Lopez, Johjima deliver as Seattle wins Sun., April 12, 2009 Mariners rally in 8th, beat A’s for third straight win OAKLAND, Calif. – It didn’t take long for Jose Lopez to find himself in a pressure situation. An inning after entering for injured teammate Wladimir Balentien, Lopez hit a two-run double off Oakland Athletics closer Brad Zeigler in a four-run eighth inning to help the Seattle Mariners rally from two deficits for an 8-5 victory Saturday. “I just wanted to get one run in somehow,” Lopez said. “I had a great swing and got the ball around on an inside strike.” Kenji Johjima also had a two-run hit in the inning. “We’ve seen him enough last year to know about him,” Lopez said of Zeigler. “When you’re on the bench, you have to be ready for anything.” Balentien left the game with a sprained left wrist. He was injured diving for a ball in the bottom of the first but stayed in the game until after hitting in the sixth. “It was painful when I swung the bat,” he said. “I told the trainer because I didn’t want to get worse.” Russell Branyan homered and Franklin Gutierrez drove in two runs for the Mariners, who won their third straight. Mike Sweeney added an RBI single in the ninth. Seattle’s eighth-inning rally began when Bobby Crosby, making his debut at third base, mishandled Sweeney’s grounder leading off. Adrian Beltre singled and Casilla walked Branyan to load the bases. Ziegler took over and gave up Lopez’s two-run double and Johjima’s two-run single. Miguel Batista (1-0) pitched two innings in relief of Felix Hernandez. Brandon Morrow recorded three outs for his second save, striking out Nomar Garciaparra to end the game. Jack Cust hit a two-run homer and Landon Powell got his first major league hit, a two-run double for the A’s, who lost their second straight. Santiago Casilla (0-1) allowed three runs – two earned – in one-plus innings. Hernandez had his worst start against the A’s and allowed more than one run for the first time in one of his first two starts of a season. He gave up seven hits and five runs in five innings, walking two and striking out eight. Hernandez has beaten the A’s in six of his previous eight starts. “I think his ankle was bothering him a little bit,” Seattle manager Don Wakamatsu said. “You could see him favor it a little bit on a couple pitches. I don’t think it was a huge issue but it was enough to throw his mechanics off.” A’s starter Josh Outman lasted 4 1/3 innings, yielding three runs on six hits. Branyan hit a towering shot into the right-field bleachers with one out in the fourth for his second home run and the Mariners added two more runs in the fifth on Gutierrez’s two-run single to tie it 3-all. Endy Chavez singled in the ninth and became the first Mariners player to hit safely in the first six games since Ichiro Suzuki opened the 2005 season with a seven-game streak. Mariners 8, Athletics 5 E—JoLopez (1), Crosby (1). LOB—Seattle 5, Oakland 9. 2B—JoLopez (1), OCabrera (2), Powell (1). HR—Cust (1), off Hernandez; Branyan (2), off Outman. RBIs—FGutierrez 2 (5), MSweeney (1), Branyan (3), JoLopez 2 (6), Johjima 2 (3), OCabrera (2), Cust 2 (4), Powell 2 (2). CS—FGutierrez (1). S—FGutierrez. SF—OCabrera. GIDP—Cedeno, Ellis. RLSP—Seattle 2 (Beltre 2); Oakland 5 (Holliday, Garciaparra 2, Ellis, Powell). RMU—EnChavez. DP—Seattle 1 (JoLopez, Betancourt and Branyan); Oakland 1 (Crosby, Ellis and Garciaparra). IR-S—Wuertz 2-0, Ziegler 3-3. HBP—by FHernandez (Holliday). WP—FHernandez, Outman. T—2:57. A—19,560 (35,067). Click here to comment on this story »

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Low-cost rental project bill fails It dies in conference committee; Front Street Apartments backers to try again next year Residents and lawmakers are hoping that a bill to keep rent affordable at the Front Street Apartments in Lahaina can be revived next year — before the rents rise to market rates in 2019. Senate Bill 1266 made it all the way to conference committee before it was deferred on April 27, tabling the bill for now but keeping it alive for 2018, when the two-year legislative session ends. The failure of the bill to advance came as another blow for supporters after its companion, House Bill 1553, died in the House of Representatives in February. “I’m feeling so deflated. We lost two bills. All these people are in jeopardy of being homeless,” said Chi Pilialoha Guyer, vice president of the Committee for Residents at the Front Street Apartments. “We put so much energy into testifying and into really hoping.” About 250 to 300 people live in the 142-unit, affordable Front Street Apartments. State and private developers financed the complex that opened in 2001, but a tax code loophole allows the owners, Front Street Affordable Housing Partners, to put the project up for sale after 15 years. If no buyer can be found, the units could be rented at market rates. The state wouldn’t purchase the project because owners were asking $15.4 million, nearly double its appraised value of $8.7 million. The county said it didn’t know about the issue soon enough to take action. Alarmed residents said that many tenants couldn’t afford higher rent. In January, lawmakers introduced identical House and Senate bills to keep the apartments affordable. The Senate bill would have directed the state and county to pay $250,000 each to fund negotiations between the government, Front Street Affordable Housing Partners and landowner 3900 Corp. If negotiations to keep the apartments affordable through at least 2032 didn’t pan out, the bill would have allowed the state to purchase the property using the power of eminent domain. The measure passed through both chambers with full support, and dozens of residents testified heavily in favor of it. “I know the Senate side was trying very hard. We were all trying to get it through,” said Sen. J. Kalani English, one of the Maui lawmakers who introduced the bill and was on the conference committee. “It was just one of the unfortunate things that it didn’t make it.” He doesn’t think money was the issue. “To be frank, I think a lot of stuff got overshadowed by the (Honolulu) rail,” said English, who represents East Maui, Upcountry, Molokai and Lanai. “That just kind of sucked the oxygen out of every room.” However, he said, the break will give lawmakers “a little bit of breathing space” and time to rethink. “We remain committed to trying to get this passed next year, either through a new bill or, when conference comes around, picking this one up again,” he said. West and South Maui Sen. Roz Baker, who also was involved in introducing the bill, said she wasn’t sure why the measure didn’t make it through this year. However, reasons didn’t concern Baker, who was focused on what lawmakers could do in the future. “It actually did not die,” she said. “We can take it up when we get back, and we’ll continue to work to see if there’s some other avenues that can be explored.” Baker planned to meet with the Hawaii Housing Finance & Development Corp. before returning to Maui “to see if the fact that it’s still in conference could give us another solution. “We want that property to stay in affordable and low-income rentals because that’s really the premise on which it was built, and the tax credits were used,” Baker said. “Even though there may be a legal loophole there, I think it’s bad faith if the owners don’t work with the county and ultimately the state to make sure that those residents have some stability in their lives.” Carol Reimann, director of the county Department of Housing and Human Concerns, said the county has enough money in its West Maui affordable housing fund for negotiations if the bill were to pass. “Even though Front Street Apartments is not a county project, we actively lobbied and put our full efforts into supporting SB 1266,” Reimann said. “We were very disappointed to hear that the bill was deferred in conference committee and will work with the state to get it resurrected next session. In the meantime, we are hopeful that the state will come up with solutions whereby we can offer county assistance.” But Victor Geminiani, pro bono attorney for the Front Street Apartment tenants, wanted the county to be more proactive instead of waiting for the state. Front Street Apartments may not have been a county project, but it’s definitely “a county problem,” he said. “It’s ultimately affecting county residents,” he said. “It’s (the county’s) homeless budget that’s going to be affected. It’s their citizens that are going to be out in the streets.” Geminiani was hopeful that the affordable apartments could be saved if the bill were to pass next year. “We have 2¢ years before this property goes to market rates,” he said. “You’ve got plenty of time, but somebody has to start taking leadership to move this forward.” A project representative has been unresponsive to multiple calls seeking comment. However, Front Street Affordable Housing Partners has opposed the bill. Attorney William Meyer III warned the House Finance Committee on April 4 that the bill would “result in costly and protracted litigation.” The owners believed the bill was “an inappropriate and constitutionally infirm use of the power of eminent domain” and would “vigorously oppose any eminent domain proceeding,” Meyer added. He said that if the state were to purchase the housing complex, it could possibly sell for between $30 million to $40 million at market value. Geminiani had doubts, given that the property was appraised at $8.7 million just last year and was for sale for $15.4 million. He hoped the county or state would get another appraisal before moving forward. Tenants have set up a Facebook page to share their stories. Visit Facebook.com/save frontstreetapartments for more information. * Colleen Uechi can be reached at cuechi@mauinews.com.

