History of the Military Pay Offset
We continually hear issues concerning disabled retirees losing their retirement pay in lieu of their receiving VA compensation pay. However, no one actually addresses the real issues of just how this came about? Also, it has never completely surfaced how the US Congress went about making this change, and the real reasoning behind why they took the disabled military retirees’ pay away from them in 1891. The general population is not aware of the fact neither the Department of Defense, nor the Department of Veterans Affairs even existed in 1891, as we know it today. The US Congress and the US Congress alone is responsible for the disabled military retirees having their retirement pay taken away from them. The US Congress being the governmental body that passed the law taking away the retirement pay, results in their being the only governmental entity that can pass a law returning the retirement pay.The following is a history of the sequence of events leading up to the offset, as we know it today:
Between 1790 and 1891 while everything came under the War Department, the military retirees received both their retirement pay and disability compensation. This was a benefit given to military members as an enticement for them to stay until retirement. Further, the Civil War was during this time frame and there were bitter feelings between the Union Army veterans and Confederate Army veterans. This was attributed mainly due to the Union veterans getting perks at the end of the war and the Confederate veterans were told to go home with nothing. Also, during this period of time while Benjamin Harrison was a Senator under President Grover Cleveland’s term in office he (Harrison) tried to get the new disability pension change into the law. However, President Cleveland vetoed his attempt and left it as a Military Retirement Benefit only.
During the 1890-1891 Congressional Legislative Session, Senator Benjamin Harrison (who had been a Brigadier General in the Union Army) became President and got his new law passed to provide pensions for disabilities incurred by the Civil War veterans who could not work (this did not include Confederate veterans). This was the beginning of everyone who sustained injuries and/or illness as a result of active military service being enabled to receive disability payments. However, Senator Francis Marion Cockrell of Missouri (who had been a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army.) publicly addressed opposition in the issue of officers who were currently on the active duty list being allowed to draw both a pension for disability and their active military pay. Using these issues to get back at the Union veterans (who were getting compensated) for not recognizing the Confederate veterans for compensation. He successfully concluded his fight through using the logic it would be a cost saving measure. When this law was passed the Congress had many Senators and Representatives who had either been in the Confederate Army or were sympathizers to their cause. Thus, resulting in the amendment being added excluding active duty military and disabled retired military for benefits under the new law. Now all disabled retired military have to pay for a grudge payback between two competitive entities in an effort to balance the score from days gone by. The thought of how this would affect future generations was never brought into consideration. The immediate gratification of victory was the primary goal. (Ref: World Book on line and the Congressional Research Service Report 95-469).
In 1930 they brought the Veteran Affairs into existence and it later became the Department of Veteran Affairs in the later 1930s. On May 27, 1944, the US Congress then passed into law, Public Law 78-314 the requirement of a dollar for dollar offset reduction of retired military pay for every dollar of VA compensation received, and if the retiree is 100% disabled they forfeit all of their retirement. This new law was placed in the US Code, Title 38, Sections 5304 and 5305. Now it must be kept in mind Veteran Affairs only funds in their budget for compensation received for service connected injuries and/or illnesses. The VA has nothing to do whatsoever with the budgeting of military retired pay. (Ref: Public Law 78-314 & US Code, Title 38, Sections 5304 & 5305) Military retirement pay was regulated by the War Department in accordance with the US Code Title 10, Chapter 71. The US Congress passed laws directing in Chapter 71 to use the directives set forth in Title 38 concerning disabled military retirees. In 1949 the War Department became The Department of Defense and all retired military pay continues to be controlled by that department. (Ref: US Code, Title 10, Chapter 71).
In 1984 the US Congress passed a bill “The Military Retirement Fund” these guidelines were incorporated in US Code Title 10, Chapter 74, Sections 1461 through 1467. This placed the Secretary of Defense with the responsibility of placing in the Department of Defense budget funding to pay all military retirees. There is nothing in this chapter instructing the Secretary to not draw down for those retirees who are reported as receiving disability compensation. This results in a surplus that is sent back to the US Department of Treasury, who places the overage into money accounts and the surplus is spent as they see fit for items not included in the budget. All others working with the US Military who are Civil Service Employees in all branches of the Government, including The Department of Defense, The Armed Forces, Senators, Representatives, and Presidential Staff draw both their full retirement pay and full VA compensation for service connected injuries and/or illnesses. Keep in mind the US Congress also passed into law it is unlawful to discriminate. However, this is clearly a case of discrimination in the purest sense and definition of the word. (Ref: US Code, Title 10, Chapter 74, Sections 1461 through 1467. Also, discrimination of any veteran (treating one or group any different from any other veteran) is addressed throughout Title 38 and is prohibited under penalty of violation of the law.) Keep in mind discrimination laws did not exist 100 years ago. Through evolution and education many laws became outdated and actually became an illegal act by the passage of new Congressional law changes and this is one of those instances.
The US Congress has consistently for the past 100 years looked at only the cost factor. Also, their thought process for the most part in the past has been it is best to continue taking the money away from the disabled retirees as they are of no further use to the US Government. This sounds like it is a very callous statement, however history speaks for itself. Hopefully someday we will see the record set right. As you can see the issue of duplicate pay actually does not exist, nor has it ever existed in the past. The Disability Pension benefit from its inception was designed exclusively as a retirement incentive for the military to have a means for the retention of an experienced soldier population. Also, the cost factor would in reality be between 1.0 billion to 1.9 billion a year to reinstate it. The hate between parties has been resolved (north & south), the system has been realigned, and taken from military control ensuring the allegations made in 1890-91 of active duty personnel being paid disability pensions are now days gone by.We can no longer change the past. However, we can effect positive change in the future through bringing equality and dignity back into lives of our disabled military retired veterans and society as a whole.
Terry L. Quisenberry, Sr.
CWO, (Ret) Army
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Update 9:30 a.m. Nov. 22
The 72-year-old woman reported missing Wednesday has been found, Darien police say.
Shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday, Connecticut state police found Laurie Reed in her SUV in Hartford on Route 9 near an exit ramp, Sgt. Jeremiah Marron said in a media release.
“Mrs. Reed, who suffers from dementia, was unharmed and will be reunited with her family,” Marron said.
The Ohio resident had been visiting her family when she went missing after dropping off a relative at Darien High School, police have said. She was missing for about 17 hours, Marron said.
Original Story (published 11:45 p.m. Nov. 21)
Darien police say they’re looking for a 72-year-old woman (pictured) who suffers dementia and hasn’t been seen since about 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Laurie Reed last was seen driving a blue 2003 Ford Expedition SUV with the license plate ‘HDMVRM,’ according to a press release from Sgt. Jeremiah Marron.
“Reed reportedly used a family vehicle to drop another family member off at Darien High School earlier today,” Marron said. “She does not have a cell phone on her and the vehicle was reportedly low on gas.”
Reed is an Ohio resident who’s visiting relatives in Darien, Marron said. She’s about 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds, police said.
Anyone who sees Reed or the vehicle should call police at 203-662-5300.
Darien police say they activated a “Silver Alert System” for Reed. The system is designed to find people with cognitive impairments through law enforcement and media.


