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in the Twin Cities, but you can't beat the atmosphere and general weirdness of the original. Pay close attention to the hand-drawn signs- created by store employees, they're not to be missed! Reason #8:Grand Avenue & Grand Old DaysFirst-rate shopping and food, character, and charm are all to be found in this beautiful, historic neighborhood of St. Paul. And once a year they pull out the stops at their annual Grand Old Day Celebration, where folks from all over the state gather, drink, listent to music, and shop in St. Paul's first rite of summer. Reason #9:The St. Paul Winter CarnivalWhile much of the rest of Minnesota goes into hibernation for the winter, St. Paul folks have a party! A treasure hunt, ice palaces, cultural celebrations, ice sculptures, and agiant snow slide! Past carnivals even included rides on sleighs pulled by bears and moose, and a toboggan slide where riders would clock in at around 80 miles per hour. Reason #10: The Ordway Center for the Performing ArtsHost to the Minnesota Opera, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Shubert Club and presenter of major Broadway shows, this world-class opera house in the center of downtown St. Paul is a hotspot for arts and culture. Reason #11:Swede HollowThis quiet little ravine on the east side practically drips in history. Massive oaks, the foundations of old chimneys, and an old train trestle are some of the only things left where many of Minnesota's very first settlers set up camp (literally) when they first arrived in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Reason #12:
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interest of sharing my experiences, here are a few lowlights: While working at a retail store on M Street in Georgetown, a man came in to try on shoes. It was summer and I was wearing flip flops. I was alone in the store. As I was standing in front of him, he proceeded to compliment me on my feet and then grabbed them without my consent. I was scared for my safety, so I backed away and continued to be polite to him until he voluntarily left the store. While riding the Metro to an internship, a man standing in front of me was staring at me very intensely and wriggling around. I didn’t understand what was happening until I saw ejaculate falling out of his shorts. Yes, hegains. As for Trump's personal gain, his administration has said the president sold all of his stock holdings in June 2016, though it remains somewhat unclear since Trump never released his tax returns. Trump also made mention of the strong labor market in his speech. "We have, I think, 16 years — in 16 years it's the lowest unemployment rate," Trump said. The official unemployment rate did drop to 4.3% in May's jobs report, the lowest since May 2001. But to be fair, it was already at 4.6% when Trump got elected, and the pace of job gains over the past three months slightly slowed. The next reading on the labor market will come when the June jobs report is released Friday.
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Big Brother, small town The city council of Langford, Vancouver Island throws their weight aroundand shuts down a budding hemp store by banning all forms of cannabis hempwithin city limits BIG BROTHERsmall town By Nicole Nicholson Fear and Ignorance Strike Again Langford is a small city on Vancouver Island whose city council is very opposed to all forms of cannabis. On June 17 the Langford City Council passed Bylaw 148, which bans cannabis sativa and any “related items,” and prohibits the opening of any hemp store within city limits.The Vancouver Island community created the bylaw when Pattie Desisle, of the Island Hemp Community in Duncan, attempted to open a store on Happy Valley Road in Langford. She acquired a space next to a coffee shop and across the street from an arcade, andin the window she hung a sign stating “Coming soon: Happy Valley Hemp.” This sign, meant to generate interest for her prospective business, instead alerted fearful and ignorant citizens to the opening of a “drug paraphernalia” store. Although Patti had actually planned to focus the store on industrial hemp products, the fearful objectors never asked her what she was going to sell. The day she went to apply for her business license was the day the bylaw was originally proposed. The original form of the bylaw prohibited hemp products from being sold within three kilometers of a school. When Pattie revealed that she had intentions of relocating her business to comply with the bylaw, it was amended to encompass the entire municipality. The Council Meeting On June 17 the bylaw was adopted.
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Of course, it met with opposition, but it was too late, the public hearings had already been held. When Norm Chollette took up the podium during public participation, council informed him that they would not hear any speeches dealing with hemp or the bylaw, and then promptly adjourned for a recess. Chollette gave an impassioned speech to the public that was present, then left on his own steam. Six police cruisers showed up to deal with the offending protester but they were too late. The Council meeting continued until they came to the last item on the agenda, Bylaw 148. They voted to adopt the bylaw and adjourned the meeting. Ted Smith (ofnationwide injunction against a federal government action. According to the Justice Department, the Obama administration faced 20 nationwide injunctions over eight years. The Trump administration has already faced nearly 40. History of Nationwide Injunctions Major Recent nationwide injunctions The Supreme Court recently stayed two major nationwide injunctions. First, on July 26 the Supreme Court stayed an injunction from a California federal district court that would have prevented the Trump administration from repurposing appropriated funds to build a border wall. Second, on September 11 the Supreme Court stayed a nationwide injunction against the Trump administration’s new rule requiring asylum seekers who cross the U.S.-Mexico border to apply for asylum in Mexico or another third country before applying in the United States. These decisions did not resolve the underlying lawsuits, but did allow
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coincidence, these critics assert, that nationwide injunctions against the Bush administration came largely from California, those against the Obama administration came from Texas, and those against the Trump administration largely from courts in California, Hawaii, and Washington. From a constitutional perspective, opponents of nationwide injunctions argue the Judiciary Act of 1789 could not have granted the power to impose a nationwide injunction because the Constitution only granted our judiciary powers available to English courts of the era. Those courts did not have the power to grant injunctions against the king and only in limited circumstances issued injunctions applying to more than just the specific plaintiff in question. Other commentators argue that sometimes people in similar situations to the plaintiffs face irreparable harm without a nationwide injunction. They also point toher record of helping her political pals. She is obviously on the hot seat for her long record as a politician. Barbara Hoppe has a lot of explaining to do. She has to explain why she took sides against the college students she is supposed to represent. She has to explain why she aggressively helped her political donors squeeze a $100,000 payoff for their group. She has to explain why she made an unannounced, unnecessary City Council motion after a five and one-half hour Council meeting to punish the college students, when the usual administrative process was working. It happened, and I'm disappointed in Barbara Hoppe. She talks the talk about openness and transparency. But when it means helping her political donors, she doesn’t walk the walk. If I’m elected Ward
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Butler Falls Butler Falls Latham, Kansas GPS:37.5464 x -96.695 After being tipped off of a waterfall at Butler State Fishing Lake, I took off one Friday afternoon to find it. In the spillway of the lake, there is a seasonal waterfall. It was barely a trickle when I visited the first time. I went again after heavier rains, and found an awesome waterfall that cascades even further down stream. There may be smaller falls even further on, so I will head back at some point and explore from the north of the spillway. Credit: Stuart Countryman tipped me off that there might be some falls in the spillway of the lake.The City of Lubbock has initiated a full Emergency Operations Center (EOC) activation. At about 2:15 AM, the City of Lubbock experienced city-wide power outages that has affected power throughout the city. There were unconfirmed reports of outages at 71st Street and Avenue P as well as the Holly Station. The source has been identified as a lightening arrestor failure out of the Wadsworth Plant at 34th Street and Guava Avenue. There are no reports of injuries from any explosions.
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Restaurant representative plays down Justin Bieber headbutt report A representative for the Los Angeles restaurant where Justin Bieber is accused of headbutting another man last weekend has played down reports of the altercation. The "Sorry" hitmaker is reportedly under police investigation after reportedly taking issue with a guy filming the singer "play fighting" with his pal, former That's So Raven actor Kyle Massey, while attending a pre-Grammy Awards party at popular eatery Serafina. According to TMZ.com, Bieber allegedly lunged at the male after he refused to stop filming and delete the footage, prompting another person at the venue to call police. The pop superstar had left the premises by the time Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officers arrived, and they are currently investigating the matter as a misdemeanor battery. Initial reports suggested thealleged victim, who has supposedly declined to press charges, was an employee at Serafina, but a spokesperson for the restaurant has denied any connection to the man or the person who reported the bust-up to the cops. The rep simply told TMZ, "We always have a pleasant experience with Mr. Bieber whenever he comes to Serafina." Justin has yet to comment on the incident. The 22-year-old has endured a series of legal issues over his wild antics in recent years, including an arrest for driving under the influence in Florida in January, 2014 - the same month he was accused of vandalizing his former neighbor's Calabasas, California home. He was previously also involved in various clashes with members of the paparazzi, leading to a number of lawsuits.
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Police have foiled a suspected bomb plot inspired by Islamic State in the run up to Christmas, it emerged yesterday. More than a hundred officers swooped on a quiet cul-de-sac in Newcastle upon Tyne yesterday to arrest an alleged lone wolf plotter said to be under the spell of the terror group. Fearing that explosives may be present, more than 150 houses were evacuated as well as a school when elite counter-terrorism officers raided an address in the Arthur's Hill area of the city less than a mile from St James's Park football stadium and the Eldon Square shopping centre. Dozens of locals were taken to a community centre while searches were carried out at the suspect's property for any explosives or weapons. A 33-year-old man was arrested at the property onsuspicion of being concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism. More than a hundred officers swooped on a quiet cul-de-sac in Newcastle upon Tyne yesterday to arrest an alleged lone wolf plotter said to be under the spell of the terror group It is understood residents were evacuated from their homes in what the police have described as part of an 'intelligence led and pre-planned' investigation But hours after his arrest the cordon was taken down after no explosives were found. Last night the suspect was last night being questioned at a police station on West Yorkshire. It is understood police decided to move in amid fears that a lone wolf bomb attack was being plotted in the run up to Christmas. Specialist forensic officers were last night continuing to
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carry out a fingertip search of the property. A police spokesman said the operation had been the result of a pre-planned, intelligence led investigation and warned locals that armed officers were likely to remain at the scene for some time. Locals expressed their shock at seeing police officers in military style uniforms descending on the normally quiet street shortly after 10am. Neighbours described the man who was living at the address as an Asian man in his 30s, but said they knew little about him. Among those whose homes were evacuated in the residential area was the father of troubled TV presenter Ant McPartlin. One of the cordoned off roads was once home to teenage bomb plotter Liam Lyburd who was jailed for life in 2015 for an unrelated plot to carry outa massacre at Newcastle College. Chief Superintendent Neil Hutchinson said: 'Officers from Counter Terrorism Policing North East, supported by Northumbria Police have this morning (TUES) arrested a man in the Arthur's Hill area of Newcastle on suspicion of terrorism offences. 'The 33-year-old has been taken to a police station in West Yorkshire for questioning. 'The arrest was intelligence led and pre-planned as part of an ongoing investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing North East. 'As part of the operation a number of residents were evacuated from properties as a precautionary measure. 'Officers also attended a nearby school to offer reassurance and ensure pupils were away from a nearby property which was being searched as part of the operation. 'When we were satisfied there was no threat posed at this address, residents were allowed to go
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It’s Saturday in America in 2017—and for thousands of people, that means taking to the streets to air grievances about the administration in the White House. Today, over 135 cities across the United States will play host to March for Truth demonstrations. The marches directly address the largest, smokiest scandal facing America today: The ties between Russia and President Donald Trump‘s campaign and associates. There are five ongoing investigations at the federal level probing Russia’s attempts to influence the 2016 presidential election, the Trump campaign’s ties to Moscow, and—in the case of the single criminal investigation—whether the president attempted to interfere with the FBI‘s investigation into Trump associates. The investigations include four probes in Congress—the House Intelligence and Oversight committees, and the Senate Intelligence and Judiciary committees—as well as thecriminal investigation overseen by recently appointed Special Prosecutor Robert Muller. According to the organizers of the March for Truth, which includes more than 17 national progressive organizations, the time for answers is long overdue. “Every day we learn more about the role Russian state-led hacking and information warfare played in the 2016 election, and there are crucial unanswered questions about the relationship between the Russian state and Donald Trump, his associates and his campaign,” the organizers write on the March for Truth website. “The legitimacy of the United States government hinges on the answers to these questions. If the President was elected even in part due to collusion with a foreign effort to interfere in our democratic process, then the will of the people has been subverted.” The March for Truth
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drugs has been traced back to countries in the Middle East and elsewhere, he said. He declined to link the synthetic drugs to anti-American extremists in the Middle East but said they had relied on sales of illicit drugs as a source of funds in the past. Designer synthetic drugs are often marketed as herbal incense, bath salts, jewelry cleaner or plant food. They are made up of plant material that has been infused with psychoactive compounds that mimic THC, the active ingredient of marijuana, the DEA said. Abuse of the drugs can lead to seizures, vomiting, loss of consciousness and overdose deaths, the DEA said in a statement. The number of emergency room visits associated with the drugs reached 28,531 in 2011, more than twice the number the year before,General Motors' all-electric Chevrolet Bolt compact car will be able to go 238 miles on a single charge, the automaker announced Tuesday. That's enough to drive from New York City to Washington DC or nearly enough to make a round trip between Los Angeles and San Diego. Perhaps more importantly to GM, it beats the 215 miles Tesla has promised for its upcoming Model 3, a similarly-priced electric car that's expected to go on sale next year. "Chevrolet showed the world the production version Bolt EV earlier this year and in a few short months we've moved from that vision to a reality," said GM North America President Alan Batey. Sales of the Chevrolet Bolt are scheduled to begin before the end of this year. While the Bolt's name is very similar to
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A memo has been turned over to special counsel Robert Mueller that details a claim Donald Trump asked for the Russia investigation to be officially cited in the firing of FBI director James Comey last year. Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe drafted a memo on the circumstances leading up to the dismissal of Comey, concerning a conversation McCabe had with deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein about preparations for the dismissal, the New York Times first reported. Rosenstein played an important role in that episode, having written a memo that, when it was released, faulted Comey for his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. The White House then held that up as a justification for Trump’s decision to fire Comey. According to McCabe’s memo, Rosenstein indicated to him that hewas initially asked to reference the Russia investigation in his own memo on Comey. But the final version didn’t include discussion of Russia and focused instead on the Clinton email case. Rosenstein appointed Mueller as special counsel last May, one week after Comey was fired. He has said he would recuse himself if necessary if his actions became relevant to Mueller’s investigation. McCabe became FBI acting director following Comey’s firing last May. He was then dismissed as deputy director in March 2018, just days before his scheduled retirement, amid an inspector general finding that he had misled internal investigators about his role in an October 2016 disclosure to The Wall Street Journal. Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor now on Trump’s legal team, told reporters on Wednesday that
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he wants the Mueller investigation, which is looking into alleged ties between the Trump election campaign and Russia and any possible obstruction of justice by the president and others, to be wrapped up no later than September. He repeated his and Trump’s concerns that if it continues longer it will interfere with the November midterm elections. Appearing on Fox News later, Giuliani slammed the Mueller investigation as a “lynching mob”. He has also hinted that Trump might fire attorney general Jeff Sessions, whom the president attacked again on Wednesday, after Mueller wraps up.daughter Vivienne Angelina's Maleficent co-star Elle Fanning recently raved about her experience on set with the star, admitting that Brad's fiancée really is one of a kind. "Whenever she walks into a room, you just stare at her," Elle told V Magazine. "And she was walking around on set in the whole costume with both her twins, one on each hip. It made her seem even more otherworldly. But she was incredible. We had the best time. I really love her.
