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==Lead / Introduction== the first part of the page doesn't make any sense. currently, this is what it says: "Dysentery (formerly known as flux or the bloody flux) is a disorder of the digestive system that results in severe diarrhea containing mucus and blood in the feces. Sometimes these contents are described as "blood and/or mucus", and sometimes "blood and mucus". In either case, it represents the consequences of mucosal invasion of the intestine." the second part makes no sense. how can it be described as "blood AND/OR mucus" and sometimes "blood AND mucus"? whoever wrote this must not know what the term "and/or" means. what's shocking is there are footnotes next to them. is it blood AND, OR, or AND/OR mucus? choose one. the entire second sentence isn't even needed. i would delete it myself, but a year ago i was banned for months for making simple changes like this. apparently some of the moderators don't know what the hell they're doing, and just ASSUME people are vandalizing shit when they aren't. Does anyone know who discovered the causes of this disease? Sweetfreek I don't know who wrote the group of unsigned paragraphs at the top. I created a new section to accommodate them and edited the text. Since amebic dysentery is a subset of dysentery, the use of "and/or" is justified. The reference to New World was a non-sequitur, distracting from global prevalence. Cut. Martindo (talk) I have a feeling the third paragraph in the intro is vandalism. Not to mention there are several spelling errors. "Since December, 2010 a record breaking number of confirmed "Dysentery" cases has been confirmed. Studied now show that 1 in 5 humans have the bacteria known to cause fatalities in their intestional system. This form of bacteria is a mutant species named "MiPo 12". There is currently no known treatment. Most infected will have surgery to remove the intestine and die a painful death." Jeshak (talk) == WP:VITAL == This disease is listed on VITAL, yet lacks sources, a good historical outline and various other instruments essential to a good medical encyclopedia article. I'll do some work on this tonight, but help from someone with more microbiology background would be appreciated. JFW | T@lk I know dysentery was a major problem for European medieval armies. Yet it isn't mentioned here at all... RobertM525 == The Treatment Paragraph == Being relativly new to Wiki i wouldn;t know how to cite a source or to tell someone that that paragraph is DIRECTLY copied from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/medical_notes/4134539.stm Thanks.not so m uch Okay...The part about eating camel crap as a treatment.... Somebody needs to cite a source or something. I suspect vandalism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.87.74.15 (talk) == copyvio re. BBC article == BBC article "The main symptom of epidemic dysentery is bloody diarrhea. Other common symptoms include abdominal cramps, fever and rectal pain. Less frequent complications can include a form of blood poisoning known as sepsis, seizures and kidney failure." In adults, dysentery caused by bacteria usually subsides spontaneously. But in children, and other vulnerable groups, the condition can be treated with antibiotics. However, Shigella dysenteriae type 1 (Sd1) has, in recent years, become increasingly resistant to drug treatments. This resistance is plasmid-mediated. Among people who have become dehydrated as a result of the disease, the key is to replenish their fluid stocks as quickly as possible. This can be done using oral rehydration electrolytes or intravenous fluids. Amoebic dysentery is usually treated with a combination of drugs. These include an amoebicide to kill the parasite, an antibiotic to treat any associated bacterial infection, and a drug to combat infection of the liver and other tissues. The culprit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Razasharpe —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.91.253.123 (talk • contribs) 01:11, 22 July 2007 Excellent catch - thanks for removing the offending section.

Dysentery

Karaköy is a village in the District of Aydın, Aydın Province, Turkey. As of 2010 it had a population of 328 people. ==References== Populated places in Aydın Province Aydın District Villages in Turkey

Karaköy, Aydın

[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Hub_Network&diff=prev&oldid=562472610 And of course, there's that good ole obsession of his about the defunct soap opera, Guiding Light, returning to the TV Land channel. He's been claiming that for years now. Funny this has yet to happen. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_programs_broadcast_by_TV_Land&diff=prev&oldid=440019717 Farine (talk) ======Comments by other users====== Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims. ======Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments====== The evidence above has convinced me, I've blocked the IP for a month (judging by the edit history, that seems to be about the length of time that William has been using it). ----

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Neues Museum Nürnberg is a museum for modern and contemporary art and design in Nuremberg, Germany. It was opened in April 2000. ==References== ==External links== Museum website Modern art museums in Germany Art museums and galleries in Germany Art museums established in 2000 Museums in Nuremberg 2000 establishments in Germany

Neues Museum Nürnberg

His second wife also brought him a large dowry. The couple had four children, two sons and two boys. His second wife's attitude to Teniers' children from his first marriage would later divide the family in legal battles. Teniers petitioned the king of Spain to be admitted to the aristocracy but gave up when the condition imposed was that he should give up painting for money. In 1660 Teniers' Theatrum Pictorium was published in Brussels. When Don Juan of Austria ended his term as Governor General of the Southern Netherlands in January 1659, Teniers appears to have withdrawn from active court duty. He purchased from the husband of Hélène Fourment, the widow of Rubens, a country estate called the 'Drij Toren' ('Three towers') located in Perk, in the environs of Brussels and Vilvoorde. Teniers did not cut his links with Antwerp while living and working in Brussels. Teniers maintained close contacts with artists as well as the influential art dealers in Antwerp. In particular; the firm of Matthijs Musson was instrumental in building Teniers' international reputation. At the behest of his Antwerp colleagues of the Guild of Saint Luke, Teniers became the driving force behind the foundation of the Academy in Antwerp, only the second of such type of institution in Europe after the one in Paris. The artist used his connections and sent his son David to Madrid to assist in the negotiation to successfully obtain the required licence from the Spanish King. There were great celebrations in Antwerp when, on 26 January 1663, Teniers came from Brussels with the royal charter creating the Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts, the existence of which was due entirely to his persistence. When in 1674 the existence of the Academy was threatened he again used his influence at the Spanish court to save the institution. As a court painter Teniers was not required to become member of a local guild. Nevertheless, he became a member of the Brussels Guild of Saint Luke in 1675. In his later years Teniers was also active as an art dealer and he organised art auctions. This brought him into conflict with his fellow artists who started proceedings to prohibit him from holding an auction in 1683. Teniers argued that he needed the proceeds of the auction because his children were suing him for their mother's part of her estate. The matter was finally settled between the parties themselves. In his final years he lost his second wife and was involved in further lawsuits over her estate with the two surviving children of his second wife. There is evidence that in these years he suffered a decline in his prosperity and that his output was diminished. On 25 April 1690 David Teniers died in Brussels. His pupils included his son David, Ferdinand Apshoven the Younger, Thomas van Apshoven, Jan de Froey, Aert Maes, Abraham Teniers, and Aert van Waes. Gillis van Tilborgh is also presumed to have studied under Teniers. ==Work== ===Themes=== Teniers was known as a hard worker who was extremely prolific. About two thousand paintings are thought to have been painted by the artist. He was extremely versatile and tried his hand at all the genres then practised in Flanders including, genre, landscape, portrait and still life. Teniers is particularly known for developing the peasant genre, the tavern scene and scenes with alchemists and physicians. He also painted many religious scenes among which stand out his many compositions treating the subjects of the Temptation of St Anthony and hermit saints in grottoes or deserts. ===Evolution=== Teniers' early works show the influence of Elsheimer. This influence was transmitted to him through his father, who had studied under Elsheimer in Rome and is regarded as a follower of Elsheimer. Elsheimer was mainly known for his small cabinet paintings characterised by their innovative treatment of landscape and light effects. Another major influence on David Teniers the Younger's early work was the work of the Flemish painter Adriaen Brouwer. Adriaen Brouwer was working in Antwerp from the mid 1620s to the mid 1630s after an extended residence in Haarlem. He was an important innovator of genre painting through his vivid depictions of peasants, soldiers and other 'lower class' individuals, whom he showed engaged in drinking, smoking, card or dice playing, fighting, music making etc. usually in taverns or rustic settings. Brouwer also contributed to the development of the genre of tronies, i.e. head or facial studies, which investigate varieties of expression.

David Teniers the Younger

This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page. The result of the debate was delete this article. BD2412 has requested that another article replace this one, this request will be honored. Sjakkalle (Check!) ===Xinjiao=== is this really important enough for an encyclopedia? It seems more like an advert to me. PeterLean 8 July 2005 10:02 (UTC) Delete PeterLean 8 July 2005 10:02 (UTC) Delete: it isn't really in the style of an advertisement, but it surely appears non-notable in topic. Seeaxid 8 July 2005 10:10 (UTC) Delete - an advert masquerading as an encyclopaedia article. Thryduulf 8 July 2005 11:43 (UTC) Delete NN A curate's egg 8 July 2005 12:50 (UTC) Delete; nn, advert. Jaxl 8 July 2005 14:19 (UTC) Delete non-notable advert. When this is deleted, will someone please drop a note on my talk page, so I can write an article on the town of Xinjiao, in the Haizhu District of Guangzhou, China, where my wife and my mother-in-law once took a lovely trip....or if you could, just move the article I've written here. Cheers! ''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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.

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James Harrison (1814–66) was an English architect who practised in Chester, Cheshire, England. He is considered to be a pioneer of the Black-and-white Revival, an example of which is 51–53, Bridge Street, Chester, built in 1858. In 1862 he rebuilt the medieval timber-framed God's Providence House in Chester, which has been described as "the first conservation case in the modern sense". He designed new churches in Gothic Revival style, some of which have been designated as listed buildings, including Holy Ascension Church, Upton by Chester, Holy Trinity Church, Capenhurst, St Luke's Church, Dunham on the Hill, and Holy Trinity Church, Chester. Harrison also made alterations to other churches, including the virtual rebuilding of St Michael's Church, Chester, rebuilding the nave of All Saints Church, Handley, and working on the tower of the Church of St Mary-on-the Hill, Chester. He designed the Trustee Savings Bank in Chester, and converted the medieval St Nicholas' Chapel in Chester into a concert hall. Harrison worked for Robert Balfour, building farms on his Bolesworth estate, and at Tattenhall Hall. ==See also== List of works by James Harrison ==References== Bibliography 1814 births 1866 deaths 19th-century English architects English ecclesiastical architects Gothic Revival architects People from Chester

James Harrison (architect)

Bill and Hillary Clinton resort to using Groupon to generate ticket sales Bill and Hillary Clinton have been forced to resort to selling half price tickets for their 13-city tour on Groupon in a desperate bid to put bums on seats. The former president and first lady launched their tour in a Canadian hockey arena last Tuesday to an underwhelming crowd and swaths of empty seats. Ticket prices were plummeting shortly before the event, with the cheapest seats selling on Stubhub for single-digits - $6.55 Canadian Dollars, or less than $5. Now the couple are taking drastic action to avoid another embarrassment on the next stop on their An Evening With the Clintons tour. They have slashed tickets by up to 60 per cent, and even offered them on Groupon, to try and entice more fans to come and listen to them speak. The Clintons, pictured at last week's event 'An Evening with the Clintons' in Toronto On the official site, there were still seats for the tour available for up to $325, with other floor seats going for $83 plus a hefty service charge, but on Groupon, they can be picked up for as little as $35. The tour is currently on a break for the holidays and reconvenes in New York on April 11, 2019, before moving on to nine other cities including DC, Boston, LA and Las Vegas. For their May 19 show at The Forum in Inglewood, California, - which seats more than 17,000 - tickets usually priced at $77 are now going for $35, with $120 tickets discounted to $50, and $175 seats down to $72. Despite the site telling customers that 'tickets are selling fast!' with 'limited time remaining,' it appears that less than 450 discounted tickets have actually been sold A Groupon deal for the Clinton's talk is for the liberal stronghold of Los Angeles where one would imagine the political power couple should be able to pull in the numbers. New York Times columnist wrote in an op-ed that it was 'curtains for the Clintons': 'I'm still looking at large swaths of empty seats - and I cringe at the thought that the Clintons will look out and see that, too. It was only four years ago, after all, that Canadians were clamoring to buy tickets to see the woman who seemed headed for history,' Dowd wrote. 'I can't fathom why the Clintons would make like aging rock stars and go on a tour of Canada and the U.S. at a moment when Democrats are hoping to break the stranglehold of their cloistered, superannuated leadership and exult in a mosaic of exciting new faces,' she continued. 'What is the point? It's not inspirational. It's not for charity. They're not raising awareness about a cause, like Al Gore with global warming. They're only raising awareness about the Clintons.' In Toronto, organizers blocked off the upper deck of seats. Officials said the Clintons sold about 3,300 seats in a venue that can hold about 19,000 for a big hockey game when the Maple Leafs play. About 1,000 people bought closer seats on the floor. Live Nation, which is promoting the event, described it as a 'one-of-a-kind conversations with the two leaders as they tell their stories from some of the most impactful moments in modern history.' An entire bank of seats on the floor, where tickets that were being sold for $111 on an official ticketing site, remained empty during the event As billed in advance, the paid event 'will feature joint on stage conversations with the two leaders sharing stories and inspiring anecdotes that shaped their historic careers in public service, while also discussing issues of the day and looking towards the future.' The power pair were seated on two upholstered chars on stage, with low lighting and a mixing board in the back - a simple setup that also helps to keeps costs down. The Clinton's took heat during Hillary's 2016 campaign for their $153 million in paid speeches dating back to 2001, drawing fire from Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump and in media reports. But those events were bankrolled by major corporations, not individual donors who are ponying up to see the famous pair together on stage. Their next scheduled 'Evening with the Clintons' event is not until April 11 in the firmly Democratic territory of New York City. During last week's engagement, the Clintons riffed on issues ranging form the U.S. elections to the Iran deal, the killing of Osama bin Laden, and the murder of Saudi dissident Khashoggi, and got a warm reception from the crowd as they jabbed at the Trump administration from north of the border. Entire banks of empty seats were seen to be available on a floor plan of the arena

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Jobless rates up across racial groups in August By Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Unemployment rates rose for all major racial and ethnic groups in August as well as for the prime age group of 25-to-54-year-olds. Black Americans' jobless rate rose from 7.4 percent to 7.7 percent as the number of unemployed climbed. The unemployment rate for Asians was also higher, though for positive reasons: More people began actively seeking work and were counted as unemployed if they didn't immediately find a job. At the same time, recent veterans found jobs last month. The unemployment rate for those who have served in the armed forces anytime since September 2001 dropped to 4.2 percent, the lowest level since May 2016. All told, employers added 156,000 jobs in August. The overall unemployment rate ticked up to 4.4 percent from 4.3 percent in July. The data for demographic groups came from a survey of households that is part of the Labor Department's monthly jobs report. Share or comment on this article Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

2017-12-31 00:00:00

Complex: When Vodafone charged £137.08 for calling a rival firm's directory, they had made a pure profit on that call of almost exactly £100. Yet Vodafone continued to insist the £5 a minute charge was not their fault So I contacted Vodafone's head office and said I was giving them one last chance to come clean about whether £5 a minute was their standard charge for a call by their customers to Orange directories. And, if it was, where was this charge published, as the industry regulations require? And at that point, the firm admitted: "We're very sorry, but £5 a minute is our charge. We don't know why you were told it wasn't. It must have been human error." At last! It had taken me two weeks to establish who had really profited from my call to 118 000. A spokeswoman for Orange - when I eventually got hold of them - said: "It is the carrier's decision on what rates they set. In this case, Vodafone has set the rate at £5 for a call to the Orange 118 000 directory inquiries for its customers. We can confirm that this is not the rate set by Orange." Vodafone charges For Vodafone directories 118 881 - 85p per minute For Orange directories 118 000 - £5 a minute For "The Number" 118 118 - £3.25 a minute For BT directories 118 500 - £2.71 a minute Orange/EE charges For Orange directories 118 000 - £1.29 a minute For Vodafone directories 118 881 - £1.80 (to get a number) then £1.20 a minute if the call is connected For 118 118 - £2.25 a minute For BT 118 500 - £1.80 a minute Virgin Mobile charges For Virgin's own service 118 180 - free (up to ten calls a day) For Orange directories - price not listed For "The Number" 118 118 For BT directories 118 500 - £2.39 a minute Only the most persistent person - one like me - would have bothered getting to the bottom of this scandal. But what chance does the average customer have of being able to navigate such a system? In fact, the 118 system is so complex and so complained-about that the regulator Ofcom is set to overhaul it. From July, phone companies will not be able to hide their 118 charges as easily, or levy complex rates where the true cost to the consumer is hidden. A big part of the problem is that there are two different elements to these calls: the cost that all the different directory inquiry companies, with their own call centres often in different countries, charge you for their services; and the cost your phone provider, like Vodafone, charges you to access them. At the moment, if you unwittingly dial the wrong number and use a directory service which isn't your own phone provider's, that second element - the "access charge" - can be extortionate. And, as I found out, it is very difficult to find out how much it is. But, under the new rules, phone companies will have to publish prominently what you have to pay, and furthermore, the extra charge will have to be exactly the same for all the different directory inquiry services they allow you to access. The idea is that if customers know and understand what they are being charged, competition will drive the cost down. They will have to make it clear, for example: "Calls cost 1.20p per minute plus your phone company's access charge." I'm still not convinced this is simple enough for customers to find out the total cost of the call as it will appear on their bill. After all, you would still need to contact your provider or check your contract to ascertain the access charge. But Ofcom insist it will be an improvement. If so, then it is about time. The 118 swindle is all the more disappointing for the customer because the proliferation of these phone firms was supposed to be a great liberation of the market and drive down prices. But as with the electricity and gas firms, deregulation has not brought the promised savings. In fact, if anything, it has allowed the phone companies to drive up prices. Indeed, it makes one long for the old days when there was just one BT number to dial for directory inquiries. Only the most persistent person - one like me - would have bothered getting to the bottom of this scandal. But what chance does the average customer have of being able to navigate such a system? When that old 192 number, costing a mere 40p a minute, was abolished in 2003 and the industry opened up to competition, 118 was made the new prefix for all the new services.

2015-12-31 00:00:00

A typhoon shelter () is a shelter for fishing boats during typhoons. These facilities are often found in Hong Kong. ==Structure== In its usual form, a typhoon shelter is in the form of a bay or a cove, with a narrow opening for access, as most of the opening to the seas are blocked by a man-made breakwater. ==Usage== A typhoon shelter, as its name suggests, is used by small to medium ships as a shelter against gale-force winds and rough seas during a typhoon strike. It is also used to moor yachts, the shelter in Causeway Bay in Hong Kong is often used for that purpose, and some typhoon shelters have wharves for cargo. ==Life in typhoon shelters== Before the 1990s, there was a fairly large population living on boats in typhoon shelters. Many of them were the descendants of fishermen or boat people. They developed a distinct culture that is different from the mainstream cultures found in Hong Kong. The culture is, by many definitions, a fully developed one, with its own language, wedding rituals and other things such as food, songs and superstitions. The life and culture of the descendants of these fishermen has often been glamourised, and effectively hid the truth of the extreme poverty that existed among these people. Since they often had to go out to sea to fish, the children of a fisherman's family often did not go to school. This created the need for "floating schools", operated by religious organisations, to educate children living in typhoon shelters. Also, as the catch was variable income was not steady. Finally, as it is impossible to establish proper plumbing and garbage collection services among these boats, sanitary conditions in typhoon shelters during the time there were many people living there were less than desirable. ==Typhoon shelter crab== Typhoon shelter crab (), a dish served in many Hong Kong Chinese restaurants, is believed to have originated from the typhoon shelters. It is commonly prepared with crab meat, garlic, scallion, red chili and black beans. ==Present day== Hong Kong's status as a fishing city continues to decline, the descendants of the fishermen have moved onshore, and the so-called "Typhoon Shelter" culture is rapidly being lost. The function of typhoon shelters remains unchanged, however, and their existence is still vital to Hong Kong. Some restaurants serving typhoon shelter-style cuisine have moved to shops onshore. ==See also== Harbor List of typhoon shelters in Hong Kong Cuisine of Hong Kong ==References==

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When the Candidates Come to Town It was Ted Cruz who got there first. On March 23, 2015, the senator from Texas announced his candidacy for President, the first major player in the 2016 race, and only four days later Cruz was in Merrimack, New Hampshire at a rally organized by the Conservative Business League. Since then, Cruz has made 16 visit and 76 stops in the state, but the candidates who have visited the most - Jeb Bush, George Pataki, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey Graham, Chris Christie, and John Kasich - have clocked in over 100 stops in the state, at rallies, brunches, lunches, house parties, community centers, veterans halls, hotel ballrooms, diners, restaurants, and bars. Like Iowa before it, the New Hampshire primary is a long, hard slog for the candidates, who must flirt with its citizens in an endless game of "will they or won't they?" Photographer M. Scott Brauer was on the road with the candidates for much of the early campaigning: "There's a joke in New Hampshire that the voters don't make up their mind until they've personally seen a candidate at least three times." Dr. Ben Carson at a town hall campaign stop at the Castleton Banquet and Conference Center in Windham, New Hampshire, August 13, 2015. The first New Hampshire primary took place on March 14, 1916. The primary was originally scheduled for May, but "frugal New Hampshirites had realized it was wasteful to light the Town Hall twice," and the date of the first official primary was moved up to coincide with the annual town hall meeting day on March 14. The primary didn't hold the political significance it has today has until 1952, the first primary in which voters could cast a ballot for the candidate directly, rather than for delegates to represent their interests at the National Convention. This change is what set the New Hampshire primaries apart from the Iowa caucuses, which still elect delegates.