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Lucy and Anna Culliton: Two women with a vision and an eye
Contemporary art’s most common criticism is that it is unapproachable – the average gallery–goer feels intimidated by conceptual content.
Lucy and Anna Culliton, however, are two sisters being described as a breath of fresh air in contemporary art and, in a serendipitous move, both artists’ work are present in the National Portrait Gallery’s current exhibition The Popular Pet Show.
The sister’s success has straddled both the commercial and institutional art worlds. As well as being represented by commercial galleries across the continent, they are represented in the collections of many of the major institutions. Why are these sisters such a success? Their works are so characterful and charming they put any audience at ease, allowing viewers to see a livelier and more approachable side to art.
Although their careers enjoy similar successes and acclaim, their styles could not be more different. Anna is predominantly a ceramicist. Her works posses an earthly charm, and combine masterful skill with honest emotion so that each piece is more enchanting than the last. The artist draws from personal experience; her work depicts memory, family and friends.
An animal lover, the subject of many of her works are native and domestic Australian fauna. As it says on the NPG’s website, “Anna’s succoured many native animals that came to her as orphans, and she’s a gentle advocate for changes to laws that prohibit the keeping of creatures like quolls, bilbies and sugar gliders as domestic companions. “
Anna’s works are homey and intimate, showing small snapshots of life with animals.
Lucy Culliton is a painter, her portfolio covering everything from portraits of animals and humans to landscapes, food and domestic knickknacks. Her works capture an essence of Australian domesticity, but are in no way mundane.
As the NPG itself puts it, “the essential virtue of Lucy Culliton’s idiosyncratic paintings of fowls and other beasts is that they’re alive, full of vigour, and represented as the individual characters she’s found them to be, over months, even years of living in their midst.”
In Lucy’s paintings, basic subject matter is imbued with so much personality it is no wonder her portraits of animals hang on the walls of the NPG.
These two women bring a certain approachability to the commercial and institutional world. While a large proportion of art history does depict animals, plants and landscapes, the Culliton’s work is refreshingly different.
Contemporary Australian art is mostly motivated by tricky conceptual meaning or subversive politics. Their portraits of scruffy dogs, landscapes, colourful interiors and kitsch ceramic vases have struck a chord in the hearts of Australians, because as well as being visually captivating, they are relatable.
This aesthetic has landed the sisters in national institutions and in the living rooms of art lovers and their works welcome viewers to finally enter a conversation many have never felt was theirs to have.
the essentials
What: The Popular Pet Show
Where: The National Portrait Gallery
When: Until 13 March 2017
Web: portrait.gov.au/exhibitions/the-popular-pet-show-2016
HerCanberra are proud sponsors of The National Portrait Gallery
Feature image: Molly and the circus dogs, 2011 by Anna Culliton. Courtesy of the artist.


MADRID -- Activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday accused governments and businesses of misleading the public by holding climate talks that are not achieving real action against what she called the world's "climate emergency." In a speech peppered with scientific facts about global warming, the Swedish 16-year-old told negotiators at the UN's climate talks in Madrid that they have to stop looking for loopholes for their countries' actions and face up to the ambition that is needed to protect the world from a global warming disaster. "The real danger is when politicians and CEOs are making it look like real action is happening, when in fact almost nothing is being done, apart from clever accounting and creative PR," said Thunberg, who later Wednesday was named Time magazine's "person of the year." "Finding holistic solutions is what (this meeting) should be all about, but instead it seems to have turned into some kind of opportunity for countries to negotiate loopholes and to avoid raising their ambition," she added, to wide applause. About 40 climate activists, including indigenous people from several continents, briefly joined Thunberg after her speech on the conference's main stage, holding hands and demanding "Climate Justice!" through slogans and songs. Time magazine said Thunberg won its 2019 award "for sounding the alarm about humanity's predatory relationship with the only home we have, for bringing to a fragmented world a voice that transcends backgrounds and borders, for showing us all what it might look like when a new generation leads." Climate negotiators in Madrid also had one eye on Brussels, where the European Union announced a 100-billion euro ($130-billion) plan to help wean EU nations off fossil fuels. German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze said she hoped the "European Green Deal" would "give the discussions here a boost." "It's a really important signal if the EU puts protecting the climate centre stage in this way," she told reporters in Madrid. The European Commission hopes the fund will help the regions that stand to be hit the hardest financially by the transition to cleaner industries -- namely Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland, which rely heavily on coal-fired power plants. Those nations have yet to commit to the EU's goal of having net zero CO2 emissions by 2050. The climate talks in Madrid entered choppier waters Wednesday with ministers struggling to agree on rules for a global carbon market and possible ways to compensate vulnerable countries for disasters caused by global warming. World leaders agreed in Paris four years ago to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), ideally no more than 1.5 C (2.7 F) by the end of the century. Scientists say countries will miss both of those goals by a wide margin unless drastic steps are taken to begin cutting greenhouse gas emissions next year. Saying that the message doesn't seem to be getting through to governments, more than 100 activists led by representatives of indigenous peoples from Latin and North America made their way to the talks' venue, briefly blocking the entrance to a plenary meeting where UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres was to speak. UN security personnel talked to the activists, who agreed to take their unauthorized protest outdoors. Some experts echoed the activists' concerns about a lack of progress. "In my almost 30 years in this process, never have I seen the almost total disconnect that we're seeing here in Madrid, between what the science requires and the people of the world are demanding on the one hand and what the climate negotiations are delivering in terms of meaningful action," said Alden Meyer of the Union of Concerned Scientist, a U.S.-based non-profit group. Speaking at the summit, the UN's Guterres said that the 1.5 C limit was "still within reach" if countries, starting with the main emitters, step up emission cuts over the next 12 months. Earlier, he suggested that negotiators in Madrid stop listening to those who oppose more ambitious measures for reducing emissions. "I call on anyone who is still lobbying their governments for a slow transition -- or even in some cases no transition -- to end those activities now," he said. The UN chief said governments were slowing down businesses action on the climate front by keeping "bureaucratic and regulatory obstacles, including perverse fossil fuel subsidies." Johan Rockstrom, director of the Postdam Institute of Climate Studies, said for 20 years "we have underestimated the pace of change and we have underestimated the risks we are facing." Addressing the heads of delegations, activists and non-governmental organizations at the climate talks, Rockstrom said the planet is heading to warming by 3-4 C in only 80 years. He said that could create an environment unseen in Earth for more than 4 million years and could trigger disastrous domino effects for human life. "We stand on an unprecedented mountain of truth," he said. "If nature fails, we fail as well." Following him, Thunberg cited the same reports, insisting that national pledges to reduce emissions weren't enough. She said carbon needs to remain underground and that the greenhouse gases responsible for rising temperatures need to be zeroed. "This is not leading, this is misleading," she told the plenary, adding that "every fraction of a degree matters." ------ AP journalists Bernat Armangue and Helena Alves contributed to this report. ------ The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content.

