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Sriferia is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. ==Species== Sriferia cockerella (Busck, 1903) Sriferia fulmenella (Busck, 1910) Sriferia oxymeris (Meyrick, 1929) ==References== Gelechiini

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Magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes near the Greek capital of Athens A strong earthquake shook the Greek capital of Athens on Wednesday afternoon. The quake hit at 2.13pm local time near the town of Magoúla, 14 miles north of Athens with a magnitude of 5.1, according to the Euro-Mediterranean Institute. Those caught up in the quake described it as powerful and prolonged, with some running out into the streets in order to avoid buildings collapsing on them. Telecommunication networks were knocked out by the tremor, while power was also cut to some parts of the Greek capital, the BBC reported. Authorities inspected areas close to the epicenter by helicopter and police patrols but no deaths or serious injuries were reported. Government spokesman Stelios Petsas said one abandoned building had collapsed in a western district of Athens and that several other abandoned buildings had suffered serious damages in other parts of the city. "There are no reports of serious injuries... I urge members of the public to remains calm, in Greece we are well acquainted with earthquakes," he said. The quake caused limited power cuts and communication problems around Athens and the fire brigade reported receiving calls about people being trapped in elevators. The shock was caught live in the studios of state broadcaster ERT. Some likened it to the 1999 earthquake which struck Athens and measured 6 on the Richter scale. In total, 143 people died in that earthquake - most of whom were crushed by buildings which collapsed. Another 1,600 had to be treated for injuries while the cost of the damage was estimated at more than $4billion. July this year has already seen 17 notable earthquakes and June a further 22 events. Last year this same two month span saw only 23 large tremors around the world. The current dramatic increase in events is notable but not'statistically significant' experts claim, and they state it is purely down to random chance. Earthquakes are triggered by a variety of issues arising from the movement of the planet's tectonic plates, when they jerk and slide past each other. There is no single reason behind the uptick in deadly quakes as it is due to the natural movement and processes of the Earth's mantle, a throbbing magma-fuelled beast immune from seasonal variation. In 2011 there were mounting concerns over an increasing number of magnitude.0+ earthquakes. These devastating events only occur around once a year but became more frequent in the mid 00s. Two in 2004, two in 2006 and an unprecedented four in 2007 caused concern for those living on fault lines. These episodes included the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (magnitude 9.2), whose resultant tsunami killed just under 228,000 people, the 2006 Kuril Islands quake (magnitude 8.3) and the 2007 Peru earthquake (magnitude 8.0), which killed 519 people, injured 1,366 and completely destroyed around 58,580 homes.

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It cost less to make then previous ads - which are typically about £1million - but John Lewis will still spend around £5million. The adverts - which went live on social media channels at 7am this morning - will first be broadcast on TV tomorrow evening during "The Voice" on ITV. James Bailey, from Waitrose, said: "Each year festive adverts come and go - and some are remembered more vividly than others. But our advertising this year will leave a lasting legacy - and in that way, we hope it won't just be for Christmas." A kind-hearted nurse gives the little girl a heart-shaped sticker from her happle The girl uses the heart-shaped sticker to fix her glasses The plane flies in the sky with the "Give A Little Love" logo John Lewis executive director Pippa Wicks said: "We recently set out our ambition for our business to be a force for good - so we decided that this year was the year to break the mould and do something different. Universal Credit payments could rise for 85,000 as loophole fixed from Monday How to get £150 off your council tax bill due to coronavirus Viewers in floods of tears over Coca-Cola's Christmas advert - did you cry? Warning over more Aldi, Asda and Sainsbury's eggs due to salmonella fears Best Christmas menus from KFC's gravy burger to McDonald's double Big Mac "We have a long tradition of helping support the communities which we serve, so, as we launch one of the best-loved assets, our Christmas ad, it's fitting to take this one step further by working hand in hand with two incredible charities supporting families in need." It comes after a testing year for the John Lewis Partnership, which has cut around 2,800 jobs since the start of the pandemic as it closed eight stores and reduced its head office workforce. In September, the group also told staff they would not receive a bonus for the first time since 1953 after it dived to a £635 million pre-tax loss for the six months to July, following a £470 million write-down on its stores. John Lewis advert 2020 filming location 'exposed' as locals spot fake snow

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More branches for the chop at B&Q owner Kingfisher B&Q owner Kingfisher is to take the axe to more stores as profits at the DIY giant remain squeezed. The group has also kicked off the search for a new chief executive to replace Veronique Laury, but has not yet set a date for her departure. She will remain in post until a successor has been appointed. Kingfisher is looking to cut a further 15 stores group-wide over the next two years on top of plans to shut all 19 Screwfix outlets in Germany, leaving it with just an online presence for the brand in that country. It is understood that the majority of the 15 stores earmarked to be shut are in France. B&Q's turnaround has already seen the company shut 65 stores and cut some 3,000 jobs in the UK and Ireland. It has also been overhauling its ranges and improving its online offering, while recently announcing a £100 million investment as part of plans to lower everyday prices. Kingfisher has nearly 24,600 staff in the UK and Ireland and more than 61,500 overall. News of the latest restructuring plans came as the group reported a 52.8 per cent slide in pre-tax profits to £322m for the year to the end of January. On an underlying basis and stripping out costs including £111m for store closures, pre-tax profits fell 13 per cent to £693m. Laury said: "We have achieved radical organisational and behavioural change across Kingfisher over the last three years. "We've done this against the backdrop of rapid structural change in retail alongside high levels of macroeconomic uncertainty, which are ongoing. "Navigating these conditions while maintaining focus on a transformation of this scale has required huge commitment from our people." She added: "Leading the transformation has been so exciting but also very challenging. As the transformation approaches its final year, I believe it is right for someone else to lead the next phase of the "One Kingfisher" journey. "I will continue to give 100 per cent until the day I depart." Chairman Andy Cosslett said: "This year will mark a transition in our transformation journey having now reached a critical mass. "We are starting to see clear evidence emerging that we can create a powerful and differentiated home improvement experience for our customers which will convert to profitable growth going forward." The results showed B&Q sales dropped 3 per cent on a like-for-like basis over the year, while Screwfix remained the star performer with a 4.1 per cent rise in comparable sales. Kingfisher said it will continue to roll out Screwfix stores in the UK. Richard Hunter, head of markets at Interactive Investor, noted: "There are signs of progress within the Kingfisher transformation plan, but the retail environment remains fiercely competitive and will continue to move on as the company tries to put its own house in order. "One exception to [the] recent malaise has been the performance of its Screwfix division, which not only continues to contribute strongly, but has also been earmarked for further expansion."

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In October 2018, to roll over matured offshore financing facilities, Changyou entered into a bank loan agreement pursuant to which it has drawn down U.S. dollar-denominated loans in the aggregate amount of US$220 million that are secured by non-current restricted time deposits of RMB1.7 billion (approximately US$244 million). All of the loans carry a floating rate of interest based on the LIBOR. All of the loans are due to be repaid, and accordingly the restricted time deposits released, in 2021. Loan Agreement and Share Pledge Agreement with Sohu.com Limited ("Sohu") On October 24, 2016, Changyou entered into a loan agreement with a PRC subsidiary of Sohu, Changyou's parent company, pursuant to which the PRC subsidiary is entitled to borrow up to RMB1 billion (or approximately US$148.64 million) from a PRC subsidiary of Changyou from time to time, with the first advance request to occur prior to December 31, 2016 and Sohu's right to request advances continuing for one year after the first advance, subject to extension for additional years with Changyou's consent. Principal amounts outstanding under the loan agreement bear interest at an annual rate of 6%, accruing and payable on each one-year anniversary of each advance. The outstanding principal of each advance is due one year from the date of the advance, subject to extension for additional years with Changyou's consent. Advances under the loan agreement are secured by a pledge to Changyou under a share pledge agreement of an agreed-upon number of Class B ordinary shares of Changyou held by Sohu. The share pledge agreement gives Changyou the right to apply the outstanding principal and accrued interest on the loan to the repurchase of Changyou Class B ordinary shares from Sohu in the event such principal and interest are not paid when due. Sohu has used amounts drawn down under the loan agreement to finance Sohu's operations, excluding the operations of Changyou and of Sohu's subsidiary Sogou Inc. As of December 31, 2018, Changyou had outstanding loans to the PRC subsidiary of Sohu in an aggregate principal amount of RMB1 billion (approximately $145.70 million), and the maturity dates for all of the outstanding loans had been extended for two successive additional years, to the second anniversary dates of the original maturity dates of the loans. Non-GAAP Disclosure To supplement the unaudited consolidated financial information prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America ("GAAP"), Changyou's management uses non-GAAP measures of gross profit, operating profit, net income, net income attributable to Changyou.com Limited and diluted net income attributable to Changyou.com Limited per ADS, which are adjusted from results based on GAAP to exclude the compensation cost of share-based awards granted, non-cash tax benefits from excess tax deductions related to share-based awards and income/expense from the adjustment of contingent consideration previously recorded for acquisitions. These measures should be considered in addition to results prepared in accordance with GAAP, but should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, GAAP results. Changyou's management believes that excluding share-based compensation expense, non-cash tax benefits from excess tax deductions related to share-based awards and income/expense from the adjustment of contingent consideration previously recorded for acquisitions from its non-GAAP financial measures is useful for itself and investors. Further, the amount of share-based compensation expense, non-cash tax benefits from excess tax deductions related to share-based awards and income/expense from the adjustment of contingent consideration previously recorded for acquisitions cannot be anticipated by management, and these expenses and benefits are not built into the Company's annual budgets and quarterly forecasts, which generally will be the basis for information Changyou provides to analysts and investors as guidance for future operating performance. As share-based compensation expense, non-cash tax benefits from excess tax deductions related to share-based awards and income/expense from the adjustment of contingent consideration previously recorded for acquisitions do not involve subsequent cash outflow, Changyou does not factor these in when evaluating and approving expenditures or when determining the allocation of its resources to its business operations. As a result, in general, the monthly financial results for internal reporting and any performance measure for commissions and bonuses are based on non-GAAP financial measures that exclude share-based compensation expense, non-cash tax benefits from excess tax deductions related to share-based awards and income/expense from the adjustment of contingent consideration previously recorded for acquisitions.

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Let's not forget some of his other casual flings from this period, which include: Cameron Diaz, Rashida Jones, and Scheana Marie -- although Mayer reportedly dumped the Vanderpump Rules star after she got a little too candid with the press. 'Dear John' and pop star mania Mayer might be on good terms with some of his exes, but you can't break Taylor Swift's heart and get away with it. The two musicians famously dated in 2009, at ages 32 and 19 respectively, and Swift reportedly wrote 'Dear John' about Mayer. The song features Swift firing off lyrics like, "Don't you think 19 is too young to be played by your dark twisted games, when I loved you so?" Taylor Swift and John Mayer perform during the Z100's Jingle Ball 2009. (Getty Images) Unsurprisingly, Mayer wasn't a fan of the hit and told Rolling Stone in 2012 that he had no idea Swift had felt that way. "I never got an e-mail. I never got a phone call," he told the magazine. "I was really caught off-guard, and it really humiliated me at a time when I'd already been dressed down. I mean, how would you feel if, at the lowest you've ever been, someone kicked you even lower?" He recently discussed Swift's song 'Lover' with Shawn Mendes on his podcast and poked fun at it when he said he loved the song but wanted to change the lyrics. Swifties were unimpressed with his commentary. (Getty Images) He also briefly dated makeup artist Reena Hammer in 2010 and Renee Zellweger in 2011, along with a supposedly secret relationship with actress Shenae Grimes. Also, long before she broke the Internet, Kim Kardashian was linked to Mayer after they were spotted out in New York in 2010. Katy Perry and John Mayer in 2013 (Larry Busacca/Getty) Mayer's long-term girlfriend was Katy Perry, who he dated on-and-off from 2012 to 2016. Although they displayed their affection for one another in the video for their collaborative song 'Who You Love,' the couple kept their relationship relatively private. Mayer admitted to The New York Times that his lovesick song 'Still Feel Like Your Man' is about Perry, appropriately adding: "And by the way, it's a testament to the fact that I have not dated a lot of people in the last five, six years. That was my only relationship. So it's like, give me this, people." We'll give you that one, John. Icon/Gallery Created with Sketch. Relationship Retrospective: Brad Pitt Getty Images Sinitta dated Brad Pitt between 1987 and 1988 Richard Young/REX/Shutterstock Robin Givens met Brad when he was a guest star on her sitcom Head of the Class. The two had a brief fling until her estranged husband Mike Tyson caught them in bed and threatened to kill him - Tyson later said in an interview he was "mad as hell" Getty Images Brad Pitt dated Christina Applegate in 1989 - she famously ditched him half way through the MTV VMAs that year WireImage Jill Schoelen and Pitt met on the set of Cutting Class and were briefly engaged for three months in 1989 WireImage Brad and E.G. Daily dated briefly in 1989 WireImage Juliette Lewis and Pitt dated after meeting on set of the 1990 film Too Young to Die? The two went on to date on and off for two years WireImage Geena Davis dated Brad Pitt for a year after their 1991 movie Thelma And Louise wrapped Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock Brad and actress Thandie Newton apparently had a fling while filming Interview with a Vampire in 1994 Getty Images Jitka Pohlodek dated Pitt briefly in 1994 and was his date to the premiere of Legends of the Fall Bei/REX/Shutterstock Pitt fell for Gwyneth Paltrow on set of Se7en in 1994 and later became engaged in 1996. However, the two ended their relationship in 1997 - to the apparent devastation of Paltrow's father AFP/Getty Images The two Meet Joe Black co-stars Claire Forlani and Pitt dated briefly after Brad broke up with Paltrow Getty Images Demi Moore and Brad are rumored to have had a short fling in 1998 Getty Images Brad Pitt met Jennifer Aniston on a blind date in 1998, married in 2000 and separated in 2005 with rumors of Brad's infidelity with Angelina Jolie AFP/Getty Images

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Caitlyn Jenner takes puppy to the store after Kim threat Kim Kardashian said she was going to 'come for' Caitlyn Jenner during Sunday's episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. The 36-year-old Mrs Kanye West was livid at what the former Olympian who wrote negative things not just about Kris Jenner but also the Kardashian kids in her tell-all The Secrets Of My Life. But the next day, Jenner looked unperturbed as she hit a grocery store in Malibu. She may want to look into getting a bigger guard dog, however. Scroll down for video Jenner had with her a little white puppy with a cute heart print collar. The dog is new. On Instagram on Monday the Vanity Fair cover girl wrote: 'A new member of my family - Bertha, two months old.' Jenner held up the dog and smiled like a proud mama. She looked to be in her Malibu mansion. The star wore a red and white striped blouse. At the grocery store, Cait carried the canine in without a leash and when she exited, the little four-legged pooch was in the cart. Caitlyn failed to crack a smile and looked to be in a serious mood. She wore a black rayon top and skintight jeans with black sandals. On Sunday's show, Kim appeared to threaten her former stepfather as she discussed Caitlyn's new tell-all book. 'Mom's obviously upset about it so... if those are your feelings those are your feelings, but mom feels a certain way about you and she has the right,' Kim said, asking Caitlyn for her own copy of the controversial memoir. She then told her: 'I'm going to read it and tell you honestly... Talk bad about my mom, I come for you.' Caitlyn had told her: 'That really bothers me, but I have to be honest in the book about what my feelings are. I'll always love her. We'll always have 23 years of our lives raising all these children. I'm not throwing that all out.' And she defended her memoir. 'This book is my story. Everyone in life has stuff that they have to deal with and this was my stuff and this is how I dealt with it. 'In doing that and being so honest with yourself and how freeing that is to not live your life with secrets and stuff inside is an amazing world to travel down. It's just very fulfilling,' she added. Kim, however, failed to see Caitlyn's side and after reading the book told sister Kourtney: 'She's so angry at Mom for no reason. It was like "I didn't speak to my sister because of Kris. I didn't see my kids because of Kris." Grow up and say, "I didn't call my kids," 'Caitlyn discredits Mom. She said "I didn't see a dime of my money." She was insinuating that Mom took the check and pocketed it and had huge savings. 'The part of our lives that people don't ever see is that for a good 10 or 15 years, when they first moved to Hidden Hills when no one lived in Hidden Hills everyone thought "Oh my god we're moving out of Beverly Hills. We've got to be broke" and borrowing money from Grandma...' 'From me,' Kourtney added. Kim agreed: 'Yeah, and couldn't pay the bills. The money wasn't going in Mom's pocket.' Kourtney said: 'They made the money together and even when Mom would book appearances... she would hustle to get speeches. She changed Caitlyn's career and she made her have this motivational speaker business.' Kim continued: 'She said the Kardashians were so upset when their names weren't mentioned in Diane Sawyer but it was all deliberate. It's so pathetic. I'm like "honey, no one knew who you were for the last few decades. We got you more life." The show's not called "Keeping Up With The Jenners."' She added: 'Whatever her perspective is, have some class. If you turn on my Mom and you continue to bash us, I can't - even for the sake of my sisters - spend time with someone that doesn't even care about my mother. It's like enough already.' Kris also slammed Caitlyn for her allegations about money. She told Kim: 'He never paid a bill from 1972. He didn't know how much a gardener was. In the book he writes "well Kris didn't need me any more. All of the checks for Keeping Up With The Kardashians went to Kris." Went to Kris? How about went to the mortgage and the insurance and education? You start talking about how I was hoarding money when we didn't even have it.'

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Photographer attacked fiance's ex-wife and tore wig off head Court: Stevenson was ordered to pay £700 compensation (file pic). A wedding photographer attacked her fiance's ex-wife because she feared she was out to ruin her business, a court heard. Mary Stevenson grabbed kilt shop worker Tracy Young by the hair and ripped part of a specially made wig off her head during the assault on South Street, Elgin, on December 8, 2015. When Ms Young fell to the ground, Stevenson proceeded to kick her several times in the head and body. Stevenson, of Ernest Hamilton Court, Elgin, admitted a charge of assault when she appeared at the town's sheriff court in April. During the hearing, depute fiscal Rory McAlister told the court: "The accused pushed her using both hands and caused her to stumble backwards. "The accused was shouting at her calling her a sl*t and a home wrecker and a w***e. "She also threatened to kick Tracy Young if she ever contacted her ex-husband again." The injured shop worker ended up with a sore stomach and ribs, along with swelling and bruising around her left eye. The attack had a "significant impact" on the victim because her wig was damaged, the court was told. Stevenson, 45, told police officers she was "provoked" when she was quizzed about the attack. Defence lawyer Matthew O'Neill told the court: "Ms Stevenson is in a relationship with the former partner of the complainer. The former partner had been married to the complainer. "The relationship came to an end some years ago. That was due to a number of issues." He said it had been "made clear" to his client that the kilt shop worker was going to try to make it difficult to get Stevenson's recently launched wedding photography business up and running. The lawyer said this would have involved warning shop customers off booking their photography with his client. Mr O'Neill told the court the problems began to escalate after the wedding photographer got engaged to her partner. She had hoped to resolve their dispute after spotting Ms Young on the street but they ended up arguing and she assaulted her. Sheriff Olga Pasportnikov ordered Stevenson to be of good behaviour for three months and told her to pay £700 compensation. Want to receive the latest headlines straight to your inbox? Subscribe to our 'Morning Briefing' newsletter. Thanks for subscribing to our 'Morning Briefing' newsletter. Subscribe Download: The STV News app is Scotland's favourite and is available for iPhone from the App store and for Android from Google Play. Download it today and continue to enjoy STV News wherever you are.

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== Need help == I'm not sure how to do the following: Link to Michael Blake needs to be corrected. Needs to point to Michael Blake (musician) who is a saxophonist. Asterix at bottom next to Poll Winner is meant to reference the years in which Ben topped the various Downbeat Polls listed above, which have a corresponding asterix. Allisonics (talk) Michael Blake is very good, but I'm not sure he has a Wikipedia article. Would you like to start one? Regarding the asterisks, that seems an unusual way to do it. Is there an easier way? Badagnani (talk) This article, though good, is written like a press/promotional bio and seems to have a lot of bias in place of fact. 192.254.1.7 (talk) Michael Blake (musician) does have a wiki page. I just don;t know how to link to it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Allisonics (talk • contribs) What is the title of Michael Blake's Wikipedia page? Badagnani (talk) == External links modified == Hello fellow Wikipedians, I have just modified on Ben Allison. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes: Added archive to When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at ). Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) == External links modified == Hello fellow Wikipedians, I have just modified one external link on Ben Allison. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes: Added archive to When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs. Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug)

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Authorities in Hong Kong warn of potential 'exponential growth' in coronavirus cases Since Sunday, 65 new patients have been diagnosed, including 31 locally transmitted cases in what has been dubbed a "third wave" of the pandemic in the global financial center. Taxi drivers, restaurant workers, a medical clinic employee and a retirement home resident -- some of the people most vulnerable to the virus and likely to spread it -- have been diagnosed. "It is possible there could be a major outbreak," Dr. Chuang Shuk-kwan, the head of Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) Communicable Disease Branch said Wednesday. "There could be a sudden exponential growth of cases." Since the virus began spreading worldwide earlier this year, Hong Kong has recorded only 1,324 coronavirus cases and seven virus-related fatalities. The city's success in containing Covid-19 has been attributed to the government's vigilant enforcement of quarantine for overseas arrivals, efficient contact tracing and residents' willingness to practice good hygiene, wear masks and practice social distancing. While the new caseload and total number of people diagnosed with Covid-19 is very low compared to countries where the pandemic is running rampant, like the United States and Brazil, experts say the latest rise in cases shows that, despite even the most stringent anti-epidemic controls, the virus still poses a threat. "This virus will find every chink in your armor," said Dr. Sarah Borwein, a Hong Kong-based physician experienced in infectious diseases and epidemiology. "We've seen that in Beijing, in Singapore, in South Korea and now in Israel, Australia and elsewhere." Control measures had been working Before Sunday, Hong Kong had gone three weeks without any instances of people contracting the virus locally, except for some cases directly linked to imported cases, for example, people living in the same house. Life inside the city had mostly returned to normal, even as the virus ravaged other parts of the world. Bars and restaurants have been open for weeks, albeit at limited capacity, and gatherings of up to 50 people have been permitted since June 19. Restrictions still apply to inbound travelers. Nearly all new arrivals to the territory are required to undergo a health screening and deep throat saliva test at a government facility at AsiaWorld-Expo, a massive convention center near the airport. Those who test negative must spend 14 days in quarantine -- either in a government facility or at home with a monitoring wristband -- regularly checking themselves for any sign of the virus and reporting results back to relevant authorities. Positive cases are usually transferred to local hospitals, and their close contacts are sent to isolation centers. Until this week, health officials had been able to identify and isolate the relatively small number of local cases. However, the recent rise in local transmission has prompted warnings of a community outbreak. "Since last weekend, the epidemic situation in Hong Kong has changed rapidly, and the situation has become very critical," said Wong Ka-hing, controller of the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) on Tuesday. Officials here said the government is now seriously considering bringing back measures that were lifted in late June as cases eased, like limiting the amount of people allowed to gather in public, shutting bars and requiring restaurants to further slash capacity. Of the new cases, a number have been linked to a 59-year-old man who works at two restaurants in the city, including one that is popular with taxi drivers. As of Wednesday, at least four drivers had become infected by the restaurant worker, though it's not known how he caught the virus. One case involved a resident of a retirement home, prompting authorities to send residents and staff identified as close contacts to quarantine facilities. After a pilot was confirmed to have contracted the virus over the weekend, authorities moved quickly to introduce mandatory testing for crew members arriving on planes and ships. However, none of the new cases have been linked to the infected pilot. From Wednesday, all air crew arriving in city must provide deep throat saliva samples, by spitting into a cup. Previously they only asked to fill out a health declaration, wear masks in public and conduct temperature checks twice a day. They are still exempt from the 14-day quarantine period imposed on all international passengers arriving in the city, because doing so would likely cripple those industries and made traveling to the city on a short-term basis all but impossible. Sophia Chan, the secretary for the Hong Kong Food and Health Department, said the government is also considering using hotels to quarantine foreign domestic helpers who arrive in the city. Several helpers flying into Hong Kong from the Philippines and Indonesia -- which have confirmed more than 50,000 and 68,000 cases, respectively -- have tested positive in the past two weeks, Chan said.