The kid from Akron was faced with a lot of adversity throughout his youth. A child for a single teenage mother, LeBron James did not have the stable home life that many did, missing out on a good portion of his fourth-grade education because of frequent moving from apartment to apartment. LeBron, then an 8-year-old football star, was taken in by his coach, Frank Walker. His time at the Walker household gave LeBron the stability that he needed as the family helped keep him focused on his education and kept him from getting involved with the issues that befall youth in inner cities, from gang violence to drugs.
Now, LeBron is set to open up his own school on July 30th to help the youth of Akron and give back to the community that he grew up with. The IPROMISE school is starting out with third and fourth graders with staff members there to help further the education and development for those in the program, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst.
As an incentive for those who complete the program, LeBron is set to grant them free tuition at the University of Akron starting off in 2021. He also set up a program for the parents of the children to help them complete their own education as well as a program to help those in high school get ready for college.
As a part of the opening, LeBron will have a press conference to discuss his decision to join the Lakers for the first time this summer.
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It’s really inspiring for someone like LeBron to give back to his community in this way. As LeBron stated in the video above, he has the resources and the people to get this school started and he’s directly going to be able to help children that otherwise wouldn’t have a chance at an education like this. Someone who has the platform and influence to do this, and he’s helping at-risk youth onto the right path like he was helped out so many years ago. As someone who was told to “shut up and dribble” by some Fox News host, he really proved that he is more than an athlete.
Congratulations to LeBron, and wishing the best to those beginning at the school tomorrow.


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“Hercules” — My full review is here. What could sound worse than a “Hercules” movie (not even the only one of 2014), starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Herc and directed by Brett Ratner? But it’s actually pretty good — no, really – as a hack-and-slash version of “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” with this Herc coasting on his legend until forced to aid a besieged kingdom. Nice supporting work from Ian McShane, John Hurt, and Rebecca Ferguson of “Rogue Nation.”
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“Fletch” — Thirty years later, we’re still quoting Chevy Chase in Michael Ritchie’s wry adaptation of Gregory McDonald’s series about a wise-guy reporter sucked into a murder plot. Chase would never be this funny again.
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Pueblo woman reported missing in Westminster; police seeking public’s help in finding her
The Westminster Police Department released a missing person report Tuesday for a woman who lives in Pueblo.
Lea Chali Porter, 19, was reported missing by her mother to the WPD last Thursday.
She lives in Pueblo and was last known to be visiting friends in the Westminster area but has not been heard from since last Thursday.
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Roy Keane: 'As long as we're not in Saipan, we'll be alright!'... Republic of Ireland No 2 recalls famous fall-out from 2002 World Cup after his side seal qualification for Euro 2016 with Bosnia win
- Republic of Ireland qualified for Euro 2016 by beating Bosnia-Herzegovina in play-off second leg on Monday
- Jonathan Walters netted twice in Dublin to seal the passage to next summer's European Championship finals
- Roy Keane joked about his huge fall-out with manager Mick McCarthy from before the World Cup in 2002
- At the time, the then-Ireland captain was unhappy with facilities at the Republic's training camp in Saipan
- Amid the celebrations on Monday, Keane said his side would be fine for the Euros 'as long as we're not in Saipan'
- Ireland kitman Dick Redmond dressed up as Superman but couldn't convince Keane to don a celebratory t-shirt
- The Republic will be in the bottom tier of seeds when the draw for the tournament is made next month
- Manager Martin O'Neill hailed Keane's impact as No 2 and praised his squad for qualifying for France 2016
Republic of Ireland assistant manager Roy Keane gave a nod to his country's past tournament troubles as they confirmed their place at Euro 2016 with victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The Boys in Green ran out 2-0 winners on Monday night at the Aviva Stadium, courtesy of Jonathan Walters' double, to seal a 3-1 aggregate triumph in their qualification play-off and spark celebrations.
Keane's last experience of an international tournament with his country came at the 2002 World Cup where was sent home in disgrace following a fall-out at the training camp in Saipan - and he harked back to those darker days of his career as the party started in Dublin on Monday night.
Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill and his assistant Roy Keane start celebrating after beating Bosnia to reach Euro 2016
Keane embraces the boss on the pitch at full-time and later looked forward to the next summer by referring back to the Saipan row of 2002
Stephen Ward, Ciaran Clark, Cyrus Christie, Aiden McGeady and Jeff Hendrick jump for joy after qualifying at the Aviva Stadium on Monday
Keane was chuffed with the victory and said his side would: 'be alright, as long as we're not in Saipan' in a post-match interview
Ireland's staff are joined by kitman Dick Redmond, wearing a Superman outfit, as the celebrations continued back in the dressing room
The players leapt up on to the seats of the dressing room and raised the Irish flag aloft having sealed a European Championship place
Kitman Redmond was the life of the party on the pitch and back in the dressing room, entertaining the players with his antics
Shane Long posted this celebratory selfie as the Ireland players left the Aviva on their team coach following their big victory
The then-Ireland captain compared the facilities on the Northern Mariana island camp to a car park in a row and subsequently missed the World Cup after tensions boiled over between Keane, manager Mick McCarthy and the FAI.
When asked to look forward to France 2016 on Monday night, Keane told Irish broadcaster RTE: 'We've been down this road before.
'As long as we're not in Saipan, we'll be alright. I think tonight is just for the players to enjoy it, reflect on it over the next few days.'
Keane was reported to have told his former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson that he was going to the World Cup 'to win it', despite Ireland's relatively lowly status, and he was unhappy when the preparation did not meet his expectations.
On Monday he added: 'Of course, with the manager, the staff and the players, we won't want to go over there and just make up the numbers.
'We'll go over there to do the country proud and put on a good performance and do our best, and that's all you can ask.'
Keane roars with delight as the players set him up another shot at a major international tournament after he was sent home in 2002
The atmosphere in Dublin on Monday night was a little different to Saipan, as can be seen by the expression on John O'Shea's face (right)
Ireland's players embrace at the final whistle after a 2-0 win on the night saw them defeat Bosnia 3-1 on aggregate to reach the finals
Robbie Brady gets a hug from from Seamus Coleman as the Irish side complete a lap of honour around the Aviva Stadium pitch
Ireland: Randolph 6, Coleman 6.5, Keogh 6.5, Clark 6.5, Brady 6; Whelan 6, McCarthy 6.5, Hendrick 7, Hoolahan 6 (McClean 55, 6), Walters 8, Murphy 6 (Long 55, 6)
Goals: Walters 24 (pen), 70
Manager: Martin O'Neill 8
Bosnia: Begovic 6, Vranjes 6, Kolasinac 6, Spahic 5, Zukanovic 5, Cocalic 5 (Besic 46, 6), Medunjanin 7 (Djuric 69, 6), Visca 6.5, Pjanic 6, Lulic 5, Dzeko 6
Booked: Spahic, Lulic
Manager: Mehmed Bazdarevic 5
Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (Holland) 4
He fell out spectacularly with McCarthy, splitting the Irish camp after questioning the manager and only returned to the international setup after the boss' departure in 2003.
Ireland were eliminated from the World Cup in the second round by Spain after their captain's exit in 2002, but will be hoping to improve on that performance in France in June and - if they progress far enough - July of next year.