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MASTER GARDEN GRADS MASTER GARDENER GRADS—Little River Basin Gardeners recently inducted 14 new members during a ceremony at 44 Farms near Cameron. Front row (L-R) Mary Neely, Janie Vaca, Lori Rasberry, Patsy Garrett, Kim Laurence Mary Waters; back row, Scott Berger, Rey Mata, Kathryne Crockett, Christina Crockett, Cheryl Walker, Kent Givens and Ed Harke. Not pictured but also graduating with the Master Gardeners class is Cyndi Gunzer.

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MOSCOW -- Russia has recorded a new daily high number of coronavirus cases as much of the country's businesses remain closed in an effort to counter a weekslong surge in infections. The national coronavirus task force on Sunday reported 40,993 new infections over the previous day, up more than 700 on the previous record of a day earlier. Russia has tallied new record of infections or deaths almost daily during October. The death toll reported Sunday was 1,158, just slightly down from Friday's record 1,163. That brought Russia's official COVID-19 death count to 238,538, by far the largest in Europe. More than 8.51 million infections have been recorded in the country of 146 million during the pandemic. The task force counts only deaths directly caused by the virus. The state statistics service Rosstat, which counts COVID-19 deaths by wider criteria, released figures Friday indicating a much higher toll. Rosstat counted 44,265 deaths in September caused directly by the virus, or in which it was a contributing cause or of patients believed to have been infected. That would bring Russia's pandemic-long death toll to about 461,000 as of the end of September, nearly twice the task force's count. To contain the spread of infection, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a nonworking period from Oct. 30 to Nov. 7, during which most state agencies and private businesses are to suspend operations. Moscow introduced the measure beginning Thursday, shutting down kindergartens, schools, gyms, entertainment venues and most stores, and restricting restaurants to takeout or delivery. Food stores, pharmacies and companies operating key infrastructure remained open. Access to museums, theaters, concert halls and other venues in Russia is limited to people holding digital codes on their phones to prove they have been vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19, a practice that will remain after Nov. 7. Unvaccinated people older than 60 have been ordered to stay home. The government hopes that by keeping most people out of offices and public transportation, the nonworking period will help curb the spread of the virus, but many Russians rushed to use the time off for a seaside Black Sea vacation or to take a trip to Egypt or Turkey. Authorities have blamed soaring infections and deaths on Russia's lagging pace of vaccinations. About 51 million Russians -- just over a third of the country's people -- were fully vaccinated as of Sunday. Russia was the first country in the world to authorize a coronavirus vaccine in August 2020 and proudly named the shot Sputnik V to showcase the country's scientific edge. But the vaccination campaign has stalled amid widespread public skepticism blamed on conflicting signals from authorities.

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MPs’ fear of a Boris takeover is keeping the PM in officeby Peter Kellner / August 9, 2018 / Leave a comment At last, some good news for Theresa May. Boris Johnson’s popularity is growing among grassroots Conservatives. The former Foreign Secretary’s alleged Islamophobia, though troubling for the liberal-minded voter, might cheer her further still. A prime minister would not normally welcome a boost for a possible assassin and successor; but bear with me while I argue that this time is different. First, the evidence that Boris is winning back the support of local Tory members. It comes from the Conservative Home website, which regularly polls party members, asking them who should be the next leader. In June, Boris languished in fourth place, with just eight per cent, well behind Sajid Javid (top in that survey), Michael Gove and Jacob Rees-Mogg. Since resigning as Foreign Secretary, his support has jumped to 29 per cent. He is now top. (Indeed, if lots of Tory grassroots members share his dislike of Muslim women wearing the burka, his rating may since have climbed even higher). Like all such surveys, this has a margin of error. In last Saturday’s Times, Matthew Parris suggested that it was not representative of all party members, because the kind of people who take part in Conservative Home polls will be the more active members. There is something in that; but even if there is a bias towards activists, that bias will be much the same in both surveys. Thus the LEVEL of support for Boris may be wrong (though it is hard to tell whether his true support is now a bit more or a bit less than 29 per cent), but such a big CHANGE in support among a sample of more than 1,300 tells us that something significant has happened. This should worry the prime minister if it were clear that the Tories would do far better under Boris than under Theresa May. Such evidence would tempt Tory MPs with small majorities to seek to oust her, and so increase their chances of keeping their seats. In 1990, in the final stages of Margaret Thatcher’s premiership, polling evidence that the Tories would be far more popular under a new leader helped to persuade wavering MPs to vote to eject her. No such evidence exists this time. Around the same time that Conservative Home was detecting a groundswell of support for Boris among party members, a YouGov poll for the Sunday Times found no such shift among the general public. Asked how they would vote in a general election held now, Labour enjoyed a one-point lead, 39-38 per cent. When the same respondents were asked how they would vote if Boris were Tory leader, the result was virtually the same: 38-38 per cent. My own guess—and I suspect the fear of many Conservative MPs—is that the party would actually end up doing worse under Boris at the end of an election campaign, as he would be tested day by day on how he would run Britain. This week’s drama confirms the point. He would find that his veneer of shallow wit would be rubbed away, leaving exposed the narcissistic incoherence of his political philosophy. Tory MPs will also be aware of private research done for their party during last year’s election and leaked to the Guardian. This found that, while Boris was a vote-winner in heavily pro-Brexit parts of Tory Britain, he alienated many middle-of-the-road Remain voters in marginal seats that the Conservatives must attract if they are to secure an overall majority. Moreover, wavering Leave voters were especially critical, blaming Boris personally for the bogus promise to spend £350m a week more on the National Health Service. This brings us to the core reason why the Conservative Home poll is such good news for May. It shows that if there were an early attempt to change party leader, and if Boris were to be one of the two candidates selected by Tory MPs to fight it out among party members, Boris might well win. This, however, would make it harder, not easier, for MPs with small majorities to hold their seats. And the impact would be felt not just by a few dozen vulnerable MPs: if they do lose their seats, then Jeremy Corbyn would become prime minister. This, then, is the danger hanging over the Conservative Party: get rid of May, and there is a real likelihood of the next general election being fought between Johnson and Corbyn, which might well deliver Britain into the hands of its most left-wing ever prime minister. The moral of the story for Conservative MPs could not be clearer: keep a hold of May the nurse, for fear of something much, much worse.

