing" their friendship. As soon as she gains one friend back, she loses her and an additional one.
Aria meets one of Mike's friends, who needed help with his English homework, and his new job at the coffee shop.
"More Mona more problems" is right. Surprise! Mona makes her unconventional comeback. She reveals to the girls (and Spencer) that she has been searching for the missing RV that Toby managed to give to A. Secrets out! Spencer knew. *cue two more apologies from Spencer*
No school, no phone, not internet, more A. Hanna receives a text from A saying that if she talks, both of her parents will go down. While awaiting the results from the ballistics test, and the DA's word on whether or not she can go back to school, Hanna and her mom come clean to her father about everything (except A).
Meanwhile, Caleb tries to visit and is turned away, but Emily is allowed in (homework is okay). Emily convinces Hanna to give her the dash cam footage from the night her mother hit Detective Wilden with the car. After a fight, Hanna gives in.
After an awkward night with of studying with Conner that ends with a one-sided kiss (Aria was not about it) Aria goes back to school, and back into the rumor mill. Aria confronts Conner about the rumor of the two hooking up.
Conner confronts Aria about her "relationship with Mr. Fitz." To her surprise, Mr. Fitz is in the locker room to save the day, but Aria doesn't want to hear it. After realizing what happened to his sister was wrong, Mike assures her that everything will be taken care of. (He is still scary).
Emily doesn't want to hear Spencer's excuses for why she isn't sharing information about the missing RV.
Emily finds a way to make it to the police station and put the dash cam video on Lieutenant Tanner's desk, everything is okay ... right?
Spencer and Toby take a trip to find Mrs. Grenwald (the mysterious sorority den mother.) The trip turns dark when they end up in a town with no street signs and falling birds. Hello Ravenswood.
They come across a woman who looks like Grenwald, but the woman informs her that she doesn't know what she is talking about, and that she should leave. Spencer takes the hint, but not before she makes her way to a creepy grave site with the rest of the town ... and Shawna.
Sidebar: The 10 minutes they spent in Ravenswood really made me excited for the show's premiere in the fall.
During open mic night at the coffee shop, Hanna is still absent, Emily is still mad, Aria shows up for moral support, Spencer tells the girls about her trip to "creepyvillie" and Shawna is there with her violin. Why? Did we forget Lieutenant Tanner was there to take Emily to the police station to "talk."
Emily goes to the station, and sees the video. Not the dash cam video but the one with the image of her standing next to the Rosewood sign holding a sign that says "Guilty." (Anyone catch the glare on the face? Yup A is walking around with the Emily mask).
Who wrote liar on Conner's car, and smashed it to pieces?
And why does Ashley "have the right to remain silent." It looks like everyone is falling into A's trap.


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Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
My dog Parker (a Pitbull who thinks he's a Lamb) is about 7 years old (I adopted him in '03 from my local animal shelter so I'm not sure of his age). He was diagnosed with Lymphoma in April '07. He has been through the Madison WI protocol twice. Reacted very quickly to the first round and went almost directly into remission, but in February '08 started to relapse. We started the same protocol again, which helped keep the lymph node swelling down, but he has had one resistant lymph node behind his knee. We have now tried Lomustine (CEENU) with Elspar, and Baytril with Prednisone 3 times, but it doesn't seem to be putting him into remission. He went for a follow-up yesterday, and my vet says 4 more lymph nodes have also become palpable. She is not an oncologist (I can't afford that), but consults with one. I am now thinking of trying these things you find when doing a Google search....Essiac Tea, and something called K9 Immunity Food and Supplements. Do you have any information as to the benefit of these? Could they actually cause him harm? And more importantly, can you tell me if there are any new chemo drugs that he might try? He's an amazing dog, very loving and intelligent with a huge will to live. I think this has been harder on me then on him, but when I adopted him I took on a responsibility to care for him the best I can. And he's a great guy. Any help or suggestions you can give me would be so appreciated.