Euro 2016's bumping up into a 24-team tournament should boost the Republic, although they will be ranked in the lowest pot when the draw for the finals swings around on December 12.
But that had no affect on Monday night's celebrations as the players performed a lap of honour at the Aviva before being joined by kitman Dick Redmond - dressed as Superman in what could have been a nod to 'Super Jonathan Walters' - in the dressing room with progression to France sealed.
Ireland's qualification comes two days before the anniversary of when Thierry Henry's infamous handball goal saw them lose out in a 2010 World Cup qualifier against France.
The officials failed to spot a blatant handball that night in Paris. On Monday in Dublin they managed to spot one that barely existed when Daryl Murphy's first-half cross deflected off the midriff of Bosnia defender Ervin Zukanovic to hand Walters the chance to calm nerves and give Ireland the lead with a penalty - which he duly did.
Manager Martin O'Neill hailed his group of players for overcoming the tension surrounding the game to make it through to France.
Keane's reference to Saipan was a link back to his fall-out with Mick McCarthy that saw him leave Ireland's camp before the 2002 World Cup
Keane was unhappy with the facilities on offer at Ireland's pre-tournament training base and likened them to a car park in a row
Robbie Keane, Gary Kelly and now-assistant boss Keane sprint during a training session in Saipan ahead of the 2002 tournament
The former Ireland captain famously returned to Cheshire and fended off questions from reporters while taking his dogs for a walk
Keane was not in a good enough mood to accept a celebratory shirt from kitman Redmond, swatting away his attempt to pass him one
Hendrick goes wild, jumping on top of the kitman as cameramen on the field try to grab the best shots of the celebrations
'I couldn't be more proud, they're a fantastic bunch of players,' he said. 'They have put heart and soul into the games, they've carried us through matches when maybe we've missed that piece of absolute genius.
'That moment when the referee blows the whistle and you're in France, it's very special and so special because it means so much to so many people. It's the nights that you live for.'
O'Neill also had praise for assistant Keane, adding: 'Bringing Roy Keane in is as good a decision as I've made in quite some time.
'He's been absolutely enormous for us. He's not taking too many of the accolades, but he's been fantastic for us, for myself, the backroom staff and the players.'
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Jonathan Walters grabbed both goals on the night to get his country through, and he waved to the crowd afterwards on the lap of honour
Walters offers his applause to the fans on a famous night at the Aviva Stadium - Ireland will hope for more of the same next summer
Keogh pursues Walters down the byline towards the corner flag after he netted his second goal to all-but seal qualification for France
Ireland had been given a chance for their first goal of the game when a penalty was given for a dubious handball by Ervin Zukanovic
That incident brought up memories of Thierry Henry's handball that helped France send Ireland out at the play-off stage back in 2009
Martin O'Neill hailed his players for their work in getting through to France 2016 after putting an arm around goalscorer Walters
There were also word of praise from O'Neill for Keane, after he had brought the fiery former Manchester United man on to his staff
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"Cytoprotection" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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De Rosa MJ, Veuthey T, Florman J, Grant J, Blanco MG, Andersen N, Donnelly J, Rayes D, Alkema MJ. The flight response impairs cytoprotective mechanisms by activating the insulin pathway. Nature. 2019 09; 573(7772):135-138.
Shi X, Bai Y, Zhang G, Liu Y, Xiao H, Liu X, Zhang W. Effects of over-expression of SOD2 in bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells on traumatic brain injury. Cell Tissue Res. 2018 04; 372(1):67-75.
Douthwright S, Sluder G. Live Cell Imaging: Assessing the Phototoxicity of 488 and 546?nm Light and Methods to Alleviate it. J Cell Physiol. 2017 Sep; 232(9):2461-2468.
Legarda D, Justus SJ, Ang RL, Rikhi N, Li W, Moran TM, Zhang J, Mizoguchi E, Zelic M, Kelliher MA, Blander JM, Ting AT. CYLD Proteolysis Protects Macrophages from TNF-Mediated Auto-necroptosis Induced by LPS and Licensed by Type I IFN. Cell Rep. 2016 06 14; 15(11):2449-61.
Schulz AM, Haynes CM. UPR(mt)-mediated cytoprotection and organismal aging. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2015 Nov; 1847(11):1448-56.
Pei XY, Dai Y, Felthousen J, Chen S, Takabatake Y, Zhou L, Youssefian LE, Sanderson MW, Bodie WW, Kramer LB, Orlowski RZ, Grant S. Circumvention of Mcl-1-dependent drug resistance by simultaneous Chk1 and MEK1/2 inhibition in human multiple myeloma cells. PLoS One. 2014; 9(3):e89064.
Zimmerman AW, Connors SL. Neuroscience. Could autism be treated prenatally? Science. 2014 Feb 07; 343(6171):620-1.
Castillo K, Nassif M, Valenzuela V, Rojas F, Matus S, Mercado G, Court FA, van Zundert B, Hetz C. Trehalose delays the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by enhancing autophagy in motoneurons. Autophagy. 2013 Sep; 9(9):1308-20.
Park TY, Kim SH, Shin YC, Lee NH, Lee RK, Shim JH, Glimcher LH, Mook-Jung I, Cheong E, Kim WK, Honda F, Morio T, Lim JS, Lee SK. Amelioration of neurodegenerative diseases by cell death-induced cytoplasmic delivery of humanin. J Control Release. 2013 Mar 28; 166(3):307-15.
Saha S, Bhanja P, Liu L, Alfieri AA, Yu D, Kandimalla ER, Agrawal S, Guha C. TLR9 agonist protects mice from radiation-induced gastrointestinal syndrome. PLoS One. 2012; 7(1):e29357.

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The wonderful journey to adopting a child can often start with fostering, which is one of the main ways gay, bi and trans men choose to form their families.
This November, which is National Adoption Month, there are over 400,000 children living in foster care in the U.S., all in need of a loving, safe home. Every year, 23,000 of them age out of the system when they reach either 18 or 21, depending on the state. As a result, former foster youth have much higher rates of joblessness, homelessness, drug use, incarceration, and more. Research also shows a disproportionate number of older youth in the foster care system identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community.
On Season 2 Episode 2 of Gays With Kids the Podcast, GWK Executive Editor David Dodge talks to Angel Petite, Senior Policy Manager at Foster Club, and former foster youths and Foster Club 'Lived Experience Leaders' Ernesto Olivares and Izzy Moncada, about how gay dads and dads-to-be can support older LGBTQ+ foster kids. (Listen here.)
Moncada, who identifies as nonbinary, was in foster care from 5 months old to 21 years old. They said when foster kids age out, they often lose a lot of the crucial services they were getting.
"Sometimes we aren't actually prepared to age out," Moncada said. "And I feel like it causes a lot of barriers."
Since so many foster youth who are close to aging out of the system identify as LGBTQ+, Dodge said the LBTQ+ community arguably has a responsibility to care for and support these queer foster kids.
“Because so many of these young people identify as queer and trans, this is an issue we as a community need to take more seriously,” Dodge explained. “We don’t have great data yet on how youth in the foster care system identify — but in New York, one study found 30 percent of youth identify as LGBTQ. The reasons likely vary, but one is definitely due to these young people being rejected by their families and kicked out of their homes.”
