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Atlanta spa shootings: Eight dead in 3 shootings; 1 suspect in custody Two of the shootings were at spas across the street from each other in northeast Atlanta and the other was in Cherokee County to the northwest of the city. Officials in each jurisdiction said there were no immediate indications of motive and said it is unclear whether the shootings were related. But authorities are working with the theory that the three are connected, a law enforcement official told CNN. A suspect in the Cherokee County shootings was taken into custody in Crisp County, about 150 miles south of Atlanta, around 8:30 p.m. -- about 3 1/2 hours after the killings. The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office identified him as Robert Aaron Long, 21, of Woodstock. In a video on the Crisp County Sheriff's Department Facebook page, Sheriff Frank Reynolds said the agency and the highway patrol were alerted Long was headed their way. After his vehicle was spotted, a chase ensued on Interstate 75 and a state trooper performed a maneuver that sent the SUV out of control. "The suspect was take into custody without incident... and transported to the Crisp County jail," the official said. Five people were shot in suburb Deputies were called to Young's Asian Massage near Acworth, Georgia, for reports of a shooting, Cherokee County Sheriff's spokesperson Jay Baker said. Responding deputies found five people with gunshot wounds. Two people were pronounced dead at the scene and three were transported to a hospital, where two died, Baker said. The massage parlor is about 30 miles from the sites of the Atlanta shootings, which took place about an hour later. Then there were two more shootings Atlanta police said they responded to a robbery call at the Gold Massage Spa on Piedmont Road in Atlanta and found three people dead. While there, police received another call of shots fired directly across the street at the Aroma Therapy Spa, where they found one person dead, Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant said. The four victims were female and appear to be Asian, Bryant said, adding it was too early to say what their connection was to the spas. Authorities in Atlanta's Zone 2 said they were increasing patrols around similar businesses. In New York, members of the police department's critical response command deployed to Asian communities throughout the city in response to the shootings, a spokesman for the NYPD told CNN. The FBI is assisting law enforcement with the shooting investigations, according to FBI spokesman Kevin Rowson.

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"We've chosen at this point not to be very public with it and simply because there is a pending lawsuit related to entry into Australia. Once that has run its course, we'll be able to share more with you," he said. "There's a lot of finger-pointing going on and a lot of blaming going on, but I can assure you our team has done an unbelievable job and have done everything they possibly could according to all the instructions that they have been provided." Further details also emerged about Tiley's interactions with Atagi about exemptions for players either recently infected with Covid or who had only received one vaccination dose. The Age reported that Tiley had told Atagi the treatment of such players "goes to the heart of the viability of the Australian Open."

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Humphrey Lloyd (July or August 1610 – 18 January 1689) was Bishop of Bangor from 1674 until 1689. ==Life== Lloyd was the third son of the vicar of Ruabon, Denbighshire, Wales, and was born in Trawsfynydd, Merioneth, Wales. He studied at the University of Oxford, matriculating from Jesus College in 1628 but graduating from Oriel College in 1630, becoming a fellow of Oriel, where he was a tutor for many years, in 1631. During the English Civil War, he was arrested in September 1642 for uttering Royalist views when the Parliamentarian Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire visited Oxford. In 1644, he was appointed prebend of Ampleforth by John Williams, the Archbishop of York, to whom Lloyd was chaplain, but the advance of the Scottish army prevented his installation at that time. Three years later, in 1647, the House of Lords ordered that he be installed as vicar of Ruabon on taking the National League and Covenant, but he would appear not to have stayed in post for long, if indeed he in fact was installed at this time. However, following the Restoration, Lloyd returned to Ruabon and was also installed as prebend of Ampleforth. He was awarded his DD degree in 1661, when he also became vicar of Northop. He was appointed as Dean of St Asaph in 1663, resigning as vicar of Northop in 1664. In 1673, Lloyd was appointed Bishop of Bangor; in addition, he was permitted to be archdeacon of Bangor and of Anglesey, prebend of Ampleforth and vicar of Gresford (where he had recently succeeded his brother after leaving Ruabon). He was enthroned on 5 January 1674, by proxy. As bishop, he was hostile to dissent and to presbyterian missionaries. He died on 18 January 1689, and was buried in Bangor Cathedral. ==References== 1610 births 1689 deaths People from Trawsfynydd 17th-century Welsh Anglican bishops Bishops of Bangor Welsh subscribers to the Solemn League and Covenant 1643 Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Fellows of Oriel College, Oxford Deans of St Asaph

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General Mills, Annie's Mac & Cheese tap South Dakota farm General Mills announced a deal Tuesday to create South Dakota's largest organic crop farm as the food giant works to secure enough organic ingredients to meet growing consumer demand worldwide. Gunsmoke Farms will convert 34,000 acres - more than 53 square miles - near Pierre to organic by 2020, giving it enough space for all the organic wheat needed to make General Mills' popular Annie's Macaroni & Cheese line. General Mills, which is guaranteeing a market for the wheat, is working with Madison, Wisconsin-based Midwestern BioAg to develop the crop rotation and soil-building program needed for such a large farm to go organic. "We're kind of obsessed with soil," Carla Vernon, president of General Mills' Annie's unit in Berkeley, California, told The Associated Press ahead of the announcement. "And that's because we know the power of soil is big." Golden Valley, Minnesota-based General Mills, like many other food companies, has ambitious environmental goals, and like other big industry players it has bought smaller brands and tweaked its own products to appeal to consumers who want more organic and natural products. It wants to double its organic acreage by 2020 and to cut greenhouse gas emissions 28 percent by 2025 throughout its supply chain all the way down to consumers, because it believes climate change will be bad for business. The company's chief sustainability officer, Jerry Lynch, said it's on pace to meet its organic acreage goal well ahead of schedule. Lynch said the project is one of several sites where General Mills is pilot-testing the same regenerative practices. The company will measure results in sequestering carbon in the soil, increasing biodiversity on the landscape and bringing socio-economic benefits to local communities. Gunsmoke Farms will also carve out around 3,000 acres of pollinator habitat in cooperation with the Portland, Oregon-based Xerces Society. General Mills and Xerces announced a partnership in 2016 to add more than 100,000 acres of bee and butterfly habitat on or near existing crop lands. General Mills bought Annie's - a brand known for its rabbit logo and bunny-shaped snacks - in 2014 for $820 million. While Gunsmoke Farms will become a huge supplier, Vernon pointed out that Annie's also works with small farms. It's partnering now with two farmers in Montana who use regenerative practices, and it will roll out single-source, limited-edition organic macaroni and cheese and bunny graham crackers this month. South Dakota doesn't have much organic agriculture now - just 86 certified farms with 115,780 total acres during the 2016 growing season, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics. And a little more than half that is pasture or rangeland rather than crop acres. Gunsmoke Farms is owned by San Francisco-based TPG, a private global investment company with an interest in sustainability. TPG bought the farm recently from Fargo, North Dakota-based R.D. Offutt Co, best known as a potato company, which used it primarily to grow conventional wheat, corn, soybeans and sunflowers. Midwestern BioAg will work with local managers on the three-year process of converting the land to organic. Gary Zimmer, founder of Midwestern BioAg, said it's his biggest project yet in 30 years of converting land to organic. He said the land at Gunsmoke Farms needs natural waterways re-established, as well as cover crops, no-till practices and the addition of lots of trace minerals. Since the area is fairly dry, he said, it needs deeply rooted plants to trap rainwater and to build up organic matter in the soil. The crop rotation will include legumes such as peas, clover and alfalfa, which add nitrogen to fertilize the soil. "I think everybody's going to be watching it, so we have to make sure we do a lot of things right," he said.

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With infections surging again, Biden focused his remarks less on what he described as "the fastest [economic growth] in 40 years" and more on the real possibility that the virus puts all of it in jeopardy. Acknowledging that "cases are going to go up again before they come down," he lamented a "pandemic of the unvaccinated" that's "taking a needless toll" on the country. Expressing optimism, he encouraged unvaccinated Americans to get the shots. "America can beat the Delta variant just as we beat the original," he said.

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Add a script/filter to the page that will physically prevent people without the required basic 90/500 from adding themselves to the page. This is however, would not be a a 100% perfect solution as some users make 500 very minor edits in order to deliberately game the system. Add a script/filter to all draft pages so that the Helper Script can only be used on them by an accredited AfC reviewer. Restrict moves to mainspace of Drafts to accredited AfC reviewers and New Page Reviewers (also abused in the past however by AfC reviewers themselves. I think we would all welcome people's thoughts on these ideas. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) I regularly patrol the new additions, but I have been rather busy lately and most of the additions-then-subsequent-removals happen before I see them. I don't think fully protecting the page would make a whole lot of sense given that well-meaning and experienced editors like Atsme wouldn't be able to join. On the stats side of things, I've been keeping track of the AFCH list statistics (and cleaning it out) since December. Haven't done June yet, but in general we gain about 10-15 and lose about 15-20 per month. This, of course, is not counting the extended-confirmed users who do not actually meet the requirements and are immediately removed; I haven't bothered tracking those stats as I'm more interested in the "boots on the ground" so to speak. Primefac (talk) If the list were full protected,anyone like can easily join it if they fulfill the conditions. All they have to do is make an edit request. That's the whole idea of it, in much the same way as making a request at PERM for AWB (not to be confused with formal user rights). Anyone (90/500 + demonstrated experience) who is in a hurry to start reviewing (why should they be that?) could always ping me. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) :Fair enough. To be honest I'd like to see requests from some people who have 501 edits and join the list. I'm not opposed to making it full protection, but I don't think we need to go the full PERM route (i.e. a dedicated page) since we have this one. Primefac (talk) ::I don't really think we have to go the whole PERM route either - that will happen soon enough when AfC and NPP get merged, but we do need to do something about the trolling and those who try to game the system to review their own creations. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) ::: & my 6th sense called me here or what you guys refer to as a "ping". A brief little FYI - I first arrived at AfC yesterday looking for a user count template to add to the counter strip on my TP but couldn't find one, so I joined instead - seems I can't get enough volunteer work to consume my day. a way we would expect here - 100% agree with removal. Cheers KylieTastic (talk) ==Additions to the user list== Does anybody ever follow this talk page beyond me and ? I have removed three more inappropriate additions to the list in the last 48 hours alone, one of whom (only 180 or so edits) edit warred over it to the point that I was obliged to full protect the page for a few hours - this individual's intention was quite obviously to use AfC to accept his own, multiple declined submissions. I would be interested to know just what percent of additions got removed over the past 12 months. The 90/500 rule that I obtained for AfC will only work if we increase the vigilance over the list page or sharpen the way additions are made. To do this we can consider all or any of the suggestions below, some of which are more realistic than others, and would probably not receive my own support: Permanently full protect the page so that requests to join it will have to be handled by an administrator. Request the use of the Helper Script through PERM in much the same way that AWB is.

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M74 closed southbound due to overturned lorry Traffic on a popular motorway has been brought to a standstill due to an overturned lorry. The southbound lanes of the M74 are shut between junctions 10 and 11 in Lanarkshire, after emergency services were called to the incident after 1.30pm. Drivers are being diverted from the motorway at junction nine, as Traffic Scotland warned of 25 minute-long queues. There is no information on any injuries. Images shared on social media showed the lorry on its side. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "We were made aware of an overturned lorry on the M74 southbound between junctions 10 and 11 shortly after 1.30pm on Tuesday, 5 April. "Emergency services are currently at the scene and the road is currently blocked." More follows.

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Van den Berg medical, Reds not keen on Pepe, Llorente rejected Reds EX-LIVERPOOL goalkeeper Chris Kirkland has urged Simon Mignolet to leave the club this summer. He told talkSPORT: "He's not going to play at Liverpool if Alisson is fit. We know that. "Simon is a top goalkeeper in his own right but Alisson had gone to the next level, which we needed. "So Simon has to decide whether he wants to stay and is happy to play the bit-part role, which it will be unless Alisson gets injured or suddenly has a loss of form. "Or, does he want to go and play football? "The good thing about what Simon has done is if he went to Jurgen now and said he wanted to go and play (elsewhere), after the way he's been and the professionalism he's shown this season I think Jurgen will help him do that. "But obviously he wants to keep him."

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Police officers to patrol IKEA and supermarkets to'shame' shoppers who refuse to wear face masks in Greater Manchester COPS will patrol IKEA and major supermarkets in Greater Manchester to "shame" shoppers who refuse to wear face masks. Community support officers have been asked to crackdown on people flouting coronavirus rules. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates Officers will patrol IKEA in Ashton-under-Lyne's, Greater ManchesterCredit: Alamy Live News Officers will also patrol other 'large retail premises' to ensure people wear face masksCredit: Getty Images - Getty Superintendent Jane Higham told the Manchester Evening News officers would be heading to "large retail premises" in Tameside - including Ashton-under-Lyne's IKEA. Ashton-under-Lyne is among the towns in Tameside to be under a local lockdown after a surge in Covid cases. Supt Higham said: "I think it's a really tricky one this with the face coverings because it's a guidance rather than actually a piece of legislation. "That's why we're getting our officers to go in there to actively encourage that and shame people almost into compliance around that." Ms Higham said officers will "engage and explain" why people should wear face coverings. She said: "Where people are becoming extremely difficult - and there are occasions when that happens - we will go to an enforcement angle." Wearing a face covering in shops became compulsory on Friday, August 24. Boris Johnson announced that masks would be mandatory in other indoor settings as well from August 8. People caught not wearing a mask in shops can be fined £100, which is cut to £50 if paid within a fortnight. Superintendent Jane Higham said officers would patrol 'large retail premises'Credit: Twitter Shoppers wear face masks in a Greggs bakery in ManchesterCredit: Getty Images - Getty Police can enforce the law, but it is unclear how tough officers actually are when enforcing it. Alison Hernandez, Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall, said officers would only intervene if there was "disorder or violence or something associated with it." And the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) suggested officers would only intervene over face masks as a "last resort." Ms Higham said she noticed that people near where she lives in Greater Manchester often do not wear face masks in shops. Tameside council leader Brenda Warrington added: "I've been hearing quite a lot of people actually have expressed concern that some of the larger stores, the bigger supermarkets do not seem to be bothering to even try to enforce the wearing of face coverings." Supt Higham also told members of the panel that they considered closing two pubs down for breaching coronavirus guidelines. People queue at a testing centre in Oldham, Greater ManchesterCredit: SWNS:South West News Service Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in ManchesterCredit: Reuters Bolton in Greater Manchester has experienced a spike in positive cases as almost one in ten coronavirus swabs are coming back positive, the MEN reports. This week, the borough has recorded an infection rate of more than 200 per 100,000 people - the highest in the UK. Thousands of pupils across Greater Manchester schools are self-isolating after positive Covid-19 cases were confirmed, according to reports. It is believed 164 primary and secondary schools in the region have reported coronavirus cases. More than two million people in the North East of England will go into a new lockdown tomorrow - with a 10pm pub curfew and a ban on visiting family and friends. This morning Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirmed the drastic news for people in several huge towns and cities in England to try and stop the spread of the virus. The ramped-up restrictions will apply to Newcastle, Northumberland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Gateshead, County Durham and Sunderland. Pubs, cafes and restaurants will have to offer table service only, and they will have to shut by 10pm and can't open again until 5pm. Other parts of England - including London, Leeds and Liverpool - are also believed to be on the brink of tighter restrictions due to a rising number of infections. Police went out to patrol Birmingham in a 'Covid car' todayCredit: WestMidlandsPolice Officers in face masks and yellow high-vis jackets were patrolling through deserted streetCredit: WestMidlandsPolice It comes as Birmingham police patrolling the city "in a Covid car" today were told to find real criminals after failing to find any person flouting social distancing regulations.

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Pentagon chief confirms he was briefed on intelligence about Russian payments to the Taliban Esper's comments came during a long-awaited appearance before the House Armed Services Committee, where lawmakers had their first opportunity to ask the defense secretary and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley about their knowledge of intelligence on Russia offering bounties to the Taliban for killing US troops in Afghanistan. It was clear that both men attempted to carefully navigate questions from lawmakers, but Esper admitted exercising particular caution while addressing inquiries about whether he had been briefed on the matter and when. Responding to a very narrow line of questioning from Rep. Mike Turner, an Ohio Republican, Esper initially told lawmakers that he did not recall a briefing that included the word "bounty," but less than an hour later he clarified that answer when pressed by a Democratic member of the panel. At that time, Esper explained that his response to Turner's question had been tailored to address whether the word "bounty" had ever been included in any briefing he had received and that he had refrained from elaborating further at the time in an effort to avoid politicizing the issue. He went on to tell lawmakers that he had seen intelligence about Russian payments to the Taliban in February but added that his top generals did not believe those initial reports were credible at the time, a claim that appears to clash with comments made by one of those commanders on Tuesday, who called the reports "very worrisome." While that distinction does not explicitly address lingering questions about the exact nature of the intelligence cited in recent reports or explain the Trump administration's seemingly muted response to concerns about Russia's support for the Taliban, it does, at very least, undercut the President's claim that the issue is simply a "hoax" perpetrated by Democrats. Still, there appears to be a gap between Esper's assessment of the intelligence and that of other top military commanders. The top US general overseeing operations in the Middle East and Afghanistan said Tuesday that the intelligence concerning Russian operatives offering bounties to Taliban-linked militants was "very worrisome" but that it wasn't solid enough to hold up in a court of law. Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of US Central Command, told a small group of reporters while traveling to the region that he was not convinced that the Russian bounty program was directly responsible for the deaths of US personnel. "The intelligence wasn't proved to me. It was proved enough to worry me. It wasn't proved enough that I'd take it to a court of law. That's often true in battlefield intelligence," McKenzie said, according to a transcript provided by the Defense Department. 'We're going to get to the bottom of all that' Still, Esper and Milley assured members of the committee Thursday that the military is looking into the reports of Russian bounties for killing US troops in Afghanistan. "We're going to get to the bottom of all that, but I can assure the families that the force protection of our force is -- not only for me, but for every commander all the way down the line -- that's the number one priority for every one of us. Absolutely," Milley said. The top US general also emphasized that Russia's support for the Taliban in Afghanistan has been well known for years and that its involvement remains a concern despite the fact that he has not seen intelligence corroborating specific claims about bounties on American forces. "We're going to find out if in fact it's true. And if it is true, we will take action," Milley said. "We've known for years that the Russians have been involved, for their own national security interests, in Afghanistan. And the Russians are not our friends. And their involvement is worrisome." Esper told lawmakers he agreed with that assessment and stressed that the military continues to prioritize force protection. "I share the same views as the chairman. The Russians have been involved, and many many other countries, and many other players -- you know, non-state players -- in Afghanistan for a long time," he said. "We take all that into account. And I can tell you on other occasions we have adapted force posture, we have adapted authorities, equipment, you name it, rules of engagement, to make sure that our forces are well protected and able to accomplish their mission," Esper added. While there are still unanswered questions about intelligence on Russian bounties after Thursday's hearing, the testimony from top military leaders will likely reinforce bipartisan concerns about the broader US effort to deter Russia and other foreign governments from supporting militant groups in Afghanistan. Milley acknowledged that the Trump administration was "perhaps not" doing "as much as we could or should" to deter Russia and other foreign governments from supporting militant groups in Afghanistan. Specifically, Milley said he believes there is not currently a viable military response but suggested the US could take additional strategic action to better address Russia's support for the Taliban. Lingering concerns

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Keselowski exits Daytona Cup race after bump from Harvick DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - - "K" may stand for "Keselowski," but in the Twitterverse on Sunday, "K" also stood for "karma" where Keselowski was concerned. Jul 7, 2019; Daytona Beach, FL, USA; NASCAR Cup Series driver Brad Keselowski (2) gets into the wall as he races into the trioval during the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway. John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports Three days after spinning William Byron in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice and later declaring that he had sent a message to the field that he wasn't going lift if other drivers blocked him, Keselowski himself exited Sunday's Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway after contact from the front bumper of Kevin Harvick's Ford sent him sideways into the outside wall. Twitter immediately lit up with references to karma and hashtags like #dontlift. The Lap 81 wreck also hurt the cars of Harvick, Daniel Suarez, David Ragan, Daniel Hemric and Joey Logano, but even after viewing the accident on video, Keselowski laid no blame for his demise. "I know I was going straight one moment, and the next moment I wasn't," Keselowski said. "It's unfortunate. We were all two- and three-wide racing and just got tagged from the back. I'm not sure exactly. I know we got to three-wide at the top of (Turn) 3, and it looks like Kevin gave me a real straight push. "I don't know. It just took off on me. The Fords were working really hard to run together, and Kevin and Joey and (Ryan) Blaney and myself, I thought we were doing really good at it, but for whatever reason the car just instantly turned there. It's a bummer for everybody, but we'll move on and hopefully go to the next one and be alright." Byron, the race runner-up after the event was shortened because of rain, may have had the last laugh. Hearing over his team radio that Keselowski had wrecked, Byron dead-panned, "That's too bad." Contact between the Ford of Clint Bowyer and the Chevrolet of Austin Dillon ignited major fireworks in NASCAR's last trip to Daytona on the Fourth of July weekend. On Lap 117, Dillon had surged past Denny Hamlin into the lead, but Bowyer had a run on the leader and steered his car down the track entering Turn 1. The movement of Bowyer's Mustang across Dillon's rear bumper appeared to destabilized Dillon's Camaro. Lightning and an approaching storm added urgency to the situation, and Dillon continued down the track to try to block Bowyer's progress. The wreck at the front of the field collected 18 cars all told and put a third of the field out of contention for the win. "I guess he didn't want me to pass him," Bowyer said ruefully. "I don't know. I got under him and he blocked, and we got together. I got off of him - moved down and got off of him - and here he comes back down even more and just finally wrecked us all. That's just part of racing like this." The accident spoiled strong runs for both Bowyer and Dillon, who won the race's second stage. "I really felt it was kind of urgent, because of the lightning and rain coming," Dillon said. "Just trying to get a race win is all it is. I got turned a little bit left, and then it shot me down left. It's just part of this kind of racing." On that last point, at least, Dillon and Bowyer agree. After skating through the "Big One" on Lap 118, Kurt Busch had the lead in Sunday's race. His stay at the front of the field, however, was short-lived. Even though weather was threatening, crew chief Matt McCall told Busch to come to pit road if NASCAR gave the one-to-go signal. "Got poker chips all over the car, and we're pushing them all-in," Busch said on his radio in a reference to sponsor Global Poker. The tower signaled an impeding restart on Lap 124, and Busch steered his No. 1 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet down pit road to top off with fuel. But the race never restarted. Lightning in the area forced NASCAR to revert to caution, and a subsequent rainstorm ended the event with Justin Haley as the unlikely winner. Slideshow (2 Images) Even with the pit stop, Busch was 10th when the race was called, posting his 10th top-10 result of the season.

