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Gorigandi is a village in Chikkamagaluru district, Karnataka, India. It contains the St. Thomas church. In September 2008 the church was attacked by miscreants during the 2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka. ==References==
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page. The result was no consensus. Sr13
===Tim Tackett===
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More self-serving and promotional than notoriety Shoessss
Delete Most notable claim is to have been the student of the student of Bruce Lee. No sources of notability. Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reachedPlease add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
Delete: Blatant advertising (CSD G12) and NN subject. ~ Magnus animum ∵ ∫ φ γ
Delete. The only way this martial arts hobbyist could become notable would be if he beat up someone famous. Qworty
Delete - definitely nothing more than an ad. A martial arts instructor in Redlands? Maybe he's notable for being the only martial artist in Redlands... BlackberryLaw
Delete No assertion of notability, no references.The Sunshine Man
Keep Notable and well-respected martial artist; please note the six books listed. The Hsing-i kung-fu books are rare and valuable English-language works on the subject. This is a notable martial artist and not a hobbyist. He has intentionally kept a low profile over the years. (I am in no way affiliated with him or his group.) The Wed, night club is also well-known. JJL
Keep Notable, well-respected, and well known martial artist in the Jeet-Kune-Do world and in martial arts in general. He is is one of the top instructors world-wide. I'll try to find some sources to assert notability. keep please the person is very notable in martial artist world yuckfoo
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John Wesley Hughes (May 16, 1852 - February 22, 1932) was an American minister. He was born in Owen County, Kentucky and was converted at the age of sixteen in a Methodist revival meeting in an old schoolhouse. Hughes attended Kentucky Wesleyan College in Millersburg, Kentucky (now located in Owensboro, Kentucky), and served as a pastor in the Kentucky Conference of the Methodist Church before pursuing further education at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. After serving twelve years as a pastor and one year as an evangelist, Hughes felt that God was leading him to establish a distinctly religious school where students could receive a thorough college education under the direction of a faculty wholly consecrated to God. Hughes stated:
Hughes opened the Kentucky Holiness College in September 1890 at Wilmore, Kentucky. After a year of operation, Hughes changed the name of the school to Asbury College in honor of Methodist Bishop Francis Asbury, who had organized the Kentucky Conference of the Methodist Church in 1790. Also in 1790, Bishop Asbury had established Bethel Academy, a Methodist school and the only one of its kind west of the Allegheny Mountains, just three and a half miles south of Wilmore. This local connection gave even more meaning to the new name for the college, which Hughes viewed as less pretentious than the original name. In 1905, after fifteen years as president of Asbury College, the college board of directors asked Hughes to step down for reasons that are not completely clear today. Despite the painful nature of his removal, Hughes would later write in his 1923 autobiography:
In 1906 Hughes founded Kingswood College in Breckenridge County, Kentucky. He served as president of that institution until he retired in 1917. Mary Wallingford Hughes, Hughes' wife of 33 years (married July 28, 1881), died in 1914. After retirement, Hughes returned to Wilmore. He later remarried to Sadie Maude Petty, whom he preceded in death. In 1928 Hughes was invited to break ground for Hughes Auditorium at Asbury College, the school chapel that is still in use today. Hughes died on February 22, 1932, at his home in Wilmore. His tombstone reads:
== See also ==
Asbury College
Wesleyan theology
Holiness movement
== Sources ==
Asbury College: Vision and Miracle, by Joseph A. Thacker, Jr. (Evangel Press, 1990)
The Autobiography of John Wesley Hughes, by John Wesley Hughes (Pentecostal Publishing Co., 1923)
== External links ==
Asbury College Home Page
Hughes Bio at Asbury College Archives
Hughes Memorial Auditorium at Asbury College Archives
1852 births
Converts to Methodism
Vanderbilt University alumni
American university and college presidents
1932 deaths
Presidents of Asbury University
Kentucky Wesleyan College alumni
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Purushotham, born on january 24th 1984. | 14 | null | null | 771,598,172 | "2017-03-22T13:26:34" | Purushothamuppara | 2,017 |
Bravo to BBC One for The White Queen Whatever Moore does, she should stick firmly with the aspirations of her predecessor, Danny Cohen (now promoted to be head of TV at the BBC) for premium dramas with long episode runs. Of course, the BBC and ITV both have long-running dramas - including the soaps, Casualty, and Doctor Who - earlier in the evening. But at 9.00pm or later, when budgets run to £1million an hour or more, drama series longer than about six episodes have been almost unknown in recent years in the UK. (Oh, for the devil-may-care 1990s, when the second series of This Life had 21 episodes on BBC Two.) Until very recently, proven warhorses like Silent Witness got extended series - but new ideas didn't. Then plucky little Denmark, with a first-series run of 20 episodes for The Killing, showed just what a long run can do: it was, I would argue, the best TV drama series ever made. Though The Killing was shown in the UK on a niche channel, BBC Four, the main channels took notice of its success. Perhaps as a result, ITV commissioned the similarly-structured Broadchurch, for an eight-episode first series. BBC One commissioned The White Queen. (The Village, another BBC One period potboiler, was billed as having a 42-episode arc right from the start - but was only commissioned for six episodes to begin with. Which, given how much improvement it needs before series two, was a wise decision.) And despite The White Queen's declining ratings, BBC One should commission more like it. Celebrating innovation must include celebrating honourable misfires, and there is nothing dishonourable about The White Queen. It is nicely made, well acted, pacey. It just didn't catch viewers" imagination. Nobody involved in making it should feel bad about that: more series are flops than are hits. For its next long-run drama launch, though, the BBC should take two valuable lessons from the Danes. First, don't adapt books (Danish TV channel DR never does). TV audiences - think Broadchurch, think Downton Abbey - like to obsess over their own brand-new stories. And second, build your many satisfying episodes around at least one or two satisfying characters. The Killing was an international smash-hit because of Sarah Lund, plain and simple. Though Broadchurch was more of an ensemble piece, it was the central character of DS Ellie Miller which caught the public imagination and turned actress Olivia Colman into a national treasure. Two-dimensional Shakespeare-style love-rats and ratesses just won't cut it, I'm afraid. But from the ashes of The White Queen, the white heat of another hit show will surely rise. The White Queen continues on BBC One, 9.00pm on Sunday
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# Edit the article to use your image instead of the old one. Click the "Edit" label at the top of the article, and look for something like or 7:19, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
= December 21 =
== Changing an article title ==
The title for the entry on Chretien de Troyes's Yvain, ou Le Chevalier au Lion mistranslates the romance's title as "The Knight OF the Lion." Some translations, like Burton Raffel's, referenced in the article's footnotes, make this same mistake, but it IS a mistake. It should be "The Knight WITH the Lion." It's an important distinction, not only grammatically but also for the interpretation of the allegory of the lion. However, I can't change that title according to the FAQ about editing an article's title, which says:
You move the article using the "move" button (to the right of the "edit this page" button). But in order to do this you must have an account that has reached autoconfirmed status, meaning it must be at least four days old and have made at least ten edits. If you are not an autoconfirmed user, or the move is controversial, or the page you wish to rename is move protected, visit Wikipedia:Requested moves. You may also request to have an admin grant you confirmed status. I have only just created an account and haven't made any edits yet. I'm not sure how "ten edits" are counted. Does that mean I have to edit 10 articles? Or make edits ten different times, even for a single article? In any case, I hate for an error like this to stand, just because I'm not yet authorized to make such a change. Alanbaragona (talk)
I'm afraid I have removed your addition to the article. One of Wikipedia's core policies is that it does not publish original research. Articles must stick to facts and opinions that have already been published in reliable sources. Your paragraph on the mistranslation of the name may well be true, but, until you can show that the ideas have been published in scholarly works, they should not be mentioned in the article. For the same reason I don't think you should change the article title. To answer your question, though, the ten edits can be to anything at all - even your post here counts towards the total. == changing picture? ==
How do you change the picture on the wiki page? 98.149.35.240 (talk)
If you have a picture that you think would improve a Wikipedia page, there are four steps to think about:
# Copyright - is this a picture that you took yourself? If not, things get complicated very quickly, as the copyright-holder would need to provide evidence that they were willing to release their copyright (see Donating copyright materials for this). But if it is a picture you took yourself, we can go on to step two. # Create an account - only logged-in users can upload images. See this page. # Upload the file to Wikimedia Commons using this link. Choose a good descriptive name for the file, and try to fill in as many of the other fields as you can. For "licensing", either choose the "recommended" option from the list, or place the image entirely in the public domain. # Edit the article to use your image instead of the old one. Click the "Edit" label at the top of the article, and look for something like or :19, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
= December 21 =
== Changing an article title ==
The title for the entry on Chretien de Troyes's Yvain, ou Le Chevalier au Lion mistranslates the romance's title as "The Knight OF the Lion." Some translations, like Burton Raffel's, referenced in the article's footnotes, make this same mistake, but it IS a mistake. It should be "The Knight WITH the Lion." It's an important distinction, not only grammatically but also for the interpretation of the allegory of the lion. However, I can't change that title according to the FAQ about editing an article's title, which says:
You move the article using the "move" button (to the right of the "edit this page" button). But in order to do this you must have an account that has reached autoconfirmed status, meaning it must be at least four days old and have made at least ten edits. If you are not an autoconfirmed user, or the move is controversial, or the page you wish to rename is move protected, visit Wikipedia:Requested moves. | 1,015 | null | null | 803,160,167 | "2017-09-30T20:57:10" | New contributors' help page/Archive/2010/December | 2,017 |
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Obviously didn't mean to DTTR or anything, but the timing and lack of article pointer made me wonder. No worries, carry on :-) tedder (talk)
Appreciate the look out though Tedder =) A8UDI
== Re: November 2009 ==
Hey, thanks for telling me about assuming good faith on Bigger. Normally, I wouldn't have used all caps, but that user has been doing that on a lot of the pages that I watch. He has been asked not to put links to the dates by other users, as well as me, not to do it. So, I just figured that the caps might help. Cougars2012 (talk)
Well, given that he has been sufficiently warned and assuming that he has read it, if all he's doing is putting around dates, it's really not a big deal... it's not vandalism so it's one of those things that you just need to brush off and say 'whatever'... one thing about Wikipedia Ive learned is that you can't always have your way. Using all caps in an edit summary, however, will not help you out though... I can promise you that. A8UDI
== Banging our Heads Against a Wall ==
I am not sure how much good a warning to that IP will do. It is already blocked and in edits removed by other editors has promised to continue vandalizing on return. I think the only way to stop the posting of such material is to semi-protect their talk page, but, I believe that is generally not done. DSRH |talk
An admin can block him/her from editing their own talk page. A8UDI
Looks like they have stopped for now. If I have that talk page watch listed. If they come back I will see if I can get an Admin for assistance. DSRH |talk
okie doke. A8UDI
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Prince Harry's wounded hero is blade-running for glory in Rio 2016 Blade runner and former Army bomb disposal expert Dave Henson, 31, (pictured) from Southampton, in Hampshire, will be going for gold in the Rio 2016 Paralympics next week Blade runner Dave Henson will be going for gold in the Rio Paralympics. But he is a man already blessed with the greatest prizes of his life - the loyalty of the woman who remained devoted to him after he lost both legs on the battlefield, and their miracle baby. As a double amputee, the former Army bomb disposal expert offered his university sweetheart Hayley her freedom, unwilling to see her bound to him by guilt or pity. She refused, later accepting a Christmas Day fireside proposal of marriage. Now, thanks to sperm rescued from Henson as military surgeons battled to save him, the couple are parents to 18-month-old daughter Emily Rose. Both mother and daughter will be watching him sprint for Britain in Rio next week - flying the flag for the country to which he has already given so much. And while he remains a deeply private man, he reveals his gratitude by admitting he would not have made such a stunning recovery without them. Mr Henson, 31, from Southampton, in Hampshire, said: "Hayley and I were young but dating seriously. I wasn't sure what was going to happen to us with me being injured and having to leave the Army, which was the worst part for me. Psychologically that was very difficult. It made me question my worth. "I thought Hayley should have a better relationship. I couldn't see how anyone would stay with me. I needed to offer her the chance, but she was stubborn and wouldn't leave and I'm really glad she didn't because she has been fundamental to my recovery and we are very happy. "On Christmas Day 2012, I proposed to her in front of the fireplace at home and got out a diamond ring, which was pretty romantic for me because I am not a romantic person." The couple married the following September in the garrison church at Tidworth, Wiltshire, where Henson was stationed before the devastating tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2011 when he trod on an improvised explosive device (IED). They tried for a family using IVF, eternally grateful to the military medics whose foresight made it possible, and were astonished when it worked first time, leading to the birth of Emily Rose in February last year. After first trying to set his university sweetheart Hayley free following his amputations, she accepted his romantic Christmas Day proposal and they now have a miracle 18-month-old daughter Emily Rose after military surgeons saved Mr Henson's sperm Mr Henson added: "Given all that we'd gone through, Emily Rose was a miracle baby for us. As soon as I saw her I was smitten. I couldn't stop staring. Our daughter has brought Hayley and I a light, a smile, a happiness that we didn't even know we were missing." I looked down. Both my legs were in pieces There is no doubt that Henson is an extraordinary man. Eight weeks after he was blown up in February 2011 he was walking on full-height prosthetic legs. Six months after that he stood alongside his brother as best man at his wedding. Then he turned to sport - open-water swimming, sitting volleyball and skiing. But it was sprinting, and with it the promise of speed, which became his passion after he tried on his first pair of running blades in 2011. In the ensuing five years has built himself into a world-class disabled athlete, captaining the British team at the 2013 Warrior Games in the US and Prince Harry's Invictus Games in 2014, winning a 200m gold. Share this article Share 675 shares While competing he has built up a close friendship with the Prince, who has described him as "world class." Dave paid tribute to Harry, saying: "He has friends who were injured serving their country, so it's very personal for him. His commitment and enthusiasm are very real." Outside athletics, Henson completed a masters degree in biomedical engineering, working on the relationship between the human body and machines. Now he is doing a PhD on prosthetic design so he can improve the future for other amputees. Of course, none of this is what Henson envisaged when he joined the Royal Engineers in 2008, deployed to Afghanistan in 2010 as an IED specialist, a high-risk mine hunter. He remembers in painful detail the day that changed his life. Mr Henson doesn't only have the support of his wife but also Prince Harry who he met after he captained the British team at the 2013 Warrior Games in the US and the Invictus Games in 2014 | 992 | 8,473,865,647,831,142,000 | 2016-12-31 00:00:00 | null | null | null | null |
The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page. The result of the debate was delete. - Mailer Diablo
===Friends Stand United===
This sure looks like a vanity page to me, Maybe I dont know any thing about the FSU 'gang' but I cant see any relevance Bedel23
This afd nomination was orphaned. Listing now. No opinion. —Cryptic (talk)
Delete as NN vanity article. - Sensor
Delete as vanity. There are mentions in the MSM about this group but it seems like a loose association that has yet to attract the notice of the authorities. Eddie.willers
Comment - if membership can be verified as over five hundred, and it is as widespread as stated, I would consider it notable. Comment-I agree that if membership can be verified and the article can be cleaned up, it should stay. Devotchka
Comment- I can verify that the Boston authorities are very aware of FSU and they have unofficial arrest on sight status if seen in certain areas or venues. I can also verify that membership of over 500 sounds correct as they have a presence in many states. ''The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page. | 365 | null | null | 334,829,219 | "2009-12-30T01:36:01" | Articles for deletion/Friends Stand United | 2,017 |
Socceroo captain Lucas Neill set for move to Major League Soccer club in United States Socceroos captain Lucas Neill is set for a move to Major League Soccer. Picture: Brett Costello Source: The Sunday Telegraph SOCCEROOS skipper Lucas Neill is set to sign with a Major League Soccer club. In explaining the clubless Neill's absence from Australia's East Asian Cup squad, Socceroos coach Holger Osieck revealed the veteran defender was in the United States. "He's in contact with two clubs and he's very likely to sign there, therefore he's not available for the team,"" Osieck said at tonight's pre-match press conference And neither, much to Osieck's frustration, is towering striker Josh Kennedy, who has not been released by his Japanese club Nagoya Grampus. Clubs are not obliged to release players for the East Asian Cup because it is being played on non-FIFA dates. Osieck knew Kennedy was nothing more than a slim hope of playing but was hoping Nagoya would change their mind before today's deadline for the 23-man squads. He was particularly irked that the South Korea squad Australia meets tomorrow night in Seoul will include several J-League players. "It's definitely not a very good situation. The Korean team has included a number of J-League players from Japan, " Osieck said. "I don't quite agree with the position of Nagoya Grampus." Osieck said that while the recent World Cup qualifiers were not a place to experiment with players, the East Asian Cup was. "It's an opportunity for me to have a look at some of the players and see what their performance is, " he said.