Olivares, a gay man who was in foster care from age 12, is now a Lived Experience Leader (LEx Leader) with Foster Club, an organization devoted to improving the lives of current and former foster youth. (Moncada is also a LEx Leader with the organization.)
Olivares has previously spoken to Congress about how foster youth can be better supported. On GWK the Podcast, he said it’s important for LGBTQ+ folks who are considering expanding their family to think about becoming foster parents, whether or not adoption follows.
“It’s necessary, so that people who have similar experiences [to] myself can have that opportunity to have loving families, just as some of these heterosexual kids do,” Olivares said. “Adoption wasn’t an option for me. Nobody wants to adopt a 14 or 15 year old.”
On S2E2 of GWK the Podcast, Petite also covered other ways gay parents and parents-to-be can support LGBTQ+ foster youth as a non-foster parent, including being a mentor, and supporting the proposed Chafee Extension Bill, which would continue to provide funds for older foster youth during the pandemic.
“This new bill provides an additional $400 million in funds and extends all the flexibilities that allow more youth to receive emergency resources. It also ensures that those resources aren’t counted against other federal benefits,” she said. “The initial $400 million allocated last year provided lifesaving support to young people across the nation.”
With this proposed bill extension, Foster Club said young adults exiting out of the foster care system largely alone and with little to no resources could continue receiving the critical financial resources they need to survive.
“COVID-19 has severely affected young people transitioning out of foster care, causing housing and employment loss, food insecurity, health care challenges and all the implications of extreme isolation,” the organization said. “In the midst of the pandemic, FosterClub polled nearly 500 young people from 43 states with lived experience in foster care about the challenges they were facing. The results were alarming. To further compound the issues, many of these young adults lack the kinds of significant relationships that others can rely on for financial or emotional support.”
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The tonality of the month is ReachMix — a Reach or harmonic heptatonality.
ReachMix, a fully anchored Reach heptatonality, is the tonality of this month of April 2024.This tonality combines a DorMixolydian upper with a regular Reach lower tetrachord. ReachMix is similar to the tonality of the previous month, ReachMin, except that the sixth is now major instead of minor. The basic melodic element (pakad) of the Bairagi Bhairav raga presented last month with ReachMin is still somewhat noticeable in the new ReachMix sound sample above. However, there is a heartfelt expansion to an additional parallel more elaborate resolution pattern onto the lower quint. This highlights the rounded balancing quality of the DorMixolydian upper tetrachord.
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Improving cooperation between Turkey and Iran would make a significant contribution to solving regional problems, Iran's president said on Monday, on the eve of a visit by his counterpart.
Hassan Rouhani made the remarks while receiving Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar at the presidential palace in Tehran.
Stating that relations between the two countries in the areas of the economy and foreign policy are already healthy, he said, “We should also work to improve relations in the fields of the military and defense.”
Akar’s visit came two days before Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay an official visit to Tehran on Wednesday.
"Expanding cooperation between the armed forces of Iran and Turkey, and their sharing experiences in various areas, will help to eliminate regional threats," he said.
Last week, northern Iraq's Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) held an illegitimate referendum on secession from Iraq, despite regional and international opposition and warnings that the vote would cause regional unrest.
Rouhani stated that the deterioration of geographical boundaries would harm regional security and stability.
Akar also underlined the importance of boosting bilateral ties.
“Turkey and Iran, as two important and powerful countries of the region, will play an important role in the region's stability and peace with improving cooperation," he said.
Akar added that Turkey respects the territorial integrity of all the countries in the region, highlighting Syria and Iraq.
The Turkish General Staff chief also said that cooperation between the Turkish and Iranian armed forces should be strengthened in the areas of human trafficking, drug trafficking, and ensuring regional security.
Military is taking utmost care to avoid harming any civilians during operation, army says
Hajilar and Abu Kab villages cleared of all YPG/PKK-ISIL terrorists
Foreign Ministry remembers those who lost their lives when Soviet submarine torpedoed ship carrying Jewish refugees
Turkish Armed Forces targets terrorist convoy loaded with ammo, while safeguarding civilian convoy also in area
26 others caught allegedly trying to smuggle goods into northwestern Turkey
General Staff reiterates military operation in Afrin targets only terrorists while taking great care to protect civilians
Families support ongoing Operation Olive Branch in northwestern Syria
Anti-narcotics operations carried out in Sirnak, Diyarbakir and Van provinces
Turkish president says Operation Olive Branch to continue under new strategy after Afrin city center is surrounded
Azerbaijani lawmaker Elman Mammadov visits general assembly with relatives of people who died in 1992 massacre
Turkish development minister says country must realize digital transformation of industry to boost competitive power
Suspects said to pushing online smear campaign against counter-terrorist operation in Afrin, Syria
Ruling AK Party deputy chairman Mehdi Eker says 'uniform approach' in fight against terrorism is important
Turkish Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman welcomes Burundi counterpart Pascal Nyabenda
Turkish prime minister says Operation Olive Branch continues 'as planned'

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My ex was having an affair; will that help me get custody?
Probably not. Extramarital affairs are no longer a major factor in custody issues since the advent of "No-Fault" divorce laws. Generally, the only time an affair will make any difference in a custody determination is if it exposed the children to some sort of danger or was detrimental to their well-being in some way.

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2019-2020 Donruss Basketball: Not sure who watched any of the NBA2K Player's Tournament this weekend but it was fun. It doesn't equate quite as well as the iRacing NASCAR does weekly but I do like hearing the players talk. They aren't on the court and are talking only to the other player so conversations can be all over the place but it is fun. Some players talk more that others so it can be quite a bit different game to game. Kevin Durant was pretty talkative but was ousted in the first round. Back to this pack and Zion Williamson. Always a win this year when you can pull this dude.
Lots of yellow...and lots of excellent players. Can't wait to see these guys on the court again assuming we might. I've heard they've considered quarantining all 16 playoff teams in Las Vegas and playing in empty arenas. I could get behind that. Everyone involved would be quarantined and checked. Not saying this should start tomorrow but after some time it could be doable.
That Jae Crowder is a green holo parallel. The Great X-Pectations insert doesn't do it for me. Seems like the colors could be a bit better. It has an 80's vibe but I'm not feeling it. Nice Embiid card.
Plenty more star power in this pack and we finish this pack off with Kevin Durant. Brooklyn will be even more fun to watch with him on the court next season. Basketball cards are a hard find nowadays but if I come across any of these I'd definitely pick up more given the opportunity
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We mainly know CyberPowerPC for their gaming desktops, but they offer a full line of gaming laptops as well. At CES 2015 they were showing off one of the most insane laptops with an even more insane configuration! The Fangbook III Extreme is the laptop we are talking about and it was the most powerful gaming laptop at CES 2015!
Dell took the time to show us one of their latest laptops at CES 2015, their XPS 13. This was one of the products at the show everyone was talking about. The thing that makes this laptop so unique is that it has a virtually borderless infinity display, giving the user a truly immersive experience when using the device.
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced the G751 Series gaming laptop. G751 features an Intel Core processor, up to enthusiast-grade NVIDIA GeForce GTX970M/980M graphics and exclusive ASUS TurboMaster GPU-overclocking technology to deliver gaming desktop levels of performance.