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MURPHY, Texas – A sting in which police teamed up with "Dateline NBC" to catch online pedophiles was supposed to send a flinty-eyed, Texas-style warning about this Dallas suburb: Don't mess with Murphy. Instead, it has turned into a fiasco. One of the 25 men caught in the sting — a prosecutor from a neighboring county — committed suicide when police came to arrest him. The Murphy city manager who approved the operation lost his job in the ensuing furor. And the district attorney is refusing to prosecute any of the men, saying many of the cases were tainted by the involvement of amateurs. "Certainly these people should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, but the fact that this was all done for television cameras raises some questions," said Mayor Bret Baldwin. It is the first time in nine "Dateline NBC: To Catch a Predator" stings across the country in the past year and a half that prosecutors did not pursue charges. "Dateline" has made prime-time entertainment out of contacting would-be child molesters over the Internet, luring them to a meeting place, and videotaping their humiliating confrontations with reporter Chris Hansen. "Dateline" works with an activist group called Perverted Justice, which supplies adults who troll Internet chat rooms, posing as underage boys and girls, and try to collect incriminating sex talk. City manager Craig Sherwood approved such an operation in this well-to-do community of 11,000 after being approached by "Dateline" and Perverted Justice, but he never informed the mayor or the City Council. He said secrecy was necessary for the sting to be effective. Over four days in November, 24 men were arrested at a two-story home in one of Murphy's newer neighborhoods after allegedly arranging to meet boys or girls there. Some other suspects contacted Perverted Justice decoys online but never showed up at the house. Among them was Louis Conradt Jr., an assistant prosecutor from neighboring Kauffman County, who allegedly engaged in a sexually explicit online chat with an adult posing as a 13-year-old boy. As police knocked at his door and a "Dateline" camera crew waited in the street, Conradt shot himself. His sister, Patricia Conradt, told the City Council that police acted as "a judge, jury and executioner that was encouraged by an out-of-control reality show." Then, last month, Collin County District Attorney John Roach dropped all charges. He said that in 16 of the cases, he had no jurisdiction, since neither the suspects nor the decoys were in the county during the online chats. As for the rest of the cases, he said neither police nor NBC could guarantee the chat logs were authentic and complete. "The fact that somebody besides police officers were involved is what makes this case bad," said Roach, who was informed of the sting in advance but did not participate. "If professionals had been running the show, they would have done a much better job rather than being at the beck and call of outsiders." As details of the suicide emerged, Murphy's mayor, City Council and most of its residents learned for the first time that potential molesters were being luring to their city. Many were furious. "They can chase predators all they want, but they shouldn't do it in a populated area with children, two blocks from an elementary school," said Lisa Watson, 33, who lives down the road from the sting house and has three children and another on the way. Bryan Whorton, who lives with his wife and baby across the street from the house, said his neighborhood was put in danger. Cars sped up and down the street and police sprinted from hiding spots, guns drawn, to arrest suspects, he said. One suspect dropped a bag of crack, Whorton said. "This is a family community. It didn't look kosher at all," he said. Two weeks ago, the City Council voted to buy out the city manager's contract for $255,000. NBC's Hansen said Murphy is the only place the show has encountered such resistance. "I don't want to get involved in the DA's business or the police business," he said. "I can tell you in the other locations, these issues did not come up." Eric Nichols, a Texas deputy attorney general, said that when law enforcement authorities pull an Internet sex sting, officers posing as decoys follow strict rules. Detailed chat logs are kept to ensure that "sex talk" is initiated by the potential predator. That way, a defendant cannot claim entrapment. Eric Chase, a defense attorney specializing in sex crimes, said stings are the job of police, not TV crews. "Police should not be abdicating a very important function to either private organizations or entertainment organizations," he said.

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Maddie Burns homered and Jennah Hogan had three hits as Columbia topped Mohonasen, 3-1, Thursday afternoon in a Suburban Council softball game in East Greenbush. The Blue Devils (4-3, 3-2 league) got rolling early when Burns hit a three-run shot in the first inning. Hogan doubled and singled twice to add juice to Columbia's offensive attack. Melissa Acate doubled and drove in a run for Mohonasen (4-3, 2-3). More softball: Haleigh Burgess homered, doubled and singled and had three RBIs to back another strong pitching peformance by Isabelle DeChiaro as Cohoes drubbed Catholic Central, 7-0, in a Colonial Council game. DeChiaro struck out 13 for the Tigers (3-1, 3-1). ... Caley Brunson had three hits and drove in a run as Burnt Hills (5-1, 4-0) topped Bethlehem, 3-1, to remain undefeated in the Suburban Council. Baseball: Cameron Myers tossed a complete-game shutout, scattering five hits and striking out four, to spark Guilderland to a 4-0 Suburban Council win over Averill Park. R.J. Porter got the Dutchmen (4-1, 4-1) going in the first with a two-run single. Ben Grant extended the margin with another two-run single in the third. Anthony Germinerio had a pair of hits for Averill Park (1-3, 1-3). ... Nick Insognia pitched a complete-game three-hitter with eight strikeouts to spark Niskayuna over Troy, 8-1, in a Suburban Council contest. Angelo Spataro smacked a two-run homer in the win. Tyler Senecal and Liam Davison added solo home runs for the Silver Warriors. ... Justin Hatch cracked two home runs and drove in five runs as Coxsackie (6-2, 5-2) topped Bishop Gibbons, 10-5, in a nonleague game. Isaiah Cerle allowed five hits and three earned runs over six innings to earn the win. Cerle struck out eight and walked three. ... Noah Bagnardi tossed a complete-game one-hitter with 10 strikeouts to lead Watervliet to a 5-0 win over Catholic Central in a Colonial Council game in Watervliet. ... Michael Bischert and Pat Meehan combined to allow one hit and strike out 15 as Berne-Knox-Westerlo topped Middleburgh, 8-0, in a Western Athletic Conference contest. Earlier in the day, the Bulldogs beat Greenville, 13-12, in eight innings on Pat Meehan's game-winning RBI single. Michael Flower had four hits and five RBIs in the win. Boys' lacrosse: Saratoga erupted for seven goals in the first quarter and blitzed Albany, 15-6, in a Suburban Council afternoon game. Matt Shamberger led the way with three goals and Griffin Taylor chipped in with five assists. Ryan Flemming and Kyle Vanyo combined to make 13 saves for the Blue Streaks. Christian Maldonado and Kalair Marshal both scored twice for the Falcons. ... Jake Stanko and Ty McHerron scored three goals each as Burnt Hills edged Bethlehem, 11-9 in a Suburban Council match. Dan Biesty made 14 saves to earn the win. Ben Reilly paced the Eagles with four goals. Ethan Sheraw added three more. Girls' lacrosse: Colleen McDonnell of Central Catholic had nine goals and two assists in a 14-13 overtime win against Cohoes. Sam Dayter tallied eight goals to pace the Tigers.