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Don't care if you're an admin that hates Trump. Get in line. Doc talk I have no idea who blocked you or why. And you are not very good at explaining what you are talking about. After some research, it appears you are probably talking about this addition, which you reverted. Let's take it to the talk page - and let's stay civil, shall we? I don't think you get what a "firm consensus" is on an article under ARBCOM sanctions. 2 people commented for, and I commented against. 2 days passed, then your "decision". Are you confident that a firm consensus was established before you added that? Please explain how. I'm sorry if I come off as uncivil - I know you're a good admin and have had good interactions with you in the past. I'm not even a Trump fan, really: but I see how his stuff is being treated differently. It's against the very nature of a "neutral" encyclopedia and it should not be happening. Doc talk I'll reply at the article talk page. Let's keep the conversation in one place, please. == Restored copy Sargon of Akkad (YouTube) == Hello, could you restore a copy of this article in my userspace? Thanks. Mark Schierbecker (talk) Sure, here it is: Mark Schierbecker/Sargon of Akkad (YouTube). Good luck with it. ==Judge Curiel== Just for the record, I am not the one who inserted the part of the Gonzales column about speaking fees for the Clintons. That firm was appointed before trump announced his presidential campaign, and I agree it's generally a good idea to avoid guilt by association stuff. So, I will not object at this time to your removal. We'll see if anyone else does, such as the person who inserted it. Thanks, and I just wanted to make it clear that I am 100% innocent, not guilty, and didn't do (talk) I never thought (or suggested) it was you. On the contrary, you seem to bend over backward to be fair and impartial, and to respect consensus. Thanks Melanie, I appreciate (talk) Hi Melanie, Blockquote says quotes of 40 words or more should be blockquoted. I have no objection if you'd like to cut some of the quote so it is less than 40 words. Maybe paraphrase the (talk) Done. The last sentence was clearer as a paraphrase anyhow. Thanks. BTW, we now Wlink twice to NCLR. Per QUOTE, "As much as possible, avoid linking from within quotes, which may clutter the quotation, violate the principle of leaving quotations unchanged, and mislead or confuse the reader. "Anythingyouwant (talk) Regarding this edit of yours, I was not aware that any discussion anywhere at Wikipedia had concluded that the boycott information should be completely absent from every article at Wikipedia.I have long observed an increasing tendency at Wikipedia for political articles to degenerate into one-sided propaganda based upon the political views of a majority of editors, and then that slant is maintained by sanctions against any editor who has sought NPOV. But maybe you were already well aware of all (talk) Let's discuss it at the talk page. And please AGF and refrain from attributing people's edits to your assumption about their motives. You know exactly what I think of this, so there's no need for me to repeat it elsewhere, and then be accused of being (talk) == Aaron B. Del Mar recreated as Aaron Del Mar == I don't know what was in the deleted article, but I imagine they were very similar. Can you tell if this is G4?  B E C K Y S A Y L E S  Hello, Becky, and thanks for the note. It is actually very different from the previous article and so is not eligible for G4. However, it is not an improvement; in fact it contains far LESS material than the previous article and fewer references, and does not really make any claim of notability. I think it may be eligible for A7, if that's allowed after an AfD (I haven't encountered this situation before). The alternative would be another AfD. Feel free to quote me. ===Sebastian Solano=== Hi Melanie, I wonder if you wouldn't mind moving the deleted Sebastian Solano info to a draft for me? I'd like to reuse somem of the research on other toipcs. Thanks!

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Liam Palmer hopes Steven Fletcher will return to the Scotland fold Liam Palmer contends Steven Fletcher is playing the best football of his career and is hopeful that the Sheffield Wednesday striker might re-commit to Scotland. Palmer is as well placed as anyone to judge Fletcher's form as he has been aiming to feed the centre-forward from right-back all season. Palmer has missed only two league games and Fletcher has struck five times in 11 appearances to help Wednesday assert themselves as Championship promotion candidates once again. Palmer believes Fletcher "might be tempted" to return if Scotland can seal a Euro 2020 place. The Worksop-born right-back is back in Steve Clarke's squad having been allowed to return home before the last double header against Russia and Belgium because his wife Beth was about to give birth to their third child, Honor. Fletcher, meanwhile, has not appeared for Scotland since playing a significant role as then manager Alex McLeish's side sealed a play-off place at the end of last year. Clarke has since reported that the striker's absence is because he has "issues with a part of his body." Fletcher, pictured, has continued to star for Wednesday, much to the chagrin of the Tartan Army. "Fletch is doing great," said Palmer. "He was struggling with his ankle last week - he cleared a free-kick. "He is keen on looking after himself. He is always in the gym. He is even bigger now! "He is obsessed with getting himself right to play as many games as possible. It is difficult the role he has to play for us because we rely on him heavily as that target man. It's the job he did for Scotland, too, when getting us to the Nations League play-offs." Asked whether he had a clearer indication of Fletcher's international intentions, he stressed it was a question for the player himself. "You wold have to ask him," he said. "I am not sure. In terms of his age and things he is looking at future tournaments and whether it's right for him, that it is hard for me to say. "Definitely the way he is performing, which is all I can go on, he has been one of our best players this season." One way of luring the 32-year-old back is qualifying for Euro 2020, with Scotland potentially two games away from reaching a first major finals in over 20 years. "Maybe, maybe," said Palmer. "He might be tempted. He loves football, he loves playing. The boys love him, especially the older, experienced guys. It would be great if he did go down that road. I have been with him for a number of years now and the start he has made this season has been terrific.

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Britons "avoiding coronavirus death conversations," suggests survey More than half of UK adults have not talked to loved ones about their end-of-life wishes should they fall critically ill with the Covid-19, a survey has found. Fifty-six per cent of respondents said they have not - and do not plan to - discuss end-of-life arrangements with friends and family. Fewer than a quarter (23 per cent) have had the conversation already, with 8 per cent saying it is more difficult to talk about death in the context of the pandemic, according to the poll carried out on behalf of older people's charity Independent Age. Download the new Independent Premium app Sharing the full story, not just the headlines Download now However, the survey indicates an age divide, with the over-65s most likely to say nothing would stop them talking about death, with almost half (46 per cent) agreeing, the charity said. Deborah Alsina, chief executive of Independent Age, says that while bereavement is never easy, planning ahead can help with the process. Watch more "The lockdown period has been difficult for all of us, but for those who have suffered a bereavement it will have been even harder," she said. "Funeral plans may have had to change because of new restrictions, and it can be a lot harder to grieve when you're not able to be with the rest of your family." She added: "Although coping with death and bereavement will always be difficult, no matter what, it can sometimes be made a little bit easier if we know what our loved one would have wanted, which can only be assured if we speak to each other. Psychologist Corinne Sweet says that end-of-life preparations are particularly important during lockdown. "Obviously, the future is unknown right now. We can hope for the best, but discussing the worst ahead of time is a good idea," she said. Watch more "You can share and process feelings together, and make practical plans. This is especially important in lockdown, where a funeral may have to be "virtual." "Putting people's minds at rest about death can make things easier in the long run." Some 2,000 adults aged 16 and over, including 1,042 over-65s, were surveyed by Censuswide between May 1 and 4 ahead of Dying Matters Awareness Week, which began on Monday. The charity has put together advice on dealing with bereavement, which can be found at independentage.org/covid-safe-and-well. Additional reporting by Press Association

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Zimbabwe: President Sticks to POLAD AN air of camaraderie characterised the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) meeting in Kwekwe yesterday to mark National Unity Day. The meeting started at mid-morning at President Mnangagwa's farm, with addresses from the political party leaders, including the President, before a tour of his thriving farm. The venue was settled on following a request by the parties, who also wanted the meeting to be held concurrently with Unity Day celebrations. In separate interviews, Polad members praised President Mnangagwa for his determination to increase agricultural output, and suggested that if all beneficiaries of the land reform used their land to that extent, citizens will never go hungry. Polad, a platform for political parties that fielded presidential candidates in the 2018 harmonised elections to contribute to social, economic and political progress, was launched in May this year and 18 political parties were represented at yesterday's meeting. In his remarks, President Mnangagwa ruled out any talks outside the Polad platform. "I am happy that us as Zimbabweans have come together to discuss issues that are pertinent," he said. "Recently, former (South African) President (Thabo Mbeki) came to see me and I think he met some of the leaders here. "I am happy that he expressed his desire to see Zimbabweans work together and I assured him that as Zanu-PF and as the President of the Republic, we have created a platform which we call Polad where every single political party can find expression on issues affecting Zimbabwe and the majority of political parties are on that platform. "I said I don't see it possible to have two platforms which discuss one issue. Zimbabwe's political issue is one and if we discuss it we must have one platform (at) which we discuss it and that platform is Polad, I am not moving from that." President Mnangagwa wants the parties' discussions to focus on economic issues to improve the lot of citizens. The President said the meeting yesterday coincided with Unity Day, which came through the visionary leadership of the country's founding fathers. "Besides the fact that this is our last meeting this side of the year, it's also Unity Day which was crafted by our founding fathers in 1987, the late Cde Robert Mugabe representing Zanu and the late Joshua Nkomo representing PF Zapu," he said. "That Unity Accord brought together two major political parties that fought the liberation struggle that brought independence to the country. We thank our late icons for that wisdom and vision that united our people. It's incumbent upon us to continue to cherish that wisdom which unites Zimbabwe. All of us Zimbabweans should come together." President Mnangagwa said the signing of the Unity Accord did not prevent the formation of other political parties. He said Zimbabwe's Constitution since the Lancaster House talks that led to independence, allowed for other political parties, adding that anyone could form a party of any nature and no one would be bothered. The President said Polad sought to unite Zimbabweans and that it was not a coincidence the meeting was held on Unity Day. "That is unique about Zimbabwe," he said. "I am saying this because you suggested that we meet here today, again on Unity Day. This is why I don't believe this is a mere coincidence. "Polad is a platform where we seek to be united as Zimbabweans and the fact that we are concluding this year's deliberations on Unity Day is significant. I think the creation of Polad in the history of our country is significant and should be eternalised in the history of our country. "Even in our region, there has never been a platform of this nature where diverse political parties come together on one table and still debate on issues we don't agree on, but seek to find a middle way, a compromise and debate and the best argument takes the day." President Mnangagwa said it was important that political parties in Polad increased public awareness of their activities so that they could be heard. He said it was important for Polad to make the loudest noise, and not be swallowed by those without a formal platform. "I think the collective voice should be heard more than an isolated voice in the jungle," said President Mnangagwa. He emphasised the need for parties to conduct their activities peacefully and to expose those that have brought suffering on citizens. President Mnangagwa said if Zanu PF or any other party caused violence, it should be condemned in the strongest terms. In separate interviews on the sidelines of the meeting, Polad members praised the President for fostering unity among citizens.

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Criminal gangs use poison to kill 40 dogs in a single South African town in just one night Criminal gangs use poison to kill 40 dogs in a single South African town in just one night so they can break into homes without being savaged by loyal family pets Criminal gangs are lacing bait with a deadly poison that kills dogs within minutes This lets thieves break into homes without being attacked by the family pets Up to a thousand dogs a week are poisoned and killed each week in South Africa By Jamie Pyatt In Cape Town For Mailonline Criminals are killing a thousand dogs a week in South Africa so that they can break into homes and rob the owners without being savaged by their loyal family pets. As many as 40 dogs were poisoned in one town over a single night last week. Shocking images have emerged showing how faithful hounds are being massacred by gangs in their front and back gardens. Dr Gerhard Verdoon, director at the Griffon Poison Information Centre in Port Elizabeth, revealed that dogs are being fed meat laced with deadly poison. Dr Verdoon noted that the poison is so powerful that it kills a small dog in as little as 5 minutes and a large dog in less than 15 minutes. He added that few pets ever survive a dose of the poison. 'The poison used is very potent - around 97% of animals that are poisoned die,' Dr Verdoon said. 'They use Aldicarb known as 'two-step' because you eat it then take two steps and die. 'The criminals usually put them in hot dogs or mix it up with mince and feed it to the dogs and once the dogs are dead the homes are then easy targets for housebreaking or theft. 'It is normally used on dogs that sleep outside to protect the family and in the early hours of the morning they throw the meat over the fence and watch as the dog eats the meat. 'They leave it an hour to make sure then come back to carry out an armed robbery or a burglary often attacking those inside and stealing their cash and valuables and cars. 'The figure of up to 1000 dogs a week is extremely distressing and is on the rise' he said. Dr Verdoon said the poison is banned in South Africa but is smuggled over the border from Zimbabwe by crime syndicates and sold illegally to criminals to kill pets and guard dogs. He continued: 'What happens is that the animal's nervous system shuts down and the dog is paralysed and then the suffocates to death. It is a very unpleasant way for a dog to die. 'This is affecting the whole country and the poison is used in farm attacks as well,' he said. Cora Bailey, director of Community Led Animal Welfare, said that 40 dogs were killed in Florida, a suburb of Johannesburg, last Wednesday by criminals breaking into houses. She said: 'This has been going on for years. It's a massive problem. This poison is being sold everywhere. Keep your pets inside at night as it is safer for you and for the dog. 'Criminals do not want to enter a property where a dog can alert homeowners,' she said. South Africa is rated as one of the most dangerous countries in the world with nearly 20,000 murders a year, 50,000 rapes and 275,000 robberies and burglaries in private homes. Advertisement Share or comment on this article:

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The show Lemon Comedy has emerged in response to that, actively booking "comedians of colour, female-identifying and non-binary comedians, comedians from the LGBTQ+ community and those living with disability or mental illness," explains co-founder Lorelei Mathias. Rose Callaghan will be one of the guest MCs during Lemon's five-night run during the festival. The consistently hilarious Callaghan, doing solo show No Way Rose, has been running a weekly room for the past year and informally mentoring female performers as part of that. Geraldine Hickey, already busy with her own solo show this festival, plus hosting Triple R Breakfasters, has created a space for women to play during the festival with her live tonight show, It's My Show, with mates Isabel Angus, Kelly Fastuca, Nicolette Minster and Laura Dunemann. "I saw so many late-night group shows or live podcast recordings that was mostly a group of dudes having fun. I wanted to create that environment for me and other women," she says. Loading As the world changes, so too will the comedy we see being reflected back at us. For Wilson, the sharing of these stories creates change by helping build connection and empathy. "The more connected we are, the more we have respect for each other and understanding for each other and when you see someone else's experience, you understand them a bit more," she says. "New perspectives are exciting and interesting and funny. Comedy is about going like, 'oh, have you ever thought about it this way?'" says Coombs Marr. "We just need more cool, smart audience members to come to all of the shows listed in this article. Wink." Morning & Afternoon Newsletter Delivered Mon-Fri.

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This feeds into probably the book's biggest flaw of all: its neglect of McCartney's talent. Perhaps the most baffling omission is any appreciation of its subject's astounding, trailblazing playing of the bass guitar. Similarly, there is not nearly enough attention paid to the compositional gifts that began to flower around 1964, and arguably reached their peak in 1969, with McCartney's underappreciated work on Abbey Road and Let It Be. There is an associated failure to get to grips with the underachievement that largely defined McCartney's later 1970s and 80s. Norman once lamented the gap between McCartney's output and what he "could do if only he would try"; here, perhaps thanks to the shadow cast by the "tacit approval" of his subject, he simply describes one post-Beatles release after another, and tends to damn them with faint praise. However - and despite the 80 grinding pages devoted to McCartney's doomed marriage to Heather Mills - Norman still delivers an affecting study of a man too often misunderstood. The idea that emerges most strongly is that for someone who has lived such a surreal life, McCartney has long had a remarkable sense of "everyday" morals. He ensured his first four children went to state schools, and was careful not to spoil them. His reported outbreaks of stinginess were probably traceable to the spend-happy chaos he witnessed at the tail-end of the Beatles" career, and are more than counterbalanced by Norman's reports of his generosity: the campaigning to save the local hospital in his adopted Sussex hometown, and the £1m that paid for a new care centre; his footing of the $200,000 (£137,000) bill for treatment for the 11-month-old daughter of one of the Beatles" old comrades from their spell in Hamburg. To compare two lives that turned out to be so different probably isn't fair, but is telling: Lennon, by contrast, spent most of his last years cloistered in an opulent New York apartment building that had an air-conditioned room reserved for a collection of fur coats, and often did as he was told by astrologers and numerologists. In that sense, and others, for all its imperfections, this is a book that redresses a lingering imbalance - with the piquant twist that one of the people who so skewed things in the first place was the author himself. • To order Paul McCartney for £20 (RRP £25) go to bookshop.theguardian.com or call 0330 333 6846. Free UK p&p over £10, online orders only. Phone orders min p&p of £1.99.

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Why We Will Stop Having Sex to Reproduce For millions of years we reproduced in the same way - a man deposited sperm into a woman to fertilize an egg and conceive a child. This is not the case anymore. The birth of Louise Brown in 1978 made headlines worldwide as the world's first "test tube baby." In vitro fertilization was a revolutionary new procedure that allowed a woman to become pregnant when natural conception was either unsuccessful or not possible. Almost 40 years later, advances in IVF mean it could soon become the primary way we have children - not just for infertile or same-sex couples but for everyone. "There will come a time when the majority of people will not be having sex to reproduce. These two will become totally separate," Joyce Harper, a professor at University College London told Newsweek. "It may be that in the future, women don't even carry children anymore, and sex will be just for fun. Women spend the majority of their lives [trying] not to get pregnant and the other half trying desperately to get pregnant. If we separate these two places, maybe it could be a brilliant place," she said. By the end of this century, around 157 million people will owe their lives to assisted reproductive technologies. Chiara Brambilla/Newsweek The Rise of IVF Babies By the end of this century, about 157 million people will owe their lives to assisted reproductive technologies such as IVF, donor eggs and surrogacy. Denmark now has the highest proportion of babies born through assisted reproductive technology in the world, with an estimated 10 percent of children conceived this way. In 2017, the European nation passed a law granting access to state-funded IVF regardless of a woman's marital status or sexual orientation. Pia Crone Christensen is the mother of 2-year-old Sara. She is one of a growing number of so-called "solomor" - Danish single women who decide to have children by themselves using donor sperm. "I have always wanted to have children and I've always thought it was just a matter of time. When I was younger, I wondered what kind of person my husband would be, what kind of house we would live in, and how our lives would be," Christensen told Newsweek. "But I was 39 and a half, and I hadn't found a suitable partner. I knew donor sperm was an option and I was really lucky to get pregnant in my first round of IVF," she said. Denmark now has the highest proportion of babies born through assisted reproductive technology in the world. Pia Crone Christensen She is one of a growing number of so-called "solomor," Danish single women who decide to have children by themselves using donor sperm. Pia Crone Christensen But why are more and more people choosing to reproduce without sex? According to Harper, it is mainly because of social, educational and economic reasons - women are having children later in their lives. After the age of 35, the quantity and the quality of eggs starts to decrease. "Currently, one in six couples experience infertility, and this is going to get to be even more of a problem the longer the women wait to have children. Men don't have that biological clock," she said. Genetically Edited Babies And there are far more exciting possibilities for IVF ahead. Harper's specialty is preimplantation genetic diagnosis - identifying embryos at risk of disease. It is a practice that is becoming quicker and more affordable. "What comes to the arena now is called genome editing sequences. It is now possible to sequence someone's genome for about $1,000, and the technology is actually quite quick - it can be done in about 24 hours, and I think it'll become even cheaper in the near future," she said. "Sequencing the genome is quite straightforward. What everybody is working on is interpreting that information. It's only in recent years that we've had the full genetic code of people to examine. So it's a really exciting time. We could check [if] it's going to have cancer, predisposed to heart disease, diabetes, even allergies. We could do all of these tests before we even put the embryo back in the woman. Because why would you transfer an embryo back to a woman that it's going to have a disease?" Harper asked. Harper's specialism is preimplantation genetic diagnosis, identifying embryos at risk of disease. Sho Murakoshi/Newsweek But the possibility of genetically altered humans raises legal and ethical questions. On November 26, a scientist in China claimed to have created the world's first genetically edited babies - twin girls who were born this month. He Jiankui, a researcher in Shenzhen, altered embryos for seven couples during fertility treatments. His goal was not to cure or prevent an inherited disease but to give a trait that few people naturally produce - resistance to infection from HIV.

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== Sun Aug 16: Great American Wiknic NYC & Beyond == {|style="background:#00000; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;" |- !colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding:.4em;"|August 16, 3pm: Great American Wiknic |- | style="padding-left:.6em;" | You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our annual summer Great American Wiknic, this year being held virtually. We look forward to seeing local Wikimedians, but would also like to invite folks from the greater New York metropolitan area (and beyond!) who might not typically be able to join us in person! Featuring artist-Wikimedian Sara Clugage's "Picnics: An Outside History" for a cultural exploration of picnicking, knowledge and society during the national panel in the first part. We encourage you to call in for the second part from a local park or natural site and share it on the video stream, as well as sharing your favorite picnic grub or other special foods with us. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda. The Wiknic is taking the place of "WikiWednesday" this month, so we will also include salon and knowledge-sharing workshop aspects. Sunday August 16 Great American Wiknic NYC. 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm online via YouTube (watch our national panel's livestream, and participate by text chat) 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm online via Zoom (participate by videoconference with NYC community) We especially encourage folks to share your parks and foods on screen, and add your 3-minute lightning talks to our roster for the Zoom portion, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! |- |} (You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for NYC-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.) == Sat Sep 26: Met Fashion Virtual Edit Meet-up == {|style="background:#00000; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;" |- !colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding:.4em;"|September 26, 12:30pm: Met Fashion Virtual Edit Meet-up |- | style="padding-left:.6em;" | You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community and the Metropolitan Museum of Art for our The Met x Wikipedia Virtual Edit Meet-up: Met Fashion. This is a follow-up to last year's successful MetFashion 2019, and will follow a similar theme optimized for a remote online experience. We will be partially coordinating with the international Wiki Loves Fashion campaign. Watch and join the livestream! The Metropolitan Museum of Art event on Saturday Sep 26 will host a tutorial and question-and-answer session live on YouTube and other social media platforms. 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - Presentation 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm - Guidance and Q&A Chat about improving articles! Support will be provided to help guide new editors in this area at Wikimedia Fashion Chat for the duration of the campaign. The Met x Wikipedia Virtual Edit Meet-up: Met Fashion (Metropolitan Museum of Art) |- |} (You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for NYC-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.) == October 21: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC == {|style="background:#00000; border:1px solid #6881b9; margin:0.5em; padding:0.5em;" |- !colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding:.4em;"|October 21, 7pm: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC |- | style="padding-left:.6em;" | You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-8pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop. To join the meeting from your computer or smartphone, just visit this link. More information about how to connect is available on the meetup page. We look forward to seeing local Wikimedians, but would also like to invite folks from the greater New York metropolitan area (and beyond!) who might not typically be able to join us in person!

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What is Jill Messick's Cause of Death? Manager Represented Rose McGowan When Harvey Weinstein Allegedly Raped Her On Wednesday, Hollywood producer Jill Messick was found dead by suicide in Los Angeles, her family confirmed the following day. She was 50 years old. The veteran studio executive represented Rose McGowan in 1997 when movie mogul Harvey Weinstein allegedly raped her at the Sundance Film Festival. In October, McGowan was one of the first women to come forward when Weinstein was exposed as an alleged predator by The New York Times. Since then, dozens of women accused Weinstein of sexual misconduct, assault or rape. Weinstein denied the allegations. Keep up with this story and more by subscribing now Messick's family blamed Weinstein and "sensationalistic" media for her death in a statement published by The Hollywood Reporter. Messick suffered from depression, which she called her nemesis, and bipolar disorder. "Today she did not survive. Jill took her own life," the message said. Executive producer Jill Messick is pictured at the premiere of Paramount Picture's "Hot Rod" at the Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, on July 26, 2007. She was found dead by suicide. Getty Images/Kevin Winter According to Messick's family, the former manager stood up for McGowan when the actress told her about her alleged rape in 1997. "Rose told Jill what had happened - that she made the decision to remove her clothes and get in the hot tub with him - a mistake which Rose immediately regretted. Rose never once used the word "rape" in that conversation," the note said. "[Jill] immediately went to her bosses, the partners of Addis Wechsler, to recount Rose's story and to insist that they immediately address the situation." But as accusations against him mounted, Weinstein released an email - without Messick's consent - in which Messick told her version of the story "based on what she remembers Rose telling her about the Sundance account." Rose McGowan attends Mercy for Animals" annual Hidden Heroes Gala, in Los Angeles, on September 23. Michael Tullberg/Getty And as the #MeToo movement gained momentum, Messick couldn't handle her name being drudged up - she had suffered a mental breakdown five years earlier. "Jill was victimized by our new culture of unlimited information sharing and a willingness to accept statement as fact," the family's statement read. "The speed of disseminating information has carried mistruths about Jill as a person, which she was unable and unwilling to challenge. She became collateral damage in an already horrific story." The statement ended by saying, "Words matter" and "Someone's life may depend on it."