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If you are working with a general practitioner (GP) who is consulting with an oncologist, you should ask their opinion as to any alternative medicines and supplements they would like to try, and follow their advice regarding safety, interactions with current medications, etc. To date, there have been no alternative therapies that have proven benefit in treating lymphoma. In addition, some of the therapies can be very expensive. Rather than investing money in these unproven therapies, I would suggest that the money is better spent on obtaining a consultation with a board-certified medical oncologist. You might also consider looking at the Veterinary Cancer Society's website for any clinical trials that might be in your area.


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Historians think that Dr. Manassa T. Pope is located on the 2nd full row, 3rd from the left. Shaw University's Leonard Medical School, which historically is an African-American school, was the first four-year medical college in North Carolina. Dr. Pope was a member of its first graduating class. At the graduation ceremony in 1886, senior Lawson Andrew Scruggs delivered these comments: "The colored man must go forward, he must harness himself for battle, and we who stand before you tonight, are pioneers of the medical profession of our race."¹
Questions for Photo 1
1. It is noted in the caption above that historians believe they know the location of Pope in the photo, but are not certain. Can you think of some reasons why it might be difficult to use historic photographs as evidence? Why might it be important for you and your family to label and organize your photo collection?
2. What do you think Lawson Scruggs meant when he said that African-American men, and in particular successful, educated men, must "harness themselves for battle?" How does this comment relate to the Du Bois quote about the "Talented Tenth?"
3. What do you see hanging on the wall in the background? Why do you think this backdrop was selected?
4. Why is this photograph significant for both the black community at the time it was taken and to history in general?
¹ Leonard Andrew Scruggs, "Medical Education as a Factor in the Elevation of the Colored Race," African Expositor 9 (April 1886): 3.
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Artists Remix Classic Book Covers
For the past seven years, Katie Cromwell and Jensen Carp at Gallery 1988 have been showcasing pop culture-themed artwork to a new generation of LA residents. This month Cromwell and Carp are exhibiting (and selling) 45 limited-edition posters inspired by novels we all know and love, curated by OMGPosters and Rob Jones. At Flavorpill, we can appreciate a good remix, so we've picked our favorites from the lot for your viewing pleasure. From James Flames' homage to the Velveteen Rabbit (complete with cute floppy ears and a leaky eye) to Big Brother's penetrating gaze (from Doublenaut's tribute to Nineteen Eighty-Four), there's something that will appeal to a wide range of bibliophiles.
If you're in LA, we strongly suggest you stop over at Gallery 1988 on Melrose and LaBrea before the exhibition closes at the end of this month. If you're not but still want to see more pictures, check out Marina Galperina's post at Animal New York.
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Nature of Indian Constitution (Paper 2, Section 3, Unit 1)Posted by Admin - APPSC Group 1
Nature of the Indian Constitution
• Though the members of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly called the Indian Constitution federal although nowhere mentioned in the Constitution itself), some jurists dispute this title.
• The Western scholars generally take the US Constitution as a role model of federal Constitution and exclude those Constitutions, which do not conform to it from the nomenclature of 'federation'.
• But now, it is increasingly realised that any assumption of such a typology is fallacious, and it is generally agreed that the question whether a state is unitary or federal is one of degrees, and whether it is a federation or not depends upon the number of federal features it possesses.
What is a Federation?
• It is a group of regions or States united with a Central Government or a Federal Government.
• A federation has a well-established dual polity or dual form of Government i.e. the field of Government is divided between the Federal and the State Governments which are not subordinate to one another, but co-ordinate and are independent within their allotted spheres.
• Therefore, the existence of co-ordinate authorities independent of each other is the gist of thejfederal principle.
Indian situation
• A perusal of the provisions of the Indian Constitution reveals that the political system introduced by it, possesses all the aforesaid essentials of a federal polity.
• The Indian Constitution establishes a dual polity with the Union at the Centre and the Statesjitjhe periphery, each enjoying powers clearly demarcated by the Constitution.