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Jimmy Kimmel Slams Donald Trump's Lies With a Schoolhouse Rock Parody Video President Donald Trump lies about once every five minutes. That's not hyperbole: last year Politico watched nearly five hours of speeches and press conferences and found the then-GOP front-runner told "roughly one misstatement every five minutes on average." ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel Tuesday night decided to confront the now-president on those apparent lies. He did so in clever fashion: the late-night show re-imagined the classic Schoolhouse Rock song "How a Bill Becomes a Law." The Kimmel version - "I'm Just a Lie" - detailed how one of Trump's lies turns into the truth, or muddles the facts enough to obfuscate where the truth lies. "We are now living in a world of alternative facts." Kimmel said. "The president makes statements almost every day that aren't necessarily based in truth, which is frustrating to some people and confusing to others, especially young people... To bring children up to date on the new American way we took a cue from Schoolhouse Rock." See Newsweek Subscription Offers The short video follows the exploits of a Trump lie and mirrors the style of the Schoolhouse classic. "I make the president feel good about himself," the anthropomorphized lie says in an aside in the video. "And sometimes I can even help him sell his policies to voters." In a partisan atmosphere, the lie in the video points out that "not everybody has to believe a lie, only enough to make me a debate." It's a worthwhile watch and just the latest criticism lobbed at Trump by Kimmel. Perhaps most notably, Kimmel told a heart-wrenching story on his show about the recent birth of his son, who was born with a dangerous heart disease that required open-heart surgery. Amid a Trump-backed plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, Kimmel defended the health care bill so all families would be able to afford that sort of care. "If your baby is going to die and it doesn't have to, it shouldn't matter how much money you make," he said. "I think that's something that, whether you're a Republican, or a Democrat, we all agree on that, right?"
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Preetha Rajaram, an environmental epidemiologist and mother of two daughters, moved back to India from the United States three years ago and has since invested in air purifiers at home. But she was amazed at how few of her Indian colleagues seem bothered by the air. "Sure, there are plenty of things competing to bother you here," she said. "Perhaps if you've only been here though, then you don't necessarily know that this isn't the way that things should be." Ms. Rajaram says she and her husband are increasingly convinced that Delhi's air is responsible for exacerbating one daughter's asthma, and giving the other tonsillitis and inflamed adenoids, which has meant she can only breathe out of her mouth. Mr. Aggarwal does his part to raise the alarm among Delhi residents over pollution's hazards, often giving presentations at schools and conferences, but he lamented the apathy he encountered. "People are definitely appalled, but instead of doing anything about it I often hear this kind of "Oh, God, should I just shoot myself instead?" type of attitude," he said. "Unless they or their kids are facing severe respiratory problems, I don't see Indians doing anything about this." Not far from the terrace of the Delhi Golf Club, where Mr. Aggarwal sat for an interview, floodlights illuminated the shroud of carcinogenic particles hovering above the bunkers and greens. Over at the next table, a man coughed and muttered one of Delhi's common refrains into his cellphone: "This smog is killing me."
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Netanyahu Promises Retribution for "Biased" U.N. Resolution Photo Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, at a ceremony on Saturday marking the beginning of Hanukkah, described a Security Council resolution condemning Israeli construction in the West Bank as "delusional" and "absurd." Credit Jack Guez/Agence France-Presse - Getty Images JERUSALEM - In a furious riposte a day after the United Nations Security Council's adoption of a resolution condemning Israeli settlement construction, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday pledged to exact a "diplomatic and economic price" from countries who acted against Israel. Mr. Netanyahu also announced that he would halt his country's contributions to several United Nations institutions, as well as re-evaluate the presence of the body's representatives in Israel. In a televised address at a Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony honoring wounded soldiers and the victims of terrorism, Mr. Netanyahu excoriated the Obama administration for not vetoing the Security Council's measure. He said he would work with the incoming administration of President-elect Donald J. Trump to rescind it. Describing the resolution passed on Friday as "distorted," "delusional" and "absurd," Mr. Netanyahu said it was "part of the swan song of the old world that is biased against Israel." "But, my friends, we are entering a new era," he added. Mr. Netanyahu, who is expecting the incoming Trump administration to be more forgiving of Israel's settlement activity in the occupied West Bank and in East Jerusalem, accused the Obama administration of carrying out a "disgraceful anti-Israel maneuver." Mr. Netanyahu has already recalled Israel's ambassadors from New Zealand and Senegal, two of the four countries that sponsored the resolution and pushed it through, and has ordered Israeli aid to Senegal be halted. There was also a report that Mr. Netanyahu had canceled a visit to Israel by the prime minister of Ukraine, because of that country's vote in favor of the resolution. Document A United Nations Security Council draft resolution condemning Israel's settlement building. OPEN Document Mr. Netanyahu also said he had instructed the Foreign Ministry to re-evaluate all of Israel's relationships with the United Nations, a body that Israel has long viewed as biased against it, and said he was stopping 30 million shekels - about $7.8 million - in funding to five United Nations institutions that are "particularly hostile to Israel." There is no complete consensus in Israel about settlement projects, and domestic critics of Mr. Netanyahu saw the resolution as a severe blow to his recent claims about Israel's improved standing in the world. But Mr. Netanyahu tried to appeal to Israeli emotions by emphasizing that the resolution made no distinction between Jerusalem and the West Bank - considering the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City and the Western Wall, the holiest place where Jews can pray, as occupied territory. Israel wrested the West Bank and East Jerusalem, including the Old City, in the Arab-Israeli war of 1967. Ehud Barak, a former Israeli prime minister and defense minister, said it was Mr. Netanyahu who had failed to make any distinction between building in East Jerusalem and the settlement blocs close to the 1967 lines, which Israel expects to be able to keep under any peace agreement with the Palestinians. "The principal enemy of the settlement blocs and the Jerusalem neighborhoods is Netanyahu himself," Mr. Barak, an increasingly vocal critic of Mr. Netanyahu, said on Israeli television on Saturday night. Isaac Herzog, the leader of the center-left Zionist Union and head of the parliamentary opposition, said in a Facebook post, "The man who just a month ago told us that the world worships him, declared war this evening on the world, on the United States, on Europe, and is trying to calm us with conceit." Naftali Bennett, the education minister and leader of the right-wing, pro-settlement Jewish Home party in Mr. Netanyahu's coalition, goaded Mr. Netanyahu to respond with more drastic measures, like annexing parts of the West Bank to Israel. "The time has come to transition from withdrawals to sovereignty," he said. Continue reading the main story
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How an extension adds more value to your home than costs If you want to build an extension to your house, now could be the time to take the plunge. It has become worth the expense in swathes of the country as the value added to properties in 30 areas now exceeds the building costs. So, not only do you get more room, but your house will be worth more and you should make a profit on the costs if you sell. Those in the richer parts of London and the South East have long taken advantage of this as the big price difference between, say, a three and a four-bedroom house made it cost effective. But in the past year, as growth in property prices slowed in the home counties but accelerated elsewhere, the phenomenon has spread - much to the delight of families in the rest of England who are desperate for more space. Analysis by the estate agent Hamptons International of Land Registry, Office for National Statistics and Energy Performance Certificate figures identified the 30 districts, the most profitable of which is central Bedfordshire. A typical extension there will add £57,025 to the value of the average home costing £300,130 - £5,459 more than it cost to build. In second place, extending the average house in Canterbury, Kent, will add £56,830 to its value of £308,110 - £5,264 more than it cost to build. Others include Castle Point, Maldon and Southend in Essex, Worcester, Wiltshire, Derbyshire, Craven and Hambleton in North Yorkshire and Manchester. But in some areas, the extra value created by building an extension is only marginal. Share this article Share 18 shares Those thinking of extending in Swindon in Wiltshire and Thanet in Kent will be just £66 better off after building costs. The overall gains in the newly cost-effective areas pale into insignificance compared with the value homeowners in more expensive postcodes can generate. For example in Kensington and Chelsea, where houses cost almost £2million on average, extending will add value of £212,706 after £45,120 of construction fees. However, the figures compiled for The Sunday Times show that those living in districts where no value is added by building on to a house can be left with big losses. In Burnley, Lancashire, where a typical house costs £92,925, residents will pay more than £29,000 for an extension, but will only gain an added value of £17,180. David Fell, of Hamptons International, said: "When the cost of an extension is outweighed by the value it adds, an area tends to reach a tipping point. Change starts to ripple up and down the street, with investors extending as a matter of course, or getting planning permission prior to selling." But he added: "People extend their home regardless of how much it adds to the value."
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All he has said was that he's another new player, he has practiced this past year with the team and he is now eligible to play. CPH said he definitely benefited greatly from the year of practice and will contribute. He did NOT mention his 145 inch vertical jump, his 84% 3-point shooting percentage, or his ability to walk on water. (That's shooting from the opposite 3 point line, of course!) 31. Faye's "Fission Vision" has proved to be a problem for Mouhammad lately. He has recently acquired from Los Alamos a pair of Atomic Diffuser goggles until he learns to blink. Growing up he never blinked and consequentially contributed to the growth of the Sahara near his native land. After vaporizing most of North Georgia's BB goals he was forced to face Florida while dribbling up court in pick up games. This was discontinued, however, when forest fires started raging out of control there recently. Argonne National Laboratory is now working on developing his anti fusion goggles next so when Faye has a cup of coffee in the morning after he has a good night's sleep he doesn't turn the training table into the surface of the sun. Argonne Labs has requested that no one associated with Faye surprise, shock, or present him with any incredible material that may cause a wide-eyed response until these goggles are fully developed. Because of this, Faye is no longer permitted to view BOTD posts on the Hive's Water Cooler. 32. Acronyms: a. Fantastically Amazing Yellowjacket Extrordinaire, b. Freakishly Athletic YoYo Embodiment Source: APAMF - Arbitrary Post About M. Faye. === Sources ===
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into it. A "universal memory dump" will erase all of Kuzaar from all of time. 20. After being offered the Head BB coaching job at NC State Wednesday, Faye let out a huge roaring laugh, injuring four members of the press and knocking down powerlines throught Northeast Ga. Rolling Blackouts were reported as far away as West Virginia. After his laughter subsided, Faye remarked to the NC State athletic director that "Ha! You would do anything to not have to have the Wolfpack face me on the hardwood, wouldn't you?" He then b -slapped the NC official into unconciousness as a lesson to all who would insult him thusly. 21. People have noticed something strange about all those who have stated that they have actually seen Muha play. No ardent behind-the-scenes followers GT MBB have been able to frown or say anything bad of our "Mystery Man." It's been reported that a cousin of a friend of one fan who heard about someone who saw Muha play can now only talk about basketball. All other sports seem to be irrelevant to him, now. 22. Those who stare directly at him, while making a play, have their heads immediately explode due to the sheer talent. Medical reasearchers at the Emory Medical college are working on special glasses to prevent this messy side effect. As an incentive for increased giving, A-T is making available special glasses with a rapture filter to all A-T members with 500+ points. These fans can gaze on Faye's prowess without fear of cranial eruption. Members with 50 to 500 points will be given hand mirrors with which to observe Faye over their shoulders while sitting backwards in their seats. Under 50 point members and students will be given ear and nose plugs. 23. Aside from long arms, his primary talent is that he can create seams in the space time continuum. This allows him to warp, or translaocate himself from one end of the court to the other in the blink of an eye. Don't be surprised if the averages 40+ fast break points per game and 12-13 blocks. Warping the space time continuum makes the clock irrelevant to the game, thus giving the team the additional benefit of never worrying about running out the clock or running out of time as Faye can "back to the future" a last second shot as many times as necessary to let it go in. We control the time component in the game. This has been attempted once before with great success by a crack team of Behind the Iron Curtain Scientists. Hence the name: The :"Faye - 72 Russian Olympic Team Effect". 24. | 1,010 | null | null | 738,064,158 | "2016-09-06T18:19:20" | Articles for creation/2006-05-24 | 2,017 |
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PayPal also found in a study that Millennials are changing their behavior with regards to using credit. They tend to steer clear of the commitment that comes with credit cards, but will use credit if it is integrated into the technology landscape. 5. Millennials Can't Focus on One Career Millennials hop jobs more frequently than older generations - but that's because Millennials have no interest in staying in dead-end careers that show little promise of upward mobility...or the paycheck to match. "Now that they've graduated and are on their own, Millennials are the group that placed the most importance on having a job that paid well, with 46% saying high wages are crucial to their attainment of the American Dream," says generation expert Tim Elmore, president of Growing Leaders, a nonprofit organization focused on youth leadership development. "Every age group wants to attain financial freedom, of course, but it appears Millennials are more 'direct' than others about their futures and pressuring employers for better wages." 6. Millennials Don't Save Enough for Retirement There are plenty of articles that bash Millennials for their retirement plans - or the perceived lack thereof - but as Millennials age, they're becoming more concerned with saving for retirement, even if it may not look as traditional as it has in the past. Which is totally fine, by the way. Considering that Millennials will likely have to work until age 75 before they can retire - thanks to several factors, including high student debt, rising rents, and skittish investors - the no-rules approach to retirement saving is a perfectly acceptable compromise. And it's working. Fidelity's Retirement Savings Assessment shows that, overall, Millennials are outpacing other generations when it comes to increasing their savings rate. Millennials are now saving 7.5% of their income versus just 5.8% in 2013. Generation X and Boomers are still saving larger percentages of salary but have not stepped up their contributions by nearly as much. "Millennials also have the benefit of time on their side to save and invest, and the most single powerful step they can take for retirement readiness is to increase their savings," the Assessment states. This article first appeared at Wise Bread.
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Dog walker finds suspected murder victim in river Rhine Police are calling for witnesses after the body of a woman was pulled out of the river Rhine near the German city of Konstanz on Sunday. After initial investigations by Thurgau cantonal police, the woman's death is being treated as murder, police said in a statement. The body was discovered near a popular river swimming area by a passer-by who was out walking her dog on Sunday morning. Speaking to newspaper Blick, she said "The body lay under a checked yellow blanket. The head was under the water." She notified police, who cordoned off the area and brought in divers to investigate the scene. The body was taken to the Forensic Medicine Institute in St Gallen, where initial findings indicated that the woman had been murdered. The exact circumstances of the crime and the woman's identity have not yet been established. Police are seeking information about a white car with Konstanz licence plates which was seen in the area on Saturday night. Anyone with information should call Thurgau cantonal police on 052 728 22 22.