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Live Prayer is a Christian evangelical Internet and television ministry located in Tampa, Florida, founded and operated by Bill Keller. The ministry began in 1999 as a website featuring a daily devotional written by Keller and offers to accept and pray over emails, later expanding into a daily TV show on March 3, 2003. Live Prayer was broadcast nationally in the United States from July 3, 2006 through November 2006 on ION Television. At the end of that period, the ministry was financially unable to continue purchasing national airtime and returned to the Florida market. In 2013, Keller obtained enough funding to continue the program on several major city markets, including Chicago, and, by 2015, managed to secure airtime on forty-nine of the fifty U.S. states, with all but Hawaii broadcasting his nightly program. However, after further financial difficulties in late 2016, the ministry's live program was put on hiatus before being entirely cancelled due to a lack of funding in November 2016. However, on November 26, 2018, over two years after the cancellation of his TV program, Keller debuted the new LivePrayer program on various social media websites and streaming services. ==Television show== The Live Prayer television program began March 3, 2003 as a late-night show on WTOG where Bill Keller discussed current events from in relation to the ministry's theology and took phone calls. Callers would mostly ask Keller to pray with them over specific issues in their lives, occasionally contributing testimony of religious experience and their comments on scripture. Keller would sometimes encourage his opponents to call in and debate with him on contentions issues such as evolution, abortion, and [Each episode ended with Keller inviting viewers to "accept Jesus" and recite a

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Victim of D.C. house fire is identified as NE man January 31 at 6:38 PM National Zoo's bobcat remains on the lam Early Tuesday morning, zookeepers, police for the National Zoo and rescue experts continued to search for the 25-pound female bobcat named Ollie. Zoo officials have said they received calls from the public with "consistent information" that the animal may be in nearby Woodley Park or Cleveland Park. Officials warned that Ollie is not a house cat and no one should approach the bobcat if they see her. Instead, take note of the time and her exact location. Anyone with information should call the zoo at 202-633-7362, officials said. - Michael Ruane Victim of house fire is identified as NE man A man found dead last week after a fire in a home in the Trinidad neighborhood in Northeast Washington has been identified as Awlachew Ayele, 66. Police said Ayele, who lived in Northeast, was pronounced dead at the fire that broke out early Thursday in the 1100 block of Queen Street NE. The cause of the fire has not been determined. Authorities are awaiting results of an autopsy to learn the cause of Ayele's death. It was not immediately clear whether Ayele lived at the house that caught fire. - Peter Hermann Arlington man is charged with murder A 28-year-old man has been charged in the death of another man, Arlington County police said. Heber Amaya-Gallo of Arlington was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Michael Wiggins, 55, also of Arlington. Police said the incident occurred about 2 p.m. Monday at a home in the 5100 block of Seventh Road South, where officers found Wiggins dead inside. Amaya-Gallo is being held without bond at the Arlington County jail. The initial investigation found that an argument between roommates became physical. An official cause of death for Wiggins has not been released and will be announced by the medical examiner's office, police said. - Dana Hedgpeth Police identify man slain at gas station Police have identified a man killed at a District Heights gas station Monday as Carrington Daye Jr. Officers called to the 3200 block of Walters Lane at about 4:40 p.m. Monday found Daye inside the gas station suffering from a gunshot wound, Prince George's County police said. Daye, 20, of District Heights, died at the scene. Detectives said they do not think the shooting was random and are working to identify a suspect and determine a motive, police said. - Lynh Bui Bowie double shooting is under investigation Bowie police were searching for a suspect in a double shooting that occurred Tuesday afternoon, city officials said. Two people were shot at about 2:30 p.m. at Urbana Lane and Church Road, authorities said. They were sent to a hospital with injuries that do not appear to be life-threatening, police said. Bowie Police Chief John Nesky said the shooting occurred in a residential area, part of which was cordoned off during the search. The shooting also placed the nearby Goddard School on Annapolis Road on lockdown, according Twitter messages from police. - Lynh Bui Pedestrian struck and killed in Bladensburg A pedestrian was struck and killed early Tuesday in Prince George's County. About 6:20 a.m., Prince George's patrol officers were called to the 4200 block of Kenilworth Avenue in Bladensburg for a collision involving a pedestrian. After a preliminary investigation, police said in a statement that a dump truck was turning right onto southbound Kenilworth Avenue when it struck the victim. He was identified as Juan Gomez, 52, of Edmonston Road. - Dana Hedgpeth

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Also still have some concerns about Notability; can you dig up any clearer, reputable, news or academic mentions of this gallery? Not just passing mentions on a list, but some more substantive coverage. MatthewVanitas (talk) Great, thanks for reviewing! I'll definitely look into these and dig up some better sources. Chelseagallerygirl (talk) I fixed your first footnote; check out the format I used and copy that for all your footnotes (plus publisher and publication date if applicable). Also your EL should be displayed just as "Official site" with the link itself hotlinked into that term; it's a given that it's the subject's site, so "Official site" is the WP standard label. MatthewVanitas (talk) == Anthony Lolli == Short article about a rising NY real estate mogul. Needs more sources? Blplatt (talk) I've tagged it for speedy deletion. There's no assertion of notability here, and precious little material to work with. == Hewins/Songs And Rituals In Real Time == I have created a new page for an album by Time Berne. Please let me know what you think. Dan Hewins (talk) == Grandmadge/Romel Wallen == Are my references and categories now ok to go live? Grandmadge (talk) Your footnote formatting is slighting off. I fixed the first footnote for you, so hit Edit and look at how I typed the coding, so that the link is hidden in the title and makes it clickable. That way you have the link, you have a full citation (both for ease of verification and also in case the original link ever moves), yet the bare URL is tucked neatly into the title so you don't see a long string of "" all over the place. Suggest you apply that fix to the rest of your footnotes. Same thing for your "External links", tuck the link up into the title. Also, your categories are way too broad; he is not a "football" not a "university". Try Jamaican footballers. Also, you have several of what appear to be good references just chucked into "External links", newspaper articles and the like. Why not check them and see which facts they prove, and footnote and/or add those facts to the article to make it even better-referenced?MatthewVanitas (talk) == Namibia Heros Jakop Marenga and many others== My name is Petrus Naftali Indongo, I am the other so publish these wonderful materials for the benefit of cultural exchange and international relations. mber at the end of a phrase/sentence/paragraph providing specific evidence of the veracity of that statement. For info on how to make footnotes, see Footnotes. Make sure evidentiary footnotes are full author/title/publisher/date citations, and if you have a link to any online sources include that link in the footnote. Do note that for Notability (people) you need at least two substantive references. It's okay to footnote a basic claim like "won the Acme Prize", but if all you have is brief mentions in a list or reference work, that's not yet enough. You want a couple newspaper articles or books that gives at least a few sentences specifically to your subject, not just drops the name amongst many. MatthewVanitas (talk) == British Business Group Dubai & Northern Emirates == Hi, It is a new article that refers to the company i work for. it would seem i need some verification to remove the little box at the top. Thanks BBGOnline (talk) Looks good, I've done one or two small things to help. It needs more references from reliable sources, but on the whole it's a good effort; after a quick search I think it's unlikely to be deleted. Oh, you have a potential conflict of interest, but in this case it doesn't seem to be a problem. Be careful to write about the institution factually and not try to promote it. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) Thank you very much. I was as careful as possible not to shout loud and proud about how great we are stuck to the facts, buy hey - this is our 25th year so we deserve a wikipedia page! Thanks for tidying it up for me, adding the contents box etc. Very much appreciate it. == Michael Matus (actor) == Lewis1991 (talk) Couple things: you're putting too much work into your wikilinks. You're coding Duke of York when all you need to do is type Duke of York.

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The discography of Earth, an Olympia, Washington-based experimental music group, consists of nine studio albums, six live albums, a compilation album, a remix album, a video album, three extended plays, four split releases and a music video. ==Albums== ===Studio albums=== {|class="wikitable" !rowspan="2"|Year !rowspan="2"|Album details !colspan="2"|Peak chart positions |- !style="width:3em;font-size:75%"|US !style="width:3em;font-size:75%"|US Heat. |- |1993 |Earth 2: Special Low-Frequency Version Released: February 3, 1993 Label: Sub Pop Format: CD, LP |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |- |1995 | Thrones and Dominions Released: April 25, 1995 Label: Sub Pop Format: CD, LP |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |- |1996 | In the Style of Demons Released: July 23, 1996 Label: Sub Pop Format: CD, LP |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |- |2005 |Hex; Or Printing in the Infernal Method Released: October 23, 2005 Label: Southern Lord Format: CD, LP |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |- |2008 |The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull Released: February 26, 2008 Label: Southern Lord Format: CD, LP |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |- |2011 |Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I Released: February 22, 2011 Label: Southern Lord Format: CD, LP |align="center"|— |align="center"|40 |- |2012 |Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II Released: February 14, 2012 Label: Southern Lord Format: CD, LP |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |- |2014 |Primitive and Deadly Released: September 2, 2014 Label: Southern Lord Format: CD, LP |align="center"|— |align="center"|3 |- |2019 |Full upon Her Burning Lips Released: May 24, 2019 Label: Southern Lord Formats: CD, LP, DL |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |- |align="center" colspan="4" style="font-size: 8pt"|"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

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What will the Adoption of the Euro Bring to Bulgaria? Bulgaria can not expect that by replacing the lev with the euro this will automatically lead to higher growth for the economy. In order to reach it, additional efforts have to be made by the state. The main expected benefit may be the lower cost of doing foreign transactions, which can save the country several million euros a year. This is what Daniel Gros, Director of CEPS, has expressed in the framework of the Annual Business and Government Meeting organized by Capital. "My general conclusion is that the benefits of Bulgaria's accession to the Eurozone will be great, but there will be no automatic boom of growth, and the government should work in this direction and contribute," the expert said. According to him, the Bulgarian economy performs much better than 20 years ago, but still not so well than expected. "Bulgaria performs better than Greece, for example, but worse than other European countries, the root is in the specifics of trade," said Gros. The expert points out that our country exports more goods with low added value compared to Romania, which performs better in this direction. Gros gave an example to the automotive industry, where our northern neighbor is still ahead of us. "3% of Bulgaria's exports are generated by the sector at 18% for Romania, yes, the country has set a good start with the investments in the industry, but there is still something to do in this direction," he explains. In the words of Daniel Gros, Bulgaria will be able to take advantage of European supply chains with the adoption of the euro. "However, the state should make good use of these opportunities," he added. With regard to expectations of attracting more direct foreign investment after our country moves to the single European currency, the expert said he was skeptical about this. "Additional foreign investments may be attracted, but I do not think they will increase significantly," Gross said. On the topic of interest rates and whether they would fall significantly in Bulgaria, the expert commented: "Interest rates in the country have to fall compared to other markets in the European Union, but we must be prudent in terms of this decline.". "We can say that the interest rates will fall, but this must be on the backdrop of improving the economy and introducing the necessary reforms by the state," Gros said. According to the expert, one of the most significant positive changes for Bulgaria in adopting the euro will come from lower spending on foreign transactions. "It is likely that these costs will fall, and this is an important argument for the Bulgarian economy." The introduction of European payment systems can save several million euros a year, he said. On the issue of the possible effect of the adoption of the single currency on the real estate market in Bulgaria, Specialist Market Research at Colliers International, Mark Robinson, commented that a potential drop in housing prices could be expected. "Adopting the euro will lead to more investment in the Bulgarian property sector, but this will not be as much about interest rates as the country perceives as part of the Eurozone," he said. "Asia is a big investor in real estate in Eastern Europe, particularly in Poland, but that does not apply to countries like Bulgaria and Romania," Robinson explained. In his words, the big Asian investors rely heavily on security and reputation when they choose countries to direct their investments. "With the introduction of the single currency in the country, these investors will come, and that will be because they will already see Bulgaria as part of the Eurozone," added Robinson. This material originally appeared on money.bg on 29.01.2019

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He made his league debut in a 1–0 win at Huddersfield Town on 20 October, coming on for the last 21 minutes in place of Adam Lallana. A week later he was granted a first league start in a 4–1 home victory against Cardiff City in central midfield alongside Georginio Wijnaldum, and received praise from Sky Sports. On 17 December, Fabinho was named Carlsberg Man of the Match after his performance against Manchester United in a 3–1 victory. On 26 December 2018, Fabinho scored his first goal for Liverpool in a 4–0 win against Newcastle United. In early January 2019, Fabinho played at centre-back against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Cup third round and away against Brighton. Following his performances, manager Jurgen Klopp praised him and stated that he is a "new centre-back option". On 4 May 2019, with Liverpool's title race going down to the wire, Fabinho won his side a free-kick from which Liverpool scored to beat Newcastle 3–2 away from home. On 1 June, Fabinho started in the 2019 UEFA Champions League final against Tottenham Hotspur, playing the full 90 minutes as the club secured their sixth win in the competition and Fabinho earning his first trophy with the club. ==== 2019–20 ==== On 14 August, Fabinho played the full 90 minutes in the 2019 UEFA Super Cup against Chelsea, scoring Liverpool's second penalty in the shootout after regular time ended 2–2, in an eventual 5–4 win on penalties. On 27 October, he earned praise from the fans for his performance in a 2–1 win against Tottenham. Fabinho's first goal of the season came against Manchester City on 10 November, scoring an early goal in an eventual 3–1 win and was voted by BBC Sport as "Man of the Match". On 27 November, during a crucial Champions League match against Napoli, he suffered an early injury after falling awkwardly during a challenge and was substituted after 18 minutes. Two days later, the club announced that the injury will keep Fabinho out of action until the start of 2020. ==International career== Included in coach Dunga's 23-man squad for the 2015 Copa América in Chile, Fabinho made his debut in a warm-up match against Mexico on 7 June of that year, as a half-time substitute for Danilo in a 2–0 victory at Allianz Parque in São Paulo. With Dani Alves playing the entire tournament at right-back, Fabinho did not play at the Copa América, in which Brazil reached the quarter-finals. Fabinho was selected for Brazil's Copa América Centenario squad, although he did not play in any of Brazil's three matches at the tournament. == Personal life == Fabinho married Rebeca Tavares in 2015, having been together since 2013. At Liverpool, he earned himself the nickname, "The Hoover," because according to Joe Gomez, "he cleans up everything." ==Career statistics== ===Club=== ===International=== ==Honours== Monaco Ligue 1: 2016–17 Liverpool Premier League: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League: 2018–19 UEFA Super Cup: 2019 FIFA Club World Cup: 2019 Brazil Superclásico de las Américas: 2018 ==References== ==External links== Profile at the Liverpool F.C. website 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Campinas Brazilian footballers Association football defenders Association football midfielders Fluminense FC players Rio Ave F.C. players Real Madrid Castilla footballers Real Madrid CF players AS Monaco FC players Liverpool F.C. players Segunda División players La Liga players Ligue 1 players Premier League players UEFA Champions League winning players Brazil international footballers 2015 Copa América players Copa América Centenario players Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Monaco Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Monaco Expatriate footballers in England

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Campaigners try to rally young people to vote as deadline approaches Isis Middleton has little sympathy for young people who decide not to vote. "I find it really irritating when people say politics is boring," says the 19-year-old medical chemistry student, taking a break in the square of the University of East Anglia in Norwich. "You can't get pissed off about politicians for ignoring us if you don't vote." But time is running out for unregistered young people, with the deadline for applications at 11.59pm on Monday. There has been a huge surge in young people registering to vote since Theresa May called a general election last month, with almost 1.2 million Britons between the ages of 18 to 35 signing up, according to the Electoral Commission. In the last week more than 200,000 18- to 25-year-olds have signed up to vote, while more than 2 million people overall have registered since the election was called. I think young people can make a difference; the danger is that we think it won't. Jonathan Hendry, 21, student Campaigners, youth groups and grassroots organisations are racing against the clock to make sure young people cast their ballots. This week the NUS pushed out the biggest voter registration drive in its history, signing up thousands of students and young people. Organisations likesuch as UpRising, Hope not Hate and Bite the Ballot have been travelling the country offering gentle bribes such as trips to the Thorpe Park theme park and free ice cream, as well as information about party manifestos and help with getting registered. Register to vote Youth-influencing stars such as the magician Dynamo got involved, while former footballer Gary Lineker tweeted: "You can't really get cross if you don't put down your cross." Grime stars such as JME and Stormzy have lined up to get young people to vote - and back Jeremy Corbyn. Instagram and Snapchat have both put reminders on their sites urging young people to vote. Norwich is one of eight areas targeted by the NUS where it thinks the student vote could have the biggest impact, alongside the constituencies Belfast South, Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, Brighton Kemptown, Cambridge, Wolverhampton South West, Chester, Ealing Central and Acton, and Newcastle-Under-Lyme. Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian "Student unions across the country are getting students ready to vote," says Shakira Martin, the new NUS president. "It sounds like political parties are starting to recognise young people's views, but at the moment we're getting a lot of lip service, but no lipstick - we need the parties to commit to investing in young people." Many students are finding out about voting tactically, looking at websites such as Swap My Vote - which lets voters swap the ballot with someone in a constituency where it will make more impact - or deciding to vote either at their university address or home address, depending on where it would have greater weight, according to students who spoke to the Guardian. "I think young people can make a difference; the danger is that we think it won't," says Jonathan Hendry, a 21-year-old UEA drama student who has dual French-British nationality. "For me it's incredibly important to have our say, because we are the ones who will be dealing with the consequences of Brexit and whatever the next government does." Unlike in the country as a whole, Labour has a significant lead among young voters. In the latest Guardian/ICM poll 57% of 18 to 24-year-olds supported Labour compared with 22% who backed the Conservatives. Among students the lead is even greater: 65% to 16%. A poll of nearly 13,000 voters by YouGov found that under-40s supported Labour over the Conservatives by a margin of 40% to 27%, despite the Tories having a 20-point lead on Labour overall. Jonathan Hendry. Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian But regardless of voter intention, it is boots in the polling stations that makes the difference and young people - along with renters and people in BME and working-class communities - are far less likely to vote. In the 2015 election only around four in 10 of them voted, compared with more than three-quarters of people aged 55 and above. While figures that suggested only 36% of 18 to 24-year-olds voted in the EU referendum have been debunked, a more accurate figure suggests 64% of registered voters aged 18-24 voted in the referendum, compared with 90% of over-65s. In the YouGov poll only 40% of 18-24 year olds said they were certain to vote compared with 71% of over-70s. There are some positive signs that the registration drive is having an impact among students however, with those most certain to vote on 8 June rising from 45% to 52% in the latest Guardian/ICM poll.

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Ferne McCann has given up sex after turning 30 as a single mum made her long for something'meaningful' FERNE McCann has revealed she challenged herself to give up sex after a string of failed relationships. The unlucky in love 30-year-old has turned to manifestation and meditation to focus her mind on finding something "meaningful." Ferne McCann has decided to be celibate Credit: Getty Images - Getty As it stands it's illegal to have sex with someone from another household - but Ferne's celibacy kick-started before coronavirus rules were enforced. She's now saving herself for someone special, but admits feeling the pressure since turning 30 as a single mum. Ferne - whose new series of ITVBe's First Time Mum returns tonight - told The Sun: "I wanted to try celibacy, just as a little challenge. "I had just gone so long that it was bringing up questions in my head and I thought the longer I go without it, the longer I don't need it. The 30-year-old wants to find a'meaningful' relationshipCredit: Getty - Contributor "So I thought I'm just going to have a little challenge and to really test myself. "That's where you find out new things about yourself that you never learnt before. "As you get older your relationship and views towards sex really does change and I feel like whoever I meet next, I want it to be meaningful. "When you're younger that gets lost. I just want it to be meaningful and with someone that I really care about." Ferne's latest series of First Time Mum starts tonightCredit: Rex Features But Ferne doesn't think her sex ban will last until the end of 2020. "I'll give myself till Christmas Eve and I'll give myself a Christmas present," she laughed. Ferne thought she'd found the one in boyfriend Albie Gibbs, but the pair split after lockdown forced them apart. He was her first serious relationship since splitting with daughter Sunday's father Arthur Collins during the pregnancy. He is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for GBH and ABH. She had a baby with her ex-boyfriend Arthur CollinsCredit: Rex Features "I did have a wobble about turning 30," Ferne said. "Throughout your twenties you think you're going to do things at certain ages, but then you look back you think hasn't planned out how I hoped." "You do have this fear that you're running out of time when you're a single 30-year-old female "You think "I'm running out of time and I only have this amount of time to meet someone and have another child and get married' because you have the body clock and now we're in lockdown, 'will I meet someone or is this year a big waste?' "There are some pressures but I am laid back, what will be will be." Instead, Ferne is focusing all of her love and attention on her two-year-old daughter who keeps her young at heart. Ferne with daughter SundayCredit: ITV "I'm not old but I feel like a grown up now," she says. "I know I have everything that might scream responsibility and adulthood, like having a child, house and a dog. Love Island's Molly-Mae stuns fans after getting her lip fillers dissolved Exclusive Maisie Smith flashes toned figure in shorts & crop top on way to Strictly training Smitten Mark Wright says his wife Michelle Keegan's beauty is 'ridiculous' Peter Andre says he has to'rein in' Princess after she danced to Cardi B's WAP Katie Price takes pregnancy test on YouTube as she tries for baby No6 Peter Andre takes on Molly-Mae after she called Italian food'shocking' "I can't even say that having Sunday makes me feel like a grownup - she makes me feel really fun and we laugh loads and we are really silly together. She actually brings out the youth in me and gives me unconditional love. "For the first time ever I feel really content in my life and 100 per cent content. "Sunday is great, we have our health and happiness and live in a beautiful house. There are a lot of things to be grateful for." Ferne McCann: First Time Mum returns tonight at 9pm on ITVBe. Available to watch now on ITV Hub. In the chair with Ferne McCann

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Maria Sharapova: Serena Williams 'owns me' On a sunny Saturday afternoon in July 2004, she stepped onto Wimbledon's Centre Court as an unknown 17-year-old and walked off a household name. The precocious Russian teenager with the infectious, gleeful smile had beaten the world No. 1 and reigning champion Serena Williams. With that victory in the final, Sharapova became the third-youngest woman in history to be crowned champion at the All England Club. "I remember a moment with my coach after winning a quarterfinal at that Wimbledon," Sharapova tells CNN's Don Riddell as she reflects on her victorious run to a first grand slam title. "I was having my food after the match and a lot of people were coming up to me and saying 'congratulations' and wanting to take a picture -- people I've never met in my life. "I just noticed this wave (of people) and so did my coach. He immediately came up to me and he was almost whispering in my ear." Sharapova remembers the words of her then coach, former Dutch tennis player Sven Groeneveld, vividly. "Okay, things are changing," he told her. "They've changed right now from this moment. You're a semifinalist at Wimbledon. You're 17 years old. You have to put those horse blinders on." Sharapova describes that victory as a pivotal moment in her career. The endorsements and sponsorship deals began to rain in, kickstarting 'Brand Sharapova'. That Sharapova had so much to gain from a single victory only served to emphasize the opposite for her beaten opponent. "Look, I think Serena, in that particular match, had everything to lose compared to myself," she says. "I mean, I was the underdog. If I lost that match, I would be the happiest kid on the planet. "Wimbledon finalist? Who would have thought? No one expected that from me. She's a two-time defending champion, there's a lot more on the line and I think I sensed that. "That didn't scare me, it only wanted me to win more." As grand slam tournaments wear on and the number of players dwindle, the locker room becomes a quiet, empty place. "You feel like you're the only two people on the planet," Sharapova says, reliving that private moment. "You share a lot of moments with them. "It's like you're so connected but yet you're so far apart because they're your competitors." In her book, Sharapova lucidly describes the way she heard Williams sobbing in the locker room after the final. Intruding in that most personal and painful of moments is something Sharapova believes Williams has never forgiven her for. "Obviously it was a disappointing loss to her because she was expected to win," she says. "I'm sure she expected to win that match, another Wimbledon final. "So I think that disappointment really, it stirred something up. She didn't want to lose to me again." Though that day belonged to Sharapova, their head-to-head since makes for grim reading for the Russian. Not since 2004 -- a run stretching 13 years and 18 matches -- has she tasted victory against Williams. "Well, I say she's owned me," the 30-year-old admits bluntly. "Which she has." Hiding in the shed Just a few years earlier, Sharapova recalls seeing Serena -- and her sister Venus -- for the first time while she was attending the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida. The coaches suspended lessons so the students could watch the Williams sisters practice for the few days that they were there. Sharapova's father insisted she go too, to "watch these incredible athletes," she recalls him telling her. "I want you to watch, and I want you to just look in their eyes to see the desire and the passion, to see how they play the game," was Yuri Sharapova's advice. Not wanting to give the sisters the "satisfaction" of seeing her in the stands, Sharapova found an unconventional hiding place from which she could observe. "Okay, there's a wooden shed behind the court," she explains. "It was like a video shed, where they do video analysis. "And so I went in that shed and I was like peeking through this little hole and just witnessing years of my life before me. "They were already grand slam champions at the time and just a few years later it was really as if someone took me and put me in a television screen and put me up against Serena Williams." Arriving in America

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Sarithira Nayagan (Historical Hero) is a 1984 Indian Tamil film, directed by D. Yoganand. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Sharada, Prabhu and Radha in lead roles. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. The film was a remake of Telugu film Chanda Sasanudu. ==Cast== Sivaji Ganesan Sharada Prabhu Radha M. N. Nambiar Thengai Srinivasan Jaishankar Jayamalini R. S. Manohar ==Soundtrack== Soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan. Kudichukka - L. R. Eeswari Theppakulathil - SPB, Vani Jayaram Eduthukka Ellame - SPB, Vani Jayaram Therinjpochu - LR Eeswari == Critical reception == ==References== 1984 films Indian films Tamil films scored by M. S. Viswanathan 1980s Tamil-language films Tamil remakes of Telugu films Films directed by D. Yoganand

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However, I can't change that title according to the FAQ about editing an article's title, which says: You move the article using the "move" button (to the right of the "edit this page" button). But in order to do this you must have an account that has reached autoconfirmed status, meaning it must be at least four days old and have made at least ten edits. If you are not an autoconfirmed user, or the move is controversial, or the page you wish to rename is move protected, visit Wikipedia:Requested moves. You may also request to have an admin grant you confirmed status. I have only just created an account and haven't made any edits yet. I'm not sure how "ten edits" are counted. Does that mean I have to edit 10 articles? Or make edits ten different times, even for a single article? In any case, I hate for an error like this to stand, just because I'm not yet authorized to make such a change. Alanbaragona (talk) I'm afraid I have removed your addition to the article. One of Wikipedia's core policies is that it does not publish original research. Articles must stick to facts and opinions that have already been published in reliable sources. Your paragraph on the mistranslation of the name may well be true, but, until you can show that the ideas have been published in scholarly works, they should not be mentioned in the article. For the same reason I don't think you should change the article title. To answer your question, though, the ten edits can be to anything at all - even your post here counts towards the total. == changing picture? == How do you change the picture on the wiki page? 98.149.35.240 (talk) If you have a picture that you think would improve a Wikipedia page, there are four steps to think about: Copyright - is this a picture that you took yourself? If not, things get complicated very quickly, as the copyright-holder would need to provide evidence that they were willing to release their copyright (see Donating copyright materials for this). But if it is a picture you took yourself, we can go on to step two. Create an account - only logged-in users can upload images. See this page. Upload the file to Wikimedia Commons using this link. Choose a good descriptive name for the file, and try to fill in as many of the other fields as you can. For "licensing", either choose the "recommended" option from the list, or place the image entirely in the public domain. Edit the article to use your image instead of the old one. Click the "Edit" label at the top of the article, and look for something like or otographs to the appropriate locations. Please let me know where I can find instructions for the task. CoMtMan (talk) Thank you for your offer of assistance to the project. It would be better to upload them at Wikimedia Commons rather than here, so that the pictures can be used in all the Wikipedia projects and not just the English-language one. The commons upload page is here. To add images to a Wikipedia article, see the Picture tutorial. Any problems, ask again here. == Search entry == I've just created a new article discussing my hometown, Flinton, Pennsylvania, and I was wondering, how do I make it so that it will now show up in the autocomplete entries that pop up when using the Wikipedia search bar? Jbs1985 (talk) It should show up soon, you don't need to do anything, just have to let the indexing catch up. ~~ GB fan ~~ Look again tomorrow. See Search#Delay in updating the search index. - David Biddulph (talk) Alright, thank you much for the input Jbs1985 (talk) Nice work on your first article! – ukexpat (talk) = December 10 = == using family account as a source == I'm writing a bio for a deceased actor with the help of his family. There is very little information published about this actor (despite his relative fame in the 1970s), and so the family account would have to be the main source of information. (There is an imdb page for him, but in terms of personal details Lwhiteman (talk) Unless it's been published then it would be original research. Without contacting the family - who are not independent, and may exaggerate or embellish the account, or ignore anything of a critical nature - how can the information be verified?