• The Constitution is written and supreme, with enough power to declare enactments in excess of the powers of the Union or State Legislatures as ultra vires (this has been firmly established after Keshavananda case in 1913)
Moreover, no amendment making any change in the status or powers of the Centre and the States is possible without the participation of the States (Art. 368).
• Finally, the Supreme Court is the apex authority to interpret the Constitution of India as well as decide on disputes arising out of Centre-State relations.
• Even though all the five essential characteristics are present in the Indian Constitution, in certain circumstances, the Constitution empowers the Centre to interfere in the matters of the States, which places the States in a subordinate position.
This violates the federal principle.
Provisions in the Indian Constitution which are not strictly federal in character
• The question of the extent of federality is a different matter and in this regard the Constitution of India has certain distinctive features having a bias towards the Centre.
• The political system of a country is, by and large, the outcome of the circumstances, which certainly differ from one country to another.
• The following are the provisions in the Indian Constitution which are not strictly federal in character:
1. In the USA and Australia, the states have their own Constitutions which are equally powerful as the federal Constitution, but in India, there are no separate Constitutions for the member States.
2. India follows the principle of uniform and single citizenship, but in the USA and Australia, double citizenship is followed.
3. In the USA, it is not possible for the Federal Government to unilaterally change the territorial extent of a State but in India, the Parliament can do so even without the consent to the State concerned (Art 3). Thus, the States in India do not enjoy the right to territorial integrity.
4. If the President declares national emergency
for the whole or part of India under Art. 352, the Parliament can make laws on subjects, which are otherwise, exclusively under the State List. The Parliament can give directions to the States on the manner in which to exercise their executive authority in matters within their charge. The financial provisions can also be suspended.
5. Under Art. 155, the Governor of a State is appointed by the President and the former is not responsible to the State Legislature. Thus indirectly, the Centre enjoys control over the State through the appointment of the Governor.
6. If financial emergency is declared by the President under Art. 360. on the ground that the financial stability or credibility of India or any of its units is threatened, all the Money Bills passed by the State Legislatures during the period of financial emergency are also subject to the control of the Centre.
7. Under Art. 256, the Centre can give administrative directions to the States, which are binding on the latter. Along with the directions, the Constitution also provides measures to be adopted by the Centre to ensure such compliance.
8. Under Art. 312. All India Services officials— IAS, IPS and IFS (forest) — are appointed by the Centre, but are paid and controlled by the State. However, in case of any irregularities by the officer, States cannot initiate any disciplinary action except suspending him/her. 9. Judges of the High Courts are appointed by the President in consultation with the Governors under Art. 217 and the States do not play any role in this. Thus, apart from certain provisions which are biased towards the Union, the Constitution of India, in normal times, is framed to work as a federal system.
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Thinking about borrowing a street bike and going for a Hill Country ride on Monday, Memorial Day Weekend (of this year 2018 Lol!!!). Since I'll be on a bike that makes my old ZRX look small it will be a leisurely paced ride (plus I haven't ridden on the street in a few years). Would like to go out and ride the 100 mile loop but since I live out towards Gonzales now I'll have to see how I'm doing in the saddle again.
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Who Are The Rangers?
Well, it is World Series time. Unfortunately for Phillies fans, we'll have to watch on TV this year. With two teams west of the Mississippi in the WS, I'm afraid interest on the east coast will be minimal.
Mike Lopresti is an entertaining sports columnist for the Gannett Company. He has a different flair for writing and many times comes up with the unusual, which I enjoy.
A couple of days ago he wrote about the Rangers: "Feeling a little Texas Rangers-challenged as the World Series nears?" was his lead. He then listed 25 Rangers facts of varied significance.
Here are a few:
**Leadoff hitter Elvis Andrus led the majors in one category this season. He had 588 at-bats and did not hit a home run.
**GM Jon Daniels got his job at age 28. That's younger than seven of the Yankees' starters in the Rangers' clincher last Friday.