2016-12-31 00:00:00

30 Car Bombs, 10 as Big as Oklahoma City Blast The State Department is sharing new details about the deadly fighting in Ramadi, Iraq, last Sunday, saying the city fell into ISIS hands after the militant group set off 30 suicide car bombs in the city center, 10 of which each were comparable in power to the Oklahoma City truck bomb of 1995. The explosions took out???entire city blocks,??? said a senior State Department official who spoke to reporters at the State Department Wednesday on condition that he not be named. The vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices, or VBIEDs, were able to gain access to the city center after an armored bulldozer plowed through T-wall barricades lining the city's critical government buildings, the official said, adding that the same bulldozer was later used as a power VBIED, itself. Soon after the bombs went off, the Iraqis deployed a reinforcing column into the city center, but they were forced to retreat after coming under heavy enemy fire, the official said. That retreat led to a larger exodus of Iraqi security forces and the civilian populations, leaving the streets looking???barren,??? according to this official. The State Department and the Pentagon insist the fall of Ramadi does not closely resemble that of Mosul in 2014, when, after only a week of fighting, Islamic State forces were able to take over the entire city as ISF forces abandoned the posts, equipment and even their uniforms. The State Department official argued that Ramadi has been fiercely contested for 18 months, as both sides controlled equal parts of the city. It wasn???t until the critical government center fell this weekend that ISIS was able to lay claim to the entire provincial capital. But the official admitted that, in this case, the Iraqi forces did leave some U.S.-made weapons behind. The official suggested that if the enemy attempts to commandeer any of the bigger weapons, they would be killed in airstrikes.???I???m told that when we see Daesh [another word for ISIS or ISIL] trying to get ahold of that equipment, we???ll take care of that problem,??? the State Department official said. The official also argued that, unlike what happened in Mosul, the Iraqi forces have not collapsed. Rather, they have???regrouped??? and???consolidated??? and remain mostly intact while they make plans for a counter-offensive, the official said.

2015-12-31 00:00:00

Hospital bed shortage exposed - Telegraph The report reveals potentially dangerous levels of overcrowding on NHS wards, which have now breached recommended safety limits in every quarter for the past two years. Experts said many hospitals were full, with elderly people forced to endure long waits on trolleys, and shunted from ward to ward, while operations were too often being cancelled for want of a bed. The OECD report discloses that Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, the Slovak Republic, Estonia and Slovenia now all have far more beds for their population than the UK and Ireland. In Europe, only Sweden - which has invested heavily in community care - has fewer beds for its population, with 2.71 beds per 1,000 people, the report shows. Further afield, countries such as Japan and South Korea have still higher numbers of beds, with 13.4 beds per 1,000 people and 9.56 per 1,000 people respectively. The lowest number of beds per capita was found beyond Europe, in countries such as India, Mexico, Chile and Indonesia. Chris Hopson, chief executive of the Foundation Trust network, which represents NHS hospitals, said: "These figures show that NHS hospitals are operating at near full capacity all the time. There is no slack in the system and trusts are constantly juggling their resources to meet patient demand." He said hospitals were not always the best place for many vulnerable patients, but added it was not safe to scale back such services any further until better community services were in place. "We must avoid situations where elderly people are moved from one bed to the next, or forced to endure long waits on trolleys, but it's not easy because of the pressure the system is under," he said. Infection control experts advise that bed occupancy should not rise higher than 85 per cent because of an increased risk of superbugs when there is not enough time to clean beds properly between patients. The OECD report shows that in 2011, 84 per cent of NHS beds were full at any one time - above the OECD average of 78 per cent. Latest data indicate that, since then, hospitals in the UK have become still more crowded. Official NHS figures disclose that in England, occupancy rates reached 87.6 per cent last year - and have remained above 85 per cent ever since. Katherine Murphy, chief executive of the Patients Association said: "These figures are shocking. This shows a system stretched to breaking point." She said too many vulnerable people were being parcelled from one ward to the next or sent home in the middle of the night to make space for new arrivals. "We hear about people being moved around from one ward to the other to create bed space, patients being left waiting in corridors for hours, or being cared for on the trolleys while waiting for a bed leading to unsafe and undignified care," she added. Gaetan Lafortune, a senior economist in the OECD's health division, said the rising occupancy levels were a "source of concern" and warned that bed shortages could soon lead to increases in waiting times. The findings emerged as senior managers and doctors accused MPs of treating the NHS as a "political football" and failing to have an "open discussion" about the level of services the public can expect with existing funding levels. The report, by the NHS Confederation, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, the Healthcare Financial Management Association and the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, said the balance between rising demand for services and static funding "cannot be maintained." A Department of Health spokesman said: "Bed numbers are not an accurate marker for good care. The NHS is treating people quicker than ever, and more care is being delivered in the community, so far fewer need to stay overnight - which is often better for patients who prefer being at home."

2014-12-31 00:00:00

local p = require('Module:UnitTests') function p:test_main() local lang = mw.language.getContentLanguage() local currentTime = lang:formatDate( 'U' ) local jul09 = currentTime - lang:formatDate( 'U', '1 July 2009' ) local secondssincejul09 = math.floor( jul09 ) local minutessincejul09 = math.floor( jul09 / 60 ) local dayssincejul09 = math.floor( jul09 / 86400 ) local weekssincejul09 = math.floor( jul09 / 604800 ) local monthssincejul09 = math.floor( jul09 / 2678400 ) local yearssincejul09 = math.floor( jul09 / 31557600 ) local monthssincesep13 = math.floor( ( currentTime - lang:formatDate( 'U', '15 September 2013' ) ) / 2678400 ) local monthsuntiljul49 = math.floor( ( lang:formatDate ( 'U', '1 July 2049' ) - currentTime ) / 2678400 ) local yearsuntilaug57 = math.floor( ( lang:formatDate ( 'U', '4 August 2057' ) - currentTime ) / 31557600 ) self:preprocess_equals(, monthssincesep13..'months ago') self:preprocess_equals(, '0 seconds ago') self:preprocess_equals(, monthssincesep13..'months ago ()') self:preprocess_equals(, '0 seconds ago ()') self:preprocess_equals(, yearssincejul09..'years ago') self:preprocess_equals(, minutessincejul09..'minutes ago') self:preprocess_equals(, dayssincejul09..'days ago') self:preprocess_equals(, weekssincejul09..'weeks ago') self:preprocess_equals(, monthssincejul09..'months ago') self:preprocess_equals(, monthsuntiljul49..'months\' time') self:preprocess_equals(, 'Error: first parameter cannot be parsed as a date or time.') self:preprocess_equals(, secondssincejul09..'seconds ago') self:preprocess_equals(, '0 seconds ago') self:preprocess_equals(, secondssincejul09..'seconds ago') self:preprocess_equals(, yearsuntilaug57..'years\' time') self:preprocess_equals(, monthssincesep13..'months in the past') self:preprocess_equals(, '0 weeks ago') self:preprocess_equals(, monthssincesep13..'months') self:preprocess_equals(, 'twelve months ago') self:preprocess_equals(, 'twelve months ago') self:preprocess_equals(, '12 months ago') self:preprocess_equals(, '12 months ago') self:preprocess_equals(, 'four years ago') self:preprocess_equals(, weekssincejul09..'weeks ago') self:preprocess_equals_preprocess(,,'

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Ivanka Negotiated Trump Hotel Venue Rental to Inaugural Committee, Raising Concern About "When This Is Audited": Report Ivanka Trump reportedly oversaw negotiations for the price the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., paid her father's inaugural committee for venue rentals, with the event planner raising concerns of overcharging. A top planner with the 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee emailed Ivanka Trump and other Trump Organization employees to "express my concern" about potential event-space overcharging by the hotel and what could occur "when this is audited," ProPublica reported on Friday. Any charges over the going rate could be violations of tax law. Peter Mirijanian, a spokesman for Ivanka Trump's lawyer Abbe Lowell, downplayed Ivanka Trump's role in the matter. "When contacted by someone working on the inauguration, Ms. Trump passed the inquiry on to a hotel official and said only that any resulting discussions should be at a "fair market rate,"" Mirijanian told ProPublica, without providing evidence of that rate. "Ms. Trump was not involved in any additional discussions." Ivanka Trump was a Trump Organization executive vice president in December 2016, when the inaugural events were being planned, and reportedly was preparing to relocate from New York to Washington, D.C. Emails obtained by ProPublica showed that Ivanka Trump was asked to address a dispute between her family's hotel and the event planners about overcharging concerns. The soon-to-be first daughter and senior White House adviser referred Rick Gates, who was deputy to the inaugural chairman, to hotel managing director Mickael Damelincourt. The original price was unclear, but Damelincourt offered a new $175,000-per-day rate for the Presidential Ballroom and other meeting rooms, and $700,000 for four days. Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, an inauguration lead organizer, emailed Ivanka Trump and Gates. "I wanted to follow up on our conversation and express my concern," Wolkoff wrote in December. "These events are in PE's [the president-elect's] honor at his hotel and one of them is for family and close friends. Please take into consideration that when this is audited it will become public knowledge." Wolkoff wrote that the inaugural committee had been offered other event spaces free of charge, saying, "I understand that compared to the original pricing this is great but we should look at the whole context." Wolkoff asked for a daily rate of $85,000. A spokeswoman for the inaugural committee told ProPublica she was "not aware of any pending investigations and has not been contacted by any prosecutors," and that "we simply have no evidence the investigation exists." Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, dance at the Freedom Inaugural Ball at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2017. Trump was reportedly involved in how much the Trump International Hotel charged the inaugural committee for venue space. Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images The Ivanka Trump findings are new, but the inaugural committee has been marred with controversy before. It raised a record $107 million but donated only $3 million to hurricane relief efforts, and $1.75 million to groups that maintain the White House and home of the vice president. But $51 million was divided roughly in half between two companies, including WIS Media Partners, a firm founded by Wolkoff, who is a longtime friend of first lady Melania Trump.

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Ireland secured a Six Nations Grand Slam at Twickenham with a 25-14 victory over England. Joe Schmidt's side led from the first to the final whistle, with tries from Garry Ringrose, Jacob Stockdale and CJ Stander carrying them to victory. Here, Sportsmail's GLEN WILLIAMS runs the rule over both sets of players from Twickenham... Share this article Share 14 shares Anthony Watson - 5 Made a hash of the high ball for Ringrose's try. Pulled off with injury in first half. Jonny May - 6 Unable to make a huge impact due to the arm-wrestle nature of the game but went over late on. Jonathan Joseph - 6 Tried to inject some pace but was defended expertly by Ringrose. Ben Te'o - 6 Intriguing battle with Aki in midfield. Came into it a little more in the second half. Elliot Daly - 7 Easily England's best back. Scored two tries and always looked the most likely Owen Farrell - 6.5 Ireland's first try started with his silly late tackle on Rob Kearney. Slightly redeemed himself with grubber for Daly's score. Richard Wigglesworth - 6 Looked comfortable enough with his Saracens half-back partner outside him. Mako Vunipola - 5 Needs to get that spark back. Was up against a quality Irish front row. Dylan Hartley - 6 Had the bit between his teeth on his return and made a few strong carries. Kyle Sinckler - 5.5 Penalised a couple of times for ill-discipline. Some exciting glimpses in open play, however. Maro Itoje - 5 Conceded a couple of penalties and looked well off the pace. Looks very tired. George Kruis - 6 His impact in the lineout was felt from the off but had a relatively quiet afternoon. Chris Robshaw - 6 Work rate again cannot be questioned but the Irish back row were just immense. James Haskell - 7 Put in 100 per cent and ran his socks off, especially when the game broke up. Sam Simmonds - 6 Tight game didn't suit his style. Found it difficult to utilise his pace in open play. Replacements Jamie George (On for Hartley 58") - 6 A tough afternoon for all English front rows. Unable to affect the game in a great way. Joe Marler (On for Vunipola, 54) - 6 Made a couple of big hits as the game opened up late on Dan Cole (On for Sinckler 53") - 6 Steadied the scrum after he was introduced, which was much needed. Joe Launchbury (On for Kruis 70") - 6 Had little time to really make an impact on proceedings. Don Armand (On for Simmonds 66") - 6 Earned his second cap. A willing runner when England were chasing the game. Danny Care (On for Wigglesworth 59") - 6 Stuck to his task well. His kicking, as ever, a useful tool. George Ford (On for Joseph 26") - 6.5 Made a difference when introduced with his distribution and link-up play with Farrell. Mike Brown (On for Watson 33") - 6 Ireland's kicking game really tested him but lovely offload for Daly's second. Rob Kearney - 8 Solid as ever under the high ball and cut some lovely lines in attack. Keith Earls - 6.5 Solid defensive display from the wing. Massive hit on May in the second half. Garry Ringrose - 8 On hand to mop up the first try and tested his opposite number in defence. Bundee Aki - 6.5 Sliced through England's defence for the second try. Perhaps lucky to escape without a yellow for shoulder barge on Daly. Jacob Stockdale - 7.5 Wonderful chip and gather for crucial third try. First player to score seven in one championship. Johnny Sexton - 7 One awful miss from the tee but controlled the game nicely with Murray from then on. Conor Murray - 8.5 Speed of play and game management was tremendous. Superb with the boot, too. Cian Healy - 8 Had the beating of his opposite number at scrum time. Reliable as ever. Rory Best - 6.5 A solid showing from the Ireland skipper. Crucial to their excellent set piece. Tadhg Furlong - 8 Excellent carrying option when Ireland went short off No 9. Solid in set piece, too. James Ryan - 8 Impressed in his breakthrough campaign. Looks a real find for this Ireland side.

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Channel 5 to show Josh Taylor's first title fight in Edinburgh Edinburgh's undefeated boxer Josh Taylor will contest his first professional title fight against Dave Ryan at Meadowbank on Friday, October 21, which will be screened live by Channel 5. Both boxers will go head-to-head for the vacant Commonwealth super lightweight title, a belt Ryan (17-9), won in 2014 before surrendering the accolade to to John Wayne Hibbert in December. Taylor, 25, a 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medallist, has enjoyed an unblemished start to life in the paid ranks after signing with Cyclone promoter and former super featherweight champion Barry McGuigan last summer. The Prestonpans star has registered six consecutive knockouts, his most recent coming against Evincii Dixon in New York last month. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10am and are available from www.ticketmaster.co.uk or telephone 0844 844 0444.

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Washington settles mudslide lawsuit for $50 million OSO, Wash., Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Lawyers for families of people who died during a mudslide in Washington more than two years ago announced a settlement with the state for $50 million, though they say that will not put an end to the case. The state of Washington agreed to a $50 million settlement with the families of those who died in a 2014 mudslide in Oso, leaving a timber company as the lone defendant in the civil suit that will start Monday morning. The settlement comes two-and-a-half years after a mudslide near the North Fork Stillaguamish River in Washington killed 43 people, destroyed 49 buildings and closed a state highway for six months of repairs. The families filed suit based on documents showing the cause of the disaster was covered-up, including information that may have helped people avoid dying in the mudslide because they would have been aware of the potential disaster there. "The community was never given the chance to make a meaningful decision about landslide risks because the state and other defendants -- who possessed critical information about the unstable and potentially devastating nature of those risks -- refused to give them that information," lawyers for the families wrote in a statement announcing the settlement. The lawsuit will continue as scheduled Monday morning because a timber company, Grandy Lake Forest Associates, which is accused of contributing to danger in the area was not included in the settlement. The judge in the case also will determine punitive sanctions against lawyers for the state accused of deleting emails from experts expected to testify in the trial.

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Three on trial over Edinburgh 'garden fork' murder Thomas Lamb had multiple stab wounds after being attacked Three men have gone on trial accused of murdering another man in an Edinburgh street after allegedly attacking him with a weapon, possibly a garden fork. Gary Sim, 21, James Watson, 27, and Paul Watson, 29, deny killing Thomas Lamb at Edinburgh's Restalrig Circus on 20 September last year. Lawyers entered not guilty pleas on their behalf at the High Court in Edinburgh. Between them, the men are accused of four charges. Prosecutors allege that Gary Sim assaulted Mr Lamb at the Tor public house in Restalrig Road on 19 or 20 September. It is claimed that Mr Sim approached Mr Lamb from behind before putting his arm around his neck, pulling him from his chair, and pushing him on the body, causing him to fall to the ground. Mr Sim then allegedly caused Mr Lamb's head to strike against a table and chair. The second charge alleges that on 20 September at Restalrig Circus, Mr Sim and the two Mr Watsons repeatedly struck Mr Lamb on the head and body. Prosecutors claim that the three men then repeatedly kicked and jumped on Mr Lamb's head and body before repeatedly striking him "with a garden fork, knife or other similar sharply pointed or bladed instrument." It is claimed that Mr Lamb sustained multiple stab wounds and that the three men murdered him. The third charge alleges that having committed murder, Mr Sim attempted to defeat the ends of justice by disposing of his clothing and washing his hands. It is claimed that he performed these actions at an address in Loganlea Drive, Edinburgh, and elsewhere in the city between 20 and 22 September in an "attempt to avoid prosecution." The fourth charge alleges that between 20 and 22 September, at Taylor Place and elsewhere in Edinburgh, James Watson cleaned his clothing and shoes in an attempt to defeat the ends of justice. The trial continues.

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Zimbabwe seeks extradition of U.S. dentist who killed beloved lion

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The Forefinger is a mountain in the Five Fingers Group, a group of summits on the divide between Pitt Lake and Coquitlam Lake and north of Widgeon Lake, in British Columbia, Canada. ==Notes== ==References== Mountains of the Lower Mainland Pacific Ranges

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Break in Siege Is Little Relief to Syrian City Civilians in Homs, Syria, left for a safer part of the city Sunday. Despite a cease-fire, aid convoys were attacked over the weekend. Bassel Tawil/Agence France-Presse - Getty Images ANTAKYA, Turkey - A three-day humanitarian cease-fire in the Syrian city of Homs was supposed to be a small breakthrough, a moment of relief for civilians trapped in a grim civil war. But mortar rounds and gunfire struck near aid convoys, damaging vehicles and leaving victims lying in the streets. Snipers fired on civilians as they fled their besieged neighborhood. Others refused to leave, fearing a massacre of those left behind. Limited food made it in, and some of the nearly 700 people who reached safety said they had been surviving on one meal a day and that some of their neighbors had resorted to eating grass. Though few expect the international peace talks that resume in Geneva on Monday to end the war, many hope they will make life less brutal for ordinary Syrians by creating local cease-fires and opening up access to aid. But what took place in Homs highlights the tremendous difficulties plaguing even modest humanitarian efforts, making it unlikely that the episode will emerge as a model to be repeated elsewhere. The attacks on the aid convoys will also raise the stakes for the United Nations Security Council this week, as it weighs a draft resolution meant to force the government and rebel groups to permit aid organizations to operate. The need for such pressure is dire, given the widespread use of siege tactics by both sides to turn hunger into a tool of war and weaken their enemies, often harming civilians as well. The United Nations estimates that almost a third of the nine million Syrians in need are in hard-to-reach areas and that access to many of them has been deliberately obstructed. While human rights groups say the government is responsible for most of the sieges, rebels, too, have tried to starve out their enemies. "We have entire areas of the country where the ability to transport food and other materials is severely hampered because of deliberate blockades and constraints on trucks and convoys," Matthew Hollingworth, the director of the World Food Program's Syria program, said by telephone from Homs on Sunday. "It is a tactic that everybody is using, and it has a massive impact." Reflecting the toll of such tactics, one older man evacuated in Homs on Sunday said he had survived on one spoon of bulgur a day for the past week and that his wife had died, malnourished and unable to get medical treatment, according to Dina Elkassaby, a spokeswoman for the World Food Program. "Some people were living off roots and weeds and grass and olives if they were lucky," Ms. Elkassaby said. Dozens of civilians left a besieged area of Homs on Friday, the first stage of a three-day humanitarian cease-fire in the central Syrian city. Hundreds who had been trapped without access to food were eventually led to safer areas. But many refused to leave, fearing their departure would prompt the killing of rebels who remained. Thaer Al Khalidiya/Reuters The Homs agreement was reached after increasingly urgent reports of hunger among the area's estimated 2,500 residents. Last month, a Dutch Catholic priest who has lived in the area for years issued a rare plea, saying people were hungry and needed medical care. "There is nothing harder than seeing parents in the street looking for food for their children," the priest, Father Frans van der Lugt, said in a video posted online. The agreement, announced by the Syrian government last week, called for a three-day cease-fire to allow women, children and older men to leave a rebel-held part of the city while food was distributed to those who remained inside. But the cease-fire was shaky from the start. Some residents refused to leave, fearing their departure would prompt the killing of the remaining rebels. Pro-government Facebook pages also criticized the deal and began a campaign called "No to feeding the gunmen." On Friday, a sniper shot an old man in the stomach as he tried to leave the neighborhood, antigovernment activists said. Still, aid groups brought out 83 people. A woman carrying a child sought help from Syrian Arab Red Crescent workers in Homs on Sunday. European Pressphoto Agency On Saturday, mortar rounds struck the neighborhood as a convoy was trying to enter, delaying food delivery and preventing any new evacuations. More mortars struck on Sunday as crowds of civilians rushed to meet the convoy, killing at least six people, according to activists and videos posted online. Later, hundreds of civilians ran between two lines of United Nations vehicles as gunfire crackled nearby. Some civilians discarded their bags as they ran.

