About Williamston, SC
Nestled in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the scenic Upstate, Williamston is a thriving area with industrial, commercial, and tourist activity. Its proximity to the I-85 business corridor and metropolitan areas make it a great place to live, work and play. Williamston is only 15 minutes from Greenville or Anderson, two hours to Atlanta or Charlotte, and four hours to sun at the beach or snow in the mountains. Fun is always in season with a climate that boasts 248 days of sunshine, 49 inches of precipitation, and a comfortable average temperature of 64 degrees. Indeed, Williamston is a pleasant place to spend a day, a week, or a lifetime.
Water, sewer, and trash pickup can be set up by coming to the Municipal Center. Reservations for shelters in Mineral Spring Park or meeting rooms in the Center can be made by visiting the Municipal Center. The Municipal Center is located at 12 West Main St and the phone number is 864-847-7473. Setup, termination, or payment for services must be done in person and not by phone.
The Williamston of the 21st century is known as a growing bedroom community with easy access to metropolitan areas, a moderate cost of living, and traditional family values. There are fine people, great schools, wonderful neighborhoods with few of the worries of a big city and the modern world. Come to Williamston for The Springwater Festival or Christmas in the Park  -  or come to stay.
Williamston Municipal Center
The Williamston Municipal Center was originally constructed by WPA labor in 1939 as Williamston High School. Then in 1953, the building became Williamston Elementary School when Palmetto High School was built. It became Williamston Primary School in 1972 when Palmetto Middle School was formed.
In 1983 the remaining primary students were moved to the new Palmetto Primary School. At that time, the building was purchased by the Town of Williamston.
Area: 3.668 sq miles (9.5 km²)
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‹‹ A Musical Interlude: Kissing In The Dark (Memphis Minnie)
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Mary Jackson
"I didn't know what day it was when you walked into the room," rasped Rod Stewart some time in the Seventies. Perhaps he was in the Phillipines, Alaska or Samoa.
It's New Year's Eve tomorrow. In the meantime (geddit?) here are some Quite Interesting facts about the International Date Line:
The Philippines, as part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, long had its most important communication with Acapulco in Mexico, and was accordingly placed on the east side of the date line, despite being at the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. 00:01 Tuesday in London was 17:21 Monday in Acapulco and about 08:05 Monday in Manila. During the 1840s, trade interests turned to China, the Dutch East Indies and adjacent areas, and the Philippines was changed to the west side of the date line. Monday, 30 December 1844 (ending up as a 365-day year, despite being a leap year) was followed by Wednesday, 1 January 1845.
Until 1867, Alaska began Russia's day, with the date line following the partially defined border between Russian Alaska and British North America, including the colony of British Columbia. The day before the purchase by the United States took effect, it was Friday, 6 October 1867, in the Julian calendar (used by Russia at the time), which would have been 18 October in the Gregorian calendar. The time in New Archangel would have been 12:00 when it was 12:02, Thursday, 17 October, at the future site of Whitehorse, Yukon, and 12:49, 17 October, at the future site of Vancouver, British Columbia. With the transfer of governance, the date line was shifted (moving Alaska back a day), and the calendar was changed (moving Alaska ahead 12 days), and being effective at midnight the calendar moved ahead one day as well, for a net change of 11 days. Friday, 6 October, was followed by Friday, 18 October (not Saturday, 7 October).
Samoa changed in 1892, eight years following the international conference that would result in de facto development of the Date Line. The king was persuaded by American traders to adopt the American date, being three hours behind California, to replace the former Asian date, being four hours ahead of Japan. The change was made at the end of the day on Monday, 4 July 1892, so there were 367 days (1892 being a leap year), including two occurrences of Monday, 4 July.
The central Pacific Republic of Kiribati introduced a change of date for its eastern half on 1 January 1995, from time zones −11 and −10 to +13 and +14. Before this, the country was divided by the date line. This meant that the date line in effect moved eastwards to go around this country. As a British colony, Kiribati was centered in the Gilbert Islands, just west of the old date line. Upon independence in 1979, the new republic acquired the Phoenix and Line Islands from the United States and the country found itself straddling the date line. Government offices on opposite sides of the line could only communicate by radio or telephone on the four days of the week when both sides experienced weekdays simultaneously. A consequence of this time zone revision was that Kiribati, by virtue of its easternmost possession, the uninhabited Caroline Atoll at 150°25′ west, started the year 2000 on its territory before any other country on earth, a feature which the Kiribati government capitalized upon as a potential tourist draw. But Ariel and Berger comment that the international community has not taken this date line adjustment very seriously, noting that most world atlases still ignore this Kiribati dateline shift and they continue to represent the International Date as a straight line in the Kiribati area.[1
Suppose the Biltmore Clock, often referenced at this site, had been in Kiribati. What then?
Posted on 12/30/2009 3:47 PM by Mary Jackson


Addressing Malfeasance: Republican Ravalli County versus Democratic Missoula County
February 19, 2014 in civil rights, Common Sense, Crime, Missoula, Missoula County Commissioners, Montana, Montana Democrats
Lizard has had two posts now calling out local democrats - Thanks for Nothing, Democrats and Rape Culture, Missoula Democrats, and Criminalizing Poverty - on their lack of acting with principles most often associated with the Democratic Party.
Lizard points out in his first post that the overwhelmingly progressive city council (yeah, they run as nonpartisans but we all know they're democrats) are working to criminalize homelessness. He points out that the Board of County Commissioners (all democrats) is suing the feds, saying they've no jurisdiction over our county attorney, the illustrious Fred Van Valkenburg, and then Liz points out that oVan Valkenburg - a democrat, himself - chose to not only ignore a county initiative that decriminalized marijuana, but that he actually notched up prosecutions of possession!
A comment from former Poverello Director and State Representative Ellie Hill (HD94 - Missoula) takes us to Lizard's second post where he takes on former Missoula Police Chief Mark Muir's recent editorial in support of Van Valkenburg and Missoula County's lawsuit against the feds. Now, admittedly Muir's politics are unknown since he wasn't an elected official - but he is standing not only in support of the very Tea Partyesque lawsuit, he's also referring to the USDOJ as "ultra-liberal." Liz then continues on to call out Ms. Hill's apparent change in positions on her advocacy for the homeless, citing quotes by Hill in Missoulian reporter Keila Szpaller's blog, Missoula Red Tape.
For good measure, Lizard closes out his post with reference to former US Representative Pat Williams' 'knucklehead" comment about rapists at the University of Montana, finely documented by the truly lustrous architect of words, Patrick Duganz.
Yes, it's hard to find what many might refer to as "true progressives" or "good democrats" here in Missoula these days. Wagons are circled, that's for sure. That "speak no ill" rule certainly applies in state democrat politics.
A few days ago a friend pointed out to me that Ravalli County - a conservative Tea Party bastion - sure knows how to address incompetence, even when it involves what is an elected office. That person was right. With unproven allegations of malfeasance, Ravalli Board of County Commissioners had County Treasurer Valerie Stamey escorted from the building by the county sheriff. They then hired an outside audit firm, brought in a interim treasurer and also a retired judge to independently oversee the investigation. Stamey remains on paid leave as the investigation continues.
Compare that to Missoula County Board of County Commissioners. With serious allegations made by the USDOJ who have quite clearly said that County Attorney Van Valkenburg has "put women's safety at risk," Van Valkenenburg apparently still has access to his office! There are not only allegations of violations of state and federal law, there is significant documentation by the USDOJ that civil rights were violated - that's the kind of stuff that exposes the county to millions of dollars in lawsuits.
Instead, the county steams forward not by addressing the allegations, but on the hope of a now disgraced county attorney who thinks that the feds don't have jurisdiction over civil rights violations.
This situation is no longer about who has jurisdiction over who - it's over who violated civil rights and who is going to continue to maintain the status quo.
With documented allegations of civil rights violations and the failure of the Board of County Commissioners to act, it's not going to be just Fred Van Valkenburg and Missoula County's name on the lawsuits that have an easy in to being filed. His enablers will also be on the hook, should they fail to act.
And - dare I suggest - that may include the State of Montana, since there are documented allegations of state law in that 20 page document also. I've only heard crickets out of Helena, so far.
Missoula was worried about the cost of implementing the USDOJ's recommendations? They might start to think about those civil rights lawsuits. That stuff can be real real expensive.
Look - Van Valkenburg poked at the dragon. The dragon bit back in a big way. In doing so, the dragon shined a big light on civil rights violations. If anyone things things are going to get easier, they're dreaming.