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===Ezra Pound=== This peer review discussion has been closed. April 2012 peer reviews I've listed this article for peer review because it could do with another set of eyes before nominating at FAC. It's a long page, so huge thanks in advance to the person who does the review! In the meantime, I'll be working on tidying references and other issues I'm aware need to be done, but any feedback before FAC will be helpful. Thanks so much, Truthkeeper (talk) Comments from Eisfbnore "Pound was responsible for the publication in 1915 of Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", and for the serialization from 1918 of Joyce's Ulysses." – the prepositional phrase "in 1915" would do better as an adjective, hence: "Pound was responsible for the 1915 publication of Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", and for the serialization from 1918 of Joyce's Ulysses." "The Wadsworths married into the Westons of New York, and Harding Weston and Mary Parker produced Isabel Weston, Pound's mother." – is there a better word than 'produced'? Also, 'and' is repetitive. "It also includes his translation of the eighth-century Old English poem "The Seafarer", not a literal translation, but a personal interpretation intended for readers with no Old English, a poem in its own right." – with no Old English what? Knowledge? "He began to call Imagisme "Amygism," and in July 1914 declared it dead, asking only that the term be preserved, although Lowell eventually Anglicized it." – what a wonderful use of the subjunctive. Delicious. Eisfbnore (下さいて話し) Thanks Eisfbnore! I've temporarily moved the page into a sandbox to work on refs and so as not to get out of sync will address these a little later. I particularly like the comment about the subjunctive! Truthkeeper (talk) These have been fixed. Truthkeeper (talk) Comments from Mirokado While you are working on references: Citation missing for Nadel (2007). There are two possibilities in Dorothy Shakespear and a comment next to the ref definition saying "check this edition vs. the 1999 ed". Short form ref consistency: please choose either "Nadel (2007), 18" or "Tytell 1987, pp. 337–339." or whatever style but not a mixture. Happy editing. Thanks so much for pointing that out. I intend to go with "Nadel (2007), 18", and need to check against the editions I have at hand. Will be a bit of work, but worthwhile. Truthkeeper (talk) Brianboulton comments: I don't know a lot about Pound, but I'd like to read the article and offer a few pointers on style, clarity etc. I had a long association with what was once the Regent Street Polytechnic, now the University of Westminster; I think it's hilarious that the University's WP article lists Pound as a "former faculty member", on the strength of the few night classes he gave! Detailed comments shortly, probably in dribs and drabs since it's a long article. Brianboulton (talk) (PS) You might in the meantime deal with the two disambiguation links identified by the tool. Brianboulton (talk) Thanks very much Brian for taking this on. It is a large page and I'll be working my way through slowly myself, so no rush at all! Dabs done. Truthkeeper (talk) Later Here are a few points that jumped out during a quick skim. I will provide more detailed comments later:- The first mention of Pound in sections or paragraphs should not be in the form of a pronoun. There are multiple examples of this. You will need to vary some of the prose constructions to avoid repeatedly beginning paragraphs with "Pound..." Numbered or bullet-pointed lists of points should be avoided in the prose (see Imagism section) In a couple of instances, paragraphs end with uncited statements Brianboulton (talk) Thanks Brian for pointing these out. The prose will probably get a workover once the page is fully established and for sure we'll weed out the repetitive uses of his name. The bulleted list is tricky and I've put it up for discussion on the talk page. Citing and sourcing efforts continue. Truthkeeper (talk)

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The Kasakela chimpanzee community is a habituated community of wild eastern chimpanzees that lives in Gombe National Park near Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania. The community was the subject of Dr. Jane Goodall's pioneering study that began in 1960, and studies have continued ever since, becoming the longest continuous study of any animals in their natural habitat. As a result, the community has been instrumental in the study of chimpanzees and has been popularized in several books and documentaries. The community's popularity was enhanced by Goodall's practice of giving names to the chimpanzees she was observing, in contrast to the typical scientific practice of identifying the subjects by number. Goodall generally used a naming convention in which infants were given names starting with the same letter as their mother, allowing the recognition of matrilineal lines. One of the most important discoveries that was learned by observing the Kasakela chimpanzee community was the use of tools. On November 4, 1960, Goodall observed a chimpanzee that she had named David Greybeard using a grass stalk as a tool to extract termites from a termite hill. Later, she observed David Greybeard and another chimpanzee named Goliath stripping leaves off twigs to create termite fishing tools. Previously, tool use in chimpanzees was only rarely observed, and tool creation by non-human animals had never been observed. Until then, tool making was considered one of the defining characteristics of being human. Another important observation occurred a few days earlier, on October 30, 1960. On that day Goodall observed the community's chimpanzees eating meat, dispelling the notion that chimpanzees are vegetarians. A third observation by Goodall in the early 1960 was that male chimpanzees perform a "rain dance," charging, calling, slapping the ground and trees and dragging branches in the rain. In the early 1970s the chimpanzees of the community were observed to engage in ongoing coordinated attacks against the chimps of the neighboring Kahama Chimpanzee Community, ultimately wiping it out. According to historian Ian Morris, this "Four Year War" represented the first time scientists had observed chimps "deliberately seek out, attack and leave for dead" chimps from another community, and it has been described as "the first record of lasting 'warfare' among primates." Several families within the Kasakela chimpanzee community have been particularly prominent in books and documentaries. The F-family has produced five alpha males for the community, and the matriarch, Flo, played a particularly important role in acknowledging Goodall's acceptance as a human observer by the community. The G-family has produced at least one alpha male, and also the birth of several twins, which are rare among chimpanzees. There are other families as well which include the T-family and S-family (which has produced one alpha male). ==F-family== ===Flo=== Flo (ca. 1919–1972) was the matriarch of the F-family, so named because she and all her matrilineal descendants were given names beginning with the letter "F". In 1962, Flo was one of the first chimpanzees to approach Goodall's camp, along with her infant daughter Fifi. Video of Flo approaching Goodall and allowing Fifi to reach out to touch Goodall's forehead, letting Goodall know she had been accepted, is shown in the IMAX film Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees. Later she brought her sons Figan and Faben, who would later become prominent members of the community to the camp, and when she came into estrus in 1963 she attracted the community's males to Goodall's camp. Five of Flo's descendants have become alpha males of the community: son Figan, grandsons Freud, Frodo and Ferdinand, and great-grandson Fudge. Flo was a high-ranking female who had at least five known offspring, three sons (Faben, Figan and Flint) and two daughters (Fifi and Flame). Flo was 28 years old when she gave birth to Faben. Most female chimps have their first infant when 12–14 years of age, so it is possible that Flo had at least one infant prior to Faben and that infant either died or, if it was a female, would have transferred to one of the other communities prior to Goodall's arrival to Gombe. When Flo died in 1972, she was given an obituary in Britain's Sunday Times. ===Faben=== Faben (ca. 1947–1975) was Flo's oldest son and oldest known offspring. He was a powerful male, but lost the use of one arm in a polio epidemic that ravaged the community in 1966. Despite his disability, he learned to create spectacular bipedal charging displays, which allowed him to regain a high rank within the community.

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page. The result was keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) Störm (talk) ===Sana Amanat=== – (View AfDView log Stats) () Not much coverage. Only trivial mentions. Fails GNG. Störm (talk) Note: This debate has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions. – Uanfala Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. – Uanfala I'm not in the business of evaluating the notability of such figures, but articles like the first three that came up on a web search [ are anything but "trivial mentions". –

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Corporate credit is probably the most vexing battlefront from this point. Investors last week registered fresh anxiety over companies in several industries being able to service their debt. Risk spreads on both junk and investment-grade debt made multi-year highs as companions moved to draw down backup credit lines. After an 11-year expansion, Corporate America's balance sheet is not set up to withstand what could be months of nasty revenue declines - nor should we expect it to be. This is where the market has grown twitchy for assurance form the Federal Reserve and Congress to cushion certain industries against sudden business halts. How can you value stocks? Valuing this stock market is like stumbling through a thick fog. At Thursday's lows the S&P 500 forward price/earnings ratio dropped to 14, near where it bottomed in late 2018, but current profit forecasts are likely laughably too high. And Friday's pop alone added more than a point to that forward P/E, laughably. The market was richly valued at the peak and it's hard to argue any core valuation support has been located yet. But value is certainly being surfaced, given the heedlessly comprehensive losses across stocks and sectors, punishing the guilty and blameless alike. Nearly $10 trillion has been wiped from U.S. stock-market value in less than a month. Just a start, or enough for now? Plenty of alarmed observers will say that history is of no help in understanding how the market will act from here. And of course, the specifics are extraordinary, a modern world economy going on indefinite partial lockdown. But when World Wars, oil shocks, terrorist attacks on U.S. soil and a freeze of the global banking system occurred, they were all unprecedented in detail too. But the way human behavior reacts to threats, and how markets metabolize uncertainty, tend to rhyme. Subscribe to CNBC PRO for exclusive insights and analysis, and live business day programming from around the world.

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The 2018–19 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018 followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. The conference held its media day in October 2018. Conference play began in December 2018 and concluded in March 2019. == Head coaches == === Coaching changes === UConn hired former Rhode Island and Wagner coach Dan Hurley after firing Kevin Ollie following his sixth season as head coach. Memphis fired Tubby Smith after 2 seasons and replaced him with alum Penny Hardaway. East Carolina head coach Jeff Lebo resigned 6 games into the 2017–18 season and was succeeded on an interim basis by assistant coach Michael Perry. After the season, the school hired former Florida Gulf Coast head coach Joe Dooley, who previously served as head coach of the team from 1995-99. === Coaches === Notes: Overall and AAC records are from time at current school and are through the end of 2018–19 season. NCAA records include time at current school only. AAC records only, prior conference records not included. == Preseason == === Preseason Coaches Poll === The American Coaches poll was released on October 15, 2018, with UCF predicted to finish first in the AAC. ===Preseason All-AAC Teams=== == Regular season == === Rankings === === Conference matrix === This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team will play 18 conference games: one game vs. four opponents and two games against seven opponents. ===Player of the week=== Throughout the regular season, the American Athletic Conference named a player and rookie of the week. == Honors and awards == ===All-AAC Awards and Teams=== ==Postseason== ===American Athletic Conference Tournament=== === NCAA Tournament === The winner of the AAC Tournament, Cincinnati, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. === NIT === Memphis and Wichita State received at-large bids to the NIT. === CBI === South Florida received an at-large bid to the CBI. == NBA Draft == No AAC players were drafted in the 2019 NBA draft. == References ==

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Ask Forgiveness is a 2007 EP by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. It is a collection of covers, with the exception of one original song by Oldham. ==Track listing== "I Came to Hear the Music" (Mickey Newbury) "I've Seen It All" (Björk, Sjón, Lars von Trier) "Am I Demon" (Glenn Danzig) "My Life" (Phil Ochs) "I'm Loving the Street" (Will Oldham) "The Way I Am" (Sonny Throckmorton) "Cycles" (Gayle Caldwell) "The World's Greatest" (R. Kelly) ==Personnel== Meg Baird Greg Weeks Maggie Wienk – cello ==References== 2007 albums Will Oldham albums Drag City (record label) EPs Domino Recording Company EPs

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Slaven Bilic believes Carroll could do more to help himself on that front. "When he gets consistency he is like that [against Arsenal]," the West Ham manager said. "So, he has got to do something. The medical team, the club we are doing everything. OK, he's doing it but he should be even more dedicated or it's a waste. It's a waste for West Ham, it's a waste probably for England or big clubs in Europe who want to buy him. But the biggest waste is for him." But, what more can he do than a nine-minute hat-trick? "Well, if he goes to bed at 10, he should go to bed at 9.30 now." Wenger, who must now know Arsenal's race is run even if he will not admit it, was lost for an answer as to why his side threw away a two-goal lead and only gained a point, his season summed up in 90 up and down minutes. "Every time we concede goals people come up with the same thing: you lack leaders or you lack this or you lack that," Wenger said. "I don't deny that we lacked something at 2-0. Is it leadership? I'm not completely convinced. Just heading the ball." Carroll can certainly do that. Carroll celebrates his second goal for West Ham against Arsenal (2016 Getty Images) So, when was the last time Carroll chatted with Hodgson? "Last time I was with England." But is he expecting a phone call? "I'd love a phone call. I don't know if I'm expecting one."

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Tesla meets Elon Musk's goal, delivering 367,500 cars in 2019 Tesla Inc. said it delivered 367,500 vehicles in 2019, achieving the sales forecast issued by Chief Executive Elon Musk and propelling its stock to a new record high. The Silicon Valley automaker finished 2019 on an upswing. Last year it opened a new manufacturing plant in China, scored a rare profit in the third quarter, and saw its stock price soar to record highs. Tesla needed to deliver 104,000 vehicles in the fourth quarter to meet Musk's 2019 forecast of between 360,000 and 400,000 vehicles. Tesla delivered 112,000 vehicles in the fourth quarter. Of those, 92,550 were Model 3s, a growth rate of 16.3% over the previous quarter and 46% above the fourth quarter of 2018. The more expensive and aging Model S sedan and Model X SUV models saw a combined 19,450 deliveries for the quarter. That's 11.8% higher than the previous quarter, but 37% below the fourth quarter of 2018. The company pushed hard to deliver cars before the clock struck 12 on New Year's Eve. That's when federal Tesla tax credits of $1,875 per buyer disappeared. Tesla went to great lengths to help some customers take delivery of their cars in time to get the tax credit, paying one journalist who lives in Florida to fly to St. Louis so he could pick up his car before the end of the year. Customers flocked to Tesla's factory and delivery hub in Fremont, Calif., on New Year's Eve to take delivery of their cars, with many staying past midnight to complete paperwork. Tesla's stock price jumped as much as 5.5% on Friday morning and closed up 3% at an all-time high of $443.01.The shares started 2019 at $310.12 and plunged to $178.97 before recovering - sparked by the third-quarter profit - to a record high of $430.94 the day after Christmas. They closed the year at $418.33, up 35% for the year. The delivery numbers put "a major feather in the cap of Musk & Co.," Wedbush equity analyst Dan Ives said in a note to investors. But Tesla bears insist the story's not over. Mark Spiegel, who runs the Stanphyl Capital hedge fund, with a large short position in Tesla, said the stock remains grossly overvalued. "This is at best a slow-growth car company that - on a sustainable basis - loses a lot of money, yet is priced at over 10 [times] the valuation of comparable automakers," he said. Each quarter's deliveries feed into Wall Street's shifting views of Tesla's prospects. The uncertainty is typified by the long-range target prices for Tesla stock issued in early December by Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas: $500 for the "bull" case, $250 for the "base" case, and $10 for the "bear" case. Jonas" bull case hinges on tremendous sales growth, enthusiastic customer response to the upcoming Model Y compact SUV, and rapid acceptance of Tesla's controversial Autopilot and "Full Self Driving" driver assist technologies. Musk has promised those technologies will create 1 million completely driverless Tesla robotaxis by the end of this year (an outcome that no one in the driverless industry outside of Tesla has said is possible). The bear case predicts that Tesla overall sales growth will hit a wall and that Musk will fail to execute on robotaxis and long-promised but as-yet undelivered products such as a Tesla semi truck and an expensive roadster sports car. Sales in China of Model 3s built at the new plant in Shanghai are expected to account for a rising share of overall Tesla sales. A recent report from JL Warren Capital predicted Tesla China sales of 44,686 vehicles for 2019 and 68,400 in 2020. That's a tremendous growth rate considering the new plant began production in late December. The facility is being built to turn out 150,000 cars a year in 2020, and, ultimately, at an annual rate of 500,000. Selling anywhere close to those numbers would bolster the bull view of Tesla's stock. The fourth-quarter delivery numbers were highlighted by big sales in the Netherlands, where rich tax incentives for electric cars were dramatically reduced on Jan 1. Tesla doesn't break out Europe sales by country, but according to Kentekenradar, which publishes daily Dutch fleet data updates, more than 12,000 Model 3s were registered in the Netherlands in December alone. That's more than double the car's previous best month in September. Musk expects dramatic Europe growth. In the midst of Tesla's year-end stock run-up, the CEO announced plans to build an auto plant in Germany, near Berlin. If it's built, that could add capacity for another 500,000 cars.

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I've never seen... The Shining I can't sit through a horror film. Or, I can sit, I just watch through clammy fingers, anticipating each jump scare while trying not to squeal and wondering why I can't just be watching an instantly forgettable romcom instead. I have long tried to overcome the fear of horror - there was Paranormal Activity, Get Out, The Witch (for an unfathomable reason) - but there is one horror I have lied about seeing on multiple occasions: The Shining. Whether on dates, with friends, or to strangers, I have used my viewing of The Simpsons" parody of the Kubrick classic to feign knowledge, pretending that I, too, am a part of "the culture." I have seen other Kubricks, but The Shining had always eluded me. If The Simpsons was anything to go by, I knew I would not like seeing apparitions of mute child-twins in a hotel corridor or Homer, sorry Jack Nicholson, axing his way through a closed door and repetitively writing the same thing over and over (the content of many an anxiety dream anyway). But perhaps it is time to rip off the plaster - it surely couldn't be that bad? That boy needs therapy... Danny Lloyd as Danny Torrance in The Shining. Photograph: Allstar/Warner Bros It was bad. Good, in a "cinematic appreciation" way, but bad in a sitting at home alone during a nationwide quarantine way. No one had mentioned the music to me before; the score undulating from fluttering strings to thundering synths and that shrill whistle tone making those long tracking shots especially heart-palpitating. In fact, Kubrick's penchant for lengthy, silent takes makes perfect sense now, elongating observation into its own sense of anticipatory fear. And this gels so well with the evolution of Nicholson's face throughout; morphing from smug and clean-shaven to craggy and wide-eyed, broken only by his terrifying rictus grin - a perfect foil to Shelley Duvall's incredulity. Although, reading up afterwards, it seems much of this performance was manifested by Kubrick's on-set bullying and exhaustive tactics. Kubrick masterfully develops so many horror tropes though - the lone, ghostly bartender, the eerie locked room, the creepy kid who should really just be in intensive therapy, foreboding flashbacks/flashforwards - and at least his lone black character (Scatman Crothers) lasts throughout the majority of the film, although he does of course die first. Really, though, isn't this just an allegory for the attendant traumas of the writing process, especially when undertaken under an enforced quarantine, with nothing for company apart from your own imagination and your increasingly unnerving surroundings? One thing is certain, I did not sleep well after watching The Shining and before writing this. Turns out all social isolation and no play makes this film very relatable indeed.

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SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Longleat heir follows father's tracks and donates to Jo Swinson's campaign Viscount Weymouth has not always seen eye to eye with his father, the colourful Marquess of Bath, known as the Loins of Longleat for his collection of 'wifelets'. He memorably infuriated him when he was just 16 by leaving his comprehensive school and dipping into his trust fund to be privately educated at Bedales. But politically father and son are one, as I can reveal Ceawlin Thynne, heir to the 10,000-acre Longleat estate and Safari Park in Wiltshire, has made a financial donation to the Liberal Democrat election campaign. His 87-year-old father is no doubt delighted. He was a Lib Dem peer until he was booted out of the reformed Upper Chamber. Ceawlin, 45, wrote a cheque for £15,000 having been persuaded by none other than his Tory turncoat chum Dr Phillip Lee. Dr Lee, 49, was the first government minister to quit over Brexit last year and defected to the Lib Dems in September. His local Conservative Association in Bracknell had passed a vote of no confidence and he swiftly brokered a deal with Weymouth to bolster the Lib Dem party coffers. 'I have known Ceawlin and [his wife] Emma for a few years,' Dr Lee tells me. 'We met at a dinner and discovered that we both agreed there should be a People's Vote. His donation is particularly generous.' Lee is now standing as the candidate for Wokingham, which Tory maverick Sir John Redwood has represented for the past 32 years, most recently with an 18,000 majority. 'A recent poll puts the Lib Dems just three points behind,' warns Lee, a Strictly Come Dancing fan. 'My daughter and I were rooting for Emma during the contest,' he adds. 'Politics is just like Strictly - anything can happen.' As Lady Weymouth, who was voted off the show last week, can attest. I Wannabe known as a writer, says Ginger Spice Formerly a member of the best-selling girl group of all time, ex Spice Girl Geri Horner is hoping to re-write her legacy as she prepares to launch herself as a novelist. 'I'm in the middle of finishing my novel. It's been like climbing Everest,' she tells me at the 50th anniversary party of upmarket watch company TAG Heuer Monaco at Chucs Cafe Serpentine in Kensington. 'It's taken me four years and I'm coming to the end of it now. I want to be remembered as a writer.' The 47-year-old mother of two, who married Christian Horner, the boss of the Red Bull Racing Formula One team, in 2015, adds: 'I've done children's literature before, but it was short. This is an actual novel.' 'The best time for me to write is in the morning, but sometimes I get surges of energy late at night, which really annoys my husband.' Middleton's Loch Ness menagerie James Middleton has shared his first 'family photo' of himself with his fiancee and dogs, thanking his friends for their support during his battle with depression. In an emotional message, the Duchess of Cambridge's 32-year-old brother, who proposed to French-born financier Alizee Thevenet, 30, last month, declared: 'Today I wanted to say thank you for the incredible support shown towards my speaking publicly about my illness. Depression.' Holding a mug of tea and beaming with bride-to-be Alizee, the entrepreneur is pictured with three of his five black spaniels and golden retriever Mabel near Glen Affric Lodge next to Loch Ness. He says that it is the first time he has truly smiled in years. 'Not that long ago I had forgotten what it was like to laugh with genuine happiness - today I don't have to pretend to smile. 'I am not cured from depression, I don't think there is one. 'However, I have learnt the tools to keep control, every day I look after my mental health as much as I do my physical health. 'And remember as one wise person once said, "Life is about the journey, not the destination."' Cartoonist Gerald Scarfe is nostalgic after relocating to Kew with wife Jane Asher. 'I lived in Chelsea for 55 years so it was a bit of a shock,' he tells me. 'I do miss it. I remember Jimi Hendrix walking down the road and I saw the other day that Bob Marley had a plaque on the next street where we used to live.