Lenovo today announced the new YOGA 3 Pro, an ultra slim convertible PC. The new 13-in YOGA 3 Pro uniquely address users’ desires for an extremely stylish device, best-in-breed performance capabilities and the hardware and software adaptability they crave.
MSI announces the availability of the GS60 Ghost Pro 3K and GS60 Ghost gaming notebooks in a luxurious golden chassis. Available exclusively at NewEgg, the limited edition golden gaming notebooks feature top-of-the-line technology, including NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M graphics, 4th Generation Intel Core i7 processor, Killer Gaming Networking and Steel Series keyboard with SteelSeries Engine.
Apple today updated MacBook Pro with Retina display with faster processors, double the memory in both entry-level configurations, and a new, lower starting price for the top-of-the-line 15-inch notebook. MacBook Pro with Retina display features a stunning high-resolution display, an amazing design just 0.71-inches thin, the latest processors and powerful graphics, and up to nine hours of battery life, delivering unbelievable performance in an incredibly portable design.
We have always known ASUS for coming out with some pretty unusual products and the Transformer Book V is just that. It is a 5-in-1 device that can be used as a Windows laptop, Windows tablet, Android phone, Android tablet or Android laptop! ASUS wants you to use one device for all of your needs.
The original Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga made headlines with its unique hinge lid design that allowed the lid to be flipped completely over turning the laptop into a tablet. On top of that the design made for some other useful modes as well. Lenovo is back with the brand new Yoga 2 Pro, which is one of the best Ultrabooks that I have seen to date. Lenovo has kept the same lid design, but has made the unit thinner and lighter. On top of that the hardware inside has been upgraded and Lenovo has added a QHD+ display giving users 3200 x 1800 is screen real estate to work with. Is this the Ultrabook to have this year? Read on as we find out…
While the big story of CES was Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Carbon they also took the time to announce their Miix 2 Hybrid Laptop / Tablet. The Miix 2 is the ideal solution for someone who frequently uses both a laptop and a tablet.
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There I was, sitting at my computer, staring at a blank screen, stumped. I needed an issue for this week’s article and didn’t want it to be just the same old thing. And then the mailman came and dropped off my copy of The Wave. The very first letter to the editor had a missive from Wave reader Ira Feldman taking me to task for my recent defense of the Bush administration’s use of warrantless wiretaps as part of its effort to prevent future attacks on this country.
Said Feldman: “If this president can designate you a terrorist and throw you in jail, deny you a lawyer, never charge you with a crime, nor admit that he has even taken you from your home, send you off to a foreign prison, have your fingernails forcefully removed in the name of ‘legal coercion’ (torture), listen in on all your families’ frantic calls as they desperately try to find you, and finally, keep you in solitary for the rest of your life . . . (what) can (he) NOT do?”
I read the letter once and then again, noticing Feldman’s other comment: “Perhaps, Stu,” he wrote, “you would consider taking time from your busy schedule to reply to some basic questions; that is, of course, if you feel your writing is worthy of serious consideration and debate by your audience.” Here ended my writer’s block.
Feldman makes a number of claims that, on their face, look like the kind of thing no one can argue with.
It’s mom and apple pie.
Who wants the government snooping on us or torturing us or locking us away? Not Mr. Feldman.
And not me.
But the point is that Mr. Feldman’s assertions aren’t actually true, though they’re endlessly asserted by many these days.
Let’s look at some facts.
There certainly have been imprisonments of designated terrorists. Most are non-citizens but in a few cases, like that of Islamic convert Jose Padilla, some are U.S. citizens.
Does this mean that our government is now broadly and indiscriminately imprisoning American citizens alleged to be terrorists?
There’s absolutely no evidence of that.
Padilla was accorded his rights by the courts and had the opportunity to contest the case against him. In light of a recent Supreme Court decision he’ll now have further opportunity in the courts. His rights have been protected.
Yes, there have been broad arrests of suspected illegal immigrants, since 9/11, and ongoing imprisonment of many while the government makes its case for their expulsion.
Sometimes this takes a long time. But illegal immigrants don’t have a basic right to be here. That’s why we call them “illegals” after all. They’re entitled to due process but, if they’re here illegally, why would the government release them, pending a decision, so they can disappear into the general population before they can be expelled?
What about allegations of fingernails being “forcefully removed”? Actually no one has asserted that has occurred though there is a raging about whether aggressive interrogation is appropriate for dealing with captured terrorist suspects and when that crosses the line.
Some have argued that loud music, shouting, prolonged standing, low ambient temperatures, culturally inappropriate sexual allusions, the presence of ferocious seeming dogs, etc., must all be off limits. Granted this is a difficult issue, but so is terrorism. As others have written, if a terrorist has information needed to head off a major terrorist attack that places many lives at risk, you have to be innovative.
Well, what about renditions, the shipping of terror suspects grabbed on the streets of foreign countries to third countries rather than back to the U.S. to allow those countries to pry information loose from them? First off, the idea of kidnapping people off the streets in an extra-legal fashion strikes all of us as wrong. And then there’s the question of remanding them to governments who are not as sensitive about the torture question as we are. How can that be justified? I think we have to admit that the Bush administration is acting extra-legally here (though in contravention of foreign, not U.S., law). But what choice do we have? Spying, and its related activities, is never legal by definition. Still we do it. It’s like war. The norms that govern it exist outside the legal framework of nations. If we desist our enemies won’t and 9/11 certainly proved we have some enemies worth worrying about.
This brings us to the latest bugaboo, the one that got Feldman’s ire up: domestic eavesdropping without a warrant. The argument is that the government violated the 1978 FISA law which permits domestic eavesdropping to be conducted only via warrant obtained from the special FISA court. Congressional critics of the administration initially opposed this outright when it came to light. Now many of them are saying they’re not really opposed at all, they just want the law changed to permit it. What this has morphed into is a Constitutional question, i.e., who has the final say, Congress or the Executive?
The administration has made no secret of its belief that the Executive ceded too much of its Constitutional authority to Congress in the wake of Nixon’s disgrace and has been very clear in its desire to reverse that. More, the administration has obvious concerns about not publicly airing what’s going on for fear of alerting our enemies to those few details not yet spilled by the New York Times. A Congressional debate with all its attendant partisan posturing is not likely to ensure our secrets, such as they still are, remain secret.
So this is not a violation of law as so many of the administration’s opponents allege. It’s a dispute over whether the FISA law binds the President in this matter. The administration’s position is that the Constitution gives the President the inherent power to defend the U.S. as commander-in-chief and, since this is an overseas surveillance issue, which has historically been seen to fall into that category, the notion that FISA obtains is being challenged.
The administration argues that it’s infeasible to get warrants in such cases because time is of the essence and the process, even invoking the 72 hour grace period envisioned by FISA, is too onerous to enable timely and effective intelligence retrieval. This one’s got to be ironed out. We live in difficult times and technology today far exceeds what was available back in 1978, before the cell phone explosion.