Not only that - Van Valkenburg can't defend himself or the county from these allegations. Consider that. Van Valkenburg had to hire outside council to sue the feds...he and the county sure can't defend themselves against the civil rights violations that are now on their way down the pike.
Greg Strandberg
That's some pretty good analysis here over the last 2 days. In regard to the attorney, I think the slow wheels are turning and we'll see some action on this soon. At least I hope so.
I think the county commissioners need their own attorney, free from any conflict regarding Van Valkenburg.
I also don't think that's going to happen anytime soon. It will happen, eventually, out of necessity - but until then, they're going to continue to fund his pipedream of a lawsuit against the feds.
Poking that dragon more and more.
if the county commissioners continue to support Fred in embarrassing Missoula by stubbornly refusing to cooperate with the DOJ in their mission to improve prosecution of rape and sex assaults and treatment of victims, it is their political funeral.
Fred is already dead in the eyes of the majority of the voters of Missoula
Rep. Ellie Hill
I haven't changed my position on the homeless and I am sort of offended by the suggestion.
I do NOT support the current panhandling ordinances and neither do many of my Democratic colleagues. Yes, Councilwoman Copple knows this. Yes, I also still support Councilwoman Copple. In fact, I think she has been a phenomenal voice for economic development on the City Council. I do not demand my elected officials march lockstep.
And, I'm certainly not taking my toys and jumping into Lyn Helegaard's sandbox over it.
No, I have not been shouting from the mountain tops regarding my opposition to the panhandling ordinances (this round anyway)- and this is deliberate- out of deference to my former employer, the Poverello Center, and the sensitive relationships surrounding the capital campaign for the new building. The support from United Way and the Missoula Downtown Association is critical and I deeply respect everyone involved in that effort. If anyone should understand that, I think "lizard" could cut some folks some slack on how long and how hard SO MANY people have worked towards seeing that to fruition.
There is zero doubt those ordinances criminalize constitutionally protected behavior and they are contrary to the very notion of being a Missoulian. The ACLU was correct from the beginning and I wrote every single member of the city council and told them that before the first vote and before the federal courts in Idaho confirmed it.
That said, I am proud to be a Missoula County Democrat and a Montana Democrat.
"Progressive", "blue dog", "libertarian-leaning", "the New party", "labor", "green"; it seems that whoever we are, and whoever it is circling these wagons, I guess we don't pass 4 and 20 muster anymore unless we load our pistols and start shooting inward. Well, count this former b'birder out then.
I don't expect my elected officials to march lock step Elle - if I did, I wouldn't bother voting. And I, too take offense - at the suggestion I've jumped over to Lyn Helegaard's sandbox.
Politicians here need to grow some thicker skin or get off the stage. The idea here that any criticism is some sort of personal attack and an attack on all is not only ludicrous, but non-productive. This isn't who said what about who - it's about who voted how on what.
Is Liz to stand by as an advocate for homeless and keep his mouth shut about shitty ordinances because they're all democrats that put it in place? With regards to the whole rape scandal, I've listened and read as people everywhere but here in Montana assume that the players are all Republicans. Talk about partisan assumptions.
Liz isn't alone in his criticism of Dems and neither am I. But the incest with elected and the party elite isn't, I'm afraid, letting ya'all see it. So be it. No one's predicting any gains for state dems this year - but yeah - it's all our fault.
Look inward my friend. I've always supported you, and that's the truth. The shame is, the party hasn't always supported you. City level, state level - they've thrown you under the bus more than once. If you can live with that, that's your choice. For me, I'll still call those hypocrites out and you won't find me smiling and making pleasantries with those who'll choose party over friendships.
Well, in the words of one of my favorite Montana Republicans, Duane Ankney from Colstrip:
"They come out and said they were going to bury me in this election," "I said, 'Well, get your shovels, boys.'"
I think you know me, jhwygirl, I'm loyal to the end, stubborn, but loyal. Let's grab one at the Union Club in a few weeks. I want to run a bill idea past you, re: wild land urban interface.
Talk soon. Cheers.
lizard19
I have and will continue to use discretion in my approach to discussing matters of importance facing Missoula, so there's the slack.
"...I guess we don't pass 4 and 20 muster anymore unless we load our pistols and start shooting inward. Well, count this former b'birder out then."
What then, take your marbles and go home?
Banishment for Lizard if he fails to "cut some folks some slack?" Obama used this technique effectively to marginalize progressive black activists prior to the 2012 election. Slack, however, is seldom rewarded.
Have other viable alternatives been seriously considered? Shooting the messenger has been SOP by both parties for far too long.
And the silver lining is a "wildland urban interface bill?" No more bulldozers, please?
Lizard, keep up the good work. Endless pressure endlessly applied.
Geoff Badenoch
Issues like this are terribly complex. The easy part is to line up with those who say anyone who is sexually assaulted is entitled to a respectful, honest and sensitive investigation of the assault. If we imagine the victim as a family member or loved one it becomes even easier. That's where I line up.
At the same time, we have a system of justice that protects the rights of the accused, a value I hope everyone agrees is necessary to our liberty. We don't always get it right in either side of an allegation of sexual assault, although we should never stop aiming to bat a thousand in our attempt to be sensitive to victims AND faithfully protect the rights of the accused. I am not convinced or satisfied we can ever stop trying to do better at this.
On top of this, though, comes the federal Department of Justice into Missoula County and concludes in its investigation that our elected County Attorney has operated the department in such a way as to less than faithfully serve the needs of victims and deliver justice on their behalf. If true, that is terribly disturbing. But the DOJ findings have not been tested in an arena of advocacy that will require their evidence to be examined in a judicial proceeding. Now that will happen.
Why is that important? First, because federal interference in local affairs involving an elected official is serious business. It should not occur lightly. It is so serious that it should be tested. Many people-far from being a Tea Partier/anti-government types-who are not given to dismissive two word assessments like "government overreach" understand the gravity of federal involvement in local law enforcement.
Second, the people of Missoula County deserve to know through a judicial examination whether the DOJ report has any merit. If, through a test of the judicial system, Fred VanValkenberg is found wanting in the management of the County Attorney's office, I hope he will do the right thing and resign.
I am willing and happy, though, to have my tax dollars spent resolving this question in a court of law with the best legal minds at it. I am willing to recall Fred's years of service to Missoula County and the State of Montana as a legislator and have his work examined by trial.
You make some good points. Well said!
Fred is relying on "prosecutorial discretion" in his case questioning the feds right to investigate him. That and his belief that no county attorney has ever been investigated.
I can't verify whether he's correct on that, and I'm sure not taking is word for it. I have, though, perused the USDOJ civil rights division's website, and there sure are a whole hell of a lot of examples of the USDOJ investigating state AG offices, police, sheriff's - the list goes on. As for the first issue - now think about it - he's arguing that it's his choice to prosecute rape and the feds should stay the hell out of it.
And here you are Geoff - one of many, I'll add, so nothing personal here - cheering on the question of federal jurisdiction. That issue is very separate (and not any part) of any determination of whether he is "wanting in the management of the County Attorney's Office."
I do believe that the issue of his management of the County Attorney's Office has been pretty thoroughly, in fact, exposed in the USDOJ report. "Boys will be boys," being said to the mother of a 5-year old rape victim? Bible passages read to another? Rapists that confess, yet his office returning forms to the Missoula PD that say "insufficient evidence"?
His management has been pretty poor, imo - even if you want to frame the USDOJ work on Fred's addressing of just sexual assaults as anecdotal.
"Prosecutorial discretion" is NOT choosing not to prosecute a rapist that confesses. That is a civil rights violation. Equal Protection. The 14th Amendment. Something which the USDOJ most certainly does have jurisdiction over.
These issues are indeed complex I hear plenty of people melding together a whole bunch of them. Freddy's case is about USDOJ authority to investigate him - whether they are meddling in the local affairs of prosecutorial discretion.
It's important as this community hopefully moves forward in discussion that all issues are kept tucked in their rightful sectors.
not really so complex geoff..... Fred is dragging Missoula through the mud to prove a point and to placate a very fragile ego....
the business community and the taxpayers of Missoula are to suck it up for the sake of some legal fine points? let some other county fight the DOJ
enrollment is declining at U of M which hurts business....
tourism is suffering.....
the very image of Missoula is at stake here....
women victims are coming out with horror stories about how they are treated by Fred and his staff....
rapists confess and there is no prosecution....
a child rape victim's mother is told that "Boys will be Boys" by a member of Fred's staff.....
and we should support Fred's refusal to cooperate with DOJ recommendations to improve prosecution and to treat victims with basic human rights.....
my mother was right. there is a point when too much thinking produces bad solutions. she called them educated idiots.