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To easily slash sugars from your diet, cut out all sugar-sweetened beverages, including soft drinks and fruit drinks, as well as candy, cookies, sweetened breakfast cereals and dairy foods with added sugars. And beware of hidden sugars in foods like condiments, salad dressings, tomato sauce and breads. 8. Try intermittent fasting According to experts, a critical aspect of fasting -- which is different from simply restricting calories -- is that the body undergoes a metabolic switch from using glucose to using ketones as fuel, a result of the depletion of liver energy stores and the mobilization of fat. I'm personally not a fan of strict fasting regimens, but I do see the value in limiting the amount of time spent eating during the course of a day, as it can eliminate problems like mindless nibbling and possibly improve health. If you want to experiment with fasting, I'd recommend a time-restricted feeding approach, where you consume all of your calories within a range of three to 12 hours a day, depending on what you can handle. 9. Keep a food journal Writing down what you eat or taking pictures of your meals and snacks is one of the best strategies to help you stick to a healthy diet, particularly during nights out, travel and other times when your eating environment is not the usual. It keeps you conscious of every bite that goes into your mouth and can help you make better food decisions. Planning meals and snacks in a food journal before you eat can help to ensure that your day is filled with nutrient-rich foods, and it can also help you budget for sweet treats, fried foods and alcohol. If writing in a notebook is inconvenient, consider an app like Lose it! or MyFitnessPal. 10. Be more mindful when eating That means turning off our phones, iPads, TVs and other screens that prevent us from being fully present during meals. Cutting out these distractions helps us tune into our appetite, while fully experiencing the flavor and texture of foods. It also helps us avoid eating impulsively, which can lead to poor food choices. Being more mindful during meals can also help us pay attention to our internal hunger and fullness cues, which can help inform us of when we've had enough to eat. 11. Avoid food triggers It can be difficult to resist tempting foods and desserts that can derail you from achieving your health goals when they're staring you in the face. Because of this reality, I live by a simple strategy: "Out of sight, out of mind." You can make it easier to stick to your goals by simply avoiding your triggers. This can mean not purchasing tempting foods at the supermarket; walking home on a path that avoids passing your favorite fast food joint or ice cream shop; or avoiding restaurants where you are tempted to overdo it. 12. Seek support One of the most important aspects of achieving a healthier diet is having a circle of friends or family members who support your goals. Even just one person to share your experiences with can be helpful. If you find you need more support or professional guidance with following a specific nutrition plan, I recommend meeting with a registered dietitian nutritionist. You can find one in your area on the website for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Lisa Drayer is a nutritionist, an author and a CNN health and nutrition contributor.

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Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005) ★★★ Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman. Seduced by the dark side, Anakin Skywalker turns against his mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi and becomes Darth Vader. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 20 mins. TNT Mon. 8:07 p.m. TNT Mon. 11:20 p.m. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) ★★★ Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill. Thirty years after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his young allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and the First Order. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 16 mins. TNT Sun. 3:45 p.m. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) ★★★ Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher. Luke Skywalker's peaceful and solitary existence gets upended when he encounters Rey, a young woman who shows strong signs of the Force. Her desire to learn the ways of the Jedi forces Luke to make a decision that changes their lives forever. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 32 mins. TNT Sun. 6:45 p.m. TNT Sun. 11 p.m. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999) ★★ Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor. As an enemy threatens the peaceful Galactic Republic, 9-year-old Anakin Skywalker comes under the tutelage of young Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi master Qui-Gon Jinn. (PG) 2 hrs. 13 mins. TNT Mon. 2 p.m. Steel Magnolias (1989) ★★★ Sally Field, Dolly Parton. Based on the play about six Southern women who become close friends despite their eccentricities and complicated lives. (PG) 1 hr. 58 mins. Encore Tues. 9:48 a.m. Encore Tues. 6:59 p.m. Step Brothers (2008) ★★ Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly. Two lazy, immature men become rivals when the marriage of one's mother and the other's father forces them to live as siblings in the same house. (R) 1 hr. 35 mins. VH1 Thur. 5:30 p.m. VH1 Fri. 12:30 p.m. Comedy Central Sat. 7:15 p.m. Stepmom (1998) ★★ Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon. A New York fashion photographer contends with her boyfriend's children and ex-wife. (PG-13) 2 hrs. 4 mins. Encore Tues. 5:53 a.m. Encore Tues. 4:51 p.m. Stickman (2017) Alanna Bale, Valerie Buhagiar. As a child, when Emma was wrongly accused of murdering her sister, she knew the Stickman committed the crime. Years later, although she has her demons under control, the Stickman returns to wreak havoc. (NR) 2 hrs. Syfy Tues. 8 a.m. Stigmata (1999) ★ Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne. An atheist's visions and manifestations of wounds like those of the crucified Christ prompt the Vatican to send an investigator. (R) 1 hr. 43 mins. Cinemax Mon. 11:35 p.m. Cinemax Fri. 12:22 p.m. Stockton on My Mind (2020) Michael Tubbs works tirelessly to effect change after he becomes the first African American mayor of Stockton, Calif. (NR) 1 hr. 32 mins. HBO Fri. 5:20 a.m. A Storybook Ending (2020) Carra Patterson, Rotimi Paul. Two criminals try to blackmail a Black man after he accidentally kills a police officer in self-defense. (NR) 18 mins. HBO Wed. 4 a.m. La Strada (1954) ★★★★ Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina. A carnival brute mistreats his witless waif assistant, who meets a friendly aerialist. (NR) 1 hr. 55 mins. TCM Wed. 11 a.m. Straight Outta Compton (2015) ★★★ O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins. In 1988, N.W.A revolutionizes music and pop culture with their brutally honest depiction of life in Southern Los Angeles. (R) 2 hrs. 27 mins. FXX Sat. 4 p.m. FXX Sun. 12:33 p.m. The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018) ★★ Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson. A road trip to visit relatives takes a dangerous turn when a family arrives at a secluded mobile home park that's mysteriously deserted -- until three masked psychopaths show up to satisfy their thirst for blood. (R) 1 hr. 25 mins. Syfy Thur. 9:32 a.m.

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About 9.9% of families and 13.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.6% of those under age 18 and 11.4% of those age 65 or over. ==Economy== ===19th century=== ====Railroads==== In 1877, the Florence, El Dorado, and Walnut Valley Railroad Company built a branch line from Florence to El Dorado. The line was extended to Douglass then reached Winfield on October 1, 1879, and finished at Arkansas City in 1881. The line was leased and operated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The line from Florence to El Dorado was abandoned in 1942. The original branch line connected Florence, Burns, De Graff, El Dorado, Augusta, Douglass, Rock, Akron, Winfield, Arkansas City. The Southern Kansas and Western Railroad was completed from the east to Winfield on February 17, 1880, then continued westward, and it reached the western county line on March 16. This railroad changed its name over time as it merged or purchased by other railroads. Eventually, a total of five railroads passed through Winfield. ====State mental hospital==== In 1881, The Kansas Constitution stated that the care, treatment, and education of the handicapped were responsibilities of public residential institutions. Accordingly, the Kansas State Asylum for Idiotic and Imbecile Youth was temporarily established at Lawrence, moving to Winfield in 1887. The Kansas State Imbecile Asylum (later the Winfield State Hospital and Training Center) was established in the community in 1888, on a hill overlooking the city. For the next 117 years, it served as a dominant local employer, housing and confining those with mental problems from throughout the state of Kansas. ===20th century=== ====Industry==== The Winfield-Arkansas City area has a wide range of industrial employers—most of which emerged and developed in the 20th Century. Many are based at, and around, Strother Field—a municipal airport that the two cities share. =====Consumer goods===== In 1916, Gott Manufacturing was established in Winfield to produce metal water coolers. Over the next 70 years, the enterprise grew into a major supplier of insulated water jugs and urns. In 1986, Gott was acquired by Rubbermaid, a globally dominant manufacturer of rubber storage containers, and converted to producing Rubbermaid-branded products, manufacturing insulated water coolers, ice chests, outdoor-living and outdoor-storage products. Subsequent expansion of its facilities have continued into the present day. A Crayola crayon-manufacturing plant was located in Winfield from 1952 to 1997. =====Aviation industry===== ======Strother Field====== In 1942, as America entered World War II, Winfield, along with neighboring Arkansas City, began development of a shared municipal airport. However, the entry of the U.S. into the war led to military acquisition and completion of the airfield, which became Strother Field. During the war, the airfield was used for military pilot training. In 1953, the airport reverted to shared control of Winfield and Arkansas City, and became a major industrial center for both communities, which it remains to the present. ======GE Aviation====== In 1951, at Strother Field, GE Aviation—an aircraft-engine division of General Electric—began producing General Electric J47 jet engines for U.S. military aircraft (notably the Boeing B-47 Stratojet intercontinental bomber, built primarily in Wichita, and also built by Douglas Aircraft at Tulsa in neighboring Oklahoma). Approximately 3,000 of those engines were produced at Strother by 1955. With the end of the Korean War, the GE factory switched to overhauling jet engine parts and accessories. In 1962, GE began overhauling and repairing entire military jet engines (particularly J73 and J85), and related parts and accessories—ultimately processing over 6,000 jet engines between 1962 and 1975. With the advent of business jets in the mid-1960s—led by Wichita's Learjet (using General Electric CJ-610 engines, also used on other business aircraft)—the Strother Field GE facility switched to servicing GE's business jet engines, ultimately processing over 6,000 by 1975, as the factory grew to 125,000 square feet. During those years, several hundred business jets, from around the world, flew into Strother Field to be serviced directly at the GE facility. Subsequently, GE's Strother facility overhauled J33 military engines, and General Electric CF6 engines for "jumbo" jetliners. In 1985, GE acquired much of the abandoned Cessna facility for use in its engine-overhaul enterprise.

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Remains Found Near Wakefield High School Identified As Missing Man - CBS Boston WAKEFIELD (CBS) - Remains found last week near Wakefield High School have been identified as Patrick Shea, who was reported missing in May 2020. The 68-year-old's remains were found December 7 in a wooded area behind the school. A cause and manner of death will be determined. The Middlesex District Attorney's office said preliminary investigation does not indicate foul play.

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Admiral Sir Rudolph Walter Bentinck, (20 March 1869 – 31 March 1947) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth from 1926 to 1929. ==Early life== Rudolph was the second son of Walter Theodore Edward Bentinck, 13th Baron Bentinck (1840–1901), of a distinguished Dutch family, by his wife Henrietta Jane Christina (d. 1924), daughter of William Hinton, of The Til, Madeira, Portugal. ==Naval career== Educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Bentinck joined the Royal Navy in 1882. He took part in the Mahdist War in 1891, and was promoted to commander on 31 December 1901. He was appointed Commander of the Royal Naval College, Osborne, in 1913. Bentinck served in the First World War, taking part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916, as Chief of Staff to Admiral Sir David Beatty, and being mentioned in despatches. After the war he became Naval Secretary. He was appointed second-in-command of the 1st Battle Squadron in the Atlantic Fleet in 1921 and went on to be Commander-in-Chief of the Africa Station in 1922. In that capacity he was briefly acting Governor-General of South Africa from December 1923 to January 1924. Bentinck became Admiral Commanding the Reserve Fleet in March 1926 and then Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth later that year: he retired in 1929. ==Family== In 1898 Bentinck married Mabel Fetherstonhaugh; they had one son and one daughter. A descendant is the entrepreneur Alice Bentinck. ==References== |- |- |- 1869 births 1947 deaths Royal Navy officers of World War I Graduates of Britannia Royal Naval College Rudolph Captains and Commandants of the Royal Naval College, Osborne Royal Navy admirals Military personnel from Sussex Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

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Haruhiko resembles Shion physically, because Shukaido was obsessed with him when he died. This explained when Haruhiko mentions that his mother is half Indian (making Haruhiko 3/4 Japanese and 1/4 Indian). At the end of the manga, he becomes a writer. His previous life, Shukaido, was the team's physician. Shukaido tended to stay in the background for the most part. He was in love with Mokuren, as all the male team members were at some point. Shukaido was presented as calm, intelligent, and well-mannered. He was good friends with Gyokuran and Shion during college, and often tried to speak with Shion to defuse his anger over Gyokuran's popularity. Shukaido managed to synthesize a vaccine for the virus that was killing the moon team, however, by that time he had already acquired the virus and only he, Mokuren, and Shion were left. Shukaido was only able to synthesize a single dose, and injected it into Shion. He injected Mokuren with a placebo and claimed that it inoculated her. Shukaido did this to punish Shion because he knew that Shion had raped her. ===Sakura Kokushou=== started having moon dreams around the same time as the others. Sakura attends the same school as Daisuke. They discover each other during a near-fatal traffic accident while on a field trip. Sakura screamed for Sarjalim to save her as the bus was in an uncontrolled skid. Sarjalim was the goddess that the moon scientists worshipped. Daisuke heard this and realized that they had been having the same dreams. Sakura physically resembles Enju. Shusuran had short red hair, and Sakura confessed that she always wished that she had Enju's thick, lustrous hair. Desperate to help Issei get over his unrequited love for Jinpachi, she befriends him to help him move on. Subsequently, they fall in love and become engaged. In Boku wo Tsutsumu Tsuki no Hikari, they have been married for several years and Sakura longs for a child after they fail to conceive, but a miracle happens when she discovers that she is pregnant with their first child. Her previous life, Shusuran, was Enju's best friend and the two spent many hours gossiping about the goings-on of the moonbase. Shusuran admired not only Enju's looks, but also her ability to fall completely in love. Shusuran admits that she never felt love for anyone (although it is suggested that she did in fact love Enju), and apparently never paired up with anybody on the moonbase. Shusuran served as the team's physicist. She was the second to die. ===Issei Nishikiyori=== was reborn in a male body because he believed that he could be closer to Gyokuran's next incarnation if they were both males (without the drama of a heterosexual relationship). Issei retains Enju's powers of telepathy. This telepathy caused Jinpachi to start having the moon dreams as well—and it also means that Issei and Jinpachi have the same dreams every night. The close friendship between Enju and Shushuran lasts two lifetimes. When Sakura and Issei meet in the real world, they become best friends once again. Sakura is desperate for Issei to get over his unrequited love for Jinpachi and move on. At the end of the manga, the two of them become engaged. In Boku wo Tsutsumu Tsuki no Hikari, they are married but have been unable to conceive. Eventually, after more than five years of marriage, they discover that they are expecting their first child. Naturally, since he was a male, Issei doesn't physically resemble his former incarnation, Enju, although Sakura does, since Sakura admired Enju's hair. His previous life, Enju, was an anthropologist with telepathic powers. She had a steadfast love for Gyokuran, despite knowing she would never be able to compete with Mokuren for Gyokuran's attentions. Despite this, she never treated Mokuren badly and never let herself turn bitter. Later on, the two paired after Shion and Mokuren got engaged; however, Gyokuran still loved Mokuren and believed that Shion forced her into the engagement, allowing him to hope that Mokuren did love him back. Because of this, even after they hooked up, Enju's feelings were never really returned by Gyokuran.

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How could Tory MPs get rid of Liz Truss? Over the summer the Conservatives ejected Boris Johnson from power amid concerns that their party was falling behind in the polls. As the nights draw in for October, the Tories have found themselves out of the frying pan and into the fire. There is no sign of a honeymoon for Mr Johnson's replacement Liz Truss - far from it. A hardline free market budget that prioritised tax cuts for the wealthy over balancing the budget has sent markets reeling and put the party 33 points behind Labour in the polls. There are already murmurings that Ms Truss, who took office only at the start of this month, may not be long for this world. But what would Conservatives have to do to get rid of her, and is it even possible? Here we go again The most conventional way for the Conservative party to ditch its leader is for MPs to write letters of no confidence to the party's ruling 1922 committee. Under Tory rules, if 15 per cent of the parliamentary party - currently 54 MPs - send a letter, then a no confidence vote of all MPs is triggered. This happened to Boris Johnson, but he initially survived the vote, which requires a majority of MPs to oust someone as leader. There are reports that multiple MPs have already sent letters about Liz Truss in to the committee's chair Sir Graham Brady. The fun thing about this mechanism is that the only person who knows how many letters have gone in is Sir Graham, because the figure is private until the threshold has reached. As such, there is much room for speculation and zero hard evidence. Safe for now? But there is another relevant rule. Under existing procedures, no Tory leader who has survived a leadership challenge can be challenged for another year. It has been claimed by some Tories that this rule applies to new leaders who have only just been elected - a fact reported confirmed by Sir Graham. So is Truss safe? Not necessarily, even if this is the case. You may remember that shortly after Boris Johnson survived his no-confidence vote, things went from bad to worse for him and many MPs changed their mind and decided they wanted to get rid. This chart, created by Statista for The Independent, shows the voting intentions of UK adults this year. The Conservative Party's popularity has nosedived in September (Statista) MPs effectively threatened to change the rules on Johnson to allow another challenge: and the same threat applies to his successor. To amend the rules would require MPs on the 1922 committee's executive to agree that the situation merited such a course of action. It is not clear what the executive, which was only recently elected, thinks of the idea now. But were there enough anger among MPs at the prime minister's performance, it would be possible. Are there any other ways? Barring a rule change, Truss could be ejected the way Johnson was ejected. Johnson was hit by cabinet resignation after cabinet resignation and left isolated. Eventually, allies convinced him that it was time to leave for the good of the party and that he could not do anything productive in office. Liz Truss has yet to be hit by any Cabinet resignations, so the situation is somewhat different. But if she says 33 points behind in the polls, you can expect the informal pressure on her to continue to mount. Perhaps there will come a situation where she will choose to depart of her own free will. What about the public? The public have fewer options. We must wait for a general election, and the timing of this election is controlled by Truss herself and unlikely to be any time soon. The longest she can wait is until early 2025, though she has previously said she expects to face the public in 202, the year after next.

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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. Early snow close.  7  ===American Tinnitus Association=== – (View AfDView log) () Unclear notability, vaguely (but not blatantly) promotional, all the sources except for two are from the ATA's website itself. Of those two, this one from was written by "Cheryl McGinnis, MBA, Executive Director of the American Tinnitus Association." The Better Business Bureau one does nothing but confirm it exists and is a 501(c)(3) organization. Additionally the section titled "The Scientific Advisory Committee" is a close paraphrase of the first paragraph of its source (found here) c y m r u. l a s s (talk me, stalk me) Keep. Hundreds of hits at Google more at Google Books[ and at Google Scholar This is a mainstream organization, quoted and referenced frequently in articles and literature about tinnitus. The tone and content of the article needs work, but that's a subject for editing, not AfD.--

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Less: Adjustments to reconcile to Non-GAAP Segment cash cost of coal sales Diesel fuel risk management derivative settlements classified in "other income" Transportation costs Cost of coal sales from idled or otherwise disposed operations not included in segments Other (operating overhead, certain actuarial, etc.) Non-GAAP Segment cash cost of coal sales Tons sold Cash cost per ton sold Quarter ended September 30, 2018 Powder River Basin Metallurgical Other Thermal Idle and Other Consolidated (In thousands) GAAP Cost of sales in the consolidated income statements Less: Adjustments to reconcile to Non-GAAP Segment cash cost of coal sales Diesel fuel risk management derivative settlements classified in "other income" Transportation costs Cost of coal sales from idled or otherwise disposed operations not included in segments Other (operating overhead, certain actuarial, etc.) Non-GAAP Segment cash cost of coal sales Tons sold Cash cost per ton sold Arch Coal, Inc. and Subsidiaries Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures (In thousands) Adjusted EBITDA Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income attributable to the Company before the effect of net interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, depletion and amortization, accretion on asset retirement obligations, amortization of sales contracts and nonoperating expenses. Adjusted EBITDA may also be adjusted for items that may not reflect the trend of future results by excluding transactions that are not indicative of the Company's core operating performance. Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of financial performance in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and items excluded from Adjusted EBITDA are significant in understanding and assessing our financial condition. Therefore, Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered in isolation, nor as an alternative to net income, income from operations, cash flows from operations or as a measure of our profitability, liquidity or performance under generally accepted accounting principles. The Company uses adjusted EBITDA to measure the operating performance of its segments and allocate resources to the segments. Furthermore, analogous measures are used by industry analysts and investors to evaluate our operating performance. Investors should be aware that our presentation of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. The table below shows how we calculate Adjusted EBITDA. Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, (Unaudited) (Unaudited) Net income Provision for (benefit from) income taxes Interest expense, net Depreciation, depletion and amortization Accretion on asset retirement obligations Amortization of sales contracts, net Costs related to proposed joint venture with Peabody Energy Loss on sale of Lone Mountain Processing LLC Preference Rights Lease Application settlement income Non-service related pension and postretirement benefit costs Net loss resulting from early retirement of debt and debt restructuring Reorganization items, net Adjusted EBITDA EBITDA from idled or otherwise disposed operations Selling, general and administrative expenses Other Segment Adjusted EBITDA from coal operations Segment Adjusted EBITDA Powder River Basin Metallurgical Other Thermal Total Segment Adjusted EBITDA Related Links