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Maikel Kieftenbeld was the final one of Derby County's six summer signings through the door before the transfer window closed and he could hold one of the pieces that has been missing from the Rams' jigsaw. Defenders Curtis Davies and Andre Wisdom, midfielder Tom Huddlestone, and forwards Tom Lawrence and Sam Winnall are the other new faces but from a tactical viewpoint it is the signing of Kieftenbeld that carries most interest. Derby manager Gary Rowett knows all about the 27-year-old Dutch midfielder, who he worked with at Birmingham City having signed him from Groningen in 2015. And our 'spy' in the Birmingham camp, the Birmingham Mail's Birmingham City correspondent Brian Dick, watched enough of Kieftenbeld in the player's 90-odd appearances for the Blues to be in a position to comment on Derby's new signing. The thoughts of Rowett and Dick point to Kieftenbeld being capable of helping to solve a long-standing issue in Derby's team. Derby have been, and continue to be too vulnerable without the ball, too nice to play against. There have been times when they have lacked bite and aggression in their closing down when the opposition is in possession. Rowett has admitted as much. "I felt that was something that was missing from the team at times," he said before he said of Kieftenbeld: "In terms of tackles, interceptions, desire, hunger and drive, he's probably the best player I've ever worked with in that sense." Kieftenbeld's approach, his desire to close down, win a tackle and break up play made him a favourite with Birmingham fans. "If Derby need a bit of bite, they really are getting it with him (Kieftenbeld). I still think his destructiveness and energy have value," said Brian Dick. "I remember Rowett saying he'd never seen someone close down an opponent as fast. He really can break up play." And so we return to that key ingredient - balance. The importance of this in all departments of the team, and most obviously in midfield, was highlighted when Derby struggled in the defeats by Wolverhampton Wanderers and Sheffield United. In midfield, whether in two or a three, you need composure in possession but also legs, energy and a determination to close down. The hope is that Kieftenbeld's snap can complement the smooth control and passing of the likes of Huddlestone or George Thorne, when Thorne is fully fit.

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Major city contractor should get a timeout over Springhill dump scandal, councillor says Article content Tomlinson Group shouldn’t get more business from the city until the company owns up to the financial and environmental shame created by the Springhill landfill scandal, a city councillor says. Advertisement 2 Article content “Councillors need to do something about this, and yes, I agree, we should be closing the doors on Tomlinson until they fix this problem or at least sign an agreement with the city that they will take full responsibility for the contamination they create and to open their books to the city,” West Carleton-March Coun. Eli El-Chantiry said in an interview Friday. tap here to see other videos from our team. Major city contractor should get a timeout over Springhill dump scandal, councillor says Back to video The findings in a scathing audit of the Springhill contract were so troubling that auditor general Ken Hughes suggested the city consider blocking Tomlinson from future deals. The audit revealed the city did a poor job of overseeing the contract and suggested Tomlinson failed to disclose its financial transactions, which inform the value of royalties paid to the city. The audit alleges there hasn’t been paperwork provided by Tomlinson to indicate how much money the city should be collecting from the contract. Tomlinson, which recently started discussions with the city about Springhill, refutes the audit’s allegation about not providing documentation to the city. The former Osgoode Township contracted Tomlinson to run the Springhill dump in 1996, and leased land to the company for a construction and demolition recycling facility at the site in 1998. Municipal amalgamation in 2001 forced the City of Ottawa to inherit the agreements. El-Chantiry, who’s vice-chair of Ottawa’s powerful finance committee of council leaders, criticized the former township for signing a bad deal. Advertisement 3 Article content “Obviously, Tomlinson offered candy and lemonade with that deal because they got everything that they wanted, plus the candy, plus the lemonade, from Osgoode Township,” El-Chantiry said. “That is shameful for the township of Osgoode to sign a deal like this. What’s more shameful is for Tomlinson, who is supposed to be a good corporate citizen and group of businesses … to treat the city that way.” (This newspaper reached out to two former Osgoode council members. Dale Harley declined to discuss the Springhill matter and Doug Thompson, who was elected mayor after the Tomlinson agreement was finalized, said he was in the process of recalling the reasoning behind the original deal two decades ago. It’s up to Ottawa council to show that it’s protecting property taxpayers, El-Chantiry said. “I’m not trying to be a jerk about this,” he said. “We need to protect the taxpayers’ money. The money they give us is nothing near what’s going to cost to clean up the site.” The city, which has only collected $6.3 million in royalties over 21 years, could be on the hook for up to $8 million to close the dump outside Metcalfe, plus additional expenses to monitor and remediate long-term impacts of a dump. Capital Coun. David Chernushenko said blacklisting a company of Tomlinson’s size and scope may not be as simple as it sounds. “Let’s try other remedies first,” Chernushenko said. “You have to be realistic about this.” Still, the chair of the environment and climate protection committee pulled no punches: the audit’s conclusions — particularly the revelation Springhill landfill is filling up far sooner than city officials expected — were damning. Advertisement 4 Article content “It’s a shame it takes an auditor’s report to get a company that does an awful lot of business with the city to start providing information the city asked for,” Chernushenko said. Like its signature red and white trucks, Tomlinson is everywhere in Ottawa. From the construction of the combined sewage storage tunnel, the Alta Vista Hospital Link and the Àdawe pedestrian bridge to the reconstruction of Sussex Drive and countless road repaving jobs, the company has done work in virtually every corner of the city. As of March 31, the value of its active contracts with the City of Ottawa was nearly $275 million. Tomlinson is also hungry for a bigger piece of the LRT construction pie. It’s part of the Confederation Transit Group, a consortium that includes Spanish transportation conglomerate Ferrovial and rail company Colas. The group is one of three finalists bidding for the Confederation Line expansion, a $2.5-billion job that will extend light rail to Moodie Drive in the west and Trim Road in the east. The successful bidder is to be named later this year. Contracts between the City of Ottawa and Ottawa Greenbelt Construction, a sewer and watermain builder Tomlinson acquired in 2012, totalled $28.6 million last year. From 2014 to 2017, the contracts exceeded $187 million. The Tomlinson Environmental Services division secured about $2.8 million in contracts with the city between 2014 and 2017, while Tomlinson Ready Mix secured about $700,000 in municipal contracts, according to annual City of Ottawa procurement reports. Advertisement 5 Article content Tomlinson Group also does a fair bit of business with the provincial government. Since 2013, the R.W. Tomlinson division has been awarded six Ministry of Transportation capital contracts for work on provincial highways in the City of Ottawa, totalling $63 million. According to its website, the Tomlinson Group is a third-generation, family owned business. Bill Tomlinson is the chairman of the board and Ron Tomlinson is the CEO. It also owns the Centurion Conference and Event Centre on Colonnade Road and Datashred Security, a mobile document-shredding company. The Tomlinson Family Foundation last fall donated $1 million to the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa to help with a major clubhouse renovation. A slo-pitch tournament organized by the foundation last year raked in $241,000 for city charities. Tomlinson is also a regular sponsor of the mayor’s annual Christmas celebration at Ottawa City Hall, which last year drew 8,000 people. On the political front, the company donated $750, the maximum allowed, to the 2014 campaigns of Mayor Jim Watson, Innes Coun. Jody Mitic, Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Tim Tierney, Osgoode Coun. George Darouze and Rideau-Goulbourn Coun. Scott Moffatt. Darouze, who represents the ward where Springhill is located, said, “I don’t think $750 will colour my decision” when it comes to how council will handle Tomlinson. He said the city should hold Tomlinson responsible for the promises in the Springhill contract, but not ban the company from doing business with the municipality. The Springhill audit will be on council’s June 27 agenda. mpearson@postmedia.com twitter.com/mpearson78