I am not one of those. i use common sense most of the time.
and common sense dictates that splashing national coverage with the lead that Missoula refuses to improve our prosecution of rape and sex assaults and treatment of victims as DOJ suggests sends the world a very bad message.
I have talked to mothers and fathers who are pulling their daughters out of U of M over the last dorm room rape from Monday night.
but if you are ok with the loss of tourism and the declining enrollment to prove a fine legal point for Fred then go ahead.
I just hope that you are aware that the majority of Missoulians are not with you and Fred on this.
also, I hope that U of M is ok with the result of this bad publicity. one thing is for certain. the ratio of women to men is declining rapidly.
i know my grand daughters aren't going anywhere near U of M
if this lawsuit goes forward.
Wow, another great response that gets to the heart of a lot of this. Who says this site was going downhill?
the site has gone downhill from the peak of activity. if you look at the list of contributors only a few remain active, which is understandable. it's easy to get burned out writing relevant content for free during spare time, and the back and forth of commenting has, at times, been extremely toxic.
blogging overall has also seen a decline. we've had local blogs come and go, and the diversity of Montana blogs right now is diminished. notably there are no good conservative blogs around anymore, and the Democrat blogs just do their partisan thing, which is useful when it comes to tracking the crazies on the extreme right, but not so useful when it comes to applying their alleged principles to their own team.
Problembear, if you think Fred Van Valkenberg has a "very fragile ego" he is protecting, it makes me wonder if you know Fred Van Valkenberg. Whatever is motivating his actions, my sense of Fred is that it is not due to a fragile ego.
This incident as it has unfolded has required discernment and a dogged pursuit of the truth. I simply don't believe that the DOJ report, unchallenged and unanswered can be the gold standard of truth. I have yet to be told about the evidence and have yet to see it cross-examined. What was said? What was heard? We have all had enough experience being misunderstood to see that suspending our judgment pending examination of the DOJ's allegations is worthy.
Yes, Missoula's and the University's reputations have been sullied by the allegations played out in our courtrooms and out newspapers. One case, where the accused was the UM star quarterback resulted in an acquittal, in other words, not guilty. So, a not guilty person, because of his notoriety as a UM star athelete, was dragged through the headlines for a year or so, causing what the world sees as a stain on our community. That's terrible.
Was he really guilty though? Did he really do it and just get off because of crafty lawyers or weak-minded judges and jurors? Here's the hard truth: if he was innocent, Missoula got a bad rap and we can hold our heads high and suck it up until the world forgets. On the other hand, if he did it, and got away with it leaving his victim unfairly shamed and discredited, it clearly demonstrates why prosecutors-even with a case they are ready to take to trial-are so often reluctant to do so. The loss is not only theirs, but the victim is doubly violated.
Is there something to be learned from that? Sure. The pursuit of the Truth, as noble and necessary as it is, is not a journey with a certain, immediate destination. Deeper examination of the facts is all that takes us away from judgment by innuendo, unsupported allegation and humbuggery. Rather than sweep the DOJ findings away dismissively, I say give them a thorough going over and then act on what comes up.
Geoff-
The mayor of Bozeman agrees with most of Montana on this-
quoted from  article.php?article_id=1158
"My thoughts after time passed became more reflective. I certainly understand how public life can be risky, where making mistakes or even 'business as usual' attitudes can lure me into overlooking a problem. But the best way of dealing with great risk is to enthusiastically endorse a way forward.
"So you've seen the MUS (Montana University System) cooperating fully and adopting the recommendations - even if we weren't in "consensus" about the details of the reports or even if we agreed every recommendation is a good idea. Furthermore, the City of Missoula agreed to move forward with the DOJ. Again, it is not about 100% agreement with findings. It is about getting much better in our attitudes and procedures dealing with sexual assault, fully implementing Title IX, and moving forward in our duties to protect and serve.
"The first step to making progress is to stop excusing the past and just admit we have a problem. And if one of our critical partners, like Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg, won't take that step, we don't make progress. The system breaks down, and the community of Montana can't move forward.
"When the issues needing progress are the safety of women on our campuses, and the civil rights of victims, and the safety of the daughters of Montanans attending UM and Missoula College, I'm not willing to accept anything but rapid, immediate, effective progress. As a Regent of the Montana University System, the words of the DOJ report speak directly to my duties and obligations to the women attending and working on the Missoula campuses. In fact, the whole state has a stake in the safety of the women on the campuses in Missoula County. We have a stake in the success of one of our proudest institutions - The University of Montana - and in the reputation of "The Garden City." It's time to stop fighting over the past and instead look to how we all work together to restore those reputations and, more importantly, send the message that Missoula and The University of Montana are great, welcoming, safe places for women."
Also, our own Mayor and current police chief-
From yesterday's Missoulian....
It's close to a year since the city of Missoula entered into an agreement with the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, and we're the better for it.
In the wake of continuing conflict between the DOJ and the Missoula County Attorneys Office and a recent (Feb. 18) opinion piece by Missoula's former police chief, we think it's important to remind the public we serve where the city of Missoula stands when it comes to the safety of women in our community.
We're more responsive and sensitive to the needs of victims of sexual assault, we're operating under better policies and procedures, we are better trained, we are cooperating better with our partners in law enforcement, the criminal justice system and the community, we're reorganizing our staff and remodeling our facilities to better serve victims and we're opening ourselves to external review in an effort to ensure that we're always improving and that we're accountable to the citizens we serve.
Since May, when we finalized our agreement with the Civil Rights Division, our team has worked tirelessly to meet the letter and spirit of that agreement, which calls for a victim-centered approach to investigating sexual assault.
Here's what's different today from a year ago:
• Nearly every one of Missoula's police officers has received extensive training in sexual-assault response from a widely respected trainer using nationally recognized best practices. Our officers have been joined by the staff of the University of Montana's Office of Public Safety, the county attorney and members of his staff.
• We have updated our policies and procedures around sexual-assault cases, ensuring that we're communicating more frequently and thoughtfully with victims, more assertively following up with suspects and turning over the best possible investigations to prosecutors, then following up with their charging decision and documenting those decisions. The city of Missoula, University of Montana and Missoula County Attorney's Office have agreements in place designed to enhance interagency cooperation with regard to sexual assault.
• Each of our sexual-assault cases is reviewed by an independent, community-based team responsible for holding us accountable to our policies and practices. We make changes in policy, procedure and personnel based on these reviews.
• Soon, we'll participate in our first annual community audit of our response that will assess how we, the University of Montana and the Missoula County Attorney's Office are collaborating to address sexual assault, "with a focus on enhancing victim safety, support and participation in the law-enforcement process."
Today, the women and men of the Missoula Police Department are working diligently every day to ensure that we're taking care of victims of sexual assault better than any other city in America. We're not grudgingly operating under an agreement with the federal government, but operating in the best interests of the community we're sworn to protect and serve.
Mike Brady is the city of Missoula's police chief and John Engen is Missoula's mayor.
And Geoff. You are right. I don't know Fred Van Valkenburg. I don't have a membership to Missoula Country Club.
I do however know that the louder a dog barks, the smaller he becomes.....
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CANNES, France (AP)  -  Whether or not Quentin Tarantino wins the Palme d'Or this year, at least he's not coming home without a trophy. The director of the Cannes Film Festival entry "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" scooped up the top prize at the Palm Dog Awards. The awards are handed out...
Actors Leonardo DiCaprio, left, and Brad Pitt pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' at the 72nd international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 21, 2019. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)
With Brad and Leo, Tarantino debuts a fairy tale in Cannes
CANNES, France (AP)  -  Twenty-five years after premiering "Pulp Fiction" in Cannes, Quentin Tarantino returned to the French film festival with neither great vengeance nor furious anger but a gentler fairy tale about 1960s Los Angeles. "Once Upon a Time In ... Hollywood" made its much-anticipated...
Intepreter Massoumeh Lahidji, centre, translates an interview with director Pedro Almodovar, left, and Associated Press film writer Jake Coyle, right at the 72nd international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
In Cannes, making sure cinema isn't lost in translation
CANNES, France (AP)  -  On one afternoon at the Cannes Film Festival last year, Massoumeh Lahidji could be seen on a rooftop terrace interpreting Farsi into English for the Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, and an hour later sitting on a stage with Martin Scorsese translating the famously verbose...