On 9/11 we learned that nothing is beyond these people. But we can’t simply put up a sci-fi force field to make ourselves impervious to harm. We can’t lock the terrorists out or ensure that our nuclear and water treatment plants, our farms and markets, our ports and bridges are perfectly secure. It’s just not realistic. But we can actively pursue those out to hurt us and proactively monitor their communications; getting what information we can to stop them in their tracks. Mr. Feldman doesn’t seem to like this situation or the fact that the administration has been proactively doing what our government failed to do for years prior to 9/11. I may be wrong but I think he’d like it even less if someone took Rockaway out with a nuke the next time around. email@example.com


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By 2009 burgers and the concept of ”pop-ups” were trending hard in other cities such as Brooklyn, Portland, L.A. and London. Married American couple Dean Selby and Lori Wyant , both with culinary backgrounds and Dean having worked at McDonald’s for three years in his youth, thought it was a good time to introduce some great burgers to Prague.
From 2009 to 2012 Local Burger was their burger stand and pop-up concept. They served up fresh-made 100% all beef burgers on homemade buns with tomato, shredded lettuce and secret sauce–American roadside burger-stand-style. The couple used ingredients supplied by local and regional family farms, hence “local.” At the same time the couple were involved in launching the first Farmer’s Market in 2010 at Jiriho z Podebrad and served up their burgers to journalists investigating the burger craze.
By 2012 full-fledged burger restaurants began popping up and the city was stricken with fear and full bellies as the Prague Burger Wars raged for over half a decade, spear-headed by anonymous food blogger Brewsta and his play-on-word’s blog ”Czech Please.” Brewsta’s notorious yearly-burger-review fueled both the public’s desire and hatred for one burger over another.
Dean and Lori continue to do wonderful things in and around Prague, Europe, and the United States. The burger wars are a thing of the past (Brewsta no longer even reviews them), but laid out in the aftermath are close to a hundred burger restaurants or Burgrárnas in Prague alone, and some old-timers will argue there is one that is still the best.


The Stay on TRACK campaign launches its second annual myTRACK photo contest on Monday, Oct. 28, to coincide with the display of spring 2014 courses at UAOnline. By participating in the myTRACK photo contest, UA students are entered into a drawing for two tickets on Alaska Airlines, and staff, faculty, and alumni have a chance to win $250 for the department of their choice.
- Have a picture taken of yourself, or take your own photo.
- In the picture, hold up the number of fingers that represent the total number of years you estimate your undergraduate program will take you from start to finish. If you have already completed your degree, indicate how long it took you.
- Post your photo online at the myTrack Facebook page.


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Middletown North graduate Julia Pryde was remembered by people who knew her as a carefree individualist who loved to swim competitively and cultivated a strong interest in ecology and water quality issues, according to a story about her in today’s Asbury Park Press.
Pryde was among the 32 students and faculty members slain by a student gunman Monday morning at Virginia Tech, where she was in a graduate science program.
“She was always having a good time,” said [friend and neighbor Nicole] Malone, 20, now a student at La Salle University in Philadelphia. “She was never really upset about anything; she never had a frown on her face.”
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Pryde graduated last spring with a bachelor’s degree in biological systems engineering, said Mary Leigh Wolfe, a professor of biological systems at Virginia Tech and Pryde’s adviser for the past four years.
Pryde was sitting in her advanced hydrology class when the gunman entered, Wolfe said. Many of the class’ students and its professor, G.V. Loganathan, died, Wolfe said.
“She always tried to make a difference herself rather than try to ask someone else to do something,” said Wolfe, who traveled with Pryde last year to study water systems in Ecuador.
Wolfe met Tuesday with Pryde’s parents, whom she described as grief-stricken but trying to remain strong.
“They’re very strong people,” Wolfe said.
The Star-Ledger also has an article about Pryde.
As an undergraduate at Tech, she had participated in a nonprofit group founded by fellow students to teach ecology to schoolchildren.
And last summer she took a weeklong field trip with her faculty adviser, Mary Wolfe, to study watersheds in Peru and Ecuador.
“She was an idealist, but she was practical as well,” said Brian Benham, an assistant professor in the biological systems engineering department. “I used to tease her about having an old soul.”
Friends called her easygoing and a good listener, with an untroubled, fun-loving nature. Last spring she decided impulsively to cut off the dreadlocks she had worn for some time.
“Julia was fun, she was sincere, she was thoughtful, she was very genuine,” Benham said.
In a short item, the New York Times reports that Pryde “wrote a proposal to have the school cafeteria stop throwing waste in a landfill and start recycling it as compost.”


Penderecki’s Trumpet Concerto
The internationally renowned trumpet virtuoso Gábor Boldoczki and Sinfonietta Cracovia conducted by Jurek Dybał will perform in the famous Vienna Konzerthaus. The programme features the Viennese premiere of Krzysztof Penderecki’s Trumpet Concerto.
“I wrote the Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra with the Hungarian virtuoso Gábor Boldoczki in mind, and decided to entrust the premiere with his participation to Jurek Dybał and Sinfonietta Cracovia, which co-commissioned the piece. I have worked with this orchestra for years. And I think that from the moment Jurek Dybał took over, the orchestra got even more zing. This is an excellent ensemble and I will recommend it everywhere in the world,” said Maestro Penderecki before the world premiere of his work.
On 12 September, Penderecki’s piece will be heard for the first time by the Vienna audience. The premiere will be held in the famous Konzerthaus. The highly regarded trumpeter Gábor Boldoczki will be accompanied by Sinfonietta Cracovia, the Orchestra of the Royal Capital City of Cracow, and the concert will be led by its director Jurek Dybał. The programme of the concert includes works by composers from Central and Eastern Europe: Franciszek Lessel (Overture in G minor), Karol Szymanowski (Etude in B flat minor) and Antonín Dvořák (Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”). The highlight of the concert will be the Viennese premiere of the Trumpet Concerto by Krzysztof Penderecki, who confirmed his attendance at this special evening.
The concert will also see the premiere performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Horn Concerto, transcribed for trumpet by Gábor Boldoczki.
The concert in Vienna promotes the album “Oriental Trumpet Concertos”, recorded by Boldoczki and Sinfonietta Cracovia for the prestigious Sony Classical label. Other than Penderecki’s work mentioned above, the album also contains trumpet concertos by the Turkish Fazil Say, a major composer discovery of recent years, and Alexander Grigori Arutiunian, an outstanding composer from Armenia.
“This publication is best proof that music ‘soothes the savage breast’ and allows finding a common cultural element wherever historical and political divisions are rife. The compositions by Say and Arutiunian are accompanied by the trumpet concerto by Krzysztof Penderecki – an eminent Polish composer who often recalls his Armenian roots. So the “Oriental Trumpet Concertos” is an album that refers to a vision of a world that is diverse but united by a common cultural heritage,” says Jurek Dybał.
The album, autographed by the soloist and the conductor, will be on sale right after the concert at the Wiener Konzerthaus.
The event is part of the celebrations of the 333rd anniversary of the Siege of Vienna by King John III Sobieski, organized with support from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland in collaboration with the Polish Embassy in Vienna and the Polish Institute.


Okayplayer Video: Michael Kiwanuka 'I'll Get Along'
UK via Uganda soul singer Michael Kiwanuka has been killing it lately, winning mad BBC awards, collaborating with the Black Keys and just generally gwaan like a gentle-voiced, guitar-strumming G. This latest video is no exception, capturing Kiwanuka at his wistful, brilliant best. “I'll Get Along" is a sunny/cloudy composition of guitar, flute and subtle drums that showcases unique MK's vocal power and songwriting on par with Bill Withers or Jimmy Cliff from his “Sitting In Limbo" days. The video is pretty dope, too. Looks like Kiwanuka filmed it in America (all of it) and then instagrammed it to himself. This is off his acclaimed LP Home Again, which is out now. Purchase it here.
