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L.A. could resume controversial cleanup sweeps in skid row Armed with a new county report citing the health dangers of feces, urine and hypodermic needles recently found on Los Angeles' skid row, city officials could resume controversial cleanup sweeps of the downtown area's streets and sidewalks. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health inspected a nine-block area and discovered human waste, injection needles, condoms and a rat infestation in violation of county and state health codes. City officials say they have cleaned up the waste and debris cited by inspectors last month. The county plans to return this week to ensure there are no continuing health threats in the area, which has numerous homeless encampments. "The human feces are certainly very disturbing, as are the hypodermic needles," said Jonathan Fielding, the county's top public health official. "The situation appears to have worsened." Fielding said sidewalks and streets in the inspection area, southeast of City Hall, need to be power-washed weekly and the health conditions monitored closely. Unsanitary living conditions and crowding in the camps have increased the risk of spreading communicable diseases such as meningitis, which was diagnosed in four skid row residents in March, according to the county inspection report. The city requested the inspection as part of its battle against a federal court injunction issued last June that has limited sweeps by police and cleanup crews in the area. The public health report documents the problems that have arisen since the court restrictions took effect, said Special Assistant City Atty. Jane Usher. "From the city's point of view, we have a public health crisis," she said. "There are such vast quantities of materials deposited on the streets and sidewalks." The injunction restricted police from seizing abandoned personal property from skid row dwellers. The city appealed and the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is weighing the case. Now, the city is working to create protocols that Usher said would strike a balance between following the injunction and ensuring that people can live and work safely in the area. There is nothing in the injunction that prevents the city from cleaning up needles, feces or other public health threats, said Becky Dennison of the homeless advocacy group Los Angeles Community Action Network, which supports the restrictions. "The city should respond with thorough street cleaning and trash collection that respects people's personal property," she said. City officials complain that when crews try to remove a pile of apparent debris, someone often claims it's his personal property. Other groups, including the Union Rescue Mission, which provides shelter and other services to the homeless, said the injunction has led to a dangerous buildup of human waste and trash on skid row, as police became cautious about touching anything. "It made you sick to walk down the street," said the Rev. Andrew Bales, who heads the mission.

2012-12-31 00:00:00

==Training centre== The first location beyond the stadiums used by Grêmio for training was the additional field built next door of Estádio Olímpico Monumental. However, it can not be characterized exactly one training centre. In 2000 we completed the construction of the first training centre of the club, the CT Hélio Dourado, in Eldorado do Sul, in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre, but, because of its location somewhat away, ended up being designed only for club's Academy. In 2014 was finished the construction of the new training center of the Grêmio, the CT Luiz Carvalho, located next to the Arena do Grêmio, in Porto Alegre. It is adjacent to the Guaíba River, and has one of the most beautiful views of the city with the stadium and a cable-stayed bridge in the background. ==Supporters== Grêmio has around 8 million fans in the country, meaning that, in terms of ranking, the club is the 6th most supporters in the Brazil. Grêmio is one of the clubs with more associates on the world, reaching the milestone of 85,000 people. ===Geral do Grêmio=== The largest group of Grêmio supporters is Geral do Grêmio, the first and largest Brazilian barra brava, movement similar to European ultras, but with unique characteristics of Latin America. The group was created during the year 2001 with Grêmio fans watching games from the seats behind the southern goal at Estádio Olímpico Monumental (an area of the stands called "Geral", as in "general", where tickets had lower costs). Over the following years, more people joined the movement, and they decided to collectively call themselves by the name of the area from where they watched the games. A unique and traditional feature of the crowd is running down the stand (a movement called the "avalanche"), pressing against the fence when a goal is scored as a way to also embrace the players in celebration. Being a barra brava, the Geral do Grêmio has differences with the ultras. On games they bring a band consisting of percussion and blowing instruments, dictating the rhythm of the chants throughout the game, never stopping or sitting. Banners and flags are exhibited in the length of the sector in which they are located inside the stadium, bringing a unique identity to their supporters. Also, wherever possible, they use flare, smoke bombs, fire extinguishers, among other materials to encourage the team on the field. In the Arena do Grêmio, which opened in December 2012, the lower northern stand was built with no chairs, with the Geral crowd and its "avalanche" celebration in mind. Later the avalanche celebration was made impossible by the addition of security metal bars. ===Rivalries=== As the years went on, Grêmio and another important Brazilian football club, Internacional, started to form a rivalry. Soon the games between these two clubs got their own name, Gre–Nal, and resulted in record attendance. Now the games fill the streets of Porto Alegre with football-crazed fans. The rivalry is now so ingrained that for many gaúchos and portoalegrenses blue is the opposite color of red, much like in video game culture. In 1935, Eurico Lara, who was Grêmio's goalie, conceded a penalty kick. When the Internacional player was about to kick it, Lara's brother stopped the game and reminded him of his doctor's recommendation that he didn't overexert himself. He didn't listen. Soon the Internacional player took the shot. Lara caught it, but as soon as he did he fell sideways and didn't move. He was substituted after the wondrous save, and Grêmio won the game. But unfortunately he died two months later as a result from the fatigue from that game. Lara has been immortalized in the club anthem.

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South Callaway R-II High School, most commonly known as South Callaway High School, South Callaway, SoCal, or SCHS, is a public located in Mokane, Missouri. It provides education for students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the South Callaway R-II School District, all located on the same campus in Mokane, and is the only high school in the district. School colors are blue and white. The school was opened in 1959. == Enrollment == According to numbers at MSHSAA, the school currently enrolls 323 students from the surrounding communities in the southeast corner of the county, including Mokane, Steedman, Portland, Tebbetts, Hams Prairie, and Fulton. Other high schools in the county are comparable or larger in size, with New Bloomfield serving 209 students in the southwest, North Callaway serving 498 in the north, and Fulton with an enrollment of 796 in the Fulton area. These numbers reflect enrollment data from the 2006-2007 school year, used to facilitate athletic classification. == Curriculum == South Callaway offers a curriculum that includes standard subjects as well as varied electives for students. All classes listed in bold below are offered as dual credit courses through Central Methodist University. Mathematics: basic math, applied math, Algebra I, geometry, Algebra II, math analysis, calculus Language Arts: Language Arts 9, 10, and 11, survey of literature, speech, composition (English 103/104), science fiction/fantasy Science: general science, biology, General Biology, chemistry, physics, microbiology, anatomy/physiology Social Studies: government, world [American History, Development of the United States I and II,

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Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) - The Moscow City Hall has launched a new app based on the hit smartphone game "Pokemon Go" where users can "catch" famous Russian historical figures. The City Hall said in a statement on Monday that the app would be available next month and should encourage Muscovites to get outside more. The virtual reality game provisionally named "Get to Know Moscow. Photo" allows players to search for national icons such as Peter the Great, Ivan the Terrible, legendary poet Alexander Pushkin, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and Soviet rock star Viktor Tsoi. When found, players will be able to use the "selfie" function to photograph themselves with the famous characters. Associated Press

2016-12-31 00:00:00

The molecular formula C21H24N2O4 may refer to: Carmoterol Mitraphylline Vincoline

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I went to bed shortly after the polls closed. When I woke around 4.30am and switched on my radio, the first thing I heard was that leave had almost certainly won. I thought: "Oh no, I've woken up in Farage's Britain." I felt I had an incredibly important job to do - I had to get into the office and put a plan into action with the message that Britain was open for business. I knew there would be financial turmoil. I got dressed and woke my husband at 4.40am when the result was declared. He was horrified - my whole family, from my 88-year-old father to my 21-year-old son, voted remain. It was a vicious campaign, and I've stood as a Tory in the North - I know hostility At 8.20am the Prime Minister resigned. I turned down all media requests that morning, as I felt so upset by it. To be honest, I was very shaken and emotional. By lunchtime, we could already see a major dislocation in the markets. I was supposed to be visiting a primary school in my constituency but I felt so shattered I knew I couldn't do another long drive. I went to my London home and had a nap, then drove back to Worcestershire that evening. The 24 hours after Cameron's resignation were very tense and difficult: I had tearful phone calls from family and friends. But the next day I went to the Malvern Civic Week opening, a local Armed Forces day and the Welland fête and dog show. Those events cheered me up no end; being among the constituents felt comforting and grounding. The response was polite and very British. Malvern Hills voted roughly in line with the national average - 52.2 per cent leave on a turnout of 80.6 per cent - and I thought, "If Malvern Civic Week is still on, Britain will get through this." I felt pretty bruised by what had been a toxic campaign. There had been a lot of abuse on social media, particularly directed at female MPs. But, like most politicians, I am a relentlessly positive person. Under our new Prime Minister, we will find a way to make Brexit a win-win for the world. What I have said to the hundreds of people who've written to me since June is that I hope they can now see how important politics is. Lots of new members have joined my local party. Let's make sure centre-ground voters realise that "taking back control" means they need to get actively involved. Theresa Villiers, 48, Conservative MP for Chipping Barnet, voted leave. She was the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland but resigned from the Government after the Referendum, declining another job offered by Theresa May. Theresa Villiers, Conservative MP for Chipping Barnet, voted leave I spent Referendum day working the doorsteps in my constituency with local volunteers from the leave campaign until 9.15pm. Then I went home, changed my clothes and drove to Westminster to do an 11.10pm TV interview with Sky News. That's when I said that my instinct was remain had won, which was what the City and pollsters were predicting. I felt we had lost momentum in the last few days and been damaged by the wholly unacceptable Farage immigration poster. I did a lot of media during the campaign. People were interested in my experience as an MEP for six years (before being elected to the UK parliament) because I had initially been supportive of the EU, but concluded that it was unreformable and that we therefore needed to leave to take back control. That night I did CNN at 11.30pm, then Iain Dale's show on LBC at midnight, before heading to the BBC studios in Elstree. On the BBC One results show we discussed the position of leave ministers if remain were to win. By 3am, it was beginning to look as though leave had won, but I remained cautious. There was an element of not daring to hope, even though I was receiving some upbeat messages from leave supporters. At 4am I got an email from a colleague saying: "Accept it, we've won!" It was a great deal to absorb and, to be honest, it had not been possible to foresee all the political consequences. My focus quickly changed from the emotion of the aftermath to the task ahead

2016-12-31 00:00:00

Scottish devolution bill presented to parliament THE UK Government today made the next stage of devolution to Scotland one of its top priorities as it became one of the first two bills to be laid before parliament since the election. Presenting the Bill, Scottish Secretary David Mundell said he hopes to fast track the next stage of devolution so that parties will be able to tell voters how they will use new powers on tax and welfare ahead of next year's Holyrood election in May. Scottish Secretary David Mundell The first Tory in his post for almost two decades also promised that the Bill will enact the Smith Commission proposals agreed by his party, the SNP, Labour, Lib Dems and the Scottish Greens in the wake of the referendum in full. He insisted that it meant the Vow made by Prime Minister David Cameron along with former Labour leader Ed Miliband and former Lib Dem Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg at the end of the referendum has been delivered. But the draft bill was met with anger by the Scottish Government who claimed it falls short of the Smith proposals and needs to be amended. The Bill was laid down the day after Mr Cameron made it clear that he would not go beyond the Smith Commission unless the SNP come up with detailed proposals for further powers. In the Commons Mr Cameron challenged the SNP saying it was time for the Nationalists to "stop talking and start acting" in using powers rather than just demanding more. The substantial new powers contained in the Scotland Bill include enabling the Scottish Parliament to set the thresholds and rates of income tax in Scotland and keep all the money raised in Scotland. The Bill would provide the Scottish Parliament with the first ten percentage points of VAT revenue raised in Scotland. It will also devolve Air Passenger Duty and the Aggregates Levy to the Scottish Parliament as well as control over £2.5 billion worth of new welfare powers. Mr Mundell said: "The Government has moved quickly on day one of the new Parliament to deliver on our commitment to make Holyrood one of the most powerful devolved parliaments in the world. "Scotland will still hold on to the benefits of being part of the UK that people voted for in the referendum last September. "Sharing risks and resources with the rest of the UK is good for everyone in the UK when it comes to vital matters such as pensions, currency, trade and national security." He added: "This bill will ensure we have the best of both worlds and a strong Scotland within a strong UK. "The Government intend to prioritise this legislation and have it approved by Parliament so that in the run up to the Scottish Parliament election in May 2016 Scottish voters will be entitled to know what each party intends to do with these extensive new powers." However, SNP Deputy First Minister John Swinney highlighted concerns over the Bill including continued vetoes over changes to Universal Credit; restrictions on who the Scottish Government would be able to pay carers benefits to; a failure to devolve the full range of employment support services currently delivered by the Department of Work and Pensions; no explicit power to create new benefits in devolved areas; and missing or restricted powers in areas of consumer protection, energy, and the Crown Estate. Mr Swinney said: "Less than a fortnight ago, the Prime Minister came to Edinburgh and pledged to the people of Scotland to deliver the Smith Agreement in full. Today, it's plain to see that promise has been broken. "Delivering the Smith Commission's recommendations was the minimum the UK Government had to deliver. "The Bill's significant shortfalls will have a detrimental impact on the ability of future Scottish Governments to exercise powers, take distinct policy decisions or deliver reform." He added: "The UK Government has published a Scotland Bill which sells Scotland short and doesn't deliver either the spirit or intent of the Smith Agreement. Its shortcomings must be rectified if it is to be seen as a credible reflection of the Smith Agreement and the UK Government's commitment to Scotland."

2015-12-31 00:00:00

Outpouring of support at memorial for baby in viral video Chris Picco sings to his son in a screengrab from a video that has become an Internet sensation. Still from video by YouTube user K.C. Hohensee LOS ANGELES - A grieving father who sang the Beatles' ballad "Blackbird" as his infant son clung to life told mourners that he was overwhelmed by the outpouring of prayers and support after a video of the tender moment gained widespread Internet attention. Chris Picco said Saturday at a memorial service for his wife, Ashley, and their son, Lennon, that he didn't have enough words to express his gratitude to those who reached out to him, including strangers apparently touched by his story. They died this past week after Ashley became ill while pregnant and Lennon was delivered prematurely. "I could never articulate how much your support and your strength, and your prayers, and your emails and your Facebook messages and your text messages... I don't even know how any of you got my number but there's been a lot of 'thank you,'" he said in an emotional address that drew laughter and tears. "There have been so many people that have reached out and shared their pain: excruciating pain, tremendous loss. And my heart just goes out," he added. The service in the Los Angeles suburb of Loma Linda was webcast live - a fitting continuation to a week where the song and other images Picco posted of himself with his wife and their son drew an outpouring of grief and prayers to his Facebook page, YouTube and other sites. Picco and his 30-year-old wife were anticipating their son's birth in February when she suddenly became ill. Picco said doctors delivered Lennon by emergency C-section after Ashley died in her sleep Saturday. The boy was born 16 weeks premature. He died Wednesday. The couple, married in 2007, met in New York when both were volunteers helping firefighters after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. After his wife's death, Picco sat with his son almost constantly, playing guitar, singing and crying. A friend captured the video of him doing "Blackbird." In it, he softly urges Lennon to "take these broken wings and learn to fly." The boy's beating heart can be heard in the background. Picco said the story of how he and his wife met shows that something good came out of a tragic event. "So from this unspeakable tragedy... I want good to come out of this," he said. Friends and family members said Ashley, a preschool teacher turned pediatric nurse, was a nurturing soul who would have been a good mother. They noted that Lennon touched many lives during his very short life. "If you measure a life by the power of connection, Lennon lived more than most of us have," said Tim Gillespie, a speaker at the service. © 2014 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

2014-12-31 00:00:00

'Wicked Tuna' star indicted on federal fraud charges A star of TV's "Wicked Tuna" has been indicted on federal fraud charges. The indictment says Paul Hebert claimed to be disabled and unable to work while he was catching fish and appearing on the National Geographic Channel reality show. The four-count indictment against the 50-year-old from Gloucester, Massachusetts, was filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Burlington, Vermont. It alleges that Hebert accepted a little more than $44,000 in Social Security and Medicaid benefits between 2010 and 2013. The indictment says that while claiming disability, Hebert was "capable of arduous physical labor." Beginning in October 2010, it says, "he earned money through fishing and later through his television work." Hebert's attorney, Robert Goldstein of Boston, says his client is innocent. Hebert is due in court on Aug. 10.

2015-12-31 00:00:00

Simon Danczuk blasts rape claims as malicious and untrue Simon Danczuk has described an accusation against him of rape as "malicious, untrue and extremely upsetting." The embattled Labour MP said he was confident he could clear his name, insisting he would co-operate with the police investigation. The claim comes as the 49-year-old already faces criticism for sending lewd texts to a teenage girl. Danczuk, MP for Rochdale, has been suspended from the Labour party while an investigation takes place into his conduct regarding the sexually explicit messages he sent to Sophena Houlihan when she was 17, for which he has apologised "unreservedly." Commenting on the rape allegation, Danczuk said: "These claims are malicious, untrue and extremely upsetting. The police have not been in touch with me but I will cooperate fully with any inquiries and am confident my name will be promptly cleared." The father of five's personal life has repeatedly made the headlines over the past year following the collapse of his marriage to his second wife, Karen. His ex-girlfriend Claire Hamilton said she broke up with the MP shortly after Christmas after he admitted sending texts to Houlihan. About 20 protesters gathered on Monday at Danczuk's constituency office calling for him to resign. Simon Danczuk on BBC2"s Newsnight: I prefer young women The MP told ITV's Good Morning Britain he had displayed "inappropriate behaviour and I have apologised unreservedly for it," but said the texts should be seen in context. He said: "I was having an online friendship with somebody over social media for several months and just, as you have pointed (out), at a low point in my life in September, on just two occasions I responded to some messages that were sent to me. "I shouldn't have responded to those messages and that's why I apologised. So I do regret that, there is no doubt about it, but I think we can put it behind us." Danczuk has blamed a drink problem for his tangled personal life and insisted the people of Rochdale wanted him to continue as their MP. He said: "What the public want are ordinary people to be members of parliament and that is exactly what I am - I am an ordinary guy that happens to do politics. "And it is fair to say, there is no denying it, that I have a relatively colourful personal life. But I am not the only politician that has such a life - you could say that Boris Johnson has a similar life. I shouldn't be condemned for that necessarily; I don't think the people of Rochdale condemn me for that. They judge me on my performance." He admitted his credibility as a campaigner against child sexual exploitation has been "dented," but said the lewd texts he sent were a "far cry" from the abuse he has campaigned against. He added: "The Labour party is carrying out an investigation into these allegations, quite rightly and understandably, and I am quietly confident that they will conclude that I should remain a member of the Labour party." A spokesman for Lancashire police said: "We can confirm that we have received a report of a historic rape dating back to 2006. We are in the very early stages of an investigation and inquiries are ongoing. The complaint relates to a 49-year-old man." Meanwhile, Danczuk has admitted being paid to tip off a photo agency about opportunities to take photographs of him that could be sold to the media, receiving a payment of at least £1,115.

2016-12-31 00:00:00

Bristol student deaths highlight campus crisis in mental health Nathan is a 20-year-old arts student. He had depression before he came to university, and felt well-supported by his family, but it has been difficult living and studying away from home. "Suddenly you come to university and you've not got your family around you. So you need your friends, which is tricky because they are busy and stressed themselves." Nathan (who did not want his real name to be used) has a history of self-harming and has received support from the student mental health services, which he says are over-subscribed. When he visited them three weeks ago to try to get counselling, he was told there was a waiting list and he would not be seen until after Christmas. He was offered a 20-minute drop-in session but he says he feels he needs more than that. Nathan is a student at the University of Bristol, where it emerged this week that three teenagers, all believed to be first-year students, had died within weeks of starting their studies this term. The cause of death in each case will be decided by a coroner, but relatives of two of them have indicated that they killed themselves. The deaths at Bristol, one of the most prestigious universities in the country, have resurfaced concerns about a crisis in student mental health and the capacity of universities to respond to it. A recent Guardian investigation revealed that the number of students seeking counselling at university has gone up by 50% in the past five years. "The pressures on students to be successful in all aspects of their lives are completely unrealistic," said one head of student services. New students were particularly vulnerable as they negotiated the social pressures of freshers" week and the academic expectations of their courses. "Not only are they expected to be A* students, they are expected to be living the life, to be good looking, to have the right clothes and to do the right social activities." Students have a lower suicide rate than the general population but it appears to have grown. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that in 2014 there were 130 deaths by suicide of full-time students aged 18 and over in England and Wales. This compares with 112 in 2011; and 75 in 2007. The increase can be explained in part by the growing university population, which now stands at 2 million. A survey by the National Union of Students last year, revealed that nearly eight in 10 student respondents (78%) had experienced mental health difficulties over the previous year and a third (33%) said they had had suicidal thoughts. Other surveys have shown that one in five students are self-harming. Ruth Caleb, the chair of the Universities UK mental wellbeing in higher education working group and head of counselling services at Brunel University, said most, if not all such services were seeing students who had had suicidal thoughts. Although student deaths by suicide were rare, they happened across the sector and had a devastating effect," she said. "It's absolutely heartbreaking. It raises awful feelings. It just makes you feel very, very sad and wish you could have done something to support the student, but quite often they've not come forward." Bristol University. Photograph: eye35.pix/Alamy In Bristol, up and down the chilly hills of Clifton on Thursday morning, news was slowly filtering through as students made their way from seminars and lectures to the student union. Not everyone knew. "Three?" exclaims one girl, clutching a pile of books on film noir. "I had no idea," said another. Nathan had heard about the deaths, as had his friend Bella, a second-year English student who knew one of the students because they came from the same area and used to go to the same parties. "It's weird," says Bella. "It was so unexpected." "For everyone involved it's shocking," said Mark Ames, director of student services at Bristol. "We have 22,000 students, so in any one year we would expect to have to manage the fact that some of our students will die while they are with us. "In common with any other university, on occasion we do have a student death that unfortunately the coroner might conclude was death by suicide. But our numbers over the years do not suggest we have a trend here. Unfortunately, what we have is a coincidence. "As far as we are aware there's no link between the deaths - although we are very aware of the risks of clusters in these kind of events." In the last academic year Bristol had one death by suicide; there were none the year before that, and one the previous year. When told about Nathan's experience, the university apologised and urged him to contact their services again.