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Victory and Peace is a 1918 British silent war film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Matheson Lang, Marie Lohr and James Carew. The film was produced by the National War Aims Committee that was set up in 1917 to focus on domestic propaganda during the First World War. The novelist Hall Caine was recruited for the committee by the Prime Minister David Lloyd George to write the screenplay. Lloyd George chose Caine due to his experience in the field of cinema and his "reputation as a man of letters". The film was designed to show what would happen in a German invasion. It was mostly shot in Chester with some scenes filmed at Chirk Castle. Most of the negative of the newly finished film was destroyed in a fire at the offices of the London Film Company in June 1918. It was re-filmed over four months, just as the war ended, and so never went on general release. It is a partially lost film, with only around 1,000 feet of film still surviving. Edward Elgar was to have composed the score. Originally entitled The National Film, its alternative title is The Invasion of Britain. ==Cast== Matheson Lang as Edward Arkwright Marie Lohr as Barbara Rowntree James Carew as Karl Hoffman Ellen Terry as Widow Weaver Renee Mayer as Jenny Banks Hayford Hobbs as Charlie Caine Frederick Kerr as Sir Richard Arkwright Jose Collins as Madge Brierley Sam Livesey as Capt. Schiff Edith Craig as Mary Rountree Bertram Wallis as Bob Brierley Ben Greet as Mayor of Castleton Harding Thomas as Jim Banks Arthur Applin as Capt, von Lindheimer Henry Vibart as Bishop Sydney Lewis Ransome as Rev. Paul Brayton Joyce Templeton as Joyce Brierley Helena Millais as Liz Lowery Rolf Leslie as Abraham Lincoln ==References== ==Bibliography== Allen, Vivien. Hall Caine: Portrait of a Victorian Romancer. Continuum, 1997. Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1914-1918. Routledge, 2005. ==External links== Watch Victory and Peace online British Film Institute Articles on Victory and Peace National Library of Australia 1918 films 1910s war films British films British war films English-language films Films directed by Herbert Brenon British silent feature films British black-and-white films

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And in Hindu "saints" are generally more accurately "sants", with the mistranslation being the result of Western bias of a sort. I do think that people going to the Saints are much much more likely to be looking for Christian saints, and, on that basis, some sort of naming guideline might apply. It's a reason, even if not a particularly good one. John Carter (talk) Upmerge as nom. This is an unnecessary step in the category tree. Peterkingiron (talk) The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section. ==== Category:American beauty pageant winners ==== The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more categories. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the category's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section. The result of the discussion was: keep. Courcelles Nominator's rationale: Delete. Redundant to pre-existing categories, don't see the need for the umbrella here, especially for the individual biographies. See also previous CFDs here and here PageantUpdater talk • contribs Keep: Category is part of a larger scheme, grouped by nationality and no different than nationality-based categorization for actors, musicians, artists, etc. Previous CfD results (such as here and here) have supported such categorization. Getting rid of this cat would leave American beauty pageant titleholder articles scattered under what are essentially performers-by-performance categories (winners or participants of specific pageants) with no common umbrella based on nationality when nationality is pivotal for defining contestants/winners. Removing all nationality categorization (which I think would then have to happen) would basically erase the only pageantry category structure that a great number of articles fall under, as many - or maybe even most - countries don't have categorization based on their specific pageants like the U.S. does.  Mbinebri  talk ← Keep per very thorough explanation by Mbinebri. (I don't think you left anything for me to say... ) Cgingold (talk) Comment fair enough, but why do the individuals need this category as well as the encomapssing cats? Isn't that doubling up? I can see why it would be useful to have the subcats under this but I strongly disagree that the biographies themselves need this. They have the more specific categories which can then themselves be placed into other cats. For example, you wouldn't put someone in (to quote a recent example) People from Iowa and People from Scott County, Iowa so why would you do it here? PageantUpdater talk • contribs You mean that Donna Axum (say) does not need to be categorised both as American and 'Miss America winner'. The usual procedure would be to remove the larger category from her article. (There will be others who are American but have won 'Miss SomewhereElse', presumably through residence or descent.) Occuli (talk) If you're replying to me, I'm scompletely agree with you... I think you read my comment the wrong way! My whole objection to the category is that someone like Donna Axum has been put in both categories, she should be under "Miss America winners" NOT both categories. The larger "American beauty pageant winners" is completely redundant in all the biographies. PageantUpdater talk • contribs So remove Donna Axum etc from American beauty pageant winners. Deleting the category has more profound effects than just removing it from the articles, as it removes it from all its child categories as well (where it is certainly not redundant). Occuli (talk) OK so what's the process in reaching a decision that that is the best course... what should I change my nomination to? Because it's not a merge or a rename. I'm of the view that consensus should be reached as to that course before I attempt to remove from the articles (especially since it's been years since I tried to use AWB) so that they aren't re-added. Sorry, it's a bit above my head! PageantUpdater talk • contribs : There is no process - remove the category, it's merely an article edit.

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Coronavirus Italy: Women protest over wedding postponement Around 15 women posed in front of the Trevi fountain as they threw white parasols in the air while protesting The brides to be marched through the city of Rome in their white and silver stilettos amid the demonstrations The women waved placards that translated as 'you broke our marriages' and 'church doors closed weddings' By Alice Cachia For Mailonline Advertisement A group of angry brides wearing wedding dressed staged a furious protest in Rome as they rallied against the postponement of their marriages because of coronavirus lockdown. Around 15 women posed in front of the Trevi fountain as they held white parasols and wore matching white face masks. They also staged protests outside parliamentary buildings along with other industry businesses affected by lockdown, such as caterers, venue owners and musicians. The event, organised by an Italian wedding association, was dubbed the 'flashmob of the singles or unmarried ones'. Women held signs that translated as 'weddings without restrictions', 'you broke our marriages' and 'church doors closed to weddings' before marching through the city in white stilettos. All non-essential business and activities - including marriage ceremonies - had been banned in Italy for around two months as the country attempted to slow the spread of coronavirus. Officials at Rome's City Hall made an exception, however, for anyone who booked a civil wedding ceremony - not held in a Church - before lockdown began. They did, however, limit the number of guests to just two. Although religious ceremonies have since been given the green light to resume, social distancing measures and the wearing of face masks and gloves must be worn by congregations. Sanitizing gels must also be placed at church entrances, and at the end of every mass the entire church is sanitized. The women stood posed in front of the Trevi fountain - designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini and several others Share or comment on this article:

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African club brought to its knees by DR Congo political feud The training pitches and classrooms are fit for one of Africa's most illustrious football clubs, but the political battles rife in Democratic Republic of Congo have brought Tout-Puissant Mazembe's training academy to its knees. The school is in financial trouble after its founder, who's also one of DRC's key political opponents, left the country.

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Derek Mackay vows to go ahead with tax plan despite MSPs" vote Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has vowed to press ahead with plans to make Scotland the highest taxed part of the UK despite his plans suffering an embarrassing defeat at Holyrood. Mr Mackay is set to unveil a draft 2017/18 Scottish budget which will see higher earning taxpayers denied a tax break being offered elsewhere in the UK. Ahead of the first ever Scottish budget with the power to alter income tax bands and rates, Mr Mackay has indicated that the Scottish Government will not pass on a UK Government proposal to raise the tax threshold for earners in the higher rate tax band. On the eve of the budget, Holyrood debated the Scottish Government's plan when MSPs discussed a Scottish Conservative motion saying that families and businesses in Scotland should not be taxed more than those elsewhere in the UK. Mr Mackay lodged an amendment to the motion which called for taxes to be used in a "fair and progressive" way. Although supported by 60 SNP MSPs, Mr Mackay's amendment was defeated by 61 opposition members who voted against him. The symbolic vote will not derail the budget which will be formally presented to parliament for Stage One of the legislative process tomorrow. But it did illustrate the objections to the Scottish Government's plans for a variety of reasons across the political spectrum. The Conservatives objected on the grounds that higher tax will discourage businesses from coming to Scotland. While Labour, the Lib Dems and Greens argued that the plans did not go far enough and the wealthy should be taxed more. Conservative finance spokesman Murdo Fraser said the SNP had "lurched to the left" under Nicola Sturgeon's leadership with its proposal to raise income tax. "We do not believe that families and businesses in Scotland should be taxed more highly than elsewhere in the United Kingdom," Mr Fraser said. "It is time for the SNP to take their hands out of the pockets of hardworking taxpayers and concentrate instead on measures which grow the economy and grow the tax base. "That is the way we create a more successful and prosperous Scotland, and that is how we raise the funds necessary for our vital public services, not by hiking taxes and making Scotland uncompetitive." But Mr Mackay was unmoved, indicating he would not proceed with UK Government plans to raise the 40p higher rate of tax threshold to £50,000. "It is our position that we aspire to protect low and middle income taxpayers and given the choice between raising revenues or handing out large tax cuts to the richest in Scotland we choose public services," Mr Mackay said.

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This category contains the native flora of Sinaloa as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic. Include taxa here that are endemic or have restricted distributions (e.g. only a few countries). Use regional categories when taxa have a larger distribution that is approximately coincides by that taxon's distribution (e.g. ) instead of each subordinate category of that region. Sinaloa Natural history of Sinaloa Sinaloa Sinaloa

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In the aftermath of the Boer War Anna Maria Outerbridge—a leader of a "Boer Relief Committee" well known for trying to assist Boer POWs in escaping—was so unpopular with the British that in Bermuda, rather than Guy Fawkes an effigy of her was burned. In the Caribbean nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the night is celebrated in the town of Barrouallie, on the leeward side of the main island of Saint Vincent. The town's field comes ablaze as people come to see all of the traditional pyrotechnics. In Antigua and Barbuda, Guy Fawkes Night was popular until the 1990s, when a ban on fireworks made it almost non-existent. In the Bahamas, Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated in the Fox Hill area of New Providence, the main island. Other islands have smaller celebrations for their residents. On the twin island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis, the night is still celebrated throughout the country. In Australia, Guy Fawkes Night has not been celebrated since the mid 1980s when, to prevent misuse and personal injuries, the sale and public use of fireworks was banned in most states and territories. Before this ban, Guy Fawkes Night was celebrated in private, with backyard fireworks and occasionally large communal bonfires or fireworks displays in public spaces. Some recent immigrants from Britain preserve the British tradition and arrange private parties with bonfires and sparklers. Guy Fawkes Night (and the weekend closest to it) is the main time for both amateur and official fireworks displays in New Zealand, where most major cities and many smaller communities hold their own public displays. The range of fireworks on sale to the public has been increasingly reduced in recent years; firecrackers have been banned since 1991, and any fireworks that fly, such as rockets, have been banned since 1994. In 2007, the period when fireworks are allowed to be sold was reduced to the four days leading up to Guy Fawkes Night and the minimum legal age for purchase was raised from 14 to 18 years. Despite these sales restrictions, there are no restrictions on when fireworks may be lit, only a restriction on when they may be sold. There are some local bans on the use of fireworks, usually covering only the days around Guy Fawkes Night. Reacting to reports of a number of firework related injuries in 2007, Prime Minister Helen Clark threatened a ban on the sale of personal fireworks in New Zealand if people behaved badly. However, that year turned out to be one of the "quietest on record" according to the NZ fire service. Guy Fawkes night is also celebrated in South Africa, but the use of fireworks is strictly regulated under the Explosives Act 26, 1956 and in many municipalities they are banned completely. == Now a harmless festival without any religious or political connotations == While the article goes into great detail about its history, surely it ought to be made clear that it is now just celebrated as a reason to let of fireworks and have a bonfire and an outdoor party? I'm sure that 99% of people who celebrate it know nothing about it except that its something to do with someone called Guy Fawkes trying to blow up parliament. I also see that the criticism here, that the article seemed to have been written by someone who was anti-catholic, has disapeared. 92.15.26.222 (talk) I thought that had been made clear by this quote "the rockets go higher and burn with more colour, but they have less and less to do with memories of the Fifth of November...it might be observed that Guy Fawkes' Day is finally declining, having lost its connection with politics and religion. But we have heard that many times before." As for anti-catholic comments, you should search this talk page's archive. Parrot of Doom == Nursery rhyme == If the nursery rhyme you were discussing before it was archived is "Remember, remember the 5th of November, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot. "then I have a source for you. Iona and Peter Opie, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren" OUP, 1959. Page 282 in my paperback edition. And they cite "Juvenile Amusements" 1797, no 50, as well as other sources of the same period. MidlandLinda (talk) ==To include information on the contemporary event around the world, or not?== What I am finding most unhappy here is that Parrot of Doom constantly imposes his own views on the article, ignoring those of other contributors as stated on this talk page.

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Gold Coast's Jack Bowes bowled over by his famous bloodlines As the No.10 pick in last year's AFL national draft, Jack Bowes clearly has some serious sporting talent. Where does it come from? Well, that's the really interesting part. Go back through the Bowes bloodlines a couple of generations and you will find not only a sporting legacy of some note, but one of the most significant moments in Australian sporting history. Bill Bowes, part of England's Bodyline attack. Photo: Fairfax Archive Few contests have left as lasting an impression on the Australian sporting and cultural psyche as Test cricket's infamous Bodyline series of 1932-33, when England targeted the Australian batting with their controversial "leg theory." It left batsmen battered and bruised, enraged the locals, and at one stage imperilled relations between the two countries. It also produced one of the most stunned silences a packed MCG has ever seen, when Australia's brightest batting star, Don Bradman, was bowled for a first-ball duck, his stumps spread all over the place. The man who knocked Bradman over, Bill Bowes, was none other than Jack's great uncle. Don Bradman is bowled first ball by Bill Bowes during the second Test. Photo: Hulton Archive Even 85 years later, the reminders for 18-year-old Jack are never far away. For having left his native Cairns to first join the Gold Coast academy, and now forge an AFL career, Jack lives with his grandfather, Bill Bowe's Yorkshire-born cousin John. A former wicketkeeper, John was a handy cricketer, too. Jack can attest to that. "One day when I was 12, we were playing cricket in the backyard," Jack said. "I was playing cricket then, I'm 12, and John's like 60-something and he's got Parkinson's. "I've come in and let one go, and he's just square-driven me for four... never seen the ball again. The neighbours were watching upstairs. They say they've never forgotten that moment. Obviously there was a bit [of talent] still there." Bill Bowes' legacy remains large, 68 wickets taken at 22.33 in just 15 Test appearances. And for his great nephew, a very proud one. "I remember when I was in year four, I had to do an assignment on an inspirational person, that's when Mum and Dad brought it up," Jack said. "So I got on Wikipedia to look it up and from there they told me the whole story about Bill. I was pretty amazed. It was pretty cool." Jack Bowes playing for the Suns during the pre-season competition. Photo: Getty Images Grandfather John came to Australia as a "Ten Pound Pom" in the late 1940s, and has never lost his love of cricket or sport of any kind. Jack knows how lucky he is to have the reaped the benefits of that. "He's told me about how his dad never supported him," Jack said. "He didn't take him to any matches. He had to catch a bus to games in his full cricket kit with his bat. "So he just wanted to make sure that with Dad and myself, that he was always there for us. He was at every game in Cairns, he never missed a game of futsal, AFL or basketball, and now I'm living with him. It's been really good." When Jack had to move from Cairns to get serious about his football on the Gold Coast, his grandparents, who had lived there before, offered to go with him. "Being from Cairns, there's no real pathway coming through a junior program. You're not training and playing with the best, and you need those players around you to get the best out of yourself," he said. Not that Jack had much of an idea just how good he could be. "I didn't have big expectations. When I first came down here I had Aaron Rogers and Jason Torney as academy coaches. I remember sitting down with Aaron one day and he said, 'Do you realise you could actually go as high as you want in the draft?' I was like, 'I don't know about that'. I didn't know where I saw myself, it was hard to judge where I was at." He's got a much better idea now, right in line for an opening round debut after some good signs in two pre-season games. And while running out on to Metricon Stadium for his first official AFL game against Brisbane wouldn't have quite the impact of stunning Australia's biggest sporting hero with a first-ball dismissal in front of nearly 100,000 people, Jack's famous late, great-uncle would surely be proud.

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RSPCA embroiled in row over 'trial by social media' as police complain of missing evidence But because it purported to show illegal activity Derbyshire attempted to investigate, visiting the locations and interviewing Mr White under caution. Officers found "there is no evidence currently in our possession that proves offences have been committed." In a statement on their Facebook page the rural crime team said that they were "disappointed" with those who filmed Mr White, adding:"A video can be edited to show what the editors want it to show. It can distort the truth and lead to conclusions being drawn that may not reflect the reality of what has happened. We do not know the reality of this case as unedited footage has not been provided." Officers have now dropped their investigation, but Mr White said that the "trial by social media" has had a "massive" impact on his life and he has received death threats. He told the Telegraph: "There never was a crime. You cannot imagine how frightened you can be going out of your own house when you live in the middle of nowhere. "You don't want to go out of your house, you don't want to walk your dog, you don't want to do anything. "It has been trial by social media and the video looks like it has been altered." Mr White, who claims that he has had trackers placed on his cars and drones filming insider his home, says he was actually was catching jays, magpies and crows, a legal activity which helps protect game and songbirds. Whilst he is glad that the police have dropped their investigation, he is still trying to have the video removed from social media which he is told could take nine months. HIT, which aims to "expose and end bloodsport cruelty," said that they condemned anyone making death threats but would not "engage with the games that Derbyshire Police are trying to play." A spokesman said: "All the evidence in this case (edited and unedited) was passed to the RSPCA and dealt with by one of their wildlife officers. The RSPCA are an enforcement agency and were the right people to take this case forward. "We believed that they would be accompanied by the police when they visited Mr White but for reasons known only to them they decided not to involve Derbyshire Police in this case. "The RSPCA must speak for themselves in this instance and if they see fit give an account of the decisions they took." RSPCA spokesman said: "As the police have confirmed, they have requested the footage from the organisation which filmed it, not from the RSPCA. "We would only bring a prosecution if there was compelling evidence. In this instance the footage did not show an offence being committed, however an inspector visited and gave advice about the legal use of traps."

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Woman is shocked to find a DEAD LIZARD in her bag of kale after shopping at Trader Joe's Likely the last thing you would expect when opening up a package of kale would be to find that it is actually less than vegetarian. But that's just what happened to Washington, D.C. Trader Joe's shopper Grace Goldstein, who was left screaming when she discovered a whole dead lizard lying among the leafy greens in her bag of pre-cut and cleaned kale. Speaking to People, Grace revealed that the shock of the find hit her in waves, saying: 'It was a back and forth between denial and horror, which amounted to a lot of asking my boyfriend to see the bag of kale and identify the lizard and shrieking and pushing it away and refusing to go near it...and then asking to see it again.' Grace snapped a photo of the dead reptile visible through the plastic bag and shared it on Twitter and Instagram. She wrote: '@traderjoes why is there a lizard in my bag of kale? [puke-face emojis] have never been so appropriate. #traderjoes #kale #lizard #lizardinkale #vomit.' One of Grace's friends Kate Berner shared her own photo of the hair-raising find on Twitter as well, writing: 'I'm the number 1 #traderjoes apologist, but this lizard in my friend's kale isn't great...' Kate's tweet inspired other users to poke fun at the grocery chain, with one saying the scenario is what happens 'when your Geico gig ends.' Another quipped: 'Now with protein!' The mishap also inspired some users to share their own sketchy Trader Joe's experiences. One user revealed that she had recently pulled a two-foot-long hair from a Trader Joe's ice cream sandwich, including an irksome photo of the hair to go along with it. Grace threw the package into the freezer to preserve the lizard and swiftly got in contact with Trader Joe's customer support. The company told People that it was looking into the issue, saying in a statement: 'We are committed to providing customers with great products of the highest quality and are currently working with our vendor to look into and address the matter.' As the photo went viral, Grace took to Twitter again insisting 'that lizards are not the green I was looking for when I got this kale!' and that she is likely going to stick to spinach for a while.

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Coronavirus: South Africa Team Leaves For Dubai After Kolkata Stopover The CSA announced that it has terminated all forms of cricket. © Twitter The South African cricket team left for Dubai on Tuesday morning after spending a day at a city hotel in the state capital with the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) taking all the necessary precautions for their safe return home amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Quinton de Kock-led South African side chose'safest city' Kolkata over New Delhi after the three-match ODI series was cancelled and the players and the support staff stayed put in Lucknow where the second match was slated to be held last week. The entire contingent flew to Kolkata on Monday afternoon and was received by CAB president Avishek Dalmiya, secretary Snehasish Ganguly and joint-secretary Debabrata Das. Kolkata is yet to record a single positive case of COVID-19. "They have left for Dubai safely this morning. From there, they will leave for their respective destinations. They were very pleased with CAB's arrangements and precautionary measures," Avishek told IANS. The rooms of all the players and support staff were sanitised with the CAB's liaison manager and medical team present in two rooms. All were equipped with special masks and sanitiser. The first ODI in Dharamsala was washed out without a ball being bowled with the BCCI later calling off the remaining matches saying they would work out with Cricket South Africa to reschedule the ODI rubber. Cricket South Africa (CSA) also announced on Monday that it has terminated all forms of cricket in the country amid the rising concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, CAB is considering closing its office for the next four days starting Tuesday much like the BCCI and the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) which have also shut shop as a precautionary measure.

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And I can confirm that I have been able to find NPOV sources for all the issues that are discussed in the article. That being said, the whole "weight" thing is pretty tricky to me. I think weight in an article is ultimately driven by the consensus of the editors who work on it, and editors are driven by what they care about; one finds the sources one looks for. I loved zad's question to you, semi. Do you have any "methodology we can use to make sure this (or really any) article complies with DUE"? I don't (just the sense that it is driven by what editors care about). Zad, do you? Jytdog (talk) simply put, the point regarding "undue weight" is being overstated. Let's look at it this way, if we have a subject, whatever it might be, and of the literature written on the topic (all conforming with our guidelines on reliable sourcing) 70% of it happens to be about various controversies, legal matters, and political issues that if taken together demonstrate that the subject matter is seen to be "controversial," we don't then turn around and whittle this down so it balances out with the 30% of material that deals with aspects of the subject that are less "controversial," that's simply not the purpose of the guideline on undue weight. Additionally, @jytdog, any source that conforms with RS is admissible, much of the emphasis you place on NPOV here reflects a personal bias, it's about what you consider NPOV, instead of it being a matter of whether or not a particular source contravenes guidelines. Semitransgenic talk. Well we can't tell if the UNDUE concern is being overstated or not until we come up with a method to determine how much weight is due, executing that method to find a result, and then comparing that result with what's currently in the the method, I like the method underlying your thought here: . The underlying thought is that we should survey all the available reliable sourcing on Monsanto and see what proportion of it is criticism. We then curate the article content to be in proportion to the prominence given, per UNDUE. Another method would be to review what other high-quality tertiary sources (such as Wikipedia is trying to be) and see what proportions they give, and model our content distribution after that. So, surveying the available reliable sources, what prominence is given to criticism vs. other topics?I'm not stating that this is or is not the motivation of any editor here, but the interests of someone who wants to see Monsanto exposed as an evil corporate tyrant are actually better served by adhering to DUEWEIGHT. A carefully curated list of Monsanto's most significant wrongdoings, unimpeachably sourced and dispassionately presented, will be much more effective than an indiscriminate list of every criticism ever printed in a newspaper. That sort of list will have the effect of diluting the importance of the truly noteworthy criticisms by lining them up against trivial ones and making them appear of equal weight to a reader. We also don't want the article to look like an activist page, for the same reason - persuasive rhetoric comes across as such and is likely to make the reader ignore the whole article with the thought "Activists must have written this." Zad68 @Zad68 I don't agree with the suggestion that we should use other tertiary sources as a guide, wikipedia exists independently of such entities, and as editors here, we create unique content using sources that adhere to RS. We don't pick and chose sources because we have personal issues with what they offer, that leads to filtering according to individual biases. I also beg to differ on the matter of this article looking like an "activist page," it would read very differently if that were the case. Semitransgenic talk. Regarding using other tertiary sources as a guide, that's OK, I don't think there would be one on the subject of this article anyway. It's not really that unusual to look at other tertiary sources to see how they handled something, or if you're doing a GA review, for example, to make sure our article isn't missing something. Anyway, I'm fine with not looking to one, and sticking to assessing secondary - nobody's saying this, or at least I am not. But we do have to pick and choose sources based on their quality and authority, and we do curate the sources we include based on Wikipedia's content policies like WEIGHT. That is what I'm talking to you - Agree or disagree, "Every item talking about Monsanto and published in a reliable newspaper may be included in this article, no matter how out-of-date, trivial or inconsequential."