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San Francisco, United States;Rather cloudy;64;55;Mostly cloudy;64;53;WNW;12;72%;28%;3 San Jose, Costa Rica;A t-storm in spots;81;64;A t-storm in spots;82;63;SSW;5;72%;67%;11 San Juan, Puerto Rico;Showers and t-storms;87;76;A shower or two;85;76;ESE;6;77%;83%;10 San Salvador, El Salvador;Partly sunny;77;64;Partly sunny, nice;79;64;W;5;73%;34%;12 Sana'a, Yemen;Mostly sunny, nice;82;53;Clouds and sun, nice;81;53;NW;5;27%;10%;13 Santiago, Chile;Cool with some sun;64;37;Sunny and nice;72;39;E;3;37%;0%;4 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic;Brief showers;84;74;Brief p.m. showers;83;73;NNE;5;82%;85%;8 Sao Paulo, Brazil;Clouds and sunshine;67;49;Periods of sun;70;44;N;7;46%;1%;6 Seattle, United States;A shower in the p.m.;56;48;Periods of rain;54;44;SSW;7;74%;85%;4 Seoul, South Korea;Turning cloudy;72;52;Partly sunny;70;47;WNW;7;29%;0%;7 Shanghai, China;Showers around;75;63;A morning shower;66;59;E;12;64%;41%;7 Singapore, Singapore;Afternoon t-storms;84;78;A t-storm in spots;89;79;WSW;4;77%;84%;5 Sofia, Bulgaria;Pleasant and warmer;71;39;Mostly sunny;74;41;S;7;45%;0%;7 St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda;Spotty showers;83;75;A shower in spots;84;74;E;11;68%;61%;11 Stockholm, Sweden;Rain/snow showers;39;32;A shower in the a.m.;44;30;WSW;10;64%;67%;4 Sydney, Australia;A shower or t-storm;82;62;A morning shower;73;51;SW;14;57%;61%;3 Taipei City, Taiwan;A shower in the p.m.;84;72;Couple of t-storms;84;66;NE;7;74%;87%;9 Tallinn, Estonia;Chilly with rain;46;32;Spotty showers;42;33;WNW;16;79%;66%;3 Tashkent, Uzbekistan;Sunny and very warm;87;58;Plenty of sunshine;85;56;E;6;37%;7%;7 Tbilisi, Georgia;Windy and cooler;54;33;Partly sunny;59;40;E;11;41%;3%;7 Tehran, Iran;A t-storm in spots;78;57;A t-storm in spots;71;54;NW;8;38%;84%;8 Tel Aviv, Israel;Nice with sunshine;75;58;Partly sunny, nice;80;61;NW;9;46%;5%;9 Tirana, Albania;Mostly sunny, nice;71;45;Mostly sunny;75;48;ENE;4;46%;3%;7 Tokyo, Japan;Breezy with clearing;66;56;Cloudy and breezy;66;54;SSW;16;63%;68%;5 Toronto, Canada;Rain and drizzle;49;44;Partly sunny, milder;55;47;ENE;11;84%;22%;5 Tripoli, Libya;Cloudy;76;64;Plenty of sun;79;63;ESE;14;47%;0%;9 Tunis, Tunisia;Partly sunny;75;58;Warm with some sun;83;62;SSE;11;50%;4%;8 Ulan Bator, Mongolia;Mostly sunny, warmer;52;21;Plenty of sunshine;58;23;NNW;10;21%;0%;7

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Middle French (le moyen français) is a historical division of the French language that covers the period from the 14th to the early 17th centuries. It is a period of transition during which: the French language became clearly distinguished from the other competing Oïl languages, which are sometimes subsumed within the concept of Old French (l’ancien français) the French language was imposed as the official language of the kingdom of France in place of Latin and other Oïl and Occitan languages the literary development of French prepared the vocabulary and grammar for the Classical French (le français classique) spoken in the 17th and 18th centuries. ==History== The most important change found in Middle French is the complete disappearance of the noun declension system (already underway for centuries). There is no longer a distinction between nominative and oblique forms of nouns, and plurals are indicated simply with an s. This transformation necessitates an increased reliance on the order of words in the sentence, which becomes more or less the syntax of modern French (although there is a continued reliance on the verb in the second position of a sentence, or "verb-second structure", until the 16th century). Among the elites, Latin was still the language of education, administration, and bureaucracy; this changed in 1539, with the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts, in which François I made French alone the language for legal acts. Regional differences were still extremely pronounced throughout France: In the south of France, Occitan languages dominated; in east central France, Franco-Provençal languages were predominant; while, in the north of France, Oïl languages other than Francien continued to be spoken. The fascination with classical texts led to numerous borrowings from Latin and Greek. Numerous neologisms based on Latin roots were introduced, and some scholars modified the spelling of French words to bring them into conformity with their Latin roots, sometimes erroneously. This often produced a radical difference between a word's spelling and the way it was pronounced. The French wars in Italy and the presence of Italians in the French court brought the French into contact with Italian humanism. Many words dealing with military (alarme, cavalier, espion, infanterie, camp, canon, soldat) and artistic (especially architectural: arcade, architrave, balcon, corridor; also literary: sonnet) practices were borrowed from Italian. These tendencies would continue through Classical French. There were also some borrowings from Spanish (casque) and German (reître) and from the Americas (cacao, hamac, maïs). The influence of the Anglo-Norman language on English had left words of French and Norman origin in England. Some words of Romance origin now found their way back into French as doublets through war and trading contacts. Also, the meaning and usage of many words from Old French were transformed. Spelling and punctuation in this period are extremely variable. The introduction of printing in 1470 highlighted the need for reform in spelling. One proposed reform came from Jacques Peletier du Mans, who developed a phonetic spelling system and introduced new typographic signs (1550); but this attempt at spelling reform was not followed. This period saw the publication of the first French grammars and of the French-Latin dictionary of Robert Estienne (1539). At the beginning of the 17th century, French would see the continued unification of French, the suppression of certain forms, and the prescription of rules, leading to Classical French. ==Literature== Middle French is the language found in the writings of Charles, Duke of Orléans, François Villon, Clément Marot, Rabelais, Montaigne, Ronsard, and the poets of the Pléiade. The affirmation and glorification of French finds its greatest manifestation in the "Defense and Illustration of the French Language" (1549) by the poet Joachim du Bellay, which maintained that French (like the Tuscan of Petrarch and Dante) was a worthy language for literary expression and which promulgated a program of linguistic production and purification (including the imitation of Latin genres). In French Canada's history, Middle French is almost only encountered when reading the travels of Jacques Cartier in their original versions, after which the history usually fast-forwards 65 years to Samuel de Champlain, whose French is better characterised as Classical. ==Notes== ==References== Larousse dictionnaire du moyen français. Paris: Larousse, 1992. H. Bonnard. Notions de style, de versificiation et d'histoire de la langue française.

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AA slashes profit forecasts as firm ratchets up investment By Press Association The AA has warned it will deliver lower-than-expected annual earnings as it ramps up business investments that its chief executive assured are "vital" to the company's long-term success. The breakdown recovery and car insurance firm updated its profit guidance as part of its new strategic plan that is set to improve its roadside service, digitise the business and attract younger members. But "incremental investment" of around £45 million this year is set to impact underlying earnings, which are now expected to come in between £335 million and £345 million for the full year. That is compared to previous forecasts for £390 million to £395 million. It follows a company-wide review led by chief executive Simon Breakwell, who said the revamp was an essential move by the AA. "These investments, while reducing our short-term profitability, are vital to our long-term success. "I am confident the priorities we set out today will transform our products and service offerings to our customers by creating a truly innovative and differentiated product proposition which will deliver long-term shareholder value." He added: "It will take the AA from a company helping when you break down to one actually predicting when you might break down in the first place. "This plan will deliver frontline resource to improve the efficiency, predictability and resilience of our operations as well as investment in game-changing growth drivers - in connected car and insurance." AA has also confirmed it will tighten its shareholder payouts, with dividends now restricted to 2p per share per year "until such time as the board is satisfied that the profit and free cash flow enable a change in policy," the company said. It is a marked climbdown from its previous payout, having issued a dividend of 9.3p per share for the last financial year. The news sent AA shares down more than 24% in morning trading. Among its plans to "innovate and grow" its roadside assistance programmes are efforts to appeal to younger customers by increasing the use of its app and advancing its connected car offerings, which AA said will help predict and prevent breakdowns rather than just reacting to them. The firm hopes it will help retain customers, as it has failed to grow its membership "in a sustained manner." On the insurance side, the company is hoping to improve its data analytics to help improve pricing and drive more competitive premiums. Mr Breakwell said: "The AA is a phenomenal business, with a market-leading position in roadside, a highly respected and trusted brand and thousands of highly skilled and committed employees with a deeply embedded customer service ethos. "My review into all aspects of our business, from the bottom up, has further strengthened my confidence about the opportunities ahead of us and convinced me of the positive long-term outlook for the AA." Share or comment on this article Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

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The paragraph in question makes a series of points, all of which are salient and true: 1) A number of gay groups officially supported abolishing the age-of-consent. 2) Gay groups had yet to pay attention to NAMBLA, which had presented itself as a gay rights group Anything above and beyond that is reader speculation, and an attempt to twist the article into saying something it isn't saying in order to remove information that is perfectly factual. Corax I also challenge your assertion that the article text shows "that a VISIBLE rift did not occur (not a difference on the issues, but a concerted effort to translate that difference into behavior)." Look at these sentences:To them, the idea of "boylove" was just another variation of gay love that was sharing in the struggle for liberation. Thus gay rights groups did little to distance themselves from NAMBLA's platform at the time the group formed. Together these sentences clearly state as fact that these groups didn't distance themselves sooner because gay rights activists and boylovers "shar in the struggle for liberation" You are being silly now, and are merely attempting to pick nits as a scorched earth policy. How can somebody possibly prove that something did not happen a certain time? To prove something requires to show evidence that something has occurred. Since the purpose of the sentence is to show that something had yet to occur, it would be pretty difficult to offer proof, would it not? Needless to say, no group issue official condemnations of NAMBLA until - as I said - after Anita Bryant & co. hit the gay movement. If you can show an earlier statement that would indicate disunity, you need to come forward with it or move on with your life. Corax NAMBLA was founded in 1978, while Bryant began her campaign in 1977. Comments like "move on with your life" are inappropriate. -Willmcw 20:49, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC) Excuse me. Let me revise my statement. Gay groups didn't distance themselves from "boylovers" and "pederasts" I have asked my questions and responded to your answers in good faith and with no sarcasm or personal attacks. I ask that you do the same. I am not responsible for other users' personal comments about you, but you are certainly responsible for your own. · Katefan0(scribble) 21:01, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC) Regardless, I find it a revealing pattern of behavior that the assembly of posters we have here, unified for the ostensible for purpose of neutrality, criticize me for occasional sarcasm and swipes, while ignoring instances in which I have been viciously attacked as a liar and a defender of child abusers. Corax If you look above I've asked both you and Adam Carr to cease the hostilities. I've also removed personal attacks by him here and elsewhere on the wiki. silsor 21:09, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC) I didn't mean for my comments to include you. Corax My purpose is not to defend (or attack) anyone. I fail to see how not going back to talk about old comments that had nothing to do with me is a justification for you attacking me personally. Back to the topic at hand. My basic points remain unanswered: 1. I don't argue against the information stating certain gay rights groups expressed early support for repeal of age of consent laws. My problem is that the way this information is presented in the article does not give enough context about who these groups were; they are presented with no mention of how widespread their support was, leaving open the question of how widespread that meant support was from the gay community at large. (All of ANSWER's policies certainly doesn't represent the majority of people who dislike war.) If you cannot tell me who these groups were or how widespread their support is, I would be inclined to add information to the article calling into question how widespread their beliefs were in the gay community. 2. A rift developed between a small minority of radical gays and "boylovers," and the majority or mainstream gay rights movement. This implies prior support that should be proven (incidentally, this could possibly be proven or disproven by answering #1). Otherwise, I think the language needs to be changed. 3. The two sentences about how gay groups supported repealing consent laws because they shared in a "struggle of liberation" needs to be changed, even by your own reasoning, which is that gay groups largely ignored NAMBLA until political pressure was brought to bear.

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SBS chief Michael Ebeid lives a very different life to those profiled by the controversial series Struggle Street starts Wednesday 6th May, 8:30pm SBS ONE. SBS boss lives in Darlinghurst and owns $10m property empire Refuses to shelve $1m show Struggle Street despite uproar Garbos threatening to blockade SBS HQ today with trucks Blacktown Mayor complains of unethical conduct by TV firm Program airs tonight at 8.30pm THE TV executives behind SBS's controversial series on Mt Druitt families have multi-million dollar property portfolios and live on easy street, not Struggle Street. SBS boss Michael Ebeid, 49, lives with his younger boyfriend, who runs a boutique travel company. Their home is a Darlinghurst apartment Mr Ebeid bought for $1,900,000 14 years ago. Leonie Lowe, 46, head of KEO Films Australia, which made the Struggle Street series with around $1 million of taxpayers" funds, calls a Darlinghurst penthouse home and owns another three units in the same street, documents show. Michael Ebeid, SBS Managing Director, who has refused to cancel the controversial show, has a burgeoning property empire. Picture: Richard Dobson Source: News Corp Australia The home in Leichhardt owned by Michael Ebeid. Picture: Richard Dobson Source: News Corp Australia The front of the property. Picture: Richard Dobson Source: Supplied Another of Ebeid's properties in McMahons Point, Sydney. Picture: Justin Lloyd Source: News Corp Australia Mr Ebeid's property portfolio is estimated to be worth over $10 million and includes properties in Leichhardt, Alexandria and McMahon's Point. Mr Ebeid yesterday denied he and SBS were snobs. "It's actually quite the opposite. We're trying to give people who don't normally have a voice, a voice," he said. Mr Ebeid said the documentary would not be shelved or postponed despite a growing public backlash as a blockade of SBS's Artarmon headquarters by Blacktown Council garbage trucks was expected to go ahead today, before tonight's screening of the three-part series. He also said the program would not be substantially re-edited although the public broadcaster has withdrawn the promo that showed one of the men, who has been diagnosed with dementia, breaking wind on his doorstep. Peta and Ashley Kennedy, who appear in the documentary Struggle Street on SBS. Source: Supplied Friends Erin, Ivanka and Bailee, who appear in the documentary Struggle Street on SBS. Source: SBS SBS sent its content officer Helen Kellie as a peace envoy to Blacktown yesterday for a meeting with council representatives and some of the families in the series. Asked if she had spent much time in Western Sydney or the Blacktown area Ms Kellie said: "I haven't spent much time (out here) but I don't think this is a story of Mt Druitt or Western Sydney... those are representative of stories right across Australia." Blacktown City Mayor Stephen Bali said he passed on a series of complaints about unethical conduct ­during the "fiery" meeting. Mr Ebeid owns properties in McMahons Point and ­Alexandria but the furthest west his investments go is to Ivory Lane, Leichardt. SBS content officer Helen Kellie meets the Kennedys, who appear on the Struggle Street show, to hear their concerns at the council chambers in Blacktown yesterday. Picture Craig Greenhill Source: News Limited Ms Lowe, former boss of ITV Australia, where she earned around $500,000 a year, also owns a $2 million Paddington terrace which she rents out for about $1300 a week. Mr Bali challenged Mr Ebeid and Ms Lowe to spend a week living in Mt Druitt and find out what life is really like: "We have high-paid media executives sitting in their ivory towers with no understanding of the community they are destroying. "They don't understand the struggles of our community and they have no idea of the depth of compassion that is the backbone of Mt Druitt." The series is a copy of England's Benefits St, filmed in Birmingham, which sparked the same complaints in the UK but went on to become Channel 4"s most-watched show in more than a decade. Taylor Auerbach LIFE is tough on the struggle streets of Sydney's eastern suburbs. Cost-of-living pressures have driven the price of small soy lattes up to $4. They are, however, served with complimentary sugared biscuits and carafes of mint-flavoured water.

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Three men arrested over Henley Regatta gang rape Victim was partying into the early hours of the morning near the River Thames Three men have been arrested on suspicion of gang-raping a young woman Woman had left the Chinawhite enclosure, an exclusive £50-a-ticket after party Police said she walked towards a car parked in a quiet, residential street She was then raped by three men who, after the attack, drove off in a car By Rachael Burford For Mailonline Three men have been arrested on suspicion of gang-raping a young woman at the Henley Royal Regatta. The trio was detained hours after police released CCTV images of three men they wanted to speak to about the alleged assault. The sex attack was reported on the last night of the riverside regatta celebrations after the victim, who is in her 20s, reportedly left a £50-a-ticket event in the Chinawhite enclosure. The three men arrested were aged 23, 24 and 26 years and were from Bedford and Loughborough. They were interviewed and then released pending further inquiries. A spokesman for Thames Valley Police said: 'Between 12am and 2.30am on Sunday, July 2, the victim, a woman aged in her 20s, left the Chinawhite enclosure at the Henley Regatta with a party of people whom she had met there. 'She walked to a residential street in the Harpsden Road and Reading Road area of the town to a car where she was subsequently raped outside the vehicle. The three men then left in the vehicle. 'A member of the public located the victim near the Three Horseshoes public house in Reading Road shortly before 2.30am and called police. 'Two men, aged 23 and 24, from Bedford and a 26-year-old man from Loughborough, have all been arrested on suspicion of rape. They have been released under investigation.' Detective Inspector Ali Driver added: 'The victim is being supported by specially-trained officers at this time. If you have any information about this incident, please come forward and speak to officers as this could assist with our investigation.' Share or comment on this article Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

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Spa Spy: Das Stue, Berlin The procedure: After a soothing, soapy foot bath - sheer bliss while sipping a mint tea - the therapist Julia clipped Spy's nails, pushed back the cuticles and polished and shaped the tops with a fearsome-looking electronic gadget. Julia then tackled Spy's hard skin using clippers for the sides of the nails and a grater for the soles. A scrub of sand and salt was hot-towelled off, followed by a cooling cream massage using essential oils. Everything that Susanne Kaufmann puts her name to is organic, right down to the non-toxic Kure Bazaar nail polish that finishes off the treatment. The verdict: Baby-soft feet and perfectly polished nails, which, after following strict instructions (no dipping in the spa's pool straight after the treatment), stayed that way for weeks. The medical opinion: "Hard skin, or the medical term tyloma, can be caused by many factors," says superstar chiropodist Margaret Dabbs. "It can be gait-related, meaning the way you walk is putting pressure on certain parts of the feet. It can also be due to weight gain, for instance during pregnancy, or wearing high heels, which thrusts the metatarsals forward. People who walk on hard floors with bare feet can also have a problem with hard skin due to a build-up on the metatarsals. The harder the skin, the more it will renew itself. I recommend a hydrating cream, such as the one we sell, which contains a softening agent, plus regular visits to a chiropodist. The softer the skin, the slower the hard-skin build-up." The feelgood factor: Berlin may be hip and happening but Das Stue is an oasis of grown-up tranquillity thanks to its peaceful parkside location. For added otherworldness, ask for a room with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the park - Spy spent many a happy hour lazing on the bed watching a bevy of grazing antelopes. In-the-know locals nibble on cerviche and tuna nachos in the hotel's stylish bar and restaurant, which also makes the most of its leafy environs with an atmospheric al fresco area hidden at the back. Details: Rooms at Das Stue (+49 30 311 722-0 www.das-stue.com/en/) start at 200 Euros a night based on two sharing. Spa treatments start at 7 euros.

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Tom Sermanni dismissed as U.S. women's national team coach WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., April 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Women's National Team soccer coach Tom Sermanni was dismissed Sunday, effective immediately, just a little over a year from the 2015 Women's World Cup. The announcement of his dismissal came a few hours after Lauren Holiday and Megan Rapinoe scored in a 2-0 American victory over China. "We want to thank Tom for his service over the past year and half, but we felt that we needed to go in a different direction at this time," U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati said in a statement. "We will begin looking for a new coach immediately to guide our Women's National Team toward qualifying for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup." Until they find a replacement, Jill Ellis, U.S. Soccer's director of development, will serve as interim coach and take over the post on April 10 just in time for the U.S.-China match in San Diego. The U.S. women were undefeated last year but had a disappointing Algarve Cup in March with a loss to Sweden that ended the team's 43-game undefeated streak. "I'm disappointed that things didn't work out, but I'd like to thank U.S. Soccer for the opportunity to have coached this team and also the staff and players for all their hard work," Sermanni said in the national governing body's statement.

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Three stabbed in London as Met reveals 9,000 incidents a year Image caption A 30-year-old man was fatally stabbed in Camden on Sunday A 16-year-old boy has been stabbed and seriously injured in an attack by up to six people carrying knives in Deptford. The attack took place on Saturday and left the victim in a critical condition in hospital. One man has been arrested after an 18-year-old man was stabbed in Homerton High Street on Sunday afternoon. Police said the fatal stabbing of a 30-year-old man in Camden on Sunday now meant three people were attacked with knives over the weekend. Earlier this week, the Met said it was called to more than 9,000 knife crime incidents in London in the year ending April 2016. There were 1,623 victims under the age of 25 including 866 teenagers, it said. Twelve were knifed to death. In their campaign video Choose a life not a knife, people involved with the after-effects of knife crime, including a victim's father, police officer and a convicted murderer, all talk about the impact it has had. Thomas Koing, a doctor at London's Air Ambulance service said 30% of the incidents they attended were due to knife crime. "We see this almost every week, people being stabbed in the heart. "We've had to change, we've had to up our game - we've had to do open heart surgery on the streets of London to try and save people's lives and that's hand-to-hand combat that belongs in war, it does not belong in London." London Mayor Sadiq Khan said he was "extremely worried." "We've got to make sure that we try and prevent young people from carrying knives in the first place. Every time a young person carries a knife is a sign of failure," he said. To prevent this, he said more work was needed with schools and youth clubs to dissuade people from carrying knives and joining gangs. He said there must be intelligence-led stop and search, and neighbourhood policing. "I've spoken to the [Met Police] commissioner about this and he agrees with me, this has got to be one of our top priorities," he added. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption London's Air Ambulance personnel have been forced to perform open heart surgery in the street to save a victim of knife crime

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Watch: FC Basel beats Manchester City, loses Champions League series March 7 (UPI) -- FC Basel beat Manchester City 2-1 on Wednesday at Etihad Stadium in England, but lost its Champions League matchup to the Sky Blues. City midfielder Bernardo Silva had the prettiest play early on, finishing off an assist in the 8th minute by nutmegging two Basel defenders while finding Gabriel Jesus for the game's first score. After that, the rest of the scoring came from the road team in the second leg of the round of 16 matchup. Basel evened the match at 1-1 in the 17th minute when defender Blas Riveros found Mohamed Elyounoussi in the middle of the box. The Moroccan midfielder tapped the ball once to settle his placement, before ripping a shot into the near post netting, badly beating City keeper Claudio Bravo. City and Basel went into halftime with a tie score. Defender Michael Lang gave Basel a lead midway through the second stanza. Elyounoussi dribbled around the defense on the right side of the pitch before lacing a through ball into the box for the defender in the 71st minute. Lang wasted no time, running in and hitting the shot first touch, beating Bravo again at a narrow angle. City won the round of 16 series 5-2 in aggregate scoring, after winning its first match against Basel 4-0 on Feb. 13 in Switzerland. "We wanted to make sure that we got through to the next round and better ourselves from last season," City defender John Stones said after the match, according to ManCity.com. "Being knocked out by Monaco last season hurt so we wanted to put things right this season." "But we're not happy with how we played tonight. We wanted to win and see it through that way." The Sky Blues join Real Madrid, Juventus and Liverpool in the quarterfinal round. Matchups for the next round will be announced on Friday. "We are happy to be in the quarterfinals, we are so happy for that," City manager Pep Guardiola told reporters after the match. "Second half we didn't attack and forgot to even pass the ball... the second half was really really poor."