2016-12-31 00:00:00

Disk of dust and gas surrounding Beta Pictoris pictured by Hubble TUCSON, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- The massive disk of gas and dust that surrounds the the 20 million-year-old star Beta Pictoris has been photographed in greater detail that ever before, thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope and a team of scientists at the University of Arizona. The diameter of the cosmic disk -- composed of the types of gas, dust and cosmic materials that may coalesce into planets -- is roughly 20 times wider that the planetary orbits or our home solar system. But while researcher have previously noted the impressive size of the Beta Pictoris system, the innards of this cosmological swirl had not been well documented. The new research, enabled by Hubble's infrared imaging instruments, reveals the insides of the stellar disk in never-before-seen detail. The new images reveal the unique inner structures of the dense inner disk and confirms the presence of a massive planet within the spiral of debris. "Some computer simulations predicted a complicated structure for the inner disk due to the gravitational pull by the short-period giant planet," astronomer Daniel Apai, who along with Glenn Schneider lead the Beta Pictoris research, explained in a recent press release. "The new images reveal the inner disk and confirm the predicted structures," added Apai, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona. "This finding validates models, which will help us to deduce the presence of other exoplanets in other disks." The new imagery -- the first of its kind -- shows how the concentrations of gas and dust are manipulated by a gas giant orbiting about Beta Pictoris. The study also reveals where collisions between planetary-size and asteroid-size objects are likely responsible for extra dense blobs of debris. While the massive amounts of dust make Beta Pictoris and its circumstellar disk one of the brightest and most visible of nearby systems, it also makes it somewhat unique. "The Beta Pictoris disk is the prototype for circumstellar debris systems, but it may not be a good archetype," explained co-author Schneider. The new study was published this week in the Astrophysical Journal. Related UPI Stories © 2015 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

2015-12-31 00:00:00

===Kangju (康居) northwest of Sogdiana (粟特)=== Zhang Qian also visited directly the area of Sogdiana (Kangju), home to the Sogdian nomads: "Kangju is situated some 2,000 li (1,000 kilometers) northwest of Dayuan (Bactria). Its people are nomads and resemble the Yuezhi in their customs. They have 80,000 or 90,000 skilled archer fighters. The country is small, and borders Dayuan. It acknowledges sovereignty to the Yuezhi people in the South and the Xiongnu in the East." (Shiji, 123, Zhang Qian quote, trans. Burton Watson). ===Yancai 奄蔡 (Vast Steppe)=== "Yancai lies some 2,000 li (832 km) northwest of Kangju (centered on Turkestan at Beitian). The people are nomads and their customs are generally similar to those of the people of Kangju. The country has over 100,000 archer warriors, and borders a great shoreless lake, perhaps what is now known as the Northern Sea (Aral Sea, distance between Tashkent to Aralsk is about 866 km)" (Shiji, 123, Zhang Qian quote, trans. Burton Watson). ==Development of East-West contacts== Following Zhang Qian's embassy and report, commercial relations between China and Central as well as Western Asia flourished, as many Chinese missions were sent throughout the end of the 2nd century BC and the 1st century BC, initiating the development of the Silk Road: "The largest of these embassies to foreign states numbered several hundred persons, while even the smaller parties included over 100 members... In the course of one year anywhere from five to six to over ten parties would be sent out." (Shiji, trans. Burton Watson). Many objects were soon exchanged, and travelled as far as Guangzhou in the East, as suggested by the discovery of a Persian box and various artifacts from Central Asia in the 122 BC tomb of King Zhao Mo of Nanyue. Murals in Mogao Caves in Dunhuang describe the Emperor Han Wudi (156-87 BC) worshipping Buddhist statues, explaining them as "golden men brought in 120 BC by a great Han general in his campaigns against the nomads", although there is no other mention of Han Wudi worshipping the Buddha in Chinese historical literature. China also sent a mission to Anxi, which were followed up by reciprocal missions from Parthian envoys around 100 BC: "When the Han envoy first visited the kingdom of Anxi, the king of Anxi (the Arsacid ruler) dispatched a party of 20,000 horsemen to meet them on the eastern border of the kingdom... When the Han envoys set out again to return to China, the king of Anxi dispatched envoys of his own to accompany them... The emperor was delighted at this." (adapted from Shiji, 123, trans. Burton Watson). The Roman historian Florus describes the visit of numerous envoys, including Seres (Chinese or central Asians), to the first Roman Emperor Augustus, who reigned between 27 BC and 14: "Even the rest of the nations of the world which were not subject to the imperial sway were sensible of its grandeur, and looked with reverence to the Roman people, the great conqueror of nations. Thus even Scythians and Sarmatians sent envoys to seek the friendship of Rome. Nay, the Seres came likewise, and the Indians who dwelt beneath the vertical sun, bringing presents of precious stones and pearls and elephants, but thinking all of less moment than the vastness of the journey which they had undertaken, and which they said had occupied four years. In truth it needed but to look at their complexion to see that they were people of another world than ours." ("Cathay and the way thither", Henry Yule). In 97 the Chinese general Ban Chao dispatched an envoy to Rome in the person of Gan Ying. Several Roman embassies to China followed from 166, and are officially recorded in Chinese historical chronicles. ==Death== The Shiji reports that Zhang Qian returned from his final expedition to the Wusun in 115 BC. After his return he "was honoured with the post of grand messenger, making him among the nine highest ministers of the government. A year or so later he died." "The indications regarding the year of his death differ, but Shih Chih-mien (1961), p. 268 shows beyond doubt that he died in 113 B.C.

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Watch This Hilarious Mashup of British Politicians Singing Sky News has released a mashup promo ahead of the U.K. General Election on May 7, starring political party leaders singing along to Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get it On." The "General Affection Song" shows Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron, Liberal Democrat Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, Labour Party leader Ed Miliband pouting, making bedroom eyes and licking their lips. The advert also features Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon, U.K. Independence Party's Nigel Farage, the Greens" Natalie Bennett and the Welsh nationalists Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood.

2015-12-31 00:00:00

Mauring (or Moringus) (died 824) was a Frankish nobleman, the son of Suppo I of the Supponids. He succeeded his father in Brescia as count (Brixiae comes) in 822 and, following the brief reign of Adelard, in Spoleto as duke in August 824. According to the Annales of Einhard and the Royal Frankish Annals, he died within a few days of his succession. ==Sources== Wickham, Chris. Early Medieval Italy: Central Power and Local Society 400-1000. MacMillan Press: 1981. 824 deaths Dukes of Spoleto Supponid dynasty 9th-century rulers in Europe Year of birth unknown

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Between 1975 and 1976, India conducted its largest sociological programme using space technology, reaching 2400 villages through video programming in local languages aimed at educational development via ATS-6 technology developed by NASA. This experiment—named Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE)—conducted large scale video broadcasts resulting in significant improvement in rural education. Education could reach far remote rural places with the help of above programmes. ===Telemedicine=== ISRO has applied its technology to "telemedicine", directly connecting patients in rural areas to medical professionals in urban locations via satellites. Since high-quality healthcare is not universally available in some of the remote areas of India, the patients in remote areas are diagnosed and analysed by doctors in urban centres in real time via video conferencing. The patient is then advised medicine and treatment. The patient is then treated by the staff at one of the'super-specialty hospitals' under instructions from the doctor. Mobile telemedicine vans are also deployed to visit locations in far-flung areas and provide diagnosis and support to patients. ===Biodiversity Information System=== ISRO has also helped implement India's Biodiversity Information System, completed in October 2002. Nirupa Sen details the programme: "Based on intensive field sampling and mapping using satellite remote sensing and geospatial modelling tools, maps have been made of vegetation cover on a 1 : 250,000 scale. This has been put together in a web-enabled database which links gene-level information of plant species with spatial information in a BIOSPEC database of the ecological hot spot regions, namely northeastern India, Western Ghats, Western Himalayas and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. This has been made possible with collaboration between the Department of Biotechnology and ISRO." ===Cartography=== The Indian IRS-P5 (CARTOSAT-1) was equipped with high-resolution panchromatic equipment to enable it for cartographic purposes. IRS-P5 (CARTOSAT-1) was followed by a more advanced model named IRS-P6 developed also for agricultural applications. The CARTOSAT-2 project, equipped with single panchromatic camera which supported scene-specific on-spot images, succeeded the CARTOSAT-1 project. ==International co-operation== ISRO has had international cooperation since inception. Some instances are listed below: Establishment of TERLS, conduct of SITE & STEP, launches of Aryabhata, Bhaskara, APPLE, IRS-IA and IRS-IB/ satellites, manned space mission, etc. involved international cooperation. ISRO operates LUT/MCC under the international COSPAS/SARSAT Programme for Search and Rescue. India has established a Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTE-AP) that is sponsored by the United Nations. India hosted the Second UN-ESCAP Ministerial Conference on Space Applications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific in November 1999. India is a member of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Cospas-Sarsat, International Astronautical Federation, Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC), International Space University, and the Committee on Earth Observation Satellite (CEOS). Chandrayaan-1 carried scientific payloads from NASA, ESA, Bulgarian Space Agency, and other institutions/companies in North America and Europe. The United States government on 24 January 2011, removed several Indian government agencies, including ISRO, from the so-called Entity List, in an effort to drive hi-tech trade and forge closer strategic ties with India. ISRO carries out joint operations with foreign space agencies, such as the Indo-French Megha-Tropiques Mission. At the International Astronautical Congress 2014 at Toronto, ISRO chairman K. Radhakrishnan and NASA administrator Charles Bolden signed two documents. One was regarding the 2020 launch of a NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite mission to make global measurements of the causes and consequences of land surface changes. The other was to establish a pathway for future joint missions to explore Mars. Antrix Corporation, the commercial and marketing arm of ISRO, handles both domestic and foreign deals.

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Assuming that the vapor obeys the ideal gas law, then \rho\, _{vapor} = \frac {m_{vapor}} {V} = \frac {MW \cdot n} {V} = \frac {MW \cdot P} {RT} = \frac {MW \cdot P} {N_0 k_B T} where m_{vapor} = mass of a volume V of vapor MW = molecular weight of vapor n = number of moles of vapor in volume V of vapor R = ideal gas constant = N_0 k_B N_0 = Avogadro’s number k_B = Boltzmann's constant T = absolute temperature. Since \frac {MW} {N_0} = mass of one molecule of vapor or liquid, then \frac {\left ( \frac {MW} {N_0} \right )} {\rho\, _{liquid}} = volume of one molecule = V_{molecule} . Hence p(r) \approx P + \frac {2 \gamma V_{molecule} P} {k_B T r} = P + \frac {R_{critical} P} {r} , where R_{critical} = \frac {2 \gamma V_{molecule}} {k_B T} . Thus \frac {p(r) - P} {P} \approx \frac {R_{critical}} {r} . Since \frac {p(r)} {P} = 1 - \frac {P - p(r)} {P} , then \log \left ( \frac {p(r)} {P} \right ) = \log \left (1 - \frac {P - p(r)} {P} \right ) . Since p(r) \approx P, then \frac {P - p(r)} {P} \ll 1 . If x \ll 1, then \log \left (1 - x \right ) \approx -x . Hence \log \left ( \frac {p(r)} {P} \right ) \approx \frac {p(r) - P} {P} . Therefore \log \left ( \frac {p(r)} {P} \right ) \approx \frac {R_{critical}} {r} , which is the Ostwald–Freundlich equation. ==References== ==See also== Köhler theory Kelvin equation Thermodynamic equations Petrology

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Boeing rushes to restore faith in 787 Dreamliners All Nippon Airways mechanics work on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane at Haneda airport in Tokyo. Photograph: Toru Hanai/Reuters Boeing has said it is "working round the clock" to restore faith in its troubled Dreamliner after safety warnings from US authorities prompted airlines around the world to ground the plane, and the first demands for compensation that could run into hundreds of millions of pounds. Ethiopian Airlines on Thursday became the final airline to withdraw its four 787s from service, a day after the two Japanese airlines who pioneered Dreamliner operations suspended their flights after a string of incidents. A dismal 10 days for Boeing culminated in an All Nippon Airways (ANA) plane making an emergency landing on Wednesday, leading the carrier and fellow Japanese airline JAL to ground their entire fleets, having already suffered battery fires, fuel leakages and cracks in the windscreen over recent days. American regulators followed their lead and grounded the Dreamliner in their jurisdiction - United Airlines owns six such planes - saying a recent series of safety incidents meant urgent action was needed. Chile's LAN, Air India and Qatar Airways followed suit. LOT airlines, the Polish national carrier which had championed the Dreamliner and was scheduled for its maiden transatlantic flight from Warsaw to Chicago on Wednesday, announced it would seek compensation from Boeing after grounding its plane at the 11th hour. LOT also warned it would only accept delivery of three additional Dreamliners, expected in March, if the technical issues have been resolved. LOT's move is the first unequivocal demand for compensation, although the Qatar Airways chief executive, Akbar Al-Baker, last month indicated he would want to be reimbursed for "teething problems" that affected its services. Qatar's five 787s are now grounded. Analysts expect the final cost for Boeing to run into hundreds of millions of pounds, although compensation would likely take the form of discounts on orders, free service and repair rather than direct payment. Analysts at Japan's Mizuho Securities calculated that grounding the 787s could cost ANA alone more than $1.1m (£700,000) a day. Boeing's chief executive, Jim McNerney, expressed "deep regret" over recent events and said he would make the entire resources of the company available to assist the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in its inquiries. He said: "The safety of passengers and crew members who fly aboard Boeing airplanes is our highest priority. The company is working around the clock with its customers and the various regulatory and investigative authorities. "We are confident the 787 is safe and we stand behind its overall integrity. We will be taking every necessary step in the coming days to assure our customers and the traveling public of the 787's safety and to return the airplanes to service." The troubles overshadowed some good news for the Seattle-based manufacturer, as rival Airbus confirmed it had fallen behind Boeing in annual orders, and been outstripped in delivery of planes for the first time in a decade. While Airbus trumpeted 833 net orders, exceeding its targets, and a record delivery figure of 588 aircraft in 2012, Boeing's 1,203 orders and 601 deliveries last year - mainly of 737s - put it back on top. Airbus refused to be drawn into the Dreamliner debate. Speaking ahead of his company's unveiling of its 2012 results in Toulouse, France, the chief executive, Fabrice Bregier, said it was not his place to "give Boeing lessons" and noted that Airbus had suffered similar problems - alluding to the cracks in the wings of the new Airbus A380s in 2011. The advanced technology behind the 787, a "plastic plane" made from lighter, carbon composite materials, garnered enormous orders from airlines eagerly awaiting its fuel savings. Holiday firm Thomson - scheduled to be the first British airline to operate Dreamliners - based its advertising on the new planes, which also promise a better experience for passengers and fewer ill-effects from long-haul flights. However, its cutting edge status could backfire if problems erode public confidence. After production problems that delayed delivery by three years, the aircraft's "teething problems" - after 15 months in service - have now prompted the FAA to act. Its chief initial focus is the lithium-ion batteries that caught fire. Japanese authorities believe the latest incident could have resulted in a serious accident. In one silver lining, analysts said the Dreamliner's woes and delays could provide a temporary fillip for the airline industry overall, which has had profits hit by an excess of plane capacity.

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Romain Grosjean impressing with Lotus second time around ahead of British Grand Prix at Silverstone Cynics might suggest the cards were never stacked in his favour at a team where Flavio Briatore was both team principal and Alonso's manager. Grosjean, naturally, does not get drawn into that debate, although he does not deny that he is a different man and driver now. "Three years older it helps you a lot to understand things," he says. "To see things differently. I was maybe sometimes too aggressive in the past." Aggression is not something you would automatically associate with Grosjean after 20 minutes in his company. Naturally self-effacing, his words carry all the menace popularly associated with the country of his birth. Grosjean has a budding second career as a diplomat when he retires from the sport. He even sits on the fence on the subject of his own nationality. "As a racing driver, I'm more French than Swiss because I'm licensed in France, but as a character I think my close friends will tell you I'm not 100 per cent French," he says with a smile. "I'm always on time." Was he surprised he was able to match Raikkonen so soon? "I think the surprise was the car," he says, studiously avoiding the question. "We knew from winter testing we had a nice car. But to go from there to Melbourne and take third on the grid was unbelievable. And then the second nice surprise was to see the car so consistent. "I'm just trying to do my best and working hard with the whole team," he adds, now on autopilot. "My goal at the weekend is to beat 23 other drivers." Nice try, but come on, did you really expect to be matching a former world champion, with tonnes more experience, straight off the bat? "I'm pretty surprised with the way the season is going. If you had told me in January that I would have two podiums I would have signed straight away." A third attempt: do you think Raikkonen is driving at his top level or is he making you look better than you are? This time the arrow finds its mark. "Kimi didn't take long to come back to his level," Grosjean says with just a hint of pride. "I was at the test in Jerez [in February] when he got back in the car. After five laps he set a lap time which was his best of the day. Straight away he was back to the level at which he left Formula One. "And yes I'm happy with the way the season is going. I expected to have less experience and in a few conditions to be less good. But I'm trying to get the best of his experience in every situation and then use it." Could Grosjean become the season's eighth different winner on Sunday? He topped a rain-soaked first practice on Friday, although that told us little. What is clear is that he is closing in on that first victory. He would like to squeeze it in before the honeymoon. "I get to the race track I feel more and more comfortable in the paddock I feel more and more happy to be here," Grosjean says. "We've done third, we've done second. Hopefully we can achieve first one day soon."

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With the help of high-school administrators, Strive for College targets youth who attend schools where 50% or more of the students are eligible to receive free or reduced lunch. To participate, students must have a GPA of at least 2.0. Interested students fill out a questionnaire about their academic and financial histories as well as their interests, abilities and ambitions. Then they can attend a "speed-dating-style" session in which they choose their college student mentor. Throughout the school year, pairs meet at the high school once a week for an hour. The process takes the students through each step: selecting their target schools, filling out applications, writing essays, obtaining letters of recommendation, targeting scholarships and financial aid, reporting test scores and completing entrance exams. "As a mentor, your role can be coach, pseudo-parent, cheerleader," Carter said. "But it's that amazing near-peer connection of young people with young people... helping them through a process you just went through yourself, and taking the mystery and anxiety out of it, that I think is really important." Strive for College also aims to help students graduate with the least amount of student loan debt possible, ensuring stronger graduation rates and enhancing the college experience. With scholarships and financial aid, 40% of Strive students attend four-year colleges without having to come out of pocket for their tuition -- compared with 32% of low-income college students nationwide. Beginning this spring, mentors and mentees will be able to communicate and track progress over the interactive "UStrive" community website. The social network will allow students to track the curriculum's calendar and see when their peers complete major steps in the application process. Participants can make suggestions and bookmark items of interest for others. Carter has found that the social component helps students stay on track with their goals. "It creates peer pressure, but of a rare, positive kind. As they see one another looking at great universities and trying to aim for great financial aid packages, than their peers, their friends also say, 'If you can do that, I can, too.' And they start to raise their goals," he said. "It's a really powerful process in which you're building a culture of achievement in the schools." It's a culture that helped Shanna Brancato raise her own academic ambitions. The former foster child had never considered college as part of her future when she was encouraged to attend her first Strive for College session in her junior year of high school. "I've never really thought of myself as the greatest student. College was not on my mind," she said. "Now I'm a sophomore at San Jose State University. My full tuition is covered, and I'm mentoring a high school student." Many former mentees, like Brancato, become Strive for College mentors. "It's that 'paying it forward' mentality that is building a Strive movement that will solve this problem, I think, within the next decade," Carter said. Carter graduated from college in 2010 and has devoted himself full-time to his nonprofit. Strive for College now has 12 university chapters working in 15 high schools nationwide, and it is planning to launch eight more chapters this year. "The more we grow, the more students we help, the greater our impact, the bigger our movement," Carter said. "We'll go from changing hundreds to thousands of lives, to changing hundreds of thousands, and some day soon, even millions. "I'm so sure this will happen, because I believe in our generation. I know our mentors. I know the students we serve. And I know that together we are going to solve this problem." Want to get involved? Check out the Strive for College website at www.striveforcollege.org and see how to help.

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Air strikes resume as Gaza truce collapses ISRAELI air strikes struck more than 20 targets yesterday in the Gaza Strip and killed a senior Hamas member, as militant rocket fire continued following the collapse of a three-day truce aimed at ending the war between Israel and Hamas. Hamas officials said Israeli air strikes hit houses, mosques, its warehouses and training sites. Three bodies were found under the ruins of the al-Qassam mosque in Gaza, including that of senior Hamas official Moaaz Zaid, said Palestinian health official Ashraf al-Kidra. The Israeli military said militants in Gaza fired five rockets yesterday towards Israel, making a total of 70 rockets fired since the truce expired. In response, Israel has targeted more than 30 sites in Gaza since Friday, it said. The Islamist militants resumed their rocket attacks on Friday shortly before the 72-hour truce expired, injuring two Israelis and drawing a wave of retaliatory air strikes. The fighting shattered a brief calm in the month-long war and dealt a blow to Egyptian-led efforts to secure a long-term ceasefire between the bitter enemies. More than 1,900 Gazans have been killed in the war, roughly three-quarters of them civilians, according to Palestinian and United Nations officials. Israel disputes that breakdown, saying more militants have been killed. Sixty-seven people have been killed on the Israeli side, all of them soldiers apart from three civilians killed in rocket attacks. The war grew out of the killing of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank in June. Israel blamed the killings on Hamas and launched a massive arrest campaign, rounding up hundreds of its members in the West Bank, as Hamas and other militants unleashed rocket fire from Gaza. On 8 July, Israel launched an air campaign on the coastal territory, sending in ground troops nine days later to target rocket launchers and cross-border tunnels built by Hamas for attacks inside Israel. Gaza militants have fired more than 3,000 rockets into Israel. Hamas, which seized control of Gaza in 2007, rejected several ceasefire offers throughout the fighting. Its primary demand is the lifting of an Israeli-Egyptian blockade imposed after they seized power. Militants had warned they would resume fighting after the ceasefire expired unless there was a deal to ease the ­restrictions. The blockade, which Israel says prevents weapons reaching Gaza, has led to widespread hardship. Movement in and out of Gaza is limited, and the economy has ground to a standstill. Unemployment is at more than 50 per cent. Israel has said that the militants must disarm first - a demand dismissed by Hamas.

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The Institute of Wood Science or IWSc was a British organisation that researches wood. It is also known as the Timber Research and Development Centre. ==History== It was established in 1955. It is a research institute for the wood industry in the UK. The IWSc is now known as the Wood Technology Society, part of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. ==Structure== It was situated in Hughenden Valley in Hughenden, north of High Wycombe west of the A4128, home of the British furniture industry. The site is also the headquarters of TRADA, the Timber Research and Development Association. The site is also known as Trada Technology. It is not a government organisation. TRADA is owned by Exova BM TRADA. ==Function== It researches wood products. Its journal is the International Wood Products Journal, previously known as the The Journal of the Institute of Wood Science from 1958-2009. ===UK timber industry=== It is the UK's examining body for the UK timber trade. TRADA organises training at its site and at the The Horse Trust nearby. ==See also== Alice Holt Research Station Furniture Industry Research Association List of forest research institutes Forestry Commission Timber Trade Federation ==References== ==External links== Exova BM TRADA TRADA 1955 establishments in the United Kingdom British furniture British research associations Environmental research institutes Forest research institutes Forestry in the United Kingdom High Wycombe Materials science institutes Organisations based in Buckinghamshire Research institutes established in 1955 Research institutes in Buckinghamshire Timber industry Wycombe

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Giants in Perth: Day three The Diver giant joined the festivities on the second day of The Giants spectacle in Perth. THEY'RE mechanical, but the emotion stirred by The Giants was real as the towering puppets met for the first time in Perth, enthralling hundreds of thousands of spectators. As the sun set over the city and the end of the second day of their adventure, the Little Girl was reunited with her uncle, the Diver, and the pair embraced. It was the most anticipated moment of the three-day event, which lived up to its billing as the city's biggest ever event. Crowd estimates ranged between 400,000 and a staggering 800,000, as claimed by Perth International Arts Festival. "It's been an outstanding success, an absolute triumph... an event for every generation and for all people," Premier Colin Barnett hailed on Saturday. Click to see The Giants from a new perspective - in 360 degree panorama Giants continue to walk the streets of Perth City. Source: News Corp Australia The 6m Little Girl and the 11m Diver traversed Perth city on Saturday, leaving children awe-struck and adults giddy as a carnival atmosphere gripped the crowds. As the sun set, The Diver sat in Langley Park awaiting the arrival of his niece, the Little Girl. Thousands of faces lit up as she entered the park perched atop her boat at 7pm. She was raised from the vessel, then glided through the air towards an excited sea of faces. Cheers erupted as the two embraced and the girl ended her day's journey nestled in The Diver's lap. General coverage of the Giants visit in Perth. Source: News Corp Australia The spectacle continues today when the two wake up at Langley Park at 10am, take part in a wreath laying ceremony at 10.30am and join a parade from Terrace Rd to Hill St and Riverside Dr, before embarking down the Swan River on a barge. Transperth is running six and four-car trains during the event, which was expected to attract one million people over the three days. A Public Transport Authority spokesman said the train network carried an "unprecedented" 18,000 people an hour into the CBD yesterday morning.