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1: Book Report by: Hali Hodges
2: Title Page: "Enthusiasm" Polly Shulman Romance
3: Setting: In a city school.
4: SUMMARY: In this novel the main characters are Julie, the best friend and Ashleigh the enthusiast. This book starts off with Ashleigh reading the Pride and Prejudice. She becomes obsessed and starts doing everything like the characters in the book wearing floor-length dresses and speaking like an early 19th century woman.She begins a quest for true love and for her own Mr. Darcy. Unfortunately, Ashleigh drags Julie along for the adventure,which starts when both of the girls crash the cotillion dance at a local all-boys prep school. Then both the friends fall for the same guy.
5: Theme: The theme of the story was these two teenage girls, which fall for the same guy that seems to be perfect. so the whole story they are arguing about it. It actually messes up their friendship at one part of the novel. It is just another romance novel for teenage girls.
6: CHARACTERS: Julie- She is the best friends of Ashleigh. She has to deal with all of Ashleigh's craziness and her new schemes that she tries to pull. I would say that this character is a good and loyal best friend. Julie is also really cool and laid back.
7: Ashleigh- she is the enthusiast of the book that Julie has to deal with. She becomes obsessed with certain books and then she starts acting like the characters of that book. This character makes me feel bad for her best friend Julie.
8: Conflicts: Ashleigh gets obsessed with books and starts acting and doing everything that the characters in the book do. Julie has to deal with and act the same way as Ashleigh. Ashleigh and Julie both fall for the same guy and it interferes with their friendship. | Guy!
9: Resolutions: The first resolution to the problem was Julie talked to her about quitting acting like that. The resolution for the second conflict was Julie acts this way and she falls for this guy. When Ashleigh and Julie fall for the same guy they fixed it by moving on and they each fell in love with a different guy.
10: About the author: Polly Shulman is the other of my novel Enthusiasm. She collects Victorian jewelry made of human hair, puts cayenne pepper in her chocolate cookies, and reads forgotten books with frontispieces. She is an alumina of Hunter College High School, Hampshire College Summer Studies in mathematics, and Yale University,where she majored in math. She grew up in New York City, where she lives with her husband,Andrew Nahem, and their parakeet,Olive.
11: Recommendation: I personally absolutely loved this novel because, i have experienced this before. My friend and i have both fallen for the same guy. So i enjoyed this novel because i could relate to it. I would defiantly recommend this to all of my friends. this is a very great romance novel and that's why i love it so much.

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One Direction love the ’90s, Christina Aguilera loves necklaces, the Wanted love Carly Rae Jepsen, fun. love IHOP commercials, Ellie Goulding loves Jessie J + more.
The electro pop-infused track is the second single off her forthcoming album and is penned by Bruno Mars.
There’s been a lovefest happening on Twitter. It started with Calvin Harris… Following @katyperry again cuz i want to be her mate — Calvin Harris (@CalvinHarris) April 10, 2012 And in return Katy paid […]
[photogallerylink id=144204] No matter the time or place, Madonna will always be the Queen of Pop. She’s burst back into the spotlight with her new single and Super Bowl performance…not to mention her awesome chat with […]
[photogallerylink id=19943] It’s good to be Kelly Clarkson these days! She nailed the National Anthem at the Super Bowl, she’s appearing as a guest mentor on The Voice in just a few short weeks, and […]
[photogallerylink id=104427] We’re only a few more days away from the Grammy Awards and out of everyone performing on music’s biggest night, we’re probably most excited to see Adele. Nominated for 6 awards, she’ll be […]
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[photogallerylink id=144305] It sure has been a busy few days for Nicki Minaj! On Friday, both her new single AND music video with Madonna premiered bright and early. Then yesterday, we were all glued to […]
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AMP Music Minute: Katy Perry Making Her Own “Sims” Game, LMFAO And AfroJack Team With Paris Hilton On New Album, And Gym Class And B.o.B. Headline Pepsi Bowl Jam
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No, it's not "unique." That's the brand name. "Unique Model 52." Made in France. Appears to be a well made, steel frame, 22 LR, semi-auto. S/A, 9 round magazine. Safety and magazine release located in the usual awkward European positions. Tiny, almost worthless sights. Some finish wear, but otherwise seems to be in good shape. S/N 476xxx. I got it for a song, so I'm not too worried about it, but wondered if anyone knows anything about them? Sorry, pictures will have to wait until tomorrow.


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In a latest opposition filing, Apple said that “Epic started a fire, and poured gasoline on it, and now asks this Court for emergency assistance in putting it out.”
“If Epic were really concerned about preserving iPhone users’ access to Fortnite, or developers’ access to Unreal Engine, it would deactivate the “hotfix” and comply with Apple’s policies pending resolution of its claims,” the filing reads. “Instead, Epic is holding its own customers hostage to gain leverage in a business dispute.”
In the document, Apple also lays down its interpretation of Epic’s actions. According to the App Store company, they are not motivated by antitrust sentiment.
“For reasons having nothing to do with Epic’s claims against Apple, Fortnite’s popularity is on the wane. By July 2020, interest in Fortnite had decreased by nearly 70% as compared to October 2019. This lawsuit (and the front-page headlines it has generated) appears to be part of a marketing campaign designed to reinvigorate interest in Fortnite.”
Moreover, Apple claims that iOS has never been a big part of Fortnite’s revenue. Allegedly, iPhone users only account for 10 percent of all Fortnite players, which clearly disproves the notion that Epic is suffering “irreparable harm” as a result of the title’s ban on iOS.
A full court hearing on the case is scheduled for September 28th.

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The US space agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that for the first time in almost 50 years, they are gearing up to send astronauts to the Moon once again.
The Name NASA has chosen for this new program is ‘Artemis’. In Greek mythology, Artemis is the sister of Apollo and the daughter of Zeus. She was the Greek goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, and the Moon.
The first woman astronaut to the Moon will also leave her footprints on the lunar surface.
The program aims to land on the Moon as a preparation for the next giant leap, the exploration of Mars.
NASA, through its Artemis Plan Program, is planning to sustainably explore the lunar surface using innovative technologies. Reportedly, NASA also plans to extract the valuable deposits of water-ice from the Moon’s south pole. In the future, these deposits could serve as rocket fuel on the lunar surface—at a much lower cost than carrying the fuel from the earth.
More information can be found here- NASA Artemis Program.
.@NASA’s #Artemis program, named for the Greek goddess of the Moon and twin sister of Apollo, will send the first woman and the next man to the Moon by 2024. They will land at the lunar South Pole, where no human has been before! pic.twitter.com/aCKoaT6PGn
— U.S. Embassy Athens (@USEmbassyAthens) October 13, 2020


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Rosario Bus SA TecnoBus System (http://rbi.ims.ca/4922-554). To provide improved service and reduce costs, Rosario Bus developed an integrated system for its buses that travel in and around Rosario, Argentina. A computer on each bus connects with a data center operation to provide real-time scheduling, route planning, driver training and customer satisfaction tracking. One aspect of the system ties GPS to ticketing, thus simplifying passenger boarding and fare payment. Applied Data Systems VGX embedded single board computer with Intel's RISC-based XScale PXA255 processor proved to be the application-ready platform with the technical features required for the application. For more information on Applied Data Systems' VGX single board computer, go to http://rbi.ims.ca/4922-551.