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Mark Wahlberg is officially the most overpaid actor of 2017 It's official: Mark Wahlberg is the most overpaid actor of 2017. Forbes has announced that the Daddy's Home 2 actor received this unwanted accolade based on how he fared in his last three non-animated, mainstream movies released before June 1, 2017. It was revealed that Wahlberg earner more than $68m [£51m] for the year, something that accumulated from making so much money for his performances. Because he had such large-scale bombs at the box office, he raked in only $4.40 (£3.30) at the box officer for each dollar spent on his work. While performance in 2016's film Deepwater Horizon chronicling the Gulf of Mexico basically broke even on its $110m (£82m) budget, it got decent reviews. And his lead role in Patriots Day based on the Boston bombing only profited by $5m after relying on a $45m (£34m) production budget. Since Daddy's Home did so well at the box office in 2015, it was optioned for Daddy's Home 2 this year. Starring alongside Wahlberg was Will Ferrell, who also deserves credit for helping earn the film a profit. Coming in as the second-most overpaid actor is Batman Begins star Christian Bale whose work earned $6.70 for every $1 paid to him. Starring in the flop The Promise seemed to determine Bale's fate on the list. And Logan Lucky didn't do Channing Tatum any favours: the 37-year-old actor pulled in $7.60 at the box office per dollar paid to him. Reuse content

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When Fournier took over the Spirou et Fantasio series in 1970, Fantasio disappeared from Gaston. At first he made the occasional guest appearance, even once returning in the office itself, his absence explained as being away in Champignac, but otherwise faded out completely. Spirou of Spirou et Fantasio was a fairly major supporting character in the comic's very early days, though his role was quickly reduced to occasional appearances. He was on generally friendly terms with Gaston, sometimes trying to mediate between him and Fantasio, usually without much success. Like Fantasio, he vanished entirely from the comic when Franquin stopped drawing Spirou et Fantasio. Léon Prunelle, an editor at the Journal de Spirou. Prunelle is even more short-tempered than Fantasio, from whom he has inherited not only the mammoth task of making Gaston work, but also the job of signing contracts with important businessman Aimé De Mesmaeker (see below). Initially optimistic about this, Prunelle slowly realizes that he cannot win. However he refuses to give up and sometimes resorts to drastic measures, such as locking up Gaston in the cellar or even a cupboard. Perpetually at the end of his tether, running around barking orders, Prunelle turns a nasty reddish purple when disaster strikes and utters his trademark outburst "Rogntudju!" (a mangled version of "Nom de Dieu", roughly the equivalent of "bloody hell", then unacceptable in a children's comic). Occasionally, he manages to turn the tables on Gaston and shows that he is not without a sense of humour. He has black hair, a short beard and wears glasses. Yves Lebrac, (first presented with the name Yvon Lebrac), an in-house cartoonist, is comparatively laid-back. He is fond of puns and we see him woo (and eventually win) one of the attractive secretary girls over the course of the series. Although mostly on good terms with Gaston (unlike Prunelle), he occasionally loses his temper when deadlines loom and Gaston's interference becomes too much. When not a victim of "gaffes", he is a lenient comrade of Gaston, and the character with which Franquin himself most identified. Joseph Boulier, a surly accountant for Éditions Dupuis, the publishers of the magazine. He states that he will not rest until he has tracked down every useless expense in the company, and in particular those of Gaston. However, his attempts to cause Gaston grief backfire in spectacular ways. He represents the more serious side of the comics publishing business. Mademoiselle Jeanne ("M'oiselle Jeanne" to Gaston), a redheaded with freckles, is one of Gaston’s colleagues and his love interest. She was first depicted as comically unattractive in a gag where Gaston needs a partner for the back end of his pantomime horse costume, and chooses Jeanne because of her ponytail. Gradually however, she became cuter with her body turning from pear-shaped to curvaceous — if never really a beauty queen. Jeanne is a perfect match for Gaston, as she admires his talent, his courage, his inventiveness and is utterly oblivious to his lack of common sense — of which she herself has fairly little. However their courtship is perpetually stuck at the very first step. They address each other with the formal vous and as "Mister" and "Miss" and see each other mainly at the office — though they have had the occasional outing together. This platonic relationship, in a way, is in keeping with Gaston's refusal or inability to grow up. It is revealed in the album En direct de la gaffe that Jeanne is color blind: she can't tell green from red. She also still lives with her mother and, although it is assumed that she is well beyond her teens, is shown grounded after a row. By the end of the series, Gaston's daydreams about Jeanne did become relatively more explicit. To the dismay of critics, Franquin once actually drew them naked, with Gaston in a state of arousal, on a commercially unavailable greeting card. Monsieur Dupuis (the real-life publisher Jean Dupuis) himself has made two appearances - both times we only see his legs.

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Canberra Capitals preparing for Liz Cambage two weeks after Mistie Bass incident Just two weeks after a heated clash between the Canberra Capitals and Melbourne Boomers which saw Liz Cambage suspended for rough play, the sides will meet again on Saturday. Boomers star Cambage copped a one-game ban after kneeing Mistie Bass in a fiery round seven fixture and on her return against Sydney she was ejected for arguing with the referees on Sunday. The Canberra Capitals are preparing for Melbourne's Liz Cambage [right] just two weeks after she kneed Mistie Bass. Photo: Mick Connolly The Opals superstar's aggressive play has been the only blemish on her MVP-form this season, with Cambage leading the league with 22.5 points and nine rebounds per game. Canberra will travel more than 8000km in four days when they face the Perth Lynx on Thursday, before heading to Melbourne to meet the Boomers on Saturday. Capital skipper Nat Hurst is adamant they've put the Cambage incident behind them and said they wouldn't be focusing on her former Opals teammate. "Liz keeps it interesting and that's just her and what she does, she plays the way she wants to play, but we just focus on us," Hurst said. "Melbourne play how Melbourne want to play and Liz plays how she wants to play and we just do us. We don't focus on how other teams are and it's a good thing we just keep stuff within the Caps. "We don't want to keep problems dragging on and negativity around our team, once things are done they're done and we're looking forward to playing them again and seeing what we can shake up." The Capitals are desperate to snap a 10-game losing streak and Hurst said she is confident they can return to winning ways on the road. "There has been some tough Caps seasons these last few seasons but you know even hearing 10 in a row it doesn't feel like that because of the positivity around the group," Hurst said. "It sucks to look on paper but I can see positives in every game.... winning is a habit but losing is too and we've just got to find a way to get ourselves over the line... we can't sit in a negative mindframe because if we did we might as well give up the rest of this month." Goriss admits each loss feels like Groundhog Day but echoed his captain and said all they can do is stay positive and keep working. "[The hairline] is receding at a very fast pace... but it's difficult when you've got two major players out in Rachel [Jarry] and Abbey [Wehrung]," Goriss said. "It feels like deja vu, yeah, and it is just rolling out the same lines but that is literally how it's been for the last few weeks. "We have patches or a quarter where we just can't make a shot or our execution or defensive rotations aren't there but we've been right in every game and pushed every team. "We know we have a young group and that our group is getting better every game and you see the light at the end of the tunnel with someone like Ezi [Magbegor] who comes in and top scores for us, so there are still lots of positives." Small forward Wehrung will return against Perth after overcoming an ankle injury, while Jarry will also travel after spending several weeks sidelined with concussion. Thursday: Perth Lynx v Canberra Capitals at Bendat Basketball Centre, 9:30pm AEDST Saturday: Melbourne Boomers v Canberra Capitals at Victoria Basketball, 7:30pm

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The Lake City and Rochester Stage Road was an early road between Lake City and Rochester, Minnesota, United States. It was blazed in 1858 to carry stagecoach traffic between the Mississippi River port and a major inland town in southeast Minnesota. ==History== Construction of the Lake City and Rochester Stage Road was funded by a group of property owners in Lake City, Minnesota, who hoped to funnel trade from the interior through their river port community. They also subsidized a stagecoach line operated by the Northwestern Express Company, which became the Minnesota Stage Company the following year. Work on the route began in spring 1858 and the stagecoach company was completing daily runs by mid-May. The route was advertised as the shortest between Rochester and the Mississippi River, and superior in condition to all alternatives. In 1859 the U.S. government requested bids from private contractors to deliver mail along the route and received 22, making it one of the most sought-after mail routes in the state. The Lake City and Rochester Stage Road was blazed near the end of a six-year frenzy of road building in southeast Minnesota. These new transportation connections spurred the region's development. The stage road to Lake City was effective in helping the river port flourish. Southeast Minnesota's stage roads diminished in importance in 1867 when a railroad line opened between Waseca and Winona, becoming the preferred route to the Mississippi. The route of the Lake City and Rochester Stage Road was eventually straightened and became a leg of U.S. Route 63. ==Mount Pleasant Section== When the Lake City and Rochester Stage Road was straightened and incorporated into the modern highway system, a curving was abandoned and remains much as it appeared in the mid-19th century. Known as the Mount Pleasant Section for its location within Mount Pleasant Township, it stands on the northwest side of Route 63 about southwest of Lake City. It comprises a dirt path curving through undeveloped woods. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 as the Lake City and Rochester Stage Road-Mount Pleasant Section for its state-level significance in the theme of transportation. ==References== 1858 establishments in Minnesota Historic trails and roads in Minnesota Transport infrastructure completed in 1858 Transportation in Olmsted County, Minnesota Transportation in Wabasha County, Minnesota

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Cancer Doctors Call for Lower Drug Costs TIME Health Cancer Top Cancer Doctors Call for Lower Drug Costs Getty Images "It's time for patients and their physicians to call for change" A group of cancer doctors are joining grassroots organizers and politicians in pleading with pharmaceutical companies to reduce the cost of cancer treatments. In an editorial that ran Thursday in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings journal, 118 cancer experts produced a series of recommendations they say would lead to a reduction in treatment expenses. The doctors say that one in three individuals will be burdened with cancer in their lifetime, but out-of-pocket drug costs could easily exceed the average household income of an insured patient. Four doses of one particular cancer drug, according to a report published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings in 2012, costs a staggering $120,000. "It's time for patients and their physicians to call for change," said Dr. Ayalew Tefferi, a Mayo Clinic hematologist in a press release. Among the recommendations are allowing Medicare to negotiate prices, permitting cancer drug imports for individual patients, and passing laws to keep drug companies from delaying access to generic drugs. The physician's recommendations come on the heels of a change.org petition led by patients that calls for a reduction in drug costs, particularly for cancer patients.

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I changed the importance rating of this book from low to mid importance. Leena Krohn is an appreciated writer, and known for Finns that are interested in literature. I think that Tainaron is one of Krohn's three most famous books, together with Ihmisen vaatteissa and Matemaattisia olioita. I have seen Finnish reviews from the 1990s or 2000s, where Tainaron was regarded as a classic or the author's breakthrough novel. I linked to one of them. 82.215.245.31 == External links modified == Hello fellow Wikipedians, I have just added archive links to on Tainaron (novel). Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes: Added archive https://web.archive.org/20070626174506/http://www.norden.org/nr/pris/lit_pris/uk/arkiv.asp?lang=&p_id=544 to http://www.norden.org/nr/pris/lit_pris/uk/arkiv.asp?lang=&p_id=544 When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true to let others know. Cheers.—cyberbot IITalk to my owner:Online

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Philippine Troops Kill Abu Sayyaf Commander Responsible For Beheading Foreigners An Abu Sayyaf militant who was directly involved in the kidnapping and beheading of Canadian and German nationals has been killed a firefight with the Philippines Army during a thwarted hostage taking expedition. The military recovered the body of Muamar Askali, also known as Abu Rami, following clashes on the popular tourist island of Bohol, Reuters reported. Six members of Abu Sayyaf, which declared its allegiance to the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in 2014, were killed in the shootout. Abu Rami appears to have traveled to Bohol - which is 340 miles from Abu Sayyaf's island strongholds in the south - with the intention of kidnapping foreign nationals on vacation. Read more: Family of Canadian murdered by Abu Sayyaf backs no ransom policy Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Eduardo Ano said Abu Rami was "a very notorious Abu Sayyaf leader," who had climbed the ranks of separatist group. He was directly involved in some of the worst atrocities carried out by the Filipino jihadis, including the beheading of German national Jurgen Kantner and Canadians John Ridsdel and Robert Hall. Kantner was murdered in February 2015 after Abu Sayyaf demanded a $600,000 ransom for his release. Hostages Canadian national Robert Hall (R) and Norwegian national Kjartan Sekkingstad (L) are seen in this undated picture released to local media, in Jolo island in southern Philippines, Jun 14 2016. Muamar Askali, also known as Abu Rami, involved in their execution has been killed Reuters/Handout Hall and Risdel were captured by Abu Sayyaf in September 2015 while visiting a resort in the southern Philippines. Footage showing the violent execution of Risdel, a 68-year-old oil executive,was released in April 2016. The militant group executed Hall in June 2016 saying the deadline for his ransom had passed. Manilla confirmed the death of the 70-year-old after a video showing his execution was verified by the jihadi monitoring group SITE. The Philippines military, which has been fighting a ground war against Abu Sayyaf for decades, said the situation in Bohol, popular among tourists, has returned to normal in the wake of the shootout. The U.S., Canada, Australia and Britain issued travel warnings over possible kidnappings during in the run-up to Easter in the majority Roman Catholic nation.

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Swedes bask in sunshine on hottest day of the year And one city was even the second hottest in Europe on Thursday. Temperatures climbed to 28.8C in Gothenburg, making public holiday Ascension Day (Kristi himmelfärdsdag) the hottest so far this year - and the second hottest in Europe yesterday. On Thursday only Voznesensk in southern Ukraine topped Gothenburg, with 29.4C, reported regional newspaper GP. In second place in Sweden was Kärna in Bohuslän, also on the west coast, with 26.9C. But after several days of summer weather, temperatures are about to plummet, warned national weather institute SMHI. "We're getting a rain front from the west and maybe also thunder. In eastern Sweden tomorrow (Friday) looks set to be decent, however," meteorologist Lars Knutsson, told the TT newswire. But it wasn't all good news on Thursday. A forest fire near Gothenburg's Landvetter Airport caused a two-hour closure. The blaze was extinguished by firefighters and members of staff at the airport. And a man in his 30s died after attempting to swim across a canal in the city just after midnight, said police on Friday. For Friday, SMHI has warned of high water levels in almost all of northern and parts of central Sweden, as snow melts in the warm weather. It has upgraded the warning to a class-three alert (the most serious on a scale from one to three) in western Jämtland, Härjedalen and Dalarna. FOR MEMBERS: How to make the most of Sweden's public holidays in 2018 Enjoy your holidays in the warm weather. Photo: Alexander Hall/imagebank.sweden.se

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Thank You Thank You is an album by drummer Roy Haynes which was recorded in 1977 and released on the Galaxy label. ==Reception== The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated "This somewhat obscure outing features Haynes in a variety of settings... The music ranges from poppish to more straightahead with plenty of diverse moods explored". ==Track listing== "Thank You Thank You" (George Cables) – 7:01 "Bullfight" (Roy Haynes) – 11:08 "Quiet Fire" (Cables) – 8:14 "Processional" (Kenneth Nash, Roy Haynes) – 5:24 "Sweet Song" (Stanley Cowell) – 6:19 ==Personnel== Roy Haynes – drums John Klemmer – tenor saxophone (track 1) Stanley Cowell (tracks 2 & 5), George Cables (tracks 1 & 3) – piano, electric piano Milcho Leviev – piano (track 2) Bobby Hutcherson – vibraphone (tracks 1, 2 & 5) Marcus Fiorillo – guitar (track 2) Ron Carter (track 1), Cecil McBee (tracks 2, 3 & 5) – bass Kenneth Nash – percussion (tracks 2-4) ==References== Galaxy Records albums Roy Haynes albums 1977 albums

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Kodungoor is a small town in Kottayam district of Kerala state in India and is popularly known as "Vazhoor". Kodungoor is from the district headquarters, Kottayam, from Changanassery, from Ponkunnam, from Pampady and from Kanjirappally. The Kottayam-Kumaly road (NH 220) passes through the town. NH 220 (KK Road) splits into two just after Kodungoor: one goes in the direction of Changanassery and another towards Kottayam. ==Kodungoor Devi Temple== Kodungoor is famous because of Kodungoor Devi Temple situated close to the town and is one of the most ancient temples in the state. Its antiquity is estimated to be about 200 years. Originally this temple was associated with madathil family who was said to have built the temple and the Kaaraanma right is vested with the Malayala Brahmins of Karikunnath Illom. Until recently the puja of this temple was performed exclusively by members of this family. Later the temple came under the administration of the Travancore Devaswom Board.There are several legends associated with this temple and on the etymology of the name, Kodungoor. It is one of the main temples visited by Sabarimala pilgrims traveling via Erumeli.kodungoor devi temple is one of the resting place for sabirimala pilgrims during mandalakalam. ==Educational institutions== Kodungoor town has several schools and one college near the town run by Nair Services Society (NSS). Vazhoor Government High school situated heart of Kodungoor. Sree Vidhyadhiraja N.S.S. College (one of the seniormost college run by Nair Service Society) & S.V.R.V.N.S.S. Higher Secondary School (Aided) run by Nair Service Society are situated 2 km from Kodungoor Town. Vidhyanadha Vidyabhavan English Medium School run by Bharatheeya Vidhya Bhavan is also situated 500 m near to Kodungoor Town. CSI church is also near the town. An Engineering College & ITI is situated near Pallickathode, which is just 5 km away from Kodungoor, on the way to Pala. ==Hospital== Thiruvalla Medical Mission Hospital is the first hospital in the area. Also a Primary Health Centre & Govt. Hoemeo Dispensary are situated in the town. ==Government offices== The major Government Offices situated in the Kodungoor town are: 1. Vazhoor Grama Panchayat Office 2. Vazhoor Post Office 3. Sub Registrar Office, Vazhoor 4. ICDS Office, Vazhoor 5. Government Press, Vazhoor 6. B.S.N.L. Office, Vazhoor 7. K.S.F.E. Vazhoor Branch 8. Village Office, Vazhoor 9. K.S.E.B. Sub Division, Vazhoor 10. Veterinary Hospital, Vazhoor 11. Panchayat Libaray, Vazhoor 12.P.W.D Roads Section,Vazhoor ==Financial institutions== The major financial institutions situated in the Kodungoor town are: State Bank of India, Central Bank of India; Vazhoor Farmers Service Cooperative Bank Ltd.; Kodungoor Main branch; Vazhoor Farmers Service Cooperative Bank Ltd. Kodungoor M&E Branch; Changanacherry Taluk Cooperative Agricultural & Rural Development Bank; Kerala State Financial Enterprises (KSFE); Muthoot Finance Ltd; Manappuram Finance Ltd.; Pensioners Employees Cooperative Society Vazhoor; Kerala Gramin Bank, Kodungoor ==Topography== NH 183 ( K.K Road ) splits into two at 14th Mile, just after Kodungoor. One to Changanassery and other to Kottayam. Kodungoor is well connected to all major places like Pala, Manimala, Pallickathode, Pampady, Changanacherry, Ponkunnam, Ranni, Kanjirappally, Mundakayam, and Kottayam through Road. On travelling to Kumily, Kodongoor is a small town just before Ponkunnam.

