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Although there was no real good reason to bother — our single-processor Cyrix 266 central server is thoroughly under-utilised — it seemed like fun to try out SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessor) Linux. So in a scrooge-like fashion we hunted around for a low-cost setup to give it a try.
Scouring the classified ads, we found what looked like a good bet for the motherboard and ordered it. A week later and about 20 calls to the courier company (who were unable to read the index in the local A–Z) it arrived. An ATX motherboard with the Intel LX chipset and apparently all the right trimmings — except for one thing; reading the documentation there was a worrying reference to the need for an ‘APIC’ chip to enable dual-processor support. This was reinforced by the fact that there was only one clip for a PII processor in the motherboard box. A call to our supplier confirmed that as well as the £65 we had paid for the motherboard we would also need the APIC module at an extra £20. Keen to get going and not able to face harrassing the couriers again, a 100-mile round-trip drive on Saturday morning produced the necessary little scrap of plug-in board. Encouragingly, when it was unwrapped it proved to come with the second CPU clip as well.
Making the eyes water, the best price we could find a pair of same-speed processors at was about £150 each for PII/300s, so a short trip to a different supplier enriched Intel significantly. After some fiddling around, the motherboard was put into an ATX case and powered-up. Well, once the jumpers on the motherboard had been set correctly — the board comes as default with a jumper setting to clear the CMOS RAM and that has to be changed before the smart power-on stuff will pay any attention to the ‘on’ switch.
Gloom was the only result. The board appeared dead; power would come on and the CPU fan ran (we decided to install Linux single-processor first) but the monitor remained resolutely dead. That plus a strong smell of burning — long faces all around. Presuming that somehow the processor had got fried the exercise was on the point of being abandoned, when a last despairing swap around of the CPU sockets was done and we prepared to head for the pub and drown our sorrows — to general astonishment the monitor sprang to life with the BIOS messages. We stuck in the other processor — the BIOS said that there were two CPUs and warned that the APIC module wasn't in.
Revitalised, we installed Red Hat 5.1 (kernel 2.0.34) with just one CPU, checked that it ran OK (it did) and ran some simple benchmarks. Even single-processor it was clearly a lot faster than the Cyrix-powered machine — about 50% altogether. Later we found that its memory transfer rate and disk speed are much better than we get from the Socket 7 motherboard that the Cyrix lives in, but we haven't found out why yet. The pub intervened.
Next morning came the challenge of recompiling the kernel. It's easy enough to do, and removing the comment from the line that says "SMP=1" in the Makefile is not exactly difficult. The biggest problem came from the module support in the startup files. Kernel modules need to be recompiled to support multiprocessor working, but if you (as we had) have an SMP and non-SMP version of the kernel at the same release level (2.0.34), everything gets confused about which set of modules to load from the modules directory. Eventually we got around it by lying about the release level and renaming everything by hand to pretend that it's really 2.0.35. Now we have LILO set up so that we can either boot ‘linux’ or ‘smplinux’ and they work just fine.
Some very simple tests show that we do indeed get two processors. The output from ‘top’ (below) shows two looping programs each getting almost 100% CPU allocation. Interestingly, the summary statistics allocate one of the processors to ‘system’ time, claiming 99.2% user and 100.7% system.
And that was that! It works. It's not been in use a lot yet, so there may be some more to say later, but the machine is now being used as a workhorse to see if it proves any less reliable that the single-processor version. Considering the ridiculous price of Pentium II processors, it seems very hard to justify using multiprocessor systems unless you really have to: the price/performance compared with non-Intel processors is very poor — our local low-cost supplier does Cyrix 233 processors for £35 compared with almost four times as much for the Intel PII with about 50% better performance. Still, we plan to use the machine for some heavyweight compute-intensive activity later this year and it will be interesting to see how it shapes up. Our guess is that it will be better to use a number of lower cost systems, with each person getting a dedicated low-price processor than sharing the high-cost SMP box. It's been fun though!


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Hi, guys, welcome to learn Module 01 “Basics of Python”! I’ll first guide you to have a glimpse of its simplicity for learning as well as elegance and robustness. Less is more: the author of Python must know this idea well. After learning this module, you can master the basic language structures, data types, basic operations, conditions, loops, functions and modules in Python. With them, we can write some useful programs!
You may have played the game of Guess the Number.
It is to randomly offer a number for you to guess.
After you guess, you will be clued to guess a bigger or smaller number.
to judge the relationship between the random number and the number you have guessed.
that we're going to talk about today.
narration, flashback, and narration interspersed with flashbacks.
Can you understand teachers' feelings of hearing those answers?
is also expressed with "if" statements.
Let's look at the syntax of "if" statement.
as well as some operands.
followed by a code segment.
When is the code segment executed?
It is executed when the condition of expression is True.
we will output the area of this square.
Here, the judgment statement is "if sd1 == sd2".
we execute such a statement.
It is the usage of "if" statement.
does not suffice to express our question.
we need to execute another statement.
It requires the "else" statement.
followed by a colon as well.
The code segment after "else"
when the expression is false.
The code segment after "else" should also be indented.
For instance, let's look at an example.
and assign them to variables "sd1" and "sd2".
Judge whether "sd1" and "sd2" are equal.
"what is the rectangle's area".
the result will be the area of the square.
This question is a two-way divergence.
Let's take test scores as an example.
and those less than 60 shall fail.
Sometimes, if we need more precise division.
and those between 70 and 80 being C, and so on.
Then we will need to use "elif" statement.
the keywords used here are "if", "elif"
If the first condition is satisfied, execute this statement.
none of the above conditions is satisfied.
Therefore, this statement will be executed.
execute a statement for printing a tag.
it is between 80 and 90?
You may write it like ">= 80".
How do we understand this expression?
but satisfies the condition of being greater than or equal to 80.
and greater than or equal to 80?
So, its execution is like this.
to finish during the quiz.
Let's look at a very simple example next.
We will see how this is structured syntactically.
Also we can check out how this code segment is indented.
Let's guess what the function of this example is.
Input the index of shape, and then output the shape.
For example, for "1", it is a circle.
the output will be such a result.
Let's look at the execution result of program.
the last line of string.
and its conditions all use the equals sign.
there would be no big problem.
we should use the form of "elif"
which is designed to solve the multiple-branching structure.
Let's look at this program.
Which part adopts nested condition?
You must have found it.
It��s when K equals 3.
Here, we differentiate two cases.
If the two inputs of "sd1" and "sd2"
Otherwise, the output would be the area of the rectangle.
Should we handle this example within one condition?
And we need to judge some different cases further.
the "if" and the "else" statements as said before.
One condition nested inside another constitutes nested condition.
Look at the result of execution.
we see that those code segments are executed, right?
and the length of the second side.
different results will be output.
so the output is the area of the square: 12.
we see that the output result will be "oval".
When you need, you may use this mode.
Then, let's look at the game of Guess the Number mentioned before.
the player makes a guess and the system gives clues.
Let's check out this program.
First, it uses the function "randint()"
This is the generated result.
This is the "x" value given by the system.
For guesses, we may use the function "input()".
which can be used to acquire the user's input.
such a clue "too large".
Otherwise, it would be "too small".
Let's demonstrate it in a program.
Let's play a little trick.
Print the value of "x".
x is a number randomly generated by the system.
The random number is 13.
The program also clues too big.
we only use conditional construct.
There is no loop so it cannot generate random number repeatedly.
For another try we have to execute the program again.
How can numbers be generated repeatedly?
It needs the loop structure we'll talk about in next section.
demonstrating the thought of conditional structure well.

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1. Seller is responsible to respond to all retail communications.
2. Seller is obligated to offer commission to any Realtor that brings an acceptable offer in the amount of 2.5% on the 1st $100,000.00 and 1.25% on the balance.
3. Seller is obligated to pay the Select Real Estate $995.00 to negotiate on the Sellers behalf, prepare the contract and assist in subject removal, in the event any licensed realtor presents an acceptable offer. The amount is due upon final subject removal. No fee is paid if the offer isn’t accepted, firm with deposit paid.
4. All listing agreements are for One Year.
5. At any time the Seller may upgrade to full service agency. The Seller will be credited any amount paid upfront against the commission paid when their property sells.
6. Select Real Estate is responsible for collecting leads and contacting the Seller once per day with those leads.
7. The Seller gives Select Real Estate permission to contact all leads 24 hours after the Seller has had a chance to contact them to follow up and confirm they received all relevant information.
8. The Seller is obligated to respond to all showing and information requests within 24 hours.
9. All fees collected for this level of service are paid up front in full.

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Grupa Kapitałowa Timler Sp. z o.o.
We have been running a business since 1989, at the beginning as a PW TIMCO and since 1999 as a GK TIMLER Company. Now we are concentrating on production and distribution of professional devices for technique work on height.
All GK TIMLER Company products are produced from the best materials and they are controlled very precisely before selling to the Client.
That is why for all our product we give 5–year guarantee.
In our offer You will find mainly our own product: aluminium movable scaffoldings, aluminium ladders, custom-made products – designed and produced for individual order.
It is possible to rent our aluminium scaffoldings in our scaffoldings rental.
We also offer services: aluminium welding done by TIG method, designing devices for technique work on height and we accept to do in cooperation some locksmith works, welding, aluminium processing, etc.
We offer all our Clients in range of advisory, construction and production – competent partnership allowing to solve problems with safe work on height. We aim at constant improvement of our products what effects modernity and failure-free solutions. To this end we gain commonly recognized Quality Management System Certificate ISO 9001:2009. To confirm our credibility we join the “Rzetelna firma / Reliable Company” programme conducted by Krajowy Rejestr Długów / National Debt Register. We are Lower Silesia Chamber of Commerce member, which gathers the best companies and entrepreneurs form Lower Silesia area.
Our main aim which we are going to achieve is having the highest quality of our products, confirmed by proper certificates and Clients satisfaction as well as gaining dominant position among small and medium companies in branch.
Copyright © 2011 --- .All Rights Reserved | Wszelkie prawa zastrzeżone.