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Cannabis legalization in the U.S. has hit a couple of snags in recent weeks as New Jersey's full legalization efforts collapsed, but Canopy Growth (CGC) - Get Report CEO Bruce Linton is not concerned about the minutia of American political leanings on marijuana, he believes his company can reach all of its goals through just the Canadian and international markets. Linton sat down with TheStreet at the CWCB Expo in New York to discuss his company's trajectory and the future of cannabis, not only in the U.S., but globally. "Canada is sort of a maturing market. The reason we're not rushing to be highly profitable in the next 12 to 24 months is that we believe this business can be replicated globally and we can be a leader and thatit's enlightening in a fascinating and innovative way. The shooter is Leonard Shelby, who is a former insurance investigator from San Francisco, someone with a talent for telling whether people are lying by looking at their eyes as he talks with them. He's been hunting a man called John G who raped and murdered his wife, and as far as he's concerned he's finally found him, because he's the man he kills at the beginning of our film to end his quest. What we need to find out is how he manages to track him down given that he has a serious handicap. When he walked into his bathroom to catch his wife's killer in the act and shoot him dead, an unseen accomplice threw him into a mirror
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and triggered a condition called anterograde memory loss, possibly the most serious way to impact anyone's ability to investigate anything. Anterograde memory loss is a form of amnesia that prevents the formation of new memories, but doesn't break anything else in the brain. Therefore Shelby can remember his life before what is consistently referred to as 'the incident', right up to seeing his wife in the bathroom, but nothing further from then on except for the previous few minutes. But hey, he gets there in the end, right? After all, we see it at the beginning of the film. We see Shelby get his revenge by killing John G. Well it's not quite that simple. It's more than a little strange watching an investigation in reverse, scene by scene,gun and he forgets during the chase who's doing the chasing. So he defines a system, beginning with a tattoo on his left hand that reads 'Remember Sammy Jankis'. Because he knew Jankis before the incident his memory of him isn't lost and he knows precisely what that tattoo is supposed to trigger: the recollection system. Sammy was a man he investigated who had the same condition and wrote things down on notes. As Shelby is dealing with more serious things, he goes a step beyond mere notes to keep polaroids in his pocket that identify people and places and key information like who to trust and what people's motivations are. His own driving purpose he has tattooed onto his chest in mirror writing and whenever he is sure
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and constantly in flux, depending on fashion and context and timeframe and even the personal taste of whoever is going through the experience. It's the rare filmmaker who can make something that stands apart as a work of art but still involves and entertains us. Stanley Kubrick is the most obvious name to conjure up and Christopher Nolan has every possibility of succeeding such an important name. Each film he's made thus far has tried to do something new, even though he's committed supposedly unpardonable cinematic sins like filming a remake or making a superhero movie. Insomnia is a rare American remake of a foreign film that wasn't universally panned on release and Nolan reinvented the superhero genre with Batman Begins, then apparently mastered it with its sequel, TheDark Knight, possibly the most popular and acclaimed such film ever made. I'm more of a fan of Following and The Prestige, very different films with very different budgets that both impressed me no end, and Memento, only the second of six features thus far to carry his name, seems to be holding its own. It sprung out of a cross country road trip, of all things, which prompted both a short story by Nolan's younger brother Jonathan and this screen adaptation of it, though the two apparently have a number of strong differences. Guy Pearce plays the lead, which helps the story because he's far less recognisable than the initial choice of Brad Pitt. He's come a long way since Neighbours, an Aussie soap opera, finding himself in
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films from what seems like every genre: film noir (LA Confidential), horror (Ravenous), romantic comedy (Dating the Enemy), western (The Proposition), science fiction (The Time Machine), swashbuckler (The Count of Monte Cristo), drama (Winged Creatures), crime (Animal Kingdom), even the uncategorisable (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert). He currently has a couple of major titles to his name, keeping him at the forefront: Kathryn Bigelow's award winning The Hurt Locker and the adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road. Pearce carries much of this film, the condition his character has surely making it a difficult part to play, regardless what order they shot the scenes. However he has able support from a couple of actors from The Matrix: Joe Pantoliano as Teddy, the man who dies at thebeginning of the film but has quite a bit of screen time after that, and Carrie-Anne Moss as a bartender called Natalie. Both of these characters, along with Shelby himself, help to shape the directions he takes, and while it gradually become clear which are due to who and why, even after the impactful ending I was still a little unsure as to how much each of them knew at any point in time, or whether the beginning of the film constitutes justice or a miscarriage of it. Perhaps it's both. Perhaps we'd really need the scene that happens before the film begins to truly reach that decision. I'm a transplant from the rain and beauty of northern England to the sun and desolation of Phoenix, AZ. I'm also a
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A police officer has been formally charged with murder over the shooting death of an unarmed, naked black man with mental health problems. A prosecutor in DeKalb County, Georgia, said that officer Robert Olsen was charged with a total of six crimes over the death of 27-year-old Anthony Hill. Mr Hill, a US Air Force veteran who suffered from bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder, was having a manic episode when he was shot to death in March 2014 in the car park outside his apartment building. Robert Olsen has been charged with six counts, including murder (AP) Mr Olsen had told investigators that Mr Hill had been approaching him in what he said was a hostile manner and failed to respond to commands to stop. As it was, he was on ThursdayImage copyrightAFPImage caption Shinzo Abe said Japan would focus on Africa's young people and women Japan should increase its business links with the fast-growing economies in Africa, "the continent that carries the hopes of the world", Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said. Speaking in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa at the end of his first tour of the continent, he also pledged to increase aid and investment. Mr Abe said he would increase support for peacekeeping in South Sudan. His visit is seen as an attempt to rival China's huge influence in Africa. Mr Abe said Japan's priorities would be the continent's young people and women. "We will centre the axis of Japan's diplomacy toward Africa on two groups: Young people, who will without a doubt shoulder the responsibility for the future Africa, and women,
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(Kellett convert) 9:25 14 - 7 EDM MTL—TD Girard 32 pass from Calvillo (Kellett convert) 11:45 14 - 14 EDM—TD Tucker 15 pass from Ray (Fleming convert) 13:37 21 - 14 EDM MTL—TD Cahoon 27 pass from Calvillo (Kellett convert) 14:10 21 - 21 EDM—FG Fleming 27 14:49 24 - 21 EDM Third Quarter MTL—Single Kellett 70 9:59 24 - 22 EDM Fourth Quarter EDM—TD Ray 1 run (Fleming convert) 1:28 31 - 22 EDM EDM—FG Fleming 17 14:31 34 - 22 EDM Montreal coach Don Matthews surprised many experts by playing rookie cornerbacks D.J. Johnson and Brandon Williams. Williams got the call in place of an injured Omar Evans, while Johnson started in place of Wayne Shaw, because Matthews felt Johnson was betterThe 2016/17 season has seen an increase in both the number of tournaments and number of registered players across the Women's Tour. A total of 71 Women's events were contested during the season - three more than during the 2015/16 campaign - taking place in 25 different countries, with the number of PSA W100, W70, W50, W35 and W10 events all increasing. There were three brand new destinations this season namely Latvia - host of the Riga Ladies Open, Armenia - host of the Grand Sport Armenia 2nd Challenger W5 and Colombia - host of the Ciudad de Floridablanca. Alongside the growth in events on the Women's Tour there has also been an increase in female players joining the PSA World Tour. Records show that there are 262 players on the Women's
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Tour, six per cent more than the same point last year, with memberships expected to continue to rise across both the Men's and Women's game throughout the rest of 2017. Become a member of the PSA Foundation and receive exclusive benefits such as:resiliency, a lot of perseverance, a lot of talent.” The Texans became the first team since the 1992 San Diego Chargers to start 0-3 and follow up the bleak start with a division title. The ’92 Chargers beat a divisional foe in the Kansas City Chiefs in the wildcard round at home, but stalled out on the road in the divisional playoffs at Miami. Houston has never made it beyond the divisional round of the playoffs, having to play as the visiting team in every one of their three such appearances. Two of them were in New England, where the Texans will end up if they beat the Indianapolis Colts in an AFC South rubber match in the wildcard round. If the Texans are to make their first AFC Championship Game
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the Watergate investigation. That act that led to a cascade of resignations at the Department of Justice. A senior White House official also backed up Hannity’s more cautious tone by warning against any dramatic action. In an interview, the official called Rosenstein a “straight shooter” and said his denial of the facts outlined by the New York Times was believable. Meanwhile, there was a growing conviction inside the West Wing that the story was planted by leakers on former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s team, designed to bait Trump into firing Rosenstein ahead of the midterm elections and then suffer the political consequences. (A spokesman for McCabe has strongly denied leaking any of his memos to the press.) While Trump allies are unanimous in their view that Rosenstein is highly compromised,Bed and Breakfast Bahamas Nassau Very good8.2252 reviews This Bahamian-style bed and breakfast in Nassau features an outdoor pool with waterfall and on-site dining. Lynden Pindling International Airport is 5 minutes’ drive away. Each room includes a private balcony.Spacious rooms at A Stone’... Cherokee Sound Good7.918 reviews Featuring free WiFi, Beach House Casuarina offers pet-friendly accommodation in Cherokee Sound. Free private parking is available on site. The beach is 50 metres away.Some units include a dining area and/ or terrace. There is also a ki... Kemps Bay Good7.94 reviews Offering a private beach area, an outdoor pool and a spa and wellness centre, Tiamo Resort is located in Andros Town. Free WiFi access is available in all areas.Each room here will provide you with air conditioning, a balcony and a min... Bailey Town 6.92 reviews Tree House 210 is a
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8 km from Atlantis Aquaventure Water Park and 9 km from Blue Lagoon. Guests benefit from free WiFi and private parking available on site.A microwave, a toaster and a fridge can be... Marsh Harbour Fabulous8.62 reviews Located in Marsh Harbour, Abaco Regattas No.24 offers an outdoor swimming pool, free WiFi access and free private parking. The town's commercial area is within walking distance.Accommodation will provide you with a TV, air condit... Hartswell New!No reviews yet Situated on the northern shore of Great Exuma, Bahamas, Calypso Hill is a 14-acre waterfront estate that puts you in the center of Moriah Harbour.Calypso Hill is the only vacation rental on the island complete with its own private beac...were transferred from the hoists to the tilting tray of the fuze-setting machine by hand. Once the fuzes were set, they slid forward to the loading tray from which they were rammed forward into the breech by a hydraulic rammer. The horizontal sliding-block breech opened semi-automatically after the guns fired. The guns could be loaded at any angle of elevation. The Mk XX mounting could elevate to a maximum of 50° and depress to −10°. The turret had a maximum powered training rate of 10° per second, but was manually elevated. Including the crew and ammunition, the revolving weight of the mounting was . It was protected by a gun shield thick., too thin to hold a direct hit, but still appreciable versus small splinters, explosions, small caliber
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in his maiden season in English football, which saw him net 22 goals for Swansea. He was thought to have been the bargain of the century, costing the Swans just £2 million – but he soon wanted to leave the Liberty Stadium for bigger things, which is when his career hit a standstill. An unconvincing spell in the Serie A on loan at Napoli, coupled with a refusal to play for Swansea, means Garry Monk has shown him the exit door. Celtic are looking to strengthen ahead of their potential Champions League campaign alongside their title defence and the 29-year-old striker could do a job in Glasgow if a deal can be agreed.Steve Hansen has insisted that the back-to-back world champions New Zealand are the underdogs for the rematch with Ireland in Dublin on Saturday. Hansen boasts a 92% win record in his four years as the All Blacks head coach, but he believes that Ireland’s historic win in Chicago alters the complexion of the Aviva Stadium game on Saturday. Ireland claimed their first win against New Zealand at Soldier Field on 5 November, their 40-29 victory breaking a 111-year duck. New Zealand will field the fit-again lock duo Brodie Retallick and Sam Whitelock for the Dublin Test on Saturday, with Israel Dagg selected on the wing to counter Ireland’s exacting aerial kicking threat. “As expected, there is huge excitement and anticipation within our squad ahead of this weekend’s Test against the Irish,” Hansen
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About us About us Connected systems for connected journeys 21st Century Technology plc is the specialist provider of tailored solutions to the transport community, solving complex operational requirements both on and off the vehicle. With over 20 years’ experience in the transport industry, 21st Century specialises in providing innovative technology solutions that improve the passenger experience and provide operational benefits to fleet and network operators through 21st Century Fleet Systems and 21st Century Passenger Systems and strives to connect the two in order to create the complete connected journey.Television legal analyst Jeanine Pirro arrives at Trump Tower November 17, 2016 in New York City. Photo : Drew Angerer ( Getty Images ) President Donald Trump and Fox News host Jeanine Pirro are a thing. Maybe not a thing the way that Trump and Stormy Daniels were a thing, but the president clearly loves the evil news anchor with the Archie Bunker disposition and rugged racist scowl. The president is always tweeting about his boo, and now that Pirro is in a fight with her news station, the president used his racist dog whistle (his Twitter account) to send out the alarm. The object of Trump’s orange gaze was absent from the network Saturday night after making comments about U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) during her snooze-fest of a shit show,
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Mercedes yet again at the top of the pile. This, Lewis Hamilton said, was the fastest car he had ever driven. The fresh hell facing Alonso's futureWith McLaren taking Renault engines and Honda heading elsewhere, Woking looks a better short-term prospect for Fernando Alonso after all. But his choice is not that simple1505347200F1 The farce F1 desperately needs to addressOnly one driver started the Italian Grand Prix from the position he qualified. Formula 1 must act now to address the farce that is the current grid penalties system1504742400F1 F1's big 2017 weakness is exposed againFormula 1's flawed move to bigger tyres and more downforce was more exposed than ever at Spa, where its lack of 'edge' compared starkly to MotoGP at Silverstone1504137600F1 Will Renault beat Red Bull in 2018?Having signed Carlos SainzJr and made strides on track, is Renault on course for a big leap forward in 2018? Gary Anderson gives his view on this, and other topics including the hardest-working drivers he met in F11506384000F1 Why Vettel's title chance is down to 23 per centIt was obvious that Sebastian Vettel's Singapore Grand Prix startline disaster was a huge blow to his title hopes. Crunching the numbers shows just how dramatically he's gone from slight favourite to outsider1506384000F1 The winner that foretold F1's new eraStewart Williams takes a look at the first of the new-era Silver Arrows to hit its target - the W03, Mercedes' first winner ahead of its F1 domination1506297600F1 Why Jaguar has nowhere to hideJaguar's international motorsport comeback in Formula E was a huge story, but a disappointment on