One way to keep a Formula One racing team moving at breakneck speed in the pit and at the test facility is to bring CAD drawings of the racing vehicleís parts down to the test facility and even out to the track.
Most of us would just as soon step on a cockroach rather than study it, but thatís just what researchers at UC Berkeley did in the pursuit of building small, nimble robots suitable for disaster-recovery and search-and-rescue missions.
Design engineers need to prepare for a future in which their electronic products will use not just one or two, but possibly many user interfaces that involve touch, vision, gestures, and even eye movements.
Focus on Fundamentals consists of 45-minute on-line classes that cover a host of technologies.
You learn without leaving the comfort of your desk. All classes are taught by subject-matter experts and all are archived.
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The Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation put out its new report on state and local taxes this week and it shows Washington is a below-average state for taxes. The Evergreen State landed No. 28 out of 50 states for high taxes, which means 22 states were lower and 27 were higher when state and local government taxes were compared to total incomes.
The national report pegged Washington’s state-local tax burden at about 9.3 percent of incomes in 2010.
Washington ranked even lower in a January report from the state Department of Revenue – linked here – that puts it at No. 36, also for state and local tax burden when compared to income. The state report relied on Census data and, unlike the foundation, did not adjust the figures, which accounts for the differing rankings.
Tax burdens can be complicated to measure and compare – and in Washington alone the tax code has more than 600 exemptions or special rates.
Even so the two reports offer some context for the tax debate that is about to unfold at the Capitol, following Wednesday’s revenue forecast. It showed state-government revenues are growing slowly but leave the state with a budget shortfall of about $1.2 billion.
So far the Democrats have not put a serious revenue plan on the table to close that gap and raise another $1.4 billion or so for K-12 schools in response to a Supreme Court ruling. But Gov. Jay Inslee is expected to release a partial budget and revenue plan – including closure of tax exemptions – in the next week.
Inslee ran on a platform against raising taxes but did call for closing tax exemptions and earlier this year said his no-tax pledge would not be violated if the Legislature extended the business-and-occupations tax surcharge past its June expiration date.
Democratic Rep. Reuven Carlyle of Seattle says the state tax code is full of holes – or exemptions – that favor select industries, which he sees as a growing problem because the tax system is not keeping up with the growth in demand for state services.
“We are on a race to the bottom to be a low tax, low service, low quality of life state. … I think at some point it’s time for a courageous conversation about the fact we are so much more than what we have become as a state,’’ Carlyle said in an interview earlier this month.
There is a flip side of being a lower-tax state, Carlyle said. ”There is pain when you double tuition. There is pain when you have a pathetically, humiliatingly low high school graduation rate. There is resentment when you have to close state parks. There is anger when you have insufficient, inadequate access to day care,” Carlyle said.
The Republican-controlled Senate and allies in the House are insisting on budget cuts without tax increases in order to funnel more money into K-12 public schools. They say closing tax loopholes is like raising taxes.
A common complaint from anti-tax lawmakers is that taxes can’t be raised without harming the economy, and Rep. J.T. Wilcox, R-Yelm, worked that theme into a press release after the revenue forecast.
“This continues to show we have a recovering, but fragile economy. People are still hesitant to spend, and employers are still hesitant to hire,” Wilcox said. ‘These hard-pressed taxpayers are already sending more money to Washington, D.C. due to the reinstatement of the payroll tax and federal health care implementation. Today’s report reinforces my belief that no is not the time to increase taxes. Raising taxes would only add more uncertainty to our economy, slowing the potential growth of jobs for the thousands who remain unemployed and underemployed.”
To be fair, neither the Republicans nor the Democrats have been able to say over the years what the right level of taxation – or services – is for Washington.
But the Revenue report says Washington’s tax burden is now near the low end of the past decade and well below earlier eras, like the 1970s when the tax burden peaked at $128 per $1,000 of income:
“For the last ten years, Washington’s tax burden by the income measure has varied from a high of $111.99 in 2006 to a low of $93.34 in 2009, with rankings ranging from 26th to 37th. The Fiscal Year 2005 tax burden ranking of 37th was the second lowest since the tax comparisons have been compiled. For the most recent year, Fiscal Year 2010, Washington’s tax burden is $96.08 resulting in a ranking of 36th.”
Because the Tax Foundation and Revenue Department reports used different methods, the state report says Washington’s tax rate ranks lower but is paradoxically higher, at 9.6 percent of income, than the 9.3 percent rate reported by the foundation.
Revenue spokesman Mike Gowrylow says the Tax Foundation adjusts its figures for the share of a state’s taxes that are exported to other states or imported. Alaska’s oil taxes, for instance, are exported to other states where crude is shipped and refined and oil products are consumed, and Washington business-and-occupations tax is paid by some out-of-state firms doing business here.
“However, we believe they import more taxes into Washington than they export from Washington because they don’t fully understand our unique B&O tax,” Gowrylow said.
There is more to the story.
The Revenue report shows the state tax burden ranks No. 10 of 13 western states.
The Tax Foundation says Washington’s business-tax climate is sixth best overall in the country. In one category, Washington ranks No. 1 for not having an income tax but it is near the bottom for its high sales tax. The foundation also considers the business-occupations tax, which is levied on gross receipts, to be the worst kind of business tax.
The Evergreen State ranks higher on per capita taxes – No. 13, according to the Foundation, and No. 21, according to Revenue. The state report says per capita state taxes were $4,016 in 2010, which it said was below the national average.
Washington’s tax structure has other effects. The heavy reliance on sales taxes, augmented by so-called sin taxes on liquor and cigarettes, tends to hit lower-income residents more heavily than those who earn more. Gas taxes can have a similar effect.
This is why the state tax system keeps earning national attention as the most unfair to the poor.
A report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy – which we wrote about in January – rates Washington state’s system as the worst in the country in terms of how much harder it hits the poor and middle-class than the rich.
The same lack of an income tax, which gave the state good marks for business climate, is a clear factor.
ITEP found that all states’ tax systems are weighted in favor of the wealthy, which means those well off pay a smaller share of income on state and local taxes than do the poor. But Washington was at the top of what ITEP calls the “Terrible Ten.”
“In these ‘Terrible Ten’ states, the bottom 20 percent pay up to six times as much of their income in taxes as their wealthy counterparts. Washington State is the most regressive, followed by Florida, South Dakota, Illinois, Texas, Tennessee, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Alabama,” the report’s executive summary states.
Despite that outcome, Washington’s relatively higher incomes mean that residents pay more in income taxes than many other states – in the aggregate, which includes taxes paid by the state’s billionaires.
And this tax burden – when added to state and local tax burdens shared by the rich or poor – made the state’s so-called tax freedom day the fourth latest of all the states in 2012, according to the Tax Foundation.