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Maurice Orange (9 March 1867, Granville - 28 February 1916, Paris) was a French painter and artist. ==Life==
His youth was spent with his family and was influenced by the Franco-Prussian War. He showed an early talent for drawing and his first tutors gained him a scholarship to the École des Beaux-Arts in 1885, where he studied under Jean-Léon Gerome and François Flameng and became friends with Édouard Detaille. He was mainly inspired by historical subjects, especially the Napoleonic era, though he also produced portraits, landscapes, townscapes and sketches, often adding drawings to his letters. From 1887 to 1914 he took part in the Salon des Artistes Français. He won medals and travel bursaries and Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Africa and above all Egypt became major influences on him. He worked in oils, watercolour, gouache, pastel and charcoal. He died of typhoid fever in 1916. ==Bibliography==
Catalogue for the exhibitions at Granville by the Musée du Vieux Granville and the Musée d’art moderne Richard Anacréon (July–October 1999)
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Sometimes NBN uses "FTTN" as a catch-all phrase for the N, B and C suite of access technologies, but at this point there are only plans to apply G.fast to B and C in Australia. Instead Rousselot is talking about the day if or when NBN and its political masters finally concede that FttN doesn't cut it, then go back to upgrade suburbs where they skimped on fibre to save time and money.
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Žvab () is a small settlement in the Municipality of Ormož in northeastern Slovenia. The area traditionally belonged to the region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region. ==References==
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The group - listed as a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department - is one of the most effective fighting forces among Syrian rebels. The suicide attack triggered battles that terrorized residents in the village, famous for two of the oldest surviving monasteries in Syria - Mar Sarkis and Mar Takla. Online video showed rebels in the streets, some firing truck-mounted heavy machine guns in the direction of the surrounding mountains. The video appeared authentic and matched Associated Press reporting on the fighting. Residents said Wednesday the rebels took over the mountaintop Safir hotel and were firing in the direction of the community below. Rami Abdul-Rahman, director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said that despite a heavy army presence in the village, the rebels staged hit-and-run attacks, at one point patrolling the streets on foot and in vehicles, and briefly surrounding a church and a mosque before leaving early Thursday. Heavy fighting around the village, which is on a UNESCO list of tentative world heritage sites - continued throughout the day, and heavy artillery echoed in the village. "The stones are shaking," said a nun at the Mar Takla monastery. "We don't know if the rebels have left or not, nobody dares go out." Frightened residents expected the militants to return to the Safir hotel, she said, adding: "It's their home now." She spoke with the AP on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. Al-Mayadeen TV, a Lebanese station who has an embed with the Syrian army, broadcast live images from the area Thursday evening that showed smoke rising from behind the hotel, suggesting the military was shelling it. The nun said about 100 people from the village took refuge in the St. Takla convent that she helps run. The 27 orphans who live there had been taken to nearby caves overnight "so they were not scared," she said. Maaloula, about 40 miles (60 kilometers) northeast of Damascus, had been firmly under the regime's grip, despite sitting in the middle of rebel-held territory east and north of the capital. The village was a major tourist attraction before the civil war. Some of its residents still speak a version of Aramaic, the language of biblical times believed to have been used by Jesus. In 2008, Assad and his wife, Asma, visited the St. Takla convent, eating with Christian orphans there. In the same year, Assad took former U.S. President Jimmy Carter for a stroll in the area. The attack highlights fears among Syrian Christians that the alternative to Assad's regime, made up mostly of Alawites - followers of an offshoot of Shiite Islam - would not tolerate minority religions. The nun who spoke to AP said there were reports that the militants threatened villagers with death if they did not convert. The report could not be independently confirmed. Such fears have allowed Assad to retain the support of large sections among Syria's minorities, which includes Christians, Alawites, Druze and ethnic Kurds, throughout the 2½ year civil war. Most of the rebels and their supporters are Sunni Muslims. Elsewhere Thursday, a car bomb exploded outside a research center belonging to the Ministry of Industry in the area of Soumariya near Damascus, killing four people and wounding several others, a government official said. The official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to reporters. Three people were wounded when mortar shells hit two residential neighborhoods of Damascus, the state news agency SANA reported. In the northern province of Aleppo, a Syrian surgeon working for an international aid group was killed. Doctors Without Borders said the 28-year-old surgeon, Muhammad Abyad, died in an attack. Abyad, whose body was found Tuesday, had been working in an Aleppo hospital run by the group. The conflict started in March 2011 as largely peaceful demonstrations against Assad's rule. It turned into a civil war after opposition supporters took up arms to fight a brutal government crackdown on dissent. Two years of fighting have led to a stalemate, with the rebels controlling much of the countryside in the north, east and south, and the regime holding most urban centers in the west, where the majority of Syrians live. More than 100,000 people have been killed, with nearly 7 million people uprooted from their homes. U.N. officials estimate that 5 million have been displaced inside the country while another 2 million have fled to neighboring countries. The total amounts to nearly a third of Syria's population, which was 23 million before the fighting began. U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos met with Syrian government officials in the capital, lobbying for access to civilians trapped in areas where fighting has raged. After meeting with the president of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, Amos told the AP that she is "extremely concerned that the situation on the ground is becoming worse." | 1,009 | 4,916,811,082,229,560,000 | 2013-12-31 00:00:00 | null | null | null | null |
Tshepo Ngwane (21 July 1976 – 27 October 2015) was a South African actor most famous for his role as Thiza on South African television drama series Yizo Yizo. == References ==
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Aung San was offered the rank of Deputy Inspector General of the Burma Army, but he declined it in favor of becoming a civilian political leader and the military leader of the Pyithu yèbaw tat (People's Volunteer Organisation or PVO). In January 1946, Aung San became the President of the AFPFL following the return of civil government to Burma the previous October. In September, he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Executive Council or 5th Premier of British-Burma Crown Colony by the new British Governor Sir Hubert Rance, and was made responsible for defence and external affairs. Rance and Mountbatten took a very different view from the former British Governor, Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, and also Winston Churchill, who had called Aung San a "traitor rebel leader". A rift had already developed inside the AFPFL between the Communists and Aung San, leading the nationalists and Socialists, which came to a head when Aung San and others accepted seats on the Executive Council. The rift culminated in the expulsion of Thakin Than Tun and the CPB from the AFPFL. Aung San was to all intents and purposes Prime Minister, although he was still subject to a British veto. On 27 January 1947, Aung San and the British Prime Minister Clement Attlee signed an agreement in London guaranteeing Burma's independence within a year; Aung San had been responsible for its negotiation. At a press conference during a stopover in Delhi, he stated that the Burmese wanted "complete independence" and not dominion status, and that they had "no inhibitions of any kind" about "contemplating a violent or non-violent struggle or both" in order to achieve it. He concluded that he hoped for the best, but was prepared for the worst. Two weeks after the signing of the agreement with Britain, Aung San signed an agreement at the Panglong Conference on 12 February 1947 with leaders from other national groups, expressing solidarity and support for a united Burma. Karen representatives played a relatively minor role in the conference and, as subsequent rebellions revealed, remained alienated from the new state. U Aung Zan Wai, U Pe Khin, Major Aung, Sir Maung Gyi, Dr Sein Mya Maung, and Myoma U Than Kywe were among the negotiators of the historic Panglong Conference negotiated with Aung San and other ethnic leaders in 1947. These leaders unanimously decided to join the Union of Burma. In the general election held in April 1947, the AFPFL won 176 out of the 210 seats in the Constituent Assembly, while the Karens won 24, the Communists 6, and Anglo-Burmans 4. In July, Aung San convened a series of conferences at Sorrenta Villa in Rangoon to discuss the rehabilitation of Burma. ==Assassination==
On 19 July 1947, a gang of armed paramilitaries of former Prime Minister U Saw broke into the Secretariat Building in downtown Rangoon during a meeting of the Executive Council (the shadow government established by the British in preparation for the transfer of power) and assassinated Aung San and six of his cabinet ministers, including his elder brother Ba Win, father of Sein Win, leader of the government-in-exile, the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB). A cabinet secretary and a bodyguard were also killed. U Saw was subsequently tried and hanged. Many mysteries still surround the assassination. There were rumours of a conspiracy involving the British—a variation on this theory was given new life in an influential, but sensationalist, documentary broadcast by the BBC on the 50th anniversary of the assassination in 1997. What did emerge in the course of the investigations at the time of the trial, however, was that several low-ranking British officers had sold guns to a number of Burmese politicians, including U Saw. Shortly after U Saw's conviction, Captain David Vivian, a British Army officer, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for supplying U Saw with weapons. Vivian escaped from prison during the Karen uprising in Insein in early 1949. Little information about his motives was revealed during his trial or after the trial. ==Family==
While he was War Minister in 1942, Aung San met and married Khin Kyi, and around the same time her sister met and married Thakin Than Tun, the Communist leader. Aung San and Khin Kyi had four children. Their youngest surviving child, Aung San Suu Kyi, is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, currently serving as State Counsellor, the first female Minister of Foreign Affairs, and leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD). Their second son, Aung San Lin, died at age eight, when he drowned in an ornamental lake in the grounds of the house. | 1,023 | null | null | 814,402,841 | "2017-12-08T16:30:58" | Aung San | 2,017 |
Mourinho suggested after the game that it was too late to strengthen his team now. A hint of irritation crept into his voice when he said he had submitted his plans for the new season last April and that now it was the end of August. He suggested Chelsea would have to fight with what they have got. Their plight is unlikely to elicit anything other than another barrage of that mock sympathy.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Monopoly adds Rey to the board after outrage Rey will be added to the new Star Wars Monopoly board after angry fans protested the female character's absence from the game. US toy company Hasbro insisted that the only reason Rey was left out in favour of smaller male characters was to avoid spoiling latest movie The Force Awakens, which sees her take a lead role alongside John Boyega. Hasbro tweeted fans early this morning and promised that a Rey token will be included soon. The current Star Wars Monopoly features Finn, Luke Skywalker, new baddie Kylo Ren and Darth Vader, who died in 1983"s Return of the Jedi. The game was released in September and the baffling lack of Rey was noticed by a Christmas shopper. Soon, the Twitter hashtag #WheresRey was born as fans began voicing their complaints. Hasbro previously said that Rey was ignored to prevent fans from finding out that she "takes on Kylo Ren and joins the Rebel Alliance" in The Force Awakens. Other Star Wars toys also failed to include Rey, such as a model of the Millennium Falcon spaceship she pilots and maintains with Chewbacca. Finn and new droid BB-8 feature in that set despite not having any control of the ship. Figure sets from the likes of Target and Toys R Us did not feature Rey either, prompting an 8-year-old girl to write a fuming letter making it clear to toy companies that "without Rey, there is no The Force Awakens" because "it awakens in her." Star Wars: The Force Awakens passed the $1.5 billion milestone at the worldwide box office last weekend.
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IRA threats letters: Londonderry man gets suspended jail term 17 September 2014 Last updated at 12:05 A man who wrote threatening letters to another man signing them "IRA Creggan Derry" has been given a six-month jail term suspended for three years. A second letter, containing a death threat against the man, was posted to Fr Michael Canny and delivered to St Oliver Plunkett Church in Strathfoyle. Both letters were written by Sean Martin Duddy, 52, of Corrody Road, Londonderry. Duddy admitted charges of threatening to kill and attempted intimidation. Londonderry Magistrate's Court was told that when the letters were examined by forensic scientists, Duddy's DNA was found on them. The district judge was told one of the letters threatening to have the man shot, was posted to the victim's home. Duddy wrote in the letters that the victim, who was named, had three days to get out of his home "or he will be executed." He wrote the letters on 25 January. A defence solicitor said Duddy had formed "mistaken opinions" about his victim and had since written a letter of apology to him. The district judge said that while it was an "amateurish offence" it was a "wicked and malicious attempt" to intimidate someone to leave their home. As well as imposing the suspended sentence, Mr McElholm ordered the defendant to pay £300 in compensation to his victim and warned Duddy he had six months to pay the amount.
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Star re-enacts hilarious dress fail IT'S no secret that Kate Winslet has excellent comedy chops. Her turn as a filthy-mouthed nun in Ricky Gervais" The Extras was a delightful surprise for those who thought she was simply a shy and retiring English rose: Winslet, who is currently on cinema screens in director Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs biopic, has further cemented her reputation as a funny dame with a clip from People.com, which you can watch above, in which she acts out her worst ever wardrobe malfunction. "I wore a dress by a designer, that is going to have to remain nameless, to a 60th birthday party, and the dress did up from the bottom to the top with a zip in the back," Winslet says. It all went wrong when she went to the bathroom. "I zip the dress down and the end of the zipper comes off in my hands, and I am standing there wearing a time bomb. "The whole back of the dress swings around to the front and I'm standing there completely naked, basically wearing a black cape that is dangling from my neck. "I'm staring at myself in the mirror, and I'm actually laughing at my own reflection, because what am I going to do?" Eventually, a friend showed up and helped Winslet take off the dress. Then they had to find something else for her to wear. "We had to stuff the dress in the janitor's closet and wrap me in a tea towel, and I had to proceed with the 60th birthday party wearing a tea towel!" The girl can really tell a story. It's no wonder Richard Branson keeps inviting her along to Necker Island (well, she's entertaining andshe can save people from raging infernos. She's the perfect house-guest, really).