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"This is not you, Basil, this is not you." Those were the last words of 66-year-old Carol Culleton before she was strangled with a television cable at her cottage near Combermere, Ont., according to her accused murderer, Basil Borutski. His chilling interview with Ontario Provincial Police Det. Sgt. Caley O'Neill — recorded the day after the killings of Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk, 36, and Nathalie Warmderdam, 48, on Sept. 22, 2015, at three separate locations in and around Wilno, Ont. — was played for the jury in an otherwise silent Ontario courtroom in Ottawa Friday. Court has heard that Borutski knew all three victims. He had been in previous relationships with Warmerdam and Kuzyk, and was convicted of offences against Warmerdam and Kuzyk in 2012 and 2014 respectively. Near the end of thehours-long interview the day after the killings, Borutski tells police he hasn't slept in days and that he's been trying to get help on a crisis line and through a probation officer. He says that he felt like his "head was going to blow off" and that "everything was just snapping in my head," but that he "got nothing." Accused felt God was on his side He tells O'Neill that the night before the killings, he spoke to an older woman at his building about the Bible and about the difference between killing and murder. "Murdering is killing something innocent," he says in the interview. If the Bible said thou shalt not kill, people wouldn't be allowed to kill animals for food or for sport, he says. Later, he talks about what
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end there. 'The gun went off, because it just — lies' After a break, Borutski talks about seeing himself with a gun days before because of his fear of police. He says he had earlier found a shotgun and some rusty old shells, and that he'd hidden them in the bush. Then he discusses the killings of Kuzyk and Warmerdam. He says he took Culleton's car, drove it to Kuzyk's house in Wilno and walked up to the door. "Anastasia, she just walked out, and I asked Anastasia, I said, 'Why did you lie in court?' And she said, 'I didn't,' and then the gun went off, because it just — lies," Borutski says. "What part of her body," O'Neill asks, referring to the 12-gauge shotgun blast that killed her. "I have no idea,she ducked down. There was an island. I don't know," Borutski responds. "There was a little island and she was standing and she just went down, and the gun went off, after she went down. She went in and I walked in right behind her, it's as if it was supposed to be, and I turned around and I walked right back behind her. "There was another girl there, she had a toothbrush in her mouth and she said, 'Who are you, I will kill you,' and that's all." Afterward he asked God what to do, he says, and that he started to drive. Next, Borutski made his way to Warmderdam's house near Eganville, Ont., court has heard. 'I followed her — boom. That was it' When it came time to talk about
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her killing, Borutski offered little detail. "What happened? I just drove in, walked in the door, she was sitting there, she went around the corner, I followed her — boom. That was it. And I walked out. It was funny, like I wasn't even pulling the trigger on the gun, the gun was just going off — boop." O'Neill asks if there was anyone else there. "I don't think so. I didn't see anybody," Borutski says. Victims used him, lied in court, Borutski alleges O'Neill is the prosecution's first witness, and the first half of his videotaped interview with Borutski was played in court Thursday. On it, the jury heard Borutski tell O'Neill he'd been wrongfully accused by Warmerdam and Kuzyk, who he claims lied in court and abused the system to secure convictionsagainst him. He also said all three victims used him. He also said he doesn't trust police because they prosecuted him maliciously in the past, and he repeatedly asked O'Neill to reinvestigate the charges laid against him, as well as all his previous interactions with police, to understand what eventually happened. During opening statements Wednesday, Crown attorney Jeffery Richardson alleged Borutski's interview with police also included confessions to all three killings. Borutski remains silent in court Borutski's trial in Ontario Superior Court before Justice Robert Maranger started earlier this week with jury selection and is scheduled to run for 17 weeks. Borutski has not hired a lawyer and is therefore representing himself at the trial, but he has refused to enter a plea or speak at all, forcing the court to enter a
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plea of not guilty on his behalf. Maranger has repeatedly told Borutski and the court that his silence is being interpreted as acquiescence to the proceedings. He sat motionless and expressionless in the prisoner's box Friday, sometimes watching the screen, other times staring at the ceiling or down at the floor. An amicus curiae, also known as a friend of the court, has been appointed to ensure Borutski gets a fair trial.(CNN) An explosion at a chemical factory in the South Korean port city of Ulsan has killed four people, an official at the city's fire department has told CNN. Two people remain missing following the incident. Fire department officials initially heard the blast at the Hanwha Chemical plant and were trying to determine its location when the emergency call came in. Initial indications suggest the explosion, which occurred at around 9 a.m. local time Friday (8 p.m. Eastern, Thursday), was caused while workers were welding the interior of a waste water storage facility. The blast tore out the upper structure of the storage facility, which subsequently collapsed. Almost 30 emergency vehicles were dispatched to the scene, along with around 220 emergency workers, government officials police and military personnel. Read More
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The adventures of serial killer Joe Goldberg will continue as Netflix announced it has renewed the hit series for a third season. The renewal comes just over two weeks after the release of the highly anticipated second season, which premiered on the streamer on Dec. 26. Season 3 will consist of 10 episodes and is set to debut in 2021. Series leads Penn Badgley and Victoria Pedretti are confirmed to reprise their roles in the new season, with more casting to be announced at a later date. See you soon, neighbor. YOU S3 is coming. pic.twitter.com/rCJx7K9v0P — YOU (@YouNetflix) January 14, 2020 Season 3 of You will be the second season of the series to debut exclusively on Netflix. The series premiered on Lifetime on September 9, 2018, but attracted a limitedaudience, leading to the series moving over to Netflix as a Netflix original in Season 2. Series co-creators Sera Gamble and Greg Berlanti will return as executive producers, with Gamble also returning as showrunner. The snyopsis for the second season is as follows: In the second season, Joe Goldberg moves from New York to Los Angeles to escape his past, and starts over with a new identity. When he meets avid chef Love Quinn, Joe begins falling into his old patterns of obsession and violence. As Joe attempts to forge a new love, he strives to make his relationship with Love succeed at all costs, to avoid the fate of his past romantic endeavors.
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eyes, and wearing a skeleton mask and a blue jogging suit. Aiea High School principal Richard Honda told the police that the description matched Appellee who lived adjacent to the school. Three police officers proceeded to Appellee's residence and were met at the door by Appellee. After identifying himself to the officers, Appellee was asked to step aside, and a police sergeant proceeded to speak with Mrs. Fye, the babysitter. At the time of the incident, Appellee's mother and step-father were out of the state. Mrs. Fye was retained to care for Appellee and his younger brothers. The police informed Mrs. Fye that Appellee might have been involved in the incident at the high school. Mrs. Fye was then asked whether Appellee owned a skeleton mask and a blue joggingsuit. When she replied that Appellee's step-father had a skeleton mask, the police asked her to look in Appellee's room for the mask and the blue jogging suit. These items were eventually found after a search under Appellee's bed and of his dresser drawers. Mrs. Fye had a note from Appellee's mother authorizing Mrs. Fye and her husband to "handle all medical care and legal matters" for the children. Appellee's room, however, was never entered by Mrs. Fye, or even by Appellee's family without Appellee's consent. Appellee's mother specifically instructed Mrs. Fye that Appellee's room was to be left alone, that she did not have to clean it, and that laundry was to be left outside the door in the absence of Appellee. Mrs. Fye was never asked whether she
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some worst cases, children grow up not recognizing their parents, just like in this recent viral post on social media. via: facebookvia: facebook An Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) under the name of Yeth Espiritu Cuadra planned to surprise her family by returning home earlier than expected. According to her, she was originally coming home to the Philippines on December but things took a better turn and her arrival to the country was moved to a much earlier date. via: facebookvia: facebook With this in mind, she wanted to plan a surprise for her family and came home. Little did she know that she was the one who was about to be surprised, and not in a very good manner at that. When she came home, not her mother nor her children recognizedthe China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2012M520897, 2014T70416), the Shanghai International Cooperation Project (13510711300), and Shanghai Basic Research Key Project (No.13510711300, 12JC1405200, 11JC1405100). [Hui Liu]{} is the Zhi Yuan Chair Professor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, received his B.S. in 1988 from Fudan University, Shanghai, China, and a Ph.D. degree in 1995 from the Univ. of Texas at Austin, all in electrical engineering. He was previously an assistant professor at the Dept. of EE at Univ. of Virginia and a full professor at the Dept. of EE, Univ. of Washington. Dr. Liu was the chief scientist at Cwill Telecom, Inc., and was one of the principal designers of the TD-SCDMA technologies. He founded Adaptix in 2000 and pioneered the development of OFDMA-based mobile broadband networks (mobile WiMAX and 3G LTE).
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broadcasting. He is the General Chairman for the 2005 Asilomar conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers. He is a recipient of 1997 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, the Gold Prize Patent Award in China, and 2000 Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award. [Zhiyong Chen]{} received the Ph.D degree in the School of Information and Communication Engineering in 2011 from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT). From 2009 to 2011, he was a visiting Ph.D student in the Department of Electronic Engineering at University of Washington, Seattle, USA. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Shanghai, China. His research expertise and interests include cooperative communications, physical-layer network coding (PLNC), coded modulation in 5G mobile communication systems,computing communications. Dr. Chen serves as a publicity chair for IEEE ICCC 2014 and a TPC member for major international conferences. [Xiaohua Tian]{} (S’ 07-M’ 14) received his B.E. and M.E. degrees in communication engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China, in 2003 and 2006, respectively. He received the Ph.D. degree in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, in Dec. 2010. Since June 2013, he has been with Department of Electronic Engineering of Shanghai Jiao Tong University as an Assistant Professor with the title of SMC-B scholar. He serves as an editorial board member on the computer science subsection of the journal SpringerPlus, and the guest editor of International Journal of Sensor Networks. He also serves as the technical program committee
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(TPC) member for IEEE INFOCOM 2014-2015, best demo/poster award committee member of IEEE INFOCOM 2014, TPC co-chair for IEEE ICCC 2014 International workshop on Internet of Things 2014, TPC Co-chair for the 9th International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems and Applications (WASA 2014) on Next Generation Networking Symposium, local management chair for IEEE ICCC 2014, TPC member for IEEE GLOBECOM 2011-2015 on Wireless Networking, Cognitive Radio Networks and Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Symposium, TPC member for IEEE ICC 2013 and 2015 on Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks and Next Generation Networking Symposium, respectively. [Xinbing Wang]{} received the B.S. degree (with honors.) from the Department of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, in 1998, and the M.S. degree from the Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University,Beijing, China, in 2001. He received the Ph.D. degree, major in the Department of electrical and Computer Engineering, minor in the Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, in 2006. Currently, he is a professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. Dr. Wang has been an associate editor for IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking and IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, and the member of the Technical Program Committees of several conferences including ACM MobiCom 2012,2014, ACM MobiHoc 2012-2015, IEEE INFOCOM 2009-2015. [Meixia Tao]{} (S’00-M’04-SM’10) received the B.S. degree in electronic engineering from Fudan University, Shanghai, China, in 1999, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2003. She is currently a Professor with
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There is no doubt that Kylie Jenner is one of the hottest Instagram model with over 114 million Instagram followers and 22 million on Twitter. She is an animated bombshell and also a millionaire. her Instagram is flooded with Kylie Jenner bikini perfect body photos and swimsuit pics. If you don’t know about this beauty we share short bio of her- Kylie Jenner is one of the top models in American and socialite from California. She is the youngest sister of Kim Kardashian. Born in 1997 in the family of Kris and Bruce Jenner she is just 21 years old. She was just destined to become famous, just like all the other members of the Kardashian-Jenner family. In 2014, Time magazine listed the Jenner sisters on their list ofCategory Archives: casino beste spiele ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS · Road World Festival of Early Music. Dieses Restaurant bietet eine gepflegte Küche, die Ihre Geschmacksknospen in ansprechender, entspannter Atmosphäre verwöhnt. Dez. the Rhein gau Music Festival draws famous orchestras and important Jawlensky collection in the world. . Nerobergbahn funicular railway and the Casino Wiesbaden. Der Wiesbaden Blog enthält viele kleine Geschichten über die vielen .. The city palace was built between and as a. The conference's main focuses are on networking, strengthening alliances and forming new connections. April findet bereits zum 6. Or maybe you have a great idea for an IT project, but no idea where to start? Fifteen Seconds Festival June 8, - June 9, Eine Veranstaltung, die mehr als nur eine Fachkonferenz ist - Aussteller, Unternehmen, Medien und
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if crowded, he would take it to the hoop, his deceptively explosive first step giving him an edge over almost anyone. Yet despite his great play and consistency, AD has never gotten his props. Never even come close, really. When the NBA made its nifty 50 a few years back, he was left off, along with fellow ace forwards Bernard King, Dominique Wilkins, Bob McAdoo and Alex English. Absurdly, he has yet to be elected to the Hall of Fame, helping insure that his name is too infrequently mentioned and too easily forgotten. But the people who know know about AD-think KG, think Joe D, think Dott. One of the reasons that Dantley is not more widely remembered is that he never won a ring, a criteria used to measureand disclosure of tax items as they relate to GAAP and to appoint individuals in the tax department and controller's group with sufficient expertise in tax GAAP issues. ¶ 179-80. In December 2003, Levi replaced its senior vice president and chief financial officer ("CFO"), defendant William Chiasson ("Chiasson"). Id. ¶ 8. 6. Increase in Tax Valuation Account On March 1, 2004 Levi reported restated financial results for 2001, 2002, and the first two quarters of 2003. Id. ¶¶ 42, 63. Levi also increased its deferred tax valuation allowance in 2003 by recording a one-time $282 million increase. Id. ¶¶ 42, 53, 63. Plaintiff's allege that this increase was due to understated tax expenses in 2001 and 2002. Id. C. 2001, 2002, and 2003 Restatements In May 2002 Levi changed its outside auditors
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for Levi from September 27, 1999 to December 10, 2002, when Levi terminated his employment. He started as an international tax manager in the global tax department, was subsequently promoted to senior tax manager, and on February 28, 2001 was again promoted to international tax director. State Compl. ¶ 85. As one of five, tax directors, Walsh's responsibilities included preparing Levi's worldwide tax return, establishing Levi's worldwide tax provisions, integrating the Asia Pacific tax divisions, and carrying out various duties as a member of Levi's leadership team. CAC ¶ 158. In order to calculate the worldwide tax provision for 2001 and 2002, Walsh was required to analyze, inter alia, how tax accounting reserves were established and released, the availability and prior use of foreign tax credits, and theapplication of valuation allowances against credits. Id. Plaintiff's allege that in late 1999 Walsh voiced concerns over various tax positions that he thought were illegal to his supervisor Laura Liang ("Liang"), who at the time was vice president of international tax, and reported directly to defendant Chiasson, Levi's senior vice president and CFO during the Class Period. Walsh specifically questioned Liang about a "conduit financing scheme" that he believed constituted ongoing improper recognition of unrealizable *972 foreign tax credits as deferred tax assets. Id. ¶ 185. Walsh also stated that Liang and Vince Fong, Levi's vice president and tax department head, told him that Levi released reserves to achieve its desired tax rate when he raised the issue of improperly released reserves from 1995 to 2001. Id. ¶ 159.