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Monty Python fans, handkerchiefs on heads, gather to mark anniversary Monty Python fans dressed as the Gumbys gather in an attempt to set the world record for the largest gathering of people dressed as Gumbys as a part of the 50th anniversary of Monty Python's Flying Circus at the Roundhouse in London, Britain October 5, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson LONDON (Reuters) - Monty Python fans, sporting knotted handkerchiefs on their heads, rolled up trousers and Wellington boots, gathered in London on Saturday for a suitably silly celebration of the 50th anniversary of the comedy troupe. The costumes matched those of the Gumbys who were characters in the "Monty Python's Flying Circus" series that first aired on BBC television on Oct. 5, 1969. The Gumbys were noted for their ape-like posture, habit of speaking loudly and slowly, and the catchphrase "my brain hurts." Dozens of Gumbys strutted outside the Roundhouse music venue before events to celebrate the work of Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and the late Graham Chapman. Organizers were hoping to set a Guinness World Record for the Largest Gathering of People Dressed as Gumbys. Editing by William Schomberg, Editing by William Maclean

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RFA is a snapshot - it does not include for future removal of rights (to put it another way, when we vote for a candidate in an election we know they will only have x years before we can get rid of them - and yes RFA is not a vote but I hope you get my drift). Honest admins will subsribe willingly to desysop criteria - which means they are honest and therefore we do not need a forcible desysop process in the first place Q.E.D. Crap admins will go to every length to stop the bit being removed. Think centralised discussion on this, think wikilawyering - frankly think Wikipedia Review. I agree fully we need easy desysop - I'm pointing out we're shouting in the wind. It's not good - but it is reality. Pedro :  Chat  And I'm now offline - sorry. Pedro :  Chat  "Honest admins will subsribe willingly to desysop criteria..." And by implication, those that do not subscribe willingly to desysop criteria are not honest? Just asking. I don't subscribe to a desysop criteria, have never been open to recall, will never be open to recall (voluntarily), and always advise admin-candidates who email me for advice to either ignore the recall question or plainly state "No, I will not be open for recall". Now, I don't believe I'm a bad admin, I don't believe I'd be recalled, and I don't believe I have legions of enemies awaiting my downfall (maybe I'm just insanely naive), but I do believe recall has thus far provided nothing more than a spotlight for the dramawhores. That is why I am not open for recall. That, and because being an admin makes me better than everybody else. ;-) - auburnpilot talk I 100% agree with Auburn here. "Agree with us or you're a bad admin" is a bullying tactic. RfDA will create huge and needless drama and I believe that it will lead to almost no admins being desysopped than currently would be by ArbCom (if any). Taking away the mop is pretty serious (that it's no big deal to have means that it's quite the big deal to take away) and if there was really a case where a majority or a supermajority of admins wanted someone desysopped I'd say that case is probably going to need ArbCom to sort out anyway. Oren0 (talk) I see what you're saying, but I'm not convinced that your concerns are entirely justified. I don't think wikilawyering is a threat unless bad admins somehow collude to fix the process from the beginning. If, crudely, RfDA was a mirror of RfA in terms of levels of support needed for a change, the editors would have their say, then the bureaucrats would assess it and judge consensus. Your concerns seem more relevant to an Arbcom-type process where the technicalities of rule-breaking are important; RfA is far, far less legalistic. Skomorokh The biggest difference between my proposed RfDA system and the current RfA system (aside from the minor detail of one providing sysop and the other taking it away) is that, while a candidate must accept their RfA for it to continue, there is no such step for an RfDA. There will need to be sort of check to make sure that the candidate is at least aware of the RfDA, if for no other reason so that they can defend themselves against bogus claims (or explain their actions of the claims have merit). But Pedro's concern about the bad apples trying to cover their ass is a very real one once there's a system in place for them to lose their bit; we should accept no administrator that has lost the faith of the community. If a sysop silences (or at least tries to silence) an editor attempting to have the demoted, that'd be additional fuel for the fire, and they'll be gone within a week. EVula // talk // ☯ // === Same idea, different approach === I recently found this discussion, and felt it would be good for me to add my opinion here. For starters, I'm not sure how making a desysop of an administrator an easy endeavor will be to the benefit of the project - in fact, it would be easy to game such a system. If it's easy to be desysopped, then there will undoubtedly be editors who gnome RfDA who support a desysop of an admin for disagreements they have with them.

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"I think there can be a symbiosis," he said, "for consumers, the best thing would be creating an environment where both can thrive." "Two hundred years ago, it was all just farmers distilling their surplus grains," said Mitenbuler, who argues that the final product of those early distillers may have been downright undrinkable. Following the Prohibition years, the needle swung the other way entirely. "By 2000, you had about a dozen big distilleries producing 99% of American spirits," Mitenbuler noted, adding that consolidation meant that there was less variety available, and less of a push to innovate. The resurgence of craft distilling restored some balance, a transformation led by places like Dunc's Mill and Caledonia Spirits. Meanwhile, sourcing and aging great whiskeys requires a nuanced palate and creative vision. Dave Pickerell, the lead distiller at WhistlePig, has a resume that includes a long stint at Maker's Mark, and he's revered by many in the spirits world. And these days, WhistlePig is selling the product of their own farm. WhistlePig FarmStock Rye Whiskey blends the first crop of their Shoreham grown- and distilled-rye whiskey with sourced, aged vintages. It's a step in the direction of the farm-focused movement that's driven Vermont's distilling revival. But it hasn't garnered the same attention as WhistlePig's older bottles of sourced whiskey, which are at the heart of the company's rise. Which raises a spirited question. Is there room in the Green Mountains artisan-loving culture for sourced whiskeys to coexist with farm-based craft distillers? What if the whiskey is really good? Like, really good. The proof is in the pour Whistle pig succeeded at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Back at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, the judges didn't visit the picturesque WhistlePig farm and didn't weigh in on the sourcing controversy. In the subjective world of flavor the competition strives for objectivity, with a panel of expert drinkers undergoing a marathon of blind tasting. Wearing snowy white smocks, they sat before a line of tiny glasses, each labeled with a randomly-assigned letter. WhistlePig's rye was one of dozens of whiskeys the judges tasted that day. But even in a crowded field, said judge and whiskey writer Fred Minnick, the WhistlePig rye was a standout. "It was complex," he recalled, "and it had nuance and fun flavors to it -- it just really stood out in the whiskey category." A Kentucky-based bourbon expert and veteran whiskey drinker, he's not the only one to fall for WhistlePig's silky smooth rye whiskeys. The bottles are aged for up to 15 years, far longer than the average rye. The whiskeys themselves vary widely, from an "Old World" version finished in port, Sauternes and madeira casks to a spicy, 10-year rye that's redolent of oak and caramel. That time in the barrel lends WhistlePig rye complex flavor and aroma. It's the kind of spirit that inspires long-winded odes, or at least a satisfied silence from appreciative drinkers. And as Minnick remembered tasting WhistlePig's competition-winning whiskey, he kept it succinct. "It was perfect," he said quietly. "In every way." Jen Rose Smith writes about travel, adventure and drinks from her home in Northern Vermont, and is the author of three guidebooks to the region. Follow her on Instagram @jenrosesmithvt, and read more of her work at www.jenrosesmith.com.

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Add a new message My User page Welcome! Hello,, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: The five pillars of Wikipedia Tutorial How to edit a page How to write a great article Manual of Style I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on, or ask your question on this page and then place before the question. Again, welcome! ==Vandalism== Hi Alex, You might want to read TALK before posting more comments on talk pages - you should always post at the bottom of the page rather than the top, to keep it in chronological order. Not a big deal, everyone has something to learn. You might want to look into Popups if you are planning on doing a lot of vandalism reverts, makes things quicker. Also, when you are fixing vandalism, it may not be just a simple insertion of crap, often the vandal will delete useful text in the process. Make sure you go back to the last reliable contributor and revert to them so you can replace the missing text. It takes a bit longer, but much better for the articles. You may also be interested in ADOPT if you want to speed up your learning. And welcome! Reliable contributors are always fantastic to have, and are in short supply. WLU Might as well offer, since I started the ball rolling. Wanna be my adoptee? I'm happy to adopt but if you'd prefer someone else that is OK. WLU ==Re: Adoption?== Hi Alex, Sure, I would love to help you out! I have to say though, I've had a lot of school work lately so I can't guarantee I'll be around every day, though I do check back on Wikipedia at least once every two days. I have noticed, however, that WLU above has offered you an adoption. I see no problem in having more than one adopter, of course, so if you'd still like me to participate I will gladly. When you're ready to start, I guess you could create a user sub page, such as Alexhayes/Adoptee Stuff for example, so we may keep discussions separate of your user page. Please notify me of what you plan to do. :) Looking forward to see some great contributions to Wikipedia from you! Happy editing! AH has not actually contacted me regards adoption, but I have no problem being a co-adopter either. However, judging by RazorICE's signature, he's probably the more experienced of the two of us - if you're going to go with just one of us, he's the cadillac to my chevy nova. WLU Never judge a Wikipedian by his signature ;P Thanks cool, thanks for the heads-up. WLU ==WikiProject Cheshire newsletter== ===Questionnaire=== In an effort to assess the progress of Wikiproject Cheshire, it has been decided to send a questionnaire to members. To answer, please copy this questionnaire and paste your answers on the answer page. While participation is, of course, not compulsory, thoughtful answers will help the project to develop and improve. Thank you. 1. The project is always looking for new members, so we want to find out which ways of attracting and approaching potential members work best. Do you remember how and why you joined? Answer: 2. How would you describe your involvement in the project? What activities do you undertake and how often do you edit Cheshire-related article? Answer: 3. Do you feel like you receive adequate support/contact from project members? Answer: 4. The project talk page is intended to be the hub of the project, where members discuss articles and help each other improving them. Until very recently it has been almost inactive, but do you check the project talk page? Answer: 4a. If the talk page was more active, would you get involved in discussions there? Answer: 5. When viewing Cheshire-related articles, are there any issues that have stood out as needing attention or frustrated you? (Traditional counties POV, poor coverage about a particular subject, vandalism going unnoticed etc) Answer: 6.

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Michael Caine says it's better to be a 'poor master of my fate' after Brexit Sir Michael Caine insisted today he still believed in Brexit and said it was better for Britons to be poorer but in charge of their own future. The veteran actor - worth an estimated £57million according to Celebrity Net Worth - said quitting Europe was more important than being better off in the bloc. Sir Michael, 84, was one of the highest profile celebrity backers of Brexit at the referendum in 2017. And he said his faith in the project was undimmed despite the breakdown in negotiations and negative economic forecasts. He told the Today programme: 'People say 'Oh, you'll be poor, you'll be this, you'll be that'. 'I say I'd rather be a poor master of my fate than having someone I don't know making me rich by running it.' Sir Michael insisted he could see evidence on the continent of major firms pushing their governments to strike a deal. He said: 'I've finally seen this week a little something of what I've said all along. 'They've said "imports, we're gonna impose these taxes from Britain" and you go "wait a minute, has anybody told the boss of Volkswagen or Mercedes about this?." 'And the German car companies have started to grumble about this tax.' Best for Britain chief Eloise Todd dismissed Sir Michael's intervention. She told MailOnline: 'On Today Brexitier Michael Caine said "I'd rather be poor and a master of my own fate." 'Fine, when you're a multi-millionaire. For the rest of us Brexit blows the whole bloody country up. 'That was a classic viewpoint from a Miami resident.' With little sign of progress in the negotiations and increasing alarm among business, Theresa May is facing Tory calls to quit today amid claims she could keep Britain lashed to the bloc for longer to ease the Irish border standoff. Arriving for the second day of a fraught EU summit this morning, the PM admitted she is looking at options for any 'gap' between the end of the current mooted transition period in 2020 and a trade arrangements coming into effect. But she insisted she did not 'expect' that there would be a gap and suggested it would last 'a matter of months' rather than the year suggested by the EU. Mrs May is facing a furious backlash from Brexiteers and the DUP after the idea was floated in talks last night. The idea means longer subject to EU rules without any say in writing them - and paying potentially another £15billion into the bloc's coffers. It has already been roundly rejected by the DUP as a distraction tactic that would not help cope with the Irish border backstop issue.

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DJ Paul Holden dies after fall at home Tributes are pouring in for pioneering and much-loved Sydney DJ, Paul Holden, who has died suddenly after falling at home. Holden, 51, who was regarded as a leader in the emerging rave culture in Sydney in the late 1980s and early 1990s, fell at home in Mosman home on Tuesday hitting his head, according to a friend who spoke to Fairfax. Holden was alone and not found until Wednesday morning when a family member found him. Holden's longtime friend and fellow DJ Mark Dynamix wrote on Facebook: "I have no words right now, I can't speak, utterly shocked. I have just heard that my partner in Jack The House, Mr. Paul Holden has passed away. Absolutely devastated." Pioneering... Paul Holden was a big part of Sydney's early rave scene. Photo: Facebook Another DJ, Robbie Lowe, said Holden's music selections were always uplifting and infectious: "Everyone would always be smiling from ear to ear when Paul was playing. "I got to play alongside him for the first time ever a couple months ago and I'm so grateful for this. I was so nervous as well because I really wanted to impress him as I've always looked up to him." Advertisement Stephen Ferris, head of the music program for the upcoming Vivid festival, worked as a Sydney DJ in the 1980s and 1990s. He said Holden's 30-plus year career was a testament to his talents and personality. "He was one of the originals still floating around so to go so long without any bad blood or having changed personality types and fallen out with people is extraordinary in itself. He was such an easy guy to work with. "I felt very sad when I heard the news. He was genuinely loved by everyone and he remained a DJ because he loved the music." Cosmo Cater, a former DJ, wrote that Holden "embodied the qualities of a really great DJ in that he was able to connect with any crowd through his music and immense charisma. "He regularly delivered 'nights to remember'. His music was immensely happy and there was such a fun quality to it, no matter what sound he played." Holden started as a DJ at the Exchange Hotel on Oxford Street in 1980 and during his long career worked alongside international stars such as De La Soul, Carl Cox, Laurent Garnier and Paul van Dyke. He played at many Sydney parties including the Mardi Gras parties and Sleaze balls at the Hordern Pavilion, Bacchanalia, Strawberry Fields, Jack the House, Field of Dreams and Stun! He also regularly toured Australia as a DJ. In 2003 Holden told recounted his career highlights to dance music publication inthemix: "Playing to 25,000 people at each of two Mardi Gras and two Sleaze Balls was truly magnificent." He also told publication what got him started: "When I was about 10 I attended a disco party at the local scout hall and was instantly entranced by the sight of people dancing to loud music and the flashing of a strobe-light. "That was it, I was hooked!" A Facebook page has been set up for people to share memories and leave condolences for Holden, which it described as "one of Australia's all-time most successful, versatile and popular DJ's."

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Gujarat Congress Shifts MLAs To Resorts After 3 Leaders Resign Elections to fill 24 Rajya Sabha seats will be held on June 19. Ahmedabad: After resignation by three MLAs ahead of the June 19 Rajya Sabha polls, the Congress in Gujarat on Saturday shifted several of its legislators to resorts and bungalows near their constituencies to prevent any "poaching" bid, a party leader said. With the resignations of Akshay Patel and Jitu Chaudhary on June 3 and that of Brijesh Merja on June 5, the Congress strength in the 182-member House has been reduced to 65. The effective strength of the House, however, stands at 172 as of now as ten seats are currently vacant - two due to court cases and the rest because of resignations. While, several MLAs from north Gujarat were shifted to a resort near Ambaji in Banaskantha district, those from south and Central Gujarat were moved to private bungalows in Anand, Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi said, adding that legislators from Saurashtra region were shifted to a resort in Rajkot. "The MLAs were asked by party high command to arrive in resorts in Anand, Ambaji, and Rajkot after completing their work on Saturday. They will arrive in these resorts on the basis of the zone-wise location of their constituencies. Many of them have arrived. Others will reach there soon," he said. He said senior leaders of the Congress will interact with MLAs and discuss the current situation and upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. Mr Doshi said MLAs might continue to stay in these resorts until the day of the election for four Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat, that is on June 19. Earlier, the Congress had moved its MLAs to a resort in Jaipur in March this year after five of them had resigned ahead of the March 26 elections to the Upper House. The polls were deferred due to the coronavirus-driven lockdown. With the reduced strength at 65, the Congress may find it difficult to win two Rajya Sabha seats for which it has fielded senior leaders Bharatsinh Solanki and Shaktisinh Gohil. A party MLA said Solanki remains the second preference after Gohil, and that they will vote as per the directive of the party on June 19. "All 65 MLAs are united. There is no internal factionalism in the Congress. Bharatsinh (Solanki) himself knows he is the second candidate. It is the party's decision. We will cast our vote as per the directive of the party. State unit party president Amitbhai Chavda has also announced that Shaktisinh is our primary candidate," said MLA Vikram Madam. Congress leaders have accused the ruling BJP of adopting means like "blackmailing, threatening or using money to poach its MLAs." "In each case, we can see how these people in power are either offering money or positions or blackmailing MLAs to make them resign. It is clear these (three) MLAs were bought over with crores of rupees," he said. The BJP, which has 103 MLAs in the Assembly, has fielded Abhay Bhardwaj, Ramilaben Bara, and Narhari Amin for the June 19 polls. While the Bharatiya Tribal Party has two MLAs, the Nationalist Congress Party has one legislator and there is one Independent legislator, Jignesh Mevani.

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Warrington victim's father tribute to Dolores O'Riordan Another head hangs lowly, Child is slowly taken And the violence, caused such silence, Who are we mistaken? But you see, it's not me. It's not my family In your head, in your head, they are fighting With their tanks, and their bombs, and their bombs, and their guns In your head, in your head they are crying. In your head, in your head Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie. What's in your head, in your head? Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie, Another mother's breaking, heart is taking over When the violence causes silence we must be mistaken It's the same old theme since nineteen-sixteen In your head, in your head, they're still fighting With their tanks, and their bombs and their bombs, and their guns In your head, in your head, they are dying. In your head, in your head Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie. What's in your head, in your head? Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie

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Black Light is the second book in the Bob Lee Swagger series, by Stephen Hunter. ==Plot summary== There are two interconnected plots that unfold simultaneously in this novel; one is set in the present, and deals with Bob Lee Swagger and Russ Pewtie, while the other is set in 1955, and deals with Bob Lee's father, Earl, and the events leading up to his death. This book catches the reader up with Bob Lee about five years after the events in Point of Impact. He now has a daughter who is four years old, named Nikki, and he has married Julie Fenn, the widow of his fallen spotter, Donnie Fenn. He is living happily, if not humbly, in Arizona, trying to avoid the notoriety he gained during the events in Point of Impact. A young man approaches him with a proposition. This young man's name is Russ Pewtie, the grown son of Bud Pewtie, who as described in Dirty White Boys was responsible for the death of Lamar Pye. Russ is a writer, and wants to write a book about Bob Lee's father Earl, a Marine Corps veteran and State Policeman who was supposedly gunned down one night in 1955, near Bob's home town of Blue Eye, Arkansas, by Lamar's father, Jimmy who was to surrender to Earl after robbing a grocery store and killing four people. As Russ and Bob Lee probe into the details surrounding Earl's death, there are some startling revelations, including a conspiracy to keep these details hidden, which give deeper insight into the history of Bob Lee. Bob Lee uses his knowledge of firearms, sniping and military history to unravel conflicting details about the shooting of his father and find out the real reason his father was killed as well as finding out the identity of the real shooter. The plot involves several of Hunter's signature interconnecting characters (who appear in various roles in more than one of his novels). These include Sam Vincent, the former Polk County prosecutor who appears in Point of Impact, and Frenchy Short, the CIA agent and Earl Swagger protégé who appears in The Second Saladin, and also in the later Earl Swagger novels Hot Springs and Havana. Part of the connection between the novel's two time periods is the role of Sam Vincent in the prosecution of the murderer of a young black girl in 1955, and the re-investigation of that case in the present. 1996 novels Thriller novels Fiction set in 1955

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NFL notebook: Garoppolo tore ACL, MRI confirms An MRI confirmed San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on Sunday and is out for the season, the team announced Monday. Sep 23, 2018; Kansas City, MO, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) is sacked by Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Allen Bailey (97) during the second half at Arrowhead Stadium. The Chiefs won 38-27. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports Coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters following the 49ers" Sunday loss to the Kansas City Chiefs that the team feared Garoppolo had torn his ACL. C.J. Beathard, a 2017 third-round pick who went 1-4 as a starter last season, will be the team's starter moving forward. The 49ers are also bringing in former Houston Texans quarterback Tom Savage for a visit, per an ESPN report. Garoppolo was carted to the locker room after his left knee buckled on a third-and-20 scramble with the 49ers down by 14 points late in the fourth quarter. He could have stepped out of bounds but instead cut upfield, planting his left leg just before taking a big hit from Chiefs cornerback Steven Nelson. - Baker Mayfield is the starting quarterback of the Cleveland Browns, coach Hue Jackson announced to reporters following practice. The proclamation confirmed what already seemed to be a foregone conclusion after Mayfield replaced an injured Tyrod Taylor last Thursday against the New York Jets and led the Browns (1-1-1) to a come-from-behind win - the team's first in 635 days. "I informed the group this morning that we're going to start Baker Mayfield, and Tyrod will be the backup if healthy," Jackson said. - Rookie Josh Rosen was named the Arizona Cardinals" starting quarterback, with coach Steve Wilks sending veteran Sam Bradford to the bench. "Josh plays with a lot of confidence," Wilks told reporters. "I think he gives us an opportunity to be able to be successful." Rosen, the No. 10 overall pick, relieved Bradford late in the team's 16-14 loss to the Chicago Bears on Sunday. He got two chances in the final five minutes to move the Cardinals into range for a game-winning field goal, but was unable to do so. "I think he handled it well," Wilks said. - The New York Jets reached out to the Pittsburgh Steelers regarding holdout running back Le'Veon Bell, according to multiple reports. The exchange was merely a "preliminary conversation" with no trade offer, per multiple reports. ESPN reported Sunday that the Steelers are listening to offers for Bell, who has yet to report to the team or sign his franchise tender after getting tagged for the second consecutive offseason. Bell ended his 2017 holdout before the regular season, but it remains unclear if or when he'll join the Steelers this season. - The Los Angeles Rams will be without starting cornerbacks Marcus Peters and Aqib Talib for a few weeks, NFL Network reported. According to the report, Peters will miss two to four weeks with a strained right calf, and Talib is out four to six weeks with a high ankle sprain. The report added that initial tests showed no structural damage for Peters, and that he will have an MRI exam to confirm. Peters went down in the first half against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday and could not put any weight on his right leg as he was carried to the sideline. He was then helped to a cart and taken to the locker room. Talib limped off with an ankle injury in the second half and did not return. - San Francisco cornerback Richard Sherman is expected to miss two to three weeks with a left calf injury. Sep 23, 2018; Kansas City, MO, USA; San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle (85) attends to quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) in the second half against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports NFL Network reported Sherman was relieved to hear the injury was relatively minor. He left Arrowhead Stadium in a walking boot following the loss to the Chiefs. Sherman was noticeably limping and grimaced as he left the field at halftime. The 30-year-old missed the second half of last season with a torn Achilles and battled a heel injury in practice last week. - New York Giants tight end Evan Engram likely will miss a few weeks with a sprained MCL in his right knee. ESPN reported the extent of the injury, but the Giants already had resigned themselves to the idea that Engram would be out for multiple games. Engram left the locker room in Houston with a brace on his right knee and said he knew immediately something was wrong with the knee.