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Manchester City comfortably beat Tottenham at the Etihad to extend their winning run to 16 games. Ilkay Gundogan, in for the injured David Silva, opened the scoring inside 15 minutes, before a powerful angled effort from Kevin De Bruyne and a double from Raheem Sterling wrapped up the points in the second half, before Christian Eriksen scored a late consolation for the visitors. Guardiola's side now enjoy a 14 point lead at the top, having won 17 of their 18 games this season, with Tottenham dropping down to seventh, seven points away from aChampions League place. Here, Sportsmail brings you a round-up of all the things you may have missed from the clash at the Etihad. Share this article Share 4.9k shares A tale of two managers Mauricio Pochettino has been at Spurs for more than three-and-a-half years. In that time, the Argentine has spent just six days at the summit of the Premier League. For all of Tottenham's title-chasing efforts, they haven't even spent a week at the top under Poch, with Saturday's rivals, Man City, enjoying 267 days in first place under Manuel Pellegrini and Pep Guardiola since Pochettino's arrival. Despite the gap in time spent at the top, in this situation, 6 days and 267 days hold the same value; neither of those figures gets you a winner's medal unless one of those includes the final day of the season. Neither Spurs or City have won the Premier League under their current manager, but City look on course to change that come May 2018. Harry Kane takes a shot to the head Harry Kane took a nasty shot to the face midway through the first half. Going up for a loose ball with Nicolas Otamendi resulted in the Premier League's lone 50-goal-this-calendar-year striker taking a boot to the face. Otamendi accidentally kicked the England striker, leaving him temporarily laid out on the Etihad turf. In the end, Kane dusted himself down pretty quickly and the Argentinian defender picked up his sixth booking of the season. Kevin De Bruyne dedicates goal to David Silva After his venomous strike left Hugo Lloris with no chance to give City their second, Kevin De Bruyne appeared to make a "21" gesture with his hands in dedication to David Silva. City were without their star man - and number 21 - due to personal reasons and De Bruyne was quick to dedicate his striker to the Spanish play maker. Man City really kept Spurs at bay Tottenham didn't register a shot on target until the second half, and even then, Harry Kane's effort was easily dealt with. For all of City's attacking brilliance and ability to score at will, they showed a resolute side to them against Tottenham. Kane's 55-minute strike was the latest that Pochettino's side had attempted their opening shot on target in a Premier League game this season. Gabriel Jesus" boot change Gabriel Jesus experienced a difficulty of sorts with one of his boots, so he popped to the sidelines to quickly change them, as you often do in football nowadays. The Brazilian began with two gold-coloured boots, only to swap one for a red boot in the second half. Interestingly, he struck his missed penalty with his right foot, the boot that wasn't changed. The wrong week to select Silva Four goals in his last three games made David Silva a man in demand, at least when it came to Fantasy Football. The tricky Spaniard was the most signed player ahead of Gameweek 18, with 278,386 managers drafting him in, only for Silva to be absent. That meant a substitute appearance for over a quarter of a million managers, but such is the depth of City's squad, that Silva's replacement, Ilkay Gundogan, scored within 15 minutes. While that offers no consolation for a Fantasy Football manager who spent big on Silva this week, it does highlight City's dominance and their squad depth is up there with the best in football. Share this article Share 4.9k shares
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But, a lot of these photos were taken by mav, who pointed out that he not only downsampled to get the 300px, he also cropped. So, if we use the new image markup, we lose information. I reverted all of my changes (including in Alabama Hills, you can see in the history) and decided to wait for the image markup to allow a non-automatic thumbnail. Now, in the particular case of Alabama Hills, it looks OK: I don't believe that mav cropped here. I re-added my caption to the article. But, I wanted to give you a heads-up on the issue. Alabama Hills is OK - I didn't crop those thumbs. Okey-dokey. :) Bryan
==Thumbnail deletion==
Hi Brian! Here is an extract from Images for deletion:
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Thumbnails made obsolete by the autothumbnail feature too Bryan
KEEP. I strongly object. I put Abell and Gravitational Lens pics onto WP. It's perfectly possible that if the new code proves unsuitable I might go back to the old code (for example, in the new code we can't have caption italics, caption text centring nor caption links). If thumbnails are deleted I'll have to reupload them which would be unacceptable. PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ABEL AND GRAVITATIONAL THUMBNAILS. Adrian Pingstone
Yes you can - just use the same old html markup but fmt the link as and your image will be limited to 250px. END OF EXTRACT
I don’t understand why thumbnails are being deleted at all since it would take 50000 of them to even make 1 Gigabyte (assuming each is 20K) and the entire WP database is 19 GB (if I remember correctly). Even though I’ve worked every day since January 2003 on illustrations I’ve still “only” put on 800 thumbnails. Thumbnails are not going to materially affect the size of WP and so are not really worth the trouble of transferring their names to IFD. However the stronger argument is that the new code is not fully satisfactory yet. We need to keep the ability to revert to the old code (and therefore use the old thumbs) if it was ever necessary. I would very much appreciate it if you do not list on IFD any thumbs with file names containing arp or ***pix. I don’t understand how Jiang’s code solves my problems with the new code. The old caption standard was italics, text centred and links were possible. None of that works now. I already know the code for setting thumbnail size. Do you know the code for the three caption adjustments I can’t do? I hope you can understand my concerns and leave my thumbnails off IFD. Best Wishes,
Adrian Pingstone
The reason I've been putting them up for deletion is not space concerns, but simply because they're orphans and I don't see them becoming non-orphans again at any point in the future now that there's code for thumbnailing. Even if you have a problem with the current formatting of image captions, you can still use the autothumbnail feature to get exactly the same result as before; try's alright, I figured it had to be accidental. Fixing the problem was super-easy. :) Bryan
== Do not use my name ==
I had my name changed so that it would not be associated with the offensive and vulgar liable which is unfortunately so common on this site. I ask you, in the strongest possible terms, not to use my name. Sam Spade
Unfortunately, it's relevant. You're the same person as before, and so these are the same issues we've dealt with before. Just changing your name isn't going to make your history here evaporate as if it never was. Bryan
The history of my account is available to anyone who takes a look at my contributions list. Your mentioning of my name serves only to bring insult, disrespect, and personal endangerment opon myself. DO NOT do it again. Sam Spade
I'll do it as often as I think it needs to be done. You seem to be trying to resume the same old argument on Atheism that we went through before, so it's relevant that you are who you were back then and all those entries about it in the talk: pages were by you. | 1,000 | null | null | 74,660,448 | "2006-09-09T04:33:49" | Bryan Derksen/Archive 5 | 2,017 |
Israel Folau happy with his game despite lean trot on tries Numbers game: Tries have dried up for Israel Folau. Photo: Getty Images It is the rarest case of second-year syndrome and Israel Folau says he is a willing sufferer if it helps the Wallabies pull off a drought-breaking Bledisloe Cup win this year. Folau finished the season as Super Rugby's joint-top try-scorer and bagged a double for the Wallabies against France less than two months ago. By anyone's standards, it was another golden year for the dual international. But amid whispers that he had not set games alight towards the end of the Waratahs' title-winning season, Folau said he was happy to be a team player if it meant his teams won big games. Advertisement "For most people they probably see those games as being quiet," he said. "In that Brumbies [semi-final] game we didn't see too much ball, but looking back at the final against the Crusaders, watching the game over again, I was pretty happy with how I contributed to the game. "The only thing that stands out for most people is that I'm not scoring tries, but I'm really happy with how things are going." And so he should be, after twice attracting defenders outside Adam Ashley-Cooper and presenting the classy finisher with a gap to bolt through and score twice in the final. "For me, watching that, you know the defence is thinking about me during those plays," Folau said. "You know you create opportunities for other guys around you, so that's the evidence there that I'm doing my job for the team. "It's not always getting the ball in hand and scoring tries - that's what most people see when something like that goes missing. But that's clear evidence for me that I'm doing my job for the team, when I'm creating opportuniteis for the guys around me. "I'm very excited about that." Dig past the numbers and a tale of two seasons emerges. Folau scored two-thirds of his tries in the first four games of the Waratahs' season and none at all in their two-game finals campaign. At international level, he scored a double against the British and Irish Lions in his Test debut before Warren Gatland found ways to keep the Wallabies then-winger comparatively quiet for the rest of the series. It took Folau two warm-ups against the All Blacks and a hat-trick in the Wallabies' watershed Rosario victory against Argentina before he scored his first five-pointer against New Zealand, in Dunedin last October. He averaged a try a Test against France this year, before heading back to the Waratahs to continue the march towards the club's maiden Super Rugby title. And if the tries dried up towards the end of the Super Rugby season, the effort did not. He topped the regular season for offloads and finished second on clean breaks and run metres, playing a pivotal role in the Waratahs' march to the minor premiership and top ranking overall on tries, clean breaks, carries, run metres, tackle busts and offloads. If 2013 was the year of Folau's arrival, 2014 could be the year of his evolution. "I think my game knowledge is a lot better, just from the experience of playing games at Test level," he said. "That's something you only get through playing and I'm more playing on a free-flowing energy now, where I'm just feeling my way through the games, not really getting nervous but going in there really excited and enjoying the game." The Wallabies have not beaten the All Blacks since a 25-20 win in Brisbane in 2011, the same year the Reds beat the Crusaders in the Super Rugby final. But before the parallels are drawn and victory foretold, the man who lives for the big games wants the Wallabies to focus on themselves. "It's disappointing, the results, but it's done and dusted now where we're excited about what's ahead of us," Folau said. "The group is pretty confident and after a year together, especially with Link [coach Ewen McKenzie], we know what type of style we want to play and hopefully we will bring that on Saturday night." Poll: Who will win between the Wallabies and All Blacks at ANZ Stadium? Wallabies - the revival is on
All Blacks - still too strong
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Jackson Hole: bars and nightlife If you're eating in Teton Village, the slopeside Four Seasons hotel (fourseasons.com/jacksonhole) has three restaurants ranging in style - from the casual atmosphere of The Handle Bar to the sophisticated dining experience at the West Bank Grill. The on-mountain Couloir restaurant (jacksonhole.com/couloir-restaurant.html) opens three nights a week too, so diners can enjoy a starlit gondola ride to get there. Il Villaggio Osteria (jhosteria.com) has a 12-seat wine bar and an eight-seat salumi bar, where guests can watch as imported meats and cheeses from Italy are hand-sliced to order. The Silver Dollar Bar has 2,032 uncirculated silver dollars set into the bar PHOTO: David J Swift Jackson For live music, you simply can't miss the atmospheric Million Dollar Cowboy Bar (milliondollarcowboybar.com), where the bar stools are saddles and a stuffed grizzly stares out at you from his glass cabinet. But be warned - if any family members look under-age they will be asked for photo ID. Or try the "other" cowboy bar - the more genteel Silver Dollar Bar at the Wort Hotel (worthotel.com), newly remodelled with added seating and bar, where the counters are inlaid with - you've guessed it - 2,032 uncirculated silver dollars. The Sidewinders Tavern (sidewinderstavern.com) at the Hillside Building, West Broadway, has a sports bar offering cocktails, wine and a choice of 30 different beers. Until fairly recently the nearby Virginian Saloon was being described online, rather succinctly, as "good drinks, smoke filled, redneck bar. If you can't deal with cigarette smoke, beer and whisky don't come here." Smoking inside is now banned. The jury's out on how that will affect the place's popularity. And don't miss the Stagecoach Bar (stagecoachbar.net), not far from Teton Village at Wilson, the little town at the bottom of the Teton Pass into Idaho - particularly on Sunday evenings when the Stagecoach Band performs as they have done for for more than 45 years. With any luck they'll include Bill Briggs, the first man to ski the Grand Teton peak, who is also a mean banjo player and singer. Thursdays draw packed crowds for Disco Night, with a DJ spinning tunes from the 70s and 80s.
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...drop references to the slave trade in favor of calling it the more innocuous "Atlantic triangular trade"
Dunbar says these are important steps to overturning what she believes is the myth of a separation of church and state in the United States. In 2008, Dunbar published a book, One Nation Under God, in which she argued that the United States was ultimately governed by the Scriptures. ==Textbook controversy: Mexican-American Heritage==
Dunbar is the CEO of the educational curriculum supplier, Momentum Instruction, which is publishing the controversial textbook Mexican-American Heritage. The authors are Jaime Riddle and Valarie Angle, with some parts authored by Dunbar herself. As of September 8, 2016, this textbook was under consideration by the Texas State Board of Education for inclusion in its list of recommended titles but encountered much opposition. Quotations:
"A foundational premise prescribing that Nature encompasses certain laws, obligations, and reasoning that align with biblical laws and rules by which humans should maintain a certain respect and reverence, first referenced by Lord Bolingbrook and then his former student Thomas Jefferson." (p. 136)
"Chicanos, on the other hand, adopted a revolutionary narrative that opposed Western civilization and wanted to destroy this society." (p. 415)
"Due to the fact that illegal immigrants fear deportation and involvement with legal authorities, crime and exploitation can circulate unabated in their neighborhoods. Those who have hostile views towards American government and culture may also gain strongholds in immigrant communities because of the difficult challenges they face. This may express itself in various unhealthy ways." (p. 454)
The textbook has been criticized for inaccuracies, which Dunbar said had been corrected before final copies were released. The San Antonio Express-News in an editorial called Dunbar "a right-wing Christian activist" and describes her book as "bad on many levels. It would be an injustice to Texas schoolchildren to allow it in the classroom. Reviewers are blasting the textbook for its bad writing, offensive and shallow content, and factual errors. Some are calling it the most controversial textbook to ever go before" the state board. Media outlets were quick to condemn the book including CNN in an opinion piece entitled, "Texas' Mexican heritage textbook a racist travesty". On November 16, 2016, the Texas State Board of Education unanimously rejected the textbook with a 14–0 vote. Although the book did not make the state recommended textbook list, districts are still able to purchase it. ==Bibliography==
One Nation Under God: How the Left Is Trying to Erase What Made Us Great (HigherLife Development Services, 2008)
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Associated Press FILE - This April 21, 2009, file photo shows the Carrier logo on an air conditioning unit in Omaha, Neb. Carrier and President-elect Donald Trump reached an agreement to keep nearly 1,000 jobs in Indiana. Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence planned to travel to Indiana on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, to unveil the agreement alongside company officials. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File) FILE - This April 21, 2009, file photo shows the Carrier logo on an air conditioning unit in Omaha, Neb. Carrier and President-elect Donald Trump reached an agreement to keep nearly 1,000 jobs in Indiana. Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence planned to travel to Indiana on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, to unveil the agreement alongside company officials. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File) FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2016, file photo, President-elect Donald Trump gives the thumbs-up as he arrive at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J. Trump, ethics attorneys and good-government groups are all grappling with how to navigate being a president with extraordinary international and domestic business ties. While others in government are bound by rules and regulations about their business ties, the president has fewer such restrictions. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) NEW YORK (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump is poised to take a victory lap on Thursday, appearing first in Indiana to salute workers at a factory where he says he saved hundreds of jobs from moving to Mexico and then in Ohio on the first stop of a "Thank You Tour" to honor the supporters in states that helped him to his stunning victory. The Midwest swing will be the first time that Trump, who has shown an early inclination to revel in the role of showman-in-chief, has barnstormed across the country since the campaign. But now his signature rallies will carry the imprimatur of president-elect. And both stops will feature Trump declaring victory after a campaign built on the lament that "we don't win anymore" as a nation. But now the question arises: Which Trump will appear at the rally? A newly serious Trump embracing the gravity of the job who will conduct a spirited but formal rally befitting a president? Or will he revert to the campaign Trump, flying off the teleprompter with inflammatory remarks and encouraging raucous crowds chanting "Build the wall" and vilifying critics? And some questions remain about the extent of victory at Carrier, which announced this week that it will keep an Indianapolis plant open. In February, the heating and air conditioning company said that it would shut the plant and send jobs to Mexico, and video of angry workers being informed about the decision soon went viral. The Republican businessman made it a key theme in his campaign, pledging to save that factory and ones like it as part of his plan to rebuild the American manufacturing industry while preventing jobs from fleeing overseas. He this week that Carrier had agreed to keep some 800 union jobs at the plant, but details of what's in the deal remain unclear. Trump threatened during the campaign to impose sharp tariffs on any company that shifted its factories to Mexico. And his advisers have since promoted lower corporate tax rates as a means of keeping jobs in the U.S. "Big day on Thursday for Indiana and the great workers of that wonderful state. We will keep our companies and jobs in the U.S. Thanks Carrier," Trump tweeted Tuesday. Trump will tour the factory with his running mate Mike Pence - who, as the outgoing governor of Indiana, was well-situated to aid negotiations - and then the president-elect will give a speech about the deal, aides said. By enabling the plant to stay open, the deal spares about 800 union workers whose jobs were going to Mexico, according to federal officials who were briefed by the company. This suggests that hundreds will still lose their jobs at the factory, where roughly 1,400 workers were slated to be laid off. Neither Trump nor Carrier has said yet what the workers might have to give up, or precisely which threats or incentives might have been used, to get the manufacturer to change its mind. The company attributed its decision to the incoming Trump administration and financial incentives provided by Indiana, which is something of a reversal, since earlier offers from the state had failed to sway Carrier. "Today's announcement is possible because the incoming Trump-Pence administration has emphasized to us its commitment to support the business community and create an improved, more competitive U.S. business climate," the company said in a statement Wednesday. | 952 | 367,238,066,929,105,100 | 2016-12-31 00:00:00 | null | null | null | null |
North Sydney mayor says'sorry' for breaching City's code of conduct Jilly Gibson the Mayor of North Sydney has issued a public apology for breaching the council's code of conduct. Picture: Dave Swift Source: NewsLocal NORTH Sydney Mayor Jilly Gibson has issued a public apology for breaching the council's code of conduct, telling councillors she "made a mistake." Cr Gibson did not declare a personal conflict of interest when her daughter Alanya Drummond (nee Knowles) was appointed to the council's Urban Design Advisory Panel in 2009 and 2011. At the time Cr Gibson was not mayor but a councillor. Council staff determined Ms Knowles was qualified for the position not knowing she was Cr Gibson's daughter. Cr Gibson voted on 14 development applications that were reviewed by the panel, (which is purely advisory in nature), while her daughter was serving on it. Independent conduct reviewer Mitchell Morley said Cr Gibson should have announced Ms Knowles was her daughter. "Relying on the assumption that others are aware of a councillor's personal relationships is fraught with danger regardless of how unique a person's Christian name is," Mr Morley wrote. He described Cr Gibson's failure to declare an interest as an "error of judgement" rather than a deliberate attempt to circumvent due process. Cr Gibson said the timing of the complaint August 2012, one week after she announced her candidacy for mayor was suspicious. She added she did not influence the consideration of her daughter's application for panel membership and there had been "zero effect" on any individual or organisation from her daughter sitting on the panel. "I'm sorry, I made a mistake. I'm very relieved the new model code of conduct will force complainants to identify themselves," Cr Gibson said.