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Maka Angola (Luanda) The website of campaigning Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais. Website: http://makaangola.org/?lang=en October 07, 2015 Angola: Youth Activists Charged With Rebellion and Coup Plotting The Angolan activist Rafael Marques told Lusa (Portuguese News Agency) this week that the charge of "rebellion" against the youths who have been detained in Luanda is a sign of… Read more » October 11, 2015 Angola: Detainee Goes on Hunger Strike Luaty's life is at risk. He has been on hunger strike for more than 19 days. This is his way of protesting against being detained and abused for more than 100 days, due to a… Read more » AllAfrica publishes around 900 reports a day from more than 140 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.

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Makeup can cover a lot of sins, but it can't mask bad manners. And so for anyone who still thinks the beauty and fashion business is "glamorous," it's time for the naked truth -- a reality check. After years of viewing fashion shows, discovering models are rarely gorgeous without makeup and meeting and writing about people in the fashion and beauty industries, it wasn't a big deal to discover Linda Evangelista (so-called "supermodel" of the 1990s) was coming to Nordstrom. But then, she has survived 20 years in a business that leaves most models washed out or into rehab before they're 30, has had a couple of colorful romances and scored a recent comeback that has made her a cover girl once again at age 39. Was I interested in an interview? Why not? People like to read about people, especially celebrities of all stripes. Weeks later, and just hours before the scheduled meeting, I was informed that we could talk for just 10 minutes. Thirty minutes is considered minimal. (Of course, if you're Prince Andrew, you stop by for a photo op without talking at all.) Evangelista, a celebrity representative for M-A-C cosmetics, was visiting Seattle to present a $50,000 check to the city's Lifelong AIDS Alliance. For the last five years, proceeds from M-A-C's special "Viva Glam" lipstick and lip gloss products have gone into the M-A-C AIDS Fund. And because Nordstrom stores sell more M-A-C products than any others, some of that money was coming back to this community. A crowd gathered in the cosmetic department at Nordstrom downtown on Tuesday morning. They watched Evangelista ride down the escalator to meet an entourage of cosmetic company representatives (all in matching black tops), officials of Seattle's Lifelong AIDS Alliance and Pete Nordstrom, president of full-line stores. She read a polite little speech from oversize note cards, posed with a big fake check (envision photos of Lottery winners) that Nordstrom joked probably couldn't be cashed and made the presentation. Tina Podlodowski, executive director of Lifelong AIDS Alliance, said "we just don't get gifts of this magnitude. This is proof that they recognize the epidemic isn't over. It's important to have this level of visibility." Podlodowski said the money would help feed thousands through the Chicken Soup Brigade's kitchen and provide funds for education specialists to visit schools and churches. Presentation over, Evangelista disappeared. A few minutes later, we were told she was ready for the interview. She was in a small conference room, accompanied by M-A-C president John Demsey and one of his publicists. She said she was wearing a Chanel top, Prada skirt and Prada wedges. Although she has been mixing fashions for years (she was one of the first models to pair a Chanel jacket with casual cotton pants, for example), she's not opposed to wearing a head-to-toe look straight from the runway. How has her style evolved between ages 19 to 39? "I'm blessed and fortunate to wear designer clothes (today) that were just a dream at 19." She said her good skin was the result of giving up cigarettes and alcohol and wearing sunscreen every day. That was it. "If you're not going to talk about M-A-C cosmetics, this interview is over," publicist Karen Versoza announced. Demsey was obviously irate. So much for the 10-minute interview. Oh well, it had gone slightly better than my last scheduled interview with a visiting fashion designer. He kept me waiting for an hour, then answered questions as we raced down two flights of stairs for his in-store appearance. Glamorous. Really glamorous.

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Malala Yousafzai literally took a bullet for refusing to abandon her education. Event organizers at the University of Peshwar may have dodged a bullet after local government officials halted the release of Malala’s pro-education memoir, I Am Malala, scrapping an event that would have served at the book’s Pakistani launch. But was there a credible security threat – or something else entirely – that led to the sudden cancellation? One of the event’s organizers, Dr. Khadim Hussain, was contacted by Provincial Information Minister Shah Farman on Monday night to inform him that the book had been banned. Inayatullah Khan – a member of Jamaat-e-Islami, a conservative political group that supports Sharia law – also demanded that the memoir launch be called off. “We said that freedom of expression, education and conflict were the three areas of debate and it was all connected with Central Asian studies. I told them the government should also come and be part of this debate,” Hussain, director of the Baacha Khan Trust Educational Foundation, told Pakistan Today.Enjoying this article? Click here to subscribe for full access. Just $5 a month. Hussain, who initially challenged the government orders, was then approached by the university’s vice-chancellor and registrar. Both echoed the government in their calls to stop the event. Even the Campus Peace Corps, administered by the provincial police, distanced themselves from the launch by refusing to provide security. “[The cancellation] is against the spirit of freedom of expression and promotion of education because holding a ceremony in honor of Malala Yousufzai means to scale up awareness about child rights,” Hussain added. “They stopped us to please the Taliban.” Farman countered Hussain by accusing event organizers of trying to get money from sympathetic Malala supporters in the U.S. In her home country, few people view the 16-year-old activist as a hero. “The episode underlines the antipathy among many Pakistanis towards [Malala],” wrote The Guardian. “While she has been hailed in the West for her campaign against extremism, in Pakistan she is widely regarded with suspicion, with many people believing conspiracy theories that the story of the Taliban attempt to assassinate her… was untrue or exaggerated.” Late last year, the president of the All Pakistan Private Schools Management Association made the controversial decision to ban I Am Malala from the libraries of more than 40,000 affiliated schools. “[Malala] was a role model for children, but this book has made her controversial,” Adeeb Mirza, the association’s chairman, told Al Jazeera. “Through this book, she became a tool in the hands of the Western powers.” Mirza claims that the memoir doesn’t show enough respect for Islam or the Prophet Muhammad.