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The toy Legs who is made of Barbie legs and a fishing rod, is apparently supposed to be a play on the word "hooker." 16/17 Cinderella Mice Jaq and Gus steal a bunch of beads in the film and, to avoid being caught, thread the beads onto Gus's tail. It's quite an image. 17/17 Ratatouille After Linguini is caught chatting to Remy in the pantry by chef Skinner, he covers it up by saying he is familiarising himself "with the vegetables and such." Skinner boots him out, shouting: "One can get TOO familiar with vegetables, you know!" 1/17 Toy Story 3 When villain Lotso removes Mrs Potato Head's lips from her body to stop her talking, Mr Potato Head yells: "Hey, nobody takes my wife's mouth except me!" 2/17 Aladdin During Aladdin and Jasmine's wedding, there is an earthquake, prompting the Genie to quip: "I thought the Earth wasn't supposed to move until the honeymoon." 3/17 Frozen When Anna first teams up with Kristoff, he quizzes her about her fiancé Hans, and even asks her about how big his feet are. Anna insists, however, that "shoe size doesn't matter." 4/17 Hercules When a horseshoe hits the River Guardian in the head, he inexplicably grows a penis-shaped bump and matching testicle eyebrows. 5/17 Cars Lightning McQueen gets flashed by two enthusiastic fans who beam their headlights at her. 6/17 Ratatouille When chef Linguini tells colleague Collette that a rat helps him cook in the kitchen, he says, "I have this tiny... little... little...," prompting her to look at his crotch. 7/17 A Bug's Life A pick-up line from a fly to a ladybird is: "Hey cutie, wanna pollinate with a real bug?" 8/17 101 Dalmations One of Cruella's sidekicks, Horace, says: "The sight of all these deceased creatures gives me a shrinky winky." 9/17 The Little Mermaid One of the lines in the classic song "Under the Sea" is: "Darling it's better down where it's wetter." 10/17 Mulan When Mushu is explaining to Mulan that he's a dragon, not a lizard, he says: "Hey! Dragon. Dragon, not lizard. I don't do that tongue thing." 11/17 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs The weasel, Buck, who is voice by Simon Pegg, says: "Let me tell you about the time I used a sharpened clam shell to turn a T-Rex into a T-Rachel." 12/17 The Emperor's New Groove Kronk "pitched a tent," quite literally, over his genitals. 13/17 Toy Story 2 When Buzz Lightyear sees cowgirl Jessie he gets so excited his wings pop out. 14/17 Bambi Both Thumper and Flower, the skunk, become erect in Bambi. When Thumper sees an attractive female rabbit, his entire body bolts upright and goes into a frenzy. Flower, meanwhile, turns stiff and red after being kissed by a female skunk. 15/17 Toy Story The toy Legs who is made of Barbie legs and a fishing rod, is apparently supposed to be a play on the word "hooker." 16/17 Cinderella Mice Jaq and Gus steal a bunch of beads in the film and, to avoid being caught, thread the beads onto Gus's tail. It's quite an image. 17/17 Ratatouille After Linguini is caught chatting to Remy in the pantry by chef Skinner, he covers it up by saying he is familiarising himself "with the vegetables and such." Skinner boots him out, shouting: "One can get TOO familiar with vegetables, you know!" Series Boy Meets World (Yr 1 1993/94 Eps 1-22) Boy Meets World (Yr 2 1994/95 Eps 23-45) Boy Meets World (Yr 3 1995/96 Eps 46-67) Boy Meets World (Yr 4 1996/97 Eps 68-89) Boy Meets World (Yr 5 1997/98 Eps 90-113) Boy Meets World (Yr 6 1998/99 Eps 114-135) Boy Meets World (Yr 7 1999/00 23 Eps 136-158) Chip and Dale and Rescue Rangers (Yr 1 1989/90 Eps 1-65) Darkwing Duck (Yr 1 1991/92 Eps 1-78) Darkwing Duck (Yr 2 1992/93 Eps 79-91)

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In Europe, Steve Bannon can still play the hero Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know? Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter. Former White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon has been cast out of the West Wing, scorned by President Trump and cut adrift from the far-right website that helped catapult him into the spotlight. But don't tell that to his friends in Europe. Despite his extremely public fall from grace, Bannon went on what seemed like a victory march through Europe over the past week. He jetted into Italy ahead of elections that saw populist parties, including one that shares his brand of nativist populism, claim about half the vote. He then spoke at a nationalist rally in the Swiss city of Zurich, where he also reportedly met Alice Weidel, one of the leaders of Alternative for Germany, a far-right party that now is the largest opposition faction in Germany's Parliament. And he journeyed to France for the party congress of the far-right National Front, where he delivered a keynote address under the aegis of party leader Marine Le Pen. To some, his appearances marked the toxicity of the populist moment. "The arrival of Bannon, like a maggot on a wound, is an indication that the infection is becoming septic," Vanity Fair's Isobel Thompson wrote. During both speeches, Bannon hailed the electoral gains made by right-wing populist parties across Western Europe and celebrated the nationalist examples of politicians further to the east. He described Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban, known for his hostility to both migrants and the European Union, as a "hero" and a "patriot." (Unconfirmed reports suggested the two would meet during Bannon's trip.) The warm reception is quite a change from the treatment Bannon has been receiving at home. He was driven out of the White House last August in one of the Trump administration's endless rounds of internecine infighting, and he became further estranged from Trump after a controversial book on the president's chaotic first year featured Bannon as a key source. His falling-out with the president also compelled him to leave his beloved website, Breitbart News. Bannon's American critics frequently mock his overinflated ego. One White House foe famously described Bannon's behavior in office as nothing but a particularly impossible form of onanism. A number of anti-establishment, right-wing candidates backed by Bannon suffered embarrassing defeats in local U.S. elections. But in Europe, Bannon can justifiably pat himself on the back. More than any of Trump's other confidants, Bannon articulated a populist ideology that helped galvanize America's right-wing voters and brought Trump to power. In many ways, his creed directly borrowed from the long-standing positions of Europe's far right, combining a narrative of economic anxiety over globalization with seething cultural resentments about immigration. His rhetoric conspicuously drew from a deep reservoir of European neo-fascism. And having installed that agenda in the West Wing, Bannon offered further encouragement to his ideological brethren across the pond. "What I've learned is that you're part of a worldwide movement that is bigger than France, bigger than Italy, bigger than Hungary - bigger than all of it. And history is on our side," Bannon told the crowd in the French city of Lille, repeating the message he had delivered in affluent Zurich a few days earlier. "The tide of history is on our side," he said there, his entrance preceded by a soundtrack that included Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger." And despite his domestic setbacks, Bannon assured his European audiences that he has big plans ahead - including a desire to help spread far-right messaging across the continent on platforms similar to Breitbart. "Whether I do it or a local entrepreneur does it, there are going to be these populist nationalist news sites that pop up in the next year online. That will only take these things to the next level," Bannon told the New York Times on his trip. During the same interview, he also appeared to admit the truth of reports that right-wing populists benefit from a profusion of fake social-media accounts and "bots" that spread their propaganda. "You can't just have just all humans, I'm sure they have some bots," he said. "The thing is that they are generating enthusiasm on shoestrings." The important thing, he argued in Zurich, is that the "movement" keeps building up a head of steam. "The momentum in the movement continually goes, and now you're beginning to see a symbiotic relationship" between far-right groups in various countries, he said. "One can feed off the other with messaging."

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, full name Shikimori Hidegoro stable, is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Dewanoumi ichimon or group of stables. It was set up in 1992 by former komusubi Ōshio. The stable did not produce a sekitori until 2012, when his top wrestler Senshō of Mongolia finally won promotion to the jūryō division in the January tournament after eleven years in sumo. The nineteen years and nine months Shikihide stable took to produce a sekitori is the longest by a newly established stable since World War II. Former maegashira Kitazakura took over as Shikihide Oyakata in January 2013 when his predecessor reached 65 years of age. As of January 2021, it had 20 wrestlers (19 listed on the banzuke). It is situated in Ibaraki Prefecture, and along with Tatsunami stable is one of the stables furthest away from sumo's heartland of Ryōgoku. All members of Shikihide stable have to complete their high school education, and Shikihide has also introduced yoga to his wrestlers after they have finished training for the day. The stable is known for its "open door" policy, allowing anyone who can meet the entry requirements to join regardless of ability. It has several relatively small wrestlers such as Omote weighing only and Baraki just tall. In 2014 a wrestler named Sodachizakari reportedly had to drink several bottles of water to meet the minimum weight requirement. 16 of its 20 wrestlers have yet to make it past the bottom two divisions of jonokuchi and jonidan. Shikihide Oyakata was in poor health for much of 2020, and his wife in her role as okamisan took an increasing role in running the stable, even overseeing training. Half the stable's wrestlers ran away in early August 2020, complaining about her strict behavior and invasions of their privacy. They were persuaded to return, and although no violence was involved the Sumo Association's compliance committee is continuing to investigate and interview the wrestlers involved. ==Ring name conventions== Some wrestlers at this stable take ring names or shikona that end with the character 桜 (read: sakura or zakura), in deference to their coach and the stable's owner, the former Kitazakura. Examples as of 2017 include Wakatozakura, Abezakura, and Hattorizakura. The last named has attracted some attention for his persistence in the face of an almost complete lack of success: as of January 2020, Hattorizakura had recorded only three wins in 180 bouts, and once had to be told by the ringside judges to fight properly after he repeatedly tried to lose to an opponent by deliberately falling down without being touched. ==Owners== 2013-present: 9th Shikimori Hidegorō - abbreviated to Shikihide (toshiyori, former maegashira Kitazakura) 1992-2013: 8th Shikimori Hidegorō (former komusubi Ōshio) ==Notable active wrestlers== None ==Notable former wrestlers== (best rank jūryō) ==Referee== Kimura Sakuranosuke (Sandanme gyōji, real name Shōnosuke Kurihara) ==Hairdresser== Tokohide (2nd class tokoyama) ==Location and access== Ibaraki prefecture, Ryugasaki City, Sanuki 4-17-17 10 minute walk from Sanuki Station on the Jōban Line ==See also== List of sumo stables List of active sumo wrestlers List of past sumo wrestlers Glossary of sumo terms ==References== == External links == Japan Sumo Association profile Active sumo stables

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Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC with ties to McConnell, is projected to spend about $14 million in Kansas to boost Republican Rep. Roger Marshall, who is being outspent nearly 4-to-1 by Republican-turned-Democrat Barbara Bollier. In Alaska, the group has gone up with $1 million in advertising boosting first-term Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, who was being outspent by his independent challenger Al Gross. In Texas, though, Hegar is slated to be outspent by Cornyn, barring another infusion of advertising dollars. "Everything is really close. And that's not great news for Republicans," said Holmes, the McConnell adviser. "There's just an awful lot of combinations the Democrats could have to take the majority." For Democrats, the torrent of resources is allowing them to get creative. Harrison is not only inundating the TV with advertising, but in conjunction with the state party, he's also run digital ads calling a third-party candidate on the ballot "too conservative" for South Carolina, even though Constitution Party candidate Bill Bledsoe has endorsed Graham and is no longer campaigning. The ploy is aimed at depriving Graham of some votes from conservatives. In Maine, where vulnerable Republican moderate Sen. Susan Collins is being challenged by Democrat Sara Gideon, the state Democratic Party has paid for "Trump Collins 2020" yard signs in their push to link Collins to the president. The race has similarly shattered state spending records, with an influx of cash from both sides that's expected to reach at least $106 million. Then there's McGrath. Flush with cash, her campaign has paid for slickly produced "Swamp Turtle" cartoon ads that portray McConnell as a denizen of the entrenched Washington interests that Trump ran against in 2016. "Amy McGrath is just lighting money on fire," Matt Jones, a Kentucky radio host who briefly considered jumping in the race as a Democrat, tweeted in response. Associated Press writers David Eggert in Lansing, Mich., and Meg Kinnard in Columbia, S.C., contributed to this report.

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"The general impression is that it is a strong bid with strong governmental support. It is a good team on the bid committee and Germany is a big winter sports country used to organizing competitions." The then-IOC vice-president Thomas Bach insisted that 2018 was a good time for the IOC and Olympic Movement to bring the Games to the traditional winter sports city of Munich to "recharge the batteries after having been to new regions, with 2014 to Sochi and 2016 to Rio". German chancellor Angela Merkel said Munich had a "very good chance" of winning the race to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. She added, "The world can look forward to Germany hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 2018." In addition to its historical strength as a passionate winter sports nation, figure skating superstar Katarina Witt promoted the bid, as well as 2010 Winter Olympics star alpine skier Maria Riesch and Olympic champion Bavarian biathlete Magdalena Neuner. Within the IOC, Munich had a strong ally with IOC vice president Thomas Bach, whom, it was thought, could swing the vote to Munich, even though the 2014 Games will have been held in Europe as well. Nevertheless, Munich was already considering a bid for 2022 even before the 2018 bid failed. Organizers budgeted US$42 million for the bid and US$331 million for venues with $143 million budgeted for an ice hockey arena. $743 million was allotted for new and planned transportation improvements. The slogan of the Games was Die Spiele im Herzen (The games at heart) and it was also being tagged as "the friendly Games". The logo was a stylized M, reminiscent of the Bavarian mountain silhouettes as well as the awnings in Munich's Olympic Park. ===Pyeongchang=== After losing the bids for the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics, Gangwon Province Governor Jin-sun Kim announced in September 2007 that Pyeongchang would bid a third time. He cited increased knowledge of the bidding process and the enthusiasm of residents as reasons to keep trying. According to a survey by The Chosun Ilbo on December 23, 2009, 91.4% of Koreans, 93.4% of Pyeongchang and Jeongseon residents, and 93% of Gangwon residents supported the 2018 Winter Olympics bid. Cho Yang-ho, Chairman of Hanjin Group, was appointed as the bid committee chairman in 2009, and successfully won the bid in 2011. South Korea's figure skating superstar and 2010 Olympic champion Kim Yuna and IOC member and Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-hee promoted the bid. The Samsung Chairman and principal owner Lee Kun-hee, given a 3-year suspended sentence for tax evasion and illegal bond dealing, was reportedly pardoned by the South Korean president Lee Myung-bak with the hope that his connections and financial support would boost the chances of Pyeongchang. On February 16, 2011, the IOC Evaluation Commission arrived in Korea for inspection of Pyeongchang’s bid. "We have seen great progress in the bid from the two previous bids," commission chairwoman Gunilla Lindberg said. "We have also seen progress in Korean winter sports during the last four years." Speaking at the IOC news conference following the inspection of Pyeongchang and venues in Gangwon Province, Lindberg said "I must also mention the passionate support of Gangwon residents. During our site visits it has been wonderful to see so many people to show their support to bring the Olympic Movement to Korea." Seven venues had been built since the previous bids, including ski jumping slopes, and biathlon and cross-country skiing courses. Pyeongchang would be a compact Olympic Games, with travel times of less than 30 minutes between the main accommodation in Alpensia resort and the venues and 10 minutes between venues. A new 250 km per hour KTX line will be built between Seoul and Wonju via Pyeongchang putting Pyeongchang within 50 minutes of Seoul. German reporter Dietmar Gessner from Sport Bild said that "in Asia including Korea you can create more customers. You can make lots of money for winter sports." Pyeongchang’s slogan is “New Horizons.” The bid's logo suggests the winter scenery of Pyeongchang with snow on the mountains. The curve implies a will to win and symbolizes a snowboard and slope of winter sports. ==Votes results of the 2018 Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics== Pyeongchang's first round victory was one of the most decisive victories in Olympic voting history. Pyeongchang's 63 vote count is the highest votes ever recorded for a first round bid for a hosting of an IOC Olympic Game.

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Fact Checker's guide to obstruction of justice, executive privilege and impeachment With the term whirling around Washington, a former federal prosecutor explains what to know about the criminal charge of obstruction of justice. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post) The special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections widened the scope of the probe - including whether President Trump obstructed justice when firing James B. Comey as FBI director. Now, with every new development, Trump's critics are quick to call for his impeachment and label his actions as obstruction of justice. Yet this is not a simple process, and many times, such reactions are exaggerated. It's still early in the investigation, with no indication yet whether any findings could lead to potential charges. It's important to consider the full context and nuances in the face of heated rhetoric on this topic. We explored some key questions below and provided links to other helpful expert analyses. What is "obstruction of justice"? This is one of those provocative but murky terms that are used frequently. It generally refers to actions taken to impede an official investigation. Obstruction of justice is a felony offense. There are several federal statutes that include relevant language that could qualify someone's actions as obstruction of justice. Under 18 U.S.C. 1505, a person has committed a federal offense when they "corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication influences, obstructs, or impedes or endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede the due and proper administration of the law under which any pending proceeding is being had before any department or agency of the United States, or the due and proper exercise of the power of inquiry under which any inquiry or investigation in being had by either House, or any committee of either House or any joint committee of the Congress." The key word here is "corruptly." Lawfare blog notes that under federal statutes, "corruptly" is defined as "acting with an improper purpose, personally or by influencing another, including making a false or misleading statement, or withholding, concealing, altering, or destroying a document or other information." This means that in obstruction of justice cases, it's not enough evidence to show someone intended to impede an investigation. There needs to be evidence that the person impeded corruptly - that they knew it was wrong but did it anyway, with corrupt intent. It's about the mental state of the person. That's a high bar, and corrupt intent is not a black-and-white matter. In the absence of conclusive findings by the special counsel, there are many unanswered questions about whether what we know so far could build an obstruction of justice case. Based on the facts available so far publicly, there is not yet a case for obstruction of justice, said Kenneth Starr, the special counsel who investigated President Bill Clinton, in a recent CNN interview. "Obstruction of justice is really a very hard crime to make out. It's not just, you want the investigation to go away, you suggest the investigation goes away," Starr said. "You've got to take really affirmative action.... And you know what, that's a good thing for all of us. Crime should be difficult to prove." For more, check out these explainers by Lawfare. What is executive privilege? In the 1974 case United States v. Nixon, the Supreme Court recognized that the president has constitutional authority to exercise executive privilege, which protects compelled disclosure to other branches of government. A recent example: President Barack Obama invoked executive privilege when blocking Attorney General Eric Holder from releasing documents in Operation "Fast and Furious." As a result, a House panel voted in 2012 to hold Holder in contempt, and a federal judge rejected Obama's privilege. Executive privilege applies narrowly, and it can only be used in certain circumstances, such as protecting confidential or sensitive communications or matters of national security. Basically, the president can have private, frank conversations with his advisers to carry out his duty as president in an informed way. This privilege doesn't apply to matters of political expediency. This continues to come up in news coverage, as former and current federal officials are being called to testify in public hearings about matters they discussed with the president. For example, before Comey's June testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, there were questions as to whether Trump could invoke executive privilege to block Comey from testifying. Of course, at the time, Comey was a private citizen after being fired from his job by Trump, so Comey would have been free to testify even if Trump did assert this authority. Readers asked us to fact-check whether Attorney General Jeff Sessions correctly referenced executive privilege when refusing to answer certain questions about Comey and the Russia investigation during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in June. The Justice Department cited Reagan-era memos about executive branch officials declining to answer questions at a congressional hearing about confidential conversations with the president.

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Clippers fined for tampering after Doc Rivers" comment about Kawhi Leonard "There's a lot of great players," Rivers said during his ESPN appearance. "LeBron [James] is phenomenal, [Kevin Durant] is phenomenal. Not that [Leonard] is Jordan or anything like that, but he's the most like him. Big hands, post game, can finish, great leaper, great defender, in-between game, if you beat him to the spot, he bumps you off. Then, you add his three-point shooting."

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Eurostat and the OECD have also joined into the UN approach to assess the environmental impact of state and EU subsidies. The Central Statistics Office published a research paper on the subject earlier this year. It sets out in black and white what it calls, 'Direct Potentially Environmentally Damaging Subsidies'. In Ireland, cattle subsidies of €55.9m (2016) make the list, as do some fishing subsidies and PSO levies for electricity generation. Then one jumps off the page, 'Bord Bia Marketing and Promotional Expenditure' recorded at €33.7m for 2016. If the Central Statistics Office is publishing research papers identifying the funding of a vital promotional agency like Bord Bia as a subsidy which is, 'Potentially Environmentally Damaging' - isn't it time for a deeper more meaningful conversation?

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Diane Burns, the dance critic for the Orlando Sentinel, has called van Hamel the "American Ballet Theatre prima ballerina and one of the most formidable female dancers to emerge from the dance boom of the 1970s and early '80s." At tall, van Hamel is difficult to partner because on pointe she is taller than many of her leading male counterparts. The Los Angeles Times noted that "she has lost coveted roles due to her height" despite "all the celebrated majesty of her dancing." Van Hamel was the recipient of the 1976 Cue Magazine award for outstanding dancer. On 21 March 1983, she was the recipient of the Dance Magazine award alongside fellow recipients John Neumeier, director of the Hamburg Ballet; Michael Smuin, a director of the San Francisco Ballet; and Jeannot Cerrone, general manager of the Houston Ballet. The awards were presented by Francis Ford Coppola, Erik Bruhn, Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins. In the late 70s, van Hamel alongside ABT partner Kevin McKenzie, co-founded the New Amsterdam Ballet which was officially incorporated on 24 August 1982. Van Hamel served as the Artistic Director and McKenzie as the Associate Artistic Director and choreographer. During the ABT off-season, van Hamel, McKenzie, and other ABT dancers toured and performed with the New Amsterdam Ballet all over the world. The "semipermanent chamber group" focused on contemporary ballet works by new choreographers. The company continued to operate before closing in September 2013. In July 1989, van Hamel, Terry Orr, and Savion Glover received awards from Dance Educators of America for their work as dance teachers. Van Hamel has been a guest choreographer for companies such as The Washington Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. After twenty years, she left ABT in 1991 and joined the Nederlands Dans Theater III. The same year, van Hamel, McKenzie, Gregory Cary, and Bentley Roton founded the Kaatsbaan International Dance Center as a facility to host national and international artists. There van Hamel has been the Program Director of Extreme Ballet, a three-week intensive training program, since its inception in 1991. In 1992, Washington College presented her with the Award for Excellence for her contributions in the arts. Van Hamel left Nederlands Dans Theater III in 1997 and worked as choreographer and director. She returned to ABT in 2004 to teach at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School and to occasionally perform character roles with the professional dance company. She joined the faculty at the Juilliard School in the same year. ==Personal life== In 1972, van Hamel's father, Diederik, retired after serving as Consul General to the Netherlands in New York City. Along with Manette, his wife, they moved to Woodstock, New York. Diederik built and played the viola. Manette founded the Woodstock Chamber Orchestra and played the violin and piano. Her father died on 31 August 1997, and her mother, on 12 June 2012. Martine van Hamel has two siblings, Alfred and Jan-Willem. Van Hamel married McKenzie, who is the Artistic Director of ABT. Since 1999, she has sung with the New York Choral Society. ==References== ==Further reading== ==External links== ABT biography The Olympics of Dance: Varna, Bulgaria 1966 – Video of the 1966 Varna International Ballet Competition Martine Van Hamel & Patrick Bissell performing Sylvia -Pas De Deux (Leo Delibes/George Balanchine/Andre Eglevsky)-(1984) on 1945 births Living people Dutch ballerinas Prima ballerinas Van Hamel

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"Where are all these taxes going? Into their bank accounts," he said. "For 30 years we've been screaming... that half the youth are unemployed. What do we have to do for you to hear us?" Editing by Tom Perry, Samia Nakhoul and Mike Collett-White

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Lansdale remembered seeing the English novelist only once, in 1954, when Greene was sitting on the terrace of the colonial-era Continental Hotel, a favorite haunt of expatriates in Saigon, along with a large number of French officers who began to boo Lansdale when they saw him. Lansdale was with two of his friends, the husband and wife New York Times correspondents F. Tillman Durdin and Peggy Durdin. The latter stuck her tongue out at the crowd on the terrace and said, "But we love him," and turned around and gave Lansdale a "big hug and kiss." In an anecdote a bit too good to be true, Lansdale recalled saying, "Well, I'm going to get written up someplace as a dirty dog. Thanks a lot!" In truth, Greene always denied that he modeled Pyle on Lansdale. "Pyle was a younger, more innocent, and more idealistic member of the CIA," he wrote. "I would never have chosen Colonel Lansdale, as he then was, to represent the danger of innocence." The novelist claimed that his inspiration was Leo Hochstetter, a young American economic aid official with whom he had shared a room one night while visiting the Vietnamese countryside. According to Greene, Hochstetter, who was assumed by the French to "belong to the CIA," lectured him on the "long drive back to Saigon on the necessity of finding a "third force in Vietnam."" Greene's denials are buttressed by the fact that while he worked on The Quiet American between March 1952 and June 1955, he completed a draft before Lansdale arrived in Vietnam for good in June 1954. That makes it unlikely that Lansdale was the model for Pyle, as generations of writers have assumed, but The Quiet American's success only added to Lansdale's luster by association. If The Quiet American, the novel, was anti-American, the movie version, which came out in 1958, was very different. In the movie, Trinh Minh The is not really responsible for the terrorist bombings in Saigon - the Vietminh are. Trinh Minh The, along with the Alden Pyle character (played rather woodenly by war hero Audie Murphy), is framed by the Communists. Thomas Fowler (the veteran English actor Michael Redgrave) sets up Pyle to be killed by the Vietminh not because of his revulsion at Pyle's complicity in terrorism but because he is a Communist dupe who is intensely jealous of Pyle for stealing his Vietnamese girlfriend, Phuong - played, bizarrely, by the Italian actress Giorgia Moll. The cinematic version ends with Inspector Vigot (Claude Dauphin), the detective investigating Pyle's murder, telling Fowler that he has been "used" and "childishly manipulated" by the Communists: "If you will pardon my attempt at colloquial English, Mr. Fowler, they have made a bloody fool of you." This was a neat inversion of Greene's plot, one that infuriated the author, who later decried the "treachery" of the film's writer and director, Joseph Mankiewicz. (The second movie version of The Quiet American, starring Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser, would be more faithful to the novel, but Greene would not live to see its release in 2002.) What Greene may not have realized was that Lansdale had taken a considerable hand in altering the movie's political message to make it pro-American. Lansdale met Mankiewicz when the filmmaker arrived in Saigon at the end of January 1956 to research the script. The product of a leading Hollywood family (his older brother, Herman, was the screenwriter of Citizen Kane), Mankiewicz had won Oscars as the director and writer of A Letter to Three Wives (1949) and All About Eve (1950). More recently he had directed Marlon Brando in Julius Caesar (1953) and Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner in The Barefoot Contessa (1954). Richard Burton, who later worked with him on Cleopatra (1963), wrote that Mankiewicz was himself a quiet American - an "Oxford don manqué," with an "ever-present pipe" and a "way of making considered statements with his twinkling eyes peering through a miasma of tobacco smoke."