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Illinois pastor's act of kindness for woman leaves her with $759 tax bill CHICAGO (CBS) - No good deed goes unpunished - a retired Illinois pastor is learning that the hard way. He tried to help a young woman in need, but his kindness is costing hundreds of dollars. CBS 2's Lauren Victory explained the car tax complication. For Simone Lester, a minivan was a lifesaver of an unexpected gift during an unpredictable time. "I had recently been divorced," Lester said. "I was awaiting a job transfer." She was driving a much older car with doors that didn't even lock. "I had been told by a mechanic that I didn't have much time left with it and then they offered to give me this van," Lester said. By "they," she meant the parents of her high school classmate. Paul Schreck was worried about Lester. "We've made a positive change for her," Schreck said. The retired pastor's old minivan became her new ride, no strings attached. They went to the Waukegan Secretary of State's Office to make the transfer official. Vehicle paperwork came in the mail several weeks later. "It was like, 'Oh she's so excited the title is finally there in her name, no more worries about that,' and then, the angst," he said. That's because the letter wasn't the title. It was a tax notice from the Department of Revenue. Lester needed to cough up an extra $759 in sale tax. But there was no sale. He gave Lester the car as a gift. It turns out, a purchase price of $0 will be flagged and reviewed and sales tax is assessed on a vehicle's "fair market value." The state took another look at Lester's case for CBS 2 and determined she still owes the money. Schreck: "You think the clerk at the DMV office would understand the tax ramifications of putting a zero and..." Victory: "And tell you then?" Schreck: "Right." So what if you but down $1 on the bill of sale? Can you avoid higher sales tax and a mess like this? The state said no. "I make like $500 to $600 a week that I take home," Lester said. But she paid the nearly $800 bill to put the car tax issue to bed. "I did feel nauseated," Lester said. Schreck added he felt, "just disappointment." It was a lesson learned that even kindness can have costs. The Secretary of State's Office said its employees are not responsible for providing tax advice. Also, sales taxes might be lower in some cases where a vehicle is gifted to a sibling, child, or parent. Anyone interested in financially helping out Lester can leave her a "tip" on her artwork website. Lauren Victory Lauren Victory is a Morning Insider reporter for CBS2 Chicago. Lauren joined the station in May 2016 and is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

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Emmerdale spoilers: Who did Mack sleep with as his lover makes pledge? Mack betrays Charity (Picture: ITV) In the aftermath of Charity (Emma Atkins) "s pregnancy tragically ending on Emmerdale, Mackenzie (Lawrence Robb) "s reaction is that he wants them to try again to have a baby. Charity is not in agreement with this at all - she's still grieving and she's worried that because of her age, a future pregnancy could go wrong too. In the middle of a blazing argument, Charity tells Mack that if he wants a baby, it won't be with her. She tells him to go and "scatter his seed" somewhere else. And that's exactly what he goes off and does. While Charity is making her mind up that she wants to fix her relationship, Mack is in bed with a mystery woman. But who could it be? We don't have many clues, but in upcoming episodes Mack reveals to Nate (Jurell Carter) that he's cheated on Charity with someone local. This narrows it down, and the mention of Nate could possibly suggest that it's someone connected to him. Could it be Naomi (Karene Peter)? She's already caused a stir in the village with her attitude to Manpreet (Rebecca Sarker) and we're about to discover that she has a sinister link to Nicola (Nicola Wheeler), having been part of the girl gang who attacked her. And she's not backward in coming forward as far as men are concerned. More: Trending Or could it be Chloe (Jessie Elland)? She's previously been linked with Nate and since the stalking storyline with Noah (Jack Downham) we haven't seen a great deal of her. And as an outside bet - Sandra (Joanne Mitchell). We do know that Mack likes women older than him, and as he gets a text message saying his secret is safe shortly after his transgression, that's exactly the kind of thing Sandra would do. Obviously "safe" has a different meaning in Sandra's vocabulary - just ask poor Rishi (Bhasker Patel). Whoever it is, one thing's for certain. No secret is really safe for long on Emmerdale. Includes exclusive content, spoilers and interviews before they're seen on the site. Find out more "

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Boy, 9, dies after being'struck by lightning' while playing football in Blackpool A NINE-year-old boy has died after he was struck by lightning while playing football in Blackpool. Cops were called to the sports field on School Road, Blackpool, shortly after 5pm today to reports that a child had been injured. Police believe a young boy was struck by lightningCredit: dave nelson Cops were called to the sports field on School Road, BlackpoolCredit: dave nelson Police say that although enquiries are still ongoing, at this time they "believe the boy had been struck by lightning." Emergency services attended and he was taken to hospital, but sadly died a short time later. Det Supt Nick Connaughton of Lancashire Police said: "This is a truly devastating incident and our thoughts are wholeheartedly with the family and friends of the young boy, who has passed away, at this very sad and distressing time." Lightning hitting the Blackpool coast earlier todayCredit: Mirrorpix It is thought the boy was taking part in a one on one training session with the Spirit of Youth FC when he was hit, reports the Blackpool Gazette. In a statement posted online Spirit of Youth Junior Football Club said: "It is with deepest regret that we have to report the news that the young boy who was struck by lightning earlier this evening has sadly passed away. "The tragic incident happened on our home ground at Common Edge playing fields but it was not during a club training session. "As a club, we are heartbroken and we offer our deepest condolences to the boy's family. "Spirit of Youth is a family and we are entrenched in the local community, and we will give whatever support is required to both the family and to those that were with him at the time. "We would ask that people respect the privacy of the family at this most tragic of times. "Rest In Peace young man." Road closures in place following the incident have now been lifted. Anybody with information about the incident, or who witnessed it and has not yet spoken to police is asked to get in touch on 101, quoting log 1169 of May 11. Latest Mum-of-5 killed in 'hit-and-run' as cops arrest driver on suspicion of murder Family warned they face demolishing bike shed in 'David & Goliath' legal battle Exclusive Parents shocked as primary school head charged with sexually abusing child Burglars held gun to baby's HEAD as they tortured Brit mum, 20, to death Widow of High Court judge, 77,'repeatedly sexually abused young boy in 1980s'

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This is a list of composers by name, alphabetically sorted by surname, then by other names. The list of composers is by no means complete. It is not limited by classifications such as genre or time period; however, it includes only music composers of significant fame, notability or importance who also have current Wikipedia articles. For lists of music composers by other classifications, see lists of composers. This list is not for arrangers or lyricists (see list of music arrangers and lyricists), unless they are also composers. Likewise, songwriters are listed separately, for example in a list of singer-songwriters and list of Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees. ==A== ==B== ==C== ==D== ==E== ==F== ==G== ==H== ==I== ==J== ==K== ==L== ==M== ==N== ==O== ==P== ==Q== ==R== ==S== ==T== ==U== ==V== ==W== ==X== ==Y== ==Z== ==See also== Lists of composers List of operas by composer which lists more than 700 opera composers, their dates and works. ==References== ==External links== *

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When Harris bought the house in 1969 after it had stood empty and suffered vandalism for several years, he described it as the biggest gift he had ever given himself and spent a small fortune employing the original decorators, Campbell Smith & Company, to restore it to the splendour of Burges's days. We move to the spectacular dining room dominated by a circular table, commissioned by Harris, emblazoned with signs of the zodiac that reflect those painted on the ceiling. "The ceiling is enamel on iron - a Burges feature. Apparently there was a fire in here in the days of Richard Harris, who liked to have huge candelabras on the table. 'One got knocked over. The enamel on iron saved the house." He shudders. "Can you imagine losing this?" He sweeps a hand around the room. You can't. This is not a house, it's a work of three-dimensional art. A tiled frieze of characters from English folklore lines the walls: Sleeping Beauty, Bluebeard, Robinson Crusoe. The same frieze can be seen in Cardiff Castle. "We had a detailed survey and some of the tiles have gaps behind them because the walls are uneven so they're holding themselves up, which is fine, but if you start to get vibrations..." He puts his head on one side. "The person from the council said we could put some padding over it if the permission went ahead, which is a bit cheeky, isn't it?" Cheeky? It is actually shocking, particularly given a report by three English Heritage civil and structural engineers who advised against the man from the Pru's application to enlarge his basement in 2014 for fear of damage to "the high heritage value of the interior finishes to Tower House." A subsequent appeal was dismissed. The irony isn't lost on Page that his recently knighted neighbour is a patron of the Royal Society of Arts. "When you have those structural engineer reports and the appeal is dismissed you think, "That's it. You're not going to be threatened again with all this stuff," but it just keeps coming. 'English Heritage - or Historic England as it's been renamed - doesn't come to your support any more. They defer any opinion to the council. "Him," he nods towards Sir Harvey's end-of-terrace house. "Got stopped by English Heritage. 'Now he's been allowed to gut his house and install a lift because he has applied for a legal licence - which, because it's internal works, doesn't need planning permission. 'They might be fooling around with the foundations for the lift, but they won't tell us what they're doing." Page takes us into the library where Burges's imagination ran riot in painted ceilings, friezes and a fireplace that resembles the Tower of Babel. The carved stone mantel is made up of letters of the alphabet. "With a dropped "H" in honour of the Cockneys," explains Page as he points to the "h" in the stone beneath the mantle. "He had a sense of fun." He rubs a finger over the "h." "See that crack," he points to a hairline in the chimney-breast. "If that started to move..." He leads us through to the drawing room where love is the central theme, with a ceiling painted with medieval cupids and walls covered with mythical lovers. Carved figures from the medieval French poem Le Roman De La Rose decorate the chimney piece. Aptly, in Burges's time it was a Music Room. Indeed Harris, who kept a collection of stringed instruments here, famously said at night he could hear them play by themselves. "Michael Winner used to come here often," says Page. "He was always such a joy to see. He loved to talk..." And for a moment Page is lost in a different time. "Forget fame and fortune, I just wanted to be part of the music revolution," he says. "Rock and roll just leapt out of the speakers of your parents" radio and sort of seduced you. It pulled you in." Much like this house? He nods. "You create pieces that reflect emotions. Sometimes it can be dark, but the classical musicians always had a connection with nature. I could see that as well." With which we find ourselves upstairs in the Butterfly Room, a celebration of the natural world where wild flower friezes decorate the walls and the painted butterflies in the stained windows dance in the sunlight. "Creating music is like panning for gold," Page says. "I play things I sort of know on the acoustic guitar over and over so it almost becomes a mantra.

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Beverly Press & Park Labrea NewsBeverly Press & Park Labrea News The BroadStage and Indian Ink Theatre Company are holding the Los Angeles premiere of Acrobuffos" "Air Play" from Thursday, July 21, through Sunday, July 31. A circus-style adventure about two siblings journeying through a surreal land of air, "Air Play" transforms ordinary objects into uncommon beauty. The visual poem uses no words, but brings to life the very air people breathe. Tickets start at $35. 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. broadstage.org.

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The Big Lebowski actor Jeff Bridges, 72, and Peter Weir, 78, were also pictured sharing a hug onstage.

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Petition to Halt Dustin Higgs' Execution Amasses Over 1.5 Million Signatures More than 1.5 million people are demanding the life of Dustin Higgs be spared as the inmate faces his scheduled execution later this week. Higgs will be among the last of federal death row inmates currently scheduled for execution on Friday, five days before President-elect Joe Biden, a death penalty opponent, is inaugurated and a new administration begins. A petition addressed to President Donald Trump and the U.S. Supreme Court begins by saying that, "Dustin John Higgs is going to be executed for a crime he didn't commit." "He was accused of killing three girls but later to be found not guilty. All witnesses, including the man who actually killed the girls, confirm Dustin's innocence. This innocent man should be spared," it continues. Higgs was sentenced to death in 2000 for the kidnapping and murder of three young women in 1996. According to the Department of Justice, Higgs and two friends drove to Washington, D.C. to pick up Tamika Black, Tanji Jackson and Mishann Chinn and drive them back to his apartment in Maryland. After offering the women a ride back to Washington, D.C., prosecutors said Higgs instead drove them to a secluded area, where he gave one of his friends a gun and told him to "better make sure they're dead." The other man, Willis Haynes, was tried separately and not sentenced to death after the DOJ determined he shot all three women dead. "The only reason he's still in jail is because they say he was at the scene of the crime and he was accused of bullying Willis Hayes (who did commit the crime) into killing the three girls. But even Willis Hayes has said that this is false," the petition reads. "So please help me to free this innocent man. Don't let what happened to Brandon Bernard happen again." Bernard was put to death last month by the federal government at a penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, the same center where Higgs is set to be executed. Bernard's case gained national attention after several high-profile figures, including Kim Kardashian West, appealed to Trump to commute his sentence to life in prison. "I'm currently sitting on Death Row for a crime I didn't commit! I wonder if it's that I'm not yelling loud enough, or is it that the blatant miscarriage of justice of me being killed for a crime I'm certainly innocent of really doesn't matter," a website calling for his clemency, SaveDustinJHiggs.com, reads. "My voice doesn't hold enough weight to bring down this wall of injustice. It will take the voice of many to bring the wall down!" A photo of Dustin Higgs from the Change.org petition calling to halt his scheduled execution, which is set to take place January 15, 2020. Change.org Bernard and Higgs are part of an unprecedented spree of federal executions that began last summer amid the coronavirus pandemic and will be set to end just days before Trump leaves office. The current administration has executed more people in a single year than any administration in more than a century. Higgs' attorneys have called on the DOJ to withdraw his execution date after he became the first federal death row inmate to contract COVID-19 last month. Cory Johnson is also facing execution this week. Another inmate, Lisa Montgomery, was set to be executed this week as well, but received a stay earlier Tuesday by a federal judge. Higgs and Johnson, who also tested positive for the coronavirus, are awaiting a ruling on litigation that was jointly filed to halt their executions. The petition argues it would be a violation of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition from cruel or unusual punishment to execute them while they are recovering. "The government should not carry out yet another super-spreader execution in the heart of this global pandemic. The DOJ should withdraw Dustin's execution date or President Trump should commute his death sentence," Shawn Nolan, one of Higgs' attorneys, previously told Newsweek. Newsweek reached out to Higgs' team for further comment but did not hear back before publication.

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A college-preparatory school (usually shortened to preparatory school or prep school) is a type of secondary school. The term refers to public, private independent or parochial schools primarily designed to prepare students for. ==North America== ===United States=== In the United States, there are public, private, and charter college preparatory schools that can be either parochial or secular. Public and charter college preparatory schools are typically connected to a local school district and draw from the entire district instead of the closest school zone. Some offer specialized courses or curricula that prepare students for a specific field of study. In contrast, others use the label as a promotional tool without offering programs different from a conventional high school. Preparatory schools began before the Civil War, when there were no public schools above the grammar school or elementary level anywhere in the US. Their graduates were not ready for college study, so many colleges set up "preparatory academies" to prepare them for college study. The preparatory division could dwarf the college enrollment, as at New York Central College. There were also preparatory schools unaffiliated with colleges, especially for girls, such as the Columbia Female Academy. At the time, men and women did not study together at any level, and there were no women's colleges. Some of the female preparatory schools became women's colleges after the Civil War. Free high school level education for all became available in the later 19th and early 20th centuries. Since then, the surviving "prep schools" in the US are primarily private, elite institutions that have very selective admission criteria and high tuition fees, catering to students in the 13–18 age range. Little financial aid other than loans is available. Prep schools can be day schools, boarding schools, or both, and may be co-educational or single-sex. Currently, day schools are more common than boarding, and since the 1970s, co-educational schools have been more common than single-sex. Unlike the public schools which are free, they charge tuition ($10,000 to 40,000+ a year in 2014). Some prep schools are affiliated with a particular religious denomination. Unlike parochial (Catholic) schools, independent preparatory schools are not governed by a religious organization, and students are usually not required to receive instruction in one particular religion. While independent prep schools in the United States are not subject to government oversight or regulation, many are accredited by one of the six regional accreditation agencies for educational institutions. ==Asia== ===Japan=== In Japan, college-prep schools are called, which means a school used to progress into another school. Prep schools in Japan are usually considered prestigious and are often difficult to get into. However, there are many tiers of prep schools, the entry into which depends on the university that the school leads into. Japanese prep schools started as, secondary schools for boys, which were founded after the secondary school law in 1886. Later,, secondary school for girls (1891), and, vocational schools (1924), were included among chūtōgakkō and were legally regarded as schools on the same level as a school for boys. However, graduates from those two types of schools had more requirements for college entrance. In the modern period, many Japanese secondary schools were five-year schools, except for during a short term from 1943 to 1946. The social status of chūgakkō, or, secondary schools for boys under the old system, did not disappear even after the new system (6-3-3) took effect in 1947. Plenty of shingakkō are six-year schools in modern times, and many of them have their origins in kyūsei chūgakkō and kōtō jogakkō, or ones attached to universities. Japanese pupils who aspire to a prep school education take written examinations in sixth grade in each prep school. Unlike six-year prep schools, the top municipal senior high school (three-year schools) in each school zone and some high-ranked private senior high schools (ditto) are also regarded as. In the 21st century, some trial cases connecting public junior and senior high schools are seen in each region, too, broadening the education for college entrance. As the Japanese government provides grant-in-aid to private schools, the tuition is 5,000–10,000 US dollars per year, even if it is a private school. ==See also== Advanced Placement International Baccalaureate ==References== ==Further reading== Adam Hochschild, Finding the Trapdoor: Essays, Portraits, Travels (Syracuse University Press, 1997), "World on a Hilltop," pp. 123–139.

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Louisiana is one of five states with no minimum wage and the federal rate therefore applies. The state has the second-highest percentage of workers in the country paid the minimum wage. Louisiana had the 17th lowest cost of living in the country in 2020. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards wants an increase in that amount and called $7.25 insufficient. He expects local officials to push for an increase, as well. Kenneth Sponsler / Shutterstock Maine - Minimum wage: $12.00 ($24,960 annual) - Living wage for: --- 1 adult: $14.92 ($2.92 difference) --- 1 adult and 1 child: $30.63 ($18.63 difference) --- 2 adults: $11.94 --- 2 adults and 1 child: $16.79 ($4.79 difference) Maine had the 13th highest cost of living in 2020. The state's minimum wage rose to $12.15 an hour at the beginning of 2021, and now requires yearly adjustments to the minimum wage based on the cost of living. In each of the past three years, the minimum wage rose $1. You may also like: These States Pay the Highest Salaries for These 50 Jobs eurobanks / Shutterstock Maryland - Minimum wage: $11.00 ($22,880 annual) - Living wage for: --- 1 adult: $17.25 ($6.25 difference) --- 1 adult and 1 child: $34.74 ($23.74 difference) --- 2 adults: $13.33 ($2.33 difference) --- 2 adults and 1 child: $18.75 ($7.75 difference) As of 2021, Maryland's minimum wage stands at $11.75 an hour and will increase to $15 by 2025. In 2019, lawmakers overrode a veto by Gov. Larry Hogan to authorize the raise. Maryland was the sixth state to vote to phase in a $15 minimum wage. About 573,000 workers in Maryland earn less than that, according to the National Employment Law Project, or about 22 percent of the workforce. Travellaggio / Shutterstock Massachusetts - Minimum wage: $12.75 ($26,520 annual) - Living wage for: --- 1 adult: $17.74 ($4.99 difference) --- 1 adult and 1 child: $36.88 ($24.13 difference) --- 2 adults: $13.12 ($0.37 difference) --- 2 adults and 1 child: $19.78 ($7.03 difference) Massachusetts' minimum wage is $13.50 an hour as of January 2021 and will rise again to $14.25 in 2022 and $15 in 2023. The state's legislature passed the $15 rate in 2018 as part of a bill that also established a paid family and medical leave policy. A CNBC study in 2018 found the state was the third most expensive place to live in the U.S., with the median price for a home in the Boston area 70 percent higher than the country as a whole. Romrodphoto / Shutterstock Michigan - Minimum wage: $9.65 ($20,072 annual) - Living wage for: --- 1 adult: $13.63 ($3.98 difference) --- 1 adult and 1 child: $31.15 ($21.50 difference) --- 2 adults: $11.1 ($1.45 difference) --- 2 adults and 1 child: $16.96 ($7.31 difference) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proposed helping to pay Michigan workers $15 an hour with $300 million in federal money. The state would create grants for businesses to cover the difference between their workers' salary and $15 an hour. Michigan had expected to raise its rate in 2021, but state law prohibited the increase because the unemployment rate was above 8.5 percent. James Kirkikis / Shutterstock Minnesota - Minimum wage: $10.00 ($20,800 annual) - Living wage for: --- 1 adult: $14.9 ($4.90 difference) --- 1 adult and 1 child: $31.33 ($21.33 difference) --- 2 adults: $12.32 ($2.32 difference) --- 2 adults and 1 child: $17.1 ($7.10 difference) The cost of living in Minnesota is about average in Minnesota, where the minimum wage increased to $10.08 in January 2021 and will rise again to $14.25 in July 2021 and $15 in 2022. After that, the increase will be linked to inflation. Rates are lower for small businesses with 100 or fewer employees. Viktoriia Hnatiuk / Shutterstock Mississippi

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Académie Française denounces rise of English words in public life The centuries-old language watchdog the Académie Française has warned that growing use of English by public and private bodies risks poor communication and could even undermine social cohesion. A report by six members, published online this week, warns that "today's communication is characterised by a degradation that must not be seen as inevitable." Over 30 pages, it picks through dozens of messages from public bodies, such as ministries or local authorities, as well as private firms, highlighting examples of bilingual wordplay. The flagged terms include train operator SNCF's low-cost Ouigo (pronounced "we go") services, or imports from English such as "big data" or "drive-in." "Many anglicisms are used in place of existing French words or expressions, inevitably leading to the gradual erasure of the French equivalents," said the body, which was founded in 1635 under King Louis XIII to guard "pure" French. "Aside from fashion and sport, the internet and digital field is unsurprisingly the most strongly and visibly "anglicised,"" the academy said, dubbing tech terms "Californisms." In one example, it notes that there are at least five possible French translations for the social networking term "follower," a word commonly peppered into everyday French speech. The Covid-19 pandemic has also resulted in a number of hasty bolt-ons from English like "cluster" and "testing." English words themselves are "often distorted" to fit French pronunciation or syntax, the academy notes, resulting in "the creation of hybrid forms that are neither English nor French." Sometimes this can make even fluent speakers stumble - as with carmaker Peugeot's slogan "Unboring the Future" or the concept of a "drive piéton" (a "pedestrian drive-through," or pickup point for products ordered online). Overuse of English "has the contradictory consequence of risking an impoverishment of French vocabulary and growing discrimination among sections of the public," the academy said. "By widely using an English vocabulary not understood by much of the public, online services contribute to stoking the defiance that has visibly developed in recent years towards all kinds of authorities." The Académie Française has become more assertive under permanent secretary, Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, about its mission to protect French. In January, it threatened legal action against the government for including English translations of information fields on national identity cards.

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After being cut loose by the first Black president, and moving aside for the Clintons" restoration - something his dying son, Beau, did not want to happen - Biden was revived during the South Carolina primary with the help of Jim Clyburn and Black voters. This week, he got a vital boost from Black voters in Georgia, thanks in part to all the work Stacey Abrams did. And Biden, friendly with John McCain, got buoyed by Latinos in Arizona. After accepting in 2015 that he had missed his moment, that he was too white and too old and too male and too befogged by grief over Beau, the soon-to-be 78-year-old has seen his moment come back around. F. Scott Fitzgerald was wrong. There are second acts. And what could be more American than that? The Times is committed to publishing a diversity of letters to the editor. We'd like to hear what you think about this or any of our articles. Here are some tips. And here's our email: letters@nytimes.com. Follow The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook, Twitter (@NYTopinion) and Instagram.