Director Robert Eggers, from left, actors Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson pose for portrait photographs for the film 'The Lighthouse' at the 72nd international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 19, 2019. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)
'The Lighthouse,' with Robert Pattinson, illuminates Cannes
CANNES, France (AP)  -  Robert Eggers' "The Lighthouse," starring Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe as turn-of-the-century lighthouse keepers, kicked up a storm Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival with a wave-making, madhouse period tale that seemingly washed ashore from another era. "The Lighthouse...
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On two wheels, 'The Climb' rides through Cannes as a hit
CANNES, France (AP)  -  Some stars and directors come to the Cannes Film Festival by boat, others by private jet. Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin pretty much cycled their way into Cannes. Covino's "The Climb," in which he and Marvin star as lifelong friends, opens on a French mountain. One of...


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Nicaraguan Man Dies While In Border Patrol Custody In Arizona
A Nicaraguan man who was in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody died early Friday morning, the agency reported.
The 52-year-old man was among 36 people from Central America who surrendered to Border Patrol agents west of Sasabe, Arizona, according to a CBP statement. Immigration officials were processing the group at a facility in Tuscon.
CBP said the man fell into "medical distress" and was rushed to the hospital. Efforts by emergency responders and CBP agents to revive him were unsuccessful, the statement said.
The agency did not provide the man's name.
"The men and women of U.S. Customs and Border Protection are saddened to report that a 52-year-old man from Nicaragua was pronounced deceased early this morning after he was rushed to the hospital," the agency said. "Our condolences are with his family."
"CBP is committed to the health, safety and humane treatment of those in our custody."
NO. You're not. These deaths wouldn't be occurring if that were the case. How many more need to die for us to react as a nation?
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The man's death comes six days after another migrant, a man from Honduras, died while in custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Texas. ICE officials found the Honduran man, 30-year-old Yimi Alexis Balderramons-Torres, unresponsive in his detention cell on Sunday. He was taken to a Houston hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
So far, 12 migrants have died in the custody of U.S. immigration officials, according to a tally by CNN.
Earlier Friday, President Donald Trump defended worsening conditions at U.S. detention centers near the border while speaking to reporters outside of the White House.
"I think the Border Patrol has done an incredible job," Trump said.
The president also boasted about the overcrowded migrant detention centers, which have been at the center of several damning watchdog reports, and the agents who run them.
"I've seen some of those places, and they're run beautifully. They're clean, they're good, they do a great job," Trump said.
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A portion of the border barrier at Nogales, Arizona.
A report released Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security's Office of the Inspector General detailed dirty, crowded and inhumane conditions at detention centers near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Included in the report was a photo taken at a detention center in Fort Brown Station in South Texas showing 88 men crowded into a room with a maximum capacity of 41. One man held a sign that read: "HELP 40 Days Here." Another photo showed men, women and children crowded in a cage at a detention center in McAllen, Texas.
The inspector general's office released a report in May describing conditions that left detainees in soiled clothing for weeks.


New Jersey becoming a hot spot for filmmakers
By Darla Miles
PATERSON, New Jersey (WABC) -- New Jersey might not be the new Hollywood, but it's certainly getting a lot of attention by filmmakers.
Many studios are using the Garden State as a backdrop to upcoming films.
The latest is Steven Spielberg's remake of "West Side Story," but there's also the new "Sopranos" prequel and several new Netflix shows.
The trend is not only putting New Jersey on the map, but it's also bringing in big bucks for local communities.
Military transport vehicles and street signs in Polish are classic images from World War II. But a closer look at one movie set, and you'll see Paterson City Hall in the background.
"Paterson has become a hub for the film industry," Mayor Andre Sayegh said. "You've had the city transformed into Warsaw, Poland; London, England; and Zagreb, Croatia for three different sets."
Over the last year, TV and movie sets -- and even actors in full costume -- have been popping up all around town.
Productions like "The Hunt," "The Plot Against America" starring Winona Ryder, and the new "West Side Story" are all on location in Paterson.
"This did not exist this time last year," Sayegh said. "I believe it's because of our beautiful bones in Paterson. We have the architecture, so you can essentially re-create anything."
Last fall, Governor Phil Murphy reinstated tax credits for the film industry, 30 percent of the total production budget. And on top of that, the city sweetens the pot with highly competitive location fees.
"There are benefits, long-term benefits, because other films are going to come and they're going to start investing in the local economy," Sayegh said. "And then here's the multiplier effect. You got crews. They get hungry."
And that's exactly what happened when the sopranos prequel was shooting a scene on Ellison Street, across from Gionvanni Pizzeria, in April.
"All of them (came)," owner Giovanni Kiyan said. "The whole crew."
In fact, Mayor Sayegh says "The Hunt" generated $40,000 for downtown businesses.
"It obviously enhances our image," he said. "It raises our profile. And people can brag about Paterson."
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This is a description of the 20 competition categories in the Uganda National Journalism Awards 2017.
Individual or shared byline entries can be made for all categories. Editorial managers and members of the public may also nominate a journalist for an award.
If you need further clarification on the awards, please write to awards [at] acme-ug [dot] org, subject line: Uganda National Journalism Awards 2017.
Agriculture reporting
This award will recognize the best agriculture writing or production in Uganda. Entries must have farming practice, agriculture policy, trends, research, innovation or trade at their core. Broader themes of hunger, nutrition, climate change and environment may be accepted if the entries demonstrate their link and impact on the agriculture sector.
Arts and culture journalism
The award for this category recognizes articles or broadcasts that provide excellent context and background to artistic critique and offer nuances and provocative insights into the arts and culture sector. Judges will acknowledge stories that are informed by in-depth knowledge of the historical, political and aesthetic forces that shape arts and culture in Uganda.
Business, economic and financial reporting
This award will be given to a business, economic or financial news story that demonstrates excellence, creativity and journalistic merit.
This award honors work that best features and presents data journalism on print, broadcast or digital. The award will focus on the effectiveness of the data to tell a story, how well the data are presented to users, the journalistic impact and relevance of the data, and the design and functionality of the data presentation.
This award will be granted to an entry that displays visual commentary featuring art, argument and humor. The editorial cartoons must have appeared in a Ugandan print or online magazine or newspaper.
Each cartoonist is allowed to submit one entry consisting of three separate editorial cartoons. The entry will be judged on this show of work. Each entry should be accompanied by a short explanation of the story and how it developed. Details should include the story's chronology and circumstances affecting its gathering and presentation.
This award will be given to the story that makes an exceptional contribution to public awareness and understanding of education issues in Uganda.
Energy, oil, gas and mineral resources
This award will be given to excellent reporting that enhances understanding of Uganda's energy and natural resources sector. The subject may be on any form of energy - oil, gas, nuclear, water, solar, mineral resources, etc.
Environment reporting
This award will be given to a story that makes an exceptional contribution to public awareness and understanding of environmental issues. The report or series represents not just exceptional journalism, but also reporting with the potential to bring constructive change.
Explanatory reporting
This award is for exemplary in-depth analysis and clear presentation of complex issues. Entries should explain a relevant, meaningful and multifaceted subject to audiences through clear storytelling and presentation. Entries will be judged on the quality of journalism, creative and appropriate uses of media.
The award will be granted to the feature treatment of any human interest, lifestyle or news topic. Entries can be profiles, interviews, news features, trend stories or narrative stories.
Health reporting
The winning entry to this award will be judged on the excellence in covering a wide range of issues including public health, medical research, the business of health care, disease and health ethics.
This award recognizes excellence in reporting, through one's own initiative and work product, matters of importance to the audience. In many cases, the subjects of the reporting wish maters under scrutiny to remain undisclosed. The reporting must not be based on an investigation made by someone else. It is permissible to use excerpts from official records and investigations, but only incidentally and not as primary proof of the investigative conclusion.
Justice, law and order
Judging of this award will be based on reporting that shows an in-depth knowledge of the full range of issues in Uganda's justice system and use a journalist's contacts to bring readers the full story. The award-winning journalist will go the beyond the crime statistics and tell the story of the victims of crime.
Multimedia journalism
The award for this category will be presented to a journalist who makes the best use of new media/multimedia technology in their coverage of a single feature story or special project series. To qualify, a journalist must demonstrate the use of no less than three distinct tools in storytelling. Attention will be given to the creative use of new media and how well it contributes to the reader's in-depth understanding of the issue.