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Inexpensive Sign Supply On Sale Here! Hundreds in Stock in Our Quick Ship Warehouse! This Lightweight Sign Supply With Wall Mounts Allows For Easy Customization of Signage!
Durable, lightweight and very easy to hang!
0.45mm thick, pvc lens protects inserts from dust and fingerprints.
When affixed for portrait display, the observable space is 8-1/2" w x 10-1/2" h (allow for 1/4" on the top and bottom of these graphics to be concealed under the profile edges). This modern sign supply designed for wall usage, directory signage comes with screws and anchors and four (4) pieces of double-sided tape for your preference in affixing to the wall. The signage weighs only one pound, meaning it is easy to carry and simple to mount no matter which hanging technique is selected. In addition, our company produces this sign supply with a non-glare lens to shelter your artwork and lower light reflection.
This affordable sign supply in stock online, also recognized as a signage exhibit, is optimal in educational institutions, colleges, sales workplaces, financial companies, hotels, and much more! This sign supply is utilized to attach workplace and classroom numbers, agendas, safety signage, notices, and other types of signage! The clip-open style provides quick signage changes by merely opening up the metal profile ends and changing the signage without detaching the affixed frame from the wall. A sign supply, like the PFWM85VH system, lets you attach your 8-1/2" x 11" signage horizontally or vertically.

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marieposa21 Great seller to deal with. Very responsive, thanks sis!
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Authentic Black Rivet tote with included pouch Sky blue color. Used for a few times. No buckle scratches.
Used this bag only once. Perfect for travel. Small on the outside but you can put a lot of things inside. Bold mustard color. No scratches, tag is still in the bag.

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The S5 classification is the most stringent category with respect to protective features for safety footwear. Unique for the S5 classification is that the boots are equipped with a protective toecap and midsole and a cleated outsole. Other protective features include slip resistance, antistatic properties, energy absorption of the heel region, resistance to fuel oil. The boots are tested and certified in accordance with the EN ISO 20345:2011 standard.
The SRA classified boots are tested and certified for slip resistance on ceramic tile floors covered with a dilute soap solution. The tests are based on measuring the coefficients of friction in forward heel slip and forward flat slip state. The results provide a good indication of the actual slip resistance of the boots in practice on slippery tile surfaces.
The boots feature a protective toecap and midsole for offering maximum protection against falling and penetrating objects. Tested and certified in accordance with the EN ISO 20345:2011 standard, the built-in protective toecap serves to protect the toes from impacts of an energy level of 200 J and a compression at a load of 15 kN. The protective midsole is positioned in the sole and penetration is prevented until a force of 1100 N. Dunlop boots with a protective toecap and midsole are labelled as Full Safety.
By design, the boots offer a perfect fit, optimizing comfort for everyday use.
The boots are 100% waterproof to keep your feet dry under wet and dirty conditions.
The outsole is resistant against oil, which assures that potentially adverse effects of oily substances on the protective properties of the boots are minimized.
The boots offer protection against a wide variety of chemicals. The specific application with types of chemicals encountered and conditions faced will determine which boot should be opted for.
The boots feature energy absorption of the heel region which limits impact to the foot while walking. The provision of shock absorption capabilities within the footwear minimizes risk of injuries.


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Mobile Servicedesk launches with a blast!
Las Vegas, NV, 2013-04-20 At Symantec Vision in Las Vegas we officially launched our iOS and Android app called Mobile Servicedesk. The response was overwhelming and nothing short of a success!
Partners and customers signed up for test accounts and got the app running on their mobile devices on the spot. Visitors to our booth immediately recognized the potential of Mobile Servicedesk and how it would empower their end users and technician tremendously.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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The hair is one of the greatest symbols of femininity and beauty but because of the frequent treatments with different kinds of chemical substances like dyeing, drying, ironing and inadequate care the hair is violated, becomes dry and damaged. All these factors together with the daily stress and body changes are causing the hair falling.
In order to mitigate the losing of hair and to contribute more beauty to it, we recommend this homemade shampoo.
The preparation is very simple and the efficiency is 100%. After several washings you will note the first amazing results, your hair will be strong and will fall less and only after a month of regular use you will notice new hair pieces who will contribute to increased volume.
Into the 750ml shampoo of nettle put the whole panthenol bottle of 100ml and all the nettle drops plus the AD drops with the castor oil.
Believe it or not, this shampoo is one real vitamin bomb for your head skin and your hair. Nettle: The nettle accelerates circulation of blood in the head skin and in that way also speeds the metabolism’s process of the internal epidermis. Mixed with it, the other ingredients of this shampoo are absorbed faster.
Panthenol: The pantothenic acid also known as vitamin B5 acts on the keeping the proper function of the head skin and stimulates the regenerative process.
Castor Oil: Abundant in vitamin E and ricinoleic acid. The vitamin E is one significant antioxidant and stops the effect of free radicals in the body who effect badly on the head skin and root. According to its regenerative properties acts antifungal and destroys the bacteria who is responsible for dandruff. It calms the inflammation of the head skin and removes the dead cells on head.
Vitamin B complex: It feeds the hair and returns the firmness.
Experience from this shampoo:I use this shampoo for over 3 months and I have only positive feedbacks about it. My hair is not falling anymore, it came back to life and it shines very bright. The hair is growing much more than it used to and it is quite soft. Shake the shampoo before use. Place it first on your palm and then put it into the hair. Massage your scalp for few minutes with it, leave it for few more minutes to act and wash it in the end. Apply mask or regenerator if your hair is dry, it’s your choice although for me personally there was no need for that. If you have especially dry hair put half bottle of nettle drops to the shampoo because sometimes the nettle can additionally dry your hair even more. If you have expressed hair fall I recommend you to start consuming nettle tea to control the hormonal status and the blood picture because the reduction of iron can contributes in the hair fall.
The shampoo can be bought from any convenient market and the remaining ingredients can be found in pharmacy.