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Melania Trump stares daggers at Hillary Clinton at charity dinner in New York No fewer than 24 hours after they traded blows at the final presidential debate, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump faced one another again on Thursday as they attended a white tie charity dinner. But while Trump's wife Melania stood by the Republican candidate as he cracked jokes about his rival, Bill Clinton was nowhere to be seen. And she could have done with the backup. Not only could the candidates barely stand to look one another in the eye as they arrived for the Al Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York, but Melania also had a death stare for Hillary Clinton. Clinton, colorful in a fuchsia Ralph Lauren collection gown, had also grimaced as she passed her opponent's wife. Melania, who wore a sexy, black backless number, was also the source of one of the largest laughs of the evening. The Republican had turned to his 46-year-old wife, to make light of her lifting of sections of Michelle Obama's speech from the 2008 DNC. 'The media has been so biased, more than ever,' he said. Gearing up for his punchline, he continued: 'This is going to get me in trouble. 'Michelle Obama made a speech and everyone loved it. It was great. 'My wife, Melania, made the exact same speech and everyone gets on her case.' Speaking over the roaring laughter of other guests, he said: 'Stand up, Melania!' Clinton was next, making a self-deprecating speech which poked fun at Trump's portrayal of her as having a lack of stamina. 'This is such a special event that I took a break from my rigorous nap schedule to be here,' she joked. The former first lady was sat next to Cardinal Timothy Dolan at the top table of the Al Smith Memorial Foundation dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. Her husband Bill was not included in the event's seating plan. It is not clear why the former president did not join Clinton at the event. But he may still be smarting from his lack of invite while he was a presidential candidate. The dinner raises money for Catholic charities and has become a staple in presidential campaigns. It is such a ritual that it even has its own episode of The West Wing dedicated to it. But there have been rare breaks in tradition. One of those was in 1996 - while Bill Clinton was campaigning for a second term - when neither presidential candidate was invited to speak. The official explanation was that the candidates were not able to confirm attendance. But it was widely reported that Catholic leaders were furious with Clinton after he vetoed a bill that would have outlawed late-term abortions. Presidential candidates were also excluded in 2004, and once again, there was speculation that it was due to Democratic nominee John Kerry's pro-choice stance.

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Countering hopelessness when violence looms When emergency situations arise, whether in the news or close to home, it can be tempting to feel a sense of hopelessness or helplessness. How can we think more constructively about things when faced with a disturbing picture? Recently, while sitting at a traffic light, my husband and I noticed a number of police cars across the street. Officers were standing next to their cars with weapons drawn. Then the back of a van opened up, and a heavily armed SWAT team emerged. The light turned green and we needed to move forward with the traffic, but by checking the news on my cell phone, I learned that an armed individual had threatened neighbors there and was now barricaded in an apartment. It can certainly seem logical to react to such a situation with resignation and a feeling of helplessness or to dread that it could only end tragically. But based on my study of Christian Science, I felt I had a different option. In her writings, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, urges those who practice Christian Science to assist in holding crime in check (see, for instance, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," pp. 96-97). That would include taking practical steps if we are in a position to do so. But this is also a call to respond to potentially difficult and dangerous situations through prayer, by acknowledging that God, good, is present - and seeing that such prayer can make a difference. When thinking about the power of God to hold crime in check, I find encouragement in the Bible, particularly Christ Jesus" teachings. For instance, there's an account of Jesus once walking unharmed through an angry crowd that intended to throw him off a cliff (see Luke 4:28-30). He also peacefully stopped an angry mob of men intent on stoning a woman (see John 8:1-11). Jesus" profound knowledge of his divine sonship and oneness with God equipped him to overcome these situations and prevent them from ending tragically. What did Jesus know about the power and presence of God that made such a difference in these situations, and that we can turn to today when faced with emergencies? As we drove away from that apartment building, I responded by acknowledging what Jesus proved of God's care for each of us, made in God's spiritual image and likeness. I've come to see that the power of prayer isn't in a particular technique but in feeling and recognizing that God is present at every moment to enforce good. In this case, I considered God as divine Love (see I John 4:8), a tender, loving God who cherishes all His children. I'd felt many times before that God's love is a tangible, practical, protecting presence, so I prayed for that love to be known, experienced, and expressed in this situation. Another name I've learned for God is the one, all-powerful divine Mind. Because we are created by this one Mind, everyone has an inherent capacity to be receptive and obedient to divine inspiration that brings solutions. From this I reasoned that calm could prevail, with individuals responding appropriately in a way that prevented harm. I continued praying along these lines as we drove to an activity that kept us out of cell service for four hours. Later we learned that the standoff had been resolved peacefully without harm to anyone. I was grateful for the efforts of the emergency personnel on site and for the many other people who may have been praying in support of a successful and harmonious resolution. And I was grateful to have a way to respond that was hopeful rather than fearful. Get the Monitor stories you care about delivered to your inbox. In the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health, it says that Jesus" "humble prayers were deep and conscientious protests of Truth, - of man's likeness to God and of man's unity with Truth and Love" (p. 12). And he taught that unity with God, divine Truth and Love, is the true nature of all men and women of all races, whatever their religious convictions. When faced with disturbing circumstances, we too can mentally and conscientiously protest, affirming everyone's relation to God, who cares for all of us. This kind of prayer helps counter an atmosphere of fear, hate, and hopelessness with love. And we can trust that in this way God's love will be felt, benefiting not only ourselves, but also all those whom our prayers rest on.

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Melbourne train strike averted as Metro and union reach agreement The last train arrives at Caulfield station before the strike on September 4. Photo: Joe Armao Strike action planned for Melbourne's train network next week has been averted after the Rail, Tram and Bus Union and Metro Trains came to an agreement on key terms in their pay dispute. The two parties had been locked in talks all day after the union on Wednesday moved to stop work for four hours next Thursday and implement a ban on checking tickets on grand final day. As part of a week of planned industrial action, staff had pledged to, at various times, refuse to wear uniforms, or drive trains until public address systems and headlights were tested. Train in vain: Caulfield station during the previous strike. Photo: Joe Armao The strike would have been the third train strike to hit Melbourne in a month, after staff walked off the job twice earlier in September. Advertisement RTBU state secretary Luba Grigorovitch said on Friday evening the union and Metro had reached an agreement on key terms, which was enough to justify calling off next week's industrial action. But the possibility of further industrial action remains. Ms Grigorovitch said that if an agreement could not be reached on Monday, the union would on Tuesday lodge an application for more industrial action. "I'm optimistic we can work through the remaining issues by the end of Monday as we continue to strive for a fair enterprise agreement," Ms Grigorovitch said. Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan called the two parties into her office on Friday in a bid to break the impasse. In a statement on Friday night Ms Allan said an in-principle agreement had been reached between Metro and the Rail, Tram and Bus Union. The Age understands agreement is close on an offer for a 14 per cent pay rise with a 3 per cent sign-on bonus. "As a result, industrial action planned for next week will be withdrawn, and public transport will operate as normal throughout grand final week," Ms Allan said. "This is great news for footy fans and all Victorians. "The Government is pleased both parties could reach an agreement that is in the best interest of passengers and the Victorian public." Metro Trains issued a statement confirming it had reached agreement with the union. "Following intensive negotiations with the RTBU this week, we are pleased all the industrial action proposed for next week has been called off," the statement said. The company said the the new agreement would enable it to improve the running of the rail network and deliver on key government projects including level crossing removals and Homesafe, a trial of 24-hour public transport on weekends.

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Jaime King attacked in Beverly Hills by man on a skateboard Jaime King has been shockingly attacked in Beverly Hills. King, 38, was in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood when a man on a skateboard suddenly pounced in the middle of traffic. The man, who has been identified as Paul Francis Floyd, jumped in front of the actresses' parked Mercedes-Benz and crawled onto her hood. Floyd, 47, allegedly smashed the front window and then jumped onto the rear windshield, according to the Beverly Hills Police Department. King's four-year-old son James Knight Newman was inside the car, secured in a car seat in the back, when he was struck by glass from the window. The actress was outside of the vehicle at the time of the crime, but her friend was still in in the driver's seat. King's friend got out of the car and confronted the suspect 'in an effort to protect the child'. Floyd then allegedly threw a can at her, striking her in the arm. He fled the scene but was captured by police nearby. Floyd has since been taken into custody and charged with felony child endangerment, misdemeanor battery, and two counts of felony vandalism. Floyd is being held on $100,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in court on April 6. King, who is also mother to two-year-old Leo Thames, looked shaken up as she spoke with police following the incident but appeared uninjured. Beverly Police first began receiving 911 calls around 4.43pm reporting a man who was vandalizing a vehicle in the neighborhood. Floyd allegedly attacked one car, kicking it and causing damage to the vehicle, before he reached King's. A shaken King was comforted by police as they took her report, and she was also seen hugging friends throughout the ordeal. King's damaged car was towed away following the incident.

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Wake for slain NYC police officer draws thousands of mourners BETHPAGE, N.Y. (Reuters) - Thousands of law enforcement officers gathered at a Long Island funeral home on Thursday to pay their respects to a New York policeman who died of a fatal gunshot wound this week, the city's fifth officer to die in the line of duty since December. Brian Moore, a 25-year-old, second-generation police officer died on Monday, two days after he was shot in the head while sitting with his partner in a patrol car in the borough of Queens. An ex-convict is being held in the case. A long line of officers in dress blue waited outside the home in suburban Bethpage where Moore's wake was being held, Among the family, friends, politicians and NYPD brass in attendance was New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who paid tribute to Moore for emulating his father. "He followed dad into the business," said Cuomo, who entered politics like his father Mario, a former New York governor. "There is a sense of love and respect that that shows from son to father that is louder than any words." Mayor Bill de Blasio, who was presenting his budget proposal, had not arrived by Thursday afternoon. James Carver, president of the Nassau County Patrolmen's Benevolent Association on Long Island, said he expected 30,000 officers to attend the wake, where there was little sign of the tensions that pervaded services for two patrolmen who were fatally ambushed in Brooklyn in December. At their funerals, thousands of officers turned their backs on de Blasio as he eulogized the patrolmen, who were slain by a gunman who said he wanted to avenge black men killed by white police officers. That display of disdain came after Patrick Lynch, the head of New York City's main police union, said the mayor had "blood on his hands" for encouraging an anti-polite climate. By contrast, the mayor and Lynch shook hands warmly at a weekend news conference after Moore was shot. That highlights a new spirit of detente between rank-and-file police and the mayor's office, said Dennis Kenney, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a former police officer. "The ground has changed a little bit since the unions had their period of being upset," said Kenney. "They are in a weaker position." Kenney said the change mirrors a gradual shift in public opinion against law enforcement following a recent spate of fatal encounters between police officers and unarmed black men, including the death of Eric Garner on New York's Staten Island last year. "I think that the mayor has worked hard at addressing a number of serious concerns of police officers in the city," said Roy Richter, president of the Captains Endowment Association, one of the NYPD's five police unions. The decision by grand juries to bring no charges in the Garner case and in the death of a teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, fueled a nationwide wave of protests against police violence. More recently, six Baltimore officers were charged in the death of Freddie Gray, a African-American man who suffered a fatal injury while in custody. Moore was shot days after Gray's death, but Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said there was no indication that the suspect in the Queens case was motivated by revenge. Moore and his partner had been trying to question the suspect, Demetrius Blackwell, 35, who has an extensive criminal background and was wanted on a weapons charge, after they saw him seeming to adjust an object in his waistband, police said. Police said Blackwell pulled out a gun and fired into the vehicle, striking Moore. The weapon, which was later recovered, had been stolen in Georgia in 2011, police said. A 33-year-old NYPD officer who declined to give his name said he appreciated de Blasio's support in the aftermath of Moore's death. "That helps morale for us," the 10-year veteran who works in a Queens precinct said. "If there's good vibes both ways, I think it's awesome. I welcome that." (Writing by Frank McGurty; Editing by Mohammad Zargham and Andrew Hay)

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Image copyright Affectiva Image caption Affectiva's machine-learning software discerns human emotions from facial expressions Christian Madsbjerg, a founding partner of "human science" consultancy Red Associates, is concerned that affective applications are "built to Western, Japanese or Chinese models, and emotions are different in other cultures." He also points out that our bodies, and their physical context, are crucial to our moods and reactions. "An emotional response to a given commercial in the warm, dark room of the focus group may have no relation to the way that same commercial is perceived at home or on a subway platform," he argues. A violinist soloing at Carnegie Hall at a high point in her career may be feeling exultant, but her face won't show it, he says, because she's concentrating so hard. A robot would struggle to interpret her "frozen" facial expression, he maintains. Solo's creators admit that the radio doesn't always read emotions correctly. And even Pepper the robot gets it wrong sometimes. "After a few late nights and being in a somewhat grumpy mood, Pepper added 10 to 12 years on to my age when she evaluated it," says Carl Clement, a founder of Emotion Robotics, a UK-based partner with Softbank in Europe. Solo, the emotional radio, might just manage a wry smile at that. And possibly play Frank Sinatra's Young at Heart? Follow Matthew Wall, Technology of Business editor, on Twitter and Facebook Click here for more Technology of Business features

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Police search for man who hit 9-year-old boy at Balga Park WA Police are investigating an incident where a nine-year-old boy was hit in the head by a man at park in Perth's northern suburbs on Monday afternoon. At around 3.30pm, the boy was playing with his brother at the Barry Britton Reserve on Balga Avenue when an unknown man approached them. Barry Britton Reserve. Photo: Kaleb Withers As the pair went to walk away from him, the man grabbed the nine-year-old boy's arm and struck him on the side of his head. The boy screamed, and the man fled the scene. WA Police said the man was fair skinned, around 50-years-old and approximately 180cm tall. He is believed to have a medium to solid build, with medium length grey or brown hair and an unshaven face. "The man had an Australian accent and was last seen wearing a dark coloured jacket and black rectangular sunglasses," WA Police spokeswoman Susan Usher said. Police would like to speak to anyone who may have encountered the man, and asked anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a report online.

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Ancylotrypa is a genus of spiders in the Cyrtaucheniidae family. It was first described in 1889 by Simon., it contains 44 species, all from sub-Saharan Africa. ==Species== Ancylotrypa comprises the following species: Ancylotrypa angulata Roewer, 1953 Ancylotrypa atra Strand, 1906 Ancylotrypa barbertoni (Hewitt, 1913) Ancylotrypa bicornuta Strand, 1906 Ancylotrypa brevicornis (Hewitt, 1919) Ancylotrypa brevipalpis (Hewitt, 1916) Ancylotrypa brevipes (Karsch, 1879) Ancylotrypa breyeri (Hewitt, 1919) Ancylotrypa bulcocki (Hewitt, 1916) Ancylotrypa coloniae (Pocock, 1902) Ancylotrypa cornuta Purcell, 1904 Ancylotrypa decorata (Lessert, 1938) Ancylotrypa dentata (Purcell, 1903) Ancylotrypa dreyeri (Hewitt, 1915) Ancylotrypa elongata Purcell, 1908 Ancylotrypa fasciata Fage, 1936 Ancylotrypa flaviceps (Pocock, 1898) Ancylotrypa flavidofusula (Hewitt, 1915) Ancylotrypa fodiens (Thorell, 1899) Ancylotrypa fossor Simon, 1889 Ancylotrypa granulata (Hewitt, 1935) Ancylotrypa kankundana Roewer, 1953 Ancylotrypa kateka (Roewer, 1953) Ancylotrypa lateralis (Purcell, 1902) Ancylotrypa magnisigillata (Hewitt, 1914) Ancylotrypa namaquensis (Purcell, 1908) Ancylotrypa nigriceps (Purcell, 1902) Ancylotrypa nuda (Hewitt, 1916) Ancylotrypa nudipes (Hewitt, 1923) Ancylotrypa oneili (Purcell, 1902) Ancylotrypa pallidipes (Purcell, 1904) Ancylotrypa parva (Hewitt, 1916) Ancylotrypa pretoriae (Hewitt, 1913) Ancylotrypa pusilla Purcell, 1903 Ancylotrypa rufescens (Hewitt, 1916) Ancylotrypa schultzei (Purcell, 1908) Ancylotrypa sororum (Hewitt, 1916) Ancylotrypa spinosa Simon, 1889 Ancylotrypa tookei (Hewitt, 1919) Ancylotrypa tuckeri Roewer, 1953 Ancylotrypa vryheidensis (Hewitt, 1915) Ancylotrypa zebra (Simon, 1892) Ancylotrypa zeltneri (Simon, 1904) Ancylotrypa zuluensis (Lawrence, 1937) ==References== Cyrtaucheniidae Mygalomorphae genera Spiders of Africa

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Waterpolo player fighting for life after Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, assault TWO men have been charged over an assault in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley that has left an 18-year-old man fighting for his life. Elite water polo player Cole Miller, of Highgate Hill, was assaulted in the Chinatown Mall on Duncan Street at around 3.30am on Sunday. He suffered serious head injuries and was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital where he remains in a life-threatening condition. Two 21-year-old men have been arrested and charged with one count of grievous bodily harm. They are due to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Monday. Detective Acting Inspector Tom Armitt said the young man was walking through the mall with a friend when they were approached by four men of Pacific Islander appearance, believed to be in their 20s. Cole Miller (on the ground) is helped by paramedics after being assaulted. Photo Supplied Channel NineSource:Supplied "A short exchange has occurred and the victim was struck once to the back of the head (and) has fallen forward," he said. "This is a random act of violence - there is no indication that the victim knew who the offenders were." Mr Miller has represented Queensland in under-20s water polo, is a member of the Brisbane Barracudas Water Polo Club and is the younger brother of Australian water polo player and Olympian Billy Miller. It is believed Mr Miller had called it a night and was about to hail a taxi home when the incident occurred, the Courier Mail reports. The teen's assault came about an hour after a 24-year-old man was punched in the face while sitting in a Brunswick Street nightclub. The force of the blow broke a ceramic mug the offender had in his fist, leaving the victim's face and eye lacerated. Police are still trying to determine if the men knew each other.

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Bilhac (formerly Billac) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France. ==Population== ==See also== Communes of the Corrèze department ==References== INSEE Communes of Corrèze Corrèze communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia

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Vic mine fire effort turns to Old Faithful A FIRE dubbed "Old Faithful," that's been smouldering for years in an unused section of a Victorian coal mine, may finally be put out for good. Fire crews working on the Hazelwood open-cut mine fire have turned their attention to extinguishing Old Faithful in the northern batters - or wall inclines - of the mine. The hot spot, which has been burning for several years, has been controlled by mine staff, who have been capping it with clay to smother the flow of oxygen. The fire is not related to the February 9 blaze, which caused smoke to blanket the nearby town of Morwell. The Incident Control Centre says while Old Faithful doesn't pose a community risk, fire services are keen to take advantage of firefighters, aircraft trucks and technology already on the ground. "To put this fire out once and for all would be a significant win for our crews who have been working tirelessly over the past few weeks to bring the mine fire under control," Incident Controller Bob Barry said on Wednesday in a statement. Mr Barry doesn't expect surrounding areas to be significantly affected by any smoke and ash arising from these works.

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Age of Empires-Apple Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings and The Conquerors Wiki Raja Lux Nintendo Wars Game Boy Wars - expansion needed. Quoridor The article is pretty small, and I can help since I own the game. RyGuy == List of Advance Wars COs == Shouldn't this also been in the scope of this WikiProject? The Advance Wars series is... Anyway, I think it needs cleanup. Who says it isn't? The talk page has our banner. · AO Talk Advance Wars has but this page doesn't. Then just add "" to it's talk page. · AO Talk Done...btw, I feel that it would be more uniform with the other WikiProjects if wee made it so that the template has a proj at the end: sgameproj or something like that. Just a suggestion...probably not worth editing every page with this template though... Actually, we only have to edit the template page. What exactly do you mean? This: This article has been rated as Start-Class on the assessment scale. This article is on a subject of low priority within gaming for inclusion in Wikipedia 1.0 Is that what you mean by project? · AO Talk No he means that if you put the template on a page it is whereas 1984 thinks it should be to reflect the look of other project templates (like VGs is ). However, that does bring up the idea of a rating scale and an importance scale again... :Does Wikipedia 1.0 do that, or do we more or less judge how good/important it is? · AO Talk ::Well 1.0 has the final decision on what they think should go in, but each wikiproject can classify and rate an article on their own. For example, I am working on the Eragon (video game) article, and the two different projects give it two different ratings and classifications. I think the reason behind this is that the members of a wikiproject specific to that topic probably know about it more than a random 1.0 member. :::Okay, sounds alright. Do we just rate articles, or is it by nomination? I mean, one person might say a certain article is GA, while another might say B-class. How do we keep tabs on that? I'll look into the CVG project (and it's incredibly complicated banner) later. Perhaps you'r already familiar with this though? · AO Talk ::::Ratings are basically opinions based on this by the user that asseses it. GAs and FAs go through the process, and A's are usually failed FACs, but the rest is done by the project member. BTW, I looked into the syntax of the cvgproj banner and it is fun. :::::Fun? Right... I'll probably have time to review it today. · AO Talk ::::::The link was the important part of that thread. :::::::Yes, I saw the link. Anyways, I'll (try to) look into the template now, or maybe tomorrow morning. · AO Talk ::::::::Okay, I've "filtered" it. I passed it to AndonicO/SGames template, since I doubt it is ready. Feel free to test it there; we'll probably have red links galore, so get ready to create subpages. · AO Talk :::::::::I added what I think is the final version to Civilizations at War to use as an example (because it only works in article-space). If you think it's fine, I'd say we change the old template for this one. If not, tell me, and I'll fix the problem. (P.S. THAT WAS HARD!!! )· AO Talk Looks really good (you are a better man than I). Can there be two adjustments made? 2006 (UTC) Category:Stub-Class strategy articles Category:Start-Class strategy articles Category:B-Class strategy articles Category:A-Class strategy articles Category:FA-Class strategy game articles == What is a strategy game? == I noticed that Solved game, along with 1038 other articles, was marked as falling within the scope of this WikiProject. What were the criteria for selecting these articles? Specifically, what role does this project fill that is distinct from WikiProject Board and table games and WikiProject Computer and video games? It seems to me that this WikiProject is somewhat redundant, particularly given the current population of WikiProject Games.