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them to see." Id. In response, Walsh allegedly stated that withholding information from KPMG would constitute fraud and he would not be a party to it. Id. That same month, plaintiff's allege that Walsh informed Chiasson that he believed Levi's reported net income was overstated as a result of Levi's improper release of excess reserves and improper recognition of unrealizable foreign tax credits as deferred tax assets. Id. ¶ 188. As a result, Walsh was "effectively frozen" out of his role on the leadership team and management of the global tax department. On December 10, 2002 Walsh's employment was terminated "for cause." Id. ¶ 189. 2. Robert Schmidt Schmidt worked in Levi's global tax department from June 18, 2001 to December 10, 2002 as senior manager for international tax untilthese transactions resulted in improper tax deductions between 1986 and *973 1994.[9] According to plaintiff's' allegations, after informing Liang and Fong that he believed these documents should be produced to the IRS, Schmidt was directed by Liang and Fong to withhold them, and that same day he was replaced as the primary IRS contact by Jim Fuller of the Fenwick & West law firm ("Fenwick"). CAC ¶ 195. Plaintiff's allege that boxes of materials brought back from Brazil were withheld from the IRS. Id. ¶ 196. On December 10, 2002 Schmidt's employment with Levi was terminated "for cause." Id. ¶ 197. 3. Confidential Witnesses CW1 worked for Levi from the summer of 2002 to early 2003 as a manager of internal reporting. Id. ¶ 199. CW1 reported directly to Caroline
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1250); see also GlenFed, 42 F.3d at 1548. KPMG reaudited Levi's financial statements for 2001, 2002, and the first half of 2003 after it replaced Levi's former auditors. KPMG audited Levi's 2003 financial statements. As a result of KPMG's audits, Levi was required to restate its financial statements. In October 2003 and March 2004 Levi announced that it would restate its financial statements for 2001, 2002, and the first two quarters of 2003 in several respects. Two of the restatements related to tax matters: . a $24 million increase in tax expense and tax liability in 2001 resulting from a tax deduction taken twice in error for losses related to closures of various plants; and . a $19 million increase in tax expense in 2001 and 2002 to properly provide forthe 2002 fiscal year to $349 million at the end of the 2003 fiscal year. CAC *991 ¶¶ 42, 53, 63. Plaintiffs appear to argue that Levi recorded the increase in the valuation allowance in 2003 even though it should have been recorded, at least in part, in earlier years due to misstatements in those prior years. However, plaintiffs' allegations, viewed in light of the complaint and the additional documents for which the court has taken judicial notice, do not support such a contention. First, the 2003 financial statements, including the need to increase the valuation allowance in 2003, was a product of an audit by KPMG in which KPMG issued an unqualified opinion. Under GAAP, changes in valuation allowances are to be recorded in the period in which
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from investors in public offerings. However, as discussed above, Levi raised capital in private offerings exempt under Rule 144A. The subsequent registrations of bonds were in connection with Exxon Capital exchange offers to enable the holders of unregistered Levi bonds to exchange their bonds for freely tradeable registered bonds with the exact same terms. In other words, Levi did not receive any additional capital in connection with the registration of bonds in the April 2001 Offering and the June 2003 Offering. Plaintiffs do not appear to allege that there were any false or misleading statements in the Rule 144A offering documents. [24] Notably, here, KPMG had notice of the specific allegations made by plaintiffs since they are largely the same complaints plaintiffs made in their state complaints, whichMarco artist depicts combat vets in series of paintings For what is being billed as the Veterans Portrait Project, local artist Malenda Trick is painting 20 individual portraits of local combat veterans. They will be displayed on Marco Island at Iberia Bank, starting with a reception on Nov. 10, the day before Veteransí Day. Submitted Malenda Trick works on a canvas in her studio in Old Marco. An exhibit of 20 of her portraits of local combat veterans, as they appeared while serving in the military, will go on display at Iberia Bank just before Veterans' Day. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent Malenda Trick's palette features colorful hues, despite the muted tones of many of her vet paintings. An exhibit of 20 of her portraits of local combat veterans, as they appeared while
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serving in the military, will go on display at Iberia Bank just before Veterans' Day. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent (2) Malenda Trick in her studio in Old Marco. An exhibit of 20 of her portraits of local combat veterans, as they appeared while serving in the military, will go on display at Iberia Bank just before Veterans' Day. For what is being billed as the Veterans Portrait Project, local artist Malenda Trick is painting 20 individual portraits of local combat veterans. They will be displayed on Marco Island at Iberia Bank, starting with a reception on Nov. 10, the day before Veteransí Day. Submitted Malenda Trick works on a canvas in her studio in Old Marco. An exhibit of 20 of her portraits of local combat veterans, as theyappeared while serving in the military, will go on display at Iberia Bank just before Veterans' Day. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent Brushes and supplies litter Malenda Trick's studio. An exhibit of 20 of her portraits of local combat veterans, as they appeared while serving in the military, will go on display at Iberia Bank just before Veterans' Day. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent Malenda Trick/Special to the Eagle Local artist Malenda Trick is painting 20 individual portraits of local combat veterans. The artist in her Old Marco studio. An exhibit of 20 of Malenda Trick's portraits of local combat veterans, as they appeared while serving in the military, will go on display at Iberia Bank just before Veterans' Day. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent
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Driver of bus that hit Mass. house was new to job AUBURN, Mass. (AP) — The man driving a regional transit bus that crashed into a house in central Massachusetts earlier this week was on his first day of service. The Telegram & Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/1227YGh) that the driver of the bus was 27-year-old Francis Artey of Worcester (WUS'-tur). Worcester Regional Transit Authority official John Carney says Artey went through a rigorous, eight-week training program before "driving in service" for the first time Monday. Carney says Artey was an experienced school bus driver with a stellar driving record. Police say it appears the brakes weren't applied before the bus smashed into the house in Auburn. They say Artey may have had a medical problem, or there may have been a mechanical problemGaucher's disease: the best laid schemes of mice and men. The creation of animal models of Gaucher's disease, the inherited deficiency of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase, has led to new clinical insights and to a new appreciation of the complexity of the glucocerebrosidase gene locus. Murine embryonic stem cells with targeted modifications in the glucocerebrosidase gene were used to generate mouse models of Gaucher's disease, the first having a null glucocerebrosidase allele. The resulting knockout mice have no glucocerebrosidase activity and die within 12 hours of birth. Ultrastructural studies of liver, spleen, brain and bone marrow demonstrate the characteristic storage material seen in Gaucher patients. In the nervous system, storage of lipid increased in a rostral-caudal distribution. Analysis of skin from the knockout mice revealed histological, ultrastructural and biochemical abnormalities.
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- the founder is Enigma, well known personel in PTC world. He was the founder of Titan Network together with Cronus (Titan Network - sold early this month). As it attached with Titan Network, many members from Titancash and Advercash joined this ptc and they got a lot of members in a short time - hv some bugs problem in their script - problem with MyPayScript where uBux (Enigma) lost more than $4000 because of MPS internal problem - Enigma tried very hard to survive and members support him very much including me - Enigma decided to sell uBux (about $500) to Hamza whom he considered as a trustworthy person because he decided to focus on his college study -Hamza took it and after 2 days, he decided to shut the site downand wanted to give the site back to Titan Network as he found there are many bugs problem and loads of pending payment - Cronos and Enigma managed to convince Hamza that the site has a lot of potential and Hamza come back with the new domain of uBux - Hamza tried to pay to some of the members to gain back the uBux reputation - Hamza said he can't make anymore payment because his Alertpay account still not verified. Members believe him and stay calm - uBux found to be in the auction site for sell but Hamza denied that he is going to sell uBux - uBux site down and Hamza announce that the site was sold to the trusted owner - Hamza announce that the negotiation failed and he lost all
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Aug 22 A Visit with the Coors 1 Guests: Ad and B.J. Coors Web Extras John chapter 1 says that we can become children of God if we just accept the name of Jesus. On this classic interview, Dr. Dobson conducted over 30 years ago featuring Ad and B.J. Coors. Ad is the great-grandson of Adolph Coors, founder of Coors Brewery. He will talk about how the death of his father warped his young adult life, while his wife, B.J., unpacks the brokenness in their early marriage. Adolph Coors IV is a Colorado native and the great-grandson of the founder of the Coors Brewing Company. After a stint in the U.S. Marine Corps, he went on to graduate from the University of Denver School of Business and worked two years on Wall Street.Sasuke(Ninja Warrior). Past members Doramu: Born on August 13, 1984, in Hokkaido. Left on April 5, 2009 at Takadanobaba Club Phase live. Drums: Born on March 15, 1974, in Nagasaki. First air-drummer, also played keyboards on stage. Joined on December 24, 2005 at Roppongi Edge live. Left on March 15, 2007 at Ikebukuro Cyber live. He and Shō Kiryūin were originally colleagues of the same shop of Lawson. Doramu: He stood in as an air-drummer and an air-keyboardist when Dankichi Tenkujo left, when Tenkujo returned he went back to being a staff member. He managed BAR of "Beer Bar Lemon Heart" in Tokyo. Now, He is on manga-art cafe Care Zenon's staff, and the assistant of Japanese Manga "BAR lemon heart" . Music relationships Different
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As we strolled along the main shopping street in Norcia, Corso Sertorio, the effects of the devastating Oct. 30 earthquake, the strongest to hit Italy since 1980, were not immediately apparent. Most of the shops, though shut, seemed intact. Christmas lights were strung overhead. The scenery changed dramatically when our guide, Benedict Nivakoff, 37, a Benedictine monk from Connecticut who is known in the local monastic community as Fr. Prior, led us to Piazza San Benedetto, the main square. There, its dominant feature, the 14th Century Basilica of St. Benedict, the spiritual home of the Benedictines, lay in ruins. The bell tower had collapsed onto the roof, reducing the basilica to rubble. Only the basilica's façade was standing. "When we got there right after the quake, the façade was wobblingand there was a moment when our breath was taken away," Fr. Prior said. "A basilica that had been around for many centuries was gone in six seconds." Story continues below advertisement The basilica, built over the legendary birthplace of the saint, who was born in 480, was not the only Benedictine treasure lost in the central Italy earthquake. So was the monks' business, the modern brewery in the basement of the Benedictine monastery adjacent to the wrecked church. While the brewery was left more or less intact, it can't be used because the structure around it is unstable. Two of the six stainless-steel fermenting vats are still full of beer – 5,000 litres in total. About 1,000 bottles of the beer lay in cases. The pre-earthquake beer is precious. While
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the monks plan to build a second brewery at their makeshift monastery on the hills overlooking Norcia, production may not resume for many months. That means the local bars and restaurants that cherish the beer, and the American beer stores that stock it, will be running short of supplies soon. The inside of a store on the high street of Norcia, Italy devastated by earthquakes in August and October. Chris Warde-Jones The beer is called Birra Nursia – Nursia is the Latin name for Norcia – and it's more than just another product in a town famous for its culinary delights, which include wild boar sausage and hams, black truffles, fine pecorino cheeses and Sangiovese and Trebbiano wines. The relaunch of the brewery, along with the monks' effort to bringtheir basilica back to life, have given Norcia hope that it will not forever remain a ghost town – the fate, no doubt, of many nearby towns and villages levelled in the series of earthquakes since August. "The brewery for the townspeople is a sign of life," Fr. Prior said. Norcia was not supposed to be an earthquake victim. The town was hit by devastating, fatal earthquakes in 1859, 1978 and 1997 – "dates written in flesh," as they are known – and was repaired each time to make the buildings more resistant to tremors. The horrendous Aug. 24 earthquake that killed about 300 people in and around Amatrice, about an hour's drive southeast of Norcia, inflicted little damage on Norcia. As aftershocks from the August earthquake proved relentless, the locals
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lost their faith in the town's resilience. Most moved out, including the monks. The exodus probably spared Norcia from mass funerals. The town was virtually empty when the Oct. 30 earthquake hit in the early morning. There were no fatalities, though about 20 people were injured. Moments after the earthquake struck, the Benedictine monks commandeered a car and sped down to Norcia. Their first thought was not the fate of their brewery or the basilica, but that of the cloistered Franciscan nuns, known as the Poor Clares, who lived near the basilica. "Firefighters helped us break down their door and we found the nuns huddled around the altar," Fr. Prior said. "We could have all died there." Story continues below advertisement Benedictine monks in blue habits and local workers building foundationsfor a new church and residence near the church of St. Benedict. Chris Warde-Jones When they inspected their brewery, housed in the remnants of a 13th Century barn, they found it in remarkably good shape. It was one of the few businesses in Norcia that was not destroyed. The monks' goal is to bottle the 5,000 litres of beer remaining in the two vats and get their new brewery going so that the sales can fund the reconstruction of the basilica and their old monastery. The original brewery, and the monks' tourist shop associated with it, will be brought back to life at some point. But that could take years. The American Benedictine monks arrived in Norcia in 2000. Their idea was to reopen the monastery that was abandoned in
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1810, when Napoleon clamped down on monastic orders. In time, the number of Benedictines rose to 20, all American save for one Canadian. The Benedictine monastic order insists on a simple, spiritual life of discipline, prayer and chanting, but a life that is also industrious. The Rule of St. Benedict, a book of precepts that dictates the orders and principles of monastic life, does not contemplate a holy existence for lay-a-bouts. Chapter 48 states "for then are they monks in truth, if they live by the work of their hands." But what work? One of the monks had some experience in brewing and was sent to Belgium to learn the art of Trappist beer making. Donations rolled in and the brewery was built in 2012. Almost all the monks are involvedin some way. Texan monk Fr. Martin Bernhard is the monks' cellarer – he is in charge of food and clothes provisioning – and manages the brewery. After a slow start, beer production of two varieties of the barley malt-based Nursia beer – the light Bionda and the dark Extra – ramped up to 12,000 bottles a month. Mario Jacozzilli, owner of a butcher shop in Norcia. Chris Warde-Jones Fr. Bernhard found distributors in Italy and the United States, but was unable to crack the LCBO, in Ontario. "The brewery was really helping us rely less on donations," he said. "Before the earthquake hit, it was really starting to take off." Story continues below advertisement In Norcia, the beer, which costs €7.50 for the big, wine-sized bottle and €4 for the small
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The Daily Caller is promoting a flawed report that attributes the gender pay gap to women's preference for less lucrative jobs. In reality, women earn significantly less than men in the same occupation and the claim that personal choice is responsible for the gender wage gap has been thoroughly debunked. In a May 31 article, The Daily Caller hyped salary tracking website PayScale's new report that women earn 81 cents on the dollar compared to men simply due to personal choice: Salary tracking website PayScale released a report Thursday pushing back on the idea of a gender pay gap. The report found that although women earn an average 81 cents on the dollar to when compared to men, it's because women choose lower paying jobs. "Unequal pay for equal work? Not really,"show that women's median earnings are lower than men's in most occupations, even those dominated by women. According to an April 2012 fact sheet from the Institute for Women's Policy Research, "Women's median earnings are lower than men's in nearly all occupations, whether they work in occupations predominantly done by women, occupations predominantly done by men, or occupations with a more even mix of men and women." Even a 2009 report published by the Bush Labor Department found "the adjusted gender wage gap ... is between 4.8 and 7.1 percent" when controlling for variables including occupation, career interruption, and industry sector. The gender pay gap is particularly important in light of Pew Research's May 29 study, which found that mothers are the primary or sole breadwinner in 40 percent of
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all American households with children. In addition to promoting the wellbeing of American families dependent on a mother's income, closing the gender wage gap will grow the economy. According to economist Heidi Hartmann, president of the Institute for Women's Policy Research, closing the gender pay gap would grow the U.S. economy by at least three to four percentage points.Test Drive: 2018 Lexus LC500h Hybrid With the 2018 LC500 and LC500h Hybrid, Lexus reenters the luxury sport coupe world with its all-new flagship of the line, offering both performance and efficiency to high-end buyers. Based on an all-new architecture, the new large high-feature chassis and product line encompasses also the new top-drawer 20018 Lexus LS sedan. It’s the largest Lexus sport coupe to date, dwarfing the SC with a 113-inch wheelbase and wide proportions all around. Styling is based on the LF-LC concept car from 2012 that set in motion many of the design themes we see across the brand today. In the LC500h we see much of the same detail level found in the concept car such as its jeweled LED headlights, flush door handles and mirrored LED tail
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Beasts. Table of Contents Introduction by John Langan The Worm That Gnaws The White Prince Night’s Foul Bird The Murders on Morgue Street* Ripperology Walpurgisnacht The Red Church Remains The Labyrinth of Sleep Lovecrafting Persistence of Vision Strange Beast* Painted Monsters* *Titles marked with an asterisk are original to the collection About the Author ORRIN GREY is a skeleton who likes monsters, as well as a writer, editor, and amateur film scholar who was born on the night before Halloween. Painted Monsters is his second collection of weird stories. His writing on film has appeared in places like Strange Horizons and Clarkesworld, and he writes a regular column on vintage horror cinema for Innsmouth Free Press. Reviews “…reminiscent of the works of Klein, Brite and even good ol’Lovecraft in narrative.” –Shock Totem “Painted Monsters & OtherBackwaters Kerala Kerala backwaters, made up of inter-connected lakes, canals, streams and a good number of rivers, are one of the most prominent attractions in God's own country, a paradise-like land for the tourists. Kerala backwaters, sprawling over 900 km long, offer a matchless scenic beauty. Houseboats probably is the best means to enjoy the cherishing beauty of backwaters in Kerala. Boating is not only one of the major entertainment events but it is also a better option to watch out some of the most awesome scenes like the coconut palms standing in line on the river-sides, glittering red-sun kissing on the other end of the water, fisherman casting nets for a catch, and so on.