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100: 1, Wootton, Ariel, Joliet, 13.57. 2, Martin, Emmy, Harlowton, 13.98. 3, Banderob, Cloie, Senior, 14.09. 4, Cooper, Makayla, Senior, 14.14. 5, Brewer, Esther, Senior, 14.18. 6, Allie, Samantha, Senior, 14.23.
200: 1, Cooper, Makayla, Senior, 29.06. 2, Wootton, Ariel, Joliet, 29.16. 3, Hegg, Peyton, Senior, 29.95. 4, Coombe, Kyelynne, Joliet, 30.17. 5, Martin, Emmy, Harlowton, 30.2. 6, Plasterer, Isabella, Senior, 30.24.
400: 1, Zimmer, Laura, Senior, 1:02.51. 2, Vladic, Tiahna, Senior, 1:02.95. 3, Bentler, Eliza, Senior, 1:06.17. 4, Crouse, Gabrielle, Senior, 1:08.56. 5, Brown, Emily, Senior, 1:10.35. 6, Martin, Emmy, Harlowton, 1:11.64.
800: 1, Zimmer, Laura, Senior, 2:29.53. 2, Vandersloot, Elena, Senior, 2:32.20. 3, Hagl, Alexis, Harlowton, 2:49.34. 4, Crouse, Gabrielle, Senior, 2:52.45. 5, Songstad, Jalyn, Joliet, 2:55.65. 6, Ottman, Abby, Senior, 3:04.14.
1,600: 1, Vladic, Tiahna, Senior, 5:11.42. 2, Vandersloot, Elena, Senior, 5:33.42. 3, Bentler, Eliza, Senior, 5:47. 4, Hagl, Alexis, Harlowton, 6:32.7. 5, Erekson, Louise, Billings Sen, 6:42.92. 6, Glennie, Katie, Harlowton, 7:00.79.
3,200: 1, Vladic, Tiahna, Senior, 11:11.53. 2, Vandersloot, Elena, Senior, 12:06.08. 3, Bentz, Maria, Senior, 13:29.45. 4, Erekson, Louise, Senior, 14:41.99. 5, Babb, Delaney, Senior, 16:24.3.
400 Relay: 1, Billings Senior A 53.70. 2, Joliet A 55.74.
1,600 Relay: 1, Billings Senior A 4:25.83. 2, Harlowton A, 5:03.02.
High Jump: 1, Malone, Jadyn, Senior, 4-11. 1, Zinne, Kallie, Joliet, 4-11. 3, Wynia, Kendra, Senior, 4-9. 4, Hegg, Kim, Senior, 4-3. 5, Brown, Emily, Billings Senior, 4-1. 5, Davis, Simone, Livngston, 4-1.
Pole Vault: 1, Breum, Hailey, Senior, 8-6. 1, Kiekover, Shelby, Senior, 8-6. 3, McClenahan, Desiree, Senior, 7-0. 4, Atkinson, MaKenna, Senior, 6-5. 5, Klein, Kate, Senior, 6-0. 6, Wilson, Lily, Senior, 4-6.
Long Jump: 1, Leo, Cameron, Senior, 15-3. 2, Zinne, Kallie, Joliet, 15-2.5. 3, Bushman, Makenna, Joliet, 14-11.75. 4, Porter, Sala, Senior, 14-9. 5, Long-Westmorland, Nigeria, Senior, 14-7.5. 6, Green, Aaliyah, Senior, 14-4.
Triple Jump: 1, Porter, Sala, Senior, 32-0.5. 2, Leo, Cameron, Senior, 31-11. 3, Green, Aaliyah, Senior, 31-5.5. 4, Zinne, Kallie, Joliet, 30-11.5. 5, Coombe, Kyelynne, Joliet, 29-9. 6, Bushman, Makenna, Joliet, 29-7.
Shot Put: 1, Skidmore, Audrey, Senior, 32-6. 2, Miller, Brooke, Joliet, 30-0. 3, Heiser, Makayla, Senior, 29-11. 4, Orr, Alexis, Livingston, 29-9. 5, Model, Mikayla, Senior, 29-3. 5, Rickard, Eva, Senior, 29-3.
Discus: 1, Rickard, Eva, Senior, 104-11. 2, O'Donnell, Bryanna, Senior, 100-1. 3, Miller, Brooke, Joliet, 95-6. 4, Nielsen, Addie, Senior, 93-3. 5, Lysaght, Val'Ree, Senior, 89-11. 6, Model, Mikayla, Senior, 82-5.
Javelin: 1, Brewer, Esther, Senior, 102-9. 2, Rickard, Eva, Senior, 95-2. 3, McClenahan, Desiree, Senior, 86-3. 4, Nelson, Megan, Livingston, 77-0. 5, Seymour, Annalea, Joliet, 75-4. 6, Butler, Mesa, Harlowton, 72-3.
100: 1, Ping, Brock, Senior, 11.70. 2, Waddell, Jack, Livingston, 11.74. 3, Waddell, John, Livingston, 11.92. 4, McPherson, Will, Senior, 12.06. 5, Hanser, John, Senior, 12.21. 6, Netley, Matt, Livingston, 12.22.
200: 1, Waddell, Jack, Livingston, 23.81. 2, Waddell, John, Livingston, 24.26. 3, Stilson, Taiyan, Senior, 24.62. 4, McLaughlin, Caleb, Senior, 24.63. 5, Netley, Matt, Livingston, 24.88. 6, Cassady, Daniel, Senior, 25.08.
400: 1, Waddell, Jack, Livingston, 53.99. 2, Waddell, John, Livingston, 54.9. 3, Wynia, Ethan, Senior, 55.29. 4, SunGoesSlow, DeQuan, Senior, 57.84. 5, Hanser, John, Senior, 57.97. 6, Creason, Mitch, Livingston, 58.74.
800: 1, Bentler, Finn, Senior, 2:06.7. 2, Wynia, Ethan, Senior, 2:08.69. 3, Wilson, Ethan, Senior, 2:09.65. 4, Fenley, Ryan, Harlowton, 2:16.24. 5, Gall, Hayden, Senior, 2:17.09. 6, Eoff, Gunnar, Harlowton, 2:17.79.
1,600: 1, Bentler, Finn, Billings Sen, 4:40.43. 2, Smith, Owen, Senior, 4:41.13. 3, Dimich-Louvet, Jesse, Senior, 4:45.94. 4, Wilson, Ethan, Senior, 4:50.83. 5, Gall, Hayden, Senior, 5:03.67. 6, Fenley, Ryan, Harlowton, 5:05.63.
3,200: 1, Smith, Owen, Senior, 10:20.3. 2, Dimich-Louvet, Jesse, Senior, 10:22.13. 3, Contreraz, Zach, Senior, 11:32.24. 4, Taylen, Boomer, Senior, 11:33.3. 5, Erekson, Elijah, Senior, 12:37.6. 6, Ard, Alek, Senior, 12:37.66.
110 Hurdles: 1, Netley, Matt, Livingston, 17.04. 2, Smith, Brigham, Joliet, 20.03. 3, Fike, Riven, Joliet, 22.12.
300 Hurdles: 1, Netley, Matt, Livingston, 44.44. 2, Brown, Nathan, Livingston, 48.56. 3, Sulser, Ewan, Senior, 49.75. 4, Smith, Brigham, Joliet, 51.69.
1,600 Relay: 1, Billings Senior A 3:41.92. 2, Billings Senior B 4:03.00. 3, Harlowton A, 4:05.68. 4, Joliet A 4:05.74. 5, Harlowton B 4:10. 6, Billings Senior C, 4:27.
High Jump: 1, Olson, Ry, Joliet, 6-2. 2, Harris-Watts, Jamy, Senior, 5-10. 3, Bailey, Caleb, Joliet, 5-8. 4, Palm, Caden, Senior, 5-2. 5, Nardinger, Caleb, Joliet, J5-2. 6, Ward, Hayden, Joliet, 5-0.
Pole Vault: 1, Samano, Takahisa (Tucker), Senior, 13-0. 2, Palm, Caden, Senior, 10-6. 3, Morris, Logan, Senior, 8-6. 4, Miller, Josh, Senior, 7-0.
Long Jump: 1, Olson, Ry, Joliet, 21-2.5. 2, Gairrett, Cody, Senior, 20-2.5. 3, Ping, Brock, Senior, 20-0.5. 4, Bailey, Caleb, Joliet, 19-3.5. 5, Cassady, Daniel, Senior, 19-2.5. 6, Phelps, Hayden, Senior, 16-9.
Triple Jump: 1, Olson, Ry, Joliet, 41-3. 2, Bailey, Caleb, Joliet, 40-8. 3, Gairrett, Cody, Senior, 39-9. 4, Harmon, Morgan, Senior, 39-3. 5, Fenley, Ryan, Harlowton, 38-5. 6, Lane, James, Harlowton, 36-1.
Shot Put: 1, Hope, Conrad, Senior, 42-10.5. 2, Ungoretti, Connor, Livingston, 39-9. 3, O'Rourke, Grant, Joliet, 39-5.25. 4, Anderson, Wyatt, Joliet, 38-4. 5, Winter, Zachary, Senior, 36-3.5. 6, Payton, Tanner, Senior, 35-11.
Discus: 1, Harmon, Morgan, Senior, 135-4. 2, Felts, Gage, Sen, 124-11. 3, Ungoretti, Connor, Livingston, 117-08. 4, O'Rourke, Grant, Joliet, 113-11. 5, Anderson, Wyatt, Joliet, 110-11. 6, Anttila, Walker, Joliet, 108-5.
Javelin: 1, Harmon, Morgan, Senior, 159-10. 2, Todhunter, Jason, Harlowton, 138-9. 2, Wright, Alyas, Senior, 138-9. 4, Castles, Andrew, Senior, 133-11. 5, Anttila, Walker, Joliet, 123-0. 6, Burckley, Jacksen, Senior, 113-3.

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The dog breeding practices to for size and certain looks, along with inbreeding, have produced dogs with a host of medical conditions almost unheard of 20 years ago. Combined with over-feeding and lack of exercise, dogs today suffer many of the same aches and pains people do. In addition to the obvious options such as improved diet, exercise, medications, and surgery there are therapy treatments and tools that can help keep your dog more comfortable. Acupuncture is one option that can bring dogs relief and is often paired with herbal supplements.
Use an infrasound massager (or Qi Gong massager). The same way it works for our aches and pain it can really help your dog. It is easy to hold the handle on or close to (does not have to touch) the area that hurts. If a dog’s hips are arthritic or have hip dysplasia, the infrasound massager can get some fast relief in a 10-15 minute session. Dogs experiencing the pain relief from the Qi Gong massager will go to the spot they receive treatment (like by your favorite easy chair) and wait for their next session. This becomes a special time for both of you. It feels good knowing you can administer this simple, effective treatment with absolutely no adverse side effects.
Based on many testimonials of dogs with hip issues, a visit to a good dog chiropractor and using an infrasound massager has saved many dogs from hip dysplasia surgery or uncomfortable arthritis. My neighbor did this course of treatment with her young Golden Retriever that was a diagnosed with hip socket misalignment so bad surgery would only have a 50/50 chance of working. Today, as an avid horse women, her dog does miles of trails with her and the only maintenance is an occasional Qi Gong Machine massage treatment. Her dog lets her know when he wants his treatment.
Infrasound massagers are very simple to use. Turn it on and choose the low setting to start and work up to medium and high, letting your dog tell you which setting he/she likes best (if the device has various settings). Dogs will also indicate if they like it touching or simply held close. Set the timer (if it has one) for 10-20 or 30 minutes, and that’s it. Repeat as necessary, up to two times daily.
Infrasound massagers use a unique, random mix of very low frequencies imposed on sound waves to deliver a therapeutic massage that feels like a gentle low bass thump. Sound waves are an excellent carrier of the frequencies allowing for deep penetration into the tissue, improving blood circulation while relaxing tissue in spasm. Customers say temporary relief in some cases will last for days with the overall condition often improving to the point of restored health.
As with any product, you may wish to consult your veterinarian first if you have any concerns using this product. If your dog is suffering from fracture, tendon, or ligament damage then microcurrent can be beneficial to heal the dog’s injury. Microcurrent and the Qi Gong Machine are complimentary to each other, and each have particular strengths. Another customer discovery is that her dog pulled away from the massager not liking the sensation. Sort of like the old fashioned tuning fork test used in the doctor’s office. The frequency from the tuning fork would create a painful sensation if fractured and then an x-ray would be ordered to confirm. She later learned her dog had a hairline ankle fracture.
For the hairline fracture, the dog wore a Matrix MCT Patch for a couple of weeks and fully recovered. For show dogs doing agility and sports, like catching the frisbee in the park, the infrasound massager would be a wonderful treatment for improving performance while maintaining joint comfort. That’s of course, after you treat your own knees and aching back!