Multimedia components might include (but are not limited to) graphics, photo galleries, video or interactive elements. Time stamps should be visible on these entries. URLs should be provided.
National news reporting
This award will be granted to a distinguished reporting on national affairs with significant impact on Uganda. Two separated prizes for broadcast and print entries will be granted.
The photojournalism award will be given to a photographer who displays excellence and creativity in the visual presentation of a breaking news, a feature or a subject of human interest with journalistic merit. The photos must have been first published or broadcast by Ugandan media. A photographer may submit a one photograph for a single story or no more than four photographs for a story series or feature.
Political reporting
This award will go to a journalist whose coverage helps develop a unique understanding of politics, key players and the political process. Judges will look for reporting that is particularly innovative, issue-focused and informs audiences about their democratic and political choices.
Local reporting
This prize will recognize the work of reporters based outside of Kampala who provide a clear understanding of events, issues and politics of importance to their town, districts or regions. It honors reporters who demonstrate excellence and versatility in covering local issues from a local angle.
This award will go to a journalist whose coverage explores new avenues and finds a new direction in reporting sports. It will also recognize a journalist who brings sporting occasions or sporting events to life with the quality of reporting and/or who produces agenda-setting news on subjects of great general interest.
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Canterbury Cathedral, Dover Castle, and White Cliffs
Enjoy a day tour by mini-coach to the county of Kent, known traditionally as the Garden of England. Stop to visit historic Canterbury Cathedral, see the famous White Cliffs of Dover and take a tour of Dover Castle, the largest castle in the country.
Visit historic Canterbury Cathedral
See the famous White Cliffs of Dover
Learn about the history of Dover Castle, the largest castle in England
On this full-day excursion from London, your first stop will be the historic cathedral city of Canterbury. There's plenty to see in Canterbury, including the Cathedral, St. Martin's Church and St. Augustine's Abbey. Pilgrims have made their way to Canterbury Cathedral since the Middle Ages, and it remains popular today with visitors from around the world.
You'll travel on to the coast to see the White Cliffs of Dover, one of the country's most spectacular natural features. An icon of Britain, the White Cliffs have been a sign of hope and freedom for centuries. Take a walk along the clifftops and look out over the busy English Channel. On a clear day you'll be able to see across to France.
Just a short drive up the road from the White Cliffs of Dover is Dover Castle, one of the largest castles in the country, strategically placed at the shortest crossing point to continental Europe.
The castle has played a prominent role in Britain's history, and dates back to the Iron Age. A Roman lighthouse and Anglo-Saxon church still stand within the grounds. Admission to the castle is included in the tour and you'll also have some free time to explore the grounds.
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"SHOP LOCAL!" is a big deal for my wife and I. As business owners, we understand the importance of supporting as many locally-owned businesses as possible. Thus, we're always on the lookout for great Kansas City companies and brands. So, when Lauren asked me, "hey, did you see that new distillery opening up in the East Bottoms?," I had to check it out. What a find! Not only is J. Rieger & Co. opening a new distillery, they have renovated an old building which used to be a bottling facility for The Heim Brewery! How neat is that?
After following J. Rieger & Co. on Instagram, I started to learn a little about the history of company. Originally founded in 1887, the whisky brand was forced to shut down due to prohibition in 1919. Nearly a century later, the brand has been resurrected and history is being restored to the Kansas City area via their incredible new distillery.
Take a listen as I interview Ryan Maybee, one of the co-founders of the company, to hear the fascinating story of J. Rieger & Co.!
Make a date to visit their new facility which opens July 12th, 2019!
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EPISODE RECAP:
The history of J. Rieger & Co., where it started, how it was resurrected nearly 100 . years later.
The incredible story of how a descendent of Jacob Rieger, original founder of the company, became involved in helping rebuild the brand
Details of the new J. Rieger and Co. distillery in the East Bottom district of Kansas City, MO
The history of the East Bottoms district, Electric Park and the old Heim Brewery bottling facility which is now the J. Rieger & Co. distillery
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Please welcome Dr. Ajay Antony to the...
Please welcome Dr. Ajay Antony to the Department!
Dr. Antony joined us on July 1, 2016, as an Assistant Professor for the Division of Chronic Pain. He comes to us from our very own department where he served as Chief Resident and completed his internship and fellowship in Pain Medicine. Dr. Antony was awarded the Michael E. Mahla Outstanding Resident of the Year Award, Best Resident for Outstanding Dedication and Service to the Department, and Outstanding Resident Teacher Award. He completed his Bachelor of Science in Integrative Biology at "the Gator Nation" and earned his MD at St. George University School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies. He is certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Basic Cardiac Life Support and is a member of many professional academic societies such as the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, and many more. Dr. Antony has given many lectures and has presented his research at the International Meeting of the American Thoracic Society, not to mention having published articles abstracts. We are excited to have such an accomplished doctor joining us and we ask you to help us welcome him as a faculty member to the department and university!


Photo Platform Everpix Adds Image Recognition Feature
With two children under the age of 5, I've got a massive amount of digital photos and absolutely no time to sort through thousands of images. That's where Everpix comes in. The photo platform syncs unlimited, full-resolution photos to the cloud and categorizes each image. Along with a Web interface, the service's iOS app has been updated today with some new features. Probably the biggest new addition is the Explore feature. By using a proprietary algorithm, Everpix recognizes and sorts photos on a content level - like babies, landscapes, pets, cars, food, and more. Version 1.5 of the app also brings improved AirPlay support for users streaming photos to an Apple TV. Along with the update, Everpix has introduced a freemium tier. Everpix Free will offer unlimited storage of 12 months worth of full-resolution photos for no charge. Everpix is a universal app designed for the iPhone/iPod touch and iPad/iPad mini. It can be downloaded in the App Store now for free. Regular subscriptions can be purchased for $49 per year or $4.99 per month. Users can print any of their photos at any one of more than 8,000 Walgreen's locations across the United States. Images can also be easily shared with family and friends via email. I've been an Everpix user for a few months, and can highly recommend the service. While I was at first wary of the subscription fees, its nice to have all of my precious memories stored and sorted in the cloud. And the iOS app does a very nice job of displaying all of your images. If you're looking for other Photo Sharing Apps, take a look at our AppList.
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" Somalia to Thailand, the same story of Pak-Afghan Terrorism
Pakistani army: Taliban holding town hostage : Latest from Buner "
The Death and Resurrection of Osama bin Laden, The Faliure of Pak, Afghan And US Governments.
Bin Laden's voice was detected regularly until [14 December 2001] by intelligence operatives monitoring radio transmissions in Tora Bora, according to the Pentagon [details]. Since then, nothing has been heard from the al-Qa'eda leader and President Bush has hinted in private that bin Laden's silence could mean he has been killed. [Telegraph, 12/28/2001]
Osama bin Laden:
A dead nemesis perpetuated by the US government
Osama bin Laden is dead. The news first came from sources in Afghanistan and Pakistan almost six months ago: the fugitive died in December [2001] and was buried in the mountains of southeast Afghanistan. Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, echoed the information. The remnants of Osama's gang, however, have mostly stayed silent, either to keep Osama's ghost alive or because they have no means of communication.With an ego the size of Mount Everest, Osama bin Laden would not have, could not have, remained silent for so long if he were still alive. He always liked to take credit even for things he had nothing to do with. Would he remain silent for nine months and not trumpet his own survival?[New York Times. July 11, 2002]Bin Laden has often been reported to be in poor health. Some accounts claim that he is suffering from Hepatitis C, and can expect to live for only two more years. According to Le Figaro, last year [2000] he ordered a mobile dialysis machine to be delivered to his base at Kandahar in Afghanistan. [Guardian]Peter Bergen: Bin Laden has aged 'enormously'
This is a man who was clearly not well. I mean, as you see from these pictures here, he's really, by December [2001] he's looking pretty terrible.
Bin Laden December 27, 2001 video
Healthy bin Laden
But by December, of course, that tape that was aired then, he's barely moving the left side of his body. So he's clearly got diabetes. He has low blood pressure. He's got a wound in his foot. He's apparently got dialysis ... for kidney problems. [CNN]
The [December 27, 2001 video] was dismissed by the Bush administration ... as sick propaganda possibly designed to mask the fact the al-Qa'eda leader was already dead. "He could have made the video and then ordered that it be released in the event of his death," said one White House aide. [Telegraph]
Pakistan's Musharraf: Bin Laden probably dead
Pakistan's president says he thinks Osama bin Laden is most likely dead because the suspected terrorist has been unable to get treatment for his kidney disease.