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==Test Matches== ===First Test=== {| width="100%" |valign="top" width="50%"| |valign="top" width="50%"| |} {| width=100% style="font-size: 100%" | Touch judges: Wayne Barnes Christie du Preez Television match official: Shaun Veldsman |} Brice Dulin, Romain Taofifenua, Christopher Tolofua and Yvan Watremez made their full international debuts for France in this match. Rodrigo Baez made his full international debut for Argentina in this match. With this match Argentina extended their winning streak at home against France to 5 games and 10 years and overcame them in the IRB Rankings (swapping their 7th place with France's 6th). ===Second Test=== {| width="100%" |valign="top" width="50%"| |valign="top" width="50%"| |} {| width=100% style="font-size: 100%" | |} {| width=100% style="font-size: 100%" | Touch judges: Wayne Barnes Christie du Preez Television match official: Shaun Veldsman |} Facundo Barrea made his full international debut for Argentina in this match. Maxime Machenaud and Christophe Samson made their full international debuts for France in this match. France won the Series, tied 1-1, on points difference (69-33). With this victory France ended a 14-year timespan without a win against the Pumas on Argentinian soil, the previous victorious Test dating back to 28 June 1998, and once again overcame Argentina in the IRB Rankings. ==Touring squad== Philippe Saint-André announced his 28-man France squad for the June tour to Argentina. Several key faces were rested, including captain Thierry Dusautoir. Caps updated before the June tour. Ages are as of the first Test on 16 June. Head Coach: Philippe Saint-André Note*: After he sustained an injury in the First Test, Yvan Watremez was replaced in the squad by Thomas Domingo. (Philippe Saint-André originally planned to call up Castres prop Yannick Forestier but the latter was touring Japan with the French Barbarians and no satisfactory travel arrangement could be made, hence prompting the return of Domingo in the French squad after he sustained an important injury prior to the 2011 Rugby World Cup which prevented him from taking part in the competition and playing the major part of the 2011-2012 season with his club.) Note**: Although they took part in the warm-up fixture, Geoffrey Doumayrou, Antoine Guillamon and Romain Martial failed to appear in any of the Tests, thus remaining uncapped at the end of the Tour. ===Coaching and Management Team=== ==Home squad== Argentina's 29-man squad named for the 2012 June Tests against Italy and France. Coach Santiago Phelan decided not to select any player involved in the Top 14 playoffs, reserving his best squad for the upcoming 2012 Rugby Championship. Esteban Lozada was a late addition to the squad after his recovery from injury. Head Coach: Santiago Phelan Caps updated before tour. Ages are as of the first Test on 16 June. Note*: Matias Orlando failed to appear in any of the Tests against both Italy and France, thus remaining uncapped at the end of the Tour. ===Coaching and Management Team=== ==Aftermath== On 25 June 2012 (after all mid-year Tests had been played) France stood at the 5th place (their best ranking since March 2012) in the IRB Rankings (thanks to their second test comprehensive victory over the Pumas and Wales' loss to Australia in their third test) while Argentina had dropped to the 8th spot (their worst ranking since March 2012). From August to October 2012, Argentina competed in the inaugural Rugby Championship (the new incarnation of the Tri Nations Series) with Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, finishing bottom of the table with a draw (at home against the Springboks) and five losses. On 8 October 2012 France and Argentina remained respectively at the 5th and 8th places of the IRB World ranking. As part of the 2012 end of year tests the Pumas toured Wales, France and Ireland, playing one Test against each union. They beat the Welsh but lost to the two other unions while France recorded three straight wins (against Australia, Argentina and Samoa).

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Nestle to close Valley food plant Nestle USA will close a San Fernando Valley production plant that makes Hot Pockets by early October, shifting operations to an existing plant in rural Kentucky where costs are cheaper. The move will eliminate 360 jobs at the Chatsworth plant, which has been making the frozen sandwiches since 1988. A spokeswoman for Nestle USA, based in Glendale, said Wednesday that the consolidation at the Kentucky plant gives the company more room to expand and a more centrally located distribution point. "Our overarching goal is to run highly efficient manufacturing facilities and try to be as close as possible to the customers we serve," said Nestle spokeswoman Roz O'Hearn. It's a significant loss. But it's indicative of the problems in the city and the state with business unfriendly practices. - Stuart Waldman, president of the Valley Industry & Commerce Assn. Experts said Nestle's decision is in line with a larger exodus of manufacturing jobs from Southern California over the last two decades. Los Angeles County has seen a 57% decline in the number of manufacturing jobs since 1990, compared with a 31% drop nationally, according to federal and state data. As a percentage of the workforce in the county, manufacturing jobs dropped from nearly 20% in 1990 to 8.4% this year - a steeper decline than the rest of the country. California's high cost of living can be a serious cost consideration for firms, especially food manufacturing jobs that tend to pay low wages. "They look at stuff like taxation, energy costs and housing costs, and it becomes a business decision," said Esmael Adibi, director of the A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University. "In higher-skilled industries, they are hesitant to move because that labor force is not available anywhere. But for lower-skilled ones, they have an easier time leaving." That trend in California has the potential to leave lower-educated workers behind. While the growth in high-skilled jobs is a bright spot for the economy, the state still has a large pool of unskilled workers that includes immigrants, said Raj Rajagopalan, a professor of data sciences and operations at USC's Marshall School of Business. "In the short run, there could be a lot of negative impact with the loss of these kinds of jobs," he said. Local business groups argued that Nestle's decision was just the latest in a pattern of companies fleeing California for better business climates. "It's a significant loss," said Stuart Waldman, president of the Valley Industry & Commerce Assn., a local business group. "But it's indicative of the problems in the city and the state with business unfriendly practices." Nestle, however, didn't cite taxes or regulations as reasons for the consolidation. O'Hearn, the Nestle spokeswoman, said that while wages are always a factor, the main reason for the move to Kentucky was a lack of space in Chatsworth. Nestle is moving toward a round-the-clock schedule to boost efficiency, which she said often requires a revamp of the plant. "We just don't have the size to do what we need to do in Chatsworth," she said. She called California a "very important" state for the company. In addition to its U.S. headquarters in Glendale, Nestle still has plants in Tulare, Bakersfield and Modesto. Its ice cream business is based Oakland, and it has a large distribution center in Mira Loma. "But for this part of the business, it made better sense to move that production," she said. Employment at the Chatsworth plant has shrunk in recent years. Nestle laid off more than 100 workers there in 2012 amid static sales. The frozen food industry has faced pressure as consumers increasingly look toward fresher options. Sales of frozen food products have been slowing over the past three years, according to IRI, a Chicago-based market research firm. And sales of Nestle's Hot Pockets and Lean Pockets fell 5.9% over the past year, according to the firm. Nestle said it will be investing $13 million in the Kentucky plant, which already produces Hot Pockets. It is also hiring 150 new workers there as it shifts operations to a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week schedule. Joe Lilly, an executive director at the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, said no new tax incentives figured into the Mt. Sterling, Ky., plant expansion. But since the early 1990s, Lilly said the company has participated in a tax-incentive program that allows the company to capture a small percentage of state income taxes paid by employees. Nestle has not yet decided what to do with the Chatsworth plant, which it owns, O'Hearn said.

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"Among the justices themselves, there is still an incredible confidence that each of them is deciding the cases neutrally without politics intruding," said Goldstein. "And the public generally thinks that's true too. But because there have been so many recent high-profile difficult cases, political partisans tend to paint the court-- caricature it-- as a political tool. That's not right but it is undermining political confidence and support for the justices." But as far as any hard feelings on battles lost, and on words said, do not expect any lingering bitterness inside the court. Ginsburg and her colleagues have already returned to work from their summer recess, met privately as a group this week, and seem prepared for the hectic round of arguments and opinion writing that starts the First Monday in October. "We could not do the job the Constitution gives to us, if we did not use one of Justice (Antonin) Scalia's favorite expressions: 'Get over it,'" Ginsburg said to a Philadelphia audience recently. "Even though we have sharp disagreements on what the Constitution means, we have a trust. We revere the Constitution and the court-- and we want to make sure it was in as good shape when we joined."

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Warren's MARs held conservative positions on poverty and racial issues. They rejected busing and welfare agencies as examples of "the rich [giving] in to the demands of the poor, and the middle-income people have to pay the bill." They disliked the national government, but they also thought corporations "have too much power" and were "too big." They favoured many liberal programmes. They wanted government to guarantee jobs to everyone. They supported price (but not wage) control, Medicare, some kind of national health insurance, federal aid to education and social security. Warren found that MARs represented about a quarter of the electorate. They were on average more male than female; they had a high-school but not a college education; their income fell in the middle, or slightly below it; they had skilled or semi-skilled blue-collar occupations, or clerical or sales jobs - and they were the most likely demographic group to vote for George Wallace. In other words, Wallace's base was among voters who saw themselves as middle class - the American equivalent of "the people" - and who believed themselves to be locked in conflict with those below and above. Forty years later, Trump portrays himself as an enemy of free trade treaties, runaway shops, and illegal immigration and as the champion of the "silent majority" - a term borrowed from Nixon - against the "special interests" and the "establishment" of both parties. "The silent majority is back, and it's not silent. It's aggressive," Trump declared last year. At rallies, his campaign has given out signs that read: "The silent majority stands with Trump." In January, just before the Iowa caucuses, Trump's campaign ran a television advertisement titled The Establishment. Seated behind a desk, Trump looked into the camera and said: "The establishment, the media, the special interest, the lobbyists, the donors, they're all against me. I'm self-funding my campaign. I don't owe anybody anything. I only owe it to the American people to do a great job. They are really trying to stop me." This essay is adapted from The Populist Explosion by John B Judis, published by Columbia Global Reports. To order a copy, go to bookshop.theguardian.com or call 0330 333 6846. • Follow the Long Read on Twitter at @gdnlongread, or sign up to the long read weekly email here.

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British voters see more gloom in years ahead: poll LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly half of Britons expect their living standards to fall further by the time they vote in the next election in 2015, but the opposition Labor Party could still struggle to win if the economy does rebound, a pollster said on Monday. A YouGov poll showed 46 percent of respondents thought they would be worse off in 2015 than now. Only seven percent saw a full recovery in the next two to three years. YouGov president Peter Kellner said the level of pessimism was higher than usual, but said Labor's lead over the Conservatives, the senior ruling coalition partner, in other opinion polls of about eight or nine points could prove too small if the economy recovers. "If the pessimism is confounded and the economy does show signs of steady growth between now and the next election, then the Conservative argument that the medicine is working, the economy has turned a corner and they are cleaning up Labor's mess would be quite a powerful message which Labor would have real difficulty counteracting," Kellner said. "As long as Labor is blamed more than the Tories (Conservatives) for the mess that Britain is in, the Conservatives will have a fighting chance of winning the next election." The questions in the poll about living standard expectations and how long it will take for the economy to recover were put to 1,761 respondents between February 27 and 28. It was conducted for The Resolution Foundation, a think tank For more on the poll, click on: here (Reporting by William Schomberg Editing by Jeremy Gaunt.)

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Central European presidents back Nabucco West over TAP for natural gas BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, June 17 (UPI) -- The presidents of Hungary, Austria, Romania and Bulgaria have urged Azerbaijan to support the proposed Nabucco West natural gas pipeline over a rival project. Austrian President Heinz Fischer told reporters at a Central European summit in Slovakia Thursday he and his counterparts had sent a letter to Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev touting their preference for Nabucco West over the rival Trans-Adriatic pipeline. A decision by the consortium controlling the Caspian Sea gas fields on which pipeline would transport the gas from Azerbaijan to Europe is expected by the end of the month. The Nabucco proposal would pass through Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria on its way from the Turkish border to a terminus in Austria. The TAP project, meanwhile, would go through Greece and Albania before crossing under the Adriatic Sea to Italy. Fisher, addressing reporters at the wrap-up of the Bratislava summit, said the Nabucco West option is better because it would provide more energy diversification for Central and Eastern Europe, which is all but totally dependent on Russian natural gas supplies, Croatian Radiotelevision reported. "We believe in diversification," Fisher said. "There should be no monopoly or near-monopoly status." The Austrian leader said the letter backing Nabucco West -- signed by himself and counterparts Traian Basescu of Romania, Janos Ader of Hungary and Rosen Plevneliev of Bulgaria -- was also supported by Turkey. The Balkan states of Albania, Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia, meanwhile, are backing TAP. Basescu said Wednesday before the declaration a strong showing of support for Nabucco West was needed as the crunch time for a decision was nearing, the Romania Libera newspaper reported. "I hope that the member states concerned -- and here I refer primarily to Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and other countries -- will be able to sign a letter stating the Nabucco project as a priority project," he said. "We have to have a firm and consistent stand by all member states concerned here," the Romanian president added, "and not only the states through which the Nabucco pipeline will pass, but also other beneficiary countries like Poland, for example, which can be a big beneficiary of the Nabucco gas pipeline transport." European Union leaders are working to break the Russian grip on the regional energy sector through transit projects outlined in the so-called Southern Gas Corridor. Most of the Russian natural gas bound for European markets runs through Soviet-era pipelines in Ukraine. Disputes between Russian energy company Gazprom and the Ukrainian government have exposed vulnerabilities in the conventional route. Rovnag Abdullayev, director of the State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic, said this month a decision between the Nabucco West and Trans-Adriatic pipelines was expected soon. "At present, the work is under way to choose a route of transporting Azerbaijani gas to Europe," he was quoted as saying by regional news agency Trend. "The final decision will be made at the end of this month." Both projects are expecting natural gas from the Shah Deniz II project in the Azeri waters of the Caspian Sea.

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== Mario Lemieux == Didn't Mario Lemieux at one point get referred to as this, perhaps while he was still in junior or starting out in the NHL? I seem to remember seeing it, but can't recall where. Kaiser matias I don't think so. Lemieux joined the league in 1984, and Gretzky had only been playing for about 5 seasons. Their careers had significant overlap, so people weren't really looking for a "next one" yet. In addition, by the time Gretzky's career had slowed down, Lemieux's career was so marred by injury that he wasn't considered in the running. Anyway, I haven't heard anyone call Lemieux the "next one" at any point, nor have I read such statements. But Mario's nickname "The Magnificent One" is a play off of Gretzky's... and probably helped spawn the "Next One" phenomenon... DMighton Well if you can find some sources to substantiate your claim, then it would have more weight. Otherwise, it's original research. I never made a claim, so I will assume you are talking to Kaiser matias. A recap... First came "The Great One" then they dubbed Mario "The Magnificent One" [http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=Lemieux+%22the+magnificent+one%22&btnG=Search&meta=... and since then they have been searching for "The Next One" and here is an article of TSN comparing Gretzky, Lemieux, and Crosby in the search for "The Next One" on "The Crosby Show" [http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?fid=8889&hubname=. It also metions Mike Ricci, Alex Daigle, Eric Lindros, and Jason Spezza. DMighton 23:34, 14 February 2007 (UTC) I've never heard of Mario Lemieuxx referred to as "The Magnificent One". Most of the time I hear him referred to as "Super Mario", and occasionally in French Canada I hear him referred to as "Le Magnifique" (which translates as "The Magnificent", not "The magnificent one") — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.91.93.238 (talk) I'm aware that Lemieux and Gretzky played around the same time, but keep in mind that by 1985 Gretzky was already one of the best players ever. Recall that Lemieux wore 66 as a result of Gretzky (66 is 99 upside-down). I will look through what I can, although I realise that I am probably wrong. Kaiser matias Is there a way to keep this to the three folks that the media (completely without basis, BTW) anointed as "The Next One?" Lindros, Crosby, and Tavares all bore that nickname, not that any of them were or will be players on Gretzky's scale, but I think it's silly to let every prospective No. 1 pick put his name in here. (For the record, yes, I have a fav team, and no, it has nothing to do with it.) Articles stating that someone might be a No. 1 pick are not the same as articles comparing a prospect to Wayne Gretzky (or worse, proclaiming the prospect to be "the next one," usually to the prospect's detriment.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by GeeZee (talk • contribs) == Conner McDavid == Found this page after reading Jason Spezza held this nickname for a bit in the OHL. Add a new member to the list, Conner McDavid. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2013/04/24/sp-connor-mcdavid-under-18-championship.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.193.85.218 (talk) Good article. I've added it without the name as it hasn't made significant press yet (may happen during his draft year). Secondarily though, I've added a quote from the article to McDavid's own page, so the content you wanted is indeed now on Wikipedia. Jeremy112233 (talk)

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Angelina Jolie beats Germaine Greer to be crowned top feminist icon The Maleficent actress beat The Female Eunuch author to top spot Beyonce, Jennifer Lawrence and Charlotte Church also made the top ten Angelina, 39, recently removed her ovaries in the wake of a cancer scare By Bianca London for MailOnline Angelina Jolie has been crowned the nation's top feminist icon, beating the most legendary living voice of women's rights, Germaine Greer. The Maleficent actress beat The Female Eunuch author in the nationwide poll for her extraordinary work, like campaigning against rape as a weapon of war in her role as UN Special Envoy. In second place - and following in Jolie's footsteps as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador - is Emma Watson, who recently launched the HeForShe campaign for gender equality. Actress, mother and campaigner Angelina Jolie has been crowned the nation's top feminist icon The third spot was clinched by How To Be A Woman author and outspoken journalist, Caitlin Moran, ahead of Jennifer Lawrence, who impressed the world with her powerful response to the leaked intimate photos of herself. Finally, Greer comes in at number five, above Taylor Swift, a vocal feminist who was applauded for her Blank Space music video, which passionately attacks misogyny. UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie Pitt and First Secretary of State William Hague launching the Women, Peace and Security Centre at the London Stock Exchange in London in February Angelina Jolie meeting with Syrian refugees in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, back in 2012 Seventh place was awarded to Cara Delevingne, who recently backed Watson's HeForShe campaign and also led a mock feminist protest for Chanel. Patricia Arquette's impassioned Oscars speech, which demanded gender wage equality, secured her the eighth position. Beyonce, once lauded as the showbiz queen of feminism, was relegated to number nine ahead of Charlotte Church, who cemented her self-confessed 'raving feminist' role with her triumphant BBC lecture about sexism in the music industry. The Maleficent actress beat The Female Eunuch author Germaine Greer, left, and Emma Watson, right, who recently launched the HeForShe campaign for gender equality, in the nationwide poll Jennifer Lawrence, left, who impressed the world with her powerful response to the leaked intimate photos of herself, also came in the top ten, as did Taylor Swift, right, a vocal feminist who was applauded for her Blank Space music video, which passionately attacks misogyny A spokesperson for feminist fashion house www.roseandwillard.com, who commissioned the research, said: 'We are driven by the empowerment of women and celebration of their femininity, which Angelina Jolie embodies perfectly. 'The poll shows that this is the brand of feminism currently favoured by the public. Emma Watson is another exciting example of this and shared our vision when recently complaining that society "devalues the she," which is why her HeForShe campaign fights for society to respect and embrace feminine qualities.' Angelina Jolie enjoyed a fun night out with her daughters at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards on Saturday night - her first appearance since she revealed she had her ovaries removed. The star was pictured giggling and getting a giant hug from Shiloh, 8 and Zahara, 10, in response to Angelina winning Favourite Villain for her role in Maleficent. Seventh place was awarded to Cara Delevingne, who recently backed Watson's HeForShe campaign and also led a mock, feminist protest for Chanel, pictured with megaphone On Monday night, an article by the movie star was published on the New York Times. She detailed her decision to undergo an operation to remove her ovaries in the wake of a cancer scare. In the deeply personal piece she explained how she would no longer be able to bear children and said that as a result of the operation, she was warned to expect 'physical changes' regardless of the hormone replacements she is taking. The article, titled Angelina Jolie Pitt: Diary Of A Surgery, comes two years after she published an op-ed detailing her decision to have a double mastectomy to prevent the onset of breast cancer. Actress Angelina Jolie poses with her Favorite Villain award backstage during Nickelodeon's 28th Annual Kids' Choice Awards Actress Angelina Jolie hugs Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt (L) and Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt (R) after winning the award for Favorite Villain in 'Maleficent' during Nickelodeon's 28th Annual Kids' Choice Awards at the weekend Share or comment on this article

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So what does your postcode say about you? Your age, marital status and even how many cars you own, according to new research The research is being carried out by the Royal Mail Data reveals everything from birth rate to mortgage debt to car ownership It wasn't until 1974 that every area has its own postcode By Becky Barrow Does your postcode begin IP15? Or how about B4? If it's the former then you'll know that you live in Aldeburgh, the charming coastal town in Suffolk known for its music festivals and as the home of composer Sir Benjamin Britten. What you may not know is that it's the postcode with the oldest population in Britain, typically just over 55. The data has been crunched as part of a research project carried out for the Royal Mail In Birmingham's B4 postcode, meanwhile, the average age is only 23, the lowest in the country. The statistics come from research for Royal Mail analysing the nation's postcodes and what they say about us. If you live in Poole, for example, you are more likely to be married than if you live anywhere else. Of those with the BH18 postcode, around two-thirds are married. Canterbury in Kent (CT1-CT6) has the lowest birth rate in Britain, with just under 44 births for every 1,000 women aged between 16 and 44. The highest is in Barking (RM5-RM10), with 90 births for every 1,000 women in this age group. The people of Worcester have the most cars, an average of 1.95 per household, according to the statistics from the Centre for Economic and Business Research. Those in the Isles of Scilly have the fewest, typically one car for every ten homes. The Canterbury postcodes have the lowest birthrate of any in the country The report reveals that outside London the biggest mortgage debt is in Surrey's exclusive Virginia Water (GU25), typically at around £50,000 per person. The place with the highest mortgage debt is the City of London (EC4A). Mostly a business area, it includes some hugely expensive residential homes and has an average mortgage debt of £112,000 per person. Postcodes were first tested in Norwich in 1959, but it was not until 1974 that all parts of the country had their own. Share or comment on this article