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Here’s the new trailer for Fading Gigolo, starring Woody Allen and John Turturro, written and directed by Turturro.
Zoe Saldana will star in NBC’s miniseries remake of Rosemary’s Baby.
Open City author Teju Cole presented a short story on Twitter solely through carefully planned retweets.
Coachella-imploders Outkast are reportedly booked for New York’s Governors Ball in June, too.
Check out Jessica Chastain as Merida from Brave.
Meanwhile, the WWE is launching its own network.
And Kimmel’s beard has vanished, but in its stead is a sort of spiritual successor to Celebrities Read Mean Tweets.

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Bankruptcy can be complicated and it is normal to have questions. The following is a list of common questions about Chapter 7 bankruptcy, and some general answers. You will likely have specific questions based on your specific situations, so call George C. Selby, Esq. for a free consultation.
5. What is means testing?
Means testing is a method of determining a person’s eligibility to maintain a chapter 7 case. Under means testing a person whose current monthly income from all sources multiplied by 12 exceeds the median annual income, as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau, for the person’s state and family size, must show that he or she has a disposable monthly income of less than $124.58*. If disposable monthly income is greater than $207.92*, there is a presumption of abuse in filing a chapter 7 case. If monthly disposable income is between those two numbers, then you must determine whether the debtor could repay at least 25% of unsecured debt over the course of a 60-month period. If a debtor is deemed to be able to pay, their case will be dismissed or converted to chapter 13 unless special circumstances exist.
6. How is means testing carried out?
Every person who files a chapter 7 case must file a Chapter 7 Statement of Your Current Monthly Income (Official Form 122A-1) and a Chapter 7 Means Test Calculation (Official Form 122A-2). These forms, when completed and filed, show the person’s current monthly income and the current monthly expenses that the person is allowed to claim. The person may also be questioned about his or her income and expenses at the meeting of creditors. From these sources a person’s current monthly disposable income is calculated. This figure is then used to determine the amount of the monthly payment that the person can afford to make to his or her unsecured creditors. If the person’s monthly disposable income is greater than $207.92*, the person will almost always be disqualified from maintaining a chapter 7 case and the case will be dismissed or, with the person’s consent, converted to chapter 13.
7. How is it decided whether a person is ineligible for chapter 7 under means testing?
The Chapter 7 Statement of Your Current Monthly Income (Official Form 122A-1) and a Chapter 7 Means Test Calculation (Official Form 122A-2) filed by the person will initially show whether the person is able to make monthly payments to unsecured creditors in the amount required for ineligibility. If so, the clerk of the bankruptcy court will send a notice to all creditors that a presumption of abuse has arisen in the case. The United States trustee then has until 10 days after the meeting of creditors to file a statement as to whether a presumption of abuse exists in the case. Then the United States trustee or any creditor can move to dismiss the case. The bankruptcy judge will ultimately decide whether the case should be dismissed.
8. What is a presumption of abuse and how does it affect the case?
9. Who is eligible for a chapter 7 discharge?
(1) A person who has been granted a discharge in a chapter 7 case that was filed within the last 8 years.
(2) A person who has been granted a discharge in a chapter 13 case that was filed within the last 6 years, unless 70 percent or more of the debtor’s unsecured claims were paid off in the chapter 13 case.
(3) A person who files and obtains court approval of a written waiver of discharge in the chapter 7 case.
(4) A person who conceals, transfers, or destroys his or her property with the intent to defraud his or her creditors or the trustee in the chapter 7 case.
(5) A person who conceals, destroys, or falsifies records of his or her financial condition or business transactions.
(7) A person who fails to satisfactorily explain any loss or deficiency of his or her assets.
(8) A person who refuses to answer questions or obey orders of the bankruptcy court, either in his or her bankruptcy case or in the bankruptcy case of a relative, business associate, or corporation with which he or she is associated.
(9) A person who, after filing the case, fails to complete an instructional course on personal financial management.
(10) A person who has been convicted of bankruptcy fraud or who owes a debt arising from a securities law violation.
10. What types of debts are not dischargeable in a chapter 7 case?
(6) Debts for intentional or malicious injury to the person or property of another, if the creditor files a complaint in the bankruptcy case.
11. Who should not file a Chapter 7 case?
12. Is there anything that a person must do before a chapter 7 case can be filed?
Yes. A person is not permitted to file a chapter 7 case unless he or she has, during the 180 day period prior to filing, received from an approved nonprofit budget and credit counseling agency an individual or group briefing that outlined the opportunities for available credit counseling and assisted the person in performing a budget analysis. This briefing may be conducted by telephone or on the internet, if desired, and must be paid for by the person. When the chapter 7 case is filed, a certificate from the agency describing the services provided to the person must be filed with the court. A copy of any debt repayment plan prepared for the person by the agency must also be filed with the court. In emergency situations, the required credit counseling may be conducted after the case is filed.
13. How much is the filing fee in a chapter 7 case and when must it be paid?
The filing fee is $335.00 for either a single or a joint (husband and wife) case. The filing fee is payable when the case is filed. However, if the person filing can show that his or her income is less than 150 percent of the official poverty line and that he or she is unable to pay the filing fee, the court can waive payment of the filing fee. If the person filing is unable to pay the entire filing fee when the case is filed, it may be paid in up to four installments, with the final installment due within 120 days (use Official Form 103A). The period for payment may later be extended to 180 days by the court, if there is a valid reason for doing so. Unless payment is waived by the court, the entire filing fee must ultimately be paid or the case will be dismissed and no debts will be discharged.
14. Where should a chapter 7 case be filed?
A chapter 7 case is filed in the office of the clerk of the bankruptcy court in the district where the debtor has resided or maintained a principal place of business for the greater portion of the last 180 days. The bankruptcy court is a federal court and is a unit of the United States district court.
15. May a husband and wife file jointly under chapter 7?
Yes. A husband and wife may file a joint case under chapter 7. If a joint chapter 7 case is filed, only one set of bankruptcy forms is needed and only one filing fee is charged. However, both husband and wife must receive the required credit counseling before the case is filed and both must complete the required financial management course after the case is filed.
16. Under what circumstances should a joint chapter 7 case be filed?
A husband and wife should file a joint chapter 7 case if both of them are liable for one or more significant dischargeable debts. If both spouses are liable for a substantial debt and only one spouse files under chapter 7, the creditor may later attempt to collect the debt from the nonfiling spouse, even if he or she has no income or assets. In community property states it may not be necessary for both spouses to file if all substantial dischargeable debts are community debts. The community property states are Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin (and Puerto Rico) (with Alaska being an opt-in community property state).
17. When is the best time to file a chapter 7 case?
(1) Don’t file the case until all anticipated debts have been incurred, because only debts that have been incurred when the case is filed are dischargeable and it will be another eight years before the person is again eligible for a chapter 7 discharge. For example, a person who has incurred substantial medical expenses should not file a chapter 7 case until the illness or injury has been either cured or covered by insurance, as it will do little good to discharge, say, $100,000 of medical debts now and then incur another $100,000 in medical debts after the case has been filed.
(2) Don’t file the case until the person filing has received all nonexempt assets to which he or she may be entitled. If the person is entitled to receive an income tax refund or a similar nonexempt asset in the near future, the case should not be filed until after the refund or asset has been received and disposed of. Otherwise, the refund or asset will have to be turned over to the trustee.
(3) Don’t file the case if the person filing expects to acquire nonexempt property through inheritance, life insurance or divorce in the next 180 days, because the property may have to be turned over to the trustee.
(4) If an aggressive creditor has threatened to attach or garnishee a person’s assets or income, the case should be filed immediately to take advantage of the automatic stay that accompanies the filing of a chapter 7 case (see Question 18, below). If a creditor has threatened to attach or garnishee the person’s wages or if a foreclosure action has been filed against his or her home, it may be necessary to file the case immediately in order to protect the person’s interest in the property.
18. How does the filing of a chapter 7 case by a person affect collection and other legal proceedings that have been filed against that person in other courts?
19. How does filing a chapter 7 case affect a person’s credit rating?
It will usually worsen it, if that is possible. However, some financial institutions openly solicit business from persons who have recently filed under chapter 7, apparently because it will be at least 8 years before they can file another chapter 7 case. If there are compelling reasons for filing a chapter 7 case that are not within the person’s control (such as an illness or an injury), some credit rating agencies may take that into account in rating the person’s credit after filing.
20. Are the names of persons who file chapter 7 cases published?
When a chapter 7 case is filed, it becomes a public record and the names of the persons filing may be published by some credit-reporting agencies. However, newspapers do not usually report or publish the names of consumers who file chapter 7 cases.
21. Are employers notified of chapter 7 cases?
22. Does a person lose any legal or civil rights by filing a chapter 7 case?
23. May employers or governmental agencies discriminate against persons who file chapter 7 cases?
24. Will a person lose all of his or her property if he or she files a chapter 7 case?
Usually not. Certain property is exempt and may not be taken by creditors unless it is encumbered by a valid mortgage or lien. A person is usually allowed to retain his or her unencumbered exempt property in a chapter 7 case. A person may also be allowed to retain certain encumbered exempt property (see Question 34, below). Encumbered property is property against which a creditor has a valid lien, mortgage or other security interest.
25. What is exempt property?
Exempt property is property that is protected by law from the claims of creditors. However, if exempt property has been pledged to secure a debt or is otherwise encumbered by a valid lien or mortgage, the lien or mortgage holder may claim the exempt property by foreclosing upon or otherwise enforcing the creditor’s lien or mortgage. In bankruptcy cases property may be exempt under either state or federal law. Exempt property typically includes all or a portion of a person’s unpaid wages, home equity, household furniture, and personal effects. Your attorney can inform you as to the property that is exempt in your case.