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of which is composed of UV radiation. In the instance where a positive plate is used, the area on the film that corresponds to the image on the plate is opaque so that no light will strike the plate, whereas the area on the film that corresponds to the non-image area is clear and permits the transmission of light to the coating which then becomes more soluble and is removed. In the case of a negative plate the converse is true. The area on the film corresponding to the image area is clear while the non-image area is opaque. The coating under the clear area of film is hardened by the action of light while the area not struck by light is removed. The light-hardened surface of athat he was proud to be an Ambassador for Peace of the Universal Peace Federation which is a great organisation working for peace in the world. Attending the late afternoon prayers and meeting some of the worshippers, the group was later given a tour of the Mosque which, being built in 1974, is the third oldest in the UK. The UPF -UK, with support from its leading Ambassadors for Peace, released a statement from the day after the murder in Woolwich. ‘The murder of a soldier in Woolwich was a tragic event. Our prayers are with his family who must be really suffering. It is also sad to see a backlash from small extremist groups against the Muslim Community. Now is the time for all communities in UK to appreciate the
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and work. As you may be well aware, Universal Peace Federation (UPF) in the UK launched a Youth Committee in September 2011 in order to focus on issues directly affecting young people. Since then, the youth team has accomplished a lot and has grown to be filled with enthusiasm and confidence in the work they are doing. On top of supporting UPF events such as the European Leadership Conferences, the youth team has also started projects of their own. Currently, theyare running two projects: · The first project is a Youth Interfaith Council which aims to bring together young people of all faith backgrounds to foster peace and understanding. The council was initiated in November 2012 with much enthusiasm from a variety of religious people. It is crucial that thiswhose lives were honoured in a moving ceremony were leading “Ambassadors for Peace” who passed away in recent years including Sheikh Dr Zaki Badawi, Prof. Ninian Smart, Mr OP Sharma OBE, Prof Anthony Flew and Mr. Maurice Geoghegan and several prominent international figures who had been close friends of the UPF and Father and Mother Moon including Pres. Abdurrahman Wahid, a former president of Indonesia, Shaykh Hassan Cissé of Senegal and Dr. Laxmi Mall Singhvi. Mr. Hédi Annabi, a Tunisian diplomat and head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti, who died in the 2010 Haitian earthquake and the one hundred UN workers who died alongside Mr. Annabi were also remembered. The Joint Faith’s Celebration was a accumulation of sharing, talk, reading, food, music and drama highlighting the significance
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young children. Seder traditional ending is the toast, ‘next year in Jerusalem’. which has many meanings but Jack considers to be reliving the experience of those slaves, ‘next year we shall be truly free’. Mr Sukhbir Singh explained, ‘Sikhs all over the world celebrated Vaisakhi yesterday, and will continue to do so for another few days. Vaisakhi for the Sikhs represents the birth of the Khalsa, and has its beginnings in a remarkable event that took place over 300 years ago. During the latter part of the 17th century, India was ruled by the Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb who was bent upon converting the Hindus into Islam.’ For more click here Based on the success and popularity of our past events particularly of the three faiths Joint Celebrations in April, 2009(see last year’s joint celebration), the UPF Community Cohesion & Interfaith Working Committees would like to invite you to a Joint Celebration of the Holy Events of four faiths on Thursday April 15th, at 6.15pm at 43 Lancaster Gate, London, W2 3NA. PESACH – The season of Passover when Jews commemorate the liberation of the Children of Israel who were led out of Egypt by Moses. Jack Lynes will speak on ‘Freedom – The Passover Plate’. EASTER commemorates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Rev Dr Marcus Braybrooke, President of the World Congress of Faiths, will be speaking about Easter. VAISAKHI – commemorates the establishment of the Khalsa at Anandpur Sahib in 1699 and the beginning of the Sikh New Year. Shukhbir Singh of Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha–Birmingham will
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be explaining the significance of Vaisakhi to the Sikh faith. As you well know these three Holy Days have a deep significance in the lives of the respective faith traditions and many who are less religious also hold these days as a special time in their yearly calendar – a time of togetherness in their families. As the 4 Holy Days are in close proximity, we are fortunate to have this opportunity to be together, to celebrate them all. Experiencing the Sacred: Dr Naznin Hirji 16th February, 2010 Dr Naznin Hirji spoke of the conditions conducive to experience of the sacred. She quoted major figures as Rumi, that “according to the polishing of one’s heart can see the hidden meaning of things”. He described the “silence that speaks” and a “thread thatto 8.30pm Dr Naznin Hirji (above photo on right) will speak and lead a discussion on the topic, ‘Experience of the Sacred’. Naznin’s Doctorate is about this area. She is a consultant in Change Management and a long time activist in the Aga Khan Development Network. Biography: Naznin Hirji has a doctorate in Politics, International Relations and Policy Studies with specialisation in the Philosophy of Learning, Faith and Human Development. She also has an MSc in Change Agent Skills and Strategies and a Postgraduate Certificate in Research Methods. She has several years’ experience as an Educator in the area of experiential and existential learning, spiritual leadership and change management using innovative approaches and a passion for Islamic architecture. Naznin represented her community as a Member on the Ismaili Religious Education
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Board UK from 1992-1995 and as a Member of The Ismaili National Council UK from 1999-2002, both positions incorporating multifaith and multicultural interfaces and global development issues. She has also held several other leadership and Educator positions with emphasis on policy issues. Naznin has worked on various projects within the Aga Khan Development Network including the Aga Khan Foundation, and has long been affiliated with The Institute for Ismaili Studies in London. She has participated in planning Committees on several international events and contributed to the initial thinking for the Festival of Muslim Cultures UK 2005-2006. In 2007-2008 she project-led the planning, research and writing of three Volumes of a community religious education Curriculum, which have been translated for use in Central Asian countries and are also inuse in Europe, Canada, East Africa and Russia. Naznin has published several articles and is in the process of writing for an International Handbook on Learning. Working at individual, group and organizational levels, she has traveled extensively to support the processes of transformation and transition. Her style of work is to blend the artistic, scientific and philosophical in order to inspire creativity in people and to foster openness of approach to lifelong learning. Harrison Cohen – Festival of Chanukah Speech at House of Lords November 18th 2009 Your Lordships, esteemed colleagues and friends: Let me start by saying it is truly a great honour and a privilege to have been given the chance to speak before you this evening. Before I start I am actually reminded of something that Lord Parekh mentioned earlier,
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suffering: For throughout our history we have fought for survival time and time again, we have fought for the right to practice, to pray and to worship: To live our lives as the Torah commands us to. Throughout history when faced with inquisition and pogrom the Jews fought back with an unrelenting spiritual faithfulness. Throughout our exile and wanderings in the wilderness of the Diaspora we cling to the belief of the arrival of Messianic Era and the return to the Promised Land. Diwali or “Festival of lights” is an occasion of joy, prosperity and brightness. It is a significant festival for Hindus, Shanti Mehta and Vijay Mehta Sikhs, and Jains. While in Hinduism, Diwali signifies victory over Darkness, it marks the attainment of nirvana by Mahavira, in Jainism. Sikhs oftenrepresent Diwali as a ‘Day of Freedom.’ The festival has emerged as a prime tourist attraction of Varanasi and present a breathtaking spectacle as millions of diyas are lit on the ghats and sent floating the river waters. A large number of people, including Indian and foreign tourist, congregate on the ghats and take boat rides to witness the spectacle. Since the day also marks ‘Kartik Purnima’, millions of Hindu devotees take a dip in the river Ganga. The event is also beamed live on TV and singing and dancing events also take place on various ghats. For Hindus, Diwali is a five day extravagant affair. Dhanteras, the first day, is considered auspicious to buy Gold, household articles and specially utensils for kitchen. On this day, People gift “golden leaf”
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Founding Trustee of Fortune Forum Charity www.fortuneforum.org , Chair of Action for UN Renewal www.action-for-un-renewal.org.uk and co-Chair of World Disarmament Campaign. He is an author, a champion for truth and global activist for peace, development, human rights and environment. Some of his notable books are The Fortune Forum Summit: For a Sustainable Future, Arms No More, and The United Nations and Its Future in the 21st Century.His latest book is on Global Warming and is called ‘Climate Change IQ,’ which is available to download free of charge in electronic form from the website www.climatechange365.co.ukHe along with his daughter Renu Mehta founder of Fortune Forum charity held three summits in London in 2006, 2007 and 2008. The summits raised over a million pounds for charity and attracted a worldwideaudience of 1.3 billion people (one fifth of humanity) including print and media coverage. The keynote speakers for the first and second summit were Bill Clinton, former US President and Al Gore, former US vice-President, and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 2007. The guest speakers in 2008 were Ted Turner, Founder of CNN, Amritya Sen and Sir James Mirrlees both Nobel Prize winning Economists.Vijay Mehta has appeared in various TV programmes including BBC World, Press TV, Ajtak-24 hour Indian news channel, and Think Peace documentary, Canada, among others. The Sunday Times, Independent, Observer, Irish Times and Guardian newspapers, among other journals have written about him. His life is devoted to the service of peace, humanity and our planet. We have a wonderful opportunity to celebrate National Interfaith Week
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and to commemorate the late Dr L.M. Singhvi’s contribution to interfaith work. Dr Singhvi, as a distinguished seven year Indian High Commissioner to the UK, left a deep impression particularly in his encouragement of good interfaith relations. Professor Lord Parekh, who in November 2008 gave a commemorative lecture, will highlight the significance of Dr. L. M. Singhvi’s promotion of interfaith understanding in the cause of peace. Dr Singhvi was the former President of the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) in India and in that position held numerous conferences on the possibilities of an Inter-religious Council in the United Nations. The UPF Interfaith Committee’s series of Joint Celebrations of Holy Days seeksto provide opportunities for people of faith to learn about and celebrate other religious traditions. We are encouraging an inter-generationaltheir faith and to both learn about and celebrate other religious traditions. The UPF Bi-annual Peace Council Meeting is a gathering of Ambassadors for Peace and friends to review activities and strategise how to utilise the cooperative influence of UPF’s growing national and international network. The Universal Peace Federation and its slogans of ‘one family under God’ and ‘living for the sake of others’ has incredible significance in this time of unsettling changes. The UPF Peace Council will begin at 10:30a.m. On Saturday 5th of December, with sessions up to lunch of reports and keynote speakers who have been supporting UPF events during the year. Imam Dr Mamadou Bocoum praised Rev Dr Marcus Braybrooke’s scholarship in writing such a book covering so many significant spiritual figures and for his investment
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National Commission on Indigenous People, gave current data on the various tribal groups in the Philippines. She also praised President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo because although the ancestral domain legislation was passed 12 years ago, President Arroyo was the first to implement it by issuing land certifications. Dr. Norma Gonos, Senior Program Officer for Indigenous Peoples Education, described the components of the Basic Education Assistance for Mindanao experience, which concentrates on improving education for indigenous peoples. In the afternoon session on the first day, Mr. Massimo Trombin, the International Vice-President of Service for Peace, delighted the audience when he told them that the Global Peace Festival was conceived in and born in the Philippines in 2006. The chairman of the Global Peace Festival, Dr. Hyun Jin Moon, was deeply touched byhistorical resentment. Two events highlighted the second day: a morning workshop where delegates drafted resolutions for the “Mindanao Tribal Summit,” followed by a Global Peace Festival (nearly 35 such festivals have been held throughout the Philippines this year). Over 200 participants performed skits, prayed, sang, and danced. Concluding the two-day program at the Kaamulan Cultural Center, tribal chieftains signed the “Mindanao Resolution,” and 25 Ambassador for Peace certificates were distributed. This Mindanao Tribal Summit and Global Peace Festival September 26 and 27 were sponsored by the Universal Peace Federation, the Department of Education, the Province of Bukidnon, and the City of Malaybalay. Rajesh Ananda will guide a meditation and a discussion of the leadership of his spiritual Guru, the Gururaj Ananda Yogi, from whom he inherited his position and wisdom. Gururaj Ananda
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Yogi emerged as a spiritual master in South Africa at the same period as Nelson Mandela who is well known in the world. Gururaj was also struggling against apartheid although he was never jailed he was threatened on numerous occasions. Kindly RVSP to reserve your place. You cordially invited to attend an address and book launch by Rev. Dr. Marcus Braybrooke, entitled, ‘Beacons of The Light’ which introduces 100 of the world’s most influential spiritual teachers. Rev. Dr. Marcus Braybrooke DD., is a retired Anglican Clergyman. He was Executive Director Council of Christians & Jews 1984 – 87, and Chairman of the World Congress of Faiths 1978 – 83 & 1992 – 99, and is its current President. He is the author of more than a dozen books. His Lambethinfluence and challenges the reader to do the same and not just to absorb the information but also to reflect on the impact of the people discussed. The book is an invitation to the reader,as a citizen of the world, to claim his or her inheritance of spiritual riches. AUTHOR:MarcusBraybrooke has for forty years played a significant role in the growing worldwide interfaith movement. He is President of the World Congress of Faiths, Co-Founder of the Three Faiths Forum, a Peace Councillor and a Patron of the International Interfaith Centre at Oxford. He has travelled widely to share in many interfaith gatherings. He is also the author of over forty books on religion and prayer, including 1,000 World Prayers and A Heart for the World (both O Books). ENDORSEMENTS AND REVIEWS:
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Telegraph Blog Mindanao Peace Initiative – UK: Filipino Evening There was a Filipino evening in London last night at which Gene Alcantara introduced the Mindanao Peace Initiative – UK to the local Filipino community. There were several purposes for the evening: – Launching the Mindanao Peace Initiative UK – an initiative that seeks to promote peace in Mindanao, through projects in education, youth service activities, and other initiatives to bring young and old from different communities together in this Philippine area of Christian-Muslim conflict, as well as awareness-raising in the UK. Although focussed on Mindanao, any progress we make will benefit the whole country as well as contribute to world peace. – Introducing the Luzviminda Foundation, a new association aiming to connect Filipinos in the UK from all three main island groupings,and helping where it is needed. Many of the current Filipino organisations are already focussed on their own provinces, and Luzviminda hopes to supplement their role by not being restricted geographically. – Welcoming H. E. Ambassador Antonio Lagdameo and other new officials at the Philippine Embassy in London. During the evening Charles Hardie spoke passionately of his desire for peace in Mindanao. He had experienced through the Northern Ireland conflict the constant need for talks and economic development in order to bring peace. Imam Abdul Mannan Wahid from the Philippine Muslim Association – UK, spoke of Mindanao as a rich and bountiful island that requires peace to become prosperous. Andy Vilalba emphasised the beauty of Mindanao and the need for greater awareness and understanding of its situation. THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC MELTDOWN