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Keeping an open mind on Ed Miliband isn't easy This time, he had to cover his embarrassment over the drop in oil and gas prices since he promised to freeze them, and said he would cut them by 10 per cent more. I think this is as much a false promise as his so-called cut in tuition fees, which would benefit only those students who go on to well-paid jobs - "with the very highest earners benefiting the most," according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. My view is that a politician who makes such superficially popular promises will be found out, usually before an election. The only reason the Liberal Democrats" tuition fees promise survived the last election was that no one expected them to be in government. I assume that Labour support will drop like the oil price when voters have to choose between David Cameron and Miliband as prime minister. But that is the point about an open mind. You have to try to keep it open. So, let me try. Let me try to imagine the story of how Labour support holds firm or increases, or Tory support declines, between now and 7 May. We could start with our ComRes poll today, which has two findings that should worry the Tories. One is the "right direction, wrong direction" question. Overall, 37 per cent agreed that "Britain is going in the right direction," but 46 per cent say "wrong direction." In America, a similar question, about whether the country is on the right or wrong track, is said to be a good predictor of elections. Perhaps it is here. The other ComRes finding is that, by a two-to-one margin, voters agree that, "given the current state of the Government's finances, the Government can slow the pace of cuts to public spending." That is one of the central questions of the election campaign. Many voters are tired of what I prefer not to call "austerity" (it seems an insult to those who had to live through real austerity after the war) and are worried about the state of public services - even if spending on the NHS and schools is protected by Conservative election promises. Two weeks ago in this space I wrote that George Osborne has some scope in this week's Budget to soften the contours of the cliff-like descent of planned public spending over the next five years. In particular, he will make sure that no one will be able to compare spending levels as a share of national income to those in the 1930s. But the difference between the parties remains. As Hamish McRae explains today, Ed Balls is not aiming to get the public finances into surplus in the next parliament. He just wants to get borrowing down to a "sustainable" level. This gives Miliband and Balls a surprisingly large amount of leeway to soften every tough decision with which the Conservatives will challenge them. To the question: how will you pay for it? the answer is simply: by not trying to close the deficit so fast. As our poll suggests, that is popular, but, unlike energy prices and tuition fees, slower deficit reduction is also a sensible policy. Even if Osborne bribes the voters in the Budget, therefore, Labour can offer better bribes after the election. It might be better if Balls were replying to the Chancellor on Wednesday, because he understands economics, but the convention is that the Leader of the Opposition replies. It is one of the harder engagements in British politics, and replying to a pre-election Budget is the hardest of all. But one thing that you can say in Miliband's favour is that he has "keepgoingness." His Budget reply may not be great, but he will still be standing at the end of it. Labour will fight an election similar to that in 2010. Then, Cameron and Osborne lost support during the campaign, partly because they had been too blunt about the deep spending cuts they planned in order to balance the books. Five years ago, the Conservatives had to back off talk of "austerity" because it was frightening the voters, who rallied to Labour because they were worried about public services. This time could be similar, but with the Tories having to take the blame for all the hard decisions of the past five years. It may be that people will vote Labour despite Miliband just as more people than expected voted Labour last time, despite Gordon Brown. As Terry Pratchett also said: "There isn't a way things should be. There's just what happens, and what we do." Twitter.com/@JohnRentoul

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Inexperience cost Watford against Crystal Palace, says former Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia Captain Manuel Almunia believes youthful inexperience of the big occasion was the overriding factor behind Watford's frustrating below-par performance in yesterday's npower Championship play-off final defeat to Crystal Palace. The Hornets failed to really get going all afternoon in front of 82,025 spectators at Wembley in a showdown worth £120million for the victors - the biggest financial prize in world football. Gianfranco Zola's side earned rave reviews all season for their free-flowing attacking brand of passing football, led by the likes of Matej Vydra, Almen Abdi, Troy Deeney and Nathaniel Chalobah. But it was left to Watford's rearguard to keep the Hertfordshire club in the encounter before it was eventually settled by Kevin Phillips' extra-time penalty. "It's a final, there's always a winner and a loser," said former Arsenal goalkeeper Almunia, who himself made a string of superb second-half saves. "We didn't play our football, we didn't display our quality and Crystal Palace did. They showed how strong they are. It's a massive frustration. "We have a young side and they have to get used to these kind of games, mentally you have to be prepared to be in front of 80,000 people. It's not easy because it's the first time for many players and Palace have very experienced players. "But for some reason we didn't play our football and there are no more chances this season to go up." And the Spaniard knows the agony of play-off final defeat - particularly after their dramatic semi-final win over Leicester - will only increase for all involved over the coming days before they come to reflect on a season which delivered plenty of positives. "We will have a lot of pain in a few days. The next few days it will be hard to accept that we are still in the Championship," the stopper added. "But when next season starts, people will look back and say 'last season was unbelievable and we have unbelievable memories of being at Wembley, (and) the Leicester game'. "The fans will look back and they will be very proud of us." Almunia arrived at Vicarage Road from the Gunners last summer as part of a transformation of the club under new owners the Pozzo family, who appointed their fellow Italian Zola as manager. A flood of season-long loan players from Serie A side Udinese and La Liga outfit Granada followed - with the two clubs also owned by the Pozzos - a move which attracted criticism from some quarters as Watford challenged for automatic promotion. Those deals are now at an end and it remains to be seen whether the likes of 22-goal top scorer Vydra and influential playmaker Abdi will sign permanently. But Almunia is hoping Watford will be able to build upon this season when they return to action for a seventh successive year in the second tier come August. "We have to start again from zero because we have many players on loan. We have to settle our squad and be better next season, that will be very, very hard with the strong sides," he said. "But we have to keep Gianfranco's football philosophy, our style, because this season we proved this style is good for our squad. "The final was a big experience for us and most of the young players will benefit from it, they will be more impressive next time when we play a final."

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The man Jindal's tied with is the other main contender for the next withdrawal. That would be Mr. Pataki, also at 0.3 percent. He's running a less expensive effort than Jindal, but he's got big money problems of his own. According to the Federal Election Commission, he's got $13,570 in the bank, with debts of $20,000. So his campaign is broke, at the moment. The next GOP debate is only five days away. That should be the next inflection point. Either one of the candidates above will not bother to make the trip, and call it quits, or they'll wait to see how they do, and perhaps pull the plug in the aftermath.

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"It makes me feel better, like I'm contributing," she told me. I hope others will be inspired by her, and by the agreement in Paris. This is the moment the world dedicated itself to a liveable, clean-energy future. But it's going to take all of our efforts to actually make that dream a reality. Sign up for the Two° newsletter John Sutter on Twitter Read more in the Two° series

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Psychic Uri Geller's Berkshire mansion on sale for £15million The Palladian-style 12,000sqft home is located Sonning, near George and Amal Clooney's new house Geller lived in the property with wife Hanna for 35 years and has decorated it according to feng shui principles Two children have grown up and moved out and he is now moving to a flat in Tel Aviv with furniture from Ikea Geller says of the property, which also contains 40-million-year-old crystals, 'Magic emanates from the house' By Naomi Greenaway for MailOnline Psychic Uri Geller is selling his Berkshire mansion for £15million after 35 years - and the 12,000ft property is every bit as mystifying as its owner. Filled with unique sculptures and furniture, every object has a story, from the brown velvet sofa, which was a favourite of Michael Jackson to the leather chair that once belonged to Yves Saint Laurent. Talking toilets, sculptures gifted by Salvador Dali, giant crystals over 40 million years old, a throne made of bent spoons and horse sculpture fashioned from twigs are just a few of the features that make this house unique. Scroll down for video Illusionist Uri Geller is selling his 12,000ft mansion in Sonning, Berkshire, after 35 years for £15million Outside the house, Geller's Cadillac is covered with more than 3,000 bent spoons and forks which belonged to presidents, royalty and some of the most famous artists in the world Speaking exclusively to FEMAIL about the home he shares with his wife Hanna, (his two children, Daniel and Natalie, who grew up in the house have since moved away), Geller says'magic emanates from the house'. "Everything is in accordance with Feng Shui principals,' the 68-year-old Israeli said. The spectacular property is located in Sonning, and since George and Amal Clooney bought on the nearby island hamlet of Sonning Eye last year, the sleepy village is having a moment. There are also rumours that Brad and Angelina and Tayor Swift are now also looking to move to the area. However, Sonning has never been short of a high profile face as Geller's neighbours include home secretary Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Led Zepplin guitarist Jimmy Page. But Geller is leaving the Berkshire countryside to return to Israel, where he left in 1972. The multimillionaire has bought a modest flat in Tel Aviv overlooking the Mediterranean and has furnished it with cheap pieces from Ikea. One of the more priceless pieces is a brown velvet sofa, which was a favourite of Geller's friend Michael Jackson. Geller says: 'Michael loved this sofa - he slept on it and he meditated on it' Other of his favourite pieces include a black leather chair once owned by Yves Saint Laurent. 'I wanted to have the chair where this incredible man sat and created all his wonderful designs,' he says The entertainment hall on the lower ground floor includes a large cinema room, bar and fully equipped gymnasium: Even the walls of the cinema room are decked out in plush red carpet Describing the Sonning Court's unique location Geller says,"It is in a very rare location being on the bend of the river and there are incredible, positive forces emanating from the water.' 'Everything about the house is somewhat spiritual and empowering - the rooms, the views and the landscape gardens.' Geller himself has handpicked the plants for his lush gardens. 'I have collected plants and shrubs from all over the world: Brazil, Japan, Venezuela, Chile, France, the USA. It is very elegant, peaceful and beautiful. With the three ponds, the gardens create a magical atmosphere,' he says. Also in the garden is a red pyramid. Three times a year Geller flies in terminally ill children and tries to inspire them to think positively inside the glazed walls of the unique structure. Inside, there are endless objets d'art collected by the illusionist throughout his career and given to him by the famous people whose paths he's crossed. There's also an exquisite green marble fireplace from America that had been thrown out in a skip on the pavement outside the Rockefeller's house - until Geller spotted it's beauty and salvaged it Geller's water feature: The generous grounds also include a stretch of The Thames belonging to Sonning Court, plus privately owned river moorings The panorama room has nine-metre glass doors on to the garden and eye-popping bright red sofas But would Geller part with his magnificent treasures when he sells? 'For the right person, I would leave everything,' says Geller. 'I am not in any way materialistic and do not hang on to things. I am not the sort of person who rips the light fittings out!'

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North River Township is an inactive township in Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. North River Township was erected in the 1834, taking its name from the North River. ==References== Townships in Missouri Townships in Shelby County, Missouri

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Simon Despres is a surprising gain in Ducks' win over Chicago in Game 3 It was easy to overlook the Ducks' acquisition of defenseman Simon Despres in the flurry of moves they made shortly before the trade deadline. It wasn't immediately clear what General Manager Bob Murray had gained by sending Ben Lovejoy to Pittsburgh for Despres, who had averaged 16 minutes and 22 seconds' ice time per game for the Penguins, though the team got younger - Despres is 23 to Lovejoy's 31 - and slightly bigger by trading for the 6-foot-4, 214-pound native of Laval, Canada. But from the moment he was paired with Cam Fowler, Despres had a feeling the two would mesh in ways that would allow each to reach a new level and propel the Ducks another step along the road to the Stanley Cup. "The first game, I think we had a good chemistry," Despres said. "Sometimes you can't explain it." No long explanation is necessary. Their performances Thursday at the United Center illustrated why Despres has become so valuable to the Ducks and why he and Fowler are so effective together, with each contributing in many ways to the 2-1 victory that gave the Ducks a 2-1 lead over the Chicago Blackhawks in the Western Conference finals. Despres led the Ducks in ice time at 23 minutes and 26 seconds and was credited with the game-winning goal when he took a pass from Ryan Getzlaf - who had gotten a pass from Fowler - and rifled a one-timer from the right circle past Chicago goaltender Corey Crawford at 19:03 of the second period. Fowler played one of his best all-around games in recent memory, racking up five blocked shots and dishing out three hits in addition to making Despres' goal possible. Despres, a left-handed shooter who has been playing the right side, downplayed his offensive exploits and credited teammate Corey Perry for distracting Crawford on his goal. "I'm not a goal-scorer. I just tried to hit the net and get it off as quick as possible," Despres said of his ice-skimming shot. But he took justifiable pride in being sent out by Coach Bruce Boudreau to protect that one-goal lead in the final minute of the game. He rewarded Boudreau's faith by getting his stick in the way of a dangerous shot by Patrick Kane during a frantic last push by the Blackhawks, who lost their first home game of these playoffs after five straight wins. "I like the confidence from the coach to put me out there," Despres said. "I do my best to keep it that way and work hard and block shots and be a good defensive player. I'm a big guy and I have a long reach and I try to use that to my advantage." Winger Andrew Cogliano, always thoughtful and articulate, said the team's acquisition of Despres proved why Murray had been voted the NHL's top general manager last season. "Nothing against Lovie," Cogliano said of Lovejoy. "Lovie was a good player. Lovie was a very useful player for a long time. He did a great job for us. But Des, he's a good player and I think he has a little bit more room to grow. I don't think he's reached his full potential. He's big. He battles hard. He's got a good stick. He could play physical at the right time. "I think it was fitting for him to get a goal tonight because I think he was, I don't want to say due, but he had good enough opportunities. And he's been playing really good." Fowler credited their success to their strong relationship and innate feeling for the game. "I think our style of play kind of complements one another," Fowler said. "Skating is a big part of Des' game. He's a big, physical kid who can impose his will on some of their skilled guys. He has the ability to join the rush whenever he has the opportunity and that's also a big part of my game, so I think we have a good understanding with one another about when it's time to go and maybe when it's time to sit back and make sure we're solid defensively." They were more than solid Thursday. Because of that, the Ducks were able to gain new life less than two days after a triple-overtime loss in Game 2 that could have deflated and derailed them. "It's been a good run so far," Despres said. "We haven't done anything yet. We want to get to the top." If they get there, it will be because their acquisition of Despres proved to be a much bigger move than it seemed at the time. Follow Helene Elliott on Twitter @helenenothelen Copyright © 2015, Los Angeles Times

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The Rights Abuses Uruguay Doesn't Want You to Know About Note: This article is an abridged version of a longer report, "Escaping the Crisis Trap: New Options for Haiti," produced by the Legatum Institute and the Institute for State Effectiveness. On the afternoon of January 12, 2010, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. Shoddy construction compounded the scale of the devastation; many buildings collapsed on their occupants. Government figures put the dead at over 300,000, with as many injured, in a city of 2.5 million. Overnight, more than 1.3 million people -- nearly a tenth of Haiti's population -- were homeless. The overall damage estimates amounted to $7.9 billion, 120 percent of Haiti's 2009 GDP. The aftermath brought immediate, extreme challenges: 40 percent unemployment, widespread hunger, and frequent disease outbreaks caused by poor sanitation. The international response was instantaneous and generous. Donor nations pledged $5 billion in short-term aid and $10 billion over the long term. They also committed to work through government mechanisms to build the country's capacity for self-sufficiency. Four years on, their efforts have unquestionably yielded progress: 90 percent of the homeless have been resettled, 80 percent of the rubble has been cleared, and joblessness continues to decline. There is even some promise of new foreign investment in Haiti. Yet the international effort's results have fallen far short of the expectations of both Haitians and donor nations. Unemployment and food insecurity are still prevalent in Haiti. One hundred thousand people continue to live in squalid camps characterized by poverty, cholera epidemics, and sexual violence toward women. (The photo above features two boys who live in a camp for earthquake survivors in Port-au-Prince.) Haiti remains the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, with a per capita income of $777.10 -- a fraction of what their Dominican neighbors earn. Moreover, progress toward self-sufficiency remains slow. The training of a new national police force is not advancing fast enough to stem the current reliance on U.N. troops for security. This cultivates the sense among ordinary Haitians that they are an occupied nation. The Haitian government still depends on donor assistance and remittances from abroad for nearly all of its revenue. Instead of working to rebuild the country's long-dysfunctional government, as they committed to do after the earthquake, donor nations and aid organizations fell into a trap that we refer to as the "sovereignty paradox." Unable or unwilling to trust government institutions as reliable partners in their aid operations, NGOs and their funders programmed around them, creating parallel administrative structures that effectively undermined Haiti's government and alienated its people. This disappointment provides an opportunity for Haitians and their partners to pause, regroup, and set the agenda for the future. We accordingly call for the creation of a "national discussion" involving individuals and groups, especially young people, throughout the country. It would aim to take stock of Haiti's considerable assets and generate grassroots pressure to transform the Haitian political and governmental system. The tiny island nation's troubles extend far back into history: Originally claimed for the Spanish crown in 1492, Haiti was subsequently colonized by the French. In 1804, Haiti declared independence from France, constituting the only successful slave revolt mounted in the Americas. An ensuing succession of chaotic governments vied for control of Haiti well into the 20th century. Despite several attempts at participatory elections, democratic rule proved elusive. Corrupt and wealthy elites maintained their power, backed by thuggish security forces. Meanwhile, most Haitians lacked the most basic access to justice, education, or health care. Haiti seemed poised for fundamental change in 1991, when President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a former Roman Catholic priest, became its first democratically elected head of state. The military and police structure resisted change, however, and seven months into his presidency, the military overthrew Aristide. He returned to Haiti under the aegis of the United Nations and Bill Clinton's administration in 1994. Since then, a pattern of successive elections, ouster, deadlock, and intervention have reduced government into more of a revolving door than a platform for meaningful change. In Haiti, political office has always been the main and often only means of upward mobility. Incumbents resort to any means to secure their inherently precarious political positions -- including violence. A narrow, kleptocratic elite has captured key positions in government agencies and civil society organizations. As a result, neither represents nor caters to the interests of the majority of the country: the poor. Few Haitians see elections as having any effect on their lives.

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Melbourne City travel west with destiny in their own hands Melbourne City travel to Perth at the weekend with one major advantage over every other A-League rival: their fate lies entirely in their own hands. Optimistic: Alex Wilkinson believes City will defeat Perth Glory. Photo: Paul Jeffers Given their prodigious goal difference - plus 22 - and situation on top of the ladder, City know that if they win their last two games they will definitely finish top of the table whatever their rivals do. Those final two fixtures are against the A-League's form clubs, Perth Glory and Adelaide United, but if City, on a three-match winning streak, needed any further encouragement then that fact alone should galvanise them enough. "It's in our hands now, which is good. We haven't been in that situation yet this season. Now other results have gone our way and we have kept winning it's all in our hands. Two wins and we will be top," says City's Australian international defender Alex Wilkinson. "They are two very difficult games. Perth have won 10 out of 11, at home they are very strong. It's a difficult game, but the way we are playing we are confident we can go over there and get a result. We will worry about Adelaide after that," Wilkinson said on Thursday. "Andy Keogh has been in good form since he's come back, Chris Harold has been scoring some good goals, Diego Castro as well. They get a lot of good crosses into the box, Keogh is good in the air, he's a very good penalty box finisher, so it's something we have got to be aware of. But we are more about how we play and how we want to do things." His Socceroo teammate Aaron Mooy stressed the importance of these two final matches. "It's really positive to have this goal difference. It's like having another point. If we play to our best ability I am confident we can get a win. I feel that we have to win both games if we want to finish top."

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Barack Obama, Tyler, the Creator, Madonna and Hillary Clinton. Photograph: MediaPunch/Rex Features, Kevin Mazur/Wireimage, Marko Djurica/Reuters January "Welcome to Twitter... @RupertMurdoch. I've left you a Happy New Year message on my voicemail!" John Prescott reacts to the media mogul's nascent social media presence "If I'm just like a virgin, Ricky, why don't you come over here and do something about it?" Madonna bites back at Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes, after the comedian claimed the singer had not yet lost her virginity "I don't think we should go to the moon. I think we maybe should send some politicians up there." Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul responds to his rival Newt Gingrich's suggestion that the US install a permanent lunar base February "Nobody wants Greece to disappear, but they have really disgusting habits. Italy as well." Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld on the euro crisis March "When was the last time you bought a pasty in Greggs?" George Osborne gets a going over from Labour MP John Mann, after the former introduced an ill-fated tax on Cornish pasties "Yes, because I don't like him." Gérard Depardieu on whether he had agreed to play Dominique Strauss-Kahn in a new film April "We have a president, who I think is a nice guy, but he spent too much time at Harvard, perhaps." Mitt Romney, who has two degrees from Harvard, on the time Barack Obama spent at Harvard "Shit to piss old white people off like you." Tyler, the Creator, after Newsnight's Stephen Smith asked him what his music was all about "When posh boys are in trouble, they sack the servants." Labour MP Dennis Skinner - the 'beast of Bolsover' - on the resignation of Jeremy Hunt's aide May "Can I say anything good about Ken Livingstone? A long time ago he did some good things, but I can't now remember what any of them were." London mayor Boris Johnson, on his Labour rival "What you call austerity, I call efficiency." David Cameron shows empathy for the victims of cuts "Not one I would use, it's fair to say." Robert Jay - QC and noted lexicographer - gives his withering take on Jeremy Hunt's use of the word "impactful" June When Alastair Campbell knocked Armando Iannucci for accepting the "three little letters" of an OBE, the comedian responded with a few letters of his own July "How does anyone gain any political advantage from hanging around with a loser like Nick Clegg?" Tory MEP Daniel Hannan is no fan of the coalition "I feel bad that good tomatoes were wasted." Hillary Clinton, on being pelted with fruit in Cairo August "No one's ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised." Mitt Romney, on claims that Obama was born overseas "Kate Middleton has a nice silhouette. On the other hand, her sister... should only show her back." What a charmer, Karl Lagerfeld "This seat's taken." At the Republican convention, Clint Eastwood performed an ill-fated comedy routine with a chair, on which was seated an imaginary Barack Obama. The president later tweeted a photo of his actual seat, complete with the above caption. September "I've got a little bumper sticker for you: Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive." Joe Biden, returning Republican fire during his campaign "Never mind the deck chairs; today's the day the captain of the Titanic rearranges the icebergs." Comedian Graeme Garden takes a dim view of David Cameron's reshuffle "I mean, this is somebody who kind of makes Michele Bachmann look like a hippie." Democrat Claire McCaskill on her Republican opponent Todd Akin, who differentiated between rape, and legitimate rape "Perhaps a pillow fight got out of control in the dormitory." Vince Cable on the origins of the rivalry between schoolmates David Cameron and Boris Johnson "I've been told that jokes about social class are not good for the unity of the coalition. But as a mere pleb, I couldn't resist." Cable again, mocking Tory whip Andrew Mitchell for allegedly calling a policeman a pleb October "If he wants to know what misogyny looks like in modern Australia, he doesn't need a motion in the House of Representatives, he needs a mirror." Australian PM Julia Gillard cuts her opposite number, Tony Abbott, down to size, after Abbott criticised another MP for misogyny

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Member for Sturt must not become a Pyne in the neck Video will begin in 5 seconds. Christopher Pyne confuses student loan debate When asked on ABC's Insiders program if students who are enrolling today or next year would repay their debts at a higher rate, the education minister says "nothing will change," contradicting information on the Government's website. PT2M5S http://www.smh.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-39d1v 620 349 June 2, 2014 - 9:28AM When Tony Abbott knocked off Malcolm Turnbull by just one vote in December 2009, he kept the same frontbench in place, which meant retaining Christopher Pyne as chief parliamentary tactician. Pyne was low risk, being both a safe pair of hands and a true believer in the new Abbott doctrine of "total politics." The member for Sturt is nothing if not battle-hardened. Indeed, by the time he is 50 in under four years, half of his life will have been spent as a serving federal MP. Advertisement The quintessential career politician, he had come more or less straight from student politics at Adelaide University to the real thing in Canberra - a fact his critics say, is all too evident. Yet for all his knowledge, his parliamentary guile and his demonstrable intellectual power, Pyne has distinguished himself so far as the minister most likely to be over-ruled by his prime minister. That doesn't mean his future is in doubt, it is not. But he must be careful. Last week, he set the hares running with his thought bubble over recouping outstanding HECS-HELP loans from the estates of deceased students. Abbott, alive to the dangers, killed the idea dead (if not buried and cremated). It would have been bad enough if this was just an unwelcome distraction from a difficult post-budget sales task struggling to stay afloat. But Pyne's detractors are now talking of a pattern. They cite politically difficult moments when subsequent "clarifications" were required to steady the ship. In November last year for example, Pyne overplayed the government hand telling a compliant media host, "Boats have been turned back." It was precisely the kind of direct statement Scott Morrison, the Minister for Border Protection, was refusing to discuss as a so-called "on water matter." That paled, however, against the own goal kicked just weeks later in his own portfolio when Pyne unilaterally declared void Abbott's central pre-election commitment to match Labor's Gonski school funding package. Claiming a $1.2 billion hole, he said the formula to which both sides had committed was "unimplementable." It was an egregious error forcing Abbott to recommit to the schools promise and to suddenly finding "new money" the government claimed could not be found just days before. Voters will mostly forget the prankish stunts in Parliament such as the failed attempt by Pyne and Abbott to run from the chamber to avoid Craig Thomson's "tainted" vote. And they are likely to be unfazed by the recent vision of Pyne, as House leader, openly instructing speaker Bronwyn Bishop to close down applause after Bill Shorten's budget reply speech. Par for the course, many will conclude. Internal critics, however, have long memories. Follow us on Twitter

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Brad Scott irate over'vendetta' against James Brayshaw Brad Scott rubbishes accusations that Lindsay Thomas'stages'. Behind-the-scenes footage of Majak Daw receiving his North Melbourne jumper in the rooms before his AFL debut. North Melbourne coach Brad Scott claims a journalist has a vendetta against club chairman James Brayshaw. Source: Herald Sun NORTH Melbourne president James Brayshaw has demanded a "full and unconditional apology" from Fairfax journalist Caroline Wilson over claims about his club's medical staff. Brayshaw and Kangaroos coach Brad Scott were both incensed after Wilson suggested on Channel Nine's Footy Classified that North's medical services director Steve Saunders had been overruling the club doctor since 2011. Echoing an irate Scott, Brayshaw said Wilson was "universally acknowledged to have had a shocker" and warned her she should apologise early in next week's show. "She repeatedly insisted that our head of high performance, Steve Saunders, had overruled the club doctor," Brayshaw said. "That has never happened. That is 100 per cent factually incorrect and she has been alerted to the fact that it is. "I will be watching with great interest on Monday night. And I am talking in the first segment. I and we as a football club expect a full and unconditional apology." "Caro can say whatever she likes about me. In fact, I welcome it because every time she does I look better, but when it comes to the professional integrity of people like Steve Saunders, we as a football club take his reputation... very seriously." Scott had earlier said Wilson's comments could lead to legal action. "One thing that we are concerned about is that there are false accusations that any one of our staff would overrule a doctor. That is simply a lie," Scott said. "It's very dangerous territory when you start making those accusations without any evidence to back it up. I can categorically say that's not true. "And, unfortunately, when Caroline Wilson speaks these days about North Melbourne most people think that it's just pursuing a personal vendetta that she's had against James Brayshaw for a long time." Wilson later said on 3AW that she shouldn't have implied Saunders was overruling the club doctor. She said she accepts this wasn't the case at North Melbourne. Wilson also denied she had a personal vendetta against Brayshaw.