26. When must a person appear in court in a chapter 7 case and what happens there?
The first court appearance is for a hearing called the “meeting of creditors,” which is usually held about a month after the case is filed. The person filing the case must bring photo identification, his or her social security card, his or her most recent pay stub and all of his or her bank and investment account statements to this hearing. At this hearing the person is put under oath and questioned about his or her debts, assets, income and expenses by the hearing officer or trustee. In most chapter 7 consumer cases no creditors appear in court; but any creditor that does appear is usually allowed to question the person. For most persons this will be the only court appearance, but if the bankruptcy court decides not to grant the person a discharge or if the person wishes to reaffirm a debt, there may be another hearing about three months later which the person will have to attend.
27. What happens after the meeting of creditors?
28. What is a trustee in a chapter 7 case, and what does he or she do?
29. What are the responsibilities to the trustee of the person filing the case?
30. What happens to property that is turned over to the trustee?
31. What if a person has no nonexempt property for the trustee to collect?
32. How are secured creditors dealt with in a chapter 7 case?
Secured creditors are creditors with valid mortgages or liens against property of the person filing. Property that is encumbered by a valid mortgage or lien is called secured property. A secured creditor is usually permitted to repossess or foreclose on its secured property, unless the value of the secured property greatly exceeds the amount owed to the creditor. The claim of a secured creditor is called a secured claim and secured claims are collected from or enforced against encumbered property. Secured claims are not paid by the trustee. A secured creditor must prove the validity of its mortgage or lien and must usually obtain a court order before repossessing or foreclosing on encumbered property. Encumbered property should not be turned over to a secured creditor until a court order to do so has been obtained, unless the property is encumbered only to finance its purchase. The debtor may be permitted to retain certain types of encumbered personal property (see Question 34, below).
33. How are unsecured creditors dealt with in a chapter 7 case?
34. What encumbered property may a person retain in a chapter 7 case?
A person may retain (or redeem) certain encumbered personal and household property, such as household furniture, appliances and goods, wearing apparel, and tools of trade, without payment to the secured creditor, if the property is exempt and if the mortgage or lien against the property was not incurred to finance the purchase of the property. A person may also retain without payment to the secured creditor any encumbered property that is both exempt and subject only to a judgment lien that is not divorce-related. Finally, a person may retain certain encumbered exempt personal, family, or household property by paying to the secured creditor an amount equal to the replacement value of the property, regardless of how much is owed to the creditor.
35. How may a person minimize the amount of money or property that must be turned over to the trustee in a chapter 7 case?
(5) accrued earnings and benefits, (6) tax refunds, and(7) sporting goods.
It is usually advantageous to take steps to ensure that the value of each of these assets is as low as possible on the day and hour that the chapter 7 case is filed. By doing this the person will not be cheating or acting illegally; he or she will simply be using the law to his or her advantage, much the same as a person who takes advantage of the tax laws by selling property at the appropriate time.
Cash. If possible, the person filing should have no cash on hand when the chapter 7 case is filed. Further, if he or she has received cash or the equivalent of cash in the form of a paycheck or the closing of a bank account shortly before the filing of the case, the funds should be disposed of for valid purposes and receipts should be obtained when disposing of the funds in order to prove to the trustee and the court that the funds were validly disposed of prior to the filing of the case. Money possessed or obtained shortly before the filing of a chapter 7 case may be spent on such items as food and groceries, the chapter 7 filing fee, the attorney’s fee in the chapter 7 case, and the payment to creditors whose claims the person intends to reaffirm and continue paying after the filing of the chapter 7 case. Payments should not be made as gifts or loans to friends or relatives, however, as the trustee may later recover these payments.
Bank Accounts. The best practice is to close out all bank accounts before filing a chapter 7 case. If a bank account is not closed, the balance of the account should be as close to zero as the bank will allow and all outstanding checks must clear the account before the case is filed. If the person filing has written a check to someone for, say, $50 and if the check has not cleared the account when the case is filed, the $50 in the account to cover the outstanding check will be deemed an asset and will have to be paid to the trustee.
Prepaid Rent. If a person’s rent is paid on the first day of the month and if the person’s chapter 7 case is filed on the tenth day of the month, the portion of the rent covering the last 20 days of the month, if not exempt, will be deemed an asset and will later have to be paid to the trustee. If possible, the person should make arrangements with the landlord to pay rent only through the date that the case is to be filed and to pay the balance of the rent from funds acquired after the case is filed. If this is not possible, the case should be filed near the end of the rent period.
Landlord and Utility Deposits. Unless they are exempt, the person filing should attempt to obtain the refund of all landlord and utility deposits before filing a chapter 7 case. Otherwise, the deposits, or their cash equivalents, will have to be paid to the trustee, unless the deposits are exempt.
Accrued Earnings and Benefits. In most states, and under the federal law, only a certain percentage (usually 75% or thirty-five times the federal minimum hourly wage, whichever is larger) of a person’s earnings are exempt. Therefore, the trustee may be allowed to take the nonexempt portion (usually 25%) of any accrued and unpaid wages, salary, commissions, vacation pay, sick leave pay, and other accrued and nonexempt employee benefits. Normally, then, the best time to file a chapter 7 case is the morning after payday. Even then, if the pay period does not end on payday, the person may have accrued earnings unless special arrangements are made with the employer. If annual leave or vacation pay is convertible to cash, it should be collected before the chapter 7 case is filed, as should any other nonexempt employee benefits that are convertible to cash.
Tax Refunds. In most states, a tax refund is not exempt and becomes the property of the trustee if it has not been received by the person prior to the filing of a chapter 7 case. Therefore, if a tax refund is expected, a chapter 7 case should not be filed until after the refund has been received and validly disposed of. Even if the case is filed before the end of the tax year, if the person filing later receives a refund, the trustee may be entitled to the portion of the refund earned prior to the filing of the case. The best practice, then, is to either file the chapter 7 case early in the tax year (but after the refund from the previous year has been received) or make arrangements to ensure that there will be no tax refund for that year.
36. May a utility company refuse to provide service to a person if the company’s utility bill is discharged under chapter 7?
If, within 20 days after a chapter 7 case is filed, the person filing furnishes a utility company with a deposit or other security to ensure the payment of future utility services, it is illegal for a utility company to refuse to provide utility service to the person after the case is filed, or to otherwise discriminate against the person, if its bill for past utility services is discharged in the person’s chapter 7 case.
37. What should a person do if he or she moves before the chapter 7 case is completed?
38. How is a person notified when his or her discharge has been granted?
39. What if a person wishes to repay a dischargeable debt?
A person may repay as many dischargeable debts as desired after filing a chapter 7 case. By repaying one debt, a person does not become legally obligated to repay any other debts. The only dischargeable debt that a person is legally obligated to repay is one for which the person and the creditor have signed what is called a “reaffirmation agreement.” If the person was not represented by an attorney in negotiating the reaffirmation agreement with the creditor, the reaffirmation agreement must be approved by the court to be valid. If the person was represented by an attorney in negotiating the reaffirmation agreement, the attorney must file the agreement and other required documents with the court in order for the agreement to be valid. If a dischargeable debt is not covered by a reaffirmation agreement, the person filing is not legally obligated to repay the debt, even if the person has made a payment on the debt since filing the chapter 7 case, has agreed in writing to repay the debt, or has waived the discharge of the debt in a waiver that was not approved by the bankruptcy court.
40. How long does a chapter 7 case last?
41. What should a person do if a creditor later attempts to collect a debt that was discharged in his or her chapter 7 case?
42. How does a chapter 7 discharge affect the liability of cosigners and other parties who may be liable to a creditor on a discharged debt?
43. What is the role of the attorney for the person filing a chapter 7 case?
(1) Analyze the amount and nature of the debts owed by the person filing and determine the best remedy for the person’s financial problems.
(2) Advise the person filing of the relief available under chapter 7 and the other chapters of the Bankruptcy Code, and of the advisability of proceeding under each chapter.
(3) Assist the person in obtaining the required pre-bankruptcy budget and credit counseling briefing.
(4) Assemble the information and data necessary to prepare the chapter 7 forms for filing.
(5) Prepare the petitions, schedules, statements and other chapter 7 forms for filing with the bankruptcy court.
(6) Assist the person filing in arranging his or her assets so as to enable the person to retain as many of the assets as possible after the chapter 7 case.
(7) Filing the chapter 7 petitions, schedules, statements and other forms with the bankruptcy court, and, if necessary, notifying certain creditors of the commencement of the case.
(8) If necessary, assisting the person filing in reaffirming certain debts, redeeming personal property, setting aside mortgages or liens against exempt property, and otherwise carrying out the matters set forth in the statement of intention.
(9) Attending the meeting of creditors with the person and appearing with the person at any other hearings that may be held in the case.
(10) Assist the debtor in attending and completing the required instructional course on personal financial management.
(11) If necessary, preparing and filing amended schedules, statements, and other documents with the bankruptcy court in order to protect the rights of the person.
(12) If necessary, assisting the person in overcoming obstacles that may arise to the granting of a chapter 7 discharge.
The fee paid, or agreed to be paid, to an attorney representing the person filing in a chapter 7 case must be disclosed to and approved by the bankruptcy court. The court will allow the attorney to charge and collect only a reasonable fee. Most attorneys collect all or most of their fee before the case is filed.
*Remember: The law often changes and each case is different. The above is meant to give you general information and is not legal advice. You should contact a bankruptcy attorney to obtain answers regarding your specific situation.
Still have questions? We are here to help! Call Selby Legal now at (845) 419-3383 for a free consultation.