[A Bush administration official] said U.S. intelligence is that bin Laden needs dialysis every three days and "it is fairly obvious that that could be an issue when you are running from place to place, and facing the idea of needing to generate electricity in a mountain hideout." [CNN]
Renal dialysis  -  talking about hemodialysis  -  is something that really is reserved for patients in end-stage renal failure. That means their kidneys have just completely shut down. The most common cause of something like that would be something like diabetes and hypertension. Once that's happened, if you're separated from your dialysis machine  -  and incidentally, dialysis machines require electricity, they're going to require clean water, they're going to require a sterile setting  -  infection is a huge risk with that. If you don't have all those things and a functioning dialysis machine, it's unlikely that you'd survive beyond several days or a week at the most. [CNN]
Karzai: bin Laden 'probably' dead
Osama bin Laden is "probably" dead, but former Taliban leader Mullah Omar is alive, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said. [CNN]
FBI: Bin Laden 'probably' dead
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation's counter-terrorism chief, Dale Watson, says he thinks Osama bin Laden is "probably" dead. [BBC]
Magazine runs what it calls bin Laden's will
The editor-in-chief of a London-based Arab news magazine said a purported will it published Saturday was written late last year [2001] by Osama bin Laden, and shows "he's dying or he's going to die soon." [CNN]
Usama bin Laden has died a peaceful death due to an untreated lung complication, the Pakistan Observer reported, citing a Taliban leader who allegedly attended the funeral of the Al Qaeda leader. "The Coalition troops are engaged in a mad search operation but they would never be able to fulfill their cherished goal of getting Usama alive or dead," the source said. [FOX News]
Translation of Funeral Article in Egyptian Paper:
al-Wafd, Wednesday, December 26, 2001 Vol 15 No 4633
News of Bin Laden's Death and Funeral 10 days ago
A prominent official in the Afghan Taleban movement announced yesterday the death of Osama bin Laden, the chief of al-Qa'da organization, stating that binLaden suffered serious complications in the lungs and died a natural and quiet death. [Welfare State]
Osama bin who?
Israel does not view bin Laden as a threat. [Janes]
Israeli intelligence: Bin Laden is dead, heir has been chosen
Israeli sources said Israel and the United States assess that Bin Laden probably died in the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan in December. They said the emergence of new messages by Bin Laden are probably fabrications, Middle East Newsline reported. [World Tribune]
[See also The Fake bin Laden Audio Tape]
[See also Benazir Bhutto says Osama is dead.]
Officials, friends can't confirm Bin Laden death report
POSTED: 11:12 a.m. EDT, September 24, 2006
Story HighlightsStory Highlights
• France's Chirac, U.S. intelligence downplay report that bin Laden is dead
• Report's source is leaked French defense ministry documents
• Saudi source tells CNN bin Laden is ill with a water-borne disease
• Bin Laden's brother-in-law says he has heard no report of al Qaeda leader's death
PARIS, France (CNN)  -  A report that Osama bin Laden is dead has set off a flurry of denials from U.S., French and Pakistani officials, who say the newspaper report citing French intelligence cannot be independently confirmed.
A Saudi intelligence official, however, told CNN on Saturday that the al Qaeda leader is suffering from a waterborne illness. There have been credible reports that the most wanted man in the world is ill, but there is no intelligence indicating he is dead, the source said.
L'Est Republicain, citing a September 21 French foreign intelligence document, reported that Saudi officials had received confirmation that bin Laden died August 23 of typhoid fever in Pakistan. (Watch what intelligence information reveals about bin Laden's condition  -  1:59
"We believe this reporting to be unsubstantiated," a U.S. intelligence official said.
Other U.S. intelligence officials concurred, and White House spokesman Blair Jones said, "We have no confirmation of that report." (Watch a former CIA director explain how this report could be confirmed -3:34)
A senior White House official with access to intelligence reports added that he has made several calls to senior government officials and could not verify the report.
Across the Atlantic, French President Jacques Chirac said the report was "in no way confirmed" and that he was initiating an investigation into who leaked the confidential document to L'Est Republicain. (Watch French reporter sticking to his story  -  1:51)
"I was rather surprised to see that a confidential note from the [General Directorate for External Security] was published, and I have asked the minister of defense to start an investigation immediately and to reach whatever conclusions are necessary," Chirac said after trade talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Compiegne, France.
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Friend, family weigh in.
Bin Laden's brother-in-law, Jamal Khalifa, who was the al Qaeda leader's best friend when they were university students in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, told CNN that he has heard no report of bin Laden's death. The Saudi-based businessman has been married to bin Laden's sister, Shaikha, since 1986.
Khaled Batarfi, a managing editor at the Saudi newspaper Al Madina and who was close friends with bin Laden when they were teenagers, said he remains in touch with bin Laden's immediate family in Jeddah. Family members said Saturday they had heard nothing to confirm the report, Batarfi told CNN.
Despite the fervent denials, journalist Laid Sammari, who wrote the article, said in a telephone interview that he was confident the classified document was authentic. His article states that Saudi secret service agents on September 4 received reports of bin Laden's death.
Saudi officials plan to make an official announcement after they confirm the burial site for the al Qaeda leader, Sammari said.
In Pakistan, officials said Saturday that they had no confirmation of bin Laden's death. On Friday, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf confirmed President Bush's earlier statement that the hunt for bin Laden is still on.
Al Qaeda was behind the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States that killed almost 3,000 people in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington. The U.S. State Department is offering a $25 million reward for information leading directly to bin Laden's arrest or conviction, according to the FBI.
The Airline Pilots Association and the Air Transport Association are offering an additional $2 million reward.
Bin Laden's most recent public message came June 30, when an audio recording was posted on an Islamic Web site. He stated that Abu Hamza al-Muhajer had replaced Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as leader of al Qaeda in Iraq. Al-Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. airstrike earlier in June.
The CIA confirmed the voice on the tape was bin Laden's.
The al Qaeda leader's most recent videotaped statement was aired October 29, 2004, on Al-Jazeera.
CNN's Katie Turner, Pam Benson, Peter Bergen, Elise Labott and Nic Robertson contributed to this report.
Pakistan's President says Osama bin Laden could be dead
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari has raised the prospect that Osama bin Laden could be dead after he said that intelligence officials could find "no trace" of the al-Qaeda chief.
By Dean Nelson and Emal Khan in Peshawar
Last Updated: 6:25AM BST 28 Apr 2009
An image from 1998 shows Osama Bin Laden speaking to selected reporters in the mountains of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan Photo: AP
He said that neither his own advisers in Pakistan nor US intelligence agencies had detected any trace of the al-Qaeda leader since Al Jazeera television broadcast an audio recording of his voice in March.
But even then, unlike on previous occasions the authenticity of the voice purporting to be bin Laden was not confirmed by the CIA.
There have been regular reports of bin Laden's ill health, notably speculation about his kidneys failing. Mr Zardari said his own advisers believed there was substance to the rumours.
"The question is whether he is alive or dead. There is no trace of him," he said.
"There is no news. They obviously feel that he does not exist any more but that's not confirmed."
Mr Zardari's predecessor, Pervez Musharraf, similarly suggested that the Saudi terror chief could be dead. But US officials have repeatedly stated that bin Laden could yet be hiding in the mountainous region straddling the Afghan-Pakistan border.
Mr Zardari's comments came as he sought to reassure the international community that it need not worry over the security of Pakistan's nuclear weapons.
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, had voiced her fears that they could fall into Taliban hands if the Pakistani government failed to halt the militants' advance throughout its North West Frontier Province (NWFP). Militants were last week repelled from their positions in Buner, just 60 miles from the capital Islamabad.
Her remarks followed earlier claims to a US Congressional committee that Pakistan was "abdicating to the Taliban" by making peace deals in places like the Swat Valley, where ministers had agreed to introduce Sharia law in exchange for an end to a militant insurgency.
That latest deal is unravelling after the Pakistan army killed 46 Taliban fighters in the space of two days, including two senior commanders in Malakand's Lower Dir district, in a series of helicopter gunship strikes.
They were called in after the NWFP government said the Taliban had broken the truce deal by pushing beyond the Swat Valley to neighbouring districts like Buner and Lower Dir.
