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VATICAN CITY (AP) _ The Vatican said Thursday it was closing its center for Jewish studies in Jerusalem and moving it to Rome _ a move that has been criticized by some Jewish teachers as sending a negative signal about relations between Christians and Jews. The Vatican said it was incorporating the Pontifical Ratisbonne Institute into its Gregorian University in Rome for financial and other reasons, including giving it greater visibility and improving academic quality so that its degrees are recognized elsewhere. ``Beyond serious academic concerns, severe, intractable and increasing financial problems of several years' standing necessitate a change of...

Press Release January 14,2003 The Pacific Justice Institute proudly announces its first annual...Left Coast Hall of ShameTop 10 for the Year 2002 1. 9th Circuit ruled Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional because of the phrase "one nation under God." 2. CA State Superintendent of Public Instruction pronounced homeschooling illegal. 3. New law forces abortion training for all gynecologists/obstetricians. (AB 2194 - Jackson, D-Santa Barbara) 4. San Francisco judges officially instructed not to participate or affiliate with the Boy Scouts. 5. Hayward Unified School District adopted a policy to allow teachers to "come out" in their classes and publicize their sexuality....

No-frills prisons and jails: a movement in flux. Federal Probation Vol.60 No.3 (Sept. 1996) Pages 35-44. By. Peter Finn Introduction IN RECENT years, a number of state legislatures, governors, commissioners of corrections, and sheriffs have eliminated or reduced the availability of certain amenities or privileges that inmates have previously enjoyed--so-called "frills"--ranging from weightlifting equipment to hot meals to personal clothing. Corrections experts and administrators interviewed for this study (see below) agreed that the no-frills movement is already widespread and gaining momentum. In addition, a 1995 survey conducted by Corrections Compendium found that 60 percent of responding departments of corrections...

Issue 31. January - February 1999 LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT OF CONVENTIONAL WARHEADS Anatoly Mikhailov, Deputy Chief Designer, Head of the Gas Dynamics Research Section, Russian Federal Nuclear Center   To continue a series of publications dedicated to the Russian Federal Nuclear Center All-Russia Research Institute of Experimental Physics (RFYaTs-VNIIEF), and its role in the advanced development of conventional weapons, we shall focus on the Institute s gas dynamics research which constitutes a major aspect of warhead research development. The research in the field of gas dynamics, together with theoretical projections and computer modeling, help determine warhead physical configuration and its basic design....