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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 delete. The rationales given by the deletion supporters here seem pretty strong. Mark Arsten (talk) ===Homogenized milk and atherosclerosis=== – (View AfDView log Stats) () Propaganda for pseudoscience. Even the article admits there is no evidence for the theory. It is beyond my ability to rewrite, there is possibly enough notability for a short article, but it would be necessary to start over, presenting it properly in terms of our pseudoscience policies., and in any case the unacceptable speculation should be removed from the history. DGG ( talk ) Keep The hypothesis of the link between XO and atheroschlerosis is notable - see Xanthine oxidase in homogenized cow's milk and Oster's hypothesis: a review. The theory doesn't seem to have panned out but this is the normal scientific method, not pseudoscience. If the article needs work then this is a matter of normal editing. Deletion would be disruptive to this, removing the edit history and contents in an indiscriminate way. If the nominator feels himself unable to write upon the topic, he should please not presume to dismiss it. Note that doesn't even exist as a proper page and just redirects to a poor general article about homogenization. But there's a little bit about the topic at milk#Creaming_and_homogenization and so an obvious alternative to deletion is a redirect to that section. How hard is that? Warden (talk) Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) Note: This debate has been included in the list of Health and fitness-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) Comment this article is a mess, and it's hard to see how to rescue it. The references are of generally low-quality or are used in a manner that represents synthesis; the reference formatting is wrong as well. A huge effort would be needed to extract the small amount of encyclopedic content from the rest, and refactor to represent scientific consensus. Also note overlapping content in United States raw milk debate#Homogenization. Delete Despite the long list of references, this article does not appear to pass our requirement for a medical article. It appears to be a mass of speculation, synthesis, and references to non-reliable sources. Key observation: the section "Diseases linked to XO" is completely unsourced. Also: the source cited above by Colonel Warden concludes "Compared with present knowledge, this theory gives little evidence only." (translated from German) This is not something we should have an article on. Keep The Division of Nutrition, Bureau of Foods, US Food and Drug Administration commissioned the Life Sciences Research Office, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology to review the XO theory based on available evidence, in the year 1975. The comprehensive report, number 223-75-2090, views the XO theory as a significant topic worthy of further investigation considering the possible, broad significance of biologically available XO in homogenized, cow’s milk on the health of the US population. Since then, despite spurious, internet claims, the theory has never been disproven. In fact, quite to the contrary, diverse evidence in support of it has coalesced even without the participation of the pioneers who introduced it. A list of desired research directions is included in the Federation report. From among the suggested, 19 directions a good number have been pursued and they largely support the XO theory. The report states: “Further research should include: “Investigation of the possible absorption of large molecular weight proteins such as xanthine oxidase from the gastrointestinal tract during the life of the animal (confirmed - Zikakis, 1990) and whether or not this process resembles that of the neonate; “In human subjects, confirmation of the existence of immune-specific circulating antibodies to ingested bovine milk xanthine oxidase. (IgM antibodies to bovine XO have been confirmed by no less than three independent research groups - see references 72-77 in the article).

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The new National Broadband Policy seeks to create a very particular understanding of shared infrastructure that can only lead to the Government having to control the sector's investment plans. The policy proposes that Government will take responsibility for rolling out fibre where it is not currently available and that existing operators will not be allowed to build-out in those places. On the topic, Fred Otunu, the UCC director of Corporate Affairs, said "It is not about nationalising but aims to avoid duplication and government playing a central role in providing infrastructure. The issue of the national broadband policy should be understood in the same context like we talk about other infrastructure, whether roads, airports and so forth. ICT had been thought that it should be left to the private sector, but the world over is saying this is a sector that government should have a central interest in. If government is providing road infrastructure, why shouldn't government provide ICT infrastructure because this is a cyber-super highway." The policy states that "Where the government has developed fibre or any other Broadband Infrastructure like satellite, terrestrial microwave, etc. the private operators will be regulated to use the same," that the government will "Establish common international gateways in order to manage all international traffics originating and terminating in the Country," and that it will "Establish Internet exchange points and ensure that all domestic traffic remains within the Country." It emphasises that private companies "will not construct Infrastructure where it already exists." One industry source told us it was getting a great deal more difficult to get permits to lay new fibre. In line with this, the policy says that the government intends to "streamline the ownership, management" of the privately run.UG domain registrar and the Uganda Internet Exchange Point (UIXP), a private non-profit organisation that provides network interconnection services. Those with longer memories will recall that the Government commissioned a controversial fibre network from Huawei in 2012 (now run by NITA) that was both seen to be over-priced and of inferior quality. A report at the time noted that the country's president Yoweri Museveni had sent a letter to Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi that reportedly said he had "received intelligence information that Huawei used inferior cable type G652 instead of type G655." The president claimed in the article that if true, the new fiber infrastructure would not be equipped to handle the kind of traffic it was designed for. In February 2019, the Government expelled four MTN executives, including the CEO. A police statement at the time said the two of them had been engaged in "acts which compromise national security." A day later, Elsa Mussolini, the Head of the company's mobile money business was deported as well. Prior to her deportation, she was summoned to Uganda Police's special investigations department. The summons letter said she was under investigation in a case of "inciting violence." Until his deportation order was signed, the MTN Uganda chief executive Vanhelleputte held permanent residence in Uganda (his wife is Ugandan). Uganda's minister for foreign affairs removed that privilege by signing a letter that declared van Helleputte a "prohibited immigrant." In July 2018 state operatives raided its data center, in Mutundwe, a Kampala surburb. In a letter written to the telecom regulator on July 3, MTN, whose parent company is headquartered in South Africa, complained of "illegal intrusion into the data center and the disconnection of the four information servers." Ugandan press now reports the security agencies have since been investigating the company and its staff for espionage, tax evasion and money laundering. Industry sources say that these strong-arm tactics were designed to get the company to pay more for its licence renewal as the President publicly expressed his unhappiness with the sum negotiated by the regulator UCC. The expulsions took place a month after he complained publicly that the sum was too small. The minister for information, communication, technology and national guidance, in a letter in response dated Dec. 14, said UCC had decided to cut MTN's fee to $58 million from $100 million after MTN said it would need to invest about $200 million to meet the conditions of a new national broadband policy. The policy compels telecom operators to invest in infrastructure to guarantee high quality voice calls and high data speeds across the country, including in rural areas where returns are low, the minister said in the letter seen by Reuters. As one source told a local newspaper: "They would have a lot more control over the Internet, they would be able to switch it off internationally and domestically. Remember how [Ethics Minister Simon] Lokodo was always talking about his anti-porn machine and how it is a joke. If they wanted to do something like that, they would have to do what they are doing now first. It will be like turning the Internet in Uganda into something like China where it is centrally controlled and you can put one system at the centre of it all to control everything."

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But someone should seek out the server administrator who has run a faulty conversion script on the SVG files, and notify them. Otherwise they might use the same script again. And of course they should run another script to fix the problem. Unfortunately I don't know where to look for server admins. Hans Adler For the benefit of anyone trying to debug this: This file should still be affected. I fixed the other by re-uploading. Hans Adler OK, I think the mystery has been solved. It seems that I uploaded the file with the silly commas (I have no idea how that could happen), that Firefox tolerates them, that the server initially tolerated them, and that the server has become a bit more picky in the meantime. Thanks for your help. Hans Adler == Freeware program for noise == I have recently submitted several images to be FP's and in almost every case they were opposed because of noise. Is there a good freeware program that can edit out image noise. I have downloaded GIMP and Inkscape but neither seems to quite do what I need it to do. I was thinking maybe there was an addin for one of these programs that would do the trick. == Wanna help, not sure how. == I've got a few images into better shape, but I am not sure how to put them on the pages. How do I replace the images that needed fixing with the fixed versions? Is there an easy way to simply upload it? B10Reaper (talk) One way, you can upload over the original file by going to the description page on Wikimedia Commons (or simply here at Wikipedia if the file isn't at Commons) and click "Upload a new version". The more convenient way is by uploading the image as a separate file. ZooFari Once you have the images uploaded, then just edit the page and replace the file name of the one image with the new one. You'll see something like as considering listing SVGs in IFC, but figured it is way better as a separate category. IFC has a huge backlog, and having SVGs in its own category allows us to place subcats like "SVGs with inappropriate dimensions" or "SVGs with inappropriate file names". It would work in IFC, but I think it is better organized like this. BTW, the cat uses lists, not gallery (if that's what you meant). ZooFari Sorry; I expressed myself ambiguously. I meant to ask: "Is there an easy way to detect SVGs which someone else has classified into subcategories of IFC?" The category is displayed as a useful list, but the subcategories I've looked at are galleries. Certes (talk) I don't think we can filter, but the easiest way, I think, is by temporarily changing to list. You can do that by placing __NOGALLERY__ in the cat page. ZooFari :I think something like this should help, but it would be nice if one could have the tree expand by default. ɹəəpıɔnı Thanks, that works. I just edit the category, add __NOGALLERY__, Show preview and ideally remember not to Save page. I see we have SVGs in Non-free Wikipedia file size reduction request e.g. AVR_logo.SVG. I'm not sure what the SVG analogy of "file size reduction" is: are we supposed to remove half the points from the paths and add a filter with GaussianBlur? Maybe we should leave that section until last! Certes (talk) For SVGs, I think it means "cut down the 'nominal' size so it doesn't look so darn big". :I would say size-reduction usually takes direct source editing and removing the bundles of redundant crap that Inkscape produces by default (Illustrator is not so bad in my experience) and generally making the source code more efficient. A good start however in most cases seems to be simple opening up the SVG in Inkscape and pressing Save as... Plain SVG - that format is functionally identical but far smaller than the default Inkscape format. ɹəəpıɔnı == GLNF within == I have attempted to replace the non-free images removed by BJBot with template GLNF. Unfortunately I can't get this to work within the tag - see Graphic Lab/Image_workshop#Millennium_'73. Do we know of a workaround for this?

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Four things you need to know about new penalty rule after Liverpool Super Cup controversy Controversial handball and armpit hair's breadth offside decisions are divisive enough, but what hope have we got when different governing bodies cannot agree when a 6ft 3in, 12 stone goalkeeper such as Adrian is on his line. Goalkeepers used to have to stand with both feet on the line. But on June 1, the Law was changed to: "The goalkeeper must have one of his/her feet partly on the goal-line (or above it if jumping) when the kick is taken. They cannot stand behind or in front of the line." Depends who is using it. FIFA decided to use the technology to implement a zero-tolerance approach during the Women's World Cup. The penalties were promptly disallowed and the offending goalkeepers booked according to the Laws. This led to an embarrassing partial climb-down when encroachment during a shoot-out only ceased to be a bookable offence because there was a fear that goalkeepers might not make it through all five penalties without getting sent off. The furore was such that the Premier League promptly announced that they would not be using the available technology to judge encroachment but would leave it to the on-field officials to decide. UEFA have conjured the biggest nonsense of all. Their chief refereeing officer Roberto Rosetti said only on Tuesday that VAR would operate on encroachment issues but "only in cases of a blatant and clear violation of the rule." But what marks the start of what is "blatant and clear violation"? Adrian certainly looks a "blatant and clear" way off his line. Instead of inventing this random criteria, why not just use the 4 in white line painted on the pitch between the goalposts? In this instance, yes. When Adrian made his save, music blared, players ran to the corner, Chelsea staff joined them in celebration and UEFA volunteers assembled the presentation platform. How would it be if 90 seconds later the referee tried to get them all back in their places so Abraham could take his kick again. The rule should be toughened up because it is cheating. Athletes can be false-started out of their Olympic dreams by a fraction of a second. No balls in cricket are judged to the millimetres. So goalkeepers can learn to live with it too. The decision, though, needs to be made instantly by the officials on the pitch. Then one day, when technology is in place to give a precise verdict immediately, football should not be afraid to use it. At the moment, though, they are still lacking the tools to get decisions right while still allowing the game to breathe.

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Bye-bye Angela: the most striking pictures of Merkel's 16 years in power Angela Merkel's rule in Germany might be over, but she definitely made her mark on world politics. As Germany's new chancellor, Olaf Scholz, takes office on Wednesday, the world is remembering Merkel's historic contribution. During her 16-year chancellorship, Merkel stood out as an indispensable crisis manager, managing to hold an increasingly fractious European Union together, while raising Germany's profile and influence to unprecedented levels. A scientist who grew up in former East Germany, Merkel rose to prominence in 1991 after chancellor Helmut Kohl appointed her as minister for women and youth. By 2005, she successfully took over the reins at CDU and became the country's first female chancellor. Her tenure saw her having to handle major international crises, from the 2008 global recession to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The four terms in power meant that Merkel worked with four US presidents, five British prime ministers, four French presidents, and eight Italian premiers. Named "The World's Most Powerful Woman" by Forbes magazine for the past 10 years in a row, Merkel was also lauded for being a powerful role model for women, with politics still almost exclusively dominated by male figures. But it's not just her calmness under pressure and ability to defuse the tensest of situations, both at home and abroad, that made her a largely popular international figure. Merkel's "rhombus" hand gesture, or "Merkel-Raute," became so popular it received its own Wikipedia entry, an emoji, and it was eventually immortalised at the Madame Tussauds museum. Although the end of her tenure as chancellor also marks an end to Merkel's 31-year-long career as a politician, many believe that this is not the last the world sees of her.

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Jeffrey Platt (born June 4, 1986) is an American sports commentator and professional poker player mostly known as being a member of the PokerGO break desk, and a sideline reporter for live tournaments such as the World Series of Poker, Poker Masters, and U.S. Poker Open. He is the host of several shows and podcasts for PokerGO and PokerNews, including No Gamble, No Future. == Early life and education == Platt was born in Dallas, Texas, and attended Plano West High School. Platt attended the University of Southern California and graduated with a degree in broadcast journalism. == Career == Platt worked as a sports anchor and reporter at CBS affiliate WJTV in Jackson, Mississippi, after graduation before returning to Dallas, Texas, to work for ESPN covering the Dallas Mavericks. Platt then joined Spectrum News San Antonio covering the San Antonio Spurs before finding his way into poker through his connections with Poker PROductions in 2018 which included working as a PokerNews reporter and hosting the PokerNews Podcast. A partnership between Facebook Watch, Stadium, and PokerGO would see the debut of Friday Night Poker in September 2018 with Platt being joined by Brent Hanks to do play-by-play commentary, while Amanda Leatherman provided updates from the floor. The 13-week season gave fans the unique opportunity to engage in real-time with the hosts while watching the $5/$10 No-Limit Hold’em cash game with an ever-changing mix of players that included Daniel Negreanu, Antonio Esfandiari, Mike Matusow, Jennifer Harman, Bryn Kenney, Frank Kassela, Jennifer Tilly, Chris Moorman, Randall Emmett, Eli Elezra, and Phil Hellmuth. In November 2019, Platt debuted his first show on PokerGO. The Big Blind was a blend of trivia and poker strategy with Platt hosting three contestants who answered poker-related questions but under a unique format that following a limit hold’em betting structure. Guests included Chris Moneymaker, Norm Macdonald, Mike Matusow, Norman Chad, Alex Jacob, Ben Yu, Matt Berkey, Prahlad Friedman, and Scott Vener. The winner of Season 1 was Chad who won $15,000 in prize money. In March 2020, PokerGO announced that Platt would host The Championship Run that would walk the audience through momentous hands that led to the eventual victory of notable players’ marquee wins. The Championship Run covered wins from the World Series of Poker, Super High Roller Bowl, Poker Masters, and U.S. Poker Open. In January 2021, Platt began co-hosting No Gamble, No Future with Brent Hanks. The show airs live on Tuesdays across PokerGO’s YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch channels. Guests so far have included Nick Schulman, Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, and Antonio Esfandiari. In July 2022, No Gamble, No Future was announced as PokerGO's newest show that would provide cash game-focused entertainment. The show would be filmed at the PokerGO Studio with Platt and Hanks hosting. Season 1 is expected to begin airing in August. == Poker career == Platt began playing poker in 2008, and at the 2014 World Series of Poker he would breakout with a 203rd-place finish in the Main Event for $44,728. At the 2015 World Series of Poker, Platt finished 60th in the Main Event for $113,764. Platt won his first career major tournament in a daily deepstack tournament at the 2017 World Series of Poker when he defeated 1,139 entrants to win $35,437. In August 2019, Platt made his Poker After Dark debut during Season 10 on Open Seat week playing $25/$50 No-Limit Hold’em. In October 2019, Platt appeared on Showbound! week where he played in a $5,000 buy-in sit-n-go and finished in seventh-place. In October, 2021, Platt finished in fourth-place in Event #43: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Double Stack at the 2021 World Series of Poker for $160,662. As of July 2022, his live tournament winnings exceed $497,000. == Personal life == Platt currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is a passionate fan of the NBA and an avid Dallas Mavericks fan. == References == Poker commentators Living people 1986 births USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism alumni People from Dallas

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Masked Men in Belarus Detain Another Lukashenko Foe Unidentified Belarusian authorities have detained one of the two remaining free leaders of an opposition council amid continuing protests against longtime President Alexander Lukashenko following a disputed election. Attorney Maxim Znak was taken out of the Coordination Council's office on Wednesday by unknown people wearing ski masks, according to his associate, Gleb German. Znak's detention came as Lukashenko tries to end protests against him. German said Znak managed to text "masks" before his phone was seized. The 2015 Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich speaks to reporters at her apartment in Minsk, Belarus, Sept. 9, 2020. Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in literature, is now the only council executive to remain free in Belarus, even after unidentified people tried to enter her apartment on Wednesday. Several European Union diplomats and journalists arrived at her apartment in Minsk to prevent her detention. Thousands of people have taken part in five weeks of protests following the Aug. 9 election in which Lukashenko was declared the winner. Opposition parties, the United States and the European Union allege the election was rigged. Lukashenko's opponent, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, has since left the country. Exiled Belarus Opposition Leader Pleads for 'Help Now' Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya urged international pressure, including sanctions on Alexander Lukashenko and his government following a disputed election More than 7,000 protesters have been arrested, and widespread evidence of abuse and torture has been reported. At least four people are reported to have died during the demonstrations. During a meeting in Estonia Wednesday, the foreign ministers of the Nordic Baltic nations called on Belarusian authorities to end the crackdown and the prosecution of activists. Alexievich was questioned last month by Belarusian investigators, who have launched a criminal investigation into the Coordination Council members who investigators say are undermining national security by demanding a transfer of power. Several council members have been arrested, and others were forcibly expelled from the country. US Considering Sanctions Against Belarus After 'Unjustified Violence and Repression' Pompeo Says Pompeo says US deeply concerned about "attempted forced expulsion" of opposition activist On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States is deeply concerned about the Belarusian government's attempts to forcibly expel opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova. Pompeo said the United States and other countries are considering bringing sanctions in response to recent events in Belarus. "We commend the courage of Ms. Kolesnikova and of the Belarusian people in peacefully asserting their right to pick their leaders in free and fair elections in the face of unjustified violence and repression by the Belarusian authorities, which included brazen beatings of peaceful marchers in broad daylight and hundreds of detentions (on) September 6, as well as increasing reports of abductions," Pompeo said in a statement. Pompeo said the potential sanctions would be aimed at promoting "accountability for those involved in human rights abuses and repression in Belarus." Kolesnikova was detained Monday, along with opposition movement members Anton Rodnenkov and Ivan Kravtsov. They were driven to the border between Belarus and Ukraine Tuesday where Kolesnikova tore up her passport and was held on the Belarusian side. Rodnenkov and Kravtsov did cross into Ukraine. "She was shouting that she won't go anywhere," Rodnenkov said at a news conference in Kyiv. "Sitting in the car, she saw her passport on a front seat and tore it into many small fragments, crumpled them and threw them out of the window. After that, she opened the back door and walked back to the Belarusian border." A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a statement expressing his concern about "the repeated use of force against peaceful protesters, as well as reported pressures on opposition civil society activists."

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US Army and Navy launch rocket successfully testing hypersonic weapon experiments at Nasa facility The US military has a number of hypersonic weapons programs across the Navy, Army and Air Force but most are still in development phase and highly top secret. However the known programs are all more conventional hypersonic weapons that strike from high altitude, rather than orbital bombardment systems that strike from space which the Chinese were revealed to have developed tis week. The only US hypersonic weapon know to have been successfully tested is the Air Force's GM-183 ARRW which is designed to be launched from a large bomber aircraft. It then accelerates to hypersonic speeds using of up to 15,345mph using a supersonic combustion ramjet to strike targets within 1,000 miles. Donald Trump referred to a'super duper missile' while in office and this is believed to be the AGM-183 ARRW. The Navy's submarine launched Long Range Hypersonic Weapon is expected to be operational by 2023 and will have a range of 1,725 miles. Darpa, the US army's scientific wing, recently announced successful tests of what it called a HAWC missile (Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept) but kept details such as range, speed and payload secret. The missile uses oxygen in the atmosphere as part of its fuel - marking the first successful test of that class of weapon since 2013. The missile, which is built by Raytheon, was released from an aircraft just'seconds' before the scramjet engine from Northrop Grumman kicked on, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said. The engine works by compressing incoming air with hydrocarbon fuel to create a fast airflow mixture, one capable of reaching over 1,700 meters per second, or five times the speed of sound. Earlier this year, a test of a hypersonic missile from the U.S. Air Force was abandoned after it was unable to complete its launch sequence. On March 19 last year, the Pentagon flight-tested a hypersonic glide vehicle at its Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. It deemed the test a success and 'a major milestone towards the department's goal of fielding hypersonic warfighting capabilities in the early- to mid-2020s.' Unlike Russia, the United States says it is not developing hypersonic weapons for use with a nuclear warhead. As a result, a U.S. hypersonic weapon will need to be more accurate, posing additional technical challenges. In 2004, NASA's experimental unmanned hypersonic aircraft X-43 reached 7,366mph (Mach 9.6) using a scramjet engine, setting the current record. In 2019, DailyMail.com reported that the Raytheon and Northrop Grumman-developed missile would use an engine made by a 3D printer. Last year, DARPA said it was working with Aerojet Rocketdyne on a nearly $20 million project to develop a hypersonic rocket that could intercept enemy missiles mid-air. Russia recently launched a hypersonic missile, the Zircon, from a submarine, and since late 2019 has had the hypersonic nuclear-capable Avangard missiles in service. The Avangard can travel at up to Mach 27, changing course and altitude. The range of Russia's hypersonic missile, the Zircon, is 621 miles with a speed of 9,800mph. But the missile flies below the atmosphere and uses fuel to power itself to hypersonic speeds rather than the Earth's orbit. Earlier this month, Russia announced it has successfully test-fired the Zircon from a nuclear submarine for the first time. The 6,670mph weapon hit a target in the Barents Sea according to the Moscow defense ministry, who claims the missile is capable of Mach-9 speeds and able to evade all Western defenses. Russia said it had completed flight tests of the new-age missile from a frigate - the Admiral Gorshkov - and a coastal mount, but it had not previously been launched from a submarine. The Zircon has been identified by Moscow's state-controlled TV as Vladimir Putin's weapon of choice to wipe out coastal American cities in the event of an atomic conflict. He has declared the missile as 'truly unparalleled anywhere in the world', and the Russians have boasted it is 'unstoppable' by Western defenses. Putin first announced the development of an array of new hypersonic weapons in 2018, insisting that they would be able to hit almost any point in the world and evade a US-built missile shield. The Zircon is due to go into service next year, and will first be deployed via the Admiral Golovko frigate which carries significant stealth-technology.