A Taliban spokesman, Muslim Khan, last night warned his fighters would attack government forces throughout the district if the government did not immediately halt its offensive.
No Confirmation about Laden's Death
Updated: Monday, April 27, 2009, 16:05|| IrishTimes.com|| Last updated on April 29, 2009, 18:15 by Agencies.||
Pakistan's president Asif Ali Zardari said today that the whereabouts of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden remained a mystery and there was a suspicion that he could be dead.
Mr Zardari said US officials had told him that they had no trace of the al-Qaeda leader, although they habitually say he is most likely in Pakistan.
Pakistan's own intelligence agencies had no confirmation of Bin Laden's status either, Mr Zardari said.
"There is no news," the president said. "They obviously feel that he does not exist anymore but that's not confirmed, we can't confirm that."
Al Jazeera aired excerpts of an audio recording in March in which the speaker's voice sounded like earlier messages from Bin Laden, who has eluded all efforts to catch him since al-Qaeda carried out the September 11th, 2001 attacks on the United States.
Bin Laden's 52nd birthday was on March 10th. He is known to suffer from ill-health.
There have been reports that he had died of natural causes in the past, but they have never been corroborated, and security analysts believe intelligence agencies monitoring jihadi websites on the internet would have picked up some chatter. nReuters .
It is difficult to say, whether Osama is dead or alive. Whether he is a good friend of Obama, Karzai, Musarraf or Muslim mass being endangered by the isolation threat out of an Islamist terrorism. But a fun realms that Osama generally prefers breakfast with Zardari, lunch with Karzai and dinner with Obama. And only Allah knows where Osama sleeps at night.
But the reality runs that Ghost Osama is more dangerous than Osama live Laden. Laden is still the prime inspiration of all Islamist terror forces.
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Aliens Futuristic
The US government made a pact with Aliens for otherworldly technology
There are numerous Ufologists who claim that extraterrestrial beings have worked with our government for years. This theory, which has been seriously ridiculed by many, might actually be true since numerous scientists and governmental official have come forward suggesting that there is more to alien life on Earth than previously believed.
Philip Schneider was a man who is believed to have come forward with highly classified information. He was a geologist and structural engineer of the Government of the United States and was involved in the construction of deep underground military bases in the United States with the Army Corps of Engineers.He was one of three people to survive the 1979 fire fight between the large Greys and US intelligence and military forces at Dulce underground base. At Dulce, Schneider maintained, "gray" humanoid extraterrestrials worked side by side with American technicians. In 1979, a misunderstanding arose. In the ensuing shootout, 66 Secret Service, FBI and Black Berets were killed along with an unspecified number of "grays".
Philip Schneider's father, Oscar Schneider was a medical advisor to the US Navy. During the last two years of his life, Phil Schneider gave over 30 lectures to a variety of audiences around the world talking about highly classified information of the government involving alien technology, alien weapons, experiments and pacts between governments worldwide and aliens.
Many people remained skeptical about what Schneider had brought forward and much of his life was seriously questioned by people worldwide. He was ridiculed by many, but there were many who believed that what Schneider was telling was the absolute truth, something that no one dared to talk about.
Mysteriously in 1996, Schneider was found dead in his apartment. Authorities said it was a suicide, but many people believe that Schneider was killed because he had leaked extremely classified information to the public.
In 1954, former President Dwight Eisenhower, made a pact with three species of aliens, Schneider said at a conference in 1995. n exchange for alien technology, Eisenhower allegedly gave permission for the aliens to abduct a limited number human beings to perform numerous experiments on Earth and in space.
Schneider said that many of the thousands people who have gone missing around the world, may have been taken by aliens. He said there are nine races of aliens who see the human race as "a bag of food."
According to Schneider, the technology that aliens gave us as part of this exchange includes a type of metal that is almost indestructible. Schneider showed the audience what he said was a piece of this metal.It is made of niobium, an element that we have in the periodic table, and Marinite, a strange element which is not found on Earth.
But there were other technological utilities that aliens gave to humans thanks to the pacts. The government was able to develop a spy satellite with help of aliens that can detect a penny on the floor of your kitchen according to Schneider. This spy-satellite uses some sort of infrared technology with a resolution factor of 99.99961.
But this pact was broken by the aliens since they have abducted way more aliens than agreed. According to Schneider, since the pact was broken there have been tensions among alien races and humans.


AMBASSADORS 2018/19
MEET THE ALPINA WATCHES WINTER AMBASSADORS
All Alpina "family" members - the "Alpinists" - are united by a common aim. They seek performance and progress when facing a challenge in extremely demanding environments. They successfully accomplish their missions by applying the "Alpinist" principles:
We only associate with friends and partners that - like us - truly share, live and work according to these principles, and we hope that any person who adheres to them, and wishes to promote them, will one day decide to wear an Alpina watch, thereby becoming an "Alpinist".
That our Ambassadors are Alpine skiers, snowboarders, free riders, ice-skaters, divers, adventurers, or skipper, they all share our values, care about the Outdoor environment and best represent the Alpinist attitude!
Take a moment to learn more about them and follow them along their different worldwide competitions, events or adventures.
Luca spent his first years in Crans-Montana where he discovered skiing and where he became a member of the ski club "Les Barzettes (Randogne)". At the age of 4, his family moved to the region of Berne, but continued to go to Crans-Montana to perfect his skills. Even though he loved playing soccer, Luca realized his passion for skiing was far bigger. He is now a National athlete for the Swiss Ski Team. During his first performance in the 2013 Junior World Championships, he took the podium celebrating with an amazing 2nd place. In 2014 he won the National Championships in Saint Moritz in 2014. In 2017, he won the Gold Medal in the World Championships in Saint Moritz in the Super Combination category.

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CHARLOTTE CHABLE
Charlotte started skiing at the age of two on the slopes of Villars and then began her career at the Ski Club before joining the NLZ's Team. Her specialty is slalom skiing which has always been a passion for her and she enjoys the rush that this sport offers. Today Charlotte is a National athlete and a proud member of the Swiss-Ski Federation in the hopes of becoming one of the best skiers in the world. She started competing in the Junior World Championships in 2015 where she reached an impressive 4th place and most recently, she made 9th place in the 2015 World Cup in Aspen, USA. After another difficult injury in 2016, and a long rehabilitation, Charlotte is eager to get back her top-level in FIS WorldCup.

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JIM DE PAOLI
Born and raised in Geneva in Switzerland. After completing his studies, Jim consecrated the great Majority of his time practicing his sport, hundreds of hours of training spent in sports halls or ice rinks. After 9 years of racing, He participates in over 35 races and he's more than motivated to repeat for a new season. The Ice Cross Downhill sport made its debut in January 2001 in Stockholm. With their ice skates, the athletes hurtle down the icy slopes, strewn with obstacles of all kinds, with the only goal being to be first on the finish line. This sport is a symbiosis between Skicross and ice skating. The races are held throughout Europe and North America.
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YANN SCUSSEL
Yann Scussel, is born in 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland. He quickly became passionate about sports, including water sports such as swimming and water polo, which he practiced at a high level for years. Water has become its element; even some days he is more under water than outside! With his parents, he also had the chance to travel, which gave him the taste of adventure, exploration and nature. Diving is a way for Yann to explore incredible sites and meet fascinating animals. In 2018, he participated to a project in Fiji Islands within the Shark Conservation Project (SCP). Despite his young age, this young adventurer of modern times aims to be able to explore the world and carry out projects that have never been attempted before. Inspired by adventurers like Mike Horn, Yann trains hard every day to prepare for his future "extreme" projects and realize his dreams.
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ROBIN BUFFET
Robin Buffet alias Bobby (his nickname) was born in Annecy. The young alpine skier of La Clusaz won the 2016 European Slalom Cup. Robin is not one of those born in a large family of competitors. He led his way alone, by perseverance and hard work. Passionate about winter sports and speed, he is also extremely calm and thoughtful.
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JEAN-FRÉDÉRIC CHAPUIS
Born in the Belleville Valley in 1989, this young man has Ski Cross in his blood. This is the story of a skier, born into a Franco-Swiss family with a strong background in skiing. "As a child, he was already a leader with a strong character. He was sensitive, gifted and a bit cheeky at school" according to one of his trainers from Val Thorens. "We knew he would become a great skier, although at the time we thought it would be in Alpine skiing". In 2009, at the age of 20, he switched from Alpine skiing to Ski Cross, and in no time was a convert. World Ski Cross Champion 2014, Gold medalist at the Olympic Games in Sotchi, Jean-Fred finished 2nd in the World Ski Cross Championship last winter, and he is ready this winter to go back to his Top-leader position.