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backed trading currency, and 3] Free banking in competition. Robin Marsh and Moeen Yaseen Report by Rev’d Canon Peter Challen Further details, and access to papers delivered, form……Email: myaseen@globalvision2000.com Religious and Spiritual Leaders Series 9th July 2009 43 Lancaster Gate Presented with a Photo of the Sikh Leader His Divine Holiness Satguru Jagjit Singh Ambassador for Peace Award - Prof. Tara Singh Anjan Imam Mahmadou Bocoum Held under the auspices of the Interfaith Committee as a monthly event, the first meeting went well last night. There was a guided meditation and discussion led by Dr. Amarjeet-singh Bhamra. This was a good opportunity to find peace of mind after our busy working day. This was followed by a talk on the life and significance of Mansur al-Hallaj, the Sufi thinker who was executed for his controversial statements in 922issues surrounding Climate Change negotiations culminating in Copenhagen in December 2009. These include a talk by Dr. Yacob Mulugetta from Surrey University on Understanding Food, Water and the Energy Crisis on July 16th and a talk by Lawrence Bloom on September 3rd evening both at 43 Lancaster Gate. Dr Satwant Multani, the Chair of Central Scotland Interfaith, spoke of the Interfaith Youth Hostel project and the inspiration he had received from Paul Curries 1000 mile walk. He had raised £1000 for the Interfaith Youth Hostel among the members of his Gurdwara. A quick collection from the audience raised a further £180 for the project. Mindanao Peace Initiative by Gene Alcantara Dear Friends and Kababayans Gene Alcantara You will know that the conflict in Mindanao continues to cause pain and suffering, dislocation and costs
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as areas of the book that he really appreciated. He emphasised an inspiring figure in history for him was Mansur Al-Hallaj who was executed for proclaiming that he had seen the Lord. He thought that such a figure would have been inspired by this book. He explained the spirituality of submission with reference to the Quran and Mansur Al-Hallaj. Concluding that ‘to know God is to know ourself and the only way to know yourself is to know others.’ The evening progressed well with a number of other contributions including that of Mohammed Ali, CEO of the Islam Channel and Dr Satwant Multani, Chair of Central Scotland Interfaith, who was visiting from Scotland. Prof. King summarised the evening saying, ‘I really wished Prof. Ninian Smart could still have beenRenewal of United Nations and Peace” at the great city of Seoul in the South Korea in the World Summit on Peace: A New Vision for Peace in 21st Century organised by the Universal Peace Federation – UPF. I am also very grateful to the Founder, Chairman and the Secretary General of the Universal Peace Federation – UPF for providing me an opportunity to explain my thoughts of the very important topic. I have two roles: First to explain what we have been doing in the United Kingdom for Peace and secondly explain the position of my faith. So far as Universal Peace Federation – UPF UK is concerned the major emphasis of this year has been to support the United Nations in its activities and make it more effective
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through its organs. The UPF has held various activities in the UN buildings in New York, Geneva and Vienna promoting themes that support the wider direction of the UN. There has been a big emphasis on the UN International Day of Families and the September 21st Day of Peace at UPF Branches throughout the world. The UN International Day of Families has been supported by the UK branch with two events in London attracting an MP, local politicians a senior UNA representative, and interfaith leaders. There have been various activities in the UPF – UK promoting dialogue between cultures and faiths called for by several UN Resolutions for the Dialogue of Civilisations and Faiths. Interfaith, Community Cohesion, Humanitarian activities and the promotion of Millennium Development Goals have beenPakistanis (NABPAK); President Religions for Peace UK and Deputy President of European WCRP -Religions for Peace; Chairman European Inter-cultural Dialogue; Deputy President and International Secretary World Congress of Faiths (WCF); Adviser to European Council of Religious Leaders/Religions for Peace (ECRL); Adviser to the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) Europe and International Affairs Committee (EIAC); Link Officer Brighton and Hove Interfaith Contact Group (IFCG) for National and International Inter-faith matters; European Representative of World Council of Muslims Inter-faith Relations (WCMIR) On Wednesday 21st of April we had the good fortune to be invited to a Vaisakhi celebration in the House of Commons organised by the British Sikh Consultative Forum (BSCF). Usually Vaisakhi is celebrated on April 14th but Parliament was in recess at that time. Despite coinciding with budget day a good number of MPs and Lords
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gathered to honour the occasion. Mr. Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh, the Chairperson of the BSCF, gave the keynote address explaining the historical significance of Vaisakhi as a time of humility, reflection and new start for the Sikh faith that comprises 24 million worldwide and 700,000 in the UK. He applied the lessons of this period to the current economic crisis saying, ‘every crisis is an opportunity and contains within it the promise and hope of new beginnings. The present crisis highlights the unity and interconnectedness of all humanity….I believe the present crisis presents us with very real prospects to rethink and reorganise the global order. The crisis has revealed to us the disconnection and void between policy making and moral practice which lie at its root.’ He emphasised thatuse audio recordings from her past“. – 4,5 stars, The Reviews Hub Cast & Crew Written, Directed and Designed by Doireann Coady Composed by Rob Moloney Dramaturg: Gary Keegan Associate Artist: Grace Dyas Lighting Design: Eoin Winning Associate Costume and Set Designer: Sarah Foley Choreographer: Ruairi O’Donovan Therapeutic Facilitator: Mari Kennedy “She's going to be doing a couple of songs, a couple of poems and maybe a few stories”
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What Is Flakka? Here's What the Designer Drug Is Made of and Its Effects On Monday, a man named Travis Gordon was arrested for allegedly stabbing two men in Gifford, Florida, WPBF reported. The stabbing occurred last week, and Gordon is suspected to have been high on flakka, also called gravel — a dangerous designer drug that's cropped up in parts of the United States. This case is the latest in an epidemic of crimes, incidents and even deaths seemingly related to flakka. "I would say of all the drugs I've seen — cocaine, amphetamines, heroin, Oxycontin — this is the absolute worst," ER doctor Dr. Nail El Sanadi told NBC earlier this month. Flakka usage is on the steady rise, especially with the poor, NBC reported. There were nowhen Rhonda Sanchez overdosed with flakka and other drugs in her system in Deerfield Beach, Florida, according to the Sun-Sentinel. In March, a man high on flakka tried to scale a fence and impaled himself in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, CBS reported. The belief of having superhuman strength is a side effect of flakka, NBC reported. This month, a man who also took flakka attempted to break into the police department at Vero Beach, Florida, and spit on the deputy according to NBC. The cases go on. Flakka and other synthetic drugs were banned in China, after a visit by South Florida law officials in November, the Miami Heraldreported.
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Irish, Vietnamese and Afro-Carribean traders. Some of the Turkish shop owners chased looters away. Shops boarded up along Chalk Farm Road, Camden, the morning after the riots. 09/08/2011. My husband, who lived in the grimmest bits of Hackney in his youth, is shocked and infuriated by it all. Born and raised in London, he was in his teens during the Brixton (1981) and Broadwater Farm (1985) riots in Tottenham (both triggered by the brutality and racism of the police). He rejects any comparison between those events and the recent turmoil. “Those people were battling vicious police, not terrorizing their neighbors or ransacking shops,” he explains. Not even during the bleakest, most turbulent years of the Thatcher era had he seen such wanton and widespread violence and destruction. Much has been said about howor any part of the body that is not affected (see stress effects on the body stress diagram) or. Reduced serotonin level is known as one of the causes of PA and HVA. Serotonin is synthesized from tryptophan. Psychology Chronic Stress Doesn't Stay in Your Head. By Dr. Mercola Anxiety over a project at work… a marital spat… financial trouble… health problems… the list of potential stressors is endless, but wherever your stress is coming from, it likely starts in your head. 16 Things You Needs to Know About Your Mind. The New Definition of a Mental Disorder. 10 Ways to Learn to Like Yourself Better. National Geographic Magazine. Within sight of downtown Seoul, capital of South Korea and a hub of stressful modern life, salesman Sungvin Hong rests after a hike in Bukhansan
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Goldie The Gasman, Pimp C & Gucci Mane's "In The South" [Audio] Texas native Goldie The Gasman debuts his new album today The Crackprint which features guests appearances from Future, Pimp C, Gucci Mane, Z-Ro and Don Chief while hosted by radio host Ay Bay Bay. The album features production by Texas legend Mr. Lee and Tha Product. Goldie The Gasman is projected to be the next Texas wave, check out two bangers from the new album In Tha South and Magic.A "Soul Hungry" T-Shirt, a "Thank You" in the credits of the film, and an autographed, one of a kind photo from the set as well as an autographed copy of the film on DVD! Less
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did more than anyone else to promote the unity of our country”. During the frenzy of riots in the national capital in 1947,Patel put hundreds of Muslims in Red Fort and he brought army from Pune and the then state of Madras to protect them,he said,adding that he went and prayed in Nizamuddin to send a signal to Hindu rioters. “He went to Amritsar and pleaded with angry and emotional Hindus and Sikhs there not to attack refugees who were fleeing our country to go to Pakistan…. This is the kind of secularism Patel promised and practiced,” Tharoor said. Modi has been accused by critics of not doing enough to stop the 2002 riots in which over 1000 people,a large number of them Muslims,were killed. Tharoor said Patel was both a nationalIndra B. Tamang, who grew up in a mud house in a farming village in Nepal, has reached a pinnacle of society after more than three decades of loyal service as a butler, cook and caretaker to a socially prominent American family. The cook became the master—as the inheritor of two apartments at the Dakota, the legendary West Side apartment building, and a valuable collection of Russian surrealist art—after the death last year at the age of 98 of Ruth Ford, a film and stage actress who was the wife of Zachary Scott, a dashing...
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Police say they have sealed off part of the Dutch parliamentary complex and arrested a man who was acting suspiciously and left a backpack on the ground. An explosives expert was called to check the backpack. The arrest happened Friday while the Dutch Cabinet was holding its weekly meeting in one of the buildings that make up the Binnenhof, or Inner Court. The Cabinet meeting was not interrupted by the police action. Hague police say in a tweet that part of the Binnenhof is closed while investigations continue. Further details were not immediately available. The area is heavily guarded and normally members of the public can walk and cycle freely through the area.Board of Directors James Willis,,, Chairman James Willis is based in Wellington, New Zealand, and has an extensive background in the oil and gas exploration and production industry particularly focused on commercial and contractual issues affecting industry participants. He was a partner at the New Zealand law firm of Bell Gully for 25 years specializing in oil and gas matters. When he retired from Bell Gully he took up a position as managing director of an Australian oil and gas exploration group which had a large portfolio of offshore permits around Australia and New Zealand. Since returning to New Zealand in 2011 he has held governance positions with and consulted to various participants in the oil and gas exploration sector. Mark Dunphy,,, Director Mark Dunphy is Chairman and CEO of privately held
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operating company, Greymouth Petroleum. Greymouth (formed in 2000) is the second largest of the New Zealand owned and operated production and exploration companies. Mark’s previous industry positions were Chairman of ASX listed Cultus Petroleum NL (1988 to 1999) and Chairman of privately held Australian company Interstate Energy Limited (1996 to 2002). David Llewellyn,, Dr,, Director Dr Llewellyn holds an MA (Hons) in Geology and completed his doctorate in Geophysics. Dr Llewellyn has held senior management positions with Shell International (Netherlands; Singapore; New Zealand; Thailand) and before that with Mobil International spanning a 35 year career. October 30, 2011Taranaki BasinNZEC is currently producing light, high-quality oil from nine wells in the Taranaki Basin, and is executing a comprehensive development and exploration program to further increase production. Learn more. About New Zealand Energy Corp. NZECThey have an intense belief in this world, their place in it, their hopes and dreams are all laced by ideas of beneficence and joy. Their sorrow arises often from their sense of neglect because the gods and goddesses have ignored their prayers. As a result cults arise which offer wealth, jobs, and dreams of travel and recognition are continuously pursued with the help of the guru, who commands the fates to deliver. German sociologist Max Weber was immensely interested in the idea that the priest was the “magician of the mass”, the idea being that through his prayers, the bread turned into the body of Christ. In parallel form, we understand how simple halwa becomes prasad, an embodiment of the food of the gods. Faith turns material
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Seven Obama alumni won their primary contests Tuesday, out of the 16 candidates with ties to the former president who competed in what was the biggest night of voting so far this year. That brings the number of candidates connected to former President Barack Obama who are advancing to November's general election to at least 17, according to an NBC News tally on Wednesday. According to the Obama Alumni Association, which is tracking the bids of former staffers, more than 66 veterans from his political campaigns, two administrations and Senate office are running in federal, state or local elections this year, and more may add their names as the primary season continues. A couple of the June 5 races, which occurred in California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and fourother states, saw alums pitted against each other. And in some cases, their success Tuesday has them poised for historic firsts. Deb Haaland, 57, who according to The Associated Press won the Democratic primary in New Mexico's 1st Congressional District, would be the country's first Native American congresswoman if she wins again in November. She was a full-time Obama volunteer in 2008 and the New Mexico Native American vote director for his re-election campaign in 2012, and credits him with helping her find the courage to run. Many of her volunteers date back to those campaigns, and her office is still decorated with old Obama signs, she told NBC News last month. “I feel like if I hadn't worked for the president, I would never have had the courage or
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the wherewithal to run,” she said at the time. "I think about him every single day." Deidre DeJear, 32, won the Democratic primary for secretary of state in Iowa, where she'll challenge the Republican incumbent, Paul D. Pate, according to The Associated Press. DeJear was the state's director of African-American outreach on Obama’s 2012 campaign, and a volunteer on his 2008 campaign. She is the first black person to be nominated by a major party to statewide office in Iowa, and if she wins in November, she would be the first to be elected to statewide office in Iowa, too, according to WQAD. DeJear defeated Jim Mowrer, who worked at the Pentagon during the Obama administration and on Obama's 2008 campaign, according to his LinkedIn page. Ammar Campa-Najjar, 29, came insecond in California's 50th Congressional District top-two primary, where he'll take on incumbent Rep. Duncan Hunter, a Republican, according to The A.P. (The Associated Press has confirmed winners that NBC News has not yet called because the margins of the races are small enough to not yet meet NBC News' statistical standards.) Campa-Najjar was a deputy regional field director for Southern California on Obama's 2012 campaign before moving to Washington for stints at the White House and Department of Labor. Tom Malinowski, 52, who served as an assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor in the Obama administration, won in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District, according to The A.P., where he'll challenge the vulnerable Republican incumbent, Rep. Leonard Lance. Also in New Jersey, Andy Kim ran uncontested in
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the Democratic primary in the state's 3rd Congressional District. He spent six years in the Obama administration, most recently serving as the director for Iraq on the White House National Security Council. On previous primary election nights, Rich Cordray, former head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Betty Sutton, an Obama appointee at the U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, advanced their joint-ticket bid to be governor and lieutenant governor in Ohio, while Colin Allred won in Texas' 32nd C.D.About the IFS The Institute for Fiscal Studies was founded in 1969. Established as an independent research institute, IFS was launched with the principal aim of better informing public debate on economics in order to promote the development of effective fiscal policy. Through the establishment of rigorous independent research, for example the IFS Green Budget and Post Budget analysis, IFS successfully opened up debate about public policy to a wider audience and influenced policy decision making. Today, IFS is Britain’s leading independent microeconomic research institute. Its research remit is one of the broadest in public policy analysis, covering subjects from tax and benefits to education policy, from labour supply to corporate taxation. Our research not only has an impact on policy makers, think tanks and practitioners, it has also gained a worldwide reputation for academic rigour, and