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Will Uber improve its language on safety? $10 million settlement suggests it will. The advertising around Uber's rides, and its driver background checks, might soon improve, at least in California. On Thursday, the popular ride-hailing service paid $10 million in a settlement over allegations from prosecutors that Uber's background checks for drivers were not up to par. Prosecutors said that Uber will have to pay an additional $15 million if the company does not comply with the terms of the settlement over the next two years. "The result we achieved today goes well beyond its impact on Uber," San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón said in a written statement. "It sends a clear message to all businesses, and to startups in particular, that in the quest to quickly obtain market share, laws designed to protect consumers cannot be ignored." Unlike the background checks required for taxi drivers, Uber's process does not include fingerprint checks. Instead, Uber uses criminal database searches and files from motor vehicle departments to determine drivers' conviction history. The California lawsuit was filed in 2014, when prosecutors first contended that Uber's background checks were below the industry norm. Investigations revealed at least 25 incidents when Uber cleared drivers who had criminal records, including a convicted murderer. Limited background checks that rely on criminal databases, not fingerprinting, can fail to uncover important details about would-be drivers, according to a report from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York. Uber's background checks are limited to only seven years of criminal history, and are frequently restricted in the county and state they search. By comparison, the fingerprint checks run by taxi companies in California are run through a national database, which contains over 100 years of criminal records running across multiple jurisdictions. "We're glad to put this case behind us and excited to redouble our efforts serving riders and drivers across the state of California," Uber said in a statement. The company, which did not admit wrongdoing, has argued that it already met safety requirements, such as renaming its former "safe ride fee" as a "booking fee." It no longer calls its policies "industry leading," after settling a separate lawsuit in February for $28.5 million. Settlements like these may lead to improved safety for other ride-hailing apps, too. As part of the settlement agreement, Uber will no longer make claims about being the "safest drive on the road," and will reduce its ride circulation in California to airports where it is allowed to operate. Last year, Lyft, one of Uber's biggest competitors, was faced with a similar settlement. As part of that case, Lyft no longer makes claims about the superiority of its background check process. Uber has been followed by several allegations of its drivers assaulting passengers. In late March, a San Diego-area Uber driver accused of sexually assaulting a female passenger while on duty was arrested. The Kalamazoo shooter charged with killing six people while also taking rides as an Uber driver in February told investigators that the app was controlling his behavior. This report includes material from the Associated Press.

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Later it was also published in Student, the monthly of SFI in Malayalam and in Sarvadesheeya Ganangal (Mythri Books, Thiruvananthapuram), a translation of international struggle songs. "We Shall Overcome" was a prominent song in the 2010 Bollywood film My Name is Khan, which compared the struggle of Muslims in modern America to the struggles of African Americans in the past. The song was sung in both English and Urdu in the film, which starred Shahrukh Khan. ==Copyright status== The copyright status of "We Shall Overcome" has been disputed. A copyright registration was made for the song in 1960, which is credited as an arrangement by Zilphia Horton, Guy Carawan, Frank Hamilton, and Pete Seeger, of a work entitled "I'll Overcome", with no known original author. Horton's heirs, Carawan, Hamilton, and Seeger share the artists' half of the rights, and The Richmond Organization (TRO), which includes Ludlow Music, Essex, Folkways Music, and Hollis Music, holds the publishers' rights, to 50% of the royalty earnings. Seeger explained that he registered the copyright under the advice of TRO, who showed concern that someone else could register it. "At that time we didn't know Lucille Simmons' name", Seeger said. Their royalties go to the "We Shall Overcome" Fund, administered by Highlander under the trusteeship of the "writers". Such funds are purportedly used to give small grants for cultural expression involving African Americans organizing in the U.S. South. In April 2016, the We Shall Overcome Foundation (WSOF), led by music producer Isaias Gamboa, sued TRO and Ludlow, seeking to have the copyright status of the song clarified and the return of all royalties collected by the companies from its usage. The WSOF, which was working on a documentary of the song and its history, were refused permission from TRO-Ludlow to use the song. The filing argued that TRO-Ludlow's copyright claims were invalid because the registered copyright had not been renewed as required by United States copyright law at the time; because of this, the copyright of the 1948 People's Songs publication containing "We Will Overcome" had expired in 1976. Additionally, it was argued that the registered copyrights only covered specific arrangements of the tune and "obscure alternate verses", that the registered works "did not contain original works of authorship, except to the extent of the arrangements themselves", and that no record of a work entitled "I'll Overcome" existed in the database of the United States Copyright Office. The suit acknowledged that Seeger himself had not claimed to be an author of the song, stating of the song in his autobiography, "No one is certain who changed 'will' to'shall.' It could have been me with my Harvard education. But Septima Clarke, a Charleston schoolteacher (who was director of education at Highlander and after the Civil Rights Movement was elected year after year to the Charleston, S.C. Board of Education) always preferred'shall.' It sings better." He also reaffirmed that the decision to copyright the song was a defensive measure, with his publisher apparently warning him that "if you don't copyright this now, some Hollywood types will have a version out next year like 'Come on Baby, We shall overcome tonight'". Furthermore, the liner notes of Seeger's compilation album If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle contained a summary on the purported history of the song, stating that "We Shall Overcome" was "probably adapted from the 19th-century hymn, 'I'll Be All Right'", and that "I'll Overcome Some Day" was a "possible source" and may have originally been adapted from "I'll Be All Right". Gamboa has historically shown interest in investigating the origins of "We Shall Overcome"; in a book entitled Sacred Song On The Devil's Tongue, he notably disputed the song's claimed origins and copyright registration with an alternate theory, suggesting that "We Shall Overcome" was actually derived from "If My Jesus Wills", a hymn by Louise Shropshire that had been composed in the 1930s and had its copyright registered in 1954. The WSOF lawsuit did not invoke this alternate history, focusing instead on the original belief that the song stemmed from "We Will Overcome". The lawyers backing Gamboa's suit were previously involved in a case that invalidated copyright claims over the song "Happy Birthday to You". ==See also== Timeline of the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68) ==Notes== ==References== Dunaway, David, How Can I Keep from Singing: Pete Seeger, (orig.

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Class of '61 is a 1993 American biographical war drama television film produced by Steven Spielberg as a projected television series about the American Civil War. The film was filmed in Charleston, South Carolina and Atlanta and was the first collaboration between Spielberg and cinematographer Janusz Kaminski. ==Plot== The film follows the lives of several West Point cadet classmates who find themselves on opposite sides of the war. The film also follows the adventures of Lucius the slave escaping via the underground railroad to freedom with the film cutting between the First Battle of Bull Run and the birth of a Lucius' child born in slavery. ==Cast== Dan Futterman as Shelby Peyton Josh Lucas as George Armstrong Custer John P. Navin, Jr. as Burnett Clive Owen as Devin O'Neil Sophie Ward as Shannen O'Neil Laura Linney as Lily Magraw Andre Braugher as Lucius Barry Cullison as Sergeant Yancy Len Cariou as Dr Leland Peyton Dana Ivey as Mrs Julia Peyton ==Production== Renowned Civil War historian Shelby Foote acted as Consultant, and documentary producer Ken Burns received Special Thanks for his input, he having created the critically acclaimed The Civil War documentary in 1990. ==References== ==External links== 1993 television films 1990s action films 1990s biographical films 1990s drama films 1990s historical films 1990s war films Action drama films Action films based on actual events Action television films American Civil War films American biographical films American films American historical films American television films Drama films based on actual events Drama television films English-language films Film scores by John Debney Films about American slavery Films about death Films about dysfunctional families Films about religion Films directed by Gregory Hoblit Films produced by Steven Spielberg Films set in 1861 American war drama films War films based on actual events War television films Cultural depictions of George Armstrong Custer

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Henry Parker in his Discourse Concerning Puritans (1641) distinguished also the religious dogmatic Puritan. ===Doctrinal Puritanism=== The native English strand of Arminianism defined Calvinism as "doctrinal Puritanism". This view gained some support from King James. Thomas Fuller reported that De Dominis used "Puritan" to mean "anti-Arminian". William Laud took up the topic of doctrinal Puritanism in 1624. Hill's book Society and Puritanism is directed towards the concerns of doctrinal Puritans, and their lay appeal. ===Puritan casuistry and Puritan legacy=== Hall proposes Puritan casuistry as a "common denominator" of types of Puritan that is of value to historians, and also was inherited by later nonconformists. More specifically, he points to "cases of conscience", and sermons preached on them. The Cripplegate Lectures were one vehicle by which this tradition was passed on. Hall gives also the example of The Practice of Piety, by Lewis Bayly, as representative, and influential on Pietism. ==New England Puritanism== The cultural form of Puritanism that was a major influence in the development of New England is admitted by historians to be problematic in its definition. At the time of emigration around 1630 it was no different from English Puritanism in general; by 1650 religious differentiation in New England was quite marked, and the New England branch of Puritanism had also evolved in its distinctive way. In denominational terms New England Puritanism has been identified with early congregationalism. The "New England mind", however, about which Perry Miller wrote in connection with "Puritan culture", has been subject to extensive revisionism, as has earlier work in this field. ==References== Basil Hall (1990), Humanists and Protestants 1500–1900, chapter Puritanism: The Problem of Definition, pp. 237–54 Christopher Hill (1969), Society and Puritanism in Pre-Revolutionary England, Panther History. ==Notes== Puritanism

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Merry Christmas and a recessionary new year As the festive season draws nearer, Albert Edwards brings us good cheer: Expect the New Year to bring nothing but disappointment. Yes, our favourite bear argues that even though we're getting relatively decent US economic data, it's falling corporate profits to come we should be concerned about. In short, he argues the US is already entering another recession. From Edwards, with our emphasis: Over the past three years the ebb and flow of US economic data through each successive year has provided much grist for the mills of both bears and bulls. With the weaker than expected economic data over the spring and early summer, the prospect of recession loomed, yet as we moved through the third quarter towards year-end economic newsflow improved again. But, this year, despite better than expected H2 data being confirmed by the [Citigroup's] Economic Surprise Index, the current consensus of economists forecasts has Q4 GDP growth slated to come in at a paltry sub-2% rate (see chart below). And if we do indeed get a repeat of the previous three years and growth steps down sharply into Q1 next year, then we could easily see a negative Q1 GDP print. Here's that chart, demonstrating Edwards" point about how in the past few years first quarter growth has disappointed: A glance suggests that there might be some seasonality effects at play. Edwards notes the pattern could have something to with exaggerated seasonal adjustment following the Lehman collapse. The US economy was shrinking at an annualised 9 per cent rate in the fourth quarter of 2008, and seasonal adjustments effectively added growth in subsequent fourth quarters. It doesn't bode well for next year's first quarter... He also points to a surging Citigroup economic surprise index, which appears to have lost a lot of correlation with equity markets. It's happened before - most markedly in the second half of 2008: He adds: In mid-2008, despite positive economic surprises, the economy had actually entered recession six months earlier and profits were already declining sharply. Yet, in mid-2008 virtually no economist accepted that the US economy had already entered recession! That is exactly what I believe is happening today. Part of the "positive surprises story" are US corporate profits, which have been holding up well compared to rest of developed world. That has boosted analyst optimism, but it's the change in analysts" optimism that Edwards wants us to focus on. It has recently started declining. Why focus on changes in analyst optimism? Our analysts’ optimism indicator is a good leading indicator not because analysts have any foresight at all about what is about to happen, but because analysts pick up what is happening to companies on a contemporaneous basis and since the data are available on a weekly basis, it is much more timely than traditional leading indicators And it's the change in analyst optimism (rather than the level) that seems to correlate with changes in the equity markets, as this chart suggests: SocGen's Andrew Lapthorne also tracks these earnings data, but on a weekly basis. His note on Monday includes a warning over an unusal divergence in optimisim between 2013 and 2014 where profits are concerned: Consensus earnings growth expectations remain optimistic for next year with profits forecast to rebound globally by 12.4%. This is not particularly unusual at this stage of the year, with next year's earnings almost always forecast to grow and with the expansion in growth often the result of Year 2 forecasts being downgraded at a slower rate to Year 1 forecasts, i.e. base rate effects. The question is not the level of earnings growth but the rate of which earnings are being downgraded and currently with global earnings momentum down in the low forties, it suggests we are already in a profit recession. Here's the chart showing the recent divergence: Edwards" point is that the upcoming fiscal cliff is grabbing the headlines, the profits cliff that we should be focusing on and worrying about: The recent decline in the equity market is more reflective of the dreadful profits backdrop than the upbeat economic data. The last time we saw this divergence between the market and the data (mid-2008), the economy had already slipped into recession some six months earlier. That is where I believe we are now. As we move into next year, expect the combination of poor profits and poor economic data to prove toxic. But if that's just making you too depressed on this cold November day, we just had a note from Oxford Economics drop into our inbox, forecasting an "economic renaissance" in the US. They argue that - leaving aside the fiscal cliff "speed bump" - there's a lot to be bullish about, namely: · US manufacturing at its most competitive for over 30 years - which is leading to a rise in the US's share in world export markets and making it an increasingly attractive location for investment.

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Obamas on Harold Ramis: "One of America's Greatest Satirists" Getty Images The Obamas commented today on the passing of director and actor Harold Ramis, even quoting from a line from his unforgettable "Ghostbusters" movie. "Michelle and I were saddened to hear of the passing of Harold Ramis, one of America's greatest satirists, and like so many other comedic geniuses, a proud product of Chicago's Second City. When we watched his movies - from "Animal House" and "Caddyshack" to "Ghostbusters" and "Groundhog Day" - we didn't just laugh until it hurt. We questioned authority. We identified with the outsider. We rooted for the underdog. And through it all, we never lost our faith in happy endings. Our thoughts and prayers are with Harold's wife, Erica, his children and grandchildren, and all those who loved him, who quote his work with abandon, and who hope that he received total consciousness," the Obamas said in a statement. Ramis died at 69 years old, United Talent Agency confirmed to ABC News yesterday. Ramis was known as much for his off-screen work - writing the "Ghostbusters" films, along with "Groundhog Day" and "Analyze This" - as he was for playing Dr. Egon Spengler in front of the camera. SHOWS: Good Morning America World News

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9th century) Huaisu (737–799) Jia Dao (779–843) Mo Xuanqing (d. 834) Meng Haoran (691–740) Li Ao (772–841) Li He (791–817) Li Yu (937–978) Li Bai (701–762) Li Qiao (644–713) Li Jing (571–649) Li Baiyao (564–647) Li Dashi (570–628) Li Shangyin (812–858) Li Shizhi (d. 747) Li Chunfeng (602–670) Liu Zhiji (661–721) Liu Zhi (fl. 8th century) Liu Yuxi (772–842) Liu Zongyuan (773–819) Liu Gongquan (778–865) Lu Guimeng (d. 881) Lu Tong (790–835) Luo Yin (833–909) Luo Binwang (c. 640–684) Ouyang Xun (557–641) Pi Rixiu (c. 834–883) Shide (fl. 9th century) Sun Simiao (581–682) Sun Guoting (646–691) Sima Zhen (fl. 8th century) Wang Bo (c. 649–676) Wang Wei (701–761) Wang Changling (698–765) Wang Fanzhi (fl. 7th century) Wei Zheng (580–643) Wei Zhuang (836–910) Xue Juzheng (912–981) Xue Tao (768–831) Yu Xuanji (844–869) Yu Shinan (558–638) Yi Xing (683–727) Yan Shigu (581–645) Yan Zhenqing (709–785) Yuan Zhen (779–831) Zhang Yanyuan (fl. 9th century) Zhang Ji (fl. 8th century) Zhang Xu (fl. 8th century) === Song Dynasty and following === Bai Renfu (1226–1306) Cai Xiang (1012–1067) Cheng Yi (1033–1107) Fan Chengda (1126–1193) Guan Hanqing (fl. 13th century) Guo Shoujing (1231–1316) Hu Sanxing (1230–1302) Huang Tingjian (1045–1105) Li Fang (925–996) Li Qingzhao (c. 1084 – 1151) Liu Bowen (1311–1375) Liu Yong (fl. 11th century) Luo Guanzhong (fl. 14th century) Lu You (1125–1210) Lu Zhi (c. 1243 – 1315) Ma Zhiyuan (c. 1270 – 1330) Ma Duanlin (1245–1322) Mi Fu (1051–1107) Ouyang Xiu (1007–1072) Qiao Ji (died 1345) Qu You (1341–1427) Qin Jiushao (c. 1202 – 1261) Su Shi (1037–1101) Su Song (1020–1101) Shi Naian (c. 1296 – 1372) Shao Yong (1011–1077) Shen Kuo (1031–1095) Sima Guang (1019–1086) Wen Tianxiang (1236–1282) Wang Shifu (fl. 14th century) Wang Anshi (1021–1086) Wang Chongyang (1113–1170) Wuzhun Shifan (1178–1249) Xu Zaisi (fl. 14th century) Xin Qiji (1140–1207) Ye Shi (1150–1223) Yu Hao (fl. 10th century) Yang Hui (c. 1238 – 1298) Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322) Zhu Yu (fl.

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Articles by Curzio Malaparte have appeared in many literary periodicals of note in France, the United Kingdom, Italy and the United States . After the war, Malaparte's political sympathies veered to the left and he became a member of the Italian Communist Party. In 1947, Malaparte settled in Paris and wrote dramas without much success. His play Du Côté de chez Proust was based on the life of Marcel Proust and Das Kapital was a portrait of Karl Marx. Cristo Proibito ("Forbidden Christ") was Malaparte's moderately successful film—which he wrote, directed and scored in 1950. It won the "City of Berlin" special prize at the 1st Berlin International Film Festival in 1951. In the story, a war veteran returns to his village to avenge the death of his brother, shot by the Germans. It was released in the United States in 1953 as Strange Deception and voted among the five best foreign films by the National Board Of Review. He also produced the variety show Sexophone and planned to cross the United States on bicycle. Just before his death, Malaparte completed the treatment of another film, Il Compagno P. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Malaparte became interested in the Maoist version of Communism but his journey to China was cut short by illness, and he was flown back to Rome. Io in Russia e in Cina, his journal of the events, was published posthumously in 1958. Malaparte's final book, Maledetti Toscani, his attack on middle and upper-class culture, appeared in 1956. He died in Rome from lung cancer on 19 July 1957. ==Main writings== Viva Caporetto! (1921, aka La rivolta dei santi maledetti) Technique du coup d'etat (1931) translated as The Technique of revolution, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1932 Donna Come Me (1940) translated as Woman Like Me, Troubador Italian Studies, 2006 ISBN 1-905237-84-7 The Volga Rises in Europe (1943) ISBN 1-84158-096-1 Kaputt (1944) ISBN 0-8101-1341-4 translated as Kaputt New York Review Books Classics, 2007 La Pelle (1949) ISBN 0-8101-1572-7 translated as The Skin by David Moore, New York Review Books Classics, 2013, ISBN 978-1-59017-622-1 (paperback) Du Côté de chez Proust (1951) Maledetti toscani (1956) translated as Those Cursed Tuscans, Ohio University Press, 1964 Muss. Il grande imbecille (1999) ISBN 978-8879841771 Benedetti italiani postumo (curato da Enrico Falqui) (1961), edito da Vallecchi Firenze (2005), presentazione di Giordano Bruno Guerri ISBN 88-8427-074-X ==Directed== The Forbidden Christ (1950) ==See also== Casa Malaparte ==References== ==Secondary bibliography== Malaparte: A House Like Me by Michael McDonough, 1999, ISBN 0-609-60378-7 The Appeal of Fascism: A Study of Intellectuals and Fascism 1919–1945 by Alastair Hamilton (London, 1971, ISBN 0-218-51426-3) Kaputt by Curzio Malaparte, E. P. Dutton and Comp., Inc., New York, 1946 (biographical note on the book cover) Curzio Malaparte The Skin, Northwestern University Press, Evanston, 1997 (D. Moore's editorial note on the back cover) Curzio Malaparte: The Narrative Contract Strained by William Hope, Troubador Publishing Ltd, 2000, ISBN 978-1-899293-22-3 The Bird that swallowed its Cage selected works by Malaparte translated by Walter Murch, Counterpoint Press, Berkeley, 2012, ISBN 1-619-02061-0.