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Peter Jackson working on World War I documentary commissioned by the Imperial War Museums Acclaimed director of the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies Peter Jackson has been commissioned by the Imperial War Museums to create a documentary about the First World War. Jackson has spent the last few months going over archive footage from the museum's collection and BBC selection for stories and perspectives on the war never-before presented to the public. The unnamed documentary, made entirely of archived footage, has been hand-colourised, 3D-digitised, and restored with modern production techniques "I've always been fascinated by the First World War due to my own family history, and the centenary felt like a unique opportunity to make a personal contribution to the commemoration," the director said. "I wanted to find a way to bring new life to the stories of ordinary people living through extraordinary times." Previously unseen faces of the First World War Previously unseen faces of the First World War Sergeant George Tinsley Thompson's service number was 13/144. He was killed in action at Gallipoli in on 7 August 1915 aged 24. Imperial War Museum Three brothers, 2 Lieutenant William K Seabrook (21),Private Theo L Seabrook (24),and Private George R Seabrook (25) of Fivedock, NSW, Australia served with 17 Battalion, Australian Infantry and were killed together at Polygon Wood, Ypres on 20.09.1917. Imperial War Museum Private Tickle enlisted on 7 September 1914 and was accepted into the army although he was under age. He was killed on 3 July 1916, aged 17, during the Battle of the Somme. His mother's handwritten note on the photograph (taken a few days before his death) describes him as "One of the very best." Imperial War Museum Pte Williamson, although offered a commission, he refused, preferring to continue to serve in the ranks of A Company. Williamson was killed in action, aged 41, near Armentieres on 23 April 1917. He is buried in Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension. Imperial War Museum Private Thomas Newton, 15 Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince Of Wales's Own). Pte Newton was reported missing on 1 July 1916 at the start of the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Private Jolly was reported missing on 3 May 1917. [No more information is held on Private Jolly] Imperial War Museum In 1915, he sailed with his battalion to the Middle East and participated in the landings at Suvla Bay on 22 August. Major Harcus was killed in action, aged 34, at Tel el Kebir, on 11 December 1915. He is buried at Walker's Ridge cemetery, Gallipoli. He was born in Orkney, Scotland in 1881 and was a fluent speaker of Gaelic. He emigrated to Australia in 1907 and qualified as a barrister in 1912. During this time, he also served as an officer in the reserves of the New South Wales Scottish Rifles.On outbreak of the First World War, Major Harcus volunteered for active service and was part of the Australian force which took control of German colonies in Papua New Guinea in September 1914. Imperial War Museum Captain Bass served with 1st Battalion on the Western Front and is believed to have survived the War. [No more information is held Captain Bass] Imperial War Museum Enlisted on 05.08.1914. Served with A Company. Aged 22, he died of wounds received at Épéhy on the Somme (22.09.1918). Buried at Five Points Cemetery, Lechelle. His older brother, Cpt Clive Andrews Brown (Royal Engineers), was killed, aged 28, on 07.11.1918 Imperial War Museum Captain Frederick Henry Naylor was from Melbourne, Australia. He served in the 1st Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps. He was Mentioned in Despatches. He was killed in action at Gaza on 19 April 1917 aged 39. He is commemorated at the Jerusalem Memorial. Imperial War Museum Lt Addenbrooke, 20, was killed by a German sniper near Beaumont Hamel on 3.11.1916 during the closing stages of the Battle of the Somme. He is buried at Hamel Military Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel. Photograph presented by his mother, Mrs Addenbrooke of Bath. Imperial War Museum

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Face Off is an American reality television game show on the Syfy cable network in which a group of prosthetic makeup artists compete against each other to create prostheses such as those found in science fiction and s. Each episode features one or more challenges, with the work reviewed by a panel of judges and eliminating one or more artists each week until a final winner is chosen. Actress McKenzie Westmore, known for her role as Sheridan Crane on the former NBC/DirecTV soap opera Passions and a member of the Westmore family of makeup artists, serves as the show's host. For each assignment, the contestants' work is individually evaluated by a panel of professional special effects makeup artists who serve as judges. These judges have included television and film makeup artist Glenn Hetrick, Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning makeup artist Ve Neill, creature designer and director Patrick Tatopoulos (seasons 1-3), and creature and concept designer Neville Page (seasons 3-present). Industry figures and artists including Brian Grazer, Kevin Smith, Paul W. S. Anderson, Greg Nicotero, Rick Baker, Doug Jones, Len Wiseman, Gale Anne Hurd and Marcus Nispel have served as guest judges. Face Off premiered January 26, 2011 on Syfy. In August 2017, Syfy aired the first season of spin-off series Game Face, which brings back four all-stars from previous Face Off seasons for each episode and pits them head-to-head in three rounds for a chance to win. ==Format== Face Off is presented as a progressive elimination competition between 12 and 16 make-up artists. Each week, the artists face a "Spotlight Challenge" that tests their artistry and techniques to create a full makeup character to match a theme over the course of 3 days. The first day allows for concept design and sculpting for five hours, a second day of 9½ to 10 hours for work in finishing the molding, and a final day of 4 hours in applying the makeup before a one-hour "Last Look" for touch ups. The judges then have the opportunity to look at the makeups from afar and up close, and decide a series of top and bottom looks for the week. One artist will be deemed the winner, sometimes receiving a special bonus prize such as immunity from elimination or a cash reward, and one artist will be eliminated from the running for the grand prize. Some episodes also feature a "Foundation Challenge", a smaller challenge that introduces a new technique on a smaller scale, and the winner is awarded an advantage for that week's Spotlight Challenge, ranging from immunity from elimination to receiving a first choice of theme. More recent seasons have included a "Guantlet" challenge, where the artists must complete in three rounds of challenges over two days, with either rounds scored on a point system to determine the winner and loser, or the winners of individual rounds considered safe and do not need to participate in the future rounds. The elimination format proceeds until three or four contestants are left. At this point, they are generally given a larger assignment typically involving the makeup of two or more actors for a short film or similar setpiece to feature their work. The judges review the make-up within the context of this final setpiece to determine the winner. The Face Off winner receives 100,000 and a year's supply of makeup from Alcone (changed to 25,000 of makeup in season 2), a "grand prize that will launch a career". The second season added the 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid to its prize package. The Season 3 grand prize winner will receive the same US$25,000 of Alcone makeup and US$100,000 cash prize, in addition to the opportunity to become a guest lecturer at the "Make up for Ever Academy" in New York and Paris, and the Toyota Prius v. The prize package for season 4 remains the same with the exception of the 2013 Fiat 500 replacing the Prius V as the prize vehicle. ==Production and development== Syfy began the development of Face Off in March 2010 in association with production company Mission Control Media. Syfy confirmed that it had ordered the series in May, and announced the host and judges in November. Producers held open casting calls in Los Angeles and Orlando, Florida and accepted audition videos through September 15. ==Seasons== ===Season 1 (2011)=== The first season of Face Off was won by Conor McCullagh of Orlando, Florida. Face Off Season 1 drew an average audience of 1.4 million viewers per episode during season 1. Contestants on season 1 were: Megan Areford, Tom Devlin, Kayla "Jo" Holland, Sergio Guerra, Frank Ippolito, Jessica Kramer, Marcel Banks, Samantha "Sam" Cobb, Tate Steinsiek, Gage Hubbard, Anthony Pepe, and Conor McCullagh (Winner).

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Ancien Camp is an abri or infantry shelter associated with the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The position consists of two entry blocks. Neither block was armed. One machine gun cloche and embrasures for a heavy twin machine gun and a light machine gun were built, but not equipped. The blocks are connected by a single large underground gallery. == See also == List of Alpine Line ouvrages == References == == Bibliography == Allcorn, William. The Maginot Line 1928-45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2003. Kauffmann, J.E. and Kaufmann, H.W. Fortress France: The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II, 2006. Mary, Jean-Yves; Hohnadel, Alain; Sicard, Jacques. Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 4 - La fortification alpine. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2009. Mary, Jean-Yves; Hohnadel, Alain; Sicard, Jacques. Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 5. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2009. == External links == Ancien Camp (petit ouvrage de l') at fortiff.be ANCI Maginot Line Alpine Line

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Galaxy and Sounders tie, 2-2 There were tributes for the retiring Landon Donovan before and after the Galaxy's game against the Seattle Sounders on Sunday night, the Galaxy's last regular-season home game. Donovan's favorite band, Boyz II Men, sang the national anthem. Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber came to help toast Donovan, the league's all-time leader in goals and assists. And when the Galaxy took a 2-0 lead on Marcelo Sarvas' goal in the 50th minute, it appeared, at least for the Galaxy, that the celebration would be completed with a victory. But Clint Dempsey and the rest of the Sounders, proving why they're tied with the Galaxy for first place in the MLS Western Conference, then crashed the party in front of a sellout 27,244 at StubHub Center. Dempsey scored in the 69th minute, his teammate Lamar Neagle scored in the 72nd minute and Seattle left town with a 2-2 tie. "We're disappointed, for sure," Donovan said. Now the teams will finish the regular season playing each other again Saturday, this time in Seattle. And while both already have clinched playoff berths, there's still much at stake. The outcome of Saturday's game will determine which team wins the MLS Supporters' Shield, which goes to the club with the most points, and therefore which team is top-seeded for the postseason. Both teams have 61 points, but Seattle (19-10-4) has more wins than the Galaxy (17-6-10) that would serve as a tie-breaker. So Seattle would capture the Supporters' Shield with a win or a tie Saturday, while the Galaxy needs a victory. And Seattle might carry an edge into Saturday's game because Omar Gonzalez, the Galaxy's star defender, got into foul trouble Sunday. Gonzalez drew two fouls, and thus a red card, and therefore will be suspended for Saturday's game. "That's all part of it, you often play without players," Galaxy Coach Bruce Arena said. "The next guy will step in," though he declined to say who might replace Gonzalez. Although Seattle managed to stymie the Galaxy's top scorers, Robbie Keane, Gyasi Zardes and Donovan, the Galaxy took the lead during the one minute of extra time after the first half of regulation. As the Sounders tried to clear the ball from their goal, the ball fell to midfielder Baggio Husidic, who drove it with his left foot from the top of the 18-yard box past Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei. Sarvas also scored his goal from the top of the 18-yard box. But Seattle got back into the game in the 69th minute when a loose ball came to Dempsey and he rifled it past Galaxy goalkeeper Jaime Penedo from seven yards. Neagle scored three minutes later on a wide-open shot from 10 yards. "For whatever reason our energy level dropped in the second half," Donovan said. "As frustrating as it is, we're still alive for the Supporters' Shield," Donovan said. "It's frustrating but it's not the end of the world." Copyright © 2014, Los Angeles Times

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YouTube deleting Tide Pod challenge videos in bid to stem dangerous detergent-eating craze YouTube has said it is deleting any videos showing the Tide Pod challenge in an effort to stem the dangerous detergent-eating craze among US teens. The potentially health-damaging fad has seen teenagers daring each other to film themselves biting into washing machine capsules and then upload the results online, with some videos garnering hundreds of thousands of views. The trend has provoked warnings from health bodies in America, who say ingesting the capsules could have "serious health implications," and has also prompted an awareness campaign featuring an NFL star. Today YouTube said it was working to quickly remove Tide Pod videos as they encouraged dangerous behaviour with an "inherent risk of physical harm." A spokesman for YouTube said: "YouTube's Community Guidelines prohibit content that's intended to encourage dangerous activities that have an inherent risk of physical harm. We work to quickly remove flagged videos that violate our policies."

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Europe arrived on a roll, having won four of the last five. But back on home soil, it was the Americans who were rolling, leading 10-5 late Saturday and 2-up in the last match on the course. But Englishman Ian Poulter had other ideas. He birdied the last five holes to make it 10-6 and a suddenly resurgent Europe mowed down the Americans 8?-3? in singles. German Martin Kaymer faced a 6-footer - the same length from which countryman Langer had missed almost 20 years earlier - to clinch the win. "I did think about him, especially when I walked around the hole and read the putt from the other side," Kaymer said. He poured it into the cup.

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Huckabee: Obama more interested in attacking GOP than ISIS The spat between President Obama and Republican presidential candidates over the treatment of Syrian refugees intensified on Wednesday, with one second-tier Republican suggesting the president is more concerned about politics than national security. "Our president instead of going full bore against ISIS seems to be more intent on going after Republican governors," former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said in a telephone interview with CBSN on Wednesday. A day earlier, President Obama slammed GOP candidates for who are saying the U.S. shouldn't accept Syrian refugees. Talk of keeping out refugees "needs to stop," Mr. Obama said during a trip to the Philippines. "I cannot think of a more potent recruitment tool for ISIL than some of the rhetoric that's been coming out of here during the course of this debate." Huckabee called the president's remarks "tone deaf." Americans who are concerned about incoming refugees "just don't want to see in the streets of America what we've seen in the streets of Paris," the Republican candidate said. He also said that Mr. Obama is "more interested in protecting reputation of Islam than American people." Back in Washington, Huckabee's primary opponent Sen. Ted Cruz also took issue with Mr. Obama's "personal insults." "Let me suggest something, Mr. President, if you want to insult me you can do it overseas, you can do it in Turkey, you can do it in foreign countries, but I would encourage you, Mr. President, come back and insult me to my face," Cruz said. The senator went on to say he would debate Mr. Obama on the issue "anywhere you want." Mr. Obama on Tuesday specifically took issue with Republicans like Cruz, who have suggested the U.S. should accept only Christian refugees. Cruz defended that position Wednesday. "Syrian Muslim refugees need to be taken care of, and we should compassionately help resettle them in the Middle East in majority Muslim countries. Why is that? Because the administration lacks the ability to differentiate between those who are terrorists and those who are not," Cruz told reporters. He called Christians from the Middle East "a qualitatively different situation," arguing that Christians are facing "systematic persecution" by ISIS. "The Obama administration is not letting in the Syrian Christians, which makes no sense," he said. "We should be working to provide a safe haven." Of the 1,869 Syrian refugees admitted to the U.S. this year, 25 are Christian, according to the Worldwide Refugee Admissions Processing System website. About 10 percent of Syrians are Christian, according to the CIA. While Cruz and Huckabee were slamming the president, Mr. Obama defended his policy priorities and views in a series of messages on Twitter:

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Humanist group sues to remove cross-shaped WWI memorial in Maryland A humanist advocacy group has filed a federal lawsuit to remove a cross-shaped World War I memorial in Prince George's County, alleging the display violates the First Amendment. The American Humanist Association says it does not object to the fact that the Bladensburg Cross memorializes soldiers, but rather the placement of the Christian symbol on property owned by a government agency, The Daily Record reported. "We are certainly recommending coming up with a monument inclusive of all religious groups," said Monica Miller, a lawyer with the association's Appignani Humanist Legal Center. In 2012, the group sent a letter to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission demanding that the cross be removed from the war memorial. The group said it would have no objection if the cross was on private land, MyFoxDC.com reported. John Moss, the town's administrator, said the Bladensburg Cross is not endorsing any faith. "The cross memorializes our veterans," he told The Daily Record. "It was never meant to be a religious icon." The 40-foot-tall concrete memorial was erected in 1925 by the American Legion to commemorate the 49 men of Prince George's County who died during World War I. The monument was initially owned by the state but was deeded in 1960 to the commission, which administers regional parks in Montgomery and Prince George's counties. The monument was restored and rededicated in 1965, according to The Daily Record. According to the report, the lawsuit names as plaintiffs two local American Humanist Association members and a third individual -- each of whom had "unwelcome contact" with the monument. Steven Lowe, a plaintiff from Washington, said was "shocked" when he first saw the cross and is "upset" whenever he passes it, according to the complaint obtained by the newspaper. "He believes that the Bladensburg Cross associates a Christian religious symbol with the state and gives the impression that the state supports and approves of Christianity, as opposed to other religions, and that the state may even prefer Christians and Christianity over other religions," the complaint reads. Moss, the town administrator, told The Daily Record this is the first time a lawsuit has been filed to remove the Bladensburg Cross. He said the memorial has "historic and patriotic" value. "There are community members that would be disturbed if the cross were removed," he said. Click here for more from The Daily Record. Click here for more from MyFoxDC.com.

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== St Bonaventure's is not a Jesuit School, but Loyola in Montreal is. == I don't know how these pages can be edited, but St Bon's is NOT a Jesuit school. The administration is not appointed by the Society, but a board, which is a lay board, not a board of Jesuits or controlled by Jesuits. On the other hand Loyola, which is not mentioned here, IS Jesuit. --Richardson mcphillips (talk)

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Last summer his reign began to unravel amid a series of allegations by colleagues, including Assistant Chief Constable Malcolm Graham and Supt Graham McInarlin. Although Mr Gormley, who lives in Norfolk, denied any wrongdoing, the volume of complaints against him always made it unlikely that he would return to his role. His resignation now allows Police Scotland to plan for the future as it approaches the fifth anniversary of its launch. But the shadow cast over the force will remain until the Pirc verdict on the allegations that brought down a chief constable.

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Venezuela's Maduro Rejects Law to Free Opposition Activists Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has vetoed legislation that would give amnesty to activists the opposition considers political prisoners. The opposition-controlled congress passed the measure last week calling for the release of dozens of people imprisoned in connection with opposing the socialist administration launched 17 years ago by the late President Hugo Chavez. Maduro has called amnesty an attempt to free murderers, and on Thursday he officially rejected the bill. He also said he had asked Venezuela's Supreme Court to declare it unconstitutional. The Supreme Court has blocked the National Assembly at every turn since the opposition took over the body in January and the justices are expected to kill the legislation as well. The amnesty push has been one of the opposition's most important initiatives.

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A list of cultural depictions of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor. Cultural depictions of Austrian monarchs Cultural depictions of Hungarian monarchs Cultural depictions of men Cultural depictions

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Syria crisis: Istanbul misery for desperate refugees Turkey is home to more than a million Syrian refugees, with many living in camps near the border or in cities such as Istanbul. The huge influx of people has caused tensions within some communities and there are also fears some refugees are being exploited by landlords. Mark Lowen visited a neighbourhood in Istanbul to find out more.

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In Uzbekistan, transgender man breaks barriers with transparent transition Yan has a harrowing reminder of how haters in Uzbekistan treat transgender people. "There's a scar left by a screwdriver next to my liver," the craggy-bearded and long-haired transgender man says, describing how his college classmates attacked him in 1997 in Tashkent, the capital of this former Soviet republic, a mostly Muslim nation of 31 million. Here, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Uzbeks are routinely ostracized, harassed and abused, according to the United Nations, international human rights groups and local gay rights activists. A Stalinist-era law punishes consensual sex between men by up to three years in jail. President Islam Karimov's government has repeatedly refused to scrap it. And yet, despite all odds, Yan had his sex changed officially from female to male, underwent a surgery - and wed his high school sweetheart. It took him three years of patience and insistence, intrusive visits to doctors and officials, threats of legal action and a scrupulous search for loopholes. He found Soviet-era regulations in the Uzbek family code that allow a sex change after an evaluation by a commission of psychiatrists. Communist Moscow adopted the regulations in the early 1980s after decades of Western pressure and, luckily for Yan, they were not removed after Uzbekistan's independence. What also helped him is that Tashkent is a relatively cosmopolitan city, a world apart from the patriarchal and parochial Uzbek countryside, where transgender people, especially women, face intimidation, beatings and rapes - or can "simply get killed," says Yan, who heads the unregistered and clandestine Uzbek branch of XS (Access), an LGBT rights group that operates in the former Soviet Union. "Their parents, family won't even interfere," Yan says over a steaming cup of tea. "Because they think it is a sin, a crime against God." Yan asked to keep his last name secret for fear of being targeted and attacked. Online, he goes by the name McMillan. Families of transgender people "often kick them out of their homes or marry them forcibly, and if they don't agree, kill them, and nobody cares, " claims Timur, another transgender man, who says he was first raped in fifth grade. There are no available records of crimes against LGBT people in Uzbekistan, one of the three former Soviet republics where male homosexuality is still a crime (the others are Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan). Uzbek officials refused to comment on the issue. Western news outlets have been driven out of Uzbekistan, and officials routinely turn down their requests. The anti-gay law is rarely enforced but remains a tool to imprison whistle-blowers, rights advocates and reporters. Few Uzbeks draw distinctions between transgender people and gays and lesbians. Corrupt police officers use dating websites and informants to track down gays and extort money - otherwise threatening rectal "examinations" in front of neighbors or gang rapes in prison cells, several LGBT Uzbeks say in interviews. A cellphone video leaked online several months ago showed plainclothes police officers beating up a man in drag who received male visitors in his apartment. Homophobia is endorsed at the highest level. President Karimov, who has ruled Uzbekistan since before the 1991 Soviet collapse, has said that homosexuality is "disgusting" and "something is wrong" with gay couples. Even his staunchest opponent, nationalist leader Muhammad Solih, who lives in Turkey, says that gays should be "isolated." LGBT issues and sex in general remain taboo. Authorities outlaw movies such as "Brokeback Mountain" or "Kinsey" and in 2013 banned a music video titled "Honey Tea," in which a man in drag sang about his love to a guy in an office suit. Mark Weil, an acclaimed director whose Tashkent-based Ilkhom theater was the U.S.S.R.'s first independent theater and whose productions occasionally addressed same-sex romance, was stabbed to death in 2007. The three men who were sentenced to up to 19 years in jail for his killing said that one of Weil's plays insulted the Koran. Yan began his legal transformation less than a year after Weil's killing. As a child, he had considered himself a boy - and announced it to his classmates when he was about 12. He grew up in Tashkent with his divorced mother, who threatened for years "that she will commit suicide, will not give me the money I'd been saving for surgery, place me in a nuthouse," he says. "I was a little offended that after I was done [with the transition] she kept me away from her friends," he says, adding that she gradually accepted his choice. His estranged father called it a "misfortune."