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Hundreds of fake limbs dumped outside Russian embassy Image copyright PA Image caption Hundreds of fake limbs were placed outside the west London building The Russian embassy has expressed concern about the security of its diplomats after a protest against Russia's bombing of Syria. Protesters blocked the entrance to the London embassy on Thursday with 800 mannequin limbs which they said was in response to the killing of civilians in Syrian city Aleppo. Two people also chained themselves to the gates. Campaigners said the limbs represented the injuries suffered by people. Activists began their protest at about 14:00 BST. Image copyright PA Image caption Two protesters chained themselves to the embassy gates Syrian forces have been besieging rebel-held parts of Aleppo with backing from Russian air strikes. In a statement, the Russian embassy said it was "deeply concerned" about the unwillingness of the UK government to "ensure security and unhindered operation of the Russian diplomatic mission in London." It added: "An unauthorised protest action by a group of unidentified people interrupted the work of the embassy as the entrance to the consular section was blocked up with a heap of mannequin body parts while the protestors handcuffed themselves to the gate. "As a result, the mission staff and visitors were unable to enter the premises of the embassy. Police officers remained indifferent in the face of the openly provocative and disorderly conduct of the 'demonstrators'. "Moreover, nuisance callers blocked the embassy telephone line rendering it impossible to contact the mission for genuine callers." Image copyright AFP Image caption The Syria Campaign and Syria Solidarity UK staged the blockade The Russian embassy statement accused the "so-called protest action" of being "carefully and thoroughly planned." It also accused the government of waging an anti-Russian campaign in the media backed by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson who in the House of Commons recently encouraged people to protest outside the Russian embassy. More than 250,000 trapped residents have been enduring food shortages, price hikes and bombing in Aleppo. Image copyright Reuters Image caption Many parts of Aleppo's rebel-held east have been damaged in air strikes Bissan Fakih from the Syria Campaign said campaigners wanted to highlight that Russian warplanes "are killing so many families" and that the bombing "needs to stop." "Our message to the people of (the embassy) is that the people of the world are watching," she said. The Russian embassy appeared to suggest Boris Johnson was partly to blame by tweeting that the demonstration came "after the call of @BorisJohnson." Image copyright Twitter Russia and Syria have told the rebel forces to leave eastern Aleppo by Friday evening but the rebels have rejected the offer. It is estimated that there have been more than 800 civilian deaths since the end of the last ceasefire in September.

2016-12-31 00:00:00

Command Group, "CG", founded as Command Consulting Group, is an international security and intelligence consulting firm, founded in 2009, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States. CG provides advisory services for governments, corporations, and high net worth individuals. The firm is mostly made up of career law enforcement,, military and intelligence officials with U.S. government operational backgrounds, but also includes political appointees from the Clinton, Obama and both Bush administrations. The firms expertise lies in macro and micro security issues including: Customs Management and Trade Facilitation, Transportation and Aviation Security, National Security and Intelligence, Medical and Public Health Emergencies, Maritime Security, Safety and Dominance Awareness, Major Events Management, Law Enforcement Training and Integrity Monitoring, Head of State and VIP Security & Operations, Global Supply Chain and Port Security, Emergency Preparation, Response and Recovery, Continuity Planning, Border Security. ==History== Command Group was founded in 2009 by W. Ralph Basham, Joe Hagin, Steve Atkiss and Thad Bingel, all former senior officials in the United States Government. Command Group principals have been outspoken critics of Boeing Corporation's handling of the Secure Border Initiative Program, SBInet. They have also commented on the 2011 Tucson shooting and how to keep members of Congress and high-net-worth individuals safe. ==Joint Venture== Command at Sea International (CASI) is a joint venture of Command Group, created in September 2010 when retired Admiral D. Brian Peterman recognized the market for yacht security. CASI develops customized plans to address the safety and security needs for yachts. ==Clients== For confidentiality and operational security reasons, Command Group does not disclose a list of its clients. The firm is known for its security advisory work on behalf of international governments, particularly in Latin America and the Middle East, ultra rich private individuals and heads of state, and for the assistance it provides to companies with security related products and services in helping grow their business. In rare public reporting on CG’s activities, in February, 2011 Government Security News published a story about how CG had been hired by the Government of Haiti to evaluate security at the Port-au-Prince International Airport, provide training to its security forces and recommend improvements to the technology used for screening passengers, baggage and cargo. CG's only other publicly known client was SMobile Systems, a cyber-security company which focused on provided security software for mobile devices. Smobile Systems was sold to Juniper Networks in the Summer of 2010 for $74 million.

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Sergey Malitsky (Russian: Сергей Малицкий) is a Russian fantasy fiction writer of Polish descent. He is best known for his fantasy series Arban Saesh, The Code of Semideath, Nothing Personal and Ash of Gods. These are published by the Armada publishing house and by Eksmo. ==Biography== In the year 2000 Malitsky released a collection of short stories entitled It's Easy («Легко»). Then he turned from short stories to novels. His debut in this form, the novel The Outlander's Mission («Миссия для чужеземца») was released in 2006. Sergey is a prizewinner of two prestigious in Russian-speaking world literature awards: Sword without a Name (Moscow, Russia, 2007, for the novel The Outlander's Mission) and Golden Caduceus (Kharkov, Ukraine, 2007, for the same novel). His short fiction have appeared widely in Russia and Ukraine. ==Video game works== Malitsky has written the script of the fantasy video game Redemption for AurumDust. ==Personal life== Sergey Malitsky currently resides in Russian city Kolomna. He is married and have two children. ==Bibliography== ===Arban Saesh series=== ===The Code of Semideath series=== ===Nothing Personal series=== ===Ash of Gods series=== ===Stones of Mitutu series=== ===Shelter of the Cursed series=== ===Stand-alone novels=== ===Novelettes=== ===Short stories=== ==References== Living people Russian fantasy writers 1962 births Russian people of Polish descent

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British man and wife rescued from Islamic State militants in the Philippines after being held for two months "We are in particular grateful to their Armed Forces for their courage throughout a difficult operation which resulted in Alan and Wilma's release. "Foreign Office officials have been in close contact with Alan and Wilma's family throughout this ordeal. We request their privacy during this emotional time." The British embassy in Manila confirmed the rescue of Alan and Wilma Hyrons, saying in a statement "we extend our gratitude to the government and authorities of the Philippines." Armed men abducted the couple on October 4 at their beach resort on the southern island of Mindanao, which makes up the southern third of the Philippines. Witnesses reported seeing them being taken from a hut at nightfall and dragged to a motorboat. Their abduction sparked a massive search in the region, which is located approximately 1,500 kilometres (932 miles) south of Manila. British Ambassador to the Philippines, Daniel Pruce, tweeted: "Fantastic news! My sincerest thanks to all involved." Muslim separatists have led a decades-long insurgency in the south of the Catholic-majority Philippines, which has led to the death of tens of thousands of people. While the government has negotiated peace with the largest group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, hardline factions allied with the Islamic State group are not part of the accord.

2019-12-31 00:00:00

Michael Enright plays Ariana Grande song in Raqqa A British actor-turned YPG fighter played an Ariana Grande song in Raqqa's main square as a tribute to the victims of the Manchester terror attack. Michael Enright, 53, played the pop star's hit Bang Bang from his mobile phone in Raqqa, the one-time 'capital' of ISIS's self-proclaimed caliphate. It comes just days after Raqqa was liberated from Islamic State militants following four months of fighting. Enright told Kurdish news outlet ANF English on Saturday that he played the song for Manchester. He said: 'Because I am from Manchester and they came to my city - they came to my city - and they tried to shut up Ariana Grande, that she would be the first one to sing. Michael Enright, 52, played Ariana Grande's hit Bang Bang from his mobile phone in Raqqa over the weekend 'They didn't shut her up and they didn't shut Manchester up. She's singing Bang Bang and you know what happened, we came and we did bang bang and you [ISIS] left, you ran away. 'And so light is coming back here now, freedom is coming back here now and singing is coming back here. And Ariana, it's your first concert here.' As he spoke to the media site, Enright had his cell phone in one hand and a rifle in the other. The song Enright played, Bang Bang, is a 2014 hit by Jessie J, which featured Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj. Enright, who appeared in Pirates Of The Caribbean alongside Johnny Depp, volunteered to fight alongside the Kurdish Protection Unit in Syria following the Manchester terror attack in May. Originally from Manchester, the terror attack that stands out in his mind most prominently is the suicide bombing which killed 22 Ariana Grande fans. The fact Salman Abedi targeted children as thousands piled out of the UK's biggest indoor concert venue made his blood boil and his emotions were heightened due to his ties to the city in the north west. While his reaction to the Manchester Arena attack was that of heartbreak, when Khuram Butt, Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba went on a rampage on London Bridge killing eight people in a van and knife attack, Enright's emotion turned to anger. Share this article Share 422 shares These two atrocities, along with the Westminster attack in which Khalid Masood killed five people in another van and knife attack in March, made the former actor volunteer for every operation that comes up to take on ISIS. Enright was in Raqqa days after it was liberated from the ISIS stronghold last week. For three years, Raqqa saw some of ISIS's worst abuses and grew into one of its main governance hubs, a centre for both its potent propaganda machine and its unprecedented experiment in jihadist statehood. On Friday Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) formally announced the city's liberation from Islamic State after four months of battles and said it would be part of a decentralized federal Syria. The fight against Islamic State has taken place amid a wider, multi-sided civil war between Assad's government, which is backed by Iran and Russia, and an array of rebel groups supported by other powers, including the United States. Experts believe the defeat of ISIS at Raqqa may only be the start of a wider struggle by the United States to contain any insurgency launched by the militant group and to stabilize the region, as Washington grapples with defining a comprehensive strategy in Syria. French President Emmanuel Macron said France's military would continue its fight against Islamic State in Syria, but that the fall of the militant group's bastion in Raqqa needed to lead to an inclusive political system to restore stability.

2017-12-31 00:00:00

Alexander McNutt (1725, near Derry, Ireland – 1811, Lexington, Virginia) was a British army officer, colonist and land agent, responsible for seeing an approximate 500 Ulster Scottish emigrants arrive in Nova Scotia during the early 1760s. McNutt emigrated to America some time before 1753 by which time he had settled in the town of Staunton, Virginia. In 1756 he was an officer in the Virginia militia on Major Andrew Lewis's expedition against the Shawnees on the Ohio River. By September 1758 McNutt had relocated to Londonderry, New Hampshire, a town settled by Ulster Scots. Between April and November 1760, McNutt served as a Massachusetts captain at Fort Cumberland near the present-day border between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, five years after the Expulsion of the Acadians. It was during this time that he became involved in the colonization of Nova Scotia. He concerned himself with the Cobequid Townships of Truro and Londonderry. Through McNutt's efforts, a group of fifty families from New Hampshire arrived in the spring of 1761 in the Cobequid (Truro) area of Nova Scotia. He had several proposals for settlement of some 7,000 to 8,000 Protestant Irish in Nova Scotia accepted by the Board of Trade in London, but he was not successful in getting the support of the Privy Council who feared such an out-migration would harm British interests in Ireland. He nevertheless went to the Ulster with just the Board of Trade's approval to seek out emigrants. In the spring of 1761 he advertised throughout Ulster with an offer to "industrious farmers and useful mechanics" of of land to the head of a family and 50 to each member. His effort resulted in 300 colonists arriving in Halifax in October on the ships Hopewell and Nancy. The next autumn, 170 more settlers arrived out of Londonderry on the same two ships and settled the New Dublin area in present-day Lunenburg County and elsewhere in the province. McNutt also worked to settle a group of disbanded New England soldiers, which included Israel Perley, along the Saint John River. In 1764 he began negotiations with John Hughes of Philadelphia, an undertaking that culminated two years later with 60 Pennsylvania-German settlers establishing The Township of Monckton on the Petitcodiac River. Plans for huge settlements on some of land fell through as the land boom in Nova Scotia petered out by the mid-1760s. McNutt spent time in the later part of the decade living with his brother on McNutt Island in Rosebay Harbour (near present-day Shelburne) as well as in the Cobequid region where he appeared in the 1771 census. He seems to have supported himself at this time cutting timber. In 1767 he was elected to the General Assembly of Nova Scotia as Londonderry Township's representative. He was ordered to pay several debts and forced to sell his land at Port Roseway. Other land he held on the Minas Basin, on Beaver Harbour, and on the eastern coastal boundary of the Philadelphia grant in Pictou were escheated. He left the colony around 1780, returned around 1786, and left for good in 1794 and finally settled in Rockbridge County, Virginia in 1796. McNutt rose to the army rank of colonel. ==References== W. O. Raymond, "Colonel Alexander McNutt and the Pre-Loyalist Settlements of Nova Scotia," Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, 1912, 3rd Series, Vol. 5 John Bartlett Brebner, Neutral Yankees of Nova Scotia, (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1969) Leonard W. Labaree, ed. The Papers of Benjamin Franklin (American Philosophical Society, 1968) Vol. 12, pp. 345–50 William Otis Sawtelle, "Acadia: The Pre-Loyalist Migration and the Philadelphia Plantation," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 51, 1927 ==External links== Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography on line McNutt's bio at Colonel Alexander McNutt and the Pre-Loyalist settlements of Nova Scotia by Raymond, W. O. 1911 1725 births 1811 deaths American people of Scotch-Irish descent British colonial army officers People from Colchester County People from County Londonderry People from Londonderry, New Hampshire People from Rockbridge County, Virginia People from Staunton, Virginia Irish emigrants to pre-Confederation Nova Scotia Canadian people of Ulster-Scottish descent Colony of Nova Scotia people

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Maryland man charged with plotting to kill on behalf of Islamic State WASHINGTON A Bangladeshi citizen who lives in Maryland has been charged with plotting to kill a member of the U.S. military on behalf of Islamic State, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday. Nelash Mohamed Das, 24, of Hyattsville made an initial appearance in court on Monday and was ordered detained until a hearing on Thursday, the department said in a news release. In July, Das told a confidential informant working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation that he wanted to kill a service member, according to the news release. The informant provided Das with false information about a member of the military and led him to believe Islamic State would pay about $80,000 to conduct the attack, the department said. Das was taken into custody by FBI agents on Sept. 30 as he and the informant arrived at the residence of the target to carry out the attack, the news release said. Das, who was admitted to the United States in 1995 and is a legal permanent resident, faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison if convicted, the department said. (Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Alistair Bell)

2016-12-31 00:00:00

==Sarvepalli or Sarvapalli?== A google search returns 72,500 pages for Sarvepalli and 545 pages for Sarvapalli (some of these seem to be derived from wikipedia!!). The article name spells it as Sarvepalli, but the first sentence and the photo caption spell it as Sarvapalli. I hv put this on the talk page to see if I'd get any plausible explanation. A cursory check for vandalism doesn't seem to suggest any, though I may be wrong. wd change all entries to Sarvepalli after a week if I don't get any responses. I Myself am related to him and his last name was spelled Sarvepalli Gurubrahma,it is very good that you have mentioned about this President of India's knighthood. - (Aidan Work ) == Disputed tag == I noticed that this article is marked with a tag that its neutrality or factuality is disputed, however there is no discussion on the talk page specifying the particular objections. Can someone familiar with the article history, clarify what the main issues are, or else remove the tag? Thanks. Abecedare == WikiProject class rating== This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot == Family Links == My family supposedly claims to be related to both Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and the later President R. Venkataraman. Apparently, Radhakrishnan's mother and Venkataraman's mother were sisters. Is this true and was Radhakrishnan in any way related to R. Venkataraman? If it is, I think it should be noted in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.244.233.174 (talk) You should be looking for that on or something :D == Personal Life == There is no information about at what age and when Radha Krishnan got married and whom he was married to. I think this is important to be put in this article. Lokesh 2000 (talk) == So many categories == Is it normal to have so many categories (talk) The large number of categories is a consequence of the article being of interest to many wikiprojects and workgroups. Since the cats. serve a useful bookkeeping purpose and are listed only on the talk page, they are not of much concern. Abecedare (talk) == advik == ==Ramanujam== "In 1914 Radhakrishnan met the mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan. Srinivasa was leaving for Cambridge for studies and had come to seek Radhakrishnan's blessings because a goddess came in his dream and told him to do so before undertaking the trip. The two never met again." This meeting with Ramanujam does not seem to fit in the career section. Seems more like trivia. Myaoon (talk) Agreed. There is no indication that the solitary meeting had a lasting impact on either men. It is interesting trivia, but trivia nevertheless and can be safely removed. (It is also unsourced, but even adding a reference won't enhance its importance.) Abecedare (talk) Bold text==Missing information: what did he do when he was president?== What did he do when he was president? This information in not in the article. Did he just leave the population in poverty and continued to write about philosophy and religion? Andries (talk) Is it normal to have so many categories (talk) The large number of categories is a consequence of the article being of interest to many wikiprojects and workgroups. Since the cats. serve a useful bookkeeping purpose and are listed only on the talk page, they are not of much concern. Abecedare (talk) advik- =='Sir' has to be included at the beginning of his name.== As he was knighted before independence,'Sir' has to be added before his name. - (202.68.89.4 ) From what I have read, he stopped using 'Sir' once India gained independence. Instead he used Dr. I believe he didn't use Sir as a sign of India's independence from the UK. Since he didn't use it, it should not be added to his name. In general, when it comes to someone's name, the form to be used is the one the person uses (used).

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World powers to meet in Berlin to discuss Libya crisis Rival camps and their foreign backers are arriving in Berlin for a summit on Sunday to discuss ways to end the long-running war in Libya, and prevent the conflict-wracked nation from disintegrating into a "second Syria." Germany and the United Nations hope to persuade Russia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt to get their opposing camps to agree on a lasting truce in Tripoli, home to the internationally-recognised government. The presidents of Russia, Turkey and France are due for talks from around 2.00pm (1300 GMT). Leaders of both warring factions - the head of Tripoli's UN-recognised government Fayez al-Sarraj and renegade general Khalifa Haftar - are also expected at the first such gathering since 2018. More: As with previous failed attempts, Haftar, who in April started a campaign to take Tripoli, will be centre stage and Western powers hope to put pressure on him to continue a ceasefire that has largely held for one week. Haftar on Monday walked out on a Russo-Turkish summit, in contrast with his rival Fayez al-Serraj, the internationally-recognised prime minister, who signed a lasting truce proposal put forward to both leaders. Forces loyal to Haftar, a former general from the regime of Muammar Gaddafi toppled in 2011, escalated the conflict on Friday when allied tribesmen shut down eastern oil ports, cutting oil production by 800,000 barrels a day, and crippling Tripoli's main source of income. Germany to host meeting aimed at ending Libya war The move was a protest against Turkey's decision to send troops to shore up Sarraj's Government of National Accord (GNA). Focus on truce The move underlined the devastating impact of what the UN has described as foreign interference, which the United Nations' special envoy Ghassan Salame said had to stop. "Libya needs all foreign interference to stop. That's one of the objectives of this conference," he told AFP on the eve of the meeting. The UN hopes all sides will sign up to a plan to refrain from interference, and commit to a truce that leads to a lasting end to hostilities, according to a draft of a final communique seen by AFP. That document also urges all parties to re-commit to a much-violated UN arms embargo and raises the prospect of political, inter-Libyan talks in Geneva at the end of the month. If all goes to plan, the Berlin participants will hold an evening press conference. The one-day summit will also include United States Secretary of States Mike Pompeo and European and Arab leaders. Haftar is backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, Jordan, Sudanese and Chadian fighters, and most recently Russian mercenaries. France has also given some support. A fighter loyal to the internationally recognised Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) south of Tripoli on January 12 when a ceasefire was signed. A summit in Germany hopes to secure a more lasting truce [Mahmud Turkia/AFP] That has prompted Turkey to rush to Serraj's rescue by sending troops to Tripoli. Up to 2,000 fighters from Syria's civil war have also joined the battle to defend the capital, a United Nations official said on Saturday. "I mean this is a regionwide conflict broadening, and looking increasingly like Syria which is why the whole international community is getting together in Germany," a senior US state department official told reporters travelling with Pompeo. Still, expectations were "moderate," the official added. 'Interfering actors' Tarek Megerisi, a policy fellow with the North Africa and Middle East programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations, said there was no sign Haftar's backers were pushing him to stop the war. "That means that obtaining a commitment to maintain this forum where all interfering actors meet in the form of follow-up committees would likely be the most valuable output Germany could achieve," he said. Libya has been torn by fighting between rival armed factions since Gaddafi was ousted. Most recently, Sarraj's troops in Tripoli have been under attack since April from Haftar's forces. A fragile ceasefire backed by both Ankara and Moscow was put in place on January 12. Underlining the stakes involved, Germany's Maas said "Europe and those players who are influential" in the region have all been called to Berlin, because "we have to make sure Libya doesn't become a second Syria." "The conference can be the first step to peace for Libya," Maas told the Bild newspaper. Libya's UN-backed leader Fayez al-Sarraj (left) and Eastern commander Khalifa Haftar (right). Haftar has appeared confident in the days leading up to the meeting [Fethi Belaid and Ho/AFP]

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The "Cutoff" had a separate series of Alabama license plates, with a different numeric prefix than the rest of the county. Bessemer has since been surpassed in size by Birmingham suburbs such as Hoover. But Bessemer retains the branch county courthouse to this day. The term "Bessemer Cutoff" continues to be used regularly by area residents. The United States Postal Service operates the Bessemer Post Office. The state Alabama Department of Corrections operates the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility, a prison for men, in unincorporated Jefferson County, Alabama, near Bessemer. The prison includes one of the two Alabama death rows for men. ==Education== ===Public schools=== Bessemer operates its own school system independent of Jefferson County schools. The system includes: Hard Elementary Jonesboro Elementary Greenwood Elementary Abrams Elementary Westhills Elementary Bessemer City Middle Bessemer City High School (formally Jess Lanier) The Board of Education also operates the Quitman Mitchell Opportunity Center, which includes an adult learning center, Even Start child care center, and New Horizon Alternative School. ===Private schools=== K–12 private schools in the Bessemer included Bessemer Academy and Rock Christian School. ===Community college=== Lawson State Community College operates the former Bessemer Technical College campus. The two schools merged in 2005 as a cost-saving measure. ==Media== The Western Star is a weekly newspaper which covers Bessemer and nearby communities. The Birmingham News is published three days per week, and also publishes a weekly section devoted to news from Bessemer and nearby communities. One radio station, WZGX (1450 AM), operates within the city; it broadcasts some Spanish programming and music to appeal to the growing Mexican-American population of Jefferson County. It also continues a tradition of broadcasting high school football games on Friday nights. All of metro Birmingham's stations are heard in Bessemer, as well as several stations broadcasting from Tuscaloosa. Television station WDBB (channel 17) is licensed to Bessemer, but broadcasts from studios in Birmingham, simulcasting with WTTO (channel 21). All of Birmingham's television stations may be viewed in Bessemer, and some have established news bureaus there. ==Infrastructure== ayor]]–city council form of government. The council has seven members, elected from single-member districts. As of 2016, Kenneth Gulley is mayor, a position elected at-large. He was first elected in 2010 and reelected to a second term in 2014. A satellite Jefferson County courthouse is located in downtown Bessemer. There is a special county government district, known as the "Bessemer Cutoff", which was established in the middle of the 20th century when Bessemer was a major city in its own right. A separate county government was considered a possibility, but there was not sufficient land area to meet legislative requirements for a county. The "Cutoff" had a separate series of Alabama license plates, with a different numeric prefix than the rest of the county. Bessemer has since been surpassed in size by Birmingham suburbs such as Hoover. But Bessemer retains the branch county courthouse to this day. The term "Bessemer Cutoff" continues to be used regularly by area residents. The United States Postal Service operates the Bessemer Post Office. The state Alabama Department of Corrections operates the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility, a prison for men, in unincorporated Jefferson County, Alabama, near Bessemer. The prison includes one of the two Alabama death rows for men. ==Education== ===Public schools=== Bessemer operates its own school system independent of Jefferson County schools. The system includes: Hard Elementary Jonesboro Elementary Greenwood Elementary Abrams Elementary Westhills Elementary Bessemer City Middle Bessemer City High School (formally Jess Lanier) The Board of Education also operates the Quitman Mitchell Opportunity Center, which includes an adult learning center, Even Start child care center, and New Horizon Alternative School. ===Private schools=== K–12 private schools in the Bessemer included Bessemer Academy and Rock Christian School. ===Community college=== Lawson State Community College operates the former Bessemer Technical College campus. The two schools merged in 2005 as a cost-saving measure. ==Media== The Western Star is a weekly newspaper which covers Bessemer and nearby communities. The Birmingham News is published three days per week, and also publishes a weekly section devoted to news from Bessemer and nearby communities.

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