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The end of America's unchallenged global economic dominance has arrived sooner than expected, thanks to the very same Neocons who gave the world the Iraq, Syria and the dirty wars in Latin America. Just as the Vietnam War drove the United States off gold by 1971, its violent regime change warfare against Venezuela and Syria - and threatening other countries with sanctions if they do not join this crusade - is driving European and other nations to create their alternative financial institutions.
The Deep State is reacting with shock at how this right-wing real estate grifter has been able to drive other countries to defend themselves by dismantling the U.S.-centered world order. To rub it in, he is using Bush and Reagan-era Neocon arsonists, John Bolton and now Elliott Abrams, to fan the flames in Venezuela. It is almost like a black political comedy. The world of international diplomacy is being turned inside-out. A world where there is no longer even a pretense that we might adhere to international norms, let alone laws or treaties.
The Neocons who Trump has appointed are accomplishing what seemed unthinkable not long ago: Driving China and Russia together - the great nightmare of Henry Kissinger and Zbigniew Brzezinski. They also are driving Germany and other European countries into the Eurasian orbit, the "Heartland" nightmare of Halford Mackinder a century ago.
The root cause is clear: After the crescendo of pretenses and deceptions over Iraq, Libya and Syria, along with our absolution of the lawless regime of Saudi Arabia, foreign political leaders are coming to recognize what world-wide public opinion polls reported even before the Iraq/Iran-Contra boys turned their attention to the world's largest oil reserves in Venezuela: The United States is now the greatest threat to peace on the planet.
Calling the U.S. coup being sponsored in Venezuela a defense of democracy reveals the Doublethink underlying U.S. foreign policy. It defines "democracy" to mean supporting U.S. foreign policy, pursuing neoliberal privatization of public infrastructure, dismantling government regulation and following the direction of U.S.-dominated global institutions, from the IMF and World Bank to NATO. For decades, the resulting foreign wars, domestic austerity programs and military interventions have brought more violence, not democracy.
In the Devil's Dictionary that U.S. diplomats are taught to use as their "Elements of Style" guidelines for Doublethink, a "democratic" country is one that follows U.S. leadership and opens its economy to U.S. investment, and IMF- and World Bank-sponsored privatization. The Ukraine is deemed democratic, along with Saudi Arabia, Israel and other countries that act as U.S. financial and military protectorates and are willing to treat America's enemies are theirs too.
A point had to come where this policy collided with the self-interest of other nations, finally breaking through the public relations rhetoric of empire. Other countries are proceeding to de-dollarize and replace what U.S. diplomacy calls "internationalism" (meaning U.S. nationalism imposed on the rest of the world) with their own national self-interest.
This trajectory could be seen 50 years ago (I described it in Super Imperialism  and Global Fracture .) It had to happen. But nobody thought that the end would come in quite the way that is happening. History has turned into comedy, or at least irony as its dialectical path unfolds.
For the past half-century, U.S. strategists, the State Department and National Endowment for Democracy (NED) worried that opposition to U.S. financial imperialism would come from left-wing parties. It therefore spent enormous resources manipulating parties that called themselves socialist (Tony Blair's British Labour Party, France's Socialist Party, Germany's Social Democrats, etc.) to adopt neoliberal policies that were the diametric opposite to what social democracy meant a century ago. But U.S. political planners and Great Wurlitzer organists neglected the right wing, imagining that it would instinctively support U.S. thuggishness.
The reality is that right-wing parties want to get elected, and a populist nationalism is today's road to election victory in Europe and other countries just as it was for Donald Trump in 2016.
Trump's agenda may really be to break up the American Empire, using the old Uncle Sucker isolationist rhetoric of half a century ago. He certainly is going for the Empire's most vital organs. But it he a witting anti-American agent? He might as well be - but it would be a false mental leap to use "quo bono" to assume that he is a witting agent.
After all, if no U.S. contractor, supplier, labor union or bank will deal with him, would Vladimir Putin, China or Iran be any more naïve? Perhaps the problem had to erupt as a result of the inner dynamics of U.S.-sponsored globalism becoming impossible to impose when the result is financial austerity, waves of population flight from U.S.-sponsored wars, and most of all, U.S. refusal to adhere to the rules and international laws that it itself sponsored seventy years ago in the wake of World War II.
Any international system of control requires the rule of law. It may be a morally lawless exercise of ruthless power imposing predatory exploitation, but it is still The Law. And it needs courts to apply it (backed by police power to enforce it and punish violators).
Here's the first legal contradiction in U.S. global diplomacy: The United States always has resisted letting any other country have any voice in U.S. domestic policies, law-making or diplomacy. That is what makes America "the exceptional nation." But for seventy years its diplomats have pretended that its superior judgment promoted a peaceful world (as the Roman Empire claimed to be), which let other countries share in prosperity and rising living standards.
At the United Nations, U.S. diplomats insisted on veto power. At the World Bank and IMF they also made sure that their equity share was large enough to give them veto power over any loan or other policy. Without such power, the United States would not join any international organization. Yet at the same time, it depicted its nationalism as protecting globalization and internationalism. It was all a euphemism for what really was unilateral U.S. decision-making.
Donald Trump's National Security Adviser John Bolton erupted in fury, warning in September that: "The United States will use any means necessary to protect our citizens and those of our allies from unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court," adding that the UN International Court must not be so bold as to investigate "Israel or other U.S. allies."
That prompted a senior judge, Christoph Flügge from Germany, to resign in protest. Indeed, Bolton told the court to keep out of any affairs involving the United States, promising to ban the Court's "judges and prosecutors from entering the United States." As Bolton spelled out the U.S. threat: "We will sanction their funds in the U.S. financial system, and we will prosecute them in the U.S. criminal system. We will not cooperate with the ICC. We will provide no assistance to the ICC. We will not join the ICC. We will let the ICC die on its own. After all, for all intents and purposes, the ICC is already dead to us."
What this meant, the German judge spelled out was that: "If these judges ever interfere in the domestic concerns of the U.S. or investigate an American citizen, [Bolton] said the American government would do all it could to ensure that these judges would no longer be allowed to travel to the United States - and that they would perhaps even be criminally prosecuted."
The original inspiration of the Court - to use the Nuremburg laws that were applied against German Nazis to bring similar prosecution against any country or officials found guilty of committing war crimes - had already fallen into disuse with the failure to indict the authors of the Chilean coup, Iran-Contra or the U.S. invasion of Iraq for war crimes.
Of all areas of global power politics today, international finance and foreign investment have become the key flashpoint. International monetary reserves were supposed to be the most sacrosanct, and international debt enforcement closely associated.
Central banks have long held their gold and other monetary reserves in the United States and London. Back in 1945 this seemed reasonable, because the New York Federal Reserve Bank (in whose basement foreign central bank gold was kept) was militarily safe, and because the London Gold Pool was the vehicle by which the U.S. Treasury kept the dollar "as good as gold" at $35 an ounce. Foreign reserves over and above gold were kept in the form of U.S. Treasury securities, to be bought and sold on the New York and London foreign-exchange markets to stabilize exchange rates. Most foreign loans to governments were denominated in U.S. dollars, so Wall Street banks were normally name as paying agents.
That was the case with Iran under the Shah, whom the United States had installed after sponsoring the 1953 coup against Mohammed Mosaddegh when he sought to nationalize Anglo-Iranian Oil (now British Petroleum) or at least tax it. After the Shah was overthrown, the Khomeini regime asked its paying agent, the Chase Manhattan bank, to use its deposits to pay its bondholders. At the direction of the U.S. Government Chase refused to do so. U.S. courts then declared Iran to be in default, and froze all its assets in the United States and anywhere else they were able.
This showed that international finance was an arm of the U.S. State Department and Pentagon. But that was a generation ago, and only recently did foreign countries begin to feel queasy about leaving their gold holdings in the United States, where they might be grabbed at will to punish any country that might act in ways that U.S. diplomacy found offensive. So last year, Germany finally got up the courage to ask that some of its gold be flown back to Germany. U.S. officials pretended to feel shocked at the insult that it might do to a civilized Christian country what it had done to Iran, and Germany agreed to slow down the transfer.
But then came Venezuela. Desperate to spend its gold reserves to provide imports for its economy devastated by U.S. sanctions - a crisis that U.S. diplomats blame on "socialism," not on U.S. political attempts to "make the economy scream" (as Nixon officials said of Chile under Salvador Allende) - Venezuela directed the Bank of England to transfer some of its $11 billion in gold held in its vaults and those of other central banks in December 2018. This was just like a bank depositor would expect a bank to pay a check that the depositor had written.
Turkey seemed to be a likely destination, prompting Bolton and Pompeo to warn it to desist from helping Venezuela, threatening sanctions against it or any other country helping Venezuela cope with its economic crisis. As for the Bank of England and other European countries, the Bloomberg report concluded: "Central bank officials in Caracas have been ordered to no longer try contacting the Bank of England. These central bankers have been told that Bank of England staffers will not respond to them."
This led to rumors that Venezuela was selling 20 tons of gold via a Russian Boeing 777 - some $840 million. The money probably would have ended up paying Russian and Chinese bondholders as well as buying food to relieve the local famine.3 Russia denied this report, but Reuters has confirmed is that Venezuela has sold 3 tons of a planned 29 tones of gold to the United Arab Emirates, with another 15 tones are to be shipped on Friday, February 1.4 The U.S. Senate's Batista-Cuban hardliner Rubio accused this of being "theft," as if feeding the people to alleviate the U.S.-sponsored crisis was a crime against U.S. diplomatic leverage.
If there is any country that U.S. diplomats hate more than a recalcitrant Latin American country, it is Iran. President Trump's breaking of the 2015 nuclear agreements negotiated by European and Obama Administration diplomats has escalated to the point of threatening Germany and other European countries with punitive sanctions if they do not also break the agreements they have signed. Coming on top of U.S. opposition to German and other European importing of Russian gas, the U.S. threat finally prompted Europe to find a way to defend itself.
Imperial threats are no longer military. No country (including Russia or China) can mount a military invasion of another major country. Since the Vietnam Era, the only kind of war a democratically elected country can wage is atomic, or at least heavy bombing such as the United States has inflicted on Iraq, Libya and Syria. But now, cyber warfare has become a way of pulling out the connections of any economy. And the major cyber connections are financial money-transfer ones, headed by SWIFT, the acronym for the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, which is centered in Belgium.
Russia and China have already moved to create a shadow bank-transfer system in case the United States unplugs them from SWIFT. But now, European countries have come to realize that threats by Bolton and Pompeo may lead to heavy fines and asset grabs if they seek to continue trading with Iran as called for in the treaties they have negotiated.
On January 31 the dam broke with the announcement that Europe had created its own bypass payments system for use with Iran and other countries targeted by U.S. diplomats. Germany, France and even the U.S. poodle Britain joined to create INSTEX  Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges. The promise is that this will be used only for "humanitarian" aid to save Iran from a U.S.-sponsored Venezuela-type devastation. But in view of increasingly passionate U.S. opposition to the Nord Stream pipeline to carry Russian gas, this alternative bank clearing system will be ready and able to become operative if the United States tries to direct a sanctions attack on Europe.
I have just returned from Germany and seen a remarkable split between that nation's industrialists and their political leadership. For years, major companies have seen Russia as a natural market, a complementary economy needing to modernize its manufacturing and able to supply Europe with natural gas and other raw materials. America's New Cold War stance is trying to block this commercial complementarity. Warning Europe against "dependence" on low-price Russian gas, it has offered to sell high-priced LNG from the United States (via port facilities that do not yet exist in anywhere near the volume required). President Trump also is insisting that NATO members spend a full 2 percent of their GDP on arms - preferably bought from the United States, not from German or French merchants of death.
U.S. overplaying its position is leading to the Mackinder-Kissinger-Brzezinski Eurasian nightmare that I mentioned above. In addition to driving Russia and China together, U.S. diplomacy is adding Europe to the heartland, independent of U.S. ability to bully into the state of dependency toward which American diplomacy has aimed to achieve since 1945.
The World Bank, for instance, traditionally has been headed by a U.S. Secretary of Defense. Its steady policy since its inception is to provide loans for countries to devote their land to export crops instead of giving priority to feeding themselves. That is why its loans are only in foreign currency, not in the domestic currency needed to provide price supports and agricultural extension services such as have made U.S. agriculture so productive. By following U.S. advice, countries have left themselves open to food blackmail - sanctions against providing them with grain and other food, in case they step out of line with U.S. diplomatic demands.
It is worthwhile to note that our global imposition of the mythical "efficiencies" of forcing Latin American countries to become plantations for export crops like coffee and bananas rather than growing their own wheat and corn has failed catastrophically to deliver better lives, especially for those living in Central America. The "spread" between the export crops and cheaper food imports from the U.S. that was supposed to materialize for countries following our playbook failed miserably - witness the caravans and refugees across Mexico. Of course, our backing of the most brutal military dictators and crime lords has not helped either.
Likewise, the IMF has been forced to admit that its basic guidelines were fictitious from the beginning. A central core has been to enforce payment of official inter-government debt by withholding IMF credit from countries under default. This rule was instituted at a time when most official inter-government debt was owed to the United States. But a few years ago Ukraine defaulted on $3 billion owed to Russia. The IMF said, in effect, that Ukraine and other countries did not have to pay Russia or any other country deemed to be acting too independently of the United States. The IMF has been extending credit to the bottomless it of Ukrainian corruption to encourage its anti-Russian policy rather than standing up for the principle that inter-government debts must be paid.
Most of the above events have made the news in just one day, January 31, 2019. The conjunction of U.S. moves on so many fronts, against Venezuela, Iran and Europe (not to mention China and the trade threats and moves against Huawei also erupting today) looks like this will be a year of global fracture.
It is not all President Trump's doing, of course. We see the Democratic Party showing the same colors. Instead of applauding democracy when foreign countries do not elect a leader approved by U.S. diplomats (whether it is Allende or Maduro), they've let the mask fall and shown themselves to be the leading New Cold War imperialists. It's now out in the open. They would make Venezuela the new Pinochet-era Chile. Trump is not alone in supporting Saudi Arabia and its Wahabi terrorists acting, as Lyndon Johnson put it, "Bastards, but they're our bastards."
Where is the left in all this? That is the question with which I opened this article. How remarkable it is that it is only right-wing parties, Alternative for Deutschland (AFD), or Marine le Pen's French nationalists and those of other countries that are opposing NATO militarization and seeking to revive trade and economic links with the rest of Eurasia.
The end of our monetary imperialism, about which I first wrote in 1972 in Super Imperialism, stuns even an informed observer like me. It took a colossal level of arrogance, short-sightedness and lawlessness to hasten its decline  something that only crazed Neocons like John Bolton, Elliott Abrams and Mike Pompeo could deliver for Donald Trump.
 Patricia Laya, Ethan Bronner and Tim Ross, "Maduro Stymied in Bid to Pull $1.2 Billion of Gold From U.K.," Bloomberg, January 25, 2019. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-25/u-k-said-to-deny-maduro-s-bid-to-pull-1-2-billion-of-gold. Anticipating just such a double-cross, President Chavez acted already in 2011 to repatriate 160 tons of gold to Caracas from the United States and Europe.
 Constanze Stelzenmüller, "America's policy on Europe takes a nationalist turn," Financial Times, January 31, 2019.