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Who is Strictly 2020 star Caroline Quentin? - The Sun CAROLINE Quentin was one of the first three celebrities to be confirmed as a contestant for Strictly Come Dancing 2020. The actress has enjoyed an incredible career during her time in the spotlight, and spent five weeks on the Strictly dancefloor with professional partner Johannes Radebe. Caroline Quentin is a well-loved English actressCredit: Rex Features Who is Caroline Quentin? Caroline Quentin is a 60-year-old actress, born in Surrey on July 11, 1960. She is probably best known for her role as Dorothy - Gary's outspoken girlfriend - in Men Behaving Badly. Between 2003-2009 she played DCI Janine Lewis in Blue Murder, which helped secure her as a household name. The star is often seen presenting more factual shows, such as The World's Most Extraordinary Homes, Walks With My Dog and The World's Ugliest Pets. Caroline with Alan Davies in Jonathan CreekCredit: BBC When was Caroline Quentin in Jonathan Creek? Caroline played Maddie Magellan in Jonathan Creek between 1997 and 2000. She starred alongside Alan Davies playing an investigative journalist, who uses Jonathan's mind to solve murder mysteries. Caroline was Alan's original co-star and was replaced by Julia Sawalha when she left. Caroline and her husband Sam FarmerCredit: Rex Features double take Strictly fans rage as Maisie lands in dance off AGAIN before Caroline is axed Strictly fans' horror as Caroline Quentin LICKS Johannes during Cha-Cha-Cha Who will win Strictly Come Dancing 2020? Latest odds and predictions bubble bursts Strictly result leaks leaving some fans'ready to kick off over shock exit' The celeb line-up for Strictly 2020 in FULL - from Maisie Smith to Clara Amfo Who is Caroline Quentin's husband Sam Farmer? Caroline Quentin's husband is Sam Farmer - a runner she was met on the set of Men Behaving Badly in 1999. The couple tied the knot in Devon in 2006, after having two children - Emily Rose, born 1999, and William, born 2003. The couple are believed to live on a farm near Tiverton, Devon. Caroline was previously married to comic Paul Merton from 1990 until 1998. Jonathan Creek Christmas special 1

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Liverpool fans face soaring air fares for Champions League final in Kiev As Liverpool celebrate their narrow victory on aggregate over Roma, fans hoping to attend the Champions League final against Real Madrid in Kiev on Saturday 26 May are encountering soaring air fares. From north-west England to the Ukrainian capital on the day before the final, returning the day after, one-stop tickets which do not require a risky "self-connect" between budget flights or a very lengthy journey are now priced above £1,000. Because Real Madrid have already qualified, Spanish fans have been buying up flights with many of the usual connection points, such as Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Prague, Vienna and Istanbul. As seats become scarce, fares spike. Turkish Airlines is quoting £1,411 return from Manchester via Istanbul to Kiev, with both journeys involving an overnight stay at the Turkish airport. From the London area, fares are lower but journeys are also protracted: the online agency Opodo is quoting £893 for an 11-hour outbound journey from Heathrow via Rome on Alitalia, and a nine-hour inbound trip via Istanbul on Turkish Airlines. One fan, Steve Williams, told The Independent: "I have followed my club all over Europe for 30-odd years and I'm fed up with the travel companies raising costs for specific events." After substantial research The Independent has identified what appears to be the optimum strategy for a budget trip. It begins with a road journey from Merseyside to Luton airport and a flight to a neighbouring country: Debrecen in north-east Hungary, where Liverpool played a Champions League match in 2009. Flying out on the Thursday before the match, returning on Sunday, the fare from Luton to Hungary's second city is £159 return on Wizz Air. The outbound flight arrives in Debrecen late at night, but the airport is only two miles from the city centre, with plenty of good-value accommodation. The following morning, a fast, cheap train (80 minutes, about £5) runs to Zahony on the Ukrainian border. Touts outside the station offer transport across the border, but a much more economical option is to make the one-mile walk across town to the border checkpoint. The frontier is defined by the Tisa river, but unusually pedestrians cannot walk across the bridge. Instead, Hungarian border guards advise travellers to hitch-hike, and will sometimes assist in securing lifts. Fans should be able to arrive in the pretty Ukrainian frontier city of Uzhgorod in time for a good lunch and an exploration of this former Austro-Hungarian outpost. The Pavljuk bus for Kiev departs at 6pm, taking 12 hours to reach Kiev, for a fare of around £20. Arrival should be at 6am in the capital on the day of the match. Resting rooms are available in the main railway station, which is also where baggage can be stored. The Olympic Stadium is two miles from the station. Coming back, fans will have about 80 minutes after the final whistle (assuming extra time is not played) to get from the stadium to the station. An overnight sleeper train departs at 10.51am. The excellent new Ukrainian Railways website shows plenty of room in the second-class sleeper section for just £7 one way After a marathon 15-hour journey, the train arrives in Uzhgorod at 2.25pm on Sunday. At the station it is best to negotiate for a taxi across the Hungarian border, with the aim of reaching Zahony in time for the 4.13pm fast train back to Debrecen. Assuming it arrives punctually at 5.51pm then a 10-minute cab ride should deliver fans to the airport in good time for a pint before the flight to Luton. Arrival at the Bedfordshire airport is scheduled for 9pm on Sunday, when the roads should be clear for a three-hour drive to Liverpool. Excluding the journey between Merseyside and Luton Airport, the total transport cost should be around £200. Reuse content

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Palmyre Levasseur (24 December 1888 – 4 August 1963) was a French stage and film actress. ==Selected filmography== Culprit (1937) Tricoche and Cacolet (1938) The Mondesir Heir (1940) The Emigrant (1940) The Stairs Without End (1943) The Captain (1946) A Friend Will Come Tonight (1946) The Murderer is Not Guilty (1946) Goodbye Darling (1946) Love Around the House (1947) After Love (1948) Dark Sunday (1948) The Woman I Murdered (1948) Cage of Girls (1949) Eve and the Serpent (1949) Doctor Laennec (1949) The Heroic Monsieur Boniface (1949) Emile the African (1949) Atoll K (1951) Yours Truly, Blake (1954) Service Entrance (1954) Life Together (1958) ==References== ==Bibliography== Norbert Aping. The Final Film of Laurel and Hardy: A Study of the Chaotic Making and Marketing of Atoll K. McFarland, 2008. ==External links== 1888 births 1963 deaths French film actresses 20th-century French actresses

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Stephan Greeff (born 24 December 1989 in Cape Town) is a South African rugby union player who last played for the in the Pro14. His regular playing position is lock. ==Career== ===Youth and Varsity rugby=== Greeff represented the Eastern Province Country Districts side at the 2007 Under-18 Academy Week competition before moving to Cape Town to join. He played for the side in 2008 and for the side in 2009 and 2010. In 2011, he also made a single appearance for the in the Varsity Cup. ===Western Province=== He made his senior debut for in the 2010 Vodacom Cup competition, coming on as a late substitute in their match against the. He made another three appearances in that competition, as well as one in the 2011 Vodacom Cup and another in a compulsory friendly match against prior to the 2011 Currie Cup Premier Division. ===Lions / Golden Lions=== He joined Johannesburg-based side the in 2012, where he was immediately included in their Super Rugby side, the. He made his Super Rugby debut in the second match of the Lions' 2012 Super Rugby season, starting their match against the. He made one more start (against the ), as well as three substitute appearances. He also made one appearance for the Golden Lions in the 2012 Vodacom Cup, but then suffered a leg fracture, which ruled him out of the remainder of the season. He returned the following season, making one appearance in the 2013 Vodacom Cup and two in the 2013 Currie Cup Premier Division, but fell out of favour and joined the for a loan spell during the 2013 Currie Cup First Division and in 2014. ===Pumas=== He joined Nelspruit-based side the for the 2016 season. ==External links== ==References== Living people 1989 births South African rugby union players Golden Lions players Lions (United Rugby Championship) players Western Province (rugby union) players Leopards (rugby union) players Rugby union players from Cape Town People from the Western Cape Rugby union locks Afrikaner people Southern Kings players Griquas (rugby union) players Pumas (Currie Cup) players Eastern Province Elephants players

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Bulgaria Welcomes US Decision to Participate in Three Seas Initiative with USD 300 Million As a country that will preside over the Three Seas Initiative in 2021, Bulgaria welcomed the decision of the Board of United States International Development Finance Corporation to participate in the Investment Fund with 0 million, the Foreign Ministry reported. Thus, the capital of the Three Seas Fund exceeds EUR 1.2 billion. The decision, made at the suggestion of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, is an important step by which the United States reaffirms its strong support for the Initiative, Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry said. The funds are allocated for the development of cross-border energy infrastructure in Central and Eastern Europe. In September this year, our country committed itself to participate with a contribution of € 20 million for the Investment Fund of Three Seas. Bulgaria has proposed realization of projects, such as the expansion of the underground gas storage facility in Chiren, which is an important element of the strategic energy infrastructure for our country and the region, the rehabilitation of the Ruse-Varna railway line, as well as the construction of a tunnel under the Petrohan Pass and the Black Sea Highway connecting Burgas and Varna. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva has been chosen to be National Coordinator for the Three Seas. An Interagency Coordination Group and secretariat for organizing the Bulgarian Presidency have been established. It also includes representatives of the President's Office. The Three Seas is a political and economic project of 12 EU Member States from Central and Eastern Europe: Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia and the Czech Republic, with its objectives fully in line with the EU's Cohesion Policy. The initiative is based on a strategic partnership with the US and enjoys the support of Germany. The Three Seas aims to promote cooperation between the countries along the North-South axis. Its main focus is on the development of cooperation in the commercial and economic field, deepening integration between the countries of the Baltic, Adriatic and Black Sea regions, as well as greater connectivity in the fields of energy, transport, communications, information technology and business.

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1 Executive Summary 1.1 Market overview Exhibit 01: Executive Summary - Chart on Market Overview Exhibit 02: Executive Summary - Data Table on Market Overview Exhibit 03: Executive Summary - Chart on Global Market Characteristics Exhibit 04: Executive Summary - Chart on Market by Geography Exhibit 05: Executive Summary - Chart on Market Segmentation by Product Exhibit 06: Executive Summary - Chart on Incremental Growth Exhibit 07: Executive Summary - Data Table on Incremental Growth Exhibit 08: Executive Summary - Chart on Vendor Market Positioning 2 Market Landscape 2.1 Market ecosystem Exhibit 09: Parent market Exhibit 10: Market Characteristics 3 Market Sizing 3.1 Market definition Exhibit 11: Offerings of vendors included in the market definition 3.2 Market segment analysis Exhibit 12: Market segments 3.4 Market outlook: Forecast for 2021-2026 Exhibit 13: Chart on Global - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million) Exhibit 14: Data Table on Global - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million) Exhibit 15: Chart on Global Market: Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%) Exhibit 16: Data Table on Global Market: Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%) 4 Five Forces Analysis 4.1 Five forces summary Exhibit 17: Five forces analysis - Comparison between 2021 and 2026 4.2 Bargaining power of buyers Exhibit 18: Chart on Bargaining power of buyers - Impact of key factors 2021 and 2026 4.3 Bargaining power of suppliers Exhibit 19: Bargaining power of suppliers - Impact of key factors in 2021 and 2026 4.4 Threat of new entrants Exhibit 20: Threat of new entrants - Impact of key factors in 2021 and 2026 4.5 Threat of substitutes Exhibit 21: Threat of substitutes - Impact of key factors in 2021 and 2026 4.6 Threat of rivalry Exhibit 22: Threat of rivalry - Impact of key factors in 2021 and 2026 4.7 Market condition Exhibit 23: Chart on Market condition - Five forces 2021 and 2026 5 Market Segmentation by Product 5.1 Market segments Exhibit 24: Chart on Product - Market share 2021-2026 (%) Exhibit 25: Data Table on Product - Market share 2021-2026 (%) 5.2 Comparison by Product Exhibit 26: Chart on Comparison by Product Exhibit 27: Data Table on Comparison by Product 5.3 Missiles - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 Exhibit 28: Chart on Missiles - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million) Exhibit 29: Data Table on Missiles - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million) Exhibit 30: Chart on Missiles - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%) Exhibit 31: Data Table on Missiles - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%) 5.4 Ammunition - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 Exhibit 32: Chart on Ammunition - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million) Exhibit 33: Data Table on Ammunition - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million) Exhibit 34: Chart on Ammunition - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%) Exhibit 35: Data Table on Ammunition - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%) 5.5 Others - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 Exhibit 36: Chart on Others - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million) Exhibit 37: Data Table on Others - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million) Exhibit 38: Chart on Others - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%) Exhibit 39: Data Table on Others - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%) 5.6 Market opportunity by Product Exhibit 40: Market opportunity by Product ($ million) 6 Customer Landscape 6.1 Customer landscape overview Exhibit 41: Analysis of price sensitivity, lifecycle, customer purchase basket, adoption rates, and purchase criteria 7 Geographic Landscape 7.1 Geographic segmentation Exhibit 42: Chart on Market share by geography 2021-2026 (%) Exhibit 43: Data Table on Market share by geography 2021-2026 (%) 7.2 Geographic comparison Exhibit 44: Chart on Geographic comparison Exhibit 45: Data Table on Geographic comparison 7.3 North America - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 Exhibit 46: Chart on North America - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million) Exhibit 47: Data Table on North America - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)

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Elections to Coleraine Borough Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 22 councillors. ==Election results== Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. ==Districts summary== |- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Bann |bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |19.4 |1 |30.9 |2 |2.5 |0 |0.0 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Coleraine Central |bgcolor="40BFF5"|49.9 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |24.2 |1 |14.5 |1 |10.2 |1 |1.2 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Coleraine East |32.6 |2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|37.7 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |0.0 |0 |12.0 |1 |17.7 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|The Skerries |bgcolor="40BFF5"|39.3 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |16.0 |1 |11.0 |0 |14.9 |1 |18.8 |1 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |43.4 |10 |23.2 |5 |16.3 |3 |9.2 |3 |7.9 |1 |22 |- |} ==District results== ===Bann=== 1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1993-1997 Change: No change ===Coleraine Central=== 1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1993-1997 Change: No change ===Coleraine East=== 1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP 1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1993-1997 Change: Alliance gain from UUP ===The Skerries=== 1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 1993-1997 Change: Independent gain from UUP ==References== Coleraine Borough Council elections Coleraine

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US to require negative COVID-19 test from UK travelers ByThe Associated Press December 25, 2020, 6:54 AM • 1 min read Share to FacebookEmail this article ATLANTA -- The United States will require airline passengers from Britain to get a negative COVID-19 test before their flight, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced late Thursday. The U.S. is the latest country to announce new travel restrictions because of a new variant of the coronavirus that is spreading in Britain and elsewhere. Airline passengers from the United Kingdom will need to get negative COVID-19 tests within three days of their trip and provide the results to the airline, the CDC said in a statement. The agency said the order will be signed Friday and go into effect on Monday. Airlines must deny boarding to any passenger that doesn't get a test, the CDC said. The agency said because of travel restrictions in place since March, air travel to the U.S. from the U.K. is already down by 90%. British officials have stressed there's no evidence the new version makes people sicker. Last weekend, Britain's prime minister said the new variant of the coronavirus seemed to spread more easily than earlier ones and was moving rapidly through England. Dozens of countries have since barred flights from the U.K.

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When using exercise as a tool for better sleep, it's worth keeping in mind that vigorous exercise within a couple of hours of going to bed can make sleep harder because it elevates body temperature (our core body temperature needs to drop about 2 to 3 degrees Fahrenheit to fall asleep) and it releases endorphins which give our brains a buzz. "One of the things that is very useful is to get up at the same time each morning and do some exercise and have light." Delwyn Bartlett, University of Sydney "If you do moderate exercise in the late afternoon, early evening it's not a big deal," assures Bartlett, who says that, when it's possible, morning exercise is best for sleep. "One of the things that is very useful is to get up at the same time each morning and do some exercise and have light." Dose and timing of your drinks make the poison We may drink alcohol to wind down and drink coffee to wind up, but when and how much we consume can have a significant impact on our sleep. Some people argue that delaying your morning coffee for 30 to 90 minutes after waking up means it doesn't interfere with your natural cortisol peak and leads to more sustained energy. Bartlett and Junge say the proximity of our last cup of coffee to our bedtime is much more important. This is because caffeine blocks adenosine (the neurotransmitter which makes us sleepier). And although most of our caffeine is absorbed quickly, it has a long half life, meaning adenosine levels can be partially blocked for at least five hours after our last cup. A morning coffee, however, can not only make us feel more alert, it can make us feel better generally. "Coffee increases our sensitivity to light, so that morning light becomes much more rich when you have coffee," Bartlett explains. "If you go out, and it's a sunny day, you feel good, you feel optimistic. There's a physiological reason for that: special cells [that perceive light] project to areas of the brain involved in mood regulation. The reason we say "looking on the bright side of things" is because it has this physiological effect. Coffee helps with that." A couple of coffees a day, or up to five cups of tea, is OK, adds Junge, "but make sure it's at least seven hours before you sleep." As for alcohol, though it makes us feel sleepier, even one or two glasses of wine within an hour before bed can reduce REM sleep time. As our body absorbs alcohol, and it is no longer simulating GABA, a neurotransmitter that has a calming effect, we get a rebound effect as our brains try to rebalance themselves chemically. This can make us restless, anxious even and lead to fragmented sleep. Alcohol is also a diuretic, so sleep can be disrupted simply because we have to get up more to go to the bathroom. "If you have alcohol it's often easier to go to sleep, but tends to disrupt your sleep in the second half of the night and the second half of the night is when we're more likely to have longer dream periods," Bartlett says. Dreaming is when we do a lot of our subconscious problem-solving, emotional regulation and shore up our creativity. As long as we limit alcohol intake to no more than two with dinner and have a three-to-four hour buffer before sleep, Junge says, "there would be no negative effect on your sleep." Loading Sleep take home: We can make a big difference to our sleep by changing what we do during the day. Stress management, breathing exercises, physical activity and considering how much caffeine and alcohol we consume and when are all factors that affect our ability to switch off at night. Make the most of your health, relationships, fitness and nutrition with our Live Well newsletter. Get it in your inbox every Monday.

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A shop owner wrongly accused in the Post Office scandal describes frantic search for cash Sinead Rainey from Moneyglass, County Antrim, was among the many postal workers caught up in a UK-wide scandal caused by faulty software which made it appear that cash was missing from post office branches. The error resulted in hundreds of innocent workers getting criminal convictions and a public inquiry is now hearing from those victims. Giving evidence to the inquiry in Belfast on Wednesday, Ms Rainey said auditors visited her branch and told her there was £63,000 missing from accounts. The auditors gave her one hour to collect as much money as she could, which they said they would then deduct from the suspected discrepancy. Ms Rainey then began a frantic search for cash, borrowing from family members and even taking pennies from her children's money boxes. Read more here.

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__NOTOC__ Year 329 (CCCXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantinus and Constantinus (or, less frequently, year 1082 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 329 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. == Events == === By place === ==== China ==== The Han Zhao dynasty, a Southern Xiongnu state during the Sixteen Kingdoms, ends. === By topic === ==== Religion ==== Roman restrictions on joining the clergy are initiated. == Births == Gregory Nazianzus, Greek Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 390) == Deaths == Han Huang, Chinese general and rebel Liu Xi, Chinese emperor of Han Zhao Liu Yao, Chinese emperor of Han Zhao Liu Yin, Chinese prince of Han Zhao Wen Jiao, Chinese general and governor == References ==

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Kenya: Night of Terror As Police Whip Kenyans On Day 1 of State Curfew Nairobi - It all started with cries of women and children choking from teargas lobbed on them by police officers a few meters from Likoni ferry where they were queuing to cross over to the mainland. That was 5 pm, 2 hours to the dusk to dawn curfew that was declared by President Uhuru Kenyatta, and gazetted by Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi. Worried that they may be locked on the island, hundreds tried to force their way past the queue to board the ferry, only to be met by an overzealous contingent of police officers who whipped them. They also lobbed teargas before ordering them to lie on the ground, where many of them were whipped. Journalists were not spared either. In a video that went viral on social media, a police officer is seen kicking an NTV cameraman and other helpless women. While social distancing is one of the Government's directive as recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), what was meted on the citizens in most parts of the country on Friday night is the total opposite of it. "It is despicable to watch the video clips of uniformed law enforcement officers, who are deemed to be custodians of law and order, incessantly bludgeoning innocent and unarmed Kenyans, especially in Mombasa, at the entrance of the Kenya Ferry Services and other parts of the country. Indeed, the enforcement of the Covid-19 pandemic curfew directives should not be a ticket to unleash terror," Kenya National Commission on Human Rights Chief Executive Officer Bernard Mogesa said in a statement. So chaotic was the situation in Mombasa that Coast Police chief Rashid Yaqub had to extend the curfew to 8.30 pm due to the slow services at the Likoni Ferry channel. A video has also emerged of a truck driver who was whipped as he tried to explain to police officers that he was driving to the nearest fuel station to park and sleep in the vehicle. In the capital Nairobi, it turned out to be a black Friday for stranded pedestrians who were found at bus terminus or walking home. Panic gripped city residents who started leaving their workplaces by 5 pm. There was heavy traffic on city exits, with some motorists opting to use the wrong side of the road just to get home early. This followed a warning by Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai that people should be home by 7pm, apart of those categorised on essential sectors like security, health among others. Sign up for free AllAfrica Newsletters Get the latest in African news delivered straight to your inbox Success! Almost finished... We need to confirm your email address. To complete the process, please follow the instructions in the email we just sent you. Error! There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later. It was all chaotic. There were long queues at the bus terminus, with only few matatus available. But there was another challenge, matatus can only carry few passengers due to social distancing directive and by 7 pm, many more were still waiting for matatus, before they opted to walk home only to meet the wrath of police officers. On Tom Mboya Street, teargas was lobbed on passengers waiting for vehicles. "The gusto, attitude, and zeal in which the law enforcement officers were seen harassing and beating innocent members of the public; that included vulnerable persons like women, defeated the solemnity in which they need to handle the mitigating measures of spreading COVID 19. Equally critical actors such as journalists and other essential service providers like drivers of food supplies were not spared in this sheer brutality," the KNHCR statement said in condemning the incidents. Motorists were not spared either, as some were whipped as they tried to explain why they were late to get home. On Jogoo Road, Mombasa Road, Waiyaki Way, Thika Road and in the informal settlements, the situation was the same-of people whipped whenever they were found outside. But there was the brighter side of it. In Kapsabet, a police officer was seen calming residents who had arrived late. As opposed to what was witnessed in Nairobi and Mombasa, a senior police officer was seen explaining to passengers why they should obey the curfew before they were allowed to go home. The officer even offered them sanitiser to clean their hands.