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Man, 23, dies after found with gunshot wound in tow truck Article content The Toronto Police homicide squad is probing the shooting of a 23-year-old Toronto man in Etobicoke Thursday evening. Emergency crews were called at 7:42 p.m. to a residential building near Panorama Crt. and Kipling Ave. for the sound of gunshots. When paramedics arrived, they found a victim in a tow truck with a gunshot wound. tap here to see other videos from our team. Man, 23, dies after found with gunshot wound in tow truck Back to video The man was rushed to hospital, where he died. Police have identified him as Hashim Kinani. It’s unclear whether the shooting is linked to an ongoing tow truck turf war in the Greater Toronto Area, however Duty Insp. Paul Rinkoff told CP24 they would be looking into it. Advertisement 2 Article content No suspect information has been released, but police said there were reports of three males fleeing the area on foot. Anyone with information can call the homicide squad at 416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS. Meanwhile, police are also looking into a suspicious tow truck fire — at least the fourth one this week. Toronto Fire were called to an auto body repair shop on Midwest Rd. and Midland Ave. in Scarborough around 12:40 a.m. Friday. This follows a series of suspicious burned-out tow trucks that investigators suggest may be linked to the ongoing turf war. The first incident happened Sunday night, when a man was seen running from a torched tow truck near Kingston and Birchmount Rds. in Scarborough. Then, early Tuesday morning, there was another suspicious tow truck fire on Aylesworth Ave. After that, there was another tow truck fire on Cordova Ave. Police have not confirmed whether all these incidents are connected. Industry insiders believe an influx of tow truck drivers vying for work in the fiercely competitive, largely unregulated towing business is behind the ongoing turf war. Since January 2019, at least 10 tow trucks have been torched and five people with ties to the towing industry have been shot — two of them fatally — in and around the GTA. In June 2019, Toronto cops made reference to the ongoing conflict while announcing 73 arrests and the seizure of nearly two dozen firearms in Project Kraken — an operation that targeted members of a Scarborough street gang. The accused in that probe included seven tow truck drivers, some allegedly nabbed with guns. And the violence, which extends far beyond the borders of the city, has continued to escalate. jyuen@postmedia.com — With files by Chris Doucette

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Man arrested after threats to kill Martin County Sheriff William Snyder MARTIN COUNTY — A man accused of making threats in calls to Martin County sheriff’s dispatchers, including saying the sheriff needs to be jailed and “I’m coming to murder him,” was arrested, according to the Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday. Thomas Francis Lazzaro, 40, was jailed Monday in Martin County after officials tracked his phone to near a parking deck at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Broward County, records state. The case began April 9 when dispatchers got a call from a phone number that investigators associated with Lazzaro, listed as homeless, records show. “I’m with the Stuart Police Department and I’m Marco Rubio’s nephew and you’re going to get fired and the sheriff is going to get killed,” the caller stated. More: Husband and wife in apparent murder-suicide described as happy, loving On April 24, another call came in from the number. A man identified himself as Joe Lazzaro. He said he was at a meeting with the sheriff at a church, then said the sheriff “would be in jail soon and that (inaudible) was coming for him.” It was the first of several calls that day. In a later call, the caller said he “needed William Snyder arrested” and asked whether his address was public record. William Snyder is the sheriff of Martin County. “I’m gonna kill him, I’m coming to murder him, tell him he’s dead today, I’m coming to murder that (expletive),” the caller is quoted as saying. Investigators researched the phone number, determining it was associated with Lazzaro. He had been arrested in February by Stuart police and taken to the Martin County Jail. An investigator listened to a March jail phone call made by Lazzaro. More: 'Typical traveling burglars' charged after deputies shoot at vehicle in Stuart park The inmate voice sounded like the same person in the threatening calls “based on a distinctive New York style accent,” records state. During another April 24 call, the caller threatened a drive-by shooting. The caller talked to a lieutenant and a detective posing as the sheriff. The caller identified himself as Lazzaro and said he’d called earlier. “Lazzaro stated he was only looking to obtain records from his arrest and subsequent Baker Act,” records state. The state’s Baker Act allows people to be committed involuntarily to a mental health facility for an evaluation. Lazzaro said he lost his temper and didn’t really intend to kill the sheriff. Sheriff’s officials worked to track the phone number. It started in the area of Bonita Springs and went through Collier County and into Broward County. It stopped near a parking deck at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Investigators found Lazzaro in his silver Ford Escape. More: 'Extremely rare' home invasion robbery on Jupiter Island being investigated Lazzaro was taken in to custody by authorities there. They initiated a Baker Act “based on the circumstances of their interaction with him,” records show. Investigators say Lazzaro also made threats to kill a worker at a mental health facility. After being released from observation at a mental health facility, Lazzaro was arrested and taken to the Broward County jail. He arrived at the Martin County jail Monday. Lazzaro was held Tuesday without bail on a felony charge of threatening a law enforcement officer, a jail official said. More: Married couple identified in murder-suicide in Martin County

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Man charged on his birthday after alleged parental abduction Ottawa police have charged Kevyn Lex Menard with disobeying a lawful court order in connection with an alleged parental abduction for which they issued an Amber Alert Thursday. Article content Ottawa police have charged Kevyn Lex Menard with disobeying a lawful court order in connection with an alleged parental abduction for which they issued an Amber Alert Thursday. Advertisement 2 Article content Menard appeared in court Friday, the same day he turned 25. tap here to see other videos from our team. Man charged on his birthday after alleged parental abduction Back to video He allegedly abducted his two-year-old son from an outdoor barbecue at Tunney’s Pasture at about noon Thursday. Police found the child safe on Ritchie Street about three hours later. Police said Friday that their investigation was ongoing and further charges could be laid in connection to the incident, which is believed to be related to an ongoing domestic dispute. The Amber Alert issued Thursday is thought to be the first issued directly by Ottawa police, though Ottawa has previously fallen under OPP and RCMP alerts. With files from Shaamini Yogaretnam. msmith@ottawacitizen.com twitter.com/mariedanielles