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AURÉLIEN DUCROZ
Skier/Skipper, Aurélien makes us discover his passion and shares with us the thrill of the extreme through his challenge Latitude Neige/Longitude Mer. Originally from Chamonix, Aurélien is a 35 years old, father of two children and a descendant of a family of mountain guides, a ski instructor, so needless to say that the mountain and the ski are part of his genetic inheritance! His passion for freeride skiing led him to the top: two world championship titles and four victories at Verbier's Xtreme, the iconic side of the World Freeride Championship final. For the past two years, he has produced Cham'lines, a web series displaying freeride lines in the Chamonix Valley. He also travels the earth and films extraordinary places, mixing his two passions! On top of that, Aurelien is a great ocean race sailor. He took part to Transat Jacques Vabre 2017 on an IMOCA monohul and competed 3 times on Tour de France a la Voile winning a 4th place overall in 2016.

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TRISTAN DUGERDIL
Coming from Morzine-France, Tristan started the sport by practicing ice hockey and skiing in competition until the age of 14. Then, he devoted himself entirely to the Hockey by evolving in the Junior Team of Geneva-Servette. He practises in parallel various sports such as mountain biking, freestyle skiing, skateboarding...
His Ice Cross Downhill career began in Lausanne in 2013 after achieving the best time in Swiss national selections. He is now part of the World Top 5 of the discipline.
With a degree in Mechanical Design in his pocket, he now devotes himself entirely to his athletic career to win in the world's skating elite.
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ENAK GAVAGGIO
French alpine skier, skier-cross, snowboarder, free rider, base jumper and surfer, Enak Gavaggio simply loves anything which enables him to slide.
Born on May 4th, 1976, Enak is known and appreciated both by his peers - for his carrier results and strong personality - and by the younger generation for his Rancho WebShow series. Nowadays a famous and influent face in the French Mountain Industry, he is the only one who is so admired by any kind of winter sports athlete.
Enak started to ski at 8 years old and his career's hit list could make most people blush: 7 skier-cross medals at the X-Games, 5x skier-cross WORLD CUP WINNER, 5 medals at the World Championship, and a 4th and 5th place at the Freeride World Tour Championship. His professional career as athlete will end in 2010 at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Since 2014, Enak has played the well-known role of "Rancho", a staggered vintage character in a skiing universe themed web show.
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NELLY MOENNE-LOCCOZ
Nelly was introduced to the world of alpine skiing at the age of 3, by her father, a ski instructor. Since her very first races in 2000, her parents have been very supportive throughout her career. She quickly grew a passion for snowboarding and swapped her skis for a snowboard. In research of new sensations, snowboard cross became her official discipline. Nelly practices her sport rigorously within the French National Team, in an atmosphere she calls "funformance", in her words, a happy medium between fun and performance. It's not surprising once you get to know her outgoing personality. She is part of today's top world female elite of snowboard cross. As an engaged and dedicated personality, Nelly is committed to reaching podiums. Her innate physical and tactical qualities quickly propelled her to the top of the rankings. Three times Olympic Games participant in 2010, 2014 and 2018, vice-world Champion in 2011 and 2015, Nelly made a sensational season in 2015 by claiming the famous crystal globe in her discipline. Last 2017-2018 season, Nelly finished #3 in the FIS Worldcup Snowboardcross ranking.
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@NMoenneloccoz
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VICTOR MUFFAT-JEANDET
Victor Muffat-Jeandet (born 5 March 1989) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer.
Born in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie in France, Muffat-Jeandet made his World Cup debut in February 2009 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. He achieved his first podium in 2015, a runner-up finish in a super combined at Wengen, Switzerland. He also participated at the 2013 World Championships and 2015 World Championships. 2018 offered him his first participation to the Olympic Games in PyeongChang, where he earned his first medal, a Bronze, in the Alpine combined. He also made his first place in World Cup's combined in Wengen. Rigorous, perseverant and perfectionist, he likes the work well done. He is highly demanding with himself and these requirements are bearing fruits season after season.

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NASTASIA NOENS
Nastasia Noens, born September 12, 1988 in Nice, is a French alpine skier, specialized in the slalom discipline. Bronze medalist in slalom at the 2008 World Junior Championships, she has climbed twice on a World Cup slalom podium with a third place in Flachau in January 2011 and Bormio in January 2014, the only French rider to achieve this performance since 2010, finally she took part in the Olympic Games of 2010. Nastasia evolves almost permanently in the Top 30 in Slalom discipline and prepared really hard last Summer in order to achieve more regularly the Top 10 of the Best Slalom skiers of the WorldCup.
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IRENE CURTONI
Born in 1985, in Echirolles, France, Irene started skiing at a young age with her father. Ever since she dreamed of being a Ski Champion. Dreams do come true. Irene started her World cup carrier in 2007 and since then, she regularly performed every season in the Top 10 ranking of Slalom and Giant Slalom races. About to start her 12th consecutive years on the FIS World cup circuit, Irene is still strongly driven by passion and perseverance. Her adventurous competitive nature brings Alpina's DNA to life and highlights her commitment to training hard daily in order to reach the 1st place in major competitions. Next, to her strong athletic performance, the charming skier is also well known for her outgoing personality. She embodies the brand's emblematic Alpine spirit.
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LUCA DE ALIPRANDINI
Luca is an Italian World Cup Alpine ski racer. Born in Cles in Italy, Luca joined in 2008 the team of Torino and won the gold medal at the Italian Junior Championship, which enabled him to join the Italian National Team. In 2009, he graduated from Sportoberschule Malles and became part of the Fiamme Gialle (the sport section of the Italian force). At this time, he could turn his passion into a real job. In 2011, he started his first world cup race. Three years later, Luca participated to the Olympic Games in Sochi and scored the best Italian result with its eleventh place. Luca De Aliprandini is a great skier that trains a lot to be part of the best world skier in the world.

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@dealiprandini
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MIKE GOULIAN
Aviation has been part of Alpina's DNA for almost a century. In 1921, Alpina became a renowned supplier of time instruments for military pilots and air forces so it's only natural to welcome Michael Goulian as part of the Alpina aviation family. Michael Goulian is one of the most experienced and determined contenders for the Red Bull Air Race World Championship, and since his first race in 2004 the American has accumulated career highlights including a memorable win at the iconic stop of Budapest, Hungary. Before beginning his racing career, Goulian earned the US National Unlimited Aerobatics Championship and the National Advanced Aerobatics Championship, and he continues to be a popular performer of aerial demonstrations. Goulian is one of just seven pilots ever to earn the triple crown of industry honors for airshow flying: the Art School Memorial Award, the Bill Barber Award and the ICAS Sword of Excellence. Goulian further holds the distinction of being an honorary member of the legendary US Navy Blue Angels. Based in historic Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, the team flies the number 99 Edge 540.

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ABOUT ALPINA
OUR ALPINISTS
We only associate with partners that - like us - truly share, live and work according to these principles, and we hope that any person who adheres to them, and whishes to promote them, will one day decide to wear an Alpina watch, thereby becoming an "Alpinist".
THE ORIGINAL SWISS SPORT WATCH
ALPINE SPORTS WATCH MANUFACTURING - SINCE 1883
Alpina, famous for its red triangle signature, is a fine watchmaking manufacture based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Founded in 1883, Alpina's watchmaking history spans more than 130 years. A true pioneer of the Swiss watchmaking industry, Alpina has been the source of numerous patents and innovative calibers. Alpina invented the concept of the Swiss sport watch, as we know it today, with the birth of its legendary Alpina 4 in 1938. Today, Alpina is one of the very few Swiss watch companies, which develops, produces and assembles its movements entirely in-house. Alpina proposes five in-house calibers: the AL-980 Tourbillon; the AL-718 World Timer; the AL-950 Automatic Regulator; the AL-710 Automatic Small Date, and, most recently, the AL-760 Flyback Chronograph, featuring the patented "Direct Flyback" technology.
Faithful to its long tradition of innovation, in 2015 Alpina introduced the first connected Swiss Made Horological Smartwatch, thereby creating a new watch category in the Swiss watch industry. Alpina's mission is to design and engineer luxury sport watches that operate with the greatest precision and reliability possible in the most demanding sporting environments, like the Alps.
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