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The goat is Chistiano Ronaldo. He has 801 goals. The second goat is Messi with 769 next goat in line is Mbappe he is the fastest player and has already won the Fifa world cup best player of all time is has won the world cup 3 times.

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Ashley Cain believes Azaylia had 'peaceful transition to other side' Ashley spoke about the unforgettable moment his young daughter died in his arms (Picture: Channel 4/Instagram) Ashley Cain believes his daughter Azaylia had a "peaceful transition" when she died last year. The former footballer and his then-partner Safiyya Vorajee welcomed their daughter in 2020, but Azaylia was diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia just weeks later. Azaylia died in April 2021 at just eight months old, devastating her parents who split earlier this year. Ashley and Safiyya have continued to raise funds for leukaemia treatment in honour of Azaylia, continuing to speak openly about their experiences to offer support to other families. Appearing on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, a tearful 32-year-old Ashley recalled the moment his daughter died, saying it was something he will "never forget." "I couldn't have been a happier, prouder father. Then, all of a sudden, things changed. When they told us there was nothing more they could do, it completely broke me," he said. The reality TV star became emotional as he talked about his daughter's life (Picture: Channel 4) Ashley is using the pain of Azalyia's death to spur him on through gruelling challenges (Picture: PA) "All I wanted to know at that point was if she goes, she'll go in my arms and she'll go peacefully. "And at eight months old, she passed away in mine and my partner's arms, and I believe she had a peaceful transition to the other side." Ashley went on to praise his daughter, recalling how "incredible" she was, even while she was ill. "She was incredible. She showed strength, she showed courage, she showed everything it takes for a person to get on in this world," he shared. The couple are no longer together romantically, but they remain "strong" friends (Picture: Instagram) "She passed away in my arms and that was a moment I'll never forget. One thing I will remember is, every single day while my daughter was fighting this disease, she smiled every day. She fought every day, and she made the most of every single day and that's a lesson I'll take through my life." The star added that Azaylia continues to spur him on: "She didn't have the chance at life that I have, and I definitely don't wanna waste mine. "I wanna make her proud, I wanna show people that, no matter what you go through in life, you can overcome anything." More: Trending Following Azaylia's death, Ashley and Safiyya started a foundation in her memory to support other children and their families going through cancer treatment. Although they are no longer together romantically, the pair believe their relationship is "stronger" as a friendship. Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins airs Sunday on Channel 4. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page - we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Jonathan Broom-Edwards forced to quit SAS: Who Dares Wins after Calum Best broke two of his ribs MORE: Jennifer Ellison "devastated" for Pete Wicks after brutal fight on SAS: Who Dares Wins: "It didn't feel normal"

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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 delete. — Coffee // have a cup // beans // ===Einstein (novel)=== – (View AfDView log Stats) () Couldn't establish NOTABILITY. It may be worth a redirect to author. Boleyn (talk) Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Lankiveil (speak to me) Delete or redirect to Miles Gibson per nom. Tal Brenev (talk) Deletre Not even worth a redirect, since Worldcat shows it isn essentially no libraries. 'DGG (at NYPL)' (talk) The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

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In Search of a Midnight Kiss is a 2007 American independent romantic comedy film written and directed by Alex Holdridge. It was listed on the National Board of Review's Top 10 Independent Films of 2008, won the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award in 2009 as well as having earned awards at festivals around the world. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2007 and since has played at festivals around the world from Mill Valley, Chicago and Los Angeles in the U.S. to Raindance (London), Edinburgh, Sarajevo, Istanbul, Bangkok, Kraków, Thessaloniki and Melbourne outside the States. It has been released in theaters in the UK (Vertigo Films), the U.S. (IFC Films), Spain (Sherlock), Poland (Vivarto) and Greece (Seven Films). It was released in Australia on February 14, 2009. ==Plot== Wilson (Scoot McNairy), a 29-year-old man who has just endured the most miserable year of his life, newly arrived in the City of Angels, is alone and penniless as New Year's Eve approaches. He vows to lock his doors, pull his blinds, and climb into bed – until best friend Jacob (Brian McGuire) talks him into posting a Craigslist personal ad. In seemingly no time at all Vivian (Sara Simmonds) responds, determined to be with the "right" man at the stroke of midnight. ==Critical reception== As of October 11, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 85% of critics rated the film positively based on 48 reviews, with the consensus that "Funny, quirky, and bittersweet, In Search of a Midnight Kiss is a romantic comedy with a heart and a brain The film appeared on some critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2008. Kimberly Jones of The Austin Chronicle named it the 9th best film of 2008, and Stephen Farber of The Hollywood Reporter named it the 10th best film of 2008. ==Awards and nominations== Winner, 2009 Independent Spirit Award: John Cassavetes Award. National Board of Review - Top 10 Independent Film 2008 Winner Florida Film Festival, 2008 Winner Best Editing Woodstock Film Festival, 2007 Winner Best Feature Film - Florida Film Festival 2007 Winner, Best of Fest Edinburgh Film Festival 2007 Winner, Nobel Bank Critic's Award Best Feature - Kraków's OFF Camera Film Festival 2008 ==References== ==External links== Time Out Review The Times Review The Scotsman Review Review at View London Observer Rave Review The Times - "How In Search of a Midnight Kiss" became a love letter to L.A. The Scotsman - A Fond Kiss - Interview with Alex Holdridge 2007 films 2007 independent films 2007 romantic comedy films American black-and-white films American independent films American romantic comedy films Films directed by Alex Holdridge Films set in Los Angeles Films set around New Year Vertigo Films films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films John Cassavetes Award winners

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Sergio Pérez wins dramatic Monaco Grand Prix after heavy rain causes long delay The Mexican driver started the race third but leapfrogged the leaders during an action-packed race. While Pérez won the sport's showpiece for the first time, his teammate Max Verstappen finished third with Ferrari's Carlos Sainz in second. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc had started on pole but finished his home race down in fourth after his team's pit stop strategy allowed Red Bull to overtake the Monegasque driver. It means Verstappen extends his lead over Leclerc at the top of the driver's championship. Ferrari blunder There was drama even before the race got underway, with a long rain delay pushing the start back by over an hour. Leclerc finally led the field away and controlled the early stages of the damp race. But it wasn't to be for the Ferrari driver. Leclerc found himself behind Pérez after stopping to switch to intermediate tires and then fell behind Verstappen and Sainz after a botched pit stop saw him drop to fourth. Ferrari had tried to change its mind and told LeClerc to stay out instead, but it was too late with the driver already in the pit lane. The safety car was back out after Mick Schumacher crashed heavily -- the driver was unharmed -- but the top positions remained unchanged on a track that is notoriously hard to overtake on. 'Dream come true' Despite Leclerc's disappointment -- and anger at times -- an emotional Pérez was worthy of the win and celebrated in style as Red Bull left Monaco the happiest team. "It's a dream come true," Pérez said. "After your home race it's the most special race to win." After a two-week break, the season returns for a race in Baku, Azerbaijan, before drivers head to Montreal, Canada.

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In ictu oculi (talk) ::Yes, just like rain in Scotland, rain in Guinea, rain in Queensland, rain in South Sudan, rain in Benin, rain in Guyana, rain in Qatar, etc.... Dohn joe (talk) :::Exactly, some users would be SURPRISED to be sent to rap albums in those cases too. Those should all redirect to rainfall section of articles. In ictu oculi (talk) Support. No evidence that the album is primary usage of the term "rain in England". DrKiernan (talk) Support per DrKiernan. It doesn't matter if there's no actual article at that title, if it's a plausible redirect to UK weather articles, and the album is not shown to be primary topic, then it should be a disambiguation page.  — Amakuru (talk) I would say that a redirect that has not been created in 14 years for any country on Earth is not very plausible.... Dohn joe (talk) Support move to Rain in England (album), but I think a two-way DAB would be the best thing for Rain in England undisambiguated, rather than a redirect and hatnote. Andrewa (talk) Andrewa: Can you explain why you think it is a good idea to send people looking for the only article on a phrase to a dab page? There have been zero redirects (let alone articles) created at Rain in XX in the history of WP. Whereas we know that people are actually interested in this topic.... Dohn joe (talk) I think it's a good idea simply because I think that most of the people looking for this phrase won't want this article. That seems obvious to me, but I could be wrong, and/or there may be better ways of handling this than my suggestion. Andrewa (talk) :I think that sounds ok in theory, but if there were any demand for Rain in XX redirects - i.e., if any appreciable number of readers had been searching for "rain in XX" articles, wouldn't at least one of those been redirects been created by now? (Of course, before In ictu created the ones above during this discussion.) Dohn joe (talk) :::Dohn joe, a reader searching "rain in Scotland" does not create a redirect, so the non-existence of a redirect is not evidence that no reader has ever searched for "rain in Scotland" :::Secondly the RECOGNIZABILITY guideline indicates that we make search results recognizable from title - in your RM contributions you seem never to address this issue. For example produces "rain in England" in the search results. On a PC Google gives you a preview of a chunk of the article, but a mobile in searchbox doesn't do this. This is an (album) most of our album articles have (album), the (album) inconveniences no one. ::::The point is that WP editors create plausible redirects all the time. If there were any demand - from readers or editors - then someone - anyone - would have created a single rain in XX in the fourteen years of Wikipedia. The fact that not a single rain in XX article or redirect had ever been created for any country on the planet is pretty good evidence that readers - and editors - are not using that phrase to look for or link to climate in XX or rainfall totals in XX or similar. Whereas people are looking for Rain in England to find something called "Rain in England". If we send them to a dab page, that's an inconvenience which you never seem to acknowledge in your RMs and unilateral page moves. In any event, I was more interested in Andrewa's response. Dohn joe (talk) :::::That is a weak, erroneous argument - because something does not exist it does not mean it should not exist and it has never meant it is not a good idea. ::::::Agree. Well, I could quibble as to whether an argument can be both weak and erroneous at the same time, if it's invalid (and I think it is) then that's that, but the point is well made for all reasonable purposes, in my opinion. Andrewa (talk) Oppose. We don't have another article that would be the reasonable place to direct the title "Rain in England" to, or evidence that readers are coming here looking for something else. The hat notes to the meteorology articles already serve any confused readers. The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it.

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PM Pashinyan participates in the European Political Community Summit in Prague YEREVAN, OCTOBER 6, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan participated in the European Political Community Summit in Prague. The event was attended by leaders of more than four dozen states: EU member states as well as EU partner countries, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Office of the Prime Minister. The summit was held in the Old Castle of Prague. The leaders of the participating countries were welcomed by the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Petr Fiala. After the plenary session, a joint photo-taking ceremony of the participants of the summit took place. Within the framework of the event, Prime Minister Pashinyan also participated in the round-table discussion on the topic of security. A 4-sided meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, French President Emmanuel Macron, European Council President Charles Michel and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will take place in Prague today. On the same day, a meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled.

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China unveiled proposed antitrust regulations for tech firms. The guidelines would ban activities that regulators think will stifle competition and harm internet users. The list includes controlling user traffic, blocking competitors" products and discriminatory pricing. The shares of Alibaba, Tencent and JD.com, three Chinese tech giants, all tumbled. Alibaba's shares in Hong Kong are at their lowest price since they were listed there in 2019. Meanwhile, the release of disappointing economic data from China raised concerns about the country's slowing recovery. Figures for factory output, retail sales and investment activity were all below analysts" expectations. Economists said that renewed travel restrictions, floods and typhoons were to blame for the bad news. What's in store In America the giants of the retail sector reported solid results. Walmart's quarterly revenue for the three months ending in July reached $141bn, a 2.4% increase from the previous year. Sales and foot traffic also rose at Target, a rival. However, there are signs that the shopping spree may be coming to an end. The Commerce Department said that its measure of national retail sales dropped by 1.1% in July, compared with a month earlier. Spending fell across many categories, with notable declines in the sales of clothing, furniture and cars. The inflation rate in Britain dropped to 2% in June, compared with 2.5% the month before. But inflation is expected to climb in the second half of the year, on the back of rising energy costs and global production bottlenecks. The same factors pushed up consumer-price inflation in the European Union. The inflation rate there was 2.5% in July, up from 2.2% a month earlier. Japan's economy grew at an annualised rate of 1.3% in the second quarter. The expansion beat market forecasts and was the result of strong consumer spending and investment. Even so, the rebound is slower than that of other big economies such as America. That is partly because only 41% of Japan's population has been fully vaccinated. Analysts expect Japan's growth to be modest for the rest of this year. BHP, the world's biggest miner, announced plans to leave the London Stock Exchange and list only in Sydney. Ken MacKenzie, the chairman, said the move will make BHP's corporate structure "simpler and more efficient." The firm is the second-biggest listed in London by market capitalisation. It also announced that it will merge its oil and gas division with Woodside Petroleum, an Australian firm. Glencore, another big miner, acquired a stake in Britishvolt, a startup with plans to build Britain's first gigafactory to make batteries for electric cars. As part of the deal, Glencore will supply the factory with cobalt, which is used in the batteries. The firm is one of the world's largest producers of the metal. In America road-safety regulators opened an investigation into Tesla. Since 2018, 17 people have been injured and one killed in crashes involving the carmaker's partially automated driving systems. The investigation will cover 765,000 cars made by Tesla since 2014. The probe is primarily concerned with an apparent inability of Tesla's autopilot to cope with emergency vehicles stopped in the road while attending other accidents. Nvidia, a big American chipmaker, reported strong results, thanks to surging demand for online services and gaming. Revenues rose to $6.5bn in the second quarter, 68% higher than a year earlier. Net income almost quadrupled to $2.4bn over the same period. The growth was propelled mainly by its data-centre and gaming businesses. T-Mobile, an American wireless carrier, said that hackers stole customers" data from its computer network. The theft affects over 40m current and potential customers. The stolen information includes social-security numbers and driving-licence details. Wan Long, the chairman of WH Group, the world's biggest pork producer, has been accused of financial misconduct by his son, Wan Hongjian. The younger Mr Wan previously held a senior position at the firm. In an article published on Weibo, a Chinese social-media site, he claimed that his father has committed fraud, evaded tax and mismanaged company funds. WH Group says the claims are "untrue and misleading." But investors were spooked. The firm's share price dropped by 11% on the news. Space case Blue Origin, a space firm owned by Jeff Bezos, sued the American government over NASA's decision to award a $2.9bn contract to build a lunar lander to SpaceX, a rival owned by Elon Musk. Mr Bezos thinks the deal should have been divided up between companies rather than being given to a single firm. This article appeared in the The world this week section of the print edition under the headline "Business this week"

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As Peck's choreography grows in sweep and scale, Huxley picks up speed, moving with a silken, understated passion as small, singing jumps lead to a fast, fervent pirouette in which his arms unwind around him. But it quiets down again; the bones of the solo, like Huxley, are more subtle than that. In the final moment, he spins onto the floor, one knee crossed over the other, and bows his head. With the "Divertimento" finale, the film turns into color and the curtain is raised on the dance. It's like old times! Wide shots are interspersed with closer angles - many delightful - that show new ways of framing the ballet. But I realized what I miss most is watching a group - and this group in particular, moving with such generosity and spirit. These dancers are so alive, so connected, yet so individual. Coppola captures their essence. New York City Ballet Spring Gala Through May 20; nycballet.com.

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Trendy vicars show off their stylish clerical clothes Women of the VERY stylish cloth! Vicar and her daughter give clerical-wear a makeover - including lace, satin and sequins - after getting fed up of being offered 'dreary' robes Humble dog collar is enjoying a makeover, with clerical attire increasingly chic Rev Sandra Sykes, 69, started Collared Clergywear with her daughter Sarah after becoming frustrated that clothes for female clergy were an afterthought They now have fans all over the world, including Radio 2 star Rev Kate Bottley Styles include lace, sequins and bold patterns and even a maternity range - with lines including Angel and Bless your heart By Jo Tweedy For Mailonline A vicar who grew bored of wearing 'dreary' black robes has revealed how she decided to give clerical clothes for women a makeover - and now offers fashionable attire that includes sequins, lace and satin. Rev Sandra Sykes, 69, who started the brand Collared Clergywear in 2015 with her daughter Sarah, 48, from their homes in Chelmsford, Essex, has seen the small company thrive, with orders coming in from as far away as the US. Radio 2 star Rev Kate Bottley is a fan of the mother-daughter duo's designs and regularly shares photos of herself wearing the brand. Scroll down for video Rev Sykes, who was ordained at the age of 62, says she grew 'angry' at the 'dreary' clothes on offer to women of the cloth and decided to take positive action. She told FEMAIL: 'When I was ordained I was dismayed, even angry, at the dreary clothes on offer. It was mostly badly adapted from menswear - as if women were an afterthought not partners with male clergy. So we set about to shake things up a bit.' The company had its first day of sales in 2016, exhibiting at the Christian Resources Exhibition at London's Excel, and Rev Sykes says she hasn't looked back since. She explains: 'Collared was born and clergywomen were delighted. Times have changed and we understand what it's like being a clergy woman today. Each woman's ministry is as diverse and unique as she is. Rev Sykes says the clothes 'break the stuffy stereotypical image of clergy' and understand that female clergy are 'a priest yet still a woman'. She adds: 'We love to design clothes women can't wait to put on; clothes that allow them to express who they are with style, choice, practicality yet with a bit of added zing.' The brand offers everything from its Essential Range to lines called Angel and Bless your heart, with maternity clothes and a bespoke service also available. A sequinned robe dress called Kate currently costs £125, while a fitted tunic dress from the essentials range retails at £71. Share or comment on this article:

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Noel Gallagher brands Scotland 'third world' in feud with Lewis Capaldi By Chris Robertson, news reporter Noel Gallagher has intensified his feud with Lewis Capaldi by saying Scotland "is like a third world country." The former Oasis star, whose wife Sara MacDonald is from Edinburgh, also compared the Scottish singer to Star Wars character Chewbacca, telling him to "enjoy his 15 minutes" of fame. The spat began in an interview with Radio X, when Gallagher told the station he did not know who Capaldi was. In response, Capaldi played the clip before his Glastonbury show, unzipping a Gallagher-esque jacket to reveal a top adorned with the Oasis guitarist's face inside a love heart. He also took a backstage photo with Noel's brother and former bandmate, Liam, in an apparent jibe to High Flying Birds frontman. Referencing the stunt in an interview with Variety, Noel Gallagher said: "F****** Chewbacca should enjoy his 15 minutes. "The greatest day of his life that I slagged him off or called him an idiot. "It's the greatest day of his f****** life so far. He's just thinking 'wow'. "Well, I know you're Scottish and all that but f****** hell. It is like a third world country but for f***'s sake, man, you must have had a better day than this. Surely." Not one to shy away from poking fun at himself online, Capaldi reacted to the insults by changing his Twitter name to "Chewis Capaldi." He also changed his profile picture to an image of his face edited onto Chewbacca's head. Capaldi is riding high in UK charts after his first album Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent became the biggest selling British album of the last five years. He announced and subsequently sold out his arena tour before the album was even released - the first artist in the world to do so.