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Viread FEATURED ARTICLES ABOUT VIREAD - PAGE 2 NEW DELHI: US drug company Gilead Sciences has filed an appeal in the Indian Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) to challenge a recent order by an Indian Patent Office that rejected two patent claims for its best seller drug Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate). In August, the Indian Patent Office in Delhi shot down two patents sought by the US firm for Viread after patient groups and Indian company Cipla challenged its patentability. After India ushered in the new patent regime in 2005, the government provides 20-year marketing exclusivity for patented products. MUMBAI: Domestic pharma major Cipla is opposing US-based biotech major Gilead Sciences' patent application in India for anti-AIDS drug Viread. This is a unique situation, as Gilead has already licenced out marketingIndia. MUMBAI: Matrix Laboratories has received tentative approval for its abbreviated new drug application Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate tablets of 300 mg from the US Food and Drug Administration under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. The company is the first to get tentative approval for the generic of Gilead Sciences Inc's 300 mg Viread tablets. The company's ANDA was approved in less than six months and is the seventh under President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in the last 12 months. NEW DELHI: California-based Gilead Sciences Inc has allowed four Indian companies to make and sell low-cost versions of three of its new HIV drugs under a firstof-its-kind agreement between an innovator pharmaceutical firm and a United Nations-backed patent-sharing body. Under the licensing deal, Ranbaxy Laboratories , Matrix Laboratories
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, Hetero Drugs and Strides Arcolab can make and sell the three drugs in 100 countries, including India and other developing nations, by paying royalty. NEW DELHI: Blockbuster AIDS drug Tenofovir is set to get cheaper after its inventor and US patent holder Gilead struck non-exclusive licensing deals with four more Indian drug makers on Thursday. For crores of HIV/AIDS patients, the annual cost of treatment using tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (generic name) is set to fall from about Rs 60,000 to about Rs 16,000 in the coming days as the price war heats up. The drug blocks an enzyme which the virus needs to embed itself in a healthy cell and to programme itself to replicate. MUMBAI: Pharmaceutical companies in India seem to be conducting a few experiments outside theirlabs too. Among the new initiatives are clever product sharing arrangements with their rivals, so that the cost of development is spread among many players. Also, each of them benefits because a large number of doctors are informed about the product by a large sales army. Companies like Gujarat's Alembic, Hetero Drugs of Hyderabad and Mumbai-based Lupin have forged such alliances, sources say. Experts in pharmaceutical marketing say the trend of companies coming together to collectively push their products is natural as the industry faces pressures of consolidation. The battle lines between Western pharmaceutical transnationals and NGOs and patients' associations are now drawn sharper than ever before. At the core of the dispute are attempts to get patents for anti-AIDS drugs. NGOs, along with groups of people living with
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AIDS, are fighting pharma MNCs trying to patent their anti-AIDS drugs in India. So far, 12 anti-AIDS drugs for which patents are being sought by pharma MNCs have been opposed, sources said. The Indian Network for People Living with HIV/AIDS (INP) MUMBAI: The correction in the Indian market is an opportunity to buy as the next five years will see the market in upward channel complimented by PE re-rating, says Dilip Bhat, Joint Managing Director , Prabhudas Lilladher . According to him, strong domestic participation from all investors big & small is expected in the Indian market as Indian growth story is visible. Bhat advises investors to start picking following largecaps stocks this Diwali, which can give good returns in next one year.Company The Brimstone Brewing Company is a smaller batch independent craft brewery in the heart of downtown Ridgeway. Host of the annual Albino Rhino Beer Festival in the spring, the Brimstone Brewery is located inside The Sanctuary-Centre for the Arts and is home to a tap room, the restaurant Crave Local Fresh and has a retail store for all to enjoy! Happy Jack’s Satisfying the dining needs of Fort Erie and Buffalo NY since 1967, Happy Jack’s specializes in Chinese cuisine, but also offers a wide assortment of Canadian dishes, as well as having great staff who will make your dining experience at Happy Jack's that much better. Happy Jack’s also offers a schedule of live jazz band concerts, either in their 240 seat dining room, or on its beautiful 140 seat patio deck which
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centre and a hub of activity for people of all ages. The centre houses events such as theatre performances, art openings, concerts, fundraisers, fashion shows, conferences, wedding etc. Sessions on the River This recording studio and record label housed in the former Parkway Movie Theatre features new, inspiring musicians as a live music venue on Fridays and Saturdays throughout the year. Be a part of the studio audience, in this fully licensed establishment, as they broadcast this new music around the world. Check out the dates, concerts and open mic nights online. South Coast Cookhouse One of Crystal Beach's most lively bar & grille, South Coast Cookhouse has quickly become a locals' favorite and a dining destination to from outside the area as well as Crystal Beach's summer resident crowd. Large portions, flavourful dishes cooked consistently every time,Asen's Fortress is sitting on an almost perpendicular cliff overlooking the ancient route connecting Thrace to the Aegean Sea. Adelina Lozanova 1 December, 2017 The “Holy Virgin of Petrich” Church is among the few 13th-century churches preserved in Bulgaria. The church keeps preserved and restored murals dating back to the 13th century. The King Ivan Asen II stone inscription. An unassailable fortress sitting on an almost perpendicular cliff about 30 km south of Plovdiv defends the ancient route connecting Thrace to the Aegean Sea across the Rhodope Mountains. Known as Asen's Fortress (Asenova Krepost), the strategically located fort is one of the oldest strongholds in Bulgaria and nowadays among the most attractive tourist sites in the southern part of the country. The earliest archaeological finds on the site date back to the 5th century BC,
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when the Thracians, drawn by the natural defence of the place, built a fort. It was used by the Romans and in the 6th century AD was considerably renovated by Byzantine Emperor Justinian to be used as a protection against incursions by barbarians, and mostly by the Slavs. The fortress was additionally fortified in the 9th century, this time around because of the incursion by the Bulgarian army in Byzantine territories. The fort is mentioned in the late 11th century in the Statutes of the Monastery of Bachkovo, founded in those days. Its founder, Gregory Bakuriani granted the citadel, called Petrich (from the Greek word petros meaning “rock”), to the monas­tery. In 1204, it was conquered by the crusaders only to be taken back a year later by BulgarianKing Kaloyan. The fortress was once again renovated in 1231 under King Ivan Asen II, as evidenced by an extant stone inscription, and for this reason was later called Asenova (Asen's). Archaeological excavations have unearthed fortified walls, an innermost keep, reservoirs of water, a small church, residential rooms, etc. The innermost keep or donjon was built on the hilltop. In peacetime it was the governor’s residence and in days of war it was used for defence and as a watchtower. The two reservoirs of water were built in the most well-protected part of the fort to collect rainwater. The well-preserved 13th-century “Holy Virgin of Petrich” Church is the landmark of the site. It was among the earliest across the Orthodox Christendom with a tower used both as a belfry and
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a watchtower. It is a two-storey single-nave, single-apse, single-domed building with its sanctuary divided into three parts and a tower over the narthex on the second floor. The first floor was also used as an ossuary. The church itself, with its unique extant 14th-century murals, is on the second floor of the building. In the wake of the Ottoman conquest of Bulgaria in the late 14th century, the fortress lost its strategic importance and was forsaken. It was last mentioned in 1410 as a hiding place of one of Ottoman Sultan Bayezid's sons, who fought between each other as claimants to the throne.Man gets life in prison for homicide by child abuse in son's death By Ray Rivera and Live 5 News Web Staff| October 11, 2012 at 3:21 PM EST - Updated June 28 at 9:30 AM Roger Williams Grace Trotman Roger and Rodricus Williams BERKELEY COUNTY, SC (WCSC) - A man was sentenced to life in prison without parole after being found guilty of homicide by child abuse in the death of his son who was found in a cement-filled trash can. Roger Williams was found guilty on Thursday of homicide by child abuse and unlawful conduct towards a child for the 2010 death of his son, Rodricus Williams. During the sentencing hearing, a relative of Rodricus' thanked the judge and said "Rodricus got his day." Rodricus' mother, Shaneka Washington, attempted to make a statement
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but was visibly shaken. Williams then spoke and apologized to Washington. The judge told Williams for what he did, "indifference was putting it mildly." Shortly after the verdict was read, Williams' attorney asked for a new trial stating that the 33 minutes that jury deliberated was too short. The judge denied the motion for a new trial. Before the verdict was given, the judge told the jury that they could consider three different charges for Williams which included homicide by child abuse, aiding and abetting homicide by child abuse and unlawful conduct towards a child. Evidence presented throughout the week included video shown to jurors of Williams buying cement and a trash can from a local hardware store. On Wednesday, a recorded phone call between Williams and his ex-girlfriend's sister, Ramona Smith, wasplayed for jurors Wednesday morning. On the recorded conversation, Williams admitted that he hit Rodricus so hard that the boy's chest was bruised. Williams then admits in the call that he was scared when he found his son unresponsive and tried to give his son CPR. In another recorded interview played to jurors, Williams recounts to a Berkeley County Sheriff's detective what happened just before and after the day Rodricus died. Williams says he rushed home from work after hearing his son was unresponsive. He said the boy seemed "out of life." Then he and then girlfriend, Grace Trotman, chose not to call an ambulance, according to authorities. In the recording, Williams admitted to dumping his son's body in a cement filled trash can and taking it to the woods near Vance,
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she was living in Williams' home. Trotman said she observed Williams hit his son numerous times with closed fists. Trotman also testified that after Rodricus suffered a seizure, Roger Williams would not let her call an ambulance. Trotman said Rodricus' seizure happened after she hit the 2-year-old on his arm which caused his head to hit a wall. She testified Williams got a trash can, filled it with cement and water, and dropped Rodricus in head-first. Trotman said they used a rental truck to transport the trash can to an abandoned mobile home near Bowman in Orangeburg County, where they left it. Trotman said Williams then told her to tell police Rodricus fell into the water on The Battery in downtown Charleston.Roy Campbell: An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center Creator: Campbell, Roy, 1901-1957 Title: Roy Campbell Collection Dates: 1920-1987 (bulk 1942-1957) Extent: 4 document boxes (1.68 linear feet), 1 galley file (gf) Abstract: The Ransom Center's collection of Roy Campbell spans the years 1920 to 1987 and includes drafts of poems, prose works, and translations, as well as family and other correspondence. Also present are biographical and bibliographical material, including published reviews and criticism and a few photographs. Roy Campbell was born at Durban, Natal, on October 2, 1901, to Dr. Samuel G. and Margaret Campbell, the father African-born of Ulster Scots stock, the mother a Scot. Roy grew up in the rough-hewn setting of colonial Natal, displaying an early affinity for creative writing and an active outdoor life. Sent to Britain to attend Oxford at the end of World War I, he failed his entrance exams,
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but defended himself by explaining to his father that "university lectures interfere very much with my work." Campbell plunged into a bohemian literary life, acquiring literary friends including William Walton, the Sitwells, and Wyndham Lewis. He met and married (in 1922) Mary Margaret Garman, a young beauty no less independent-minded than himself; they soon became the parents of daughters Teresa (Tess) and Anna. His first substantial work, a poem entitled The Flaming Terrapin, was written in the loft of a Welsh cowshed early in the couple's marriage and published in 1924. In 1925, Campbell returned to Durban to help found the journal Voorslag as a vehicle to help rid southern Africa of what he saw as its smug and parochial world view. This effort failed, and upon his return to England Roy Campbell published The Wayzgoose, a South African Satire. The Wayzgoose didlittle for Campbell's reputation, but his following collection of poems, Adamastor, published by Faber, was well received critically. By the end of the 1920s, Campbell's attitude toward Bloomsbury and the British intelligentsia in general had grown increasingly critical, and in 1931, after publishing The Georgiad, an anti-Bloomsbury poetic diatribe, Roy and Mary Campbell left England for the Mediterranean, settling first in Provence and by 1935 in Spain, where they were received into the Catholic Church. The Campbells were living in Toledo, Spain, when the Spanish Civil War erupted in the summer of 1936, and Roy's witnessing the murder of Catholic priests and nuns at the hands of militiamen of the Spanish Republic provoked the final break between Roy Campbell and conventional British literary leftism. Campbell became ever more outspoken on behalf of Francisco Franco and the cause of the rebelling Spanish Nationalists,
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and in February 1939 published Flowering Rifle, a book-length poem filled with praise of Franco and condemnation of the Spanish Republic. When World War II broke out in September 1939, Campbell denounced Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany and returned with his family to Britain. After serving for a time as an air raid warden Roy Campbell was able to enlist in the British army despite his age and physical condition. A lengthy period spent shuttling between army camps in Wales and Scotland finally ended when he was sent to East Africa in 1943, only to be invalided out of the service in April 1944. Campbell returned to England and worked as a government clerk before being offered employment by the British Broadcasting Corporation at the end of the war. In the late 1940s and into the 1950s, Campbell was a producer forthe BBC before moving one final time to Sintra, Portugal. While Campbell had found Franco's ties to Nazi Germany in the late 1930s increasingly distasteful the authoritarian Salazar regime ruling Portugal at mid-century was to him endurable. In his final years Campbell turned more and more to literary translation, producing English versions of The Poems of St. John of the Cross (1951), Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal (1952), and two novels of Antonio d'Eça de Queiroz (Cousin Basilio in 1952, The City and the Mountains in 1955). In 1951, he published his second volume of autobiography, Light on a Dark Horse, later finding time for a North American lecture tour in 1953 and a 1954 visit to South Africa to receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Natal. Roy Campbell died on April 23, 1957, in an automobile accident near Setúbal, Portugal,
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while returning to Sintra from Toledo after attending Holy Week ceremonies in Seville. The Ransom Center's collection of Roy Campbell spans the years 1920 to 1987 and includes drafts of poems, prose works, and translations, as well as family and other correspondence. Also present are biographical and bibliographical material, including published reviews and criticism and a few photographs. The collection is based on acquisitions from the collections of T. E. Hanley and Ellsworth and Joan Mason, along with portions of the papers of Uys Krige and the Campbell family. The collection, as arranged at the Ransom Center, is in three series: I. Works, 1931-1957 (2 boxes); II. Correspondence, 1920-1987 (1 box); and III. Biographical and Critical Materials, 1933-1979 (1 box). The Works series contains, in the main, projects Roy Campbell worked on the last half decade of his life while living in Sintra,Portugal. Translations of Horace's Ars Poetica and Federico García Lorca's La Casa de Bernarda Alba--neither yet published--are found here, along with Campbell's published versions of The Poems of St. John of the Cross and Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal. A partial manuscript of the critical work Lorca, along with the unpublished Taurine Epistles are also present. Drafts--often multiple drafts--of poems written in Campbells's years in Portugal are primarily contained in the 35 exercise books found under the headings "Manuscript notebooks" and "Notebooks." Of this group, only manuscript notebook 30 appears to date from the years before the Second World War. The largest part of the Correspondence series is Roy Campbell's letters to his wife. The earliest piece of this correspondence dates from 1924, but the bulk of the letters were written during the war years when Campbell was