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==Diary== After Tatsuguchi's death his Japanese diary, as well as his Bible, a copy of Gray's Anatomy and an address book, were forwarded to the division intelligence section. There, an American Nisei serviceman named Yasuo Sam Umetani drafted the first translation of the diary. Word of the diary's contents spread quickly through divisional headquarters to the other American troops on Attu. Americans were intrigued by the news that an American-trained doctor had been with the Japanese forces on the island and that Tatsuguchi had described the battle from a Japanese perspective. Unauthorized copies of both Umetani's version and subsequent translations, some of which contained variations, were passed around among the American troops on Attu and to military installations on other Aleutian islands. Civilian crews of transport ships in the area who obtained copies of the diary translation took their copies with them back to the continental US, where it drew the attention of the press and gained wide public exposure. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. the US commander of the Alaska Defense Command (ADC), on learning that the diary claimed that the Americans had used poison gas in the Attu battle, was sufficiently troubled to order that all copies of the translations be confiscated. In transit to Buckner's headquarters, the diary original itself vanished without trace, and its whereabouts are unknown to this day. Japanese versions are translated from the English translation. In early September 1943, the ADC's intelligence section reported that efforts to control the distribution of translated copies of the diary had failed. Several American newspapers published excerpts from the diary, and most highlighted the possibility that Tatsuguchi, a professed Christian, might have been involved in the killing of wounded patients. The Chicago Tribune on September 9, 1943 published an article headlined "Japs Slew Own Patients on Attu, Diary Discloses". In contrast, the Loma Linda School of Medicine Alumni Journal defended Tatsuguchi as a gentle and caring doctor who was trapped in a situation beyond his control, where his actions violated neither his religious beliefs nor his oaths as a doctor. Most Western historical accounts of the Battle of Attu mention Tatsuguchi and quote from his diary, especially the final entry. ==Family legacy== The Japanese government notified Taeko of her husband's death in August 1943. Taeko and her two daughters survived the remainder of the war on a small widow's pension and with help from relatives. Taeko hoped that her husband was still alive and would return. Just after the war ended, B. P. Hoffman, one of Tatsuguchi's former college instructors and a friend of Taeko's, visited her in Osaka where she was living. Hoffman told her that a US Federal Bureau of Investigation agent had visited him during the war because Hoffman's name was in Tatsuguchi's address book found on Attu. The agent told the story of Tatsuguchi's death to Hoffman, who related it to Taeko. Taeko accepted that her husband would not be coming back. After the war, Taeko worked for the American occupation forces as a secretary and teacher. In 1954, she and her two daughters, Joy and Laura, left Japan and joined Taeko's parents in Hawaii. All three became naturalized citizens of the US. Joy and Laura both attended Pacific Union College and became nurses. Joy later married a Japanese man and returned to Japan to live. Laura married an American and moved to the Los Angeles area, where Taeko later joined her. In 2005, Taeko told Kyodo News of her husband, "He was a faithful Christian doctor and a gentleman who devoted himself to God and communities." In May 1993, Laura traveled to Attu and spoke at a 50th anniversary commemorative event of the Battle of Attu. In her speech at the event, Laura stated "How ironic that my father was killed in combat against his beloved America while in loyal service to his Japanese homeland ... Like my father, I too have a great love for Japan and America." ==Notes== ==References== ===Books=== ===Web=== ==External links== Diary of a Japanese doctor who fought on Attu 1911 births 1943 deaths Aleutian Islands Campaign Japanese expatriates in the United States Japanese military personnel killed in World War II Japanese military physicians Japanese physicians Japanese Seventh-day Adventists Loma Linda University alumni Pacific Union College alumni People from Hiroshima Physicians from California 20th-century physicians Military personnel from Hiroshima Prefecture

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Kentucky Fires Football Coach Joker Phillips LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky football coach Joker Phillips knew after Saturday's embarrassing loss to Vanderbilt that keeping his job would be tough. The end came a day later. Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart announced Phillips' firing Sunday in an open letter on the Wildcats' web site. The letter stated Phillips would be let go, effective at the end of the season, but athletic department spokesman DeWayne Peevy later said the coach's status for the final two games was still to being determined. "We, as coaches, are measured on results," Phillips said in a statement. "We didn't get the results we had worked and hoped for, therefore change is needed. In my current 10-year stay at Kentucky, we've had some memorable moments as an assistant, coordinator and head coach. We've had the opportunity to coach some fine young men and I am grateful to have had the privilege of watching them grow as players, as students and as people." The Wildcats lost their eighth straight game on Saturday, a 40-0 home loss to Vanderbilt. It was their worst loss to the Commodores in 96 years. Kentucky (1-9, 0-7 Southeastern Conference) is on the verge of going winless in the conference for the first time in school history. Kentucky plays Samford on Nov. 17 before closing the season against SEC rival Tennessee. "I have determined that it is in the best interest of our athletics program to make a change in our football coaching staff at the conclusion of the season," Barnhart said. "I do so with a heavy heart for a man who has served his alma mater for almost 22 years as a player and a coach. Joker Phillips has carried the banner for the Blue and White with honor and pride. I have enjoyed working alongside him and am thankful for his friendship for the last decade." Barnhart said the school will immediately begin a search for a new coach. Phillips had two years left on a contract that pays him $1.7 million per season. Peevy said the school would honor the contract. Phillips' firing comes as no surprise. The 49-year-old coach is 12-23 overall in three seasons at Kentucky. He led the Wildcats to a bowl game in his first season but they have gotten worse each season since. Other than a victory over Kent State, Kentucky has rarely been competitive this season. The Wildcats lost for the first time at home to instate rival Western Kentucky, and were blown out at Florida, Arkansas and Missouri - the Tigers' first-ever SEC win. Wildcats fans have bombarded sports radio talk shows with calls for Phillips' firing. The intensity picked up after the Western Kentucky loss and has remained steady since. Attendance at Commonwealth Stadium has also dropped sharply from last season. The Wildcats entered the game against the Commodores averaging 51,255 - down from 60,007 in 2011. Saturday's attendance was a season-low 44,902. Barnhart has been asked repeatedly about his coach as well but responded by saying he would evaluate the program after the season as he does with all programs. In his letter, he said the circumstances of this season led him to make a decision now. "In the end there are realities we must face and overcome," Barnhart said. "Right or wrong, we must respond to those realities to protect the 22 programs and 500-plus student-athletes for whom we provide. Obviously our football program is not where we want it to be and we are all disappointed; coaches, players, administration and our fans." The loss to Vanderbilt marked a low for Kentucky. The Wildcats gained just 260 yards and trailed 27-0 at halftime. Phillips seemed resigned to his fate after the game. "If there was a decision either way," Phillips said, "I would think it would be important for me or Mitch to come out and make a decision, either way.... Help get another guy or help us in recruiting." Before his comments Saturday, Phillips handled the scrutiny by referring to his close relationship with Barnhart or cracking a joke. Last week he said, "I was coming over here (to his weekly media session), and I got in the car, and my seat was hot. "And I looked up, and I had hit the seat warmer." Injuries have forced Kentucky to play 26 freshmen against one of the nation's toughest schedules, but in the SEC patience tends to be short - even at Kentucky where basketball is king. When Phillips took over the football program, it was enjoying its best run ever. Under former coach Rich Brooks, the Wildcats had established a level of respectability in football with four straight bowl appearances from 2006-2009 - a first for the program.

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Man tried to warn woman, 22, crushed under rockfall He said the National Trust, which owns a stretch of the beach where the tragedy happened, appeared to be doing all it could to warn visitors of the dangers presented by the 100ft cliffs. And he said there was not sufficient evidence to say if the weather had played a part in the landslide, after hearing concerns that heavy rain in the county in the weeks leading up to the landslide, on a "glorious summer's day," may have triggered large sections of the cliff to fall. He said: "Sadly, Charlotte Blackman died as a result of an accident. It was a sudden act of nature that nobody could have predicted at that time." Miss Blackman, from Heanor, was spending a day at the beach with her father, 12-year-old brother Mitchell, his school friend, and Mr Carnell - her boyfriend of around seven years - while her mother Rachel remained at their caravan park nearby. Giving evidence at the hearing today, Mr Carnell said the group inadvertently walked into the path of tragedy after deciding to return to camp along the beach. "Within a minute, my attention was drawn to two small stones," he said. "Almost immediately, I looked up at the cliff and saw half the cliff face fall a few metres from the sea. "It happened so fast, it was the blink of an eye. We had no time to get out of the way. "I grabbed Mitchell and ran a few metres into the sea. With that, a large dust cloud appeared and it was impossible to see for 20 seconds. "I turned to the area where the cliff face fell, boulders the size of a hay stack. I couldn't see Charlotte at all. "The height of the boulders from ground level was higher than 10ft. People approached and told us to get out of the way. "It was complete chaos. I was in a panic and all I could think about was to get Charlotte out of there. I didn't want to stop until I found her. "I was 10ft away from Charlotte at the time (of the landslide). "I remember seeing two little stones, no bigger than a 10p piece. Then the whole lot came down." Asked by the coroner if there were any signs of cliff fall, Mr Carnell said: "There were a few boulders but they looked like they had been there for years." Horrified eyewitnesses called emergency services while Miss Blackman's partner and her father desperately tried to find the stricken care volunteer and pull her to safety. Mr Blackman himself was also injured in the cliff fall, and was said to have told onlookers concerned for his safety during the rescue attempts that if he was going to "go," it would be with his daughter. There were conflicting accounts in court today, as witnesses reported up to three different landslides of various scales along the beach before the one which killed Miss Blackman. Her father, however, said he would not have taken his children along the beach if there had been evidence of recent landslides. Fisherman Leonard Muggeridge said he thought he heard "gunfire" as one section of the lower cliff plummeted, leaving a significant overhang. The witness said: "It was like a clap. When the dust settled, I saw two to three shiploads of rock had deposited at the base of the cliff." Mr Muggeridge, who had been fishing in the area for 15 years, said it was through fortune alone that a second tragedy had been avoided, as onlookers sought to get a better view of the scene. He said: "I saw two people and a child standing at the top of the cliff, looking down. It could have come down at any second." One witness, Anne Warren from Swindon, said Miss Blackman's mother soon came down to the beach as emergency crews began the nine-hour search for her daughter. Mrs Warren said: "She (Mrs Blackman) was trying to be positive but said she knew that her daughter was underneath the rocks." Mrs Warren's husband, David, said he screamed at Miss Blackman's family to avoid the cliff face, having witnessed three landslides further along the coastline in the moments before the tragedy. Mr Warren, who was in his canoe nearby at the time, said: "I turned around and there was a third fall. That's when I stopped people from walking up. I saw Kevin and said: 'Don't go up, the whole lot's going to come down'. "I said to my wife that something bad was going to happen because of all the bad weather we had recently." But Miss Blackman's family said they must have been too far away to hear the warning.

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Thousands too scared to go for dementia check: Half of patients put off seeing GP for six months after spotting symptoms More than half of 800,000 dementia sufferers yet to receive a diagnosis Survey found thousands are delaying putting off seeing their doctors Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt calls dementia one of the country's'most significant, healthcare issues' By Jim Norton Fear of dementia is causing hundreds of thousands of sufferers to delay seeking treatment for the illness. A survey has found that more than half of patients admit putting off seeing a doctor for at least six months after noticing symptoms. Fifty-two per cent of the estimated 800,000 people suffering from the condition in the UK are yet to receive a diagnosis, according to the Alzheimer's Society. Amanda Holden is supporting the Dementia Friends campaign to help highlight that people with the condition can still live fulfilling and rewarding lives Research involving 1,043 patients showed 41 per cent said they had kept concerns about dementia bottled up - mainly because they feared upsetting family or they did not want to face the reality of the condition. The high numbers who are failing to talk about the condition has added to these difficulties, the charity said. The study for the Alzheimer's Society, conducted online, showed 54 per cent had waited for six months or more after first noticing symptoms of dementia in themselves or someone close to them before seeking professional help. Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Society, said: "One in three people over the age of 65 will develop dementia, so it is worrying that so many people would feel reluctant to seek help about it. "The Dementia Friends programme has put dementia back in the spotlight but the fact remains that thousands of people remain in denial about the condition. Talking about dementia can be difficult and we all bury our heads in the sand from time to time. Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, pictured, has described dementia as a 'one of the most significant healthcare issues we face in the country' 'But the sooner you know what you are dealing with, the sooner you can feel in control again and get on with your life." The findings have been released in Dementia Awareness Week. A separate YouGov poll of 2,358 adults found dementia is the condition people are most reluctant to seek help for, compared with other health issues including serious heart and digestive problems. Fifty-seven per cent of adults who have had a health problem in the past year have put off seeking help about it, nearly half of them because they thought they would be "making a fuss." Twenty-three per cent of those who had put off seeking help said it was because they feared it was a serious health problem, such as dementia. Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, told the Telegraph: "Dementia is a growing, global challenge and one of the most significant healthcare issues we face in the country. "The Government is determined to tackle this head on, but we also need as a whole society to respond to the disease." A host of celebrities - including Amanda Holden, Chris Martin, Lily Allen and Alesha Dixon - are starring in an advert aimed at encouraging people to join the "Dementia Friends" campaign. Also involved is author Sir Terry Pratchett, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease himself. Share or comment on this article

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Steven Horden snaps his penis in half after 'rigorous doggy style' sex session A bricklayer broke his penis during a 'rigorous' sex session with his girlfriend when they were trying for a baby. Steven Horden, 37, from Gillingham, Kent, admitted that he 'overdid it a little' during sex with Kiera Diss, 38, on September 21. Steven was taken to Medway hospital where he was forced to stay for four nights to fix his bloodied and bent manhood. During his hospital stay, a catheter was inserted into his penis and he was forced to have a circumcision. But Steven, who hoped to one day become a dad with unemployed Kiera, now fears he may not be able to. He said: 'It's nasty. The whole penis is bruised and bent and horrible. 'We were doing doggy style. It was a little bit too frantic. I think we overdid a little. 'The doctors told me that only time will tell if I can still have children.' Steven tells how girlfriend Kiera feels 'gutted' after the situation. He says: 'Kiera is gutted. We can't have sex for six weeks. We did try last night but it was too painful.' Kiera says that during the moment it happened, she was in complete shock. She says: 'Steve was in a lot of pain. I was in shock, I never imagined something like this would happen. 'I feel a bit guilty as I think it was my thrusting backwards that was half the cause of it. 'But I stuck by him, helped him clean up, use the toilet, I've been there all the way.' Speaking of the couple trying to have a baby, Kiera said: 'We were hoping that we might be able to have kids one day. 'We'd been sort of trying for the past six months. I am worried now that we won't be able to have children after trying too hard. 'Maybe this is fate telling us we shouldn't.'

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However, too much of complications mars the effectiveness of the script. ==Trivia== The movie is inspired from the semi-hit Kannada movie "Muniya" released in 2009. The screenplay was changed with a lot action sequences, additional cast and a different climax to suit the Tamil audience. ==References== Indian films Tamil-language films Films directed by P. Vasu 2010s Tamil-language films

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What you need to provide are sources that discuss him in more depth. I hope that helps. Cordless Larry (talk) == Updating a Image == I've noticed on the wiki page for North Walsham the picture of St Nicholas Church is outdated (It's had significant building work on the tower). I wish to submit an updated image which is my own to update the image. Can I, and How do I submit this image to editors so its suitability can be assessed for inclusion on the page? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Walsham — Preceding unsigned comment added by Urbannorfolk (talk • contribs) Urbannorfolk (talk) Welcome to the Teahouse, Urbannorfolk. You don't need to submit your image to other editors for assessment. Providing that you own the copyright to the new photo and are willing to release it under a Creative Commons licence, you can be bold and replace the existing image. The best place to upload the image is to Wikimedia Commons. You can read about this at Wikimedia Commons. Cordless Larry (talk) The form for uploading an image at Commons is here. Deor (talk) :Then,, once you've taken your photo and uploaded it to Commons, you can go to North Walsham, hit Edit, find where it says talk:Cullen328|Let's discuss it]] :Hi Tapestry1 and welcome from me too! I've added some more references, and fixed the formatting on others so that the links show. I think the reviewers were uneasy about accepting a draft where they couldn't easily access any of the sources. However, I'm satisfied that it meets our criteria for inclusion on the basis of the references that I've checked. For one thing there's a lengthy article about her life and work in the New York Times, which I've added as a reference. I'm going to move the draft to article space and tag it for copyediting. You'll get a lot more help once it's in article space. I'll also post at the WikiProject Women in Red to see if I can get more help for you in polishing up and formatting the article. Best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) Good morning and thank you both for this big assist in bringing attention to this young quilt artist. I so appreciate your guidance and confidence in the content of this article, the excellent edits and the key reference you discovered from the NY Times. I am most grateful and very excited to see this in the article space 209.99.199.173 (talk) Another question I have at this time is about representing the artist with a photograph and to demonstrate examples of her work. I would very much like to add a picture of the artist, and of the work that was selected as one of the best 100 quilts of the 20th century. Tomorrow, I have the privilege of visiting with the artist's mother, spot on at 95. First, this is a gift to be able to show her daughter's life is now accessible on Wikipedia, but second, are there specific permissions I need to request to upload photographs of her daughter and/or her daughter's work. I did read about copyright and open source but it is not clear if there are forms/acknowledgements needed to post photographic images. Still extremely grateful for your significant contributions to see this article published.Tapestry1 (talk) ==How I can move my page from draft to normal??== My page is about my perfume brand F.A. PRIVE. ts been moved to draft by the admin. How I can correct that. Faprive (talk) I am afraid to say that in its current form it will be deleted in minutes if it is moved to the main space. It reads like an advertisement and would have to be completely rewritten to survive as an encyclopedic article. Please take a look at SPAM and CORP. == Getting some citations == Hello expert Wikipedia editors! I'm having a lot of trouble citing the Heart#Symbolism paragraph in preparation for a good article nomination. I've been scratching my head for about a year as to how to approach this problem. The article is littered with statements like "The Chinese character for "heart", 心, derives from a comparatively realistic depiction of a heart (indicating the heart chambers) in seal script. The Chinese word xīn also takes the metaphorical meanings of "mind, intelligence", "soul", or "center, core".

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Dim star passed through Oort Cloud 70,000 years ago -- ScienceDaily A group of astronomers from the US, Europe, Chile and South Africa have determined that 70,000 years ago a recently discovered dim star is likely to have passed through the solar system's distant cloud of comets, the Oort Cloud. No other star is known to have ever approached our solar system this close -- five times closer than the current closest star, Proxima Centauri. In a paper published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, lead author Eric Mamajek from the University of Rochester and his collaborators analyzed the velocity and trajectory of a low-mass star system nicknamed "Scholz's star." The star's trajectory suggests that 70,000 years ago it passed roughly 52,000 astronomical units away (or about 0.8 light years, which equals 8 trillion kilometers, or 5 trillion miles). This is astronomically close; our closest neighbor star Proxima Centauri is 4.2 light years distant. In fact, the astronomers explain in the paper that they are 98% certain that it went through what is known as the "outer Oort Cloud" -- a region at the edge of the solar system filled with trillions of comets a mile or more across that are thought to give rise to long-period comets orbiting the Sun after their orbits are perturbed. The star originally caught Mamajek's attention during a discussion with co-author Valentin D. Ivanov, from the European Southern Observatory. Scholz's star had an unusual mix of characteristics: despite being fairly close ("only" 20 light years away), it showed very slow tangential motion, that is, motion across the sky. The radial velocity measurements taken by Ivanov and collaborators, however, showed the star moving almost directly away from the solar system at considerable speed. "Most stars this nearby show much larger tangential motion," says Mamajek, associate professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Rochester. "The small tangential motion and proximity initially indicated that the star was most likely either moving towards a future close encounter with the solar system, or it had'recently' come close to the solar system and was moving away. Sure enough, the radial velocity measurements were consistent with it running away from the Sun's vicinity -- and we realized it must have had a close flyby in the past." To work out its trajectory the astronomers needed both pieces of data, the tangential velocity and the radial velocity. Ivanov and collaborators had characterized the recently discovered star through measuring its spectrum and radial velocity via Doppler shift. These measurements were carried out using spectrographs on large telescopes in both South Africa and Chile: the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) and the Magellan telescope at Las Campanas Observatory, respectively. Once the researchers pieced together all the information they figured out that Scholz's star was moving away from our solar system and traced it back in time to its position 70,000 years ago, when their models indicated it came closest to our Sun. Until now, the top candidate for the closest flyby of a star to the solar system was the so-called "rogue star" HIP 85605, which was predicted to come close to our solar system in 240,000 to 470,000 years from now. However, Mamajek and his collaborators have also demonstrated that the original distance to HIP 85605 was likely underestimated by a factor of ten. At its more likely distance -- about 200 light years -- HIP 85605's newly calculated trajectory would not bring it within the Oort Cloud. Mamajek worked with former University of Rochester undergraduate Scott Barenfeld (now a graduate student at Caltech) to simulate 10,000 orbits for the star, taking into account the star's position, distance, and velocity, the Milky Way galaxy's gravitational field, and the statistical uncertainties in all of these measurements. Of those 10,000 simulations, 98% of the simulations showed the star passing through the outer Oort cloud, but fortunately only one of the simulations brought the star within the inner Oort cloud, which could trigger so-called "comet showers." While the close flyby of Scholz's star likely had little impact on the Oort Cloud, Mamajek points out that "other dynamically important Oort Cloud perturbers may be lurking among nearby stars." The recently launched European Space Agency Gaia satellite is expected to map out the distances and measure the velocities of a billion stars. With the Gaia data, astronomers will be able to tell which other stars may have had a close encounter with us in the past or will in the distant future.

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China, U.S. in sync for new UN goals: Mexican academic MEXICO CITY, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The meetings between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama late last month made it clear that the two countries fully support the UN's new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a Mexican academic said on Thursday. For the first time, the two leaders have established high-level mechanisms that will allow them to tackle challenges facing both countries, said Ignacio Martinez Cortes, a senior professor of international relations at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Cortes said Xi's state visit to the United States was a success, as it demonstrated China's political and economical influence, and proved how much the United States values the bilateral relationship. He highlighted the Chinese concept of "community of common destiny," proposed by Xi during his speech at the UN headquarters last month, as being evidence of China's new foreign policy strategy. The expert also said he was encouraged by Xi's message of disarmament delivered in Beijing during the commemoration of 70th anniversary of the victory of Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and World Anti-Fascist War. Xi announced the decision to cut 300,000 Chinese military personnel. "China made it very clear that the global economic recovery cannot involve armed conflict. China is focusing on bolstering its internal market as part of the country's new economic model," said the expert.