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By early December 1942, the CIAF was moribund and the leader of the French delegation, Admiral Émile-André Duplat, asked President Arturo Vacca-Maggiolini whether it in fact still existed. Both Italy and Germany resolved to maintain their armistice commissions for legal purposes, although they would not be subordinated to the requirements of the occupying forces. In these unusual circumstances, Vacca-Maggiolini was forced to justify his role to General Vercellino on 31 December 1942, and it was not until 10 March 1943 that the CIAF's residual role was clarified by Chief of the General Staff Vittorio Ambrosio, who on 20 March abolished the separate subcommissions of the service branches. ==In Africa==
The Italians also established a presence in France's colonies. A General Delegation (Delegazione Generale) was sent to Algiers and a Mixed Delegation to Djibouti. These contained a variety of subcommissions and control sections. The first of the French anti-Jewish laws, the Statuts des juifs, was published in Tunisia by a decree of Bey Ahmad II, countersigned by Resident-General Jean-Pierre Esteva, on 30 November 1940. The CIAF protested the damaging effects of this decree on the Italian property owners, many of them Jewish, in Tunisia. On 27 May 1942, General Bianini, head of the CIAF post in Tangier, died of his wounds after an assassination attempt by an Algerian. ==Executive officers==
Presidents
General Pietro Pintor (27 June 1940 – 7 December 1940), died in office
General Camillo Grossi (8 December 1940 – 16 June 1941), died in office
General Arturo Vacca-Maggiolini (18 June 1941 – 8 September 1943)
Secretaries general
General Fernando Gelich (20 August 1940 – 20 December 1942)
Colonel Evaristo Fioravanti (20 December 1942 – 8 September 1943)
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==Sources==
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Organizations disestablished in 1943
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Italian military occupations
Military occupations of France
France–Italy relations
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Dolly Parton on Her TV Movie's Emmy Nomination and Playing the "Town Tramp" And what about the Painted Lady? This lady was the town tramp, and I thought she was the most beautiful person I'd ever seen when we were little kids. Everybody would say, "Oh, she's nothing but trash." And I thought, "Well, that's what I'm going to grow up to be." She's the lady that I actually patterned myself after because she left an impression. It was only years later that I found out that she was the local prostitute, so to speak. We thought it would be some way that I could be in the movie myself as a grown-up. Who better looking like a town tramp than me? That wasn't a stretch. You've said that in high school you were voted "least likely to succeed." Last spring the University of Tennessee offered a history honors course titled "Dolly's America." How did that feel? I was very honored. I've been around a long time, and people feel like they know me. I'm like a favorite old aunt or an older sister or a grandma, in my case. But I think it's wonderful that people have taken pride in the fact that I'm a local East Tennessee girl and that I've accomplished enough for them to make a class out of it. I'm humbled by it. There are more than 1000 suggestions for what to stream over on Watching, The New York Times's TV and movie recommendation site. " The professor said you are so beloved in Tennessee that if you ran for governor, no one would oppose you. Well, I've been asked to run for things, and I've said, "No thank you!" There's enough politics in this business to deal with whether you want to or not. My daddy used to carry his rifle in the back of his pickup truck, and he had a big sign right next to it that said, "Dolly Parton for President." And I thought that was cute, but I always make my joke: "We've had enough boobs in the White House." Some have said that your duet of "Old Flames (Can't Hold a Candle to You) " with Kesha is the best thing on her new album. [Squeals] You know what's funny about that? That's a song that I recorded 30 years ago or more with my brother Randy. Kesha's mother wrote that song, and I'd had a big record on it back in the day. And so she asked if I would come sing a duet, and I was happy to do it. "Old Flames (Can't Hold a Candle to You) " Video by KeshaRoseVEVO Do you have a favorite Emmy nominee? Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda. We're trying to see if we might be able to present an award together, which would be cool. But hey, they'll be the ones I'm rooting for if I don't win. Continue reading the main story
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Clippers hold off Oklahoma City Thunder, 110-108, to earn best start in franchise history All evening, the Clippers had their faith tested as Coach Doc Rivers stressed to his players to stay the course against Oklahoma City despite some unsettling moments. The Clippers believed in their coach's philosophy and his plan, and that belief was their guide to escaping with a last-second 110-108 victory over the Thunder on Friday night at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Not until Russell Westbrook missed an attempt for a game-winning three-pointer just before time expired could the Clippers breathe easily. Rivers said he could sense some tension when he told his players to stick to letting poor-shooting Andre Roberson and rookie Domantas Sabonis shoot three-pointers for the Thunder. Rivers could sense some tension when he told his players they were going to build a defensive wall around Westbrook. Even though Roberson wound up going three for six from three-point range for nine of his 13 points, and Sabonis made four of five attempts for all 12 of his points, and even though the Thunder shot 57.1% (16 for 28) from long range, the Clippers still agreed it was the right strategy in the end. Westbrook had 29 points, but he missed 16 of his 25 shots, the final one being the biggest with the game on the line. "This is one of those games that you can lose your trust in," Rivers said. "Roberson was making threes, Sabonis was making threes and we're telling our guys to stay and clog the paint. And they are looking at me, like, "Why?" We did it and it worked out for us. This is one of those games that you could have lost trust easily in what we were doing and we didn't. "At the end of the day, we won the game, so I think it actually probably gives me more equity to try more stuff." The Clippers improved the NBA's best record to 8-1 by defeating the only team to have beaten them this season. Several players made key contributions. Blake Griffin powered his way to 25 points, making half of his 20 shots. Chris Paul directed in his usual stellar fashion, finishing with 10 assists, 17 points and six rebounds. DeAndre Jordan had 12 points and 13 rebounds. Sixth man Jamal Crawford gave the Clippers 11 of his important 19 points in the fourth quarter. His three-pointer gave the team a five-point lead late. But when he missed one of two free throws with 10.3 seconds left, leaving the Clippers with a 110-108 lead instead of a three-point cushion, that left the door open for Westbrook and the Thunder. Westbrook, however, missed his three-point try, and Crawford got the defensive rebound and covered the ball up. "Yeah, a big-time trust game for us," Paul said. "You know, Vic [Oladipo] got going early. I think Sabonis was four of five from three, Roberson was three for six, and we just stuck to the game plan. We kept trying to build a wall around Russ and kept making those guys make plays."
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Should e-cigarettes be banned indoors in D.C.? The products come in a variety of flavors and do not burn tobacco. Instead, battery-operated inhalers heat nicotine into a vapor, which apparently has some of the same stimulant effect of cigarettes. In recent years, celebrities such as Leonardo DiCaprio have been photographed with the products. And because they do not produce smoke, e-cigarettes generally have escaped regulation from states and cities. In the District, it has become common to see people puffing on e-cigarettes in restaurants, office buildings, bars and even Metrobuses. But council members Yvette M. Alexander (D-Ward 7) and David Grosso (I-At Large) introduced a bill at Tuesday's council session to change that. If approved, e-cigarettes would be classified as cigarettes under the city's indoor smoking ban. The law prohibits smoking in all public places and allows business owners to ban smoking on the sidewalk in front of their property. In an interview, Alexander said e-cigarettes are being "used to usurp the smoking ban." "It is smoking, is an inhalant and it's similar to smoking," said Alexander, chairwoman of the Health Committee. "We don't know what the ill effects of this are, and it's still a bother to some people." Numerous states, including Connecticut, are considering adding e-cigarettes to their indoor smoking ban. In 2011, the Food and Drug Administration announced it would regulate e-cigarettes as it does tobacco, a less restrictive stance than some had advocated. But the FDA is continuing to review the products. "Further research is needed to assess the potential public health benefits and risks of electronic cigarettes and other novel tobacco products," an agency spokeswoman said. But manufacturers say e-cigarettes result in neither secondhand smoke nor proven health risks to the users. Cigarettes, they say, contain more than a thousand chemicals that are not present in e-cigarettes. Blu Cigs, one of the largest e-cigarettes manufacturers in the United States, recently alleged in a statement that the tobacco industry was behind efforts to crack down on the industry. "From misinformed lawmakers to scared big tobacco companies, actions are being made to limit the sale and use of electronic cigarettes," the company said. Alexander said she's not worried that her bill could make it more difficult for tobacco smokers to give up the habit. Instead, she said, the products "may encourage more people to start smoking." "You are getting that same nicotine derivative, and it's just attracting more, younger people," Alexander said.
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China Has Detained the Pastor of Its Largest Official Church More China's Factory Output Is Falling at Its Fastest Rate Since 20124 Chinese Miners Rescued After 36 Days Trapped UndergroundThese 5 Facts Explain the Unstable Global Middle Class Authorities in China have detained the pastor of the country's largest official Protestant church, who publicly objected to a government drive to demolish crosses on church buildings, in what rights groups say is part of a larger crackdown on religious freedom in the communist nation. Pastor Gu Yuese, also known as Joseph Gu, was placed under "residential surveillance in a designated location" - the official term for facilities known more commonly as "black jails" - in the city of Hangzhou last Thursday, according to U.S.-based Christian rights group China Aid. Gu, who headed Hangzhou's prominent Chongyi Church, was reportedly removed from his post by China's Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM), the Chinese Communist Party-sanctioned authority that regulates churches, 10 days prior to his detention. He had been vocal in his opposition to the government's destruction of crosses atop church buildings in China's Christian-dominated eastern province of Zhejiang, a campaign that began in 2014. "His arrest marks a major escalation in the crackdown against those who oppose the forced demolition of crosses," Bob Fu, president and founder of China Aid, said in a statement. "He will be the highest-ranking national church leader arrested since the Cultural Revolution." Read more: Expansion of Christian Church in the Birthplace of Confucius Creates Controversy in China A TSPM official, however, refuted reports of Gu's detention when contacted by Radio Free Asia, claiming that the Christian leader was simply "helping with an investigation." The pastor's wife Zhou Lianmei has also gone missing, and family members believe she has been taken into custody as well. Gu's imprisonment has reportedly caused a wave of alarm across China's evangelical community, with growing fears that the authoritarian government's increasing proclivity to silence dissenting voices has extended to the religious sphere. "This is really quite an escalation," Fu told the Christian Science Monitor. "It sends a signal to silence any potential future dissenting voices from within the church. It tells everyone to shut up."
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Qatada removal weeks away as Jordan approves extradition deal Khalil Attieh, the Jordanian parliament's deputy house speaker, said: "Parliament on Tuesday approved a treaty with Britain to help Jordan extradite suspects from Britain. "The agreement does not specifically mention Abu Qatada but it includes him and others." The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Qatada, once described by a judge as Osama bin Laden's right - hand man in Europe, cannot be returned to Jordan because he faces the risk that evidence obtained by torture may be used against him in the terror trial. That ruling has been backed by British courts, but in April Theresa May, the Home Secretary, disclosed that a new treaty had been signed with Jordan. The agreement sets out conditions to ensure Qatada, also known as Omar Othman, will face a fair trial and have his human rights protected. Last month his lawyers told the Special Immigration Appeals Commission that he will not fight deportation once the treaty is made law. The same court refused Qatada bail while the final processes of the UK-Jordan Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance are completed. In Jordan, once King Abdullah has approved the treaty it has to be formally published in the country's Official Gazette to become law.