**Team president Nolan Ryan struck out 5,714 batters. His 500th was a Minnesota Twin named Charlie Manuel.
**The Rangers went from first to third on a single 122 times this season–22 more than any other team in baseball.
**In the 15-team Cactus League–spring training in Arizona–Texas finished last (10-19-1); SF finished first.
**After the Cliff Lee trade, Lee started seven home games for the Rangers and they averaged 36,677. When he didn't pitch, 30,384.
**Bengie Molina is a catcher for the Rangers. Before July 1, he was a catcher for the Giants. So he will reportedly get a World Series championship ring no matter which team wins.
**The Rangers have lost seven straight games to the Giants in interleague play.
**The Ranges' inaugural game in Texas was postponed by a players' strike.
**Their last game as the Washington Senators ended in a forfeit, when fans poured onto the field in the ninth inning.
**No rookie closer ever had more saves than the 40 by Neftali Feliz this year.
**Of the previous 49 Texas-Washington seasons, 32 finished with losing records and 36 at least 10 games out of first place. Times have changed.


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The dispute of the century: who will get the Scythian gold?
Let us cast our minds back to 2014 when the opening of the exhibition entitled "Crimea. Gold and secrets of the Black Sea" was held in the Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam on 7 February. The collection was composed of more than 2,000 exhibits, out of which more than 1,000 were related to the Scythian gold.
When the exposition closed, the objects were supposed to be returned to the Crimean museum where they were exposed in the first place. However, the division of this region of the country was a challenge – both Ukraine and Crimea region wanted the objects back. The government of Kiev insisted on returning the exhibits to Ukraine, as it belongs to the country, and the Crimean museum argued that this cultural heritage belongs to Crimea. The Netherlands decided not to choose sides and wait until the official institutions decide.
The first trial took place on January 21, 2015 and on 8 April, the District Court of Amsterdam delivered the verdict about the denial of the Netherlands participation in the situation's resulation, as stated by RIA Novosti (Russian Information Agency) the country will be restricted to held the exhibits until it is taken the decision to send them.
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Hanson police have arrested a Canton man who allegedly received nearly seven pounds of marijuana in the mail.
Lucas Vail, 37, faces multiple charges of possession and intent to distribute the drug, and conspiracy.
Hanson police said Thursday that Vail's arraignment has been postponed to a later date.
The investigation began March 21, when the U.S. Postal Inspector's Office alerted police to an express mail package sent to Hanson from California and suspected to contain narcotics.
Plymouth County Sheriff's Department Captain Paul Foran and his drug-sniffing dog, Bella, checked the package and the dog detected drugs. Police let it be delivered to Vail, then arrested him later.
Inside the package, police said they found 6.86 pounds of marijuana with a street value of $27,000.
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EU organic logo fully up and running from 1 July 2012
The two-year transition period for the organic food sector to comply with new EU labelling rules is reaching its end. As from 1 July 2012, the EU organic logo will be obligatory on all pre-packaged organic food products produced in EU Member States which meet the necessary standards. The logo will stay optional for non-packed and imported organic products. Other private, regional or national logos will continue to be allowed to appear alongside the EU label.
The "Euro-leaf" EU organic logo was introduced on 1 July 2010, but in order to help operators adapt to the new rules, and to avoid waste of existing packaging, a 2-year transition period was allowed before it was compulsory on all products. The visual field of the logo should also show the code number of the control body and the place of farming of the agricultural raw materials. A recent EuroBarometer report on "European Attitude towards Food Security, Food Quality and the Countryside', to be published shortly, includes information on the EU organic logo and provides the encouraging indication that, since its introduction in July 2010, the logo has already gained recognition among a quarter (24%) of EU citizens.
"Our hope is that the EU logo can further develop into a widely recognised symbol of organic food production across the EU, providing consumers with confidence that the goods are produced in-line with the strict EU organic farming standards", according to EU Commissioner for Agriculture & Rural Development Dacian Cioloş.