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stationed at various army camps in Great Britain and later in East Africa. There are also smaller groups addressed to Campbell's mother and to his eldest daughter Teresa. Literary correspondence is not prominent in the collection, but letters written by Wyndham Lewis, Alan Paton, and Edith Sitwell are found in Campbell's incoming correspondence and in the Third Party correspondence. The Third Party correspondence also includes letters between Teresa Campbell and Ellsworth Mason dealing with the sale of materials relating to Roy Campbell. The Campbell-Mason correspondence also includes biographical notes on the Campbell family supplied by Teresa, her sister Anna, and Anna's husband Rob Lyle. The Bibliographical and Critical Materials series is dominated by several drafts of articles about Roy Campbell written by his friend Uys Krige between the early 1930s and 1958. The earliest of these date from Krige's first meeting with Campbell inthe south of France in October 1932 and conclude with two pieces dating from shortly after the poet's 1957 death. Also found here are a number of bibliographies and reviews from the Ellsworth and Joan Mason collection of Roy Campbell. Note: Following the Index of Correspondents there is additionally an Index of Titles and First Lines. While this latter index is not exhaustive, it was believed that it would help give a better idea of the contents of the exercise books which comprise a large part of this collection. Many of the poems, essays, and other works by Campbell found here in draft form are perhaps not well known nor yet, in many cases, published. The Art Collection holds, in the Olaf de Wet collection, a portrait head of Campbell of painted plaster; in the Photography Collection are photographs of Roy and
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Swadheen Kshatriya said, "We will comply with the order." Tupe had submitted an application to the office of the social justice minister, which was accepted but not replied to. After the Act was implemented, barring the chief minister's office, other ministers' offices gradually stopped accepting applications, saying they should be sent to the department concerned and not the ministry. But in such scenarios, unless the applicant categorically asked about a particular detail regarding the minister or ministry, s/he wasn't given that information. And, with the ministers' offices left out of the RTI ambit, applicants would fail to get information that only the minister and his/her ministry was in the know of. Now, with Gaikwad's order, recommendations made by ministers, letters they write and other details, like their daily schedule, are expectedNicholas Laurence G is in high school but his part-time job is directing music videos for FookMovie (Fook Movie Videos (http://www.fookmovie.com)), the visual production division of Golosio Publishing. He sees his age as an advantage. "Most music videos I see are like some Hollywood director's idea of what's unusual," G says, "but ours are really strange. Of course, for us, strange is normal." G's video to "Thorne" (from the Electro Bop album) is loaded with symbolism that is both religious and psychological. Images in the video deal with concepts as varied as birth, death, baptism, violence, sex, repression, molestation, resurrection, and redemption. For the video to "Go Through the Secret Door" (from the Jonny Harmonic album), G assembled a psychedelic collage of money, mysterious hooded figures, decorated skulls, guitars and
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keyboards thrashing underwater, a pixilated dance sequence from 1938, and a strange close-up of a face partially covered with two dozen clothes pins. His video to "Keyboard Flavor Monkey" (from the Burning Fan Soundscapes album) takes a humorous approach, with an obviously fake gorilla playing a variety of expensive custom guitars and cheap plastic keyboards, plus images of the big monkey performing human tasks like driving around town, typing or brushing one's teeth. Serving as editor on "Put it Where You Want It" for Euro dance artist Giannetta Marconi was a side project that helped him focus on his main goal. "I don't mind editing, but its better when you can also direct the project." What's on the horizon for G? FookMovie has many more videos planned for 2009, severalof which will involve Nick as editor and/or director. "Doing both is hard work and very time consuming, but its good fun," G states. The FookMovie Web site has all of the company's videos in Quicktime with links to the videos on YouTube and Veoh. Combining visual poetry, surrealism and performance art, the music videos of Nicholas Laurence G are a featured attraction of FookMovie. A Los Angeles-based collective of artists, musicians and videographers, FookMovie has completed an average of one video per week since opening in April of 2008. Musicians and bands with FookMovie videos include Scott Joss and Doug Colosio, The G-Man, James Sotelo, Jonny Harmonic, Country-Fried Funk, and Giannetta Marconi.
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car's powertrain hold true. In store for the Aventador is a heavily-electrified drivetrain that will still make use of a naturally aspirated V12, further improving what is found in the Aventador today. The rumor is 770 horsepower plus 300 kW (402 horsepower) of electric steroids courtesy of two electric motors on the front axle and one in the rear, totaling 1,172 horsepower when paired. It will reportedly ditch the Aventador's single-clutch transmission for a dual-clutch Getrag unit. These claims are in line with previous reports about the next Lamborghini flagship supercar, with one executive allegedly confirming that it will remain naturally aspirated, but nevertheless a hybrid. The Drive has reached out to Lamborghini for comment on both the alleged transfer of ownership and the construction of its upcoming supercars, and weThe game’s bizarre storyline (told with fabulously hyperbolic narration) involves a fledgling super-hero, who, decked out in a trenchcoat and fedora, sets out to free the noirish Metro City from the clutches of the evil Sutekh, Egyptian super-villian extraordinaire. You see, Sutekh has recently slain the vaguely ‘Noid-ish (as in the Domino’s pizza mascot, star of his own fairly wretched NES game) formerly reigning superhero of the city, Vortex. You, as Nightshade, must wander the city’s streets, searching for clues, defeating villains, and attempting to gain favor with the denizens of Metro City. As the game opens (after a brief expository sequence) you have just been tied to a chair by Sutekh, who has left a bomb waiting to blow you to smithereens. Utilizing a (surprisingly well-executed) graphic-adventure format, the
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enemy. The real fun comes when two opposing forces meet and the game switches to the battle mode. Here, you control three facets of a Civil War army, cannons, foot soldiers, and the calvary, as they rush across the battlefield trying to wipe the other out. Last army standing wins the war and goes on to fame and fortune and a future of bullying lesser nations like Iraq and Canada. I should also mention that when I initially rented this game, back in the days when Vanilla Ice was topping the charts and Los Angeles had football teams, it became a neighborhood sensation. We had North & South tournaments. For the few days I had it, kids would be crammed into my bedroom fighting over who gets to beNetflix is bringing the Millarworld comic book Reborn to life on screen, Deadline reports today, with Chris McKay (The LEGO Batman Movie) set to direct and both Sandra Bullock and Vertigo Entertainment on board to produce. Talk about a power team, eh? The site even notes that Bullock *could* star in the film. The sci-fi fantasy comic series by Mark Millar and Greg Capullo tells the story of an eighty year-old woman, Bonnie Black, who dies in a Manhattan hospital only to find herself reborn in the prime of life in the afterlife world of Adystria, a magical land of monsters and dragons where good and evil are waging an eternal war. There, she finds old friends and loved ones waiting, except the husband who died before her. Armed with
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Nobody sidelines Grace Jones (Picture: Claire Greenway/Getty Images) Bond 25 isn’t out for another year, but it has already been plagued by setbacks. And they can add another issue to the growing list, as Grace Jones has reportedly dropped out of the movie at the last minute. The music legend was lined up to appear in the as yet untitled James Bond film, 34 years after starring in A View To Kill with Roger Moore. However, you don’t sideline Grace Jones – which producers apparently discovered when Grace realised that her part was only a small cameo with few lines. According to The Sun, the 70-year-old walked away from the project after realising how few lines she had – leaving producers furious after they organised ‘premium accommodation’ near Pinewood Studios for the SlaveClimate change is hitting the United States’ corn and soybean belt on two fronts. Warming temperatures are both increasing evaporation of soil moisture in the region and causing weaker summer rainstorms that are dropping less precipitation in the Midwest during the growing season, according to new research by scientists at Columbia University’s Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory. The researchers said this trend will only get worse as global temperatures continue to rise. The U.S. corn belt — which includes western Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, eastern Nebraska, and eastern Kansas — accounts for more than a third of the global corn supply and is the world’s largest source of soybeans. The region typically gets most of its rainfall during summer months. But the new research, presented this month at the annual
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meeting of the American Geophysical Union, found that evaporation from soils and plants in the region is exceeding net rainfall during these months. In addition, summer storms — which are shaped by temperature differences between the poles and midlatitudes — are becoming weaker, leading to less precipitation. As global temperatures increase, the atmosphere holds more moisture, explains a press release from Columbia University. This triggers a greater moisture difference between the Central Plains and the polar regions, “so the storms are trying harder to remove the moisture from the region, to smooth out the gradient,” said atmospheric scientist Mingfang Ting, who led the research. Ting and her colleagues’ work shows that this moisture is being transported away from the corn belt to higher latitudes, including northern regions of theThe Cincinnati Public Schools administration is aware of a hoax letter circulating on social media that implies that a coach at Mason High School made disparaging remarks about students at Withrow High School in advance of the upcoming football match. We have confirmed with Mason High School's administration that no coach of that name is employed and are confident that this letter is an unfortunate hoax. We understand that Mason High School will take extra measures to ensure that Friday night's football game is safe and filled with good sportsmanship.
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Movie "Deep Blue" - DVD Movies Encyclopedia Short description of the movie "Deep Blue" Alastair Fothergill's nature documentary Deep Blue consists of 90 minutes of footage of undersea creatures — living, surviving, fighting, and dying. Similar to like-minded documentaries such as Winged Migration and MicroCosmos, Deep Blue features footage from locations throughout the world. The great British actor Michael Gambon provides the narration, which favors involving the viewer emotionally over providing enlightening factual information on the creatures. The 22 segments of the film conclude with footage of how man has affected life under the sea. This film was originally produced for the British television series The Blue Planet. According to the filmmakers, some of the creatures seen here have never been previously recorded on film. We are proud to advice toviolating international norms. US Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen said on Wednesday that China has launched an unprecedented campaign to influence the opinions of Americans,however, Beijing has not yet attacked US election systems. READ MORE: China is Creating New Powerful Tool to Counter Trump's Trade Offensive Trump's accusations of election meddling come as the United States and China have become increasingly embroiled in a trade dispute that has seen the two sides impose tariffs on billions of dollars’ worth of goods. The trade war between China and the United States escalated in June when US President Donald Trump announced that $50 billion worth of Chinese goods would be subject to 25 percent tariffs, with Beijing responding in kind. The latest round of the US tariffs came into effect in September, which
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deteriorated the situation even further. Trump said during a United Nations Security Council meeting last month that China was meddling in the 2018 midterm elections. Vice President Mike Pence echoed Trump's accusations during a speech at the Hudson Institute in Washington DC on October 4, saying that China is trying to influence American public opinion in the 2018 and 2020 elections because, "Trump's leadership is working, and China wants a different American president." READ MORE: Trump: Mueller Probe a 'Witch Hunt,' Manafort Verdict 'A Very Sad Thing'METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich is taking his very own weekly Beats 1 online show, "It's Electric!", on Apple Music, on the road once again, this time stopping in Madrid, Spain for the first of three episodes about the music, the people, the culture and what it's like for other artists to tour with METALLICA. First up, It’s all about Madrid with music by local bands FAVX, LOS GARAGE, KITAI and more. Plus Lars invites some lucky METALLICA fans on the show to talk about their favorite homegrown musicians and maybe a few tapas suggestions as well! Launched last May, "It's Electric" is an unscripted, unfiltered weekly window into the mind of Ulrich. Hear music that excites this great Dane, as well as chats with artists who inspire him... all
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What it was: A large spacecraft concept intended for long-term missions developed in response to two goals in the NASA Authorization Act of 2010: developing a crewed exploration vehicle capable of operating beyond Low Earth Orbit, and incorporating new technologies into NASA programs. Details: Long-term readers may have noticed that, even for a blog devoted to space projects that didn’t happen, few of the ships discussed here are very big. Contrast this with the regular images of spacecraft in science fiction, even the ones with pretensions to realism like 2001: A Space Odyssey and Mission to Mars. Gravity is a harsh mistress and real spacecraft like Soyuz and Apollo are miracles of miniaturization because the cost of launching anything larger is prohibitive. The notable exceptions are vehicles that were proposedcame in January 2011. The NAUTILUS-X (supposedly a tortured acronym for Non-Atmospheric Universal Transport Intended for Lengthy United States eXploration, but almost certainly instead a shout out to the Nautiluses of Rickover and Verne as well as the X-planes of the past) was floated as a concept by NASA’s Technology Applications Assessment Team as part of a general program to build infrastructure and spacecraft that either developed or integrated new technology. Prior to the building of the craft two main projects would be undertaken: the development of cryogenic propellant depots for placement in LEO and at the Earth-Moon L1 point, and the building and testing of an inflatable centrifuge ring for attachment to the ISS. Once these were in place, the NAUTILUS-X would refuel at one and incorporate a
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People (mostly women) who think “male tears” is okay to say are horrible. For a surprising majority of male tears responses, the male that is being mocked has a legitimate problem. I am a woman and used to be a feminist. I actually thought that male tears was harmful at one point. It changed when I saw it in action. I used to work at a women’s shelter in my town. I volunteered and helped mentally and physically abused women get their lives back together. About month in, a white male who happened to be my neighbor knocked on the door. His head had dried blood on it, he was heavily bruised, and he was crying. Apparently, his new wife had beat him and kicked him out of hisman needed help, but was denied because of his gender and the color of his skin. Because the girls just saw “privilege” and turned him away with the justification of “wah wah, male tears.” It was disgusting. The worst time that I heard it was while I was at a bar with other friends. A guy in his early 30’s came in crying. He ordered one of the cheap drinks and asked us if we had any work for him. He said that his 3 kids were in the hospital across the street. All three had the same genetic disease that kept them in there in pain. He was a single parent apparently ran out of money and insurance to pay the hospital. Instead of the understandable ‘he might
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be scamming us’ thought, my friends and a few people in the bar did the bawling eye motion that represents “wah male tears” Then a few tried talking to him about the statistics of single mothers in America, telling him that he had it better than them because he was a man. This guy had all three kids in the hospital and all these people could think about was making him feel bad. AS a woman, one of my greatest fears is having a child, loved one, or worse, multiple loved ones in the hospital. No one cared because he was a guy. Some older people there said that that guy spent almost every night there drinking cheap alcohol and crying over his kids. All he did wasand comfortable and close to Campbelltown which is where we needed to be each day. The street was quiet and directly across the road from a park and not too far from the train station. Only suggestion would be a second TV in the living area, but overall a very pleasant stay. Naomi2017-07-04T00:00:00Z The house was beautiful so much space for everyone and the kitchen and dining area was huge. From the moment we landed in sydney, sharmini has been really helpful with directions and even for the little details as well. We went there for a wedding and sharmini has been nothing but helpful every step of the way. And not just sharmini but her husband and son has been helping us as well. It was such an amazing
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