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Mars Hill Church (Driscoll) is a very prominent voice in evangelicalism today and so that reference deserves to be heard, especially since it contains witness information and the perspective of a leading Bible Scholar Wayne Grudem. As for Denny Burk he is a prominent conservative blogger and has authority on gender issues as he was editor of CBMW's journal. These voices are noteworthy enough to be heard, regardless of whether one may agree/disagree with the accusation - one need only read the witness information and decide for themselves. If Rob Bell or another prominent enough source has a response then please post it. But don't censor valid perspectives on Rob Bell. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Henrybish (talk • contribs)
You accused me of a track record for preventing criticism of Rob Bell. You really need to back that with evidence. We don't want to be placing accusations in articles. Accusations in religious circles often amount to hearsay. Also, the source is suspect because all participate have a vested interest in promoting one side. They're not neutral sources. There is also wiki rules that discourage information from blogs and it's from the reasons I just mentioned. I'm sorry this has gone bad. Basileias (talk)
You stated, "I had a look at the history and see that you have a track record for preventing criticism of Rob Bell." Of this I've asked for evidence and you haven't been able to support it. You also stated, "Basileis, I have been reasonable to you, if this revision is still deleted then I will pursue this further." Threats aren't appreciated, nor are wild accusations of other editors. Also, it puts into question your objectivity. Critical information from blogs is discourage because we're dealing with "alleged" things. This is reaelly an issue for the Church. I don't desire to edit war but I hope you do pursue with with whatever action because I think your behavior and your wild accusations should result in disciplinary action if you can't behave like an adult. The wiki policy is clear,
Anyone can create a website or pay to have a book published, then claim to be an expert in a certain field. For that reason self-published media—whether books, newsletters, personal websites, open wikis, blogs, personal pages on social networking sites, Internet forum postings, or tweets—are largely not acceptable. You still have blogs as a source. Basileias (talk)
Basileias, I have said I am happy to give you a truthful answer to your challenge if you answered my 3 questions which you still have not. If I have been unfair to you I will happily say so. The decision is in your hands, I am still willing to answer. The two articles I linked to are not wild accusations - do you have any evidence that they are? If not then that is a wild accusation. If you do have evidence that those sources are untrue and that the witnesses are being untruthful then you are free to add to the article and cite it, I will not challenge it as Wikipedia should allow both critics and supporters to cite evidence. I would actually very much like to see Rob Bell make a response to this issue as one of the blogs I initially linked to also expressed. But it is not up to me, if he responds I would definitely add it to the article. Regarding the sources I used, note that the WIki rules do not disallow blogs/self-published media entirely - they just say that they are largely not acceptable. In this instance both articles I cite are prominent and responsible sources in the evangelical world - whether or not one agrees with them. Anyone who knows anything about the gender debate will have heard of CBMW as the leading complementarian organization and most of the evangelical world knows of Driscoll and Mars Hill. These are therefore some of the most prominent critics and thus deserve citation. This is further backed up by the fact that the sources are not merely speculation or opinion but contain direct quotation from witnesses and from from Wayne Grudem himself on the matter. This is exactly the kind of first hand information that Wiki pages should be made up of. Plus as I have said I have made it clear that these are allegations rather than portraying them as established fact. Also, if you want to apply Wiki rules in such a way then why are you only picking on the 2 lines I wrote? Have you not seen the rest of the citations in the article, they also contain link to blogs but for some reason you only picked on my 2 lines. And what about the rest of Wikipedia? I wonder if this is because you have vested interest in the issue at stake? | 1,004 | null | null | 801,183,687 | "2017-09-18T04:47:44" | Rob Bell/Archive 2 | 2,017 |
All of these sorts of statements need direct inline attribution or quality secondary sourcing. What is due weight for this "saying" and "holding"? If reliable secondary sources haven't found it notable enough to discuss the due weight is small. Following, "The incarnation of the Adi (Primordial) Shakti was prophesied in the Markandeya Purana and the Nadi Grantha 2000 years ago." surely there is more scholarly discussion of these two texts and their prophesies than an editorial in a newspaper. What do the scholarly sources say, have any of them applied interpretations to Srivastava or Sahaja Yoga? Again an issue of due weight. Following, "it is usually experienced" needs a qualifier. Following, "experience of self-realization" in an encyclopedia the factual nature (or lack therof) of what is experienced needs to be explicitly stated. "Meditation is..." according to whom? Surely there are multiple reliable secondary sources that discuss and describe meditation. A statement of fact needs that kind of support. "It is suggested" by whom? "According to a Canadian Sahaja Yoga website, puja is defined" what do quality secondary sources define puja as? From the same source, "notes that a Sahaja Yoga puja involves" to note a fact it must be substantiated as a fact by a reliable secondary source. "but official statements boast high rates of success." due weight issue. "The aim of the.." again inline attribution needed. Someone may say that is their aim but do secondary sources agree? It seems not, so clear attribution is needed. ====In summary====
I could go on but I think I have pointed out numerous examples of how primary sources are overused in an unqualified manner to present the subject in a promotional manner. The following sections that detail organization and activities contain a good deal of material presented as fact (not as attributed, unsupported claims of a primary source) which require reliable secondary sources to verify that the organization factually functions in a certain way and factually conducts specific activities. Anyone can self publish a website saying they do things if the content is presented as anything other than a self sourced claim factual support from reliable secondary sources is needed. ====Concise policy====
The article should be based on quality, reliable, independent sources study and analysis of the subjct and to a lesser extent on the descriptions, claims and assertions of involved, primary, poor quality sources. ===Biomedical information===
"Nirmala Srivastava equates the Sushumna nadi with the parasympathetic nervous system, the Ida nadi with the left and the Pingala nadi with the right sides of the sympathetic nervous system." Where is the mainstream scientific consensus discussion of the validity of this "equating" which should have greater prominence. "Kakar believes that this follows the theories of Vasant Rele." Where is the discussion of accepted biomedical theories on the subject? "The chakras as understood" as understood implies that something factual is being understood. Where is the MEDRS support for chakras and this "understanding" of them? "awakening the kundalini in the sacrum bone" if there is no MEDRS that describes and identifies the kundalini and its presence in the sacrum bone that needs to be stated or the content needs substantial qualification. "Most illnesses are said to be a result of damage to the chakras, and kundalini is said to repair them." What is the mainstream scientific consensus on what illnesses are the result of? Where is that in the article? It should be more prominent than FRINGE ideas. "mental and physical disease can be caused by "clogged chakras" or an overactivity of the left and right channels." It's OK to say that Kakar wrote that but where is the prominent explanation of what mainstream medical science says causes disease or what mainstream science says about clogged chakras causing disease? "If the chakras are not linked together by the flow of (kundalini) energy, there is no integrated personality." Where is the prominent explanation of the scientific consensus in psychology of problems with personality integration and the effects of chakra linking via kundalini on these problems? "Sahaja Yoga makes unsupported claims that it has cured diseases including mental illness and prevented them." beyond unsupported what do the MEDRS sources say about Sahaja Yoga curing or preventing disease? "followers of Nirmala Srivastava consider faith in her divinity to be a precondition for being cured." What are the facts about being cured? Is there any MEDRS source for that? If not where is the qualifier that says there is no evidence that anyone has been cured? | 1,023 | null | null | 778,360,573 | "2017-05-02T17:22:31" | Sahaja Yoga | 2,017 |
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Kerupuk mawar is one of if not Indonesia's most well known kerupuk (or crackers) and can be found in most kiosks. The cracker is meant to resemble a rose, hence the name Kerupuk 'Mawar' (Mawar is Indonseian for rose). It also has this curly wire-like look which make some to calls it kerupuk uyel (curly). This particular crackers has a variety of flavors in which consist of shrimp paste flavor, onion flavor, and even fish flavor. This kerupuk/cracker is served as some sort of secondary side dish which accompanies your meal. Or, you could easily eat it all by it self as if it was a snack. Core Ingredients:
- 500g Tapioca flour
- 50g Wheat flour
- 10g of sugar
- 125ml Clean water
- 10g of onion (if were to make the onion flavor)
The Steps:
1. Finely grind your onion, fry them, then cool it down. 2. Mix the previously grinded onion with spices that matches your taste. 3. Mix with both tapioca and wheat flour, and slowly pour the clear water as you rub the mixture with your hand until it is totaly smoothen. 4. If the dough is ready, put the dough inside a cone-shaped paper with a hole at it's tip, then spray the dough slowly and try to make some sort of a rose-like shape. 5. Steam the sculpture for roughly 15 to 20 minutes. 6. After that, dry the already steamed cracker in the sun until it expands perfectly. 7. Finally, if the cracker is ready, start to fry it as you wait for a couple of minutes until it is edible. | 389 | null | null | 768,149,085 | "2017-03-02T02:29:11" | Daffa Rabbani Putra/sandbox | 2,017 |
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== Comparison ==
What's with the "comparison picture". it seems like OR, or synthesis. Is there any actual real information to suggest that a mappa specimen influenced the artist's work? 129.78.64.103 (talk)
Reference 2 (Poutiers) does in fact mention the resemblance between the color pattern of L. mappa and ancient maps in general. It has nothing to do with that specific map in the comparison picture, and there is no such thing as the specimen influencing whoever drawn that map! Please, read the shell description content. L. mappa was named after its resemblance to aged, worn out maps such as the one in the picture.--Daniel Cavallari (talk) | 155 | null | null | 525,803,653 | "2012-12-01T03:27:46" | Leporicypraea mappa | 2,017 |
Reunion, a public sculpture by Don Gummer, is located on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus, located near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. The sculpture consists of two interlocking metal forms that have separate bases that eventually unite with one another. Reunion is located on the east side of the Herron School of Art and Design and is approximately 253 cm in height and approximately 167 cm wide. Reunion was created in 1992 as a model for a larger Reunion sculpture located in Japan. Reunion is made from cast bronze. ==Description==
Reunion by Don Gummer consists of two metal interlocking pieces that start with separate bases. Reunion is made out of cast bronze and sits on a cement circular base. The metal forms are approximately 253 cm in height and 167 cm in width. The cement circular base is approximately a 244 cm wide circle. Reunion is accompanied by an information plaque that sits on the cement base and is located in the proper front of the sculpture. The plaque simply states the title Reunion and the date 1992. ==Information==
Reunion was originally made out of foam core and balsa wood and was cast in Bronze. Gummer makes many of his sculptures out of cardboard, foam core and or wood. The sculptures are then sent to a foundry to be cast in metal. This particular sculpture was also cast in Bronze and stainless steel for a permanent installation at the Kitakyushu International Center, located in Kitakyushu, Japan. The Kitakyushu Reunion is double the size of the Reunion sculpture currently located on the IUPUI campus. The Reunion sculpture located in Japan was cast in 1993 and the Reunion sculpture located outside of the Herron School of Art was cast in 1992. ==Artist==
Don Gummer was born in Louisville, Kentucky on December 12, 1946. Don Gummer attended Herron School of Art in 1964 through 1966, prior to attending School of the Museum of Fine Arts, located in Boston Massachusetts. Don also attended Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut, where he received his BFA and MFA. Herron recently honored Gummer with an honoree degree. Don Gummer currently lives in New York with his wife and children. Gummer is married to actress Meryl Streep. In the book titled The Lyrical Constructivist: Don Gummer Sculpture; he gives this statement in 2001 about his artwork:
==Location history==
Reunion is currently located outside on the east side of the Herron School of Art building. Originally, Reunion was located outside of the Indiana State Museum, when the Museum was located at 202 N. Alabama Street, Indianapolis, Indiana. The sculpture then moved to the original location Herron School of Art, which was located 16th Street and Pennsylvania Street in Indianapolis, Indiana. Reunion was then moved to Herron's current location, which is 735 W. New York Street Indianapolis, Indiana. ==References==
==External links==
Don Gummer's Website
Flickr: IUPUI Collection Care & Management
Public Art Indianapolis map
Culture of Indianapolis
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis Public Art Collection
Outdoor sculptures in Indianapolis
Bronze sculptures in Indiana
1992 sculptures
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The Oklahoma Commissioner of Charities and Corrections is a now defunct elective executive officer of the state of Oklahoma. The office was established by the Oklahoma Constitution in 1907. The office was disestablished by the constitutional amendment State Question 50 to the Constitution. It was adopted at the special election held on July 22, 1975. The amendment came into effect on January 8, 1979. The duties of the Commissioner were taken over by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. == Qualifications and Term of Office ==
A Commissioner of Charities and Corrections had to have been a citizen of the United States, at least 25 years old, and have been resident of Oklahoma for at least ten years prior to election and served a four-year term that run concurrent with that of the Governor of Oklahoma. == Powers and Responsibilities ==
The Commissioner of Charities and Corrections had the power to investigate the entire system of public charities and corrections of the State. This included examining the conditions and management of all prisons, jails, alms-houses, reformatories, reform and industrial schools, hospitals, infirmaries, dispensaries, orphanages, and all public and private retreats and asylums which derived their support wholly or in part from the State, any county or municipality within the State. In performing those duties, the officers of the institutions being investigated by the Commissioner of Charities and Corrections had to promptly furnish the Commissioner of Charities and Corrections with such information, relating to their respective institutions at the demand of the Commissioner of Charities and Corrections. Also, the Commissioner of Charities and Corrections had the power to summon any person to appear and produce such books and papers as was designated in the summons, and to give testimony under oath concerning the matter and institution under investigation. A full report of any investigation, including the testimony, conducted by the Commissioner of Charities and Corrections had to be made to the Governor of Oklahoma and then had to be transmitted by the Governor to the Oklahoma Legislature with any suggestions as the Governor desired to make. Also, on the first day of October of each year, and at any time on request of the Governor, the Commissioner of Charities and Corrections had to make a full and complete report of the operations and administration of their office, with such suggestions as the Commissioner of Charities and Corrections may have deemed suitable and pertinent. == See also ==
Kate Barnard, first Commissioner of Charities and Corrections and first woman to hold State office in Oklahoma. == References ==
Government of Oklahoma
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The European Civil Service Training Network (or ENTO) is a network which groups together the local and regional training establishments and programmes for nearly all 47 Council of Europe member states. == Purpose ==
While the idea for a European network such as this was first proposed by the Council of Europe, it became an independent association in 1995 and groups a wide variety of members together some with extensive experience and others which have been relatively recently created or organized. This diversity fosters a network with a wide range of abilities which facilitates the exchange of ideas and pools experience from various bodies in related fields. == Improving Public Administration ==
One of the primary purposes behind ENTO lies in the strengthening of local democracy which is essential for democratic society. As a result of its work, fundamental reforms have been implemented in many European countries. These have created greater efficiency of officials and elected representatives at all levels of government starting at the local level. The reforms have also helped to support both the Council of Europe (more particularly the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe) and the European Union initiatives and efforts to improve public administration throughout Europe but particularly in Central and Eastern Europe. The training and availability of skilled staff ensures that duties and carried out professionally, lawfully, and democratically in each country. == Sources ==
ENTO at the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
ENTO Website
Council of Europe
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In such circumstances, licenses for companies, jobs in the state bureaucracy, and other economic opportunities were monopolized by and for the ruling family and its circle of cronies. The protesters saw this level of corruption as a brake on economic growth, leaving those outside the charmed circle doomed to work as menials, to unemployment, or to exile abroad. Worse, if the plans for non-royal succession were implemented, these exclusionary, corrupt, and stagnant systems would be perpetuated many decades into the future. Jumlukiyyah is now in the junk heap of history. 2. The age of presidents-for-life and complete lack of political accountability is coming to a close. Even in neo-authoritarian Egypt, the new constitution allows a president only two four-year terms. In some Arab countries, politicians have begun showing a willingness to step down when the public demands accountability or in order to uphold the rule of law or simply to avoid looking like the autocrats who had been angrily overthrown. In response to a public outcry, Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh of the ruling Renaissance (al-Nahdah) Party, the largest in parliament, did so in early January in favor of a technocratic cabinet, which could be expected to fairly oversee new parliamentary elections. It was the first voluntary civilian succession in the country's history. This May in Libya, a complete security mess, the minority Muslim Brotherhood faction in parliament and its allies attempted to put one of their own in the prime ministerial slot. They claimed that conservative businessman Ahmad Maitig had been elected with the requisite 120 votes; the nationalist opposition insisted he had only collected 113. When the issue went to Libya's supreme court and it ruled against him, Maitig relinquished his claim, citing the need to uphold the rule of law, and joining the ranks of Larayedh and other leaders who declined to cling to power and risk further polarization of their fragile societies. Please support our journalism. Get a digital subscription for just $9.50! Iraq stands in contrast, and serves as an object lesson in this regard. Arab Spring protests broke out there in both Sunni and Shiite areas in early 2011. In response, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki initially pledged not to seek a third term. He soon thought better of the promise. Nonetheless, Sunni Arab youth in Fallujah and elsewhere continued to use techniques borrowed from the Tahrir movement to highlight their marginalization in Shiite-dominated Iraq. Early in 2013, Maliki's troops shot down Sunni demonstrators coming to Fallujah, which led to further youth protests and demands for accountability for those deaths. The government responded with more force. Had Maliki accommodated the demands of those demonstrators, in both Sunni and Shiite areas, he might have been able to forge new forms of national unity. Instead, by crushing the civil youth movements, he left the door open to the radical insurgents of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. 3. A more multicultural vision of how society should work is now on the Arab agenda. Previous generations of Arab leaders and movements were often blind to the ways in which pride in the heritage of Arabic-speaking peoples could shade into discriminatory attitudes toward non-Arabs in Muslim-majority states. Sometimes such societies had difficulty treating non-Muslims as equals. Many youth activists were (and remain) dedicated to a more multicultural vision of Arab society. The attempt of elected Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood to rule through a clique of fundamentalists (who constitute a minority of Egyptians) deeply offended activist youth. Morsi rejected the idea of a government of national unity despite his narrow margin of victory and instead filled high offices with fundamentalist allies. Last year, he was overthrown, at least in part because millions of youth and workers again took to the streets. In the aftermath, explicitly religious or sectarian parties have been banned - though the military, which backed the mobilization of the young against Morsi, is again ascendant and has now turned on them, too. The 2011 youth movement in Egypt also sought Christian-Muslim unity. In Tahrir Square on Fridays, Coptic Christian youth would stand guard while Muslims prayed. On Sundays, Muslim activists protected Christians as they held open-air masses. Youth activists were disgusted when Muslim Brotherhood rule meant the bringing of blasphemy charges against Coptic schoolteachers. Even North Africa's most serious ethnic divide, between Arabs and minority Berbers or Amazigh, shows signs of beginning to be ameliorated in Morocco under the pressure of the 2011 protests. Like much of the rest of the Arab Spring, the urge of the millennial generation across North Africa and the Middle East for a more multicultural world seems far from realization, but they have put it on a future Arab agenda. Its moment will return. Waiting for the Arab Summer | 985 | 2,919,790,918,868,394,500 | 2014-12-31 00:00:00 | null | null | null | null |
U.S. hospitals hit with shortage of intravenous saline By Susan Kelly Tue Jan 28, 2014 5:34pm EST (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it is working with the three manufacturers of intravenous saline solutions commonly used to hydrate hospital patients to address a shortage caused by a spike in demand. Healthcare providers are reserving supplies of the fluids for their most seriously ill patients, and the product manufacturers - Baxter International Inc, Hospira Inc and B. Braun Medical Inc - have stepped up production in response, said Valerie Jensen, FDA's associate director for drug shortages. "We have not heard of anyone running out of the IV solutions at this point, but we know the hospitals are not comfortable with the low supplies," Jensen said. Manufacturers first notified FDA late last year that they expected delays in filling orders, but an increase in hospitalizations two weeks ago partly due to rising numbers of flu cases exacerbated the problem, she said. "The increase in demand pushed this into a shortage," Jensen said. To cope with the shortage, healthcare providers are using substitute products such as oral hydration fluids or smaller IV saline bags with slower drip rates when appropriate, said Bona Benjamin, director of medication use quality improvement for the American Society of Health System Pharmacists. "We have heard from our members all over the country that the shortage is serious," Benjamin said. "People are able to cobble together enough of a supply to get by day to day." Baxter spokeswoman Deborah Spak said the company has increased its production and is managing inventory to ensure supplies for customers with the most urgent needs. "Baxter has been manufacturing solutions at maximum capacity in amounts exceeding those of prior years and is making investments to further increase supply in 2014," Spak said. Hospira said it is expediting shipments to help mitigate local supply disruptions. "We are doing everything we can to meet the increase in demand," said company spokesman Dan Rosenberg. Cathy Denning, a registered nurse with Novation, a supply chain company that works with hospitals and other healthcare providers, said it could be another two months before the shortage is resolved. FDA's Jensen said the agency is also looking into alternative sources, including overseas suppliers, to help address the shortage. (Reporting by Susan Kelly in Chicago; Editing by Mohammad Zargham)
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Rachael Finch sneaks in work out while newly born baby sleeps
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Man, 19, arrested over street death in Preston Image copyright Google A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after man was found fatally wounded in the street. The man, partially clothed and believed to be in his 60s, was found unconscious in Hammond Street, Preston, at 08:30 GMT on New Year's Day and died later in the Royal Preston Hospital. A post-mortem examination is due to take place on the man, who had suffered head injuries. Lancashire Police have appealed for witnesses to contact them.