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Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion "Sacro GRA," Gianfranco Rosi's portrait of Rome's ring road, edges out Tsai Ming-liang's "Jiaoyou" A still from Gianfranco Rosi's Golden Lion-winning 'Sacro GRA' It was a "one, two" victory moment at Venice. The result of the 70th Mostra del Cinema was: Italy won, Taiwan too. Gianfranco Rosi's Sacro GRA, a documentary about lives lived on or near the Grande Raccordo Anulare (Rome's ring road), took the Golden Lion, by a rumoured whisker, from Tsai Ming-liang's Jiaoyou (Stray Dogs), a surreal poetic drama about poverty and fatherhood, praised in my last dispatch. Each film had friends and foes. Each prize announcement drew a mixture of cheers and boos. Some critics, including this one, thought Taiwan had been robbed. (A colleague darkly muttered about Italian chauvinism on a Bertolucci-led jury.) But Sacro GRA had its real and passionate cheerleaders. Like past Rosi films blending ethnography with quirky character portraiture - Boatman (India), Below Sea Level (American desert), El Sicario (Mexico) - his Rome docu-odyssey gathers idiosyncratic momentum and a clutch of fascinating cameos. The fallen aristocrat rents his castle for erotic photonovel shoots. The eel fisherman philosophises about eels and the River Tiber. The ambulance paramedic hastens caringly between GRA accident victims. As memorably as any, the tree expert drills palms for weevils and catches the shrieks of larvae on his digital recorder. Meanwhile his voice dances on for us, atop ever more whimsical tightropes of metaphor and simile. "It's an orgy. It's a corrupt feast. It's like the chatter of humans in a restaurant... " Tsai took his runner-up Special Jury Prize for Jiaoyou with a good grace. "May I say something?" he addressed the jury. "I love you all." The world will soon be able to love his film, a kind of madly lyricised Lear of the Taipei underworld. Both these prizes could be happily lived with. There was a louder stir of rebellion when the awards-night goodwill enhanced by a Best Actress prize handed to elderly Elena Cotta for Italy's Via Castellana Bandiera - a cleverly crafted study of neighbourhood ferment during a set-to between women drivers - was squandered by two prizes flattering Greece's Miss Violence. This black comedy-drama about incest grows cruder and more contrived as its story goes on. Somehow it won Best Director for Alexandros Avranas and Best Actor for Themis Panou, playing a Cesare Borgia of the Athens petite bourgeoisie. Britain's Philomena, a critics" favourite, won Best Screenplay for Steve Coogan (also starring) and Jeff Pope. They audio-linked their thanks from Toronto, where the Frears-directed film about a baby-robbed mum (Judi Dench) "rediscovering" her son has moved on to warm more festival hearts. Britain had a polarised movie presence at Venice. Everyone loved Philomena. Everyone (almost) hated The Zero Theorem by honorary Brit Terry Monty Python Gilliam. Likewise everyone praised Steven Knight's out-of-competition Locke, an ingeniously scripted agony drama set in a car pounding along night motorways, and almost everyone except Brits abhorred Under the Skin, the new film from Jonathan Sexy Beast Glazer. More chauvinism? Non-UK reviewers practically disembowelled Glazer's art/horror flick: a piece of posturing sci-fi hokum starring Scarlett Johansson as an alien stalking single men, to their apparent deaths, in Scotland. Monotonous gloom; malnourished script. For some reason British critics found a whole lot to like. Locke deserved its plaudits. Here is another great spring forward from the man who invented the game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and scripted Stephen Frears's Dirty Pretty Things. Now he secures a wallop of a performance from Tom Hardy, the only person on screen for 90 minutes. Welsh-accented, Hardy plays an agonised man in the process of leaving his wife for the bedside of a birth-giving mistress. He is also in the process of dumping his next-day work date as site manager at "the biggest concrete-pour in Europe." As he fields car-phone calls from aggrieved or ballistic parties, his life atomises before our eyes. What could be more dramatic while, simultaneously, more minimal in spectacle and resource?

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The Latest: Tunisia Says 21 Dead Including 17 Tourists Tunisia's prime minister says a total of 21 people have died in the attack against the Bardo museum, including 17 tourists, two Tunisians and two gunmen. Prime Minister Habib Essid said Wednesday that five of the victims were Japanese, four Italian, two Colombian, two Spanish, one Australian, one Pole, one French national and one whose nationality has not yet been verified. Essid said 44 people were wounded, among them: 13 Italians, seven French, four Japanese, two South Africans, one Pole, one Russian and six Tunisians. He did not provide any information regarding the nationalities of the other wounded. White House spokesman Josh Earnest says the U.S. is prepared to offer assistance to Tunisian authorities in their investigation of the attack against the Bardo museum and "will continue to stand with our Tunisian partners against terrorist violence." "We extend our deepest sympathies to the victims of today's heinous violence in Tunisia and condemn in the strongest terms this terrorist attack, which took the lives of innocent Tunisians as well as visiting tourists," Earnest said. He said American officials are in touch with Tunisian authorities and that the U.S. is proud of its "robust cooperation with Tunisia on counterterrorism and broader security issues." Also, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos confirmed on Twitter that two Colombian citizens were among the victims of the attack. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier called the violence "a cowardly attack on us all." He said he "cannot rule out there being German citizens among the victims," but couldn't confirm that at this stage. An Italian Foreign Ministry official says three Italians were among those killed in the attack against a Tunisian museum that left at least 22 people dead. The official in Rome spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't allowed to give his name. He said another six Italians were injured in the attack. Meanwhile, Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi said in a televised speech that Tunisia is in a war against "terror." "These savage minority groups will not frighten us and the fight against them will continue until they are exterminated," he said. Spanish eyewitness Josep Lluis Cusido says he was inside the Bardo museum in Tunisia when the attack started that left at least 22 people dead and hid behind a pillar to save his life. Cusido, the mayor of the small Spanish town of Vallmoll, told Spain's Cadena Ser radio station he spent nearly three hours inside the museum with his wife until they got out uninjured. "We saw a bunch of people leaving a vehicle and they started shooting everyone walking down the plaza at that moment," he said. "After they entered the museum. I saw their faces: They were about 10 meters away from me, shooting at anything that moved." "I managed to hide behind a pillar, there were unlucky people who they killed right there. I was lying on the floor almost three hours but our lives were saved," Cusido said. Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said two Spaniards died in the attack, but none were wounded.

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Barrio Concha y Toro is a barrio located in Santiago, Chile. The neighborhood has a medieval-like street plan, whose design was influenced by the ideas of Camillo Sitte. The houses are built on the former site of the Díaz Gana Palace's park, which was divided into lots in 1915. The district's boundaries are defined by Brasil Avenue, Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, Cumming Avenue, Romero Street, Maturana Street and Erasmo Escala Street. ==References== Geography of Santiago, Chile National Monuments of Chile

Barrio Concha y Toro

Philates is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). ==Species== Philates chelifer (Simon, 1900) (Java, Borneo) Philates courti (Zabka, 1999) (New Guinea) Philates grammicus Simon, 1900 (Philippines, Indonesia) Philates platnicki (Zabka, 1999) (New Guinea) Philates proszynskii (Zabka, 1999) (New Guinea) Philates rafalskii (Zabka, 1999) (New Guinea) Philates szutsi Benjamin, 2004 (Borneo) Philates thaleri Benjamin, 2004 (Borneo) Philates variratae (Zabka, 1999) (New Guinea) Philates zschokkei Benjamin, 2004 (Indonesia) Salticidae Spiders of Indonesia Spider genera

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In optimization, a descent direction is a vector \mathbf{p}\in\mathbb R^n that, in the sense below, moves us closer towards a local minimum \mathbf{x}^* of our objective function f:\mathbb R^n\to\mathbb R. Suppose we are computing \mathbf{x}^* by an iterative method, such as line search. We define a descent direction \mathbf{p}_k\in\mathbb R^n at the kth iterate to be any \mathbf{p}_k such that \langle\mathbf{p}_k,\nabla f(\mathbf{x}_k)\rangle, where \langle, \rangle denotes the inner product. The motivation for such an approach is that small steps along \mathbf{p}_k guarantee that \displaystyle f is reduced, by Taylor's theorem. Using this definition, the negative of a non-zero gradient is always a descent direction, as \langle -\nabla f(\mathbf{x}_k), \nabla f(\mathbf{x}_k) \rangle = -\langle \nabla f(\mathbf{x}_k), \nabla f(\mathbf{x}_k) \rangle. Numerous methods exist to compute descent directions, all with differing merits. For example, one could use gradient descent or the conjugate gradient method. More generally, if P is a positive definite matrix, then d = -P \nabla f(x) is a descent direction at x. This generality is used in preconditioned gradient descent methods. Mathematical optimization

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The flag of Kenya (Swahili: Bendera ya Kenya) was officially adopted on December 12, 1963. ==Symbolism== The Kenyan flag is based on that of Kenya African National Union and was adopted in December 12, 1963 as the country's flag. The color black represents the people of the Republic of Kenya, red for the blood shed during the fight for independence, and green for the country's landscape and natural wealth. The white fimbriation was added later to symbolize peace and honesty. The black, red, and white traditional Maasai shield and two spears symbolize the defense of all the things mentioned above. ==Design== The colours of the flag have been specified by the Kenya National Archives. {| width="60%" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; text-align: left" |- style="text-align: center; background! : #eee" !style="background:#000000;color:white"| Black !style="background:#922529;color:white"| Red !style="background:#008C51;color:white"| Green |- | British Standard Colours | Post office red 0-006 | 0-010 |} ==Variants== ===Current flags=== ===The Executive=== ===The Defence Forces=== ===County flags=== ==History== The Kenyan flag is based on the black over red over green flag of Kenya African National Union (KANU), the political party that led the fight for freedom and independence of Kenya. Upon independence, the white fimbriation, symbolizing peace and unity, and the shield were added. The meaning of the colours of the flag of Kenya match closely to those of the Pan-African flag adopted by the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League in 1920. ==Similar national flags== The Flag of South Sudan bears similarities with that of Kenya. The horizontal black, white, red, and green bands of the flag share the same design as the Kenyan flag, and the Pan-African symbolism thereof. The Flag of Malawi has a lot of Pan-African symbolism that can also be seen in the Kenyan flag, as does the Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis. ==See also == List of flags of Kenya ==References== Source: Kenyan Flag at Get Kenya Online. Accessed 6 August 2006. Source: Flag Specifications at Kenya National Archives. Accessed 16 Feb 2006. ==External links== Kenya Naval Ensign http://www.flagscorner.com/kenya-flag/ Flag Flags of Africa 1963 introductions Kenya

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Does it signal the start of a new crackdown at a time when the country's future seems more uncertain than ever?” RWB added: “We fear the worst, and we regret the international community's inadequate response to this disaster. The priority right now is that authorities investigate this new crime.” ==Funeral== Argeñal's funeral took place at the Church of the Immaculate Conception (el templo Inmaculada Concepción) in Danlí. The mass was celebrated by Fr. German Flores. Argeñal's brother Mario remembered him as “an incredible person, full of good feeling and gift of service. ==See also== List of journalists killed in Honduras ==References== 2013 deaths Honduran journalists Male journalists Deaths by firearm in Honduras People from El Paraíso Department Journalists killed in Honduras Year of birth missing

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Stein said his statement about Obama was part of an online debate about NATO allowing U.S. troops to be tried for the Quran burnings in Afghanistan. In that context, he said, he was stating that he would not follow orders from the president if it involved detaining U.S. citizens, disarming them or doing anything else that he believes would violate their constitutional rights.

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Rudimentary: Looking more like hobbyists' remote controlled aeroplanes and equipped with cameras available on the Internet for just a few hundred pounds, the captured drones were basic, at best Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin told South Korea's parliament today that North Korea has been developing unmanned drones since the Nineties. He said ministry officials are urgently working out measures to cope with drone threats as it's possible for the North to acquire a technology to develop small unmanned aircraft with self-destructive capabilities in the future. But some experts say that fears of kamikaze drone strikes from the North are an overreaction - at least for the time being. 'They can carry at most a hand grenade,' said Lee Hee Woo, a retired air force general who heads the Integrated Logistic Support Research Center at Chungnam National University in South Korea. 'A small aircraft won't be easily detected by radar, but they can't carry much so they can only be used for surveillance purposes. A bigger size of aircraft is needed to carry weapons, but that would be detected by radar.' Share or comment on this article

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Sunshine Could Be Therapy For Schizophrenia And Depression Patients People with psychotic disorders like schizophrenia might experience some relief if they spend more time in the sun. The International Early Psychosis Association has reported that research from Norway's University of Oslo presented during its annual conference in Italy shows that low levels of vitamin D are "associated with increased negative and depressive symptoms" in those patients, according to a statement. The research team was investigating whether low vitamin D could be linked to specific symptoms as well as to cognitive deficits in young patients. In both cases, a few hundred patients were studied; they showed a connection between vitamin D deficiency and negative symptoms and between the vitamin and "cognitive impairments in processing speed and verbal fluency." Vitamin D has many benefits, one of them being promoting calcium absorption in the body, according to the National Institutes of Health. It is also crucial in cell and bone growth and in immune function. Because our bodies produce it when our skin is exposed to sunlight, people who spend a lot of time indoors can become deficient in the vitamin, a malady that is common - and even more so in the winter. Associating sunshine with mental health is not a new idea. Low levels of sunshine, such as what is available during winter months in cold climates, is one of the things that drives seasonal affective disorder, a form of depression that follows the cycle of the seasons, the Mayo Clinic says. Soaking up more sunshine could improve mental health. Image courtesy of Pixabay, public domain It has also been long suggested that spending more time in the sun could improve mental health. In one article from Issues in Mental Health Nursing, the authors say regulating vitamin D levels in people "with depression and other mental disorders may be an easy and cost-effective therapy which could improve patients" long-term health outcomes as well as their quality of life." And there is a treatment called light therapy, or phototherapy, in which patients - such as those suffering from seasonal affective disorder - sit near a device that "gives off bright light that mimics natural outdoor light," the Mayo Clinic explains. A link to vitamin D has been drawn even to dementia and migraines. In the Oslo studies that looked at the link between vitamin D and the severity of negative symptoms in psychotic disorders, the authors concluded that the findings could be a first step toward investigating the connection in a larger sample size, according to the International Early Psychosis Association's statement. They are also now using MRIs to look at the role of the vitamin in different brain structures.

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Speed cameras call over detour road crash fears CALLS to install speed cameras on a residential road being used as a major diversion have been ruled out, despite fears drivers could cause a fatal crash. Lugton Brae, in Dalkeith, was closed in August to stop motorists from using it as an unofficial diversion after the A6106 shut in July because of subsidence. When the road reopened last week, Midlothian Council bosses introduced a 20mph speed limit and banned heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) from using it to alleviate safety fears. Angry residents said drivers flouting new rules were putting lives at risk and called for police-monitored cameras to be installed as a matter of urgency. But transport leaders rejected the calls, saying the cost of the move would be prohibitive. Mechanic Ian Worrall, 25, said: "The vehicles going down the road are being driven at ridiculous speeds - in excess of 40 and 50mph - and there's no way they could stop in time if someone was on the road. "This is a safety issue - there could be a fatal crash. The money for the cameras needs to be made available." Retired resident Gregor Irving, 60, said: "We feel let down by the council in that they indicated that the speed restriction and HGV ban would be supported by appropriate measures and at the moment that's not the case. It's extremely dangerous." The calls for traffic cameras come after a major section of the A6106 Old Dalkeith Road was closed following the emergence two months ago of a series of mystery cracks running along a 100ft stretch. Traffic was initially diverted along Melville Gate Road but council bosses reversed the decision after admitting the long detour had caused an increase in congestion and the potential for accidents. Councillor Bob Constable, who has responsibility for roads, said: "A 20mph speed limit is in place and there's now flashing signs just being installed to remind drivers of that limit. We will obviously continue to monitor the situation but, at the moment, we feel these are the best solutions to what is a temporary problem. "Spending thousands of pounds on cameras is not an option. However, we will be recording drivers" speeds and, if there's cause for concern, we will be reporting back to the full council."

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Scans have cleared Allenby of any serious facial or head injuries and he is hopeful of being cleared to fly in the next day or two. He doesn't yet know when he will play golf again. "The chances of me playing next week are very slim, but I'm just taking it one day at a time." He said he planned to thank the homeless woman and the retired military man who helped him. "I will (contact the homeless woman), and I will thank her and I will give her something, and also the guy from the military that helped me as well. I'll definitely make a call to him, he paid for the taxi to get out of there," he said.

2015-12-31 00:00:00

Premier League Match Report: Friedel dropped by AVB as Spurs clinch fourth straight league victory The moulding and refining of Andre Villas-Boas's Tottenham Hotspur team continues. Two points from three games has suddenly become four straight wins after Spurs beat Aston Villa yesterday. It was a patient, mature performance by the hosts who were unworried by a slow first half and able, eventually, to dismiss Villa with a burst of attacking football. For the first time in the Premier League, Villas-Boas began with Hugo Lloris in goal. Since he was signed it was merely a matter of time as to when he would usurp Brad Friedel in the league and the Spurs manager decided that the seventh league game of the season was the right moment. "We have been speaking about it between the staff for the week," said Villas-Boas. "We decided it would be logical if we wanted to get Hugo acquainted with the Premier League-type of games. "Obviously, the change was not based on performance, Brad has been immense for this football team, we surely respect that." Friedel's run of 310 consecutive league games is over, though, a victim of the relentless progressivism sweeping Tottenham. Lloris showed the difference between him and Friedel by darting quickly from his line at times, but nearly cost Spurs a goal early in the second half. His poor throw allowed Marc Albrighton to cross for Christian Benteke, but the Belgian headed carelessly wide. Paul Lambert knew how much that miss cost. "We had a great chance to go 1-0 up," the Villa manager said. "It was a big moment. But he's only a young lad, he was in a position to do it, you saw his disappointment." It was a show of faith from Lambert picking Benteke ahead of Darren Bent. Lambert is desperate to instil hunger at a club where it has not existed for a while, and perhaps it should not be a surprise to see Bent on the bench along with other senior players such as Shay Given and Charles N'Zogbia. Lambert insisted, though, that his decision was tactical. "That's the system I played," he said. "If you're playing one up top, Christian gives you a different option because he can get hold of the ball. That was the only reason why we did it." The players Lambert did pick tried to prove him right. They certainly represented his values of hard work, rigour and ambition. Karim El Ahmadi, Fabian Delph and Brett Holman all worked hard to deny Spurs space while the defence was inspired by the brave, brisk and alert Ron Vlaar, who has replaced Bent as captain. Villa had successfully shut down the first half. The home crowd were silenced and Spurs were limited to shooting from distance. Two weeks ago another slow first half left Spurs 1-0 down to Queen's Park Rangers. That afternoon they tore into the second half, turning the game and earning an important win. It was the same yesterday. Spurs were much more assertive in the second period, allowing chances, including Benteke's, before scoring the goals that won the game. The pressure had been building before a lucky bounce put Spurs ahead. A corner, 12 minutes after the re-start, fell to Jermain Defoe, who spun and skewed a shot. It inadvertently hit Steven Caulker's ankle and flew in. The goal sped Spurs up further, Gareth Bale nearly scored before the second came from another quick break. Mousa Dembélé spread the ball to Aaron Lennon, who was isolated against Joe Bennett. Before the left-back could realise, Lennon whipped a low shot past him and Brad Guzan into the bottom corner. The work was done, and Clint Dempsey's and Bale's chances were the only moments of a comfortable keep-ball session as Spurs rode on up the table.

2012-12-31 00:00:00

Fair enough, you might think, until you see the other side (""Queen Elizabeth is very probably foretold in the Bible"") and his business card (""Neil Horan, the Britain's Got Talent Irish Dancer. I perform at Weddings. My Mission in Life is to help prepare the world for the Second Coming.""). Some passers-by take his picture. Some press photographers take pictures of the passers-by taking his picture. Some tourists decide to head off. The Times reporter plays a trick on London's Daily Telegraph by fronting their webcam with the lyrics for a song he's written called ""The Babycam Blues"." ""This is ridiculous,"" he says as he walks off. ""This is what we are reduced to.""

2013-12-31 00:00:00

Angr (t • c) I see, seriously now, maybe it would also be a good idea to merge categories Streets in Berlin with Squares in Berlin, I don´t think London differentiates and there aren´t that many entries in either.IsarSteve Well, we can try, but my experience at CSD is that good ideas are shot down while bad ideas are given broad support. Angr (t • c) If that was a dig at me..well it hit the target!! IsarSteve It wasn't. Are you active there? Angr (t • c) now I´m here... I was splitting my time cleaning up the "Balkon" and writing to you! IsarSteve I meant, are you active at CSD? Angr (t • c) no I´m not..but I know Dieter Schneider (since 1987/88) IsarSteve == Userbox comment == Hello, Just saw your comment about "never will be consensus to delete userboxes reflecting religious beliefs in an unoffensive manner". Alas, I don't think that is borne out in practice. If you look at the log at DRV/U right now, there were two deletes as "CSD T1" for userboxes that said "This user is an Atheist." and "This user is a Christian." Both of which are written unoffensively, but were classed as "belief about a controversial topic" and speedied. My personal opinion is that CSD T1 is being interpreted too broadly to delete any template, and the resulting disagreement results in more division than the original template ever could. Regards, MartinRe The discussions going on there prove my point exactly: there was no consensus to delete them, and there's no consensus to undelete them. Wikipedians are split about 50-50 on this, meaning consensus will never be reached. Angr (t • c) Please note that T1 was rewritten in the last few days (with a broad consensus) to read "User templates that express personal beliefs, ideologies, ethical convictions, or viewpoints on controversial issues, or any other templates which are otherwise divisive or inflammatory." Mackensen (talk) Uh, no, T1 was rewritten in the last few days without any consensus, and the revert war between "New T1" and "T1 Classic" rages on as we speak. Angr (t • c) Um, no, I see Grue reverting without consensus. I see discussion on the talk page favoring the change. Looks accepted to me. Mackensen (talk) The first revert to Classic was from Xaosflux. The next was from Rory096. The next was from Grue, who was only reverted once. That's already three people prefer "T1 Classic". On the talk page, I see comments against the new wording from myself, Xaosflux, and Rory096, as well as agreement from Septentrionalis that there is no consensus here. Angr (t • c) ==Template:User Christian== Your keep present version vote on the looks like you wanted it kept deleted but the text suggests you would like it undeleted. Please, consider correcting one or the other. But it isn't deleted. Angr (t • c) ==2001== Today you "rm image: not fair use in this article." Ok. Explain. It's 2001. The image is 2001. How, exactly, is this not fair use.? A pic on my talk page, I can understand. But a pic pertaining directly (or indirectly, as in this case) to the subject matter of the article would appear to be fair use. So, what's the deal? I'm not about to rush in and just do a revert. Oh, the temptation! So, how about something in the way of an explanation? The fair use template for 2001-starchild.jpg says "It is believed that the use of a limited number of web-resolution screenshots for identification and critical commentary on the film and its contents... qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement." The image was being used in an article on the book, not the film. Angr (t • c) Too literal. Revert. Using copyrighted images in a way incompatible with their fair-use tag is a criterion for speedy deletion. Angr (t • c) 2001 is 2001.