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Manchester welcomes an impressive new music venue this weekend as the £8.7m Stoller Hall opens at Chetham’s School of Music . The 482-seat concert hall will host a varied programme of classical, jazz, folk and pop music from professional ensembles and touring artists, as well as comedy and spoken word events. The flexible space has been designed with state-of-the-art acoustics, which can be altered to suit different types of performance, as well as an expandable concert stage that can accommodate a full symphony orchestra for rehearsals and recording. “It’s got an incredible purity of sound,” said Bryony Bell, Chetham’s marketing manager. “You can hear every detail of the music because you’re very close to it. It gives a real feeling of being right in amidst the orchestra.” Accessed via its own entrance on Hunts Bank, the Stoller Hall shares an atrium with the smaller Carole Nash concert hall, where Chetham’s hosts its free lunchtime concerts, inside the new school extension, which opened in 2012 alongside the famous medieval buildings. The intimate venue will also complement existing classical music venues in Manchester, filling the gap for a dedicated chamber music space in the city. “What’s been missing from Manchester is a smaller, acoustically-designed hall for small group music-making, and it will add to what is already an incredibly rich musical offer in Manchester,” said Bryony. “We’ve got a good relationship with places like the Bridgewater Hall and RNCM and we’re looking at how we can work together. It’s very much about collaboration and finding the best fit for each venue and each performer.” Funded by a £7.5m donation by Oldham businessman and philanthropist Sir Norman Stoller’s charitable trust, as well as support from the Garfield Weston Foundation and individual pledges, the new venue will also give the school’s own students a stage befitting their abilities. “It’s very important to give the students a music hall to match their prodigious musical talent,” said Bryony. “We’ve been conscious for a while now that the performance spaces on site hadn’t lived up to their music making." The Stoller Hall will be officially opened by the Earl of Wessex, who is a patron of Chetham’s, at the end of an opening celebration concert on Sunday, April 23, conducted by Hallé director Sir Mark Elder. Sir Mark and Chetham’s director of music, Stephen Threlfal, will direct an orchestra of alumni, staff and friends, with appearances from mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately and internationally renowned pianist Paul Lewis. The opening weekend celebrations, which kick off today (Friday, April 21), also include a live broadcast of BBC Radio 3’s In Tune and performances by Gwilym Simcock, Thomas Gould and Mike Walker; the Navarra String Quartet; and Phoenix Nights star Ted Robbins with the Chetham’s Big Band. For the full opening weekend programme and first season listings, visit stollerhall.com .

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Man hit by OC Transpo bus faces slow recovery; driver on 'investigatory leave' Article content An OC Transpo driver is on “investigatory leave” following a June 8 incident near Britannia Beach that sent a young man to hospital with critical injuries to his pelvis and lower abdomen. Advertisement 2 Article content Evean Larabie, 23, was a passenger on a Route 16 bus when, according to Ottawa police, he was either removed from or asked to leave the bus. A friend who had been with Larabie at the beach earlier that Friday afternoon said he had been drinking. tap here to see other videos from our team. Man hit by OC Transpo bus faces slow recovery; driver on 'investigatory leave' Back to video What exactly transpired next — and why — remains under investigation, but the vehicle’s rear wheels may have rolled over Larabie, police said. He was rushed to The Ottawa Hospital’s trauma centre with life-threatening injuries. Larabie has had screws implanted in his pelvis and undergone surgery to repair significant damage to some internal organs, according to his father, Logan Larabie. He now requires a colostomy bag. Late last week, the young man was placed back in an induced coma and a breathing tube was reinserted because he was having trouble breathing. He is now able to talk, but, according to his father, doesn’t remember anything about the incident. Logan Larabie said doctors have told him his son’s pelvic bone has been severed from his spine. The young man has been measured for a wheelchair so he can hopefully begin to move around the hospital and begin rehabilitation. He has yet to undergo an MRI to determine the extent of nerve damage he’s suffered. He’s scheduled for another surgery later this week or early next. “His life is changed,” Logan Larabie said of his oldest son. A day after the incident, OC Transpo’s director of transit operations, Troy Charter, told this newspaper the bus service is co-operating with the police investigation. “It’s a serious situation and we’re treating it that way.” Advertisement 3 Article content On Wednesday, Charter’s boss, transportation services general manager John Manconi, was tight-lipped due to the police investigation. But Manconi did offer one piece of new information: “That operator is not driving right now, he’s off on investigatory leave.” When reached Wednesday, Ottawa police confirmed the investigation is still open. Logan Larabie said he hopes the investigation will be wrapped up quickly to provide answers to his many questions, including how Evean’s interaction with the OC Transpo driver took such a tragic turn. “My son’s not a saint,” Larabie said. “If he did something he’s criminally responsible for, he’ll have to deal with that.” A Go Fund Me page has been created to help the Larabie family cover a variety of costs, such as nursing, physiotherapy, legal fees, lost productivity, wheelchair and accessibility, a specialized bed and clothing, and a specialized diet for Evean during his recovery. mpearson@postmedia.com twitter.com/mpearson78

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Manitoba Liquor Marts pull Russian products off shelves Article content Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries is joining Crown liquor stores in several Canadian provinces in pulling Russian products from their shelves in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Advertisement 2 Article content tap here to see other videos from our team. Manitoba Liquor Marts pull Russian products off shelves Back to video “Among the thousands of products we carry, only two came from Russia — one vodka, Russian Standard Vodka, and one single-serve beer, Baltika 7 Premium Lager. We have removed those two products from shelves in all Manitoba Liquor Marts,” it wrote on its Twitter account. Manitoba joins Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and British Columbia in making similar moves on Friday. On Thursday, Premier Heather Stefanson offered Manitoba’s support to the democratically elected government of Ukraine, noting moves by Russia to send troops into Eastern Ukraine are a violation of Ukraine’s territory and sovereignty. “Manitoba is home to thousands of citizens of Ukrainian descent who have watched Russia’s buildup of military forces in the region and repeated threats to the sovereignty of Ukraine,” said Stefanson in a statement. “It is unacceptable behaviour and I thoroughly condemn those actions.” Advertisement 3 Article content In Ontario, Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy said he was directing the Liquor Control Board of Ontario to withdraw products produced in Russia. “Ontario joins Canada’s allies in condemning the Russian government’s act of aggression against the Ukrainian people and we strongly support the federal government’s efforts to sanction the Russian government,” Bethlenfalvy said in an emailed statement. “We will continue to be there for the Ukrainian people during this extremely difficult time.” A spokeswoman for Bethlenfalvy said the LCBO carries approximately 25 Russian-produced products, and said the government was told stores could remove them within 24 hours. – with files from The Canadian Press

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