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Ambassador Pham Thi Kim Anh, deputy permanent representative of the Vietnam mission to the United Nations (UN), highlighted the role played by education in reducing social inequality while speaking at the 72nd session of the UN Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs Committee in New York on October 3.
Education helps disadvantaged groups like women, girls and the disabled access opportunities to have a better life as education equips them with knowledge, skills and confidence, she said.
Vietnam has prioritised education, Kim Anh said, adding that the country has injected 20 percent of its State budget into education, along with devising many incentives for poor and ethnic minority students.
At the same time, Vietnam has strengthened international cooperation in education, she noted.
Kim Anh said social inequality is developing between countries and within each country, in terms of income, gender, employment and access to education, health care and fresh water.
Therefore, tackling social inequality has become an urgent task for all regions, countries and the entire international community, she said.
In his opening remarks, on October 2, Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs of the UN, highlighted challenges to the materialisation of Sustainable Development Goals, including economic crises, sluggish growth, natural disasters, climate change, inequality, unemployment and population aging.
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Scorers: Kevin Wagstaff, Mitchell Thompson, Craig Davies.
Coleshill put an end to their run of four defeats with, in the end, a comfortable win over Feckenham but it could have been so different. On thirty minutes, with the home team edging in front, Coleshill lost their shape, confidence and discipline which resulted in a passage of play dominated by Feckenham who were unlucky not to increase their lead. Fortunately Mitchell Thompson popped up with a much needed equaliser just before the break and with Mick Beadle's half time lecture ringing in their ears Town went on to outplay their opponents for the remaining 45 minutes.
As in previous weeks Coleshill started well but failed to make their superiority count, then conceded when Feckenham finally got to grips with the game. Danny Carter rounded the keeper but was drove wide and his effort was cleared off the line. Carter shot straight at the keeper before James Lloyd joined in the attack from deep and shot just wide from 20 yards. Craig Davies avoided two tackles before having his powerful shot saved then Carter had a shot blocked when well placed and from the rebound Feckenham broke quickly to bring Craig Jones into action with a near post save. Feckenham were just stating to enjoy some possession but the opening goal should have easily been cleared. Karl Jones was under no pressure but his sloppy clearance fell to a home forward. A couple of quick one two's released Ryan Field who finished crisply past Jones. Feckenham should have increased their lead as they shot over when well placed and Jones saved at the feet of an attacker. Town tried to regain their composure and from a corner Steve Lees headed down and Mitchell Thompson turned sharply to shoot home.
Coleshill forced the play on the resumption as Carter was fouled on the edge of the box. A quick free kick released Thompson but his effort hit the angle of post and bar.
Carter cleverly slipped the ball between a defenders legs and his well directed shot was parried out to Thompson who looked to be shooting into an empty net before the keeper flung himself in front of the effort to parry again, this time to Kevin Wagstaff who shot over. Another Carter effort was tipped across the face of goal but there was no one close enough to take advantage. Feckenham forced Jones to concede a corner with their only meaningful attack of the half. Carter, who on another day could have scored a hat trick, should have shot with his left but dragged back for his favoured right and the chance had gone.
Beadle?s reshuffled using all three of his substitutes, Frank Woodburn earning his 100th appearance, but it was Craig Davies who finally made his aggression count in the correct area. Town?s leading scorer picked the ball up from deep on 86 minutes and ran at the defence. He looked to have been forced wide across the box but his shot back across the keeper found the far corner to put Coleshill in front for the first time. Davies then became the provider as he released Wagstaff who confidently slotted past the advancing keeper to make the points safe.
Team;- Craig Jones, Steve Lees, Karl Jones (Frank Woodburn), Des Wilkes, Mitchell Thompson, Carl Smith, Josh McPherson, James Lloyd (Stuart Howard), Kevin Wagstaff, Craig Davies, Danny Carter (Lee Dempster).