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Religious assailant attacks Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, wounding six JERUSALEM An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man stabbed and wounded six participants, two of them seriously, in the annual Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem on Thursday, with police saying the suspect was jailed for a similar attack 10 years ago. About 5,000 people celebrating the event were marching along an avenue when a man jumped into the crowd, apparently from a supermarket, and plunged a knife into some of the participants, witnesses said. "We heard people screaming, everyone ran for cover, and there were bloodied people on the ground," Shai Aviyor, a witness interviewed on Israel's Channel 2, said. It was the worst attack in years on the event in Jerusalem, a divided city where the religious population is more prominent than in other parts of Israel and highlighted the tension nationwide among disparate social groups. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it "a despicable hate crime," and President Reuven Rivlin warned that social intolerance could spell disaster for Israel. Police said they arrested the suspected perpetrator, an ultra-Orthodox man. Spokeswoman Luba Samri said he was the same assailant jailed for the stabbing of three marchers at a similar Jerusalem event in 2005. Israeli media said the suspect had been released from prison several weeks ago. The parade has long been a focus of tension between Israel's predominantly secular majority and the ultra-Orthodox Jewish minority, who object to public displays of homosexuality. Many devout Jews, Muslims and Christians criticize homosexuality as an abomination of their beliefs. Gay marriages performed inside Israel are not recognized by the authorities. Police and medics said the attacker wounded six people. Two were taken to hospital in serious condition, including a young woman, said a doctor at Shaarei Tzedek Hospital, where the victims were being treated. The march is held in the largely Jewish side of the divided city. Palestinians predominate in occupied East Jerusalem. Oded Fried, the head of a leading gay rights group, said the attack would not deter the movement. A similar Gay Pride event on June 12 in the more gay friendly business hub of Tel Aviv passed off without incident. "Our struggle for equality only intensifies in the face of such events," Fried said. Netanyahu said Israel would prosecute those responsible to the full extent of the law, adding: "Freedom of individual choice is a basic value in Israel." Rivlin, whose job as president is largely ceremonial, said: "We must not be deluded a lack of tolerance will lead us to disaster." (Editing by Alison Williams)

2015-12-31 00:00:00

Yevgeny Robertovich Urlashov (Евгений Робертович Урлашов) was the Mayor of the city of Yaroslavl, Russia between April 2012 and July 2013. ==Biography== Yevgeny Robertovich Urlashov was born on July 16, 1967 in Yaroslavl. From 1985 until 1987 he served in fire fighting units of Soviet Military. In 1998 Urlashov graduated from the Law faculty of Yaroslavl Demidov State University with a degree in Jurisprudence. He began his career at Krasny Mayak factory in 1985. During 2008-2011 he was a member of United Russia political party. On April 1, 2012 Urlashov was elected Mayor of Yaroslavl, running as an independent candidate. He took office on April 11, 2012. On July 3, 2013 Urlashov was detained by police on charges of bribery extortion. On July 18 he was officially removed from his post. == References == 1967 births Living people People from Yaroslavl United Russia politicians 21st-century Russian politicians Civic Platform (Russia) politicians Mayors of places in Russia

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==Watershed Protection and Local Food== New York City government officials, labor organizers, non-profits, community advocacy groups, and residents have fostered a strong relationship with rural farmers to develop New York City's local food shed. The process of linking sustainable, rural agriculture with New York City’s urban markets has been largely built upon the fact that New York City's water supply comes from New York State, in the protected Catskill Mountains watershed. As a result of the watershed's integrity and undisturbed natural water filtration process, New York is one of only four major cities in the United States with drinking water pure enough not to require purification by water treatment plants. With the largest surface storage and supply complex in the world, New York City's water supply system yields of water daily, with most of this water originating upstate. This water is not filtered, since a filtration system would require $6 billion in construction, and $300 million in annual maintenance. Instead, New York City's watershed is protected by severe New York City Department of Environmental Protection restrictions that prevent pathogens and nutrients from entering the water supply. These restrictions limit industrial development and restrict agricultural runoff. The implementation of such stringent regulations, however, threatened New York State farmers with utter devastation. To protect the water supply from runoff and promote regional agriculture, rural and urban New Yorkers developed an alliance called the New York City Watershed Whole Farm Program, which promotes sustainable agriculture in New York State. Farmers upstate, with financial assistance from the city, work to reduce pathogen, nutrient, sediment, and pesticide runoff. Meanwhile, New York City’s urban population serves as a local market for upstate farmers, particularly through Greenmarket

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Syrian refugees to be housed across Wales by end of 2016 Image copyright Lindsay Cardwell Image caption Syrian refugees in Aberystwyth thanked the town's residents after their welcome earlier this year Syrian refugees are expected to have been housed in all council areas across Wales by the end of 2016. The Welsh Local Government Association said more than 300 refugees will then have been resettled in Wales in the first year of the Syrian resettlement programme. Councils had previously been criticised for the speed they had been rehousing Syrian refugees. But the WLGA said the criticism had been unfair. The UK government has pledged to settle 20,000 Syrians in the UK by 2020 under the scheme. But in August it was reported that only nine of Wales 22 councils had taken part up to the end of June. The WLGA has now confirmed to the assembly's equality committee that all authorities will have received refugee families into their areas, with over 300 refugees resettled in Wales by the end of December. In a written submission to the committee ahead of verbal evidence to AMs on Thursday, it said: "While there has been some criticism of local authorities for not responding quickly enough, for those authorities with limited experience, making sure appropriate plans were in place to ensure a well-managed resettlement process was key." "As such, we believe the criticism levelled has been unfair and in the main, the smooth way in which the arrival of refugees has been undertaken has borne out the benefit of effective planning." Image copyright Lindsay Cardwell The Welsh Government does not deal with immigration and asylum policy, which is instead handled by the Home Office, but it is responsible for many of the services that support refugees and asylum seekers. It has a delivery plan which lists a series of actions in areas including mental health and housing that it wants to see implemented. But the WLGA said while those who work on relevant issues may be aware of the plan's existence, "there are no established mechanisms through which Welsh Government raises awareness of the delivery plan with authorities or specific departments." As a result, it said some organisations may not made be aware of the actions required of them, but it said many of the issues included in the plan were being addressed. A Welsh Government spokeswoman said its refugee and asylum seeker delivery plan published in March 2016 had already led to positive changes but it would update it with information on new schemes as they developed.

2016-12-31 00:00:00

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I don't want to see Hillary Clinton's medical records, and neither should you What publishing medical notes does do, instead, is feed a brutal, dehumanising, political culture. It suggests that leaders, unlike normal humans, need to be perfect because any kind of health flaw could fatally compromise their ability to do the most important job in politics. It feeds the idea that physical and mental weakness are one and the same, and that neither are compatible with leadership. In fact, as the Paralympics aptly demonstrates, people with huge health problems defy expectations all the time. Writing them off means writing off an enormous slice of human talent and potential. The truth is that our political leaders, like any humans, can't always have perfect judgment and perfect health. And we can't know in advance everything about how good a leader they'll make. The world is imperfect and confusing and all humans need some privacy and space in order to function healthily and make good decisions. By the same token, a mature democracy needs to have a certain tolerance for mistakes and imperfections. The alternative is that we choose to believe in fairytales and elect lying demagogues in "perfect" health who claim they can fix everything. I, for one, would rather accept that the world is imperfect and that our political leaders, like our voters, are only human.

2016-12-31 00:00:00

I can't find any mention that LSD is in Category X in Australia, so I have removed this until someone can provide a citation.Tova Hella (talk) == Isomers == I changed the sentence saying that there are 4 isomers of LSD to say stereoisomers. If the general term isomers were used LSD would have many thousands of isomers, especially structural isomers.Fireemblem555 (talk) == Notable users section? == The notable users section is a section that basically says famous people have used the drug, yet it fails to mention any of these users... Famous people have used every drug in existence, this section seems pointless unless it names some of the well-known people who have discussed using it like Steve Jobs, James D. Watson, Jimi Hendrix, Ken Kesey, George Carlin, Bill Hicks, Phil Jackson, and others. Wikipediarules2221 == Topeka, Kansas, 2000 == That William Leonard Pickard 2000 bust should be added to the timeline, it was supposed to have caused a 90% reduction in the amount of LSD availiable worldwide. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.104.101.235 (talk) Agreed - it was a very important event. Go ahead and add it, and why not sign up with an account? Your IP address isn't private and reveals exactly where you are. -Chumchum7 (talk) == Timeline == There is an identical copy of the timeline on History of LSD. The history page is the best place for such a long, detailed timeline. I'm removing the timeline from the LSD main page. Tova Hella (talk) == Doctor who did the original, flawed chromosome studies == Here's a little factoid. I'm wondering whether it belongs in this page's Dangers/Genetic section, Jacobson's page, some other page, or nowhere at all. One of the doctors involved in the original research that indicated LSD was dangerous to chromosomes was Cecil Byran Jacobson, later convicted of numerous counts of fraud for selling his own sperm to his patients and other unethical practices. He's part of "Cohen et. al." in this page's Lysergic_acid_diethylamide#cite_note-dishotsky-52. Suggestions? Thundermaker (talk) Interesting. The "chromosome damage" panic started in 1967 with a Science article by Maimon M. Cohen, et al. MM Cohen was apparently the main scientist promoting this idea, he went on to became a prominent geneticist. I can't find any MM Cohen articles with Jacobson as a co-author, can you be more specific? I can't find what I was looking at before that made me think Jacobson was on Cohen's team. Cohen was at SUNY from 1965-72 and then moved to Israel, and I can't find anything linking Jacobson to SUNY. So what I said above is probably wrong. Jacobson wasn't on the original team, more of a bandwagon-jumper. Thundermaker (talk) Jacobson reported on birth defects in fetuses and babies of women who had taken LSD in a 1972 article in JAMA. This finding has not been confirmed, and as you mention Jacobson is not trustworthy. It would be worthwhile to discuss more about the Genetic/Birth Defect issue, maybe on the History of LSD page. "Chromosome damage" got an enormous amount of media attention at the height of the LSD "moral panic". It was discussed in the most prominent US scientific and medical journals even though it was clear from the beginning that caffeine, aspirin, etc. gave the same results (raising questions about the integrity of the researchers and journal editors). The factoid about Jacobson could be mentioned in this context. Tova Hella (talk) Good suggestion, thanks! Thundermaker (talk) == Removed image: Possible physical effects == is turning into an edit war when I have tried in good faith for it not to be == Twice I have moved LSD off this, twice it has been reverted. I took it to RM before I started, with no response. I fixed up other articles to make the DAB page. I made my objection clear: there are 30 uses of the term LSD and I don't think it should redirect straight to this article. THat can be discussed, sure, but can we actually have the discussion? I also put it at WikiProject Disambiguation. I have put notes on the talk pages of people involved.

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John Boultbee (3 September 1799 – 1854) was born at Bunny, Nottinghamshire was the ninth and youngest son of Sarah Elizabeth Lane and her husband, Joseph Boultbee, minor Nottinghamshire gentry. A wanderer from boyhood, he was always impatient for new horizons. ==John Boultbee, Adventurer== By 1816, Boultbee was bound for Brazil. He was in Barbados in 1818, intending to be a planter, but left after four months, sickened by the cruelties of slavery. He emigrated to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) with his brother Edwin in 1823, and dreamed of reaching that'second Elysium', Tahiti. The reality was the hard life of a sealer. so after two years and considerable privations in Bass Strait, in March 1826 he sailed for southern New Zealand. By March 1828 he was back in Port Jackson (Sydney), toiling at ship ballasting and fish-curing. He went to the new Swan River settlement in Western Australia in 1829, and then in January 1833 joined a whaler bound for Timor. After visits to the Philippines and Singapore, he arrived at Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in May 1834, remaining there until his death, probably in 1854. He compiled his 'Journal of a rambler', an account of his life from 1817 to 1834, in Ceylon about 1835. ==Travels in New Zealand== His New Zealand travels began in Port Jackson in March 1826 when he joined a sealing party employed by Daniel Cooper and Solomon Levey, and embarked on the brig Elizabeth. On 5 April the ship anchored in George Sound, and boat crews and provisions were landed. Boultbee was assigned to a boat carrying six weeks' victuals, three muskets, a dog and clothing, which headed 'about 100 miles to the Northward'. Reaching 'wild romantic looking' Milford Sound the first day, they found game aplenty including weka, kākāpō and kiwi. They visited Cascade Point, and at Open Bay (Jackson Bay) saw a broken spear and flax sandals which were the first signs of Māori presence. The party landed on the Open Bay Islands, where they found a few provisions and messages from previous visitors in a hut used by earlier sealers. Vegetables grown by the former gang made a welcome change from salt fare. Sealing went on apace: the first haul was made from a rock chimney, and more seals were obtained on an island off the mouth of the Paringa River. A constant watch was kept against surprise attack. Boultbee related that Māori refugees from Banks Peninsula, were plundering and killing boat crews around the southern coast. An attack came at what is now Arnott Point. Boultbee laid about him with an oar while others loaded and fired guns, and the dog bit as the boat was launched for a get-away. There were casualties on both sides. Boultbee' recounted wet, miserable nights, good crayfishing, reunion with two other boat crews at Milford Sound, and an exciting run before a gale to Dusky Sound. A blazing fire, flapjacks, pork and a singsong restored everyone's spirits. When an accidental musket-shot narrowly missed Boultbee, he comforted himself with a reflection on 'the timely interposition of Providence which thus preserved me.' A narrow escape from a runaway log was another manifestation of 'Divine Mercy'. He noted that he was much changed from 'the delicate youth' he had been, and was now 'as rough a piece of goods as ever weathered the wide world'. The rest of the crew, watching his busy pen as he wrote his journal, regarded him as 'a regular scholard', an incongruous, educated presence in a mostly illiterate company. Some months were spent in Dusky Sound before the Elizabeth returned with provisions and clothing, on its way to Foveaux Strait. Boultbee's boat followed the Elizabeth after a few days, reaching Pahia, the westernmost Māori settlement on the southern coastline, where the crew were welcomed by Jacky Price and his consort, Hinewhitia. Boultbee joined whole-heartedly in the communal life. There were trips across the strait to The Neck on Stewart Island/Rakiura and to Ruapuke Island. Bluff, Omaui, Wakapatu, Te Waewae, Codfish Island, are all vividly described in terms of the occupants' lives, their customs and language.

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One year out of college, women already paid less than men, report finds They focused on those who graduated during the 2007-08 school year, zeroed in on full-time workers and studied what they earned in 2009, one year after graduation. The women made only 82 percent of what the men were paid, with the average woman making $35,296 while men were paid an average of $42,918. The report relied on data from an Education Department survey of about 15,000 college graduates via Web or telephone surveys. Even when men and women had the same majors, there were often gaps in pay. The researchers found that female business majors earned an average of slightly more than $38,000, while men earned just over $45,000. In engineering, technology, computer science and social sciences fields, researchers found that women made between 77 percent and 88 percent of what their male colleagues were paid. (The health-care and education fields were credited for paying men and women about the same.) But the overall gap - the 18-percentage-point disparity - could be explained by career choices; men are more likely to enter high-paying fields such as engineering and computer science. The researchers controlled for that, along with other variables, but an "unexplained" 6.6-percentage-point gap remained. "This pay gap is not merely the result of women's choices," researchers Christianne Corbett and Catherine Hill wrote in their report, "Graduating to a Pay Gap." "Lower earnings have an immediate effect after college, setting into motion a chain of disparities that will follow women throughout their careers." One of those disparities: If women earn less, they will have a harder time repaying their student loans, a "significant and growing problem," the researchers wrote. For the Class of 2008, the average amount of student loan debt was about $20,000, an amount that didn't vary much between the genders, although women were more likely than men to have taken out loans. The researchers put forward suggestions for reducing the pay gap, including encouraging women to pursue careers in higher-paying fields and to negotiate higher pay. "A problem as long-standing and widespread as the pay gap, however, cannot be solved by the actions of individual women alone," the researchers wrote. "Employers and the government have important roles to play. The pay gap has been part of the workplace so long that it has become simply normal."

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Study shows men just as likely to be depressed as women Depression can look very different in men and women. And many of its hallmarks - rage, risk-taking, substance abuse and even workaholism - can hide in plain sight. Now researchers say that when these symptoms are factored into a diagnosis, the long-standing disparity between depression rates in men and women disappears. That conclusion overturns long-accepted statistics indicating that, over their lifetimes, women are 70% more likely to have major depression than men. In fact, when its symptoms are properly recognized in men, major depression may be even more common in men than in women, according to a study published Wednesday by the journal JAMA Psychiatry. The findings help unravel a mystery that has long puzzled mental health authorities: If men are so much less likely than women to be depressed, why are they four times more likely to commit suicide? "When it comes to depression in men, to some extent we have blinders on," said Dr. Andrew Leuchter, a psychiatrist who studies depression at UCLA. "We have not been asking about and taking into account a range of symptoms that may be gender-specific." Health policy researchers from the University of Michigan and Vanderbilt University set out to test the feasibility of two new checklists that might diagnose depression in men as well as women with greater accuracy. In addition to familiar depression symptoms such as sadness, difficulty sleeping, feelings of guilt or worthlessness and loss of interest in pleasurable activities, the researchers expanded the list to include anger attacks, aggression or irritability, substance abuse, risk-taking behavior and hyperactivity. They devised two scales - one designed to be gender-neutral and one tuned toward the way the disease manifests itself in men. The researchers tested these diagnostic criteria in a group of nearly 5,700 American adults who had been interviewed as part of a long-term study of mental health organized by researchers at Harvard Medical School; 41% of the participants were men. The results of the analysis were striking. When assessed using the "gender inclusive depression scale" that included widely recognized depressive symptoms such as sadness and hopelessness as well as symptoms commonly seen in men, 30.6% of men and 33.3% of women were found to have experienced a depressive episode at some point in their lives. In research terms, that gap between men and women was so narrow it may have been a statistical fluke. And when the subjects were evaluated with the "male symptoms scale," 26.3% of men and 21.9% of women were said to have experienced a major depressive episode in their lifetimes. That difference was large enough that it could not be due to chance, the researchers reported. "Everything we think we know about depression is a reflection of how we defined it to begin with," Leuchter said. That bias, he added, may have fostered the perception that depression is predominantly a "woman's disease" - and that men don't need treatment for emotional suffering. Sigmund Freud, the father of psychiatry, portrayed depression as rage turned inward. But for many men today, depression's rage appears not so much directed at oneself as it is spat outward - at spouses, co-workers and friends. While women may not feel shame in acknowledging their sadness and sagging self-esteem, mental health experts find that depressed men often respond to such feelings with actions that look like their opposite: They bluster and bully. They throw themselves into harm's way. They numb themselves with sex, drugs and endless workdays. If the emotional pain of many men is to be understood for what it is, depression's definition should be expanded to include these "externalizing" symptoms - the opposite of "internalizing" symptoms that have long defined depression, some mental health professionals argue. "These findings could lead to important changes in the way depression is conceptualized and measured," the study authors concluded. If psychiatrists update their official diagnostic criteria to reflect these gender differences, that would be only a first step, Leuchter said. Doctors, including primary care physicians who now diagnose most depression, would have to be educated to look for an expanded set of symptoms, he said. Researchers would not only need to understand how seemingly separate diseases such as substance abuse and depression relate to each other, they would also need to assess whether the treatments currently available - antidepressants and talk therapy - would help men with these symptoms, he said. For men as well as women, the checklists now in wide use to diagnose depression may fail to capture the experience and language of the emotional distress they feel, said study leader Lisa Martin, a health policy studies professor at the University of Michigan. "Word choice matters," she said.

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Scotland's referendum: Catching up with the class of '79 21 May 2014 Last updated at 00:23 By Martin Currie BBC Scotland Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. A class of primary school pupils talked politics to the BBC in 1979 In 1979 eight school pupils were interviewed by the BBC as part of a special programme on that year's Scottish devolution referendum. We set out to track down the group, with your help. After seeing the footage, you told us the school was Mount Florida Primary on the southside of Glasgow and you named all eight children. Four have spoken to the BBC again and three others were interviewed for a 1997 programme called "The Ghost of '79." So, that leaves one, Peter, (we'd still love to hear from you). Here is the class of '79......... Russell Speed "I can't recall much of the day but the footage has cropped up a couple of times over the years. Grigor Milne was a good friend and John Milne, the BBC Scotland presenter who did the interview, is his dad. I'm sure it helped that I knew him before he interviewed us. "Seems like one or two of us had figured out that humour would get us screen time. Continue reading the main story What did Russell say in 1979? Interviewer: "When you're big, what do you want to be?" Russell: "A tennis player." Interviewer: "What do you know about Teddy Taylor?" Russell: "That he's got a bald patch on the top of his head." Interviewer: "Do you know what party he belongs to?" Russell: *Very long pause* Interviewer: "No?" Russell:..."Labour?" "Family and friends are envious of my childhood stardom. I'm told many of my expressions and mannerisms haven't changed. "I was clearly ahead of my time, being Scottish and wanting to be a tennis champion. Growing up I was much better at table tennis. "The Conservative offices were near our house in Mount Florida, so I should have known what party he [Teddy Taylor] was in. As others indicated on the film, he's the only Glasgow MP you would have recognised in the street. "Devolution always felt like a stepping stone to independence. However, it's interesting that Donald Dewar was totally opposed to the idea. Living and working in London, I've mixed views. I'm sure the country can sustain itself economically and it would remove suspicion of Westminster's priorities. "However, separatism doesn't feel like a particularly multi-cultural idea and Great Britain has its advantages, even if Dave Snooty isn't one of them." Linda Paterson "My husband thinks it's hysterical. He does like to remind me that it was 1979 and he wasn't even born the year I was doing that, so that's quite embarrassing. I think everyone finds it quite funny that my hair looked as if my mother had been using tongs on it for about 20 years and that I was so politely spoken. "I think someone said I was angelic. Continue reading the main story What did Linda say in 1979? Interviewer: "Do you not want to be a politician?" Linda: "No." Interviewer: "What would you like to be instead?" Linda: "Hmm...a nurse." Interviewer: "If we had a prime minister in Scotland, who would you like it to be?" Linda: "Eh...Teddy Taylor. "Marion was one of my best pals at school. And I used to chase Graeme [Atkins] about, I fancied him. He was my crush at primary school, I totally loved him, I was like 'oh my God!'. "I haven't seen any of them since probably 1997 when we did the follow-up. I think we all kind of dispersed. "All I knew was Teddy Taylor, I didn't even know what party he was in. His [Russell's] answer was classic, it's the eyes rolling back! I think I kind of went along with the flow, because we were on telly and this guy Teddy Taylor's name's been mentioned a few times, I think I'll just say him as well. I think I just liked the fact that his name was Teddy. "No, I didn't become a nurse. I've got a complete phobia of anything medical. I've been in financial services since 1997, although I've recently been made redundant so I'm now training to be a driving instructor. "I'm definitely a 'Yes' person, was in 1997 so I've not changed my views on that. Whether that's the right thing or not, I don't know." Graeme Atkins

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"Although we beat Newcastle last weekend, they are still one point above us. The margins are exceptionally fine. It could come down to goal difference. Given who we have to play in our final two matches [Sunderland and QPR], I'm not sure one more win and 37 points would be enough. Who knows what the margins will be, but we've got to try to give ourselves every possible chance." Newcastle will attempt to drag themselves out of trouble when they meet West Brom at St James" Park today having gone into the weekend sitting just two points clear of the drop zone after a run of eight successive defeats. Their form, coupled with a growing tide of pessimism surrounding the club after last weekend's damaging 3-0 reverse at Leicester, has catapulted them into the thick of a survival scrap. However, beleaguered head coach John Carver insists he and his players also have to concentrate on what they can affect. He said: "We're in a position where we can affect what happens. It's in our hands. We're not in the bottom three as it stands and there are three games left. "I can't afford - and neither can the players - to worry about what everybody else is doing. I didn't even watch Hull's game against Arsenal the other night because I can't affect that." Second-bottom QPR visit Manchester City tomorrow and they could be down by the time they take the field at the Etihad in the unlikely event all four catchable sides win today, while their fate will be sealed if they lose to Manuel Pellegrini's side.

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Guest Lineups for the Sunday News Shows Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC's "This Week" - Gov. Pat McCrory, R-N.C., Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Actor Kevin Spacey. NBC's "Meet the Press" - Mitt Romney; Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn. CBS' "Face the Nation" - Jim DeMint, president of the Heritage Foundation; Gov. Pat McCrory, R-N.C. CNN's "State of the Union" - Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. "Fox News Sunday" - Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah.

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