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Meet the 'grandma Nancy Drews' behind Netflix's newest true-crime series 'The Keepers' They call themselves retired grandma Nancy Drews. One is a former emergency room nurse, the other a longtime elementary school teacher. They make notes on coffee filters instead of index cards and wear clam diggers and sensible sneakers. But thanks in part to the amateur sleuth work of Gemma Hoskins and Abbie Schaub, the 47-year-old unsolved murder of a young Catholic nun is gaining national attention. Earlier this year the Baltimore County Police Department conducted DNA tests on the exhumed body of a priest in relation to the case. And now, with the debut last Friday of Netflix's "The Keepers," the seven-part docu-series in which the two are central figures, Hoskins and Schaub are being treated like Cagney and Lacey. The two were classmates at Archbishop Keough High School in the 1960s, where Sister Cathy Cesnik served as their teacher. But the nun disappeared suddenly on Nov. 7, 1969, after driving to a local shopping center to buy some Muhly's dinner rolls, cash a paycheck and purchase an engagement gift for her sister. She never returned home, and her car was found directly across the street from where she lived, parked haphazardly, the rear jutting out into the road. The tires were caked with mud, and a twig hung from the steering wheel. The Muhly's bag was still inside the vehicle. Cesnik's body wasn't discovered until Jan. 3, 1970, abandoned in a snowy, wooded area just a few miles from where she lived. Her death remained a sad, murky mystery until Hoskins got a call from a former Baltimore Sun reporter searching for anyone who had been a student of Cesnik's. Hoskins, wanting to help reporter Tom Nugent figure out who had hurt Cesnik, posted a message to a Facebook page for Keough High alumni, but was berated for muddying up a space usually filled with birth and anniversary announcements with such an unpleasant topic. One person, however, came to Hoskins" defense: Schaub. It wasn't long before the two started a new Facebook group, this one seeking justice for Cesnik. Amateur sleuths Hoskins has always liked true-crime stories; she's watched "Dateline" and "20/20" every Friday night for years. But it wasn't until this mystery turned up in her own backyard that she realized just how adept she was at detective work. Following tips often submitted through the Facebook page, Hoskins and Schaub began seriously investigating Cesnik's death, which led to the theory explored in "The Keepers" that the teacher was killed after students confided in her about sexual abuse taking place at Keough. Numerous subjects interviewed by Hoskins and Schaub say they were molested by Father Joseph Maskell, who served as the school's chaplain, counselor and religion teacher. The two made a good team: Schaub, the retired nurse, had a knack for research. Through Google, she learned how to access public records, digging up old court documents, sifting through microfilm and even filing Freedom of Information Act requests. She kept all of her findings in organized spreadsheets and file folders, some days working for up to 10 hours on the investigation. Hoskins, meanwhile, preferred to do the face-to-face work. If a new Maskell survivor popped up, she'd be the one to go and conduct the interview. She wasn't afraid of knocking on doors or flirting to get information. "Gemma and I are opposite souls," explains Schaub, 65, who was on a vacation in West Virginia the week before the release of "The Keepers." "She is outgoing, confident and knows everybody in the community. I am far more of an introvert. I am keen to find substantive, hard facts. I want to see a paper trail. I don't really like cold-calling people. So her strengths are my weaknesses." Director Ryan White, who began work on the series after the release of his and Ben Cotner's 2014 documentary, "The Case Against 8," immediately saw cinematic potential in the pair. But it wasn't always smooth sailing. Often he and Hoskins would butt heads. She jokes that she told White she was quitting the project about a dozen times.

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Hauke hoped that, in spite of such annoyances, Revel would either provide him with an income stream or else buy him out. A few neighborhood property owners said that it would never happen. They'd been holding on for years themselves, in the hope of selling to a big casino, and in the interim they'd been gutted by rising property taxes and ongoing decay. The problem was that the area was zoned for big casino-hotels. You couldn't build a house, and the few houses left in the neighborhood - most had been demolished or had burned down, accidentally or not - were old and badly battered by the salt air. One of them, down near the beach, across the street from a run-down low-income housing complex called the Waterside, belonged to a teacher Hauke had got to know named Tony Zarych, who'd moved to Atlantic City as a teen-ager forty years earlier, when his family was buying up property around town. He'd worked as a baccarat dealer at the Sands, until it closed (it was demolished in 2007), and now taught English as a second language at an elementary school. He liked to hunt wild turkey offshore and sometimes had carcasses hanging outside. His property taxes had risen sharply, as the city contended with a steep drop in tax revenues from the casinos. "Get out while you can," Zarych told Hauke. Sure enough, in 2009, amid the financial meltdown, Revel, only half built, ran out of money. In April, 2010, Morgan Stanley quit the project, booking a loss of almost a billion dollars. Construction stopped. Hauke's business withered. "There were no more tourists or construction workers," he recalled. "Mostly just cops. And crackheads wanting free shit." But something about the city, and about the Inlet's seaside squalor, made him want to stay on. Maybe it was the fact that his great-grandmother had attended shul in the Inlet. Or that he'd simply got sand in his shoes, as the locals say about those who take to the place. After grinding along for another year, Hauke shut down the shop, spiffed it up, and rechristened it Tony Boloney's. He bought a food truck, which he named the Mustache Mobile, and developed a line of pizzas and novelty subs that he marketed as "indigenous Atlantic City grub," as though he'd revived an obscure provincial cuisine. Soon, Tony Boloney's began winning foodie awards and luring in not just gamblers, night-clubbers, food-truck connoisseurs, politicians, and cops but also a procession of casino magnates and real-estate speculators who were visiting the neighborhood, often on the sly, to size up the distressed property next door. At the beginning of 2011, Governor Chris Christie pledged tax incentives to Revel worth more than a quarter of a billion dollars. (The incentives were tied to certain revenue targets, which, in the end, Revel failed to meet.) Christie had evidently decided that Revel's success was essential to the survival of Atlantic City, and therefore his gubernatorial track record. His pledge helped Revel secure new financing from an array of hedge funds, including Chatham Asset Management and Canyon Capital, which manage hundreds of millions of dollars in New Jersey state pension funds. Construction resumed, and Christie came to town. After a photo op at a famous sub shop called the White House and a visit to the Revel site, he dropped in at Tony Boloney's and urged Hauke to keep the place going. "Listen, you gotta stick around," Christie told him. The Revel executives were emphatic as well: "It'll look bad if you close. Please don't go anywhere." The head of Chatham Asset Management hired Hauke to cater his annual Halloween party, up in Essex County. "I understand you've spent the summer on someone's ass. Can you tell us what that was like?"Buy the print "

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Jim Chim Sui-man (; born 1965) is a Hong Kong-based stage actor and comedian. ==Biography== Jim Chim, Associate Artistic Director of Theatre Ensemble, co-founded the company with Olivia Yan in 1993. Since then, he has been performing and directing performances that have been critically acclaimed and popular with Hong Kong audiences. He is widely recognized for his distinctive brand of humour, physical movement and performance style. He was presented with the first Drama Development Fellowship from Hong Kong Arts Development Council Drama Committee in 2000. He also received the Best Supporting Actor Award and the Best Actor Award from the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Society in 1998 and 2000, respectively. Apart from creative and performing achievements, Chim also devoted himself to theatre training and established the PIP-Pleasure In Play artistic concept. In 2003, he founded the PIP School, not only providing professional training in performing arts, but also further conveying the PIP style of living. He has been invited to conduct acting and movement workshops for local and overseas universities and professional arts organizations, including Ecole Philippe Gaulier (UK), The Theatre Practice (Singapore), National Drama Company of China, U-Theatre (Taiwan) and the very first full-time theatre school in Tokyo established by New National Theatre (Japan). Chim has worked with both foreign and local artists, including David Glass and Meng Jin Hui. In recent years, he has also been highly involved in local cinema and has appeared in movies such as You Shoot, I Shoot, Men Suddenly in Black, Isabella, McDull, the Alumni and Driving Miss Wealthy. For the last, he was a Best Supporting Actor nominee at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards. He also lent his voice in various Cantonese Chinese dubs of Hollywood films, most notably as adult Simba in The Lion King (1994) and as Dave Douglas in The Shaggy Dog (2006). In 2004, Chim was honored with the “Men of Vision 2004” award by Royal Salute and was invited by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to visit the United States in August 2006 as a grantee of its cultural exchange program, the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). ==Filmography== {| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;" |- bgcolor="#B0C4DE" align="center" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Awards |- | 2001 || You Shoot, I Shoot || Dai Hung/Kwok Wai-bun |- | 2002 || Mighty Baby || Raymond Kim |- |rowspan="4"| 2003 || Good Times, Bed Times || |- | Dragon Loaded 2003 || Loan Shark |- | Men Suddenly in Black || Baggio |- | Spy Dad || Mrs. Tung |- |rowspan="7"| 2004|| Driving Miss Wealthy || Peter/Aunt Mary/Uncle Big/Policeman/Fake || Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor |- | Supermodel || |- | Ambush || Chu Yan |- | Twins Effect 2 || Rebel Leader |- | Escape from Hong Kong Island || Bank Employee |- | Beyond Our Ken || Shirley's ex-boyfriend |- | Kung Fu Soccer || Butcher Chu |- |rowspan="2"| 2005 || DragonBlade || Master Wu |- | A.V.

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Chicago hums historically ahead of World Series clash CHICAGO The Windy City was abuzz Friday ahead of the Chicago Cubs' first World Series home game in 71 years and nowhere more than in the neighborhood around iconic Wrigley Field where media helicopters hovered well before dawn. Up to four helicopters at a time hovered over the stadium all day Friday, the wup-wup-wup of their rotor blades waking Raymond Peternell providing a constant, physical reminder that something big was on its way. Peternell, 71, and his partner of 47 years Francis DiLorenzo, 73, have been glued to their television throughout the Chicago Cubs' postseason run after decades of disappointment and nervously watched the lowering sky on Friday morning, afraid it might rain. The Cubs have not won a World Series since 1908. "I just want the Cubs to keep winning," Peternell said. "Over a hundred years is far too long." The World Series between the Cubs and Cleveland Indians was tied 1-1 after two games in Cleveland and with the best-of-seven series switching to Chicago for three games, the Cubs have been seen having a slight edge. From Wrigleyville to the Chicago suburbs, fans marveled at the enormity of the occasion. "This is a chance to watch history," said Steve Newman, 55, a semi-retired human resources manager who lives in the western suburbs and would watch the game on television. Crowds gathered outside venerable Wrigley hours before the game started Friday night, with children and adults alike breathlessly hoping to catch balls on Waveland Avenue as players practiced hitting inside. A number of bars in the area were charging hundreds of dollars entry fee Friday for the chance to drink close to the "Friendly Confines" of Wrigley while standing room tickets inside the stadium could be had for more than $2,000. "I can't afford to get in to the game tonight, but this is a once in a lifetime experience," said Jason Powell, 33, who planned to watch the game at Murphy's, a hugely popular Wrigleyville bar that decided against a cover charge. "Just to be close to the stadium is enough." A few blocks away Conner Hess, 23, stood with a sign that read "Will Pay $$$ For 1 Ticket." He wouldn't say how much he was willing to pay, but it was a lot more than he could afford. "I brought all my money and borrowed some from friends," he said. "I can't afford to miss this. If it takes the Cubs another 71 years to get back into the World Series, I'll most likely be dead." (Editing by Steve Keating.)

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Taylor wrote, "Lopez seems to have command of the most important element—her voice—though admittedly, the vocal melody of this song holds tightly to a very narrow edge. Lopez might remind listeners of the funkier side of Vanessa Williams Curiosity alone will propel this onto the pop and R&B airwaves; at that point, the hook, along with an undoubtedly compelling video clip, should take this debut far." AllMusic's Heather Phares said that it has a "fiery, soulful sound more in keeping with Lopez's public persona." Aaron Beierle of DVD Talk praised the song as "catchy," writing that it "showcases the singer's style well." Beth Johnson of Entertainment Weekly was also favorable, noting the song to feature a "silky groove". Johnson also observed: "Considering the dustbins filled with movie stars' vanity discs, why expect this actress' recording debut to be hit-bound? Well, surprise, surprise." Elysa Gardner of the Los Angeles Times described the track as an "exotic hip hop" workout. Vibe magazine writer Dream Hampton called the song "sweet" and "upbeat", and commented on Lopez's "strong" vocals. Brian McCollum of the Rome News-Tribune called "If You Had My Love" one of the year's most "infectious" singles. Amy Sciarretto of PopCrush praised it as a "silky-smooth", "confident" song that "established her as more than just an actress who was 'dabbling' in music Her voice may be thin, but she chose a song that worked with her vocal limitations. It's semi-synthy, mid-tempo, contempo R&B pop that's flawlessly executed." A reporter from the International Business Times called the song "radio-friendly". In a review of Lopez's remix album J to tha L–O! The Remixes (2002), Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine praised the Dark Child remix of "If You Had My Love," which utilized a "delectable" interpolation of Michael Jackson's "Liberian Girl". But Jerome Joseph, also from the Los Angeles Times, was not as positively receptive of the single, arguing that it sounded like a "Brandy or Monica reject", and called Lopez "Paula Abdul 2000". Similarly, Hartford Courant writer Roger Catlin stated that the song is "more of a bland R&B number that could have been sung by anybody", suggesting that it has "little Latin flair". While Scott Iwasald of Deseret News characterized Lopez's vocals as "sultry" but thin, he noted that she finds a "nice ring" in songs such as "If You Had My Love". At the 1999 Teen Choice Awards, the song won the award for "Song of the Summer". ==Chart performance== Following its release on May 11, 1999, the song garnered instant radio attention. Promotional images relating to the single featured Lopez in "seductive poses" and "skin tight clothing". Billboard commented that the Work Group was "taking every advantage of her sexy image to aid the marketing side." "If You Had My Love" debuted at number 72 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending May 15, 1999, and moved to number 64 in its second week. The following week, the song sold 66,000 copies, debuting at number five on the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart. This, along with a 16.7% increase in radio audience, allowed it to rise to number eight on the Hot 100; it also reached the top ten of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart this week. In its fourth week, the song rose to number one on the Hot 100 Singles Sales, with 120,000 units sold during the week (representing an 80% increase in sales). It subsequently moved to number two on the Hot 100, earning the "Greatest Gainer" title of the week. For the week of June 12, 1999, "If You Had My Love" reached number one on the Hot 100. It experienced 30% increase in sales and an airplay increase of 5.6 million in audience impressions. The song displaced Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca" on the Hot 100, which was the first time a Latin artist followed another Latin artist to the top of the chart since Gloria Estefan's "Coming Out of the Dark" replaced Timmy T's "One More Try" in March 1991. Lopez became the first artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 with their debut single since Britney Spears did so with her single, "...Baby One More Time" just four months prior.

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wjematherbigissue I would appreciate it if you refrain from calling other editors contributions "crap". It is inflammatory and doesn't help civil discourse. Daily Mail and MSNBC are not notable news oranizations? How many hundreds of news organizations would you need references for? Again, please note that notability does not expire: "Notability is not temporary: once a topic has been the subject of "significant coverage" in accordance with the general notability guideline, it does not need to have ongoing coverage." NTEMP Adamtheclown (talk) Knock it off. Clearly I, and others your are similarly accusing, are not commenting on other editors, we are stating our thoughts on this kind of internet-related trivial nonsense. I also think you should definitely read the policies again. News stories (which this obviously is) absolutely do need ongoing coverage or evidence of long term impact. See (NOTNEWS, EVENT, and even ONEEVENT). wjematherbigissue Delete - must we really sully the article space with this kind of crap just because there was a slow news day out there somewhere?  Óðinn  ☭☆ᛟ  talk  You do know you are insulting editors contributions? Adamtheclown (talk) They made the choice to spend time on building an entirely unencyclopedic article out of their own free will.  Óðinn  ☭☆ᛟ  talk  Keep this picture is the very essence of the reason wikipedia was created. It is pointless and more famous than 99.9 percent of all the greatest works of art. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.253.234.194 (talk) Strong keep massive amounts of references for this article. NTEMP Notability never expires, so if Cigar guy is notable today, just because time passes and he is not talked about later, doesn't mean he should not be on wikipedia. Adamtheclown (talk) He is not notable today, nor will he be tomorrow. He may be newsworthy on a quiet day, but that is a totally different thing. Same goes for the photograph (which is the subject of this article). wjematherbigissue Keep. I just googled this after seeing it mentioned on a blog. But perhaps Cigar Man should be listed under List of Internet phenomena rather than a whole article about this photo. It is being mentioned in the British press, see Daily Mail or Daily Telegraph. Jezzerk (talk) Keep for now which is my normal opinion for brand new items that definitely have "temporary notability" in the common-English-language sense of the word but which may or may not survive the test of time. Give it 3 months minimum before sending it back to AFD. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) That position has no basis in policy. wjematherbigissue It has a good commonn sense basis in reality, however, and is the de facto result in many of these AfDs. Keep as subject is widely covered in UK, US, and global press, and with this breaking news the article can be improved with a confirmed identity for the mysterious Cigar Guy. Notability is not temporary. - Dravecky (talk) Still not notable in the first place though. wjematherbigissue The general notability policy is pretty clear on this: "If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to satisfy the inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article." The coverage has been significant, reliable, independent, and ongoing over a period of time, not merely "a day" as asserted in the nomination. Also, Notability is not temporary, to wit: "once a topic has been the subject of "significant coverage" in accordance with the general notability guideline, it does not need to have ongoing coverage" so even if/when coverage eventually tapers off, that's not a factor here. - Dravecky (talk) GNG is quite obviously a guideline not a policy, and the key word is presumed, i.e not guaranteed. Yes notability is not temporary, but this has not been notable at any time. Newsworthy apparently, but not notable. This has been nothing more than a news story about some internet nonsense. Therefore NOTNEWS applies, and until it can be demonstrated that this has some long lasting impact or significance that will remain the case.

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FIFA chief warns there could be shortage of referees Pierluigi Collina believes abuse towards referees is a 'worldwide problem' The former match official wants FIFA to tackle referee abuse at grassroots level Collina took charge of the 2002 World Cup final between Brazil and Germany By Reuters Reporter FIFA referees committee chief Pierluigi Collina has warned there will be a global shortage of match officials if efforts are not made to tackle abuse and violence towards referees at grassroots level. Collina, who was in charge of the 2002 World Cup final between Brazil and Germany, said it is a'real threat' when match officials face verbal and physical abuse in amateur football. 'It's a worldwide problem that we need to consider and we need to take (action) as soon as possible,' Collina told Sky Sports. 'We have a huge number of referees working every weekend in grassroots and amateur football. At this level there is something as a threat; it's a physical threat of violence. 'Unfortunately, at this level, instead of paying huge respect for these unknown heroes... they are abused verbally, physically sometimes, this is a real threat.' Collina welcomed initiatives to improve behaviour towards the officials. 'Many national associations have launched a campaign, the FA did something like this, also UEFA and FIFA are promoting respect, not only towards referees but football,' the 57-year-old Italian added. 'I know that it won't be easy but something has to be done. Certainly top football has to give grassroots football the correct message.' Share or comment on this article

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Small business advice: Are you really hiring the person you think you're hiring? By Joelle Scott October 8 at 2:15 PM GrowBizCorp was looking to hire a new chief financial officer, and after sifting through hundreds of resumes, the company narrowed the search down to Jane Smith. With years of experience as a CFO in various capacities, Smith seemed like the perfect fit. The company's executives met with her, liked her and extended her an offer. A few months after Jane joined GrowBizCorp, however, executives started to hear grumblings from unhappy employees. Some said they were being harassed. Ultimately, they decided to conduct a posthumous background check - a step initially overlooked due to time and cost constraints. What they found was startling. Smith was not a CPA (as claimed on her LinkedIn profile and resume), she had no master's degree in accounting (as claimed), and she had been sued by two former employees for harassment and discrimination - yikes. This was an actual situation for company I worked with (though I have changed the names of the firm and the individual), and incidents like these occur more often than you might expect. One of the biggest challenges small business owners face is finding quality candidates - someone with the right experience, someone who will be a good "fit" with the team, and someone you can trust. And that last part is probably the most difficult. When hiring a new employee, especially in a senior level person, a lot of the decision comes from your gut; thus, to a large extent, it represents a leap of faith. However, business owners must ensure that they are collecting real information about the candidate, too. This requires the obvious steps (resume evaulations, reference checks) and in some cases, the not-so-obvious ones (background investigations, reference assessments). Ideally, before making any hiring decisions, a thorough background check should be completed. Here's where to start. 1.Make sure individuals attended and graduated from the schools they claim. National Student Clearinghouse is the largest third-party provider of this information. 2.Cruise the Internet, and not just a quick Google search. Make sure the person does not say or do anything on their social networking sites that might embarrass your firm, or that would indicate unprofessional behavior. 3.Confirm those credentials. These days, most individuals" LinkedIn pages and resumes list numerous industry associations and certifications. These credentials can - and should - be verified. From accountants to engineers, many professions require some sort of licensing. 4.Use the public record resources available to you. If the candidate is in finance or securities, check FINRA and NFA to see if the person has a registration and if there are any disciplinary actions or sanctions. 5. Call references. No, not just the three or five names the candidate provides. Do some research, find the other people that worked with the candidate - the superiors, the colleagues and the subordinates - and ask them about their experiences. If someone does not return your calls or emails, you should know why and make sure it is due to a scheduling conflict and not a potential problem. Simply talking to people is one of the most undervalued resources now that the Internet has come along. Former business associates will usually be candid and tell you what you need to know, including how the candidate performs in certain professional situations and if there are any risks or weaknesses. It is these reference assessments that would have helped in the case of Jane Smith and GrowBizCorp, potentially saving the latter a considerable amount of time, money and embarrassment. Business owners must protect their companies - including their assets, their reputation and their employees - and that means being careful and proactive during the hiring process. Joelle Scott is the director of business intelligence at Corporate Resolutions Inc., a global business investigations and consulting firm headquartered in New York City.