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1. Find a Grave Memorial, Frances V. Ross - Lowery Cemetery - Memorial# 22314479.
2. Marriage Record, John W. Ross and Frances Clark, Marriage License, 19 July 1939. "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXPK-185 : 21 January 2016), John Wendell Ross and Frances Vermont Clark, ; citing Hamilton, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,940,151. Doc3694.pdf.
3. "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011" [database on-line]. Original Data: Indiana State Board of Health. Death Certificates, 1900–2011. Microfilm. Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana. Indiana Archives and Records Administration. www.ancestry.com, accessed , 7 Aug 2016. Frances Vermont Ross, ID5946, 17 Jan 1948, Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana. Doc3696.pdf.
4. 1940 US Census, Fisher, Delaware Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, SD 6, ED 29-7, Sheet 1B, Line 69, Visit 24, John W. Ross household. Original Nara Data: Roll: T627_1050; www.ancestry.com, accessed 8 Aug 2016. Doc3699.pdf.
5. 1940 US Census, Fisher, Delaware Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, SD 6, ED 29-7, Sheet 1B, Line 69, Visit 24, John W. Ross household. Original Nara Data: Roll: T627_1050; www.ancestry.com, accessed 8 Aug 2016. Doc3699.pdf.
6. Marriage Record, John W. Ross and Frances Clark, Marriage License, 19 July 1939. "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXPK-185 : 21 January 2016), John Wendell Ross and Frances Vermont Clark, ; citing Hamilton, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,940,151. Doc3694.pdf.
7. Marriage Record, John W. Ross and Frances Clark, Marriage License, 19 July 1939. "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXPK-185 : 21 January 2016), John Wendell Ross and Frances Vermont Clark, ; citing Hamilton, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,940,151. Doc3694.pdf.
8. Marriage Record, John W. Ross and Frances Clark, Marriage License, 19 July 1939. "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXPK-185 : 21 January 2016), John Wendell Ross and Frances Vermont Clark, ; citing Hamilton, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,940,151. Doc3694.pdf.
9. Obituary, "John W. Ross" Noblesville Ledger (Noblesville, Indiana) Repository: Hamilton East Public Library (Noblesville, Indiana), Indiana Room, miciofilm. 9 march 1987, page 14. Doc2885.pdf.
10. Marriage Record, John W. Ross and Frances Clark, 26 Aug 1939. "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXPV-F6Y : 21 January 2016), John Wendell Ross and Frances Vermont Clark, 26 Aug 1939; citing Hamilton, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,939,733. Doc3697.pdf.
11. 1940 US Census, Fisher, Delaware Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, SD 6, ED 29-7, Sheet 1B, Line 69, Visit 24, John W. Ross household. Original Nara Data: Roll: T627_1050; www.ancestry.com, accessed 8 Aug 2016. Doc3699.pdf.
12. 1940 US Census, Fisher, Delaware Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, SD 6, ED 29-7, Sheet 1B, Line 69, Visit 24, John W. Ross household. Original Nara Data: Roll: T627_1050; www.ancestry.com, accessed 8 Aug 2016. Doc3699.pdf.
13. Obituary, "John W. Ross" Noblesville Ledger (Noblesville, Indiana) Repository: Hamilton East Public Library (Noblesville, Indiana), Indiana Room, miciofilm. 9 march 1987, page 14. Doc2885.pdf.
14. Find a Grave Memorial, Frances V. Ross - Lowery Cemetery - Memorial# 22314479.
15. "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011" [database on-line]. Original Data: Indiana State Board of Health. Death Certificates, 1900–2011. Microfilm. Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana. Indiana Archives and Records Administration. www.ancestry.com, accessed , 7 Aug 2016. Frances Vermont Ross, ID5946, 17 Jan 1948, Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana. Doc3696.pdf.
16. Find a Grave Memorial, Frances V. Ross - Lowery Cemetery - Memorial# 22314479.
17. "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011" [database on-line]. Original Data: Indiana State Board of Health. Death Certificates, 1900–2011. Microfilm. Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana. Indiana Archives and Records Administration. www.ancestry.com, accessed , 7 Aug 2016. Frances Vermont Ross, ID5946, 17 Jan 1948, Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana. Doc3696.pdf.
18. "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011" [database on-line]. Original Data: Indiana State Board of Health. Death Certificates, 1900–2011. Microfilm. Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana. Indiana Archives and Records Administration. www.ancestry.com, accessed , 7 Aug 2016. Frances Vermont Ross, ID5946, 17 Jan 1948, Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana. Doc3696.pdf.
19. 1940 US Census, Fisher, Delaware Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, SD 6, ED 29-7, Sheet 1B, Line 69, Visit 24, John W. Ross household. Original Nara Data: Roll: T627_1050; www.ancestry.com, accessed 8 Aug 2016. Doc3699.pdf.
20. Marriage Record, John W. Ross and Frances Clark, Marriage License, 19 July 1939. "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXPK-185 : 21 January 2016), John Wendell Ross and Frances Vermont Clark, ; citing Hamilton, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,940,151. Doc3694.pdf.
21. "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011" [database on-line]. Original Data: Indiana State Board of Health. Death Certificates, 1900–2011. Microfilm. Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana. Indiana Archives and Records Administration. www.ancestry.com, accessed , 7 Aug 2016. Frances Vermont Ross, ID5946, 17 Jan 1948, Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana. Doc3696.pdf.
22. 1940 US Census, Fisher, Delaware Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, SD 6, ED 29-7, Sheet 1B, Line 69, Visit 24, John W. Ross household. Original Nara Data: Roll: T627_1050; www.ancestry.com, accessed 8 Aug 2016. Doc3699.pdf.


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Frances was severely injured in a serious motor vehicle accident in Sammamish on January 11, 2002 that occurred after a driver of a truck hit her vehicle, which then sent the car crashing into a tree.
Frances, a 41-year-old mother of four children at the time of the crash, was driving southbound on Sahalee Way Northeast in Sammamish when she was struck by a vehicle that was pulling out of a neighborhood entrance and onto Sahalee Way.
The high-speed impact sent her vehicle off the roadway and over an embankment before crashing into a tree and finally coming to a stop. She suffered a traumatic brain injury and broke her back in two places in the collision, which diminished her ability to continue working as a transplant nurse at the University of Washington Medical Center.
It was later discovered that a King County dump truck and loader were parked in the shoulder on Sahalee Way Northeast, which blocked the other driver’s view of any potential oncoming traffic. The driver claimed he was inching forward to see if he could get a better view of the road when our client’s vehicle suddenly appeared from behind the dump truck.
Due to the severity of her injuries and mounting medical bills, Frances sought out the assistance of the award-winning car accident attorneys at Davis Law Group.
The county employees who were working at the time did not call for help or try to aid Frances after the crash. Witnesses say they packed up their equipment and left the scene, leaving behind some traffic cones and hand tools.
Preliminary investigation also revealed that an employee at the Sahalee Country Club had reported poor visibility resulting from the location of a maintenance truck to the City of Sammamish about two weeks prior to the collision. Responding to this report, a Sammamish police officer had told the King County Department of Transportation that parking in this location was dangerous and ordered that they use a flagger to warn motorists of the reduced visibility.
The county failed to use a flagger despite the officer’s warning, which allowed for this tragic combination of events to take place. The driver agreed to pay $2 million for his role in causing the injuries to our client, while the county agreed to pay the remaining $3 million.
A total of $5 million was recovered on behalf of our client and her loved ones. She had accrued more than $300,000 in medical bills and $1 million in lost wages alone as a result of this tragic collision.
We recovered a $5 million settlement for Frances, a 41-year-old who suffered a brain injury and broken back after a vehicle blindsided her. A King County truck was improperly parked on the shoulder, instigating the collision.
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crossing the Gulf Stream to the US. There is still almost no wind. We get in to Old Bahama Bay Marina at the northern end of Grand Bahama at 3 pm on Friday. We see a hammock as we pull in. Hmm, …maybe we’ll stay an extra day here. It’s a nice place and a good one in which to recover. There is a pool, laundry, restaurant, beach, etc. The resort has bikes so we go into town on Saturday to try and find the lady who makes bread (we find her street but don’t know which house so we turn back to beat a storm that’s coming). The beach along the town has piles of literally thousands of conch shells, tons of dilapidated and falling down buildings. Matt has a hard time understanding how a place can be so poor. We spend part of the day getting ready to go again which, for me, means prepping a lot of food. In the afternoon, we cool off in the pool. We meet the bread lady walking the dock at 5:30 pm and get two loaves. We’re almost ready now.
It’s Sunday and we leave later this morning. Still to be done: hoist the dinghy on board and stow it; get more ice; get garbage off the boat; take off. We could use some water but they don’t have reverse osmosis water here. This passage will be another overnight sail. We are headed to Cape Canaveral. But, if there is good wind and we get a lot of speed from the Gulf Stream, we may be able to get to Daytona. Regardless, it will likely be 36-48 hours depending on where we land.

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National Military Spouse Appreciation Day is celebrated on the Friday before Mother’s Day in May. This year it will be observed on Friday, May 10th, 2019.
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While your back have to always be in its very straight mode and so do your nape of neck, it is somehow pretty hard to talk or think relax. No wonder, the closest pouch with wings and fluffy back is pretty far in the room next door, and besides there is also those conditions that should make you stay at your room. Relax, with neck pillows, put your head to the back and feel your muscle relax. Simply take it from your bag of from any closest storage to save you from that muscle drain. It needs to take a rest as well as you.