The idea of fostering the organic farming sector by introducing a compulsory EU organic logo was backed by Member States in 2007. In order to find an original design for this logo, the Commission organised a competition in 2009 in which more than 3 400 art and design students took part, and a public vote on the best 3 designs in early 2010.
EU consumption of organic products has seen a steady rise in recent years and now accounts for roughly 2% of the EU market. Production has also increased considerably in the past decade – with roughly 5% of EU agricultural area and more than 2% of farms (more than 200 000 farms) now certified as organic.
In policy terms, this year has seen agreement on rules on organic wine, which enter into force on August 1 (IP/12/113). In February, the EU also signed an organic equivalence agreement with the USA, which will reduce bureaucracy for organic producers in the EU and the USA (IP/12/138). In May, the Commission presented a report on the existing organic farming regulation, aimed at opening an Inter-institutional debate with all stakeholders and thus creating the opportunity to explore new ways in which to further improve the EU organic policy framework.
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During or before toddler days, your child undoubtedly discovered that touching the genital area felt good, and you may have been dismayed to see little hands exploring inside the diaper zone (whether clean or otherwise) on a number of occasions.
This type of exploration and ongoing curiosity about body parts is common and quite normal in young children. Questions about where they (or their siblings) came from are part of the same package. When it comes to dealing with such sensitive areas and topics, you have a number of important assignments:
Make it clear that you are the prime source of information about these matters — and not the kid next door or some other unreliable source. Be levelheaded, honest, calm, and straightforward when you name body parts and explain what they do. Using actual terms (penis and vagina) and not more colorful vocabulary may save some embarrassment later on if your child happens to make a public pronouncement. This information by itself doesn't jeopardize your child's innocence.
Instill respect for the body your child has been given, the Creator who made it, and the functions it performs. This means that you should not communicate a sense of shame or repulsion about any part of your child's (or your own) anatomy. It also means that you need to teach what, where, when, and how it is appropriate to touch or talk about these areas.
Your child needs to know that these are things to discuss at home with Mom and/or Dad and not with other kids in the neighborhood. If you discover him and a playmate checking out each other's pelvic area, don't panic. This is also normal curiosity at work, and he just needs a brushup on the ground rules.
Remind him that these areas of his body are just for himself, his parents, and his doctor to see, and not other people. Tell your child that if someone else tries to touch those areas, he should protest noisily, get away, and tell you as soon as possible. He must know that you will not be angry or upset with him if this should happen.
Release information on a need-to-know basis. Your child does not need to hear everything about reproduction in one sitting and will be overwhelmed (or bored) if you try to explain too much at once.
Respond forthrightly with a minimum of fluster when your child cuts loose with offensive language that he didn't hear from you. Our culture is flooded with off-color messages and images that degrade the beauty and wonder of sexuality, and you will not be able to keep your child completely insulated from such negative input.
As a result, he may pick up some R-rated expressions in the neighborhood, even at this young age. (Be sure, by the way, that what you say or the language you allow in your home isn't in any way inspiring this unpleasant verbiage.)
If this occurs, stay calm. It is unlikely that he even understands what he just said, as a simple quiz ("Do you know what that means?") will often confirm. He is far more likely to be interested in the power of words to create a stir than in actually expressing some specific sexual or crude sentiment.
Without sounding alarmed or flustered, explain that the words he just used are not ones that you use in your family and that he needs to stop saying them in your home or anywhere else. You should emphasize that such words and expressions put down other people and can make them feel upset or even afraid.
If your child's new expressions include casual or inappropriate use of the words God or Jesus, a simple explanation about the importance of respecting those names will be needed as well.
Once you have stated your case, be sure to take appropriate action if you hear a repeat performance. If he persists after one or two reminders, let him know that a consequence will follow next time, and then carry it out if needed. If your child begins using harsh or obscene language, you need to not only retrain his vocabulary quickly and decisively but also have a frank conversation with whomever you determine to be the source.