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4 Equulei is a binary star system in the constellation of Equuleus, located about 3° to the east of Alpha Equulei. With an apparent visual magnitude of 5.94, it is just barely visible to the naked eye under good seeing conditions. The system shows an annual parallax shift of 20.44 mas as measured from Earth's orbit, which yields a distance estimate of about 160 light years. It is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −13 km/s. This is a single-lined spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of and an eccentricity of 0.39. The value of for the primary is, providing a lower bound for the semimajor axis. Griffin (2011) noted that the mass of the secondary component is likely to be at least equal to that of the Sun, which, for an ordinary main sequence star, should make it visible in the spectrum. The lack of significant ultraviolet emission appears to rule out a white dwarf companion. Instead, the secondary may consist of a binary pair of low mass dwarfs. The visible component is an F-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of F8 V. The spectrum of the star is unusual for its near absence of lithium. With an estimated age of about three billion years, it has 1.4 times the mass of the Sun and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 6 km/s. It is radiating five times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of around 6,213 K. 4 Equulei is not known to harbor a planet. It has a magnitude 12.4 companion star located, as of 2012, at an angular separation of 30.70 arcseconds along a position angle of 301°. ==References== F-type main-sequence stars Spectroscopic binaries Double stars Equuleus Durchmusterung objects Equulei, 04 200790 104101 8077

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Bill Goss may refer to: Bill Goss (author), American author Bill Goss (singer), member of the boyband The Choirboys ==See also== William Goss (disambiguation)

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The 336th Rifle Division was formed in August, 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division in the Volga Military District. After additional training and equipping in the Moscow Military District it was assigned to 5th Army and went directly into the winter counteroffensive in mid-December. It fought in the battles around Rzhev in the summer and winter of 1942, taking heavy casualties for little gain. In spring of 1943 the division began shifting southwards, campaigning in southeastern Belorussia in the autumn and then moving into the northern Ukraine. On the last day of 1943 the 336th was recognized for its role in the second liberation of Zhitomir and was awarded that city's name as an honorific. During 1944 it continued to advance from western Ukraine into Poland, and in the last month of the war joined 4th Ukrainian Front's advance into Czechoslovakia, gaining additional honors along the way. The division continued to serve briefly into the postwar period. ==Formation== The division began forming at Melekess in the Volga Military District in August, 1941. Its order of battle was as follows: 1128th Rifle Regiment 1130th Rifle Regiment 1132nd Rifle Regiment 909th Artillery Regiment Col. Grigorii Mikhailovich Shapovalov took command of the division on September 13, a position he would hold until his suicide in December. As with the 334th Rifle Division, the 336th moved to Gorkii, in 60th Reserve Army, to complete its training and equipping, as best as could be done under the circumstances. ===Battle of Moscow=== On December 9 the division arrived just west of Moscow to join 5th Army in Western Front, and went right into the offensive against Army Group Center. This introduction to battle did not go well, and Shapovalov lost control of his men, leading to a disorderly retreat. Overwhelmed by his responsibility, Shapovalov took his own life on December 15. The division came under command of Col. Nikolai Nikolaievich Solovev until March 29, 1942, during which time the command stabilized. 5th Army issued orders on the same day for the division to form a shock group with the 19th and 329th Rifle Divisions to attack from the line Terekhovo - Velkino - Gorbovo - Lyzlovo westward in the direction of Ruza. On December 20 the 336th, backed by the 20th Tank Brigade and 136th Independent Tank Battalion, broke into Ruza and became involved in street fighting with the enemy. However, heavy counterattacks followed the next day, throwing the division and its armor support out of the town. 5th Army renewed its offensive on the night of January 5-6, 1942, but the 336th was limited to a diversionary role while 32nd Rifle Division led the attack. This produced a breakthrough by January 9. Dorokhovo was taken on the morning of January 14, and 19th Rifle Division was left facing Ruza while the 329th and 336th advanced to outflank the town from the left. Facing the threat of encirclement, the German forces fell back westward, and Ruza was finally liberated on January 17. As a result of this fighting the division was gutted, and on the same day received reinforcements from the 43rd Rifle Brigade and was withdrawn into the reserves of Western Front for rebuilding. In February it was back at the front, in 50th Army of Western Front, where it remained until June. Colonel Solovev was briefly succeeded in command by Maj. A. G. Dobrinskii until April 15, when Maj. Gen. Vladimir Stepanovich Kuznetsov took command of the division, a post he would hold until July 1, 1943, when he moved on to command of 40th Rifle Corps. ==Battles of Rzhev== From June, 1942 until March, 1943, the division was assigned and re-assigned among several armies within Western Front. From August to December it saw action in both the First and the Second Rzhev-Sychyovka Offensive Operations while serving in 31st Army. While 31st Army gained some successes in the summer offensive, the story was quite different come November. The plan for Operation Mars called for the divisions on the left flank of the Army to support the main thrust of 20th Army towards Sychyovka by attacking through the valleys of the Vazuza and Osuga Rivers. The 88th, 336th and 239th Rifle Divisions (north to south) would be supported by the 32nd and 145th Tank Brigades. But when the attack opened on November 24 it was a costly failure.

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Okoneshnikovo (Оконешниково) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Okoneshnikovsky District of Omsk Oblast, Russia. Population: ==References== Urban-type settlements in Omsk Oblast

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Other jerseys honor the best climber (King of the Mountains, awarded a blue-on-white polka dot jersey) and leader of the points competition (for many years awarded a blue with yellow fish jersey sponsored by Spain's fishing and marine industry, but more recently given a green jersey). Usually, other cycling jerseys are awarded, such as for points leaders in the "Metas Volantes" (intermediate sprints) and for the combination category (a point system that honors the best rider with the combined total points in the best overall, points and mountains classifications). The record for most wins is held by Roberto Heras of Spain, winner in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005. Spaniards have dominated, winning 30 of the 66 runnings of the Vuelta. France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Colombia, Ireland, Russia, Kazakhstan, the United States and Great Britain have also had first-place finishers. ===1934–1936=== The first races were run at the national level and were promoted by the bicycle manufacturers from Eibar. Consequently, the tour was Eibar – Madrid – Eibar, and called the Grand Prix of the Republic. ===1935–1960=== In the early 1935, former cyclist Clemente Lopez Doriga, in collaboration with Juan Pujol, director of the daily newspaper Informaciones, organized the Vuelta a España, with a distance 3431 km, in a total of 14 stages. The first stage took the riders from Madrid to Valladolid. That year saw the first great duel in the history of the Vuelta, between Belgium's Gustaaf Deloor, who ultimately won, and Mariano Cañardo, Spanish runner-up. The second edition of the Vuelta, finally held despite the delicate political situation, was also marked by the Deeloor repeat, who this time held the lead from the first day to the last. After the first two editions, the Spanish race suffered a hiatus because of the Spanish Civil War. In 1941, the Vuelta resumed competition with an almost entirely Spanish peloton and very little foreign representation. That year the first time trial was held in the Vuelta. Julian Berrendero was proclaimed the winner, and he recaptured the title the next year. In addition, Berrendero was King of the Mountains for three consecutive years. With World War II and the precarious economic situation, there was another break in the running of the Vuelta a España. In 1945, the Journal took over organization of the race and competition resumed, although again with few foreign competitors in the peloton. On this occasion, Delio Rodriguez took the final victory. That year also introduced the points classification, but this was not stable until 1955. Four editions were run until 1950. Subsequently, there was no Vuelta until 1955, when it was organized by the Basque newspaper El Correo Español-El Pueblo Vasco. Since then, the Vuelta a España has been run annually. At this time, the Vuelta was run routinely in April and May, while previously it was held variably between April and August. Another difference was the number of participants. Previously, there were very few, but the number doubled, with more internationally recognized competitors. ===1960–1970=== The prestige of the Vuelta increased, with more stars from the international cycling scene. During the late 1950s came the first successes in the overall standings of Italian and French riders. In the 1960s, they would also be joined by German and Dutch riders. In 1963, Jacques Anquetil won the general classification, establishing himself as the first rider to win all three Grand Tours. Five years later, in 1968, Felice Gimondi would do the same. Eddy Merckx (1973), Bernard Hinault (1978, 1983), Alberto Contador (2008), and Vincenzo Nibali (2010) later accomplished the same treble. Antonio Karmany dominated the mountain classification for three consecutive years, then was replaced by Julio Jimenez, who won it for another three years. In 1965, Rik Van Looy became the first rider to repeat victory in the points classification. Jan Janssen in 1968 and 1974 Domingo Perurena would do the same, winning this classification twice. During mid 60's the organizer of the Vuelta, El Correo Español-El Pueblo Vasco, went through some financial problems that endangered the running of the competition. However, during that time all editions ended normally.

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==Welcome to the talk page== This is a place where you can ask questions, talk about problems, and discuss the Wikipedia assignment with classmates and other Wikipedians. ==Ambassador comments== I changed The Elusive Quest for Growth by William Easterly to The Elusive Quest for Growth per standard page naming policy. Minor edits included: Conditional Cash Transfers -> Conditional Cash Transfer Expeditionary Economics -> Expeditionary economics Cook Stove -> Cook stove Public Diplomacy -> Public diplomacy Energy Industry -> Energy industry I am noticing that much of the work being contributed is quite deficient in terms of using wikilinks and/or inline citations. Please see Manual of Style/Linking and Citing sources. Of the work that has inline citation, several (Benazir Income Support Programme, Education in Vietnam, Purchase for Progress) need formatting improvements for the citations.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/CHICAGO/FOUR)

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Only after MULTIPLE time-test results repeatedly showed that all the items WERE correctly dated as 1 single time date and NOT numerous evolutionary dates, did the evolution critics shut up, because they had been proven WRONG, and Evolution had (yet again) been proven as a lie. The SECOND incident regarding the dig was that one of the neighbors on the Paluxy River tried to claim that Dr. Baugh was a fake - this man claimed that the ancient finger that Dr. Baugh's team had found - was actually the fake finger HE had deliberately hidden in the Paluxy River, and that Dr. Baugh's team had simply found that fake finger, and were falsely claiming it was ancient. This guy stated that he would go BACK to where he had buried his fake finger, and would PROVE Dr. Baugh to be fake, by revealing the hole where his fake finger had been. Well, imaging this guy's surprise when he DID go back to his hiding place, dug down, and found his fake finger STILL IN the hole he had put it into!!.......thus proving that Dr. Baugh's ancient finger IS real!! (because that ancient finger is one of the items on display in Dr. Baugh "Creation Museum" located in Glen Rose, Texas). Some time after I first downloaded Dr. Baugh's Creation Museum website, I decided to recheck for any updates. As I scrolled down the Home Page, at the very bottom, was posted a small article telling about this Paluxy River neighbor's claim that Dr. Baugh was a fake, and told about the finger incident. Just below that small article, was ANOTHER also small article that told of this Paluxy River critic sending a notice of APOLOGY to Dr. Baugh, AND there was also a black and white photo of the guy HOLDING his fake finger. Dr Baugh's only comment was a humble "thank you" to all of his supporters. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bluffscoastlass (talk • contribs) Note that this is a talk page for discussing improvements to the article. This is not a forum for discussions about the topic. If you know of reliable sources which support this theory, please post them here so that discussion about their merits and how applicable they are to the material you have proposed. Otherwise, note that Wikipedia expressly forbids original research. —EncMstr (talk) == Petrarch the Alpinist == Re I think, without knowing much about the incident,

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The 2008 WTA Tour Championships (also known as the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 38th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 33rd edition of the year-end doubles championships, and is part of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha, Qatar, from November 4 through November 9, 2008. ==Champions== ===Singles=== Venus Williams defeated Vera Zvonareva, 6–7(5–7), 6–0, 6–2. It was Venus Williams' 3rd title of the year, and her 39th overall. It was her 1st career year-end championships title. ===Doubles=== Cara Black / Liezel Huber defeated Květa Peschke / Rennae Stubbs, 6–1, 7–5. ==Players== The top eight players and the top four doubles teams in the 2008 WTA Tour will qualify for the Championships. Two more players will also come to Doha as reserves. Should any player withdraw, they will enter the tournament. ===Qualified singles players=== On 30 July, Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic became the first two players to qualify for the year-end championships. Following a surging 2007, Janković started the year at the Hopman Cup where she partnered with Novak Djokovic to reach the final, losing out to United States' Serena Williams and Mardy Fish. She reached the semifinals of the Australian Open a few weeks after falling to Maria Sharapova, the eventual champion where she beat Serena Williams en route in the quarterfinals. In February and March, she reached a lone final at the Sony Ericsson Open losing to Serena Williams 1-6, 7-5, 3-6. She further reached two semifinals and two quarterfinals. In the clay season, Janković won the Italian Open for the second straight year against surprise finalist Alize Cornet who was an 18-year-old qualifier. At the French Open, she reached her third straight major semifinal but fell in three grueling sets to once again the eventual champion in Ana Ivanovic, a match that decided the new World No. 1. Jankovic then headed straight to Wimbledon where she lost to Tamarine Tanasugarn in the fourth round. Jankovic eventually became the 18th female No. 1, replacing compatriot Ivanovic on August 11. At the Beijing Olympics, she lost to eventual silver medalist Dinara Safina in the quarterfinals. At the US Open, Jankovic beat Elena Dementieva in the final four to reach her first Grand Slam final but lost to Serena Williams. In the fall season, she won three consecutive tournaments at the China Open, the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix and the Kremlin Cup justifying her return to the top spot. Ana Ivanovic began the 2008 season by reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open where she lost to Maria Sharapova in straight sets. She then managed to win her sixth title and third Tier I title in Indian Wells, beating Jelena Jankovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova in the semifinals and finals respectively. Following a mediocre pre-French Open season where she failed to defend her title in Berlin, she entered Roland Garros as the second seed and favourite. She lived up to that expectation by winning her first Grand Slam (and her only to date) and becoming the first Serbian to reach the No. 1 spot, virtue of beating compatriot Jankovic in the semifinals. She defeated first-time Grand Slam finalist Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-3. In her first tournament as the new world No. 1 at Wimbledon, she was upset in the third round by Chinese wildcard Zheng Jie. Following a disappointing Wimbledon campaign, she suffered an injury-marred US Open Series as she withdrew from Los Angeles and the Olympics, which Ivanovic described as "one of the worst moments in my career". She played only one tournament which was at the Rogers Cup and was eliminated in the third round. As the top seed for the US Open, she suffered for the second straight major a loss to a player ranked outside the top 100 in French qualifier Julie Coin. She returned to form in October by winning the indoor tournament in Linz as well as reach the semifinals at the Kremlin Cup. On 4 September, Serena Williams and Dinara Safina were announced as the third and fourth qualifiers for the Championships. Serena Williams started the year at the Hopman Cup where she teamed up with Mardy Fish to win it for the US.

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== Dadamwilson, you are invited on a Wikipedia Adventure! == The Adventure

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Losing a friend can be MORE painful than losing a lover When we met, the adoration was instant and mutual. Emma and I, both in our mid-20s and working at the same newspaper, were friends at first sight. We'd make each other laugh until our cheeks ached; share work grumbles on lunchtime sandwich dashes; cheer one another up after a bad day. Before long, we were regularly spending Saturday nights together, giggling at dinner parties or dressing up for a night out dancing. Founded in that manic stage before life gets too serious, our friendship became a safe harbour in turbulent times, from new jobs to family drama. Emma was a shoulder to cry on when I divorced at 30, and my bridesmaid when I remarried eight years ago. We were each other's cheerleaders, confidantes and comic relief. Yet somehow, when we found ourselves at dinner six months ago, aged 40, we hadn't seen each other for over a year. Share this article Share 423 shares We looked the same as we had when we first met (just more tired and with better wardrobes, perhaps), but everything else was different. I was happily married with two children, five-year-old William and Matilda, three, and had stepped away from the high-pressure world we'd met in. Emma was single and running a magazine - a life so full of glamour and adventure I felt giddy just hearing about it. After a few glasses of prosecco, Emma got a serious look in her eye. "Do you feel like you've lost some of your friends?" she asked. I think I laughed, but I was shocked and felt an unmistakable jab of pain. What could she mean? I was famously efficient at sending cards and gifts to people I cared about, and used social media to keep up with what was going on in their lives. "I'm here tonight, aren't I?" I laughed nervously, realising she may be on to something. I grabbed her for a hug. We spent three more hours reminiscing and then parted ways promising we'd see each other the next week. We didn't. Life got in the way. Kids, work, illness, social commitments. New friends. Then yesterday, I saw her announce on social media that she has a new boyfriend. A few years ago, I would have been top of her must-call-immediately list, getting day-by-day updates on a blossoming romance. Now I wasn't even close enough to be told directly. So as other friends - most I'd never heard of, let alone met - posted congratulations, I felt a discombobulating blend of jealousy, sadness and nostalgia. I was gutted that I no longer warranted a call, or even an email, when something as wonderful as this had happened - especially when comments made it clear others had known about this romance for a few months. My mind sprang back to a time when we shared everything. This punch-in-the-gut reminder that we are no longer the companions we once were was devastating. At that moment, I realised the sense of loss that comes with growing apart from a friend can be worse than the end of a romantic relationship. Marriages and love affairs normally finish with good reason (even if you don't appreciate it then) and spark sympathy and support. But close friendships - despite their intensity and intimacy - don't demand the same attention when they end. They dissolve more silently, without the recognised need for grief. Non-romantic love is often excluded from conversations about heartbreak and guilt, but it can be devastating to realise you have grown apart from a companion you shared many parts of your life with. Treasured friends you assumed would always be part of your circle can slip out of orbit too easily, when circumstances take you in opposite directions. To be strangers with those whose strengths, dreams and quirks you once knew intimately can hurt - especially as the demands of modern life mean you may not realise it has happened until it is too late. Treasured friends you assumed would always be part of your circle can slip out of orbit too easily, when circumstances take you in opposite directions. To be strangers with those whose strengths, dreams and quirks you once knew intimately can hurt - especially as the demands of modern life mean you may not realise it has happened until it is too late. How had I let Emma slip away? I felt guilty that I'd let our friendship wane, fooled into a false sense of security by the shallow closeness social media offers. Tormented by ghosts of friendships past, I couldn't sleep, so spent the night trawling though photo albums. I realised Emma wasn't the only cherished friend who had crept noiselessly out of my life while I wasn't looking.

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[Ancient non-team lawn games] :* Obstacle billiards ::* Bar billiards ::* Bumper pool ::* Bagatelle ::* (other variants) ::* Carom (carambole, pocketless) billiards*3 ::* Pocket billiards*4 ::* [Non-cue tabletop ball(s)-and-obstacles games (pachinko, pinball, etc. )] :* Carom (carambole, pocketless) billiards*3 ::* Straight rail :::* Balkline games ::* Three-cushion ::* English billiards*5 ::* (other variants) :* Pocket billiards*4 ::* Pool*6 :::* Nine-ball ::::* Seven-ball ::::* Ten-ball :::* Eight-ball ::::* Blackball :::* One-pocket :::* Bank pool :::* Finger pool*1 (?? or is this actually a carom game??) :::* (other variants) ::* English billiards*5 ::* Snooker*7 ::* (other variants) :* Snooker*7 [Ancient board games] :* Table-top cue games ::* Carrom (cued variants) ::* Novuss ::* Crokinole (cued variants) 1 Finger pool, though technically a non-cue game is a direct descendant of billiards, and uses otherwise identical equipment. 2 To be covered in Cue sports#History; not enough can be said (and cited) about this to warrant a separate article. On the slim chance that this does spawn enough articles for a category, that category should be at the same level as carom, obstacle, pocket and snooker under cue sports. 3 Carambole games evolved from pre-bagatelle, croquet-like tabletop obstacle games. Within categoryspace and for most purposes in articlespace it is treated as one of the four main divisions of cuesports. 4 Pocket billiards began as a variant of obstacle billiards. 5 English billiards is a hybrid carom/pocket game, and we treat it as a variant of both equally. Same goes for Cowboy (billiards) and Bottle pool. 6 Though not one of the four main subcategorizations of cue sports for our purposes, pool is obviously one of the top subjects and will likely represent the bulk of the articles in the cue sports articlespace. It is not ranked with snooker at the top level under cue sports, because it does not have the consistency and monolithic subculture that snooker does, it is a blanket term for a class of games played with pool equipment (eight-ball, nine-ball, etc. ), and the terms "pocket billiards" and "pool" are used as synonyms in the industry. 7 Historically and technically, snooker is a variant of pocket billiards. However, as an organized sport and subculture it has a life of its own and does not significantly overlap with any other form of cuesports, even the closely-related pool and English billiards. === Avoid creating unnecessary articles === For instance, unless someone has a wealth of reliably sourced information about the composition, history, importance, differences between different kinds, alternatives to, etc., etc., of, then we almost certainly do not need to create a Chalk (cue sports) article. === Do split articles that are getting unwieldy === The entire topic of cue sports aside from snooker was once represented mostly by a single long article at Billiards (now Cue sport). It was sensibly broken up into sub-articles and that work is still ongoing. So, for example if the eight-ball article becomes unwieldy and there is enough sourced material available about blackball, consider splitting the article into two. Note: This was actually done in March 2007, making the example particularly salient. === Don't unnecessarily duplicate lots of informaton === Articles about games or specific classes of games, for example, do not need to reiterate the entire history of cue sports, just the history of that particular variant. Likewise, we do not need wholesale reiterations of basic concepts, such as racking, lagging, etc. Use the template as much as possible (without creating redundant wikilinks in the same article; only the original introduction of a term needs such a wikilink in most cases.)

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