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The Lucerne School of Computer Science and Information Technology (Hochschule Luzern – Informatik) is a professional school for information technology (IT) in Switzerland. Often called just School of Information Technology, it is a division of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. The campus is in Rotkreuz in Kanton Zug. == History == The Lucerne School of Computer Science and Information Technology was formed in 2016 as a separate department of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. The department was merged from the IT department of the School of Engineering and Architecture and the institute of business informatic of the Business School and Management. The campus is Rotkreuz in Kanton Zug. A new building there, used jointly with the Institute of Financial Services, was opened in 2019. All study programs are offered at one location. == Study programs == Research at the School of Information Technology includes studies of constraint satisfaction and discrete optimisation, digital image processing, machine learning, mobile computing, and natural language processing. The school offers bachelor's degrees and master's degrees. The six bachelor study programs are: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Digital Ideation Computer Science Information and Cyber Security International IT Management Business Information Technology. The study program for cyber security was installed in 2018, as the first such course at a university of applied sciences in Switzerland. Guy Parmelin who was then Bundesrat responsible for defence and security, and is now president of Switzerland, inaugurated the program that he had promoted. The master's study courses are: Master of Science in Engineering Master of Science in Business Information Technology Master Digital Ideation A joint master's degree is offered in the field of Specialized Media. == Impact == In international collaboration, the school works with universities such as Purdue University. It is a partner in international conferences, such as the Swisstext 2016, a conference for text analytics. The school and the division of innovation and technology launched a project in 2017 aiming at a connection and collaboration between small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) and start-ups. In 2018, scientists from the Lucerne School of Information Technology participated in an international research network project to advise politicians of the European Union (EU) regarding blockchain technology. The school is sponsored by large companies in the region such as Siemens Building Technologies and Roche Diagnostics, and smaller companies. The companies expect qualified personnel and a collaboration in education and research. == References == == External links == Lucerne School of Information Technology Porträt Hochschule Luzern – Informatik (in German) SUUR / Neubau Hochschule Luzern – Campus Zug – Informatik u. Wirtschaft, Zug (in German) Eröffnung Studiengang BSc Information & Cyber Security 2018 (in German) Universities in Switzerland Education in Lucerne

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There is a wider point here: "I feel like we've learnt how to be mums in lockdown and now we're going to have to learn how to be mums in this expanded world where you're actually allowed out your house for something more than a walk," she says. "All those things most parents do immediately, we're going to be doing for the first time with one-year-olds." At least today, the little ones appear to have been unfazed by the big outing. They sit doing exactly what babies do: ignoring their toys and trying to get into everything they shouldn't. Joey Barsby, Pavan Marwaha, Morgan Gamble and Sam Barsby (The Independent) The city, of course, is not out of the woods just yet. Caution remains key here. Current infection rates are still more than twice the national average, at 114.6 cases per 100,000 people, while vaccine uptake is less than 70 per cent in some areas. So low is that figure, indeed, that officials are currently debating a plan of going door-to-door offering the jab. Yet, all the same, there is a sense of a corner being turned. "People are definitely nervous because of what happened here last year," says Morgan Gamble, an 18-year-old IT student. "They're pessimistic but they're optimistic." A pause. "Is that possible?" He's one of four students having a kick about today. Are they nervous? "A bit, yeah," nods Pavan Marwaha, also 18. "I want to be optimistic but I don't see how cases can't rise again once you get back to normal. This isn't going to be the end, is it?" Probably not, agrees mate Sam Barsby. But this feels different to last summer, he reckons. "Everyone knew when they were rushing to get things open, it was all going to kick off again," he says. "It seems a it more planned this time." There is about 60 years difference between these lads and the group back at the picnic table. But as Barsby runs for a long ball, he comes out with a phrase that echoes their sentiment too. "Im 18," he says. "I don't want to miss out on another summer."

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Fat Rice, an Acclaimed Chicago Restaurant, Shifts to Meal Kits Abe Conlon and Adrienne Lo aren't waiting any longer - not for a government directive, a bank loan or a guardian angel. They're closing Fat Rice, their award-winning restaurant in Chicago, and opening a new business in its place. "The restaurant for the foreseeable future is dead," said Mr. Conlon, Fat Rice's chef and an owner, along with Ms. Lo. "We need to face the reality that we can't exist in the future as it looks now. People are not going to feel comfortable being in close quarters or being in a cramped dining room." The new business, Super Fat Rice Mart, will offer meal kits - the kind of alternative strategy, from takeout to delivery to selling grocery items and farm-fresh produce, that restaurants across the country have adopted to get them through the coronavirus shutdowns. But there's a difference: Super Fat Rice Mart, which starts tomorrow, is not a stopgap measure. Ms. Lo said they would not reopen Fat Rice even after stay-at-home orders are lifted in Illinois. "We feel like we need to adapt to what's happening," she said. "That doesn't mean we're never going to have regular dine-in customers again. But we feel like that's not going to be for at least a year, and probably longer." The announcement comes as the restaurant industry is crippled by uncertainly, even as states have started to allow restaurants to reopen. Mr. Conlon and Ms. Lo opened Fat Rice in 2012 with a menu that celebrates the food of Macau, a former Portuguese colony in China. A cocktail lounge and bakery were later added to the small space in Logan Square. In 2018, Mr. Conlon won a James Beard Award for Best Chef in the Great Lakes region, and Chicago magazine declared that "Fat Rice may be the most universally beloved restaurant in Chicago." After the Illinois governor issued stay-at-home orders in March, the owners laid off their roughly 70 employees, and packaged up ingredients for them and other jobless restaurant workers. (Those orders have been extended until the end of May.) "Fat Rice was a Chicago restaurant from 2012-2020," reads an announcement that will appear on the restaurant's website on Wednesday. "We remain committed to providing our friends and fans with extraordinary food and beverage experiences. But it won't be in the form of a typical sit-down restaurant." Super Fat Rice Mart will sell meal kits filled with ingredients, along with recipes, to make popular Fat Rice dishes at home. The first kits will cost $100 and be available for pickup outside. "It's basically two days of food for two people with leftovers and snacks," Mr. Conlon said. "At Fat Rice, we brought home-cooked food into a restaurant. It feels natural to just bring it back." Customers who buy the kits from the website will also be able to order signature dishes that require less assembly, like chile prawns and pork dumplings. The kits will change frequently and feature items imported for the restaurant, along with seasonal ingredients from nearby farms. "The idea is to be able to continue working with the same farmers we normally do," Ms. Lo said. "We're part of this food system, and if we don't continue in some way, we're not going to have turnips next year." The partners estimate the new business will require eight employees once it's up and running. They hope to slowly grow, adding more ready-to-heat dishes and, once they feel it's safe for customers to come inside, converting the restaurant into a small grocery. "We asked ourselves, "What does the restaurant look like moving forward?" " Mr. Conlon said. "The vision is more like a corner store."

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Exposure to influential bacteria begins before we are born, new evidence confirms -- ScienceDaily Australian researchers have laid to rest a longstanding controversy: is the womb sterile? They carefully collected amniotic fluid samples from 50 healthy women undergoing planned caesarean deliveries, and found that nearly all (36/43 viable samples) contained bacterial DNA. What's more, all 50 newborns had bacteria in their first poop. Published in Frontiers in Microbiology, the study used uniquely rigorous contamination controls to confirm that exposure to bacteria begins in the womb -- and could help to shape the developing fetal immune system, gut and brain. The not-so-sterile womb "Over the last decade, numerous studies have detected bacterial DNA in amniotic fluid and first-pass meconium [baby's first poop], challenging the long-held assumption that the womb is sterile," explains lead author Lisa Stinson, of the University of Western Australia. "However, some argue that the results are false positives -- contaminants in the reagents used in DNA analysis." It is important to conclusively determine whether the healthy womb harbors bacteria, say the researchers, because this 'fetal microbiome' would likely have a significant impact on the developing immune system, gut, and brain. The fetal microbiome To settle the issue, Stinson and colleagues took strict measures to eliminate bacterial contamination when analyzing amniotic fluid and meconium samples. For example, they purified the reagents used to amplify traces of bacterial DNA in the samples, by adding an enzyme which digests DNA remnants from biomanufacturing. "Despite these measures, we still found bacterial DNA in almost all samples," reports Stinson. "Interestingly, the meconium microbiome varied hugely between individual newborns. The amniotic fluid microbiome for the most part contained typical skin bacteria, such as Propionibacterium acnes and Staphylococcus species." A developmental role But what might these bacteria be doing in the womb? None of these women or their babies had any sign of infection. In fact, the fetal microbiome may prove to be a beneficial regulator of early development. "We found that levels of important immune modulators in meconium and inflammatory mediators in amniotic fluid varied according to the amount and species of bacterial DNA present. This suggests that the fetal microbiome has the potential to influence the developing fetal immune system." There is one small caveat -- technically, the DNA in these samples could have come from bacteria that were already dead in the womb. "Here we've proven that bacterial DNA is present in the womb, but the next step will be to show whether these are alive and constitute a true microbiome," concludes Stinson. Story Source: Materials provided by Frontiers. Note: Content may be edited for style and length.

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The Crosslé Car Company Ltd. is a racing car manufacturer based in Holywood, Northern Ireland. Crosslé was founded in 1957 by John Crosslé. Crosslé is the oldest surviving specialist racing car manufacturer in the United Kingdom. Crosslé is known for its Formula Ford designs, particularly for the FF1600 class, and during the 1970s drivers of Crosslé cars won numerous championships. The company has produced cars for other national and international formulae, including Formula 5000, Formula Two and Formula Junior. It has also produced well-regarded cars for various classes in sports car racing. Many drivers who have since gone on to become household names drove Crosslé cars while in the early stages of their career. Among these are former Formula One drivers Nigel Mansell, John Watson, Eddie Irvine and Martin Donnelly. Former Jordan Grand Prix team owner Eddie Jordan also began his racing career in a Crosslé. John Crosslé sold the company to Crosslé racer Arnie Black in 1997, who in turn sold it to former oil industry executive Paul McMorran in late 2012. Dr John Crosslé MBE died on 31 August 2014, aged 82. ==See also== Anson Cars Lola Cars Reynard Motorsport Swift Engineering Van Diemen ==References== ==External links== Crosslé Car Company official website. British racecar constructors Car manufacturers of the United Kingdom Cars of Northern Ireland Companies of Northern Ireland Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1957 Brands of Northern Ireland British companies established in 1957 1957 establishments in Northern Ireland Manufacturing companies of Northern Ireland

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===Late kickflip=== A late flip is a kickflip executed in a secondary motion, using your front or back foot, after or at the peak of an ollie—this is different from the one fluid motion that is involved with the execution of an ollie. Professional skateboarder Mike Mo Capaldi used a late flip variation in his heat against Shane O'Neill in the "Battle at the Berrics V" competition. ===Ollie impossible=== An "ollie impossible" involves the vertical 360-degree rotation of the board around the skater's back or front foot—the board rolls around the foot similar to the spinning of a baton around one's hand. A proficient ollie impossible is executed when the rotation of the board is as vertical as possible, whereby the board wraps around the foot. When the trick is executed with the front foot, the trick is named a "front-foot impossible". In a "trick tip" video presented by professional skateboarder Lee Yankou, the trick is described as a "scooping motion", rather than a trick that is launched with the execution of an ollie. The trick was invented by Mullen in 1982, who shared the idea of this trick with some of his older friends who believed the board rotation of the trick to be "impossible", hence the name. In the 21st century, professional skateboarder Dylan Rieder accomplishes the trick over a New York (U.S.) park bench in a video segment for the Gravis footwear company. Professional skateboarder David Gonzales performed the trick for the "Trickipedia" section of The Berrics website. ===Ollie Imposter/Mo flip/Manhatan flip=== This flip trick variation involves the execution of a back-foot ollie impossible (the board wrapping 360 degrees around your back foot), followed by a flipping of the board, also with the back foot, as part of the same motion. The trick is also called the "Mo flip" because it was popularized by professional skateboarder Mike Mo Capaldi. The original name is “Manhatan flip” by MajadaCLN, a no professional skateboarder ===Front-foot impossible bigger spin/Merlin twist=== Professional skateboarder Chris Haslam was filmed performing this trick in slow motion and the footage was published on the Internet-based RIDE Channel. Haslam performs the trick while adopting his natural stance (goofy), but when the trick is performed "switch" it is called a "Merlin twist." ===Varial kickflip=== A varial kickflip (also known as a kickflip shuvit or 180 flip) is a kickflip combined with a backside-pop shuvit. The trick featured prominently in the Blueprint video The First Broadcast and the trick has received a significant amount of criticism from within the skateboard community; former Blueprint rider Mark Baines has stated in an online interview: The shuv-it flip thing is weird. I don’t think there are many tricks that look bad all the time. Gino can do heelflips and make them look like the best trick ever. It’s how it’s done not what it is. I wouldn’t say my shuv-it flips were that good though. The fakie varial flip in First Broadcast is the best thing I ever filmed though. People basically hear or read something on a forum then feel they gotta hate it I suppose. I don’t really know. Like I say a lot of the time with tricks it’s how it’s done. ===Varial heelflip=== A "varial heelflip" (originally known as a "heelflip shuvit") is a heelflip combined with a frontside pop shuvit. Professional skateboarders Chico Brenes and Moose (the latter filmed the high-definition (HD) version) filmed the trick for the "Trickipedia" section of The Berrics website. The official name of the trick in the 21st century was a point of contention among skateboarders; the issue was discussed on The Berrics website in early March 2013 in a short video segment entitled "Name Game" and the "varial heelflip" title emerged as the favored name. ===360 Varial Kickflip/360 flip/Tre flip=== A combination of a 360-degree backside-pop shuvit and a kickflip. Also known as a tre flip. Professional skateboarders such as Josh Kalis, Capaldi, Ethan Fowler, Jason Lee, and Stefan Janoski have been recognized for their 360 flips.

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Bihar court's unique condition to rape accused to get bail: Wash clothes of 2000 women India oi-Prakash KL Patna, Sep 22: In a unique condition, a Bihar court directed a man accused of molesting a woman to wash and iron the clothes of 2,000 women without charging a single pie. As a way of repentance, the court placed the condition for bail to Lalan Kumar. The order was passed on Tuesday by Additional District Judge Avinash Kumar while granting bail to the accused. The accused had tried to rape a woman on 17 April and he was arrested two days later following a complaint filed by the victim. "We filed a bail application in the ADJ court. During the hearing of the case, the judge, in view of his good behaviour in jail and apology in the court, has given bail to my client on the condition of washing the clothes of 2,000 women of the village, and pressing them, before handing them over to respective women," defence lawyer Parshuram Mishra is quoted as saying by the IANS. The village head Nasima Khatoon has received a bail copy wherein she is asked to monitor Lalan on his daily free service. "This was a great decision by the court. it will give a message to respect women and also create guilt in the mind of men having anti-female nature," Nasima Khatoon said. "I will personally monitor the daily work of the accused to implement the court order. Our village has 425 women and every woman will give clothes in rotation until the 2,000 number is achieved," she added. Lalan Kumar has six months to complete his task after which he needs to take a report from the village head over his service and from the local police station before submitting it to the court. For Breaking News and Instant Updates Allow Notifications You have already subscribed Story first published: Wednesday, September 22, 2021, 23:30 [IST]

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Retired Army major general: The Russian military invasion has peaked In interviews Thursday and Friday, the former commander of the US Special Operations Command in Europe, retired US Army Major General Mike Repass, gave his well-informed view of the war in Ukraine. For the past six years, he has advised the Ukrainian military on a US government contract. While the Russians may be bogged down, Repass says, the Ukrainian side is also under great stress. He said that the Ukrainian counterattacks in recent days may be less effective than the media coverage has suggested. And he says it's also not clear how many casualties the Ukrainians have incurred, which makes any kind of accurate analysis of how they are faring difficult to do. Repass also contends that the Ukrainians need more S-300 missiles capable of bringing down mid-to-high-altitude jets and ballistic missiles, which would fall below the threshold of instituting a formal no-fly zone requested by the Ukrainians, which the US has rejected. And Repass says that he believes that Putin's "must-haves" in the conflict are securing a land bridge connecting Russia to Crimea on the Black Sea and pushing out the boundaries around the two Russian-proclaimed "republics" of Luhansk and Donetsk in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. Disclosure: Repass is on the advisory council of the Global Special Operations Foundation, where I am the chairman of the board. Our conversation was edited for clarity and length. Mike Repass: The Russians culminated about 5 days ago. In the military vernacular, "culmination" means you no longer have sufficient combat power to continue to advance in the offense. I believe that the Ukrainians sensed that and started conducting local counterattacks, particularly to the north and west of Kyiv. They also started counterattacks in the east recently. The Ukrainians went on the counteroffensive, but in a limited way. They took the town of Irpin to the west of Kyiv and some other towns, but the news coverage of the counterattacks has, I think, surpassed the actual effects of those operations on the ground. I'm concerned that it's not a large counterattack because perhaps the Ukrainians don't have enough forces to launch one. So, if they can't muster a larger counterattack around Kyiv, they may have a hard time gathering enough forces to push the Russians back in the east near Donbas. We really don't know what's going on, on the ground, in granular detail, so it's hard to judge the Ukrainian tactics and capabilities, and -- this is more important -- we have no idea what the Ukrainian losses have been so far. If this devolves into a battle of attrition between both sides and we don't know what the costs to the Ukrainians have been, our analysis about what is going on will be somewhat shallow, quite frankly. BERGEN: What do you make of the peace talks? REPASS: I think it's a Russian delaying tactic because they have not established satisfactory facts on the ground. They're not ready to stop fighting because they don't have what they need or want. Unfortunately, I think there will be much more suffering and destruction in Ukraine before there is a ceasefire or peace agreement. REPASS: The Belgorod strike is extraordinary in my view. Assuming that it was conducted by the Ukrainians, the operation put Russia on notice that their previous sanctuary in the homeland is now potentially at risk. (Ukraine's Security Council Secretary denied responsibility for the attack hours after the Ukrainian defense ministry spokesperson said he would neither confirm nor deny Ukraine's role.) They will no longer have freedom of unrestricted movement in what was previously considered safe rear areas. Russia will have to divert military assets that are currently employed in Ukraine to secure their critical assets and capabilities on Russian soil. Further, the attack destroyed critically needed fuel and other resources needed for the Russians' faltering fight in Ukraine, which will certainly amplify their logistics challenges. Psychologically, it is another blow to Russia's sense of invincibility. BERGEN: Is there anything that surprised you in the last month? REPASS: Unfortunately, the biggest surprise is the willingness of Russia to destroy everything. Russia is using unrestricted warfare, short of nuclear war, and we haven't seen this in Europe during the modern era. The only other places that we've seen it is Russia's war in Grozny and then the Russians repeated it in Homs and Aleppo in Syria. Both of those cities are ancient and have archeological significance, and the Russians destroyed both. And Putin did it without penalty or repercussions for his unrestricted use of force to destroy entire cities, including landmarks of cultural and historical significance. Now, he's destroying Mariupol. He's after Kharkiv, and he'll do the same there and with the other cities that he's encircled, if he's given a chance.

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Fine & Mellow Productions is a production company based in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is owned by Thomas Gammelgaard (66%) and Nordisk Film (34%), and produces both feature films and television drama. == History == Fine & Mellow Productions was founded in 2002 by Thomas Gammeltoft, former producer and co-owner of Angel Production. The company's first feature film, Stealing Rembrandt (2003) sold over a quarter of a million tickets in its first week. Later successes include Hella Joof's comedy Oh Happy Day (2004) which was sold to Disney for a US remake and Henrik Ruben Genz's Terribly Happy which won both the Bodil Award and Robert Award for Best Danish Film of 2008. == Productions == === Feature films === Stealing Rembrandt (Jannik Johansen, 2003) Oh Happy Day (Hella Joof, 2004) Chinaman (Henrik Ruben Genz, 2005) Murk (Jannik Johansen, 2005) Pure Hearts (Kenneth Kainz, 2006) Easy Skanking (Hella Joof, 2006) Terribly Happy (Henrik Ruben Genz, 2008) Hush Little Baby (Hella Joof, 2009) Rosa Morena (Carlos Augusto de Oliveira, 2011) Skyscraper (Rune Schjøtt, 2011) Excuse Me (Henrik Ruben Genz, 2012) Volcano (Runar Runarsson, 2012) === Television === Lulu & Leon == References == == External links == Official website Fine & Mellow Productions on IMDB Mass media companies of Denmark Film production companies of Denmark Television production companies of Denmark Mass media companies based in Copenhagen Mass media companies established in 2002 2002 establishments in Denmark Companies based in Copenhagen Municipality

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Mike Schuppan is an American producer, mixing engineer and recording engineer. He is known for his work with Paramore, M83, Jimmy Eat World and others. He has been the long time engineer for Justin Meldal-Johnsen and served as his bass tech while touring with Nine Inch Nails and Beck. Mike has a private studio in Hollywood, California. ==Discography== 2009 Division Day - Visitation 2011 M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming 2012 Neon Trees - Picture Show 2013 Crystal Fighters - Cave Rave 2013 Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob 2013 Paramore - Paramore 2014 Young The Giant - Mind Over Matter 2014 White Sea - In Cold Blood 2014 Frith - Imaginary World 2015 Yacht - I Thought The Future Would Be Cooler 2016 M83 - Junk 2016 Jimmy Eat World - Integrity Blues 2016 School of Seven Bells - SVIIB 2016 Dream Theater - The Astonishing 2016 Ziggy Marley - Ziggy Marley 2017 BNQT - Volume 1 2017 Wolf Alice - Visions Of A Life 2017 Foster The People - Sacred Hearts Club 2017 Paramore - After Laughter 2017 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus 40 2018 Ziggy Marley - Rebellion Rises 2018 Preoccupations - New Material 2018 Metric - Art of Doubt 2018 Jimmy Eat World - Love Never/Half Heart 2018 Fiona Grey - Cult Classic 2018 Girls Of The Sun 2018 The Human Project 2018 The Human Element 2019 M83 - DSVII 2019 Private Island - 5xx 2019 Jimmy Eat World - Surviving 2019 Liza Anne - Devotion 2020 LÜT - Mersmak 2020 Liza Anne - Desire 2020 Lady Gaga - Chromatica ==References== ==External links== American audio engineers 1983 births Living people

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Showtrial: Cast, plot and is it based on a true story? Showtrial starts tonight (Picture: BBC) Showtrial is a brand new five-part drama set to kick off on BBC One tonight. The hotly anticipated series switches between both sides of a legal battle, as defence and prosecution fight for their version of what really happened to Talitha Campbell, who stands accused of conspiring to murder a fellow student. Interest piqued? Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming show. What is the plot of Showtrial? Showtrial explores the trial of Talitha Campbell, the estranged daughter of a wealthy property developer, who is charged with conspiring to murder fellow university student Hannah Ellis. The trial that follows places the victim, accused, and their families, in the eye of a media storm. Into that storm enters Cleo Roberts, the duty solicitor on the night of Talitha's arrest. Refusing her father's help, Talitha wants Cleo to lead her defence against a prosecution weaponising Talitha's gender as well as her social privilege against her. "From arrest to verdict, Cleo and defence vie with the prosecution to convince us of the truth about Talitha: Damaged scapegoat? Or cold-blooded killer?" the official synopsis teases. Who is in the cast for Showtrial? Abra Thompson and Celine Buckens lead the cast of Showtrial, playing Hannah Ellis and Talitha Campbell respectively. Prior to landing her role in the BBC drama, Abra appeared in two episodes of This Country, playing Sophie Huxley. She also starred in season two of the Apple TV plus show Trying, alongside Rafe Spall and Esther Smith. Celine Buckens plays Hannah Ellis (Picture: BBC) Celine has previously played the role of Mia MacDonald in the Netflix series Free Rein. In 2020, she began portraying the role of Sophie Mercer in the Cinemax series Warrior. Tracy Ifeachor takes on the role of duty solicitor Cleo Roberts, who is on call the night that Talitha is arrested and decides to take on the case despite mounting odds. Tracy Ifeachor plays duty solicitor Cleo Roberts (Picture: BBC) Prior to Showtrial, Tracy appeared in The Originals, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and Jason Bourne spin-off Treadstone. She is arguably best known for her portrayal of Abigail Naismith in both parts of the Doctor Who Christmas special, The End of Time. Elsewhere, ITV's Little Boy Blue actress Sinead Keenan takes on DI Paula Cassidy. Sinead has starred in BBC Three's supernatural series Being Human and Doctor Who. Game Of Thrones" Kerr Logan, who Matthos Seaworth in the acclaimed HBO series, portrays Crown Prosecutor James Thornley in Showtrial. Is Showtrial based on a true story? Showtrial is a timely look at how wealth, politics and prejudice conspire to distort the quest for justice. Although it is not based on a true story, its themes are similar to real-life events. "The right to a fair trial and the idea of reasonable doubt lie at the heart of a civilised society," show writer Ben Richards said. "Showtrial explores how they can be distorted by other factors, in a world where concepts such as fairness, doubt and reason are afforded such diminishing value." Showtrial airs tonight at 9pm on BBC One. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page - we'd love to hear from you.