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Analysis of spider venom reveals seven promising compounds with potential to relieve chronic pain -- ScienceDaily New research shows that seven compounds of the countless found in spider venom block a key step in the body's ability to pass pain signals to the brain. The hunt for a medicine based on just one of these compounds, which would open up a new class of potent painkillers, is now a step closer according to new research published in the British Journal of Pharmacology. Pain that cannot be controlled can ruin people's lives. One in five people worldwide currently suffer from chronic pain, and existing pain treatments often fail to provide relief. The economic burden is huge, with chronic pain in the USA alone estimated to cost around $600 billion a year, greater than the combined economic cost of cancer, diabetes and stroke. People sense that part of their body is hurting when nerves from the affected area send signals to the brain through what is called the pain pathway. "A compound that blocks Nav1.7 channels is of particular interest for us. Previous research shows indifference to pain among people who lack Nav1.7 channels due to a naturally-occurring genetic mutation -- so blocking these channels has the potential of turning off pain in people with normal pain pathways," says research team leader Professor Glenn King from The University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Australia. Part of the search for new medicines has focused on the world's 45,000 species of spiders, many of which kill their prey with venoms that contain hundreds -- or even thousands -- of protein molecules. Some of these molecules block nerve activity. "A conservative estimate indicates that there are nine million spider-venom peptides, and only 0.01% of this vast pharmacological landscape has been explored so far," says researcher Dr Julie Kaae Klint. The challenge was to build a research method that could search through this huge number of peptides, looking for the ones that could be useful. Taking up this challenge, the research team built a system that could rapidly analyse the compounds in spider venoms. Using their novel approach, venoms from 206 species of spider were screened, revealing that 40% of the venoms contained at least one compound that blocked human Nav1.7 channels. Of the seven promising compounds identified, they discovered one that was particularly potent, and also had a chemical structure that suggested it would have high levels of chemical, thermal, and biological stability, which would be essential for administering a new medicine. Together these properties make it particularly exciting as a potential painkiller. "Untapping this natural source of new medicines brings a distinct hope of accelerating the development of a new class of painkillers that can help people who suffer from chronic pain that cannot be treated with current treatment options," says Dr Klint. The novel screening approach used to isolate the protein molecules from spider venoms could also be applied to other compounds, opening up hope more widely for new and better medicines. Story Source: The above story is based on materials provided by Wiley. Note: Materials may be edited for content and length.
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Man faces jail over sex act on Dundee bus A MAN is facing jail after he today admitted receiving oral sex on a busy Dundee bus. Barrie Falconer pleaded guilty to "committing an offence of public indecency" on a number 18 bus en route from Old Glamis Road to the city centre. But his alleged partner in the crime, Rhia Rodgers, had her not guilty plea to "participating in oral sex on said bus" accepted by prosecutors. A court source said: "That's certainly raised a few eyebrows around here - surely it takes two to tango?" Rodgers instead admitted a charge of stealing three sex books from an Ann Summers store in Dundee's Reform Street two days after the bus romp. Dundee Sheriff Court earlier heard that children as young as 12 had been on the bus and were to give evidence against Falconer and Rodgers at a trial. But Falconer pled guilty today minutes before his trial was due to begin. His case was continued until next month for social workers to compile background reports on him. Books stolen Fiscal depute Douglas Wiseman, detailing the theft charge against Rodgers, told the court: "The value of the books was £20.97. "At the rear of the store books are displayed, partially hidden by a screen. "The accused entered the shop and made her way to that area. "She then left the store. "Staff checked CCTV and saw the accused pick up three books and walk out with them without paying. "They were later recovered by police." Indecency Falconer, 35, of Tullideph Road, Dundee, pleaded guilty on summary complaint to a charge of public indecency committed on June 12 this year. Rodgers, 22, of Andersons Lane, Dundee, had her not guilty plea to the same charge accepted by the Crown. She pleaded guilty to a separate charge of stealing a quantity of books from Ann Summers, Reform Street, Dundee, on June 14 this year. The charge states that Falconer "committed an offence of public indecency" on the number 18 Travel Dundee bus en route from Old Glamis Road in Dundee to the city centre by participating in oral sex on said bus. Ian Myles, for Rodgers, said she is currently pregnant and had no other cases against her outstanding. Sheriff Richard Davidson deferred sentence on Falconer until December for background reports to be prepared. He deferred sentence on Rodgers until May next year for good behaviour. Neither of the pair commented on the case as they left court today.
• Drunk driver stole Edinburgh Trams digger and drove it 20 miles to Stirling
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Bristol named European Green Capital for 2015 14 June 2013 Last updated at 23:01 Bristol has been crowned the European Green Capital for 2015 at a ceremony in Nantes. The city beat Brussels in Belgium, Glasgow in Scotland and Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, to the win. Nantes in France currently holds the title. The title rewards cities which consistently achieve high environmental standards and are committed to further improvement and sustainability. Last year Bristol was the runner-up, finishing behind Copenhagen in Denmark. It is the third time the city has made the final shortlist. Speaking to the BBC from the event in Nantes, elected mayor George Ferguson thought the judges liked the city's "enthusiasm, ambition and achievements over the last few years." 'I feel fortunate' He said: "You talk to all of the cities that have been green capital - they're all here with me tonight - and they say it's made a huge difference to their cities, to the perception of the city, to making sure it's a really good place to live in. "They have absolutely no doubt that it's been a platform for taking their environmental policies one step further. "It's something that's very close to my heart, so I feel very fortunate that we find ourselves in this position." Mr Ferguson, who was one of a seven-strong delegation representing the city of Bristol in France, said even though the win didn't bring any money directly to the city, it would bring business, investment and other economical benefits. In Bristol, Liz Zeidler from the Bristol Green Capital Partnership said at an announcement event at the M Shed that the result was "absolutely fantastic." "I'm quite emotional. So much work has been put in by so many people across this city, from top to bottom," she added. "They knew what a difference it's going to make to our city, to our children's future, to the economy - all the things that matter to people in this city. "So I am so delighted for everybody here who has been so supportive." 'Every citizen involved' Eight cities submitted bids for 2015. They were assessed against 12 criteria including innovation and sustainable employment, energy performance, water consumption, waste water treatment and climate change. Bristol beat competition from Dublin in Ireland, Bydgoszcz in Poland, Kaunas in Lithuania and Kutahya in Turkey to reach the final stage of selection. "In the build up to 2015, we're going to get every single citizen in Bristol involved in this," added Ms Zeidler. "We're going to hear all of the ideas people have got to make this city greener, happier and better for everybody. "We're going to make those as much of a reality as we can. This will help us leverage the money, the support and the energy that we need to make it happen."
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And the brands played on: how EDM can sell almost anything In May, Volvo released a sleek four-minute advert for its new XC90 car. In it, a golden-locked Swedish man drove through dramatic landscapes soundtracked by a wistful cover version of Nina Simone's Feeling Good. But this wasn't a normal ad. The driver was Avicii, the multi-millionaire EDM DJ, and the ad was in fact a music video. The Simone cover was his own track. The collaboration has since been viewed almost 10m times on YouTube. And earlier this year Volvo's chief executive Håkan Samuelsson announced that sales of the XC90 had "exceeded its expectations," owing - one must assume, at least in part - to the 26-year-old megastar's involvement. The Avicii-Volvo collaboration - video Big brands are clamouring to align themselves with electronic dance music. Not since the hip-hop boom of the early 90s have corporations leapt on a scene so vigorously. It's easy to see why: EDM - a hybrid of house, dubstep and trance - trades in safe, inclusive, upbeat music that is played at extravagant live shows to vast crowds. It is largely language-free so has global reach. The EDM industry nets a staggering $6.9bn a year from worldwide ticket sales and streaming revenue, which could rise to $10bn by 2020, according to Kevin Watson, an EDM economist and owner of the Danceonomics website. The genre's fan base comprises millions of under-25 "millennials" and 25- to 35-year-old "Gen Cs," in whom social media use is as hardwired as the desire to party. Around 15% of fans are from the affluent over-35 demographic, according to Nielsen research. This brew of disposable income, positive vibes, connectivity and international appeal is too potent for brands to resist. The genre has its detractors, but the statistics speak for themselves. According to Forbes, the world's top 10 EDM DJs earned $274m last year. Most came from playing live, but many millions came from corporate tie-ups. "It's an arms race," says Elie Deshe, the co-founder of VFD Marketing, a US-based company that matches brands with EDM festivals and artists. Enquiries from brands eyeing EDM have risen fivefold in three years. Brands from 7Up, Smirnoff and Bud Light to Emporio Armani, T-Mobile and Uber are spending millions on increasingly sophisticated EDM-related activity, and the level of corporate involvement is in stark contrast to 25 years ago when dance music was an underground concern. "It was impossible in the early 90s to get any sort of sponsorship for any kind of dance music from anyone. But now the brands see the market potential and are piling in," says Carl Loben, editor of DJ Magazine. Even DJs appear taken aback by EDM's growth. Dimitri Thivaios of duo Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, currently No 1 in DJ Magazine's annual Top 100 DJs poll, describes the surge as "crazy." "EDM is the music of this generation," Thivaios says. Smirnoff... EDM partners. Photograph: Melanie Foster/AAP So what kind of deals are being made? Are DJs bothered about that most heinous of musical crimes - selling out? And what does brands" involvement tell us about the balance of power in the music industry? Matt Bruhn, the global brand director of Smirnoff vodka, which has been in the "dance space" for years and earlier this year signed an EDM partnership with Live Nation, says brands have to actively contribute to the scene. Smirnoff will commission music or fund DJs" videos. In return DJs will - for a fee - play gigs or DJ at the "Smirnoff House" at festivals. Some shows will be simulcast to other Smirnoff parties around the world, from LA to Jamaica. In this way, brands provide DJs with the exposure traditionally provided by record companies. There is also the small matter of selling vodka. "I want to do the right thing for the industry and I want to be part of it, but at the end of the day I'm a commercial entity, so I do want to sell some booze," Bruhn says. But he insists vodka sales are secondary to the partnerships: the real goal is for Smirnoff to be accepted by EDM fans and DJs. He measures success by "the vibe." "I go to a lot of festivals and you get a sense of whether you're in or out." | 980 | 5,597,704,098,743,606,000 | 2015-12-31 00:00:00 | null | null | null | null |
Moditlo Private Game Reserve (3,500 hectares, approximately 7,500 acres) forms an integral part of the 17,000 hectare (approximately 36,000 acres) Blue Canyon Conservancy, located near Hoedspruit, Limpopo Province, South Africa. The reserve borders Kapama Game Reserve to the eastern side, the Drakensberg Mountains forms the backdrop to the west, and falls into the southern/central region of the Greater Kruger Park biosphere. The size of the Blue Canyon Conservancy has now reached 36,000 acres in total, and is home to typical African game such as lions, elephants, leopards, rhinos, cheetahs, hippos and several hundreds of bird species typical to the lowveld in South Africa. The reserve is also home to a pack of wild dogs, which is the second rarest carnivore species in Africa with only an estimated 2000 remaining specimen in existence. == Wildlife ==
African elephant
Rhinoceros
Giraffe
Impala
Wildebeest
Kudu
Lion
African wild dog
Leopard
Cheetah
Spotted hyena
Southern ground-hornbill
== Accommodation ==
Vuyani Safari Lodge
== See also ==
Protected areas of South Africa
== References ==
Moditlo Private Game Reserve
Moditlo Safari Private Game Reserve
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African sportspeople stubs
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Russia, UK prepare ground for British foreign minister's visit MOSCOW Russia and Britain discussed relations between the two countries and preparations for a visit by British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to Moscow, Russia's foreign ministry said on Saturday. Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov met Britain's Minister for Europe and the Americas Alan Duncan on Friday to discuss bilateral relations which had "significantly deteriorated in recent years," the ministry said in a statement. The two had talked about the situation in Ukraine, Syria, fighting international terrorism and other issues, it added. The Russian foreign ministry statement did not say when Johnson would visit Moscow. (Reporting by Katya Golubkova; Editing by Alexander Smith)
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"There is a threat hanging over France's ability to attract foreign investment," wrote officials from Microsoft, American Express, Xerox, Siemens, Unilever and others, which jointly employ about 150,000 workers in France. They cited the "penalizing" complexity and instability of the legislative and regulatory environment; a lack of flexibility in labor laws; high employer costs; and an overall "cultural mistrust" of the market economy. "We have to give them confidence. We know the battle is hard," Nicole Bricq, the foreign trade minister, said Sunday. Added Pierre Moscovici, the economy minister: "We must convince them that France is a country where they can invest - where they must invest." Even Mr. Hollande's "industrial renewal" minister, Arnaud Montebourg, has been singing from the same hymn sheet. In 2012, Mr. Montebourg created a furor by threatening to nationalize an ailing steel plant run by Arcelor Mittal. Last year, he bragged about preventing Yahoo from taking a majority stake in a successful French company, Dailymotion. On Monday, as the 37 business chiefs sat with Mr. Hollande, Mr. Montebourg spoke in more conciliatory language in a Twitter post: "Showing big international companies 34 plans designed to create a new industrial France," he wrote. A week earlier, it was Mr. Hollande who offered a gesture of reconciliation to French entrepreneurs, thousands of whom have left France for Silicon Valley, London, Hong Kong and other dynamic destinations. After spending time in Washington, Mr. Hollande visited Silicon Valley. While there, he gave an American-style bear hug to the entrepreneur Carlos Diaz, who founded a group called "les Pigeons," or the suckers, in 2012 to protest what they called Mr. Hollande's "business-crushing" tax policies, including now-shelved proposals to double the capital gains tax for people selling their companies. High taxes have generally been the sorest point for businesses. Ian Cheshire, the group chief executive of Kingfisher, a British do-it-yourself retail conglomerate, said on Monday that he would be ready to open 50 stores in France within five years, creating thousands of jobs, if he could be assured the tax regime would remain stable. "There is a great fear about taxes," he said before the gathering. Last year, Kingfisher paid €216 million in payroll tax on about 11,500 French workers. "That's almost twice the amount we paid in Britain for the same number of employees," he said. Mr. Hollande sought to assuage those fears. "A business, whether French or foreign, that wants to invest will have a commitment from the administration that the tax rules will remain the same, and that will be a guarantee," he said. "Growth will return if the confidence is there," Mr. Hollande added.