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Gary Mitchell named dean of WBU-Clovis
Dr. Gary Mitchell has been named dean of the Wayland Baptist University campus in Clovis, N.M., effective May 16.
Mitchell has been serving as interim dean of the campus since the departure of Dr. Carol Green, the previous dean, in August 2005. Prior to that, he had served as assistant to the dean since 2003 and is an adjunct instructor in religion.
The campus has continued to thrive despite the uncertainty of the possible closing of Cannon Air Force Base, and WBU personnel have been involved in the efforts to secure a new mission there. There is optimism that Cannon will receive a special operation soon.
Dr. Bobby Hall, Wayland's Vice President for Academic Services is confident in Mitchell's ability to continue leading the Clovis campus.
"Dr. Mitchell has done an excellent job during a challenging time in his role as interim dean, and we are enthusiastic about the future of the Clovis Campus under his leadership," Hall said. "His demonstrated commitment to both Wayland Baptist University and the Clovis-Cannon community make this a natural choice, and I am certain that both entities will benefit from his ongoing academic and civic contributions."
Mitchell said the position is a blessing to him in several ways.
"I'm excited about being named to this position, and I thank God for the opportunity to minister to people in this area in a greater way. For me, it's almost like coming home, or coming full circle, since I began my college career as a student at Wayland in the mid-1960s," Mitchell said.
"I look forward to helping make Wayland an integral part of the Clovis-Cannon community. Like iron sharpening iron, we strengthen one another. I believe we're standing on the threshold of a bright future together - educationally, economically and spiritually," he added. "Wayland is a great place to work and to see students fulfill their educational dreams and career goals. We have an outstanding staff and deeply committed, caring faculty members. It's an honor and a privilege to serve here at Wayland's Clovis campus."
In his assistant's position, Mitchell managed the bookstore at the Clovis campus, handled purchases and requisitions and served as a liaison for community and church relations. Prior to coming to Wayland, Mitchell was a senior staff writer for the Clovis News Journal and a part-time instructor in religion at Clovis Community College and for Wayland. From 1979-89, he served as pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Clovis.
Mitchell's other journalistic experience includes service as the sports editor for the Clovis News Journal and continuity writer and director for KXTX-TV in Dallas. He has had many articles published over his career, and his honors have included the Best News Story of 1973 by the Baptist Public Relations Association and Outstanding Civilian Writer of the Year for 1994 in Air Combat Command by the U.S. Air Force. He has also had numerous awards from the New Mexico Press Association, the Panhandle Press Association.
Mitchell holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of North Texas. He holds both the Master of Divinity and the Doctor of Ministry degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.


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Abdullah Abdullah (Persian: عبدالله عبدالله) is an Afghan politician and a doctor of medicine. He was an adviser and friend to Ahmad Shah Massoud, legendary anti-Taliban leader and commander known as the "Lion of Panjshir". After the fall of the Taliban regime, Dr. Abdullah served as Afghanistan's Foreign Minister from 2001 until 2005. In 2009 Abdullah ran as an independent candidate in the Afghan presidential election and came in second place with 30.5% of the total votes. On November 1, 2009, Abdullah quit the runoff election that would have taken place six days later, on November 7, due to large-scale allegations of fraud against his opponent Hamid Karzai. In 2010 Abdullah created the Coalition for Change and Hope which is the leading democratic opposition movement in Afghanistan.
Abdullah was born in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1960. Until he became a government minister, he had only one name, Abdullah; demands from Western newspaper editors for a second name led him to adopt the name Abdullah Abdullah. Like most Afghans, he was raised in a devout Muslim family. Abdullah Abdullah is of mixed Tajik and Pashtun ethnicity. His father, Ghullam Muhayuddin Khan, was from the Kandahar region, and was a high ranking government official who had risen through the ranks. Abdullah's early years were split between living in Kandahar and Kabul, where his father was serving as an administrator in the land survey and subsequently the inspection section of the Prime Minister's office. A number of his ancestors had worked in the court of the royal house of Afghanistan in past centuries.