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André Gerardus Hazes (30 June 1951 - 23 September 2004) was a Dutch singer and actor. As an accomplished levenslied singer, Hazes recorded 36 studio and live albums, and 55 singles prior to his death in 2004. His music is still well-known in the Netherlands and Flanders, known for sentimental and simple lyrics. His biggest hits include Eenzame kerst (1976), Een beetje verliefd (1981), Ik meen 't (1985), Wij houden van Oranje (1988), Bloed, zweet en tranen (2002), Zij gelooft in mij (Originally from 1981, re-recorded and released in 1999, re-released after his death in 2004) and Blijf bij mij (a virtual duet with Gerard Joling, 2007). ==Biography== ===Early years=== Hazes was born in 1951 in Amsterdam's De Pijp area. At the age of eight, he was discovered at the Albert Cuyp Market by comedian Johnny Kraaykamp and made his television debut on Weekendshow in 1966, where he sang a song in fake Italian, "Piove". Two singles, "Droomschip" and "Juanita", were released but did not lead to a career in music. ===1970s=== Hazes pursued several odd jobs (ordinary seaman, flower delivery boy, chimney sweep, butcher's apprentice, bicycle repairman, trench digger, construction worker, demolition man, market salesman, and disc jockey) before building up a reputation as a singing barman in his hometown, in café De Krommert on the Witte de Withstraat. In 1976 he wrote and demoed "Eenzame Kerst", a song about a prisoner's lonely Christmas, for singer Willy Alberti hoping that he would record it; Alberti suggested that Hazes record it himself. The single sold 70,000 copies in three weeks and made him an instant star. An album, Zo is het leven ("Such is life") was released in 1977 and reached the Dutch top 20; extracted singles "Mama" and "De Vlieger" didn't chart although the latter became a Dutch standard (and a top 40 hit second time round) in years to come. Still, he returned to bartending. ===1980s=== In 1980 he signed a contract with EMI, and soon after that his career started to take off. "Een Vriend" ("A Friend") and "Een Beetje Verliefd" ("A Little in Love)" were both top ten hits in 1981, produced by his best friend Tim Griek. In 1981 Hazes was awarded the Zilveren Harp (Silver Harp) for his album Gewoon André (Just André) which sold 500,000 copies and was certified five times platinum in its first year of release and two more times two years later. Three of the album's songs, including "Een Beetje Verliefd", were written for Hazes by Aart Mol and his colleagues from the 1970s band Catapult, who had formed the production company Cat Music, which would write a total of 39 songs for Hazes. 1982 was the year of his great concert in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. During his heyday Hazes also had a sideline as an actor; in 1982 he played a restaurant owner in the Inspector General-inspired movie De Boezemvriend (starring his comedian namesake Andre van Duin), in 1983 he appeared in the comedy series Zoals U Wenst Mevrouw (As you wish Madam) as a down-and-out taking a gardening job under false pretenses and singing new lyrics to recent hits. He also appeared in commercials for toasts (as an Italian singer) and custard (as a football-playing son of singer/actress Joke Bruijs). Meanwhile Hazes' backing musicians at the time recorded a parody medley for their notorious comedy music project Rubberen Robbie. In 1986 Hazes released two albums; the first featured Italian covers (including "Volare", "Bueno Sera" and a new version of "Piove" which he first sang in his childhood days) and was dedicated to the memory of Willy Alberti. The second featured translated versions of Peter Maffay's "Du" and Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive". In February 1988 record producer and best friend, Tim Griek, died in a car accident. Hazes dedicated the album Liefde, leven, geven to Griek's memory.

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Trump says Biden 'not mentally sharp enough' to be POTUS: 'He doesn't know he's alive' President Trump declined to offer any positive words toward his presumptive presidential challenger Joe Biden Sunday when he was asked to state just one meritorious quality of the former vice president who is expected to be on November's ballot. When asked during a Sunday interview with WJLA what Biden's strongest feature was as a political opponent, Trump noted that he could have said experience but explained why he did not think it was appropriate. "Well, I would have said experience, but he doesn't really have experience because I don't think he remembers what he did yesterday," Trump said. "So how is that experience? He's been there a long time. He was never known as a smart person." Host Sharyl Attkisson then again asked Trump to "pick one good thing," and Trump simply said, "Ah," without giving an answer. When asked for Biden's weakest point, Trump had plenty to say but claimed to have trouble coming up with one in particular. "I can't tell you," Trump said. "I mean, I'm really serious. He's got many. I can talk about weak points all day long." The president then started by saying that Biden is "not mentally sharp enough to be president." He then went on to say that the former vice president has problems with China and Russia, but then jumped back to attacking Biden's intellect. "Biden doesn't know, I mean, he doesn't know he's alive," Trump continued. "I'm against somebody. Think of it. I'm against somebody that can't answer simple questions. I've never seen anything like it, but here's what I am against. I'm against a very powerful party, the Democrats, and they can take this glass of water and say that's your candidate." Biden went on the attack against Trump Friday when he posted a campaign ad that claimed the president "froze like a deer in the headlights" when the coronavirus outbreak hit the U.S. The ad called Trump "unprepared," "indecisive," and "paralyzed by his fear of offending the Chinese government." The ads are the latest from the Biden campaign and allied super PACs that criticize the president for initially downplaying the severity of the coronavirus outbreak and for fumbling the federal response to the pandemic. The president, defending his record, has repeatedly pointed to his ban on non-U.S. citizens from flying from China to the U.S., which was implemented on Feb. 2. Fox News" Paul Steinhauser and Allie Raffa contributed to this report.

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Northwood Meadows State Park is a state park in the town of Northwood, New Hampshire. Activities include nature walks, hiking, picnicking, fishing, non-motorized boating, biking, snowmobiling, and cross-country skiing. The wooded park has a vast wetlands area that includes a pond created by a dammed brook. A universally-accessible graveled trail leads to the pond, known as Burtt Wildlife Pond, after M. Edward Burtt, who built the park's boulder-fringed roads and dam. The state purchased the land in 1990, which abuts the Forest Peters Wildlife Management Area. == References == ==External links== Northwood Meadows State Park New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources State parks of New Hampshire Parks in Rockingham County, New Hampshire Northwood, New Hampshire Protected areas established in 1990 1990 establishments in New Hampshire

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Minnesota wildfires level off; air quality alert extended ISABELLA, Minn. (AP) - Fire crews were working Saturday to put out the largest of numerous wildfires in northeastern Minnesota, where smoke from the blazes prompted a warning to residents to remain indoors. An air quality alert issued by state regulators was extended until 9 a.m. Sunday, the Star Tribune reported. The extension came as an unhealthy band of smoky air stretched from International Falls through the Iron Range to south of Brainerd. The Greenwood Lake fire is burning on roughly 40 square miles (104 square kilometers) in the Superior National Forest and appears to have leveled off in size, according to incident command officials. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said while significant fire growth was not expected Saturday, the "fire will continue producing smoke within the existing fire perimeter." In addition to the Greenwood Lake fire - the largest in the region - and other fires to the east, there are blazes just across the border in the Canadian Quetico Provincial Park that continue to burn with no containment, the agency said.

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Oh. You are not for censorship? Thanks for that, congressman. But where were you when it mattered? Say, last October right before the election when people were trying to figure out who to vote for. You were staying dead silent like the rest of them. You were letting it happen. You were allowing democracy to corrode and die because of the time he thought it was worth it. Donald Trump was just too scary. Trump was an emergency so we had to suspend the constitution to make this into an unfree country. We had no choice. But now that Biden is in office some of these people are having second thoughts. But why now? What is going on here and why is everyone suddenly saying the same thing at once. We can answer the second part of that question with absolute certainty. Everyone in the Democratic Party sounds exactly alike because messaged discipline is what they do, it's who they are. No one in the party thinks independently. That is not allowed. Everybody in the group must say the very same thing in concert with everybody else in the group all the time. Period. It's like a North Korean singing troop. Deviations are punished. Think for yourself, even for a second, and you are denounced as a conspiracy theorist who thinks horse dewormer is medicine. We could give you a million examples of this. Our producer, Tom Fox, the genius who finds our tape every night the show often since he is the most repetitive job in television because everybody on every channel sounds exactly the same all the time. BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN: Lies that would bring us to one of America's darkest days. MSNBC REPORTER:...became one of the darkest days in American political history. DON LEMON, CNN: The very next day was one of the darkest day in our history. CNN REPORTER: one of the most dramatic and dark days in American history. CBS REPORTER: One of the darkest days in US history. YAMICHE ALCINDOR, MSNBC: This was one of the darkest days in American history and we expect the president to say just that. All these very same people are simultaneously trashing the president they got elected and have defended through everything for a year. Why? We are not alleging a potential conspiracy here. We don't take horse dewormers. We're not saying there was a secret conference call between Jeff Zucker and Joy Reid and the staff of The Atlantic magazine. Who would even want to endorse something like that? More likely it's a conspiracy of instinct. For all the talk you hear of diversity, there is precisely zero diversity in our national media. People may have different skin tones or different sexual interests, but it's not relevant. They are all from such backgrounds with such similar beliefs and values and life experiences that their gut reactions to everything have aligned into perfect synchronicity. Like menstruating teenagers at summer camp, they speak as one, because on the deepest level they're indistinguishable from each other. Still, you wonder: There's got to be some political point to all this? No one at CNN has going to undermine the long-term prospects of the Democratic Party, at least not intentionally. If they snatch the walker from Joe Biden's hands, and that is exactly what they're doing, who did they think is going to take over when he falls? This article is adapted from Tucker Carlson's opening commentary on the January 17, 2022, edition of "Tucker Carlson Tonight."

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Even so, some of their proposals were rejected. The changes to the layout were approved, but not the thicker glass and floors. Ms. Wedd also worked with Red Deer to identify which aspects of the interior were authentic. "There had been so much work on the building that it would be very hard to distill it into a particular style," said Mr. Real de Azúa. "The floor was a hodgepodge of pine, Douglas fir, oak and plywood. We discovered that the Douglas fir boards were original, so we found new boards to match and stripped everything else out." Similar principles were applied to the fireplaces, ceiling moldings and joinery. Some areas were so damaged that Red Deer had to improvise, for example by painting part of the guest bedroom wall gray to disguise the repaired plaster. As Ms. Kane is an avid collector of art and furniture with eclectic taste, they chose a palette of white, black and gray to create a neutral backdrop for her auction and flea market finds from different periods and cultures. She then created clusters of favorite pieces throughout the apartment, such as a 1956 Charles and Ray Eames lounge chair placed near a 19th-century landscape painting and an antique rug from Frances Loom, a vintage furniture company she co-owns, in the living area. "I enjoy picking up things I like and mixing them up," Ms. Kane said. "I loved doing that for the apartment, and I love living here. But I wouldn't buy a listed building ever again."

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Holocaust researchers in Poland win libel case on appeal An appellate court in Poland has rejected a lawsuit brought against two Holocaust scholars in a case that has been closely watched By VANESSA GERA Associated Press August 16, 2021, 2:42 PM • 3 min read Share to FacebookEmail this article WARSAW, Poland -- An appellate court in Poland on Monday rejected a lawsuit brought against two Holocaust scholars in a case that has been closely watched because it was expected to serve as a precedent for research into the highly sensitive area of Polish behavior toward Jews during World War II. Poland is governed by a nationalist conservative party that has sought to promote remembrance of Polish heroism and suffering during the wartime German occupation of the country. The party also believes that discussions of Polish wrongdoing distort the historical picture and are unfair to Poles. The Appellate Court of Warsaw argued in its explanation that it believed that scholarly research should not be judged by courts. But it appeared not to be the end: a lawyer for the plaintiff said Monday that she would appeal Monday's ruling to the Supreme Court. The ruling was welcomed by the two researchers, Jan Grabowski and Barbara Engelking, who declared it a "great victory" in a Facebook post. "We greet the verdict with great joy and satisfaction all the more, that this decision has a direct impact on all Polish scholars, and especially on historians of the Holocaust," they said. Monday's ruling comes half a year after a lower court ordered the two researchers to apologize to a woman who claimed that her deceased uncle had been defamed in a historical work they edited and partially wrote, "Night Without End: The Fate of Jews in Selected Counties of Occupied Poland." Lawyers for the niece, 81-year-old Filomena Leszczynska, argued that her uncle was a Polish hero who had saved Jews, and that the scholars had harmed her good name and that of her family by suggesting the uncle was also involved in the killing of Jews. The plaintiffs" lawyer, Monika Brzozowska-Pasieka, said in an emailed statement to The Associated Press that Leszczynska was "astonished" by the judgement and intends to file an appeal to the Polish Supreme Court. Brzozowska-Pasieka stressed that Leszczynska thinks that the depiction of her uncle in the book was defamatory and that the historians "failed to conduct their research with due diligence." "We want to emphasize that the right to academic freedom, including the right to carry out historical research and publish its results, is subject to legal protection (but) this protection does not cover statements that do not pass the test of reliability," the statement said. Some researchers and others feared that if the researchers were punished, it could have a chilling effect and dissuade young scholars from taking up the sensitive issue of Polish behavior toward the Jews in World War II. Poland was occupied by Nazi Germany during the war and its population subjected to mass murder and slave labor. Yet amid the more than five years of occupation, there were also some Poles who betrayed Jews to the Germans or took part in their killing, while other Poles risked their lives to save Jews. The topic of Polish crimes against Jews was taboo during the communist era and new revelations of Polish wrongdoing in recent years have sparked a backlash. Poland's current ruling Law and Justice party has vowed to fight what it considers unfair depictions of Polish wrongdoing, preferring to promote remembrance of heroism and sacrifice. Many researchers and the Israeli government have accused the Polish government of historical whitewashing.

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Tory leadership: Buckland first in cabinet to flip support from Sunak to Truss The Wales secretary, Sir Robert Buckland, has become the first cabinet minister to publicly switch their endorsement for the Tory leadership from Rishi Sunak to Liz Truss. Writing for the Telegraph, Buckland cited Truss's emphasis on the economy as a major reason for his defection. He wrote: "I know both candidates well and have worked with them in government and in cabinet. "I have looked at ideas and principles first, and personalities second. During the parliamentary rounds, I backed Rishi Sunak as I felt that he was at that stage embodying what we needed. "As the campaign has moved on, and as I have listened carefully to both candidates, I have thought deeply about the issues that move me and what I want to see the next prime minister doing. Changing your mind on an issue like this is not an easy thing to do, but I have decided that Liz Truss is the right person to take our country forward." While he'd said in a video message posted on 14 July that Sunak's "clear thinking" was what would help "get through these challenging economic times," Buckland now hails Truss's economic management in his recent statement. He said: "Liz understands the need to make supply side reforms, unlocking the private sector that powers our economic growth through investment and providing high-skilled jobs. "Her plans give us our best shot at reaching our potential with the high-growth, high-productivity economy that we need not only to get us out of this crisis but to protect ourselves from the next." The former lord chancellor also highlighted Truss's commitment to a British bill of rights - which would override the power of Europe's human rights courts - after Strasbourg blocked the deportation of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda in June. "We as Conservative party members face a choice that is so much bigger than all of us. It is about the country now, about the security and prosperity of our friends, families and neighbours," Buckland concludes. "It is time for positive politics, time to come together, and time for Liz to lead." Buckland becomes the second Tory MP to publicly switch support from Sunak to Truss, following Chris Skidmore, who accused Sunak of repeatedly changing his position on key policy issues. Truss, who many Tory MPs believe to be favourite to become the next prime minister, is consistently ahead in Tory membership polls, which will close in early September.

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Pompeo promises probe into Australian news crew beating "I know there have been concerns from some countries of their reporters having been treated inappropriately here," Pompeo told reporters in Washington DC on Wednesday. "We've seen some of those allegations come into the State Department. You should know, those countries should know, we will handle them in a completely appropriate way. "We will do our best to investigate them to the extent the State Department is capable of doing that and we will address them in a way that is appropriate to try to address any concerns those nations may have about their journalists, who we, too, do our level best to protect." Two US Park Police officers have been placed on administrative leave while an investigation takes place. Lafayette Square was packed with demonstrators following the police custody death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Loading Mr Pompeo rejected comparisons between American authorities' tough tactics with media members to tactics used by China in Hong Kong. Seven's director of news and public affairs Craig McPherson described the police actions as "nothing short of wanton thuggery."

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Man Accused of Attacking Queen's Coffin Named as Muhammed Khan A suspect charged over an incident that saw the Queen's coffin charged in Westminster Hall has been named as Muhammed Khan. "Muhammad Khan, 28, of Barleycorn Way, Tower Hamlets, was charged on Saturday, September 17, with an offence under Section 4A of the Public Order Act; behaviour intending to cause alarm, harassment or distress," the Metropolitan Police confirmed in a short statement. "He will appear in custody at Westminster Magistrates" Court on Monday, September 19." Breitbart London asked the police force if they could confirm whether or not Khan is a British citizen, but their press bureau refused to add anything to their original statement. Khan was alleged to have shoved a seven-year-old girl during the incident but does not appear to be facing charges for common assault at this time. The Metropolitan Police refused to comment on this as well. As proceedings are now active, the case is subject to British reporting restrictions with respect to commentary and speculation. Members of the public can continue to pay their respects to the Queen as she lies in state until Monday, when her funeral will be held. Follow Jack Montgomery on Twitter: @JackBMontgomery Follow Breitbart London on Facebook: Breitbart London

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Woman Shares Bachelor Pilot Pete's Presumed Bumble Profile in Viral Video While swiping through Bumble, a woman named happened upon the presumed profile of former Bachelor Peter Weber. She later posted a screen recording of Weber's alleged profile to her TikTok page (@estoriethegirl), where it has earned more than 980,000 views and over 57,000 likes. Additionally, hundreds of viewers took to the post's comments section to debate the profile's authenticity, suggesting that many online daters are concerned about catfishing. Weber, otherwise known as Pilot Pete, was the second runner-up on Hannah Brown's season of The Bachelorette, and later starred in season 24 of The Bachelor. Though his season ended in an engagement to contestant Hannah Ann Sluss, the two called it quits before the season's finale aired. He later went on to date Kelly Flanagan - another of his contestants - but the two broke up in December 2020. Now, it appears he's looking for love on Bumble. "I love seeing where life takes me," read the bio section of Weber's purported profile. "[I] live for the adventure." Under interests, the commercial pilot listed football, concerts, dogs, exploring new cities and ambition. He also claimed that he is 6'3," holds a bachelor's degree and that he's a Leo. "I will never shut up about my dog Tripp," he added. Considering that around 10 percent of all online profiles are fake, some commenters were understandably skeptical of the profile. "There's no way this is real," wrote Grace Kennedy. However, some eagle-eyed viewers noticed that the profile was verified, which means the profile could very well belong to Weber. To verify an account, a user must first click the "Edit Profile" button and then tap "Verify Your Account," instructed The Buzz, Bumble's official blog. Next, "you'll be prompted with an example of one of a hundred random photo poses by Bumble," The Buzz said. "Take a selfie mimicking that pose and send it to the Bumble photo moderation team using the simple step-by-step verification process outlined in the app." The photo will then be reviewed by a "real person" who will either confirm or reject verification. "Don't worry if you make a mistake or your verification doesn't go through on the first try - you'll be able to try the process again until you're verified," The Buzz promised. Commenting on Estorie's now-viral video, Bumble's official TikTok account called Weber's profile a "10/10." Meanwhile, the official OLIPOP account added: "Stars, they're just like us." While swiping through Bumble, a woman named Estorie happened upon the presumed profile of former Bachelor Peter Weber. Pictured above is Peter Weber. Noel Vasquez / Contributor/Getty

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Mr Smith said his weight fell from 18.5 stone to 10 stone while ill due to a lack of appetite, adding: 'At one point, I was bedridden for two or three months. 'My wife had to wash and shave me in bed because I just couldn't stand up. Sometimes I thought: I wish they'd take me in the middle of the night, because I just can't go on anymore. 'You get to the point where you are more afraid of living than you are of dying.' Academics from the University of Bristol, North Bristol NHS Trust and Public Health England, said Mr Smith was admitted to hospital in May 2020 with a cough and fever. A PCR test confirmed he had Covid-19. He was discharged after eight days but he had'significant breathlessness and went on to have interspersed acute deteriorations associated with fever' which required further hospital admission in August, September, October and December. The experts noted that in December 2020 a trial of daily remdesivir therapy was discontinued after 17 days as it had no effect. He later received treatment with monoclonal antibodies casirivimab and imdevimab. Mr Smith was successfully treated with the laboratory engineered antibodies, the University of Bristol said. It added that his health improved dramatically, and the virus was not detected in PCR tests 45 days after the combined treatment. The combination of antibodies, by pharmaceutical firm Regeneron, have since been shown to save the lives of some of the sickest Covid-19 patients in a clinical trial, but the treatment regime is yet to be approved for use in the UK. Mr Smith no longer tests positive some 305 days after first infection, academics said. They said he reported symptoms for six weeks before his first test so they suspect infection was actually longer - meaning that he could have continuously tested positive for the virus for almost a year. Mr Smith had a history of a condition called hypersensitivity pneumonitis, which meant he had lung disease causing inflammation of the lung tissue and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia - a type of cancer that affects the white blood cells and tends to progress slowly over many years.

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