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Bledisloe Cup 2014: Wallabies hold meeting to clear the air ahead of Test with All Blacks Michael Hooper says the Wallabies team is still tight despite a drama-fuelled week that saw star playmaker Kurtley Beale stood down and a senior staff member quit. Adam Ashley-Cooper said a frank team meeting has the Wallabies on the right track. Source: News Corp Australia MILESTONE man Adam Ashley-Cooper has admitted that a frank team meeting in Brisbane last Sunday night was not a cure-all for the Wallabies woes but a positive start towards an accountability shake-up in the ranks. The team vice-captain said the meeting of players and besieged coach Ewen McKenzie did clear the air sufficiently to bring players and staff together to attack Saturday night's almost forgotten Test against the All Blacks in Brisbane. "It was a start and more than anything something has been learnt about how we can be honest with each other and how important communication is between the senior player group and the coaching staff," Ashley-Cooper said. "We basically spoke about becoming better and addressed each other with ideas and how we go about this week for our main objective which is to beat the All Blacks." Adam Ashley-Cooper prepares to catch a ball at Wallabies training at Ballymore. Source: News Corp Australia Better use of the bench, workrate and better execution of game plans were all raised by the players but Ashley-Cooper seemed to indicate that McKenzie did not use the forum to expand on any of his possible failings in the Kurtley Beale-Di Patston scandal. "Not necessarily," Ashley-Cooper said. On the verge of celebrating his 100th Test, the big-hearted utility back did stress he stood beside captain Michael Hooper in supporting Beale and hoping there was a way through his code of conduct tribunal hearing that will now not be held this week. "I think it's important to understand Kurtley is a teammate and we are always going to get behind a teammate," Ashley-Cooper said. "That's what we do... we unite, we stick together. "That's coaching staff included. We are one team." How much pressure McKenzie is under was reflected by a Sydney report late on Monday that Super Rugby-winning NSW coach Michael Cheika had been sounded out about the Wallabies job. The Wallabies hope a team meeting will work to reunite the side ahead of their final Rugby Championship clash against the All Blacks this weekend The Australian Rugby Union shot down the story but it again reflects the acid on a coach with just a 52 per cent winning record in Tests. "I can confirm the ARU has not had any conversations with any other coaches regarding the Wallabies coaching position," ARU boss Bill Pulver said. "Ewen is coaching the team this weekend and the next Friday, he will board the plane with the team for the Spring Tour and is contracted to lead the Wallabies to next year's Rugby World Cup." Words have been in far greater supply around the Wallabies over the past six weeks of damning inconsistency on the field and Ashley-Cooper was bluntly asked why fans should believe they could win against the world champions, who pounded them 51-20 in August. "I believe in this team and the guys involved. If I didn't have that belief I wouldn't be here," Ashley-Cooper said. When asked if McKenzie would be coach for the rest of the year, the nine-season Test utility back again said the Wallabies were in it together. Wallabies skipper Michael Hooper has given a strong show of support for Kurtley Beale when saying the scandal enveloping him is not a sacking offence. "I think so. It's important there are not too many changes made and we get back to winning," Ashley-Cooper said. That Hooper, Ashley-Cooper and other Wallabies are so staunch on backing Beale through this crisis hints at a flashpoint down the track when the Australian Rugby Union is likely to have an adverse finding to deal with out of his offensive photo-texting stupidity. Most of all, Ashley-Cooper said the imminent challenge of the All Blacks had grabbed back the focus. "If there's a team I wanted to face (for my 100th Test) it would be the All Blacks," Ashley-Cooper said. "It's surreal to think I've come this far. Playing the All Blacks in 2007 was my first real start in Test footy, I scored a try and we won at the MCG so that's kinda where all the momentum started in my career."
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Sophie Monk walks abused elephant during Thailand getaway She's been enjoying her luxurious stay in Thailand for the past week, sharing her experience with her fans on Instagram. But on Friday, Sophie Monk, 37, turned the growing attention away from herself to highlight a special cause. The Bachelorette shared a snap of herself walking alongside an elephant on a dirt road at the Phuket Elephant Sanctuary, in Thailand. Scroll down for video She looked radiant in a short, white, wrap dress matched with sandals strolling with the gentle giant in the beautiful Thai countryside. Share this article Share 139 shares Sophie, who is staying at the exclusive Trisara resort, captioned the post: 'Can't believe this poor animal was so abused but now look at her.' Clearly moved by the creature's story, she described the walk as: 'Such an eye opening experience ❤️ #phuketelephantsanctuary.' Also posted to her Instagram story was a short clip of herself patting the elephant's trunk, likely captured by her best friend Oscar Gordon who is accompanying her on the trip. Fans of the blonde beauty praised her for posting her experience on social media, including one who simply wrote: 'Aww so beautiful.' 'Heartbreaking! Thank you for using your platform to inform the world of the abuse and the amazing lady who has changed countless lives and given these gentle giants a home that is safe,' another said. 'It's sad there's c**ts in this world who abuse/tortures innocent animals. They're such beautiful creatures,' someone else added. Sophie recently explained to KIIS FM's hosts Dave Hughes and Kate Langbroek the reason behind her self-imposed exile was to stop herself from revealing the winner. '[I've gone to Thailand] to keep my mouth shut. And then look at me now, I answer the phone for you guys. I'm terrible,' she told Dave and Kate on Tuesday.
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Whisky: Glenmorangie "crowdsource" label design GLENMORANGIE have invited whisky fans to decide on the packaging for a new single malt, as part of an ongoing "crowdsourcing" project. Part of the distillery's Cask Masters programme, each element of the new Taghta bottling has been put to public vote. The name - Gaelic for "chosen" - was selected from a shortlist of three after thousands of suggestions were sent to the distillery. The spirit itself was chosen in an online poll, and events to mark the launch of the whisky will also be determined by a fans" vote. Members of the public uploaded design ideas to an online database, and London design house Butterfly Cannon has created three packaging suggestions for fans to choose from. Dr Bill Lumsden, Director of Distilling and Whisky Creation at Glenmorangie, said: "This is a wonderful opportunity for fans of Glenmorangie to really help create a new single malt whisky and the plans for its launch. Some of the ideas uploaded by the public have been truly inspirational, from lighthouses to parachutes to contestants competing in a Highland Games." Butterfly Cannon Founder, Jon Davies, said: "It has been amazing to get the chance to involve so many consumers in the creative process: I feel I have had a studio full of hundreds of creatives rather than tens!" Taghta will go on sale in 2014. • Vote for your favourite design at www.glenmorangie.com/caskmasters
• Glenglasshaugh launch 40 Year Old
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Orange Order rally in Portadown marks 500 years since Reformation Image caption The Orange Order parade passed through Portadown on Saturday evening A major Orange Order rally has taken place in Portadown to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Up to 60 marching bands paraded through the town to Shamrock Park, where a religious service was held. The rally is part of a series of events to mark the year Martin Luther publicly challenged the teachings of the Catholic church at Wittenberg, Germany. His actions are widely regarded as the beginning of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. Image caption A banner showing Martin Luther nailing a paper to Wittenberg church was carried in the parade
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Raunch culture isn't harmless - it hurts us all My brush with the seedy side of city life arose as I wondered how I might alleviate the financial burden on my widowed mother, who had heavily supplemented the modest grants (ah, those were the days) afforded my four sisters and I, who all attended university. Strolling down the street, I saw a hand-written notice in the net-curtained window of a shabby business premises, which said "Girls Needed." Why, I was a girl, was I not? The sign above the door read "Sauna." Yes, I know. What can I say? I was young, I was naïve; I was perfect. The penny didn't even drop when I crossed the threshold and encountered a sweaty man smelling of baby oil, wearing a towel and the look of a startled rabbit on seeing me, dressed like a particularly dweebish competitor on University Challenge. My interview was conducted by a large, ship's prow of a woman with badly dyed black hair, who was showing such a steep ravine of cleavage that I very nearly informed her that her top buttons had popped open. She looked astonished at almost everything about me, but assured me I could learn on the job, that I could start right away and that despite having no previous experience as a "masseuse" (slight cough), she felt I had the potential To Do Really Well. My head is (metaphorically speaking) in my hands as I type this, but I swear, I was so unworldly, so bloody stupid, I actually beamed with delight as she said that, as I was new to the "business," she would be happy to supply my uniform. I assumed she'd return with a white beautician's tunic. As soon as I clapped eyes on the tiny, fake leather mini skirt, the scales fell from my eyes faster than you could say "What exactly do you mean by 'extras"?" Back out on the pavement, I was mortified. When I later recounted all to my new university friends, they were mortified on my behalf, once they'd stopped hiccupping with laughter. Scroll forward two and a half decades, and they might well have been congratulating me on my empowerment and suggesting I bare all for those naked rowing, or hockey team calendars that, depressingly, now seem to be mandatory at Russell Group institutions. I know, of course, that pole dancing et al does not equate with prostitution; I also know respectable matrons who happily attend burlesque classes and can do all sorts of hitherto unimagined things with ostrich-feather fans. But the wider acceptance of raunch culture normalises the cynical merchandising of sex and sexuality, and contributes to the tawdry, amoral climate in which pre-teen boys routinely access revolting hard core porn on smartphones. I don't even condemn any grown-up for stripping off if they want to, or even if they have to. But young women are kidding themselves if they claim it's no different from working in a coffee bar and that bumping and grinding in a strip club hurts no one. It hurts us all. The panto season may have drawn to a close (oh yes it has!) but I'm almost hoarse from yelling at the Royal Bank of Scotland this week. First, I started booing RBS for posting deep losses for the sixth successive year, despite being bailed out by us mugs, the taxpayers. Then, I booed a little louder at the news that £576 million had been earmarked for performance-related bonuses. After that, I was cheering them (yes, and rousingly, to boot) for axing the sweetener rates used to lure in new customers, while their existing ones stand outside like unloved Dickensian urchins, nose pressed forlornly against the proverbial glass. That didn't last terribly long, however, because it was back to booing again, when RBS's mobile phone app crashed because too many account holders had the temerity to log on and check they had been paid. Actually, I suspect they were just making sure the bank hadn't forwarded their money straight into the staff biscuit kitty. This ongoing omnishambles would make for endless hilarity if it weren't so damned serious. Customers are left feeling not just angry but powerless, and nobody seems to be fighting their corner - with the exception of Business Secretary Vince Cable, and even he gets cross more than he gets even. As they say; give a man a gun and he can rob a bank. Give a man a bank and he can rob the world. Capsule Cate: Blanchett in one of the stunning outfits on display in Woody Allen's 'Blue Jasmine" | 1,002 | -6,693,215,776,987,579,000 | 2014-12-31 00:00:00 | null | null | null | null |
But that doesn't mean it's not there. If the time comes that we can detect the warming signal in cyclone activity well enough to make definitive statements, it will be because the storms have intensified to a frightening degree -- and irreversibly so, for all practical purposes. Sea level rise is a much more certain consequence of warming, already easily detectable. That alone will make flooding -- likely Yolanda's deadliest weapon -- a more severe consequence of storms as the sea starts higher before the surge. Today, as the Philippines reels from Yolanda, climate is not the main story. Our thoughts should be with the survivors and those rushing in to help them. The way to save people and property from tropical cyclones, in the near and medium-term, is to get them out of harm's way -- in the days before landfall to the extent that's possible; and, even better, by not putting them there in the first place. But the changes we are making to the climate are not likely to help. Follow us on Twitter @CNNOpinion. Join us on Facebook/CNNOpinion. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Adam Sobel.
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Katie Melua: "I've started making my wardrobe a uniform" My routine takes about an hour and a half. I like to play a classic Brazilian album called Elis and Tom by Regina Elis and Tom Jobim. It makes you think you are driving through Italy in a convertible in summer; it's an instant mood-changer. When I do my own makeup, I limit my options: I have one Mac eye colour, a neutral shade with a bit of shimmer, plus eyeliner and subtle mascara. I wear a little foundation and put Laura Mercier concealer around my nose, underneath my eyes and on any dark spots. I love the French philosophy that everything starts with great-looking skin. For lips, I like Mac's Ruby Woo, which I dab on my hand then rub in, so it looks as if your lips are tinted, rather than painted. I'm a fan of the upside-down blow dry and then smoothing out the top layers. My easy hair style is a low ponytail, but I'll usually wear my hair down if I'm performing. I've started making my wardrobe a uniform: I find that the fewer options I have, the better my state of mind. I love a classic, white silk shirt with dark trousers or jeans or a dark, knee-length skirt: timeless clothes that are not too fussy always work. I used to wear heels, but I want to give them up. I've discovered this great French brand, Repetto, which does classic flat shoes in different colours. I've worked with many stylists, but they are all about giving you lots of ideas and shaking up your wardrobe; these days I want to go minimalist. Making a decision on even the smallest things, such as what shoes or what colour top to wear, is brain fuel spent - I've other things that I love to think about, to do with my music. • Katie Melua's new album, In Winter, is released on 14 October.
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The following dataset is constructed using entirely historical data up to the cutoff date "31-12-2017". The data comes from the WMT News dataset (https://data.statmt.org/news-crawl/en/) and Wikipedia. This dataset is the training dataset for a GPT-2-small-based model, and is available on Huggingface at the following location: "TiMa/TiMaGPT2-2017".
The dataset uses the same license as the WMT News dataset (https://data.statmt.org/news-crawl/README) as this is the less permissive license of the datasets that create this training dataset, further details are outlined in the paper.
Please refer to and cite the following paper when using this dataset in any downstream applications:
@inproceedings{drinkall-tima-2024, title = "Time Machine GPT", author = "Drinkall, Felix and Zohren, Stefan and Pierrehumbert, Janet", booktitle = "Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: NAACL 2024", month = june, year = "2024", publisher = "Association for Computational Linguistics" }
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