Eventually, Abdullah's family settled in Kabul where his father was appointed as a senator by King Zahir Shah. Abdullah's father had a great impact on his son's life.


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Management of Manufacturing and Automation
The Tepper School of Business and the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University offer a new doctoral program in the Management of Manufacturing and Automation.
The program gives qualified students a total-system perspective on manufacturing issues. It provides students with an understanding of the management of automated manufacturing systems including robotic systems, flexible manufacturing systems and assembly systems.
The program is particularly useful for students interested in gaining a perspective which integrates management, engineering and computer science to solve the new challenges of design, planning, operation (including real-time control) and evaluation of modern and automated manufacturing systems and industries.
The program draws upon a broad base of techniques in operations research, including graph theory and network flows, stochastic models and control and artificial intelligence, that have been used in a diversity of areas such as computer communication networks, computer architecture, process control and robotics. These methods are amalgamated with management areas to generate approaches for solving problems of management and control in modern automated manufacturing complexes.
The program in the Management of Manufacturing and Automation draws on the resources of both the Robotics Institute and the Tepper School of Business.
Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute
The highly-acclaimed Robotics Institute is an interdepartmental research institute that conducts research and development in intelligent robots and machine systems. The Institute also facilitates the transfer of the resulting technology to industry.
One of the major thrusts of the research program of the Institute is automation and computer-integrated manufacturing. Faculty members are conducting projects in areas such as:
- Industrial robots and manipulators
- Automated assembly, monitoring, inspection, and packaging of electronic and mechanical components
- Flexible manufacturing cells
- Intelligent information systems and integrated factory management systems
- Robotic welding systems
- Computer vision
- Automatic inspection
- Robotic machining station design
Tepper School of Business
The Tepper School, likewise, is highly acclaimed as one of the nation's foremost mathematically-oriented management schools, and it brings its strength in quantitative analysis to the study of management problems. The school also maintains close research interactions with state-of-the-art automated manufacturing facilities, so that students and faculty members continually test their ideas against real-world industrial realities.
Among the projects that faculty members are now addressing in the area of Management of Manufacturing and Automation are the following:
- Manufacturability of VLSI circuits
- Planning, scheduling, and real-time control for electronic/computer assembly
- Design and operation of flexible manufacturing systems/factories of the future
- Intelligent systems for production, planning and control
- Production control in automated automobile manufacturing and assembly
Interdisciplinary Approach
Students in the Management of Manufacturing and Automation program work with faculty members both from the Tepper School and from the Robotics Institute, and on projects that involve faculty members from both areas.
This interdisciplinary focus means that students also work closely on issues in accounting, finance, economics and marketing, and the ways in which they affect the design and operation of modern manufacturing facilities.
Students are immediately involved in research activities and in publishing papers, often joint papers with faculty members. Because the program is small, the faculty is able to tailor programs to meet the needs of each student.


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Yep, if he applies, we will tell him that we are unable to approve his application at this time because of his recent surrender for manageable issues. He is welcome to reapply in 90-120 days; however, you and I both know he'll get a dog from somewhere else, I'll just feel better knowing it's not one of mine.
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A documentary film tentatively titled Picture A Change. It's being made by a group of film students in the San Francisco Bay Area, and will document human interest groups in 7 countries around the globe. Purpose is to create a platform for marginalized communities to tell their stories, and which can help them bring in more resources.
One of stories is in line with the mission of PVCHR. The film crew will go to Varanasi, India and document human rights work being done in the face of injustice and violent threats.
We were wondering if you could help project through donation and promotion of fundraising campaign, either on your website, by newsletter, or both. A link to our fundraising campaign on Kickstarter is below: