Guiyu is the town in China where your old electronics go to die. For years, it's been one of the main locations in the world where PCs, phone and other discarded products are shipped in to be pulled apart and recycled. The work is dirty and even hazardous, but lately Guiyu has been trying to clean up its act. Following is a slideshow to give you an idea what it's like.
Foxconn is transforming the area around its factory in Zhengzhou, China. Here's a visual tour of the scene.
The deadly explosion that rocked the Chinese city of Tianjin has caused the country to shut down a nearby supercomputer, also one of the fastest in the world.
Drones that fly out to inspect powerlines -- and then recharge themselves by attaching to those same lines -- is among the ideas that could come to life thanks to a new research fund launched Tuesday.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton last week spelled out her renewable energy policy plans: Have more than half a billion solar panels installed throughout the nation in her first term and generate enough renewable energy to power every home in America.
IBM has developed a computer system that can learn about weather from thousands of data points and predict days -- even weeks -- in advance how much power from solar and wind farms will be available for the U.S. power grid.
Renewable energy, combined with prolific battery storage, will soon result in vastly cheaper electricity -- and solar power that's less expensive than what fossil fuel-based power plants can produce.
I've written before about ways you can save money on pricey printer consumables.
Could Tesla Energy's batteries blow up Elon Musk's company?
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is no stranger to risky but successful ventures. He's helped found companies such as PayPal and other leading edge tech firms, including an aerospace manufacturer to help colonize Mars.
A new report warns that the cost from lost productivity at work related to the new NFL season could add up to US$10.5 billion. And there we were, thinking the biggest waste of time at work came from fielding an endless stream of IT industry reports?
Back in 2004, InfoWorld's then-CTO Chad Dickerson polled the best and brightest to reveal 20 IT mistakes that were surefire recipes for cost overruns, missed deadlines, and in some cases, lost jobs.
IT has gotten a bad rap when it comes to energy consumption. Walk into any datacenter, and you can almost feel the carbon emissions leaking into the atmosphere. However, research shows that the datacenter actually accounts for a very small percentage of a company's overall energy usage. And businesses are missing the other significant opportunities where they could cut energy usages -- and costs. Ironically, the same IT department that is reducing energy usage in the datacenter could lead the energy-savings initiatives across the enterprise.


GAFFNEY, SC-- Charles James Herald, 84, of 317 Alma Street, formerly of Logan, WV, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, March 28, 2011, at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville, NC.
Born in Logan, WV, he was the husband of Helen McMakin Cowart Herald for 33 years and son of the late Boyd Vinson Herald and Ona Dingess Herald. Mr. Herald was a World War II U. S. Army veteran, serving in the Pacific Theater. He received various commendations in his time of service, including the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Bronze Star and several other awards. He was a retired contractor and member of Beaverdam Baptist Church where he was a former music director and honorary lifetime deacon. Mr. Herald was an alumnus of Fruitland Bible Institute, an ordained minister of the gospel and served as a missionary in several fields.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, are six children, Charlotte H. Mills (Douglas J.) of Gaffney, Charles Randall Herald (Kathleen) of Augusta, GA, Susan Herald Blevins of Clermont, FL, Dennis Neil Herald of Ocoee, FL, Jennie Lou Herald Conley (Mike) of Winter Garden, FL, and Linda Gardner Bowman (Darren); stepson, Dennis Cowart of Gaffney; fourteen grandchildren; and twelve great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 1:00 until 2:00 PM on Thursday, March 31, 2011, at Beaverdam Baptist Church. Funeral services will immediately follow at 2:00 PM at the Church with Rev. Randy McCraw and Rev. Warren Fowler officiating. Interment will be in Frederick Memorial Gardens.
Memorials may be made to: Meals on Wheels, P.O. Box 1886, Gaffney, SC 29342.
The family will be at the home of Douglas and Charlotte Mills, 120 Country Club Road, Gaffney.


ARSENAL icon Martin Keown has questioned whether Antonio Conte still has the support of his Chelsea players.
The former Gunners defender says the signs of Premier League champion's collapse have been appearing since the start of the season.
"Chelsea are struggling," he wrote in his column for the Daily Mail.
"Teams are now looking at their system and finding ways to punish them.
"The game was up when they were beaten by Manchester City. Chelsea knew they were second best that evening.
"For the City players, their toughest test of the season came against Napoli, not the English champions.
He's the of ex-Liverpool star on Chelsea and Arsenal's radar. And Peter Gulacsi's glamorous other half Diana Gulacsi-Vigh frequently sends pulses soaring with her racy Instagram postings.
"Chelsea have looked like conceding in almost every match this season.
"They may have showed fight to come back from 2-1 down to beat Watford but they could easily have lost that game.
"Antonio Conte has talked about hunger and hard work but really it is about belief.
"It looks like these Chelsea players no longer have belief."
Conte meanwhile has revealed that he has no friends among the other manager in the Premier League.
“Before, I had a really good relationship with Claudio Ranieri," Conte said.
"After the awards for the best coach and the best player at FIFA, we went for a dinner with our wives.
“But I think it’s very difficult to speak about friendship with other coaches because then they become an opponent.


Marguerita Vonral says she grew up on a "rough" Glasgow housing estate but she always knew she was different.
This could be because she was the granddaughter of one of the city's most-feared gangsters, Walter Norval.
Marguerita, who is now 34, admits she comes from a crime family but assures everyone: "I'm not a criminal".
Mags - as she is often known - was brought up in Milton by her mum and two sisters.
She says her "granda" was her father figure.
He was also widely known as Glasgow's original "Godfather".
Norval started his criminal career at a young age working for Glasgow's top crooks.
Throughout the 60s and 70s he created his own gangster empire, including pubs and clubs, with money he made from protection rackets and later armed robbery.
Unlike other gangsters, he is said to have refused to get involved in drug-dealing.
Norval was jailed for 14 years in 1977.
He died in 2014, aged 85.
Marguerita told the BBC News website: "I missed the crux of the crimewave. I wasn't privy to that.
"I would hear the stories my granda would tell us. It was unusual and I knew that what they did was not right.
"They did develop a set of values, though - loyalty, trust and even teamwork, but maybe just going in the wrong direction.
"Obviously I adopted those strong values too but I used them differently and became a schoolteacher."
Image caption Marguerita says she comes from a crime family, but she is not a criminal: "Somewhere along the way we cleaned our act up."
Mags taught art and she says her strong Glaswegian accent was not the norm.
She said: "I do come from a rough area.
"I once had a boyfriend who said I was just a 'scheme burd'. He meant it as an insult but I'm proud of that.
"I wasn't a regular person who would become a teacher. Even when I went to art college, people were terrified when I opened my mouth."
A personal tragedy caused Mags to stop teaching and pursue a different career - as a fitness model.
Four years ago, her fiance Dave Brown died suddenly, on the way home from his first bodybuilding competition, which he'd won.
Mags said: "We were driving back and we were talking and he was so excited - the happiest I had ever seen him.
"I don't remember the last thing he said. It was mid-sentence and he made a funny noise and went pure red.
"He kept slumping forward. We went to Warrington General Hospital and the doctor came in and she said: 'We tried for 45 minutes and we couldn't bring him back'."
"When I first came back here I would sit with his clothes and look at his stuff and go through it and feel that pain every day.
"I couldn't eat, I couldn't sleep I couldn't go out without a panic attack. I was living back home with my mum."
Mags went back to the gym and threw herself into training. It changed her life.
She said: "I thought if I was physically stronger I would feel mentally stronger too."
In four years she has reached the top of her career. And she has now taken on a new challenge.
Marguerita is the only female contestant in a new three-part TV show called Rogue to Wrestler.
Would-be wrestlers are put through their paces to see who will be strong enough to make it into the ring for real.
Insane Championship Wrestling founder Mark Dallas and professional fighters Adrian McCallum (aka Lionheart) and Lee Greig, who wrestles under the name of Jack Jester, conduct the elimination process.
The winner will have the chance to become the next star of the Scottish wrestling scene.
Marguerita enjoyed the wrestling challenge and sees it in her future.
She is about to take up her training again.
She said: "I can see myself trying for WWE - that's the ultimate goal.
"But I want to do it properly. The trainers told me they could send my photo to the WWE training school and they would take me now.
"I look the part but I don't want to just look the part. I want to go in there and fight with the best of them."


Doctor Who has traveled to the far reaches of time and space, but for the first time, the Doctor is going to a previously untouched dimension. For its upcoming 50th anniversary special, the BBC hit will be broadcast in 3-D and shown in U.K. cinemas, Zap2It reports.
"It's about time," executive producer Steven Moffat said in a statement. "Technology has finally caught up with Doctor Who and your television is now bigger on the inside. A whole new dimension of adventure for the Doctor to explore."The anniversary special is expected to air on Nov. 23 in the U.K., the same day Whovians were first introduced to the Doctor in 1963.The Doctor Who reboot will wrap up its seventh season on BBC and BBC America on March 30.


A TEENAGE cyclist has been left with serious injuries following a hit-and-run crash in Clacton.
The 18-year-old man was riding along Coppins Road when he was in collision with a van.
He suffered serious back and internal injuries during the incident, which happened at about 11am on Friday, April 5.
Police are now trying to trace his bike, which went missing following the collision.
A spokesman for Essex Police said: “We are appealing for witnesses to a collision that left a cyclist seriously injured.
“The 18-year-old man was riding a grey Carrera mountain bike along Coppins Road when he was in collision with a small white van.
“The driver failed to stop. The victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries including a fractured spin and internal injuries.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the bike is asked to contact Stanway Roads Policing Unit on 101.


Fireworks sparked a vegetation fire in San Jose's Evergreen neighborhood Saturday night, according to fire officials.
Fireworks sparked a brush fire in San Jose's Evergreen neighborhood Saturday night, according to fire officials.
Initial calls about a fire burning along a hillside behind homes near Indigo Oak Lane and Astin Canyon Court were fielded just after 9 p.m., San Jose Fire Department Capt. Brad Cloutier said.
The blaze did ignite close to a number of homes, but it burned uphill away from those residences, Cloutier said. No structures were damaged, and no one was injured by the blaze.
The fire was knocked down roughly 45 minutes after fire crews arrived, Cloutier said.
The San Jose Police Department is investigating the people who were lighting off the fireworks, according to Cloutier.


A stronger Community Redevelopment Agency, a revised traffic pattern and a detailed development scheme were priorities for revitalizing downtown Fort Walton Beach.
A 24-year-old Destin man fell 10 stories to his death from a Sandestin Beach Resort condominium. Walton County authorities were saying that he was murdered.
Crestview reported the coldest weather of the state at 21 degrees.


Looking to capitalize on cable's trend toward reality and documentary programming, former pay-per-view executive Rick Blume has quietly launched a digital service that offers long-form nonfiction shows.
The independently owned Chronicle DTV service is telecasting a blend of documentary and reality programming that's not seen on other television outlets, said Blume, who launched Action Pay-Per-View in the early 1990s.
The service, which has distribution deals through OlympuSAT and some small operators, offers programming from domestic and international documentary producers.
Blume said he is proffering a $1.50 per-subscriber launch fee for one year, with another three free years for operators who commit to a multiyear agreement. After that, the network would charge 5 cents per month per subscriber.
Blume is projecting 100,000 subscribers by year-end.
Approximately 4,000 documentaries are produced each year, said Blume, but most are never seen due to a lack of outlets for distribution. True to the network's tagline, "Real Life Stories," Blume hopes to provide attractive programming that appeals to operators and viewers.
The network's target audience of highly educated, affluent adults aged 25 to 54 is one of the primary audiences to which operators are trying to sell digital services.
"We believe that the programming that Chronicle offers is what the cable operators are interested in and where we had the most available programming," Blume said.
Some of the documentaries slated to air on the network include award-winning productions such as Alberta Hunter: My Castle's Rockin', which traces the performer's career throughout the 20th century; A League of Their Own, the documentary that inspired the Penny Marshall film of the same name; and Annie Leibovitz, a profile of the famed photographer.
The network will also offer in-depth and controversial documentaries including The Islamic Wave, a film focusing on the relationship between Islam and the West; andShackled Women, a report on human-rights abuses of women from Africa to Asia.
Chronicle DTV was initially part of a suite of digital channels Blume had hoped to launch last year. But the economic downturn and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks severely hampered Blume's ability to generate the financing necessary to support the suite.
"Industry consolidation, including the pending AT&T-Comcast cable deal, kept busy the cable executives that we were hoping to meet with to get the venture off the ground," Blume said. "It's been a difficult time, but it made us focus on the one network instead of several services."


Swiss power gear company ABB (s abb) has made another investment in tech that can make data centers more energy-efficient. Thursday morning, ABB says it has acquired controlling interest — through its venture arm (ABB Technology Ventures) — in Validus DC Systems, an 11-year-old company that makes power systems for data centers that utilize direct current (DC), which can make data centers more energy-efficient.
I’m hearing the deal is a large — eight-figure — buyout of existing shareholders, which included Oak Hill Ventures and Validus management, and a new $8 million Series B investment. The investment could also essentially be a two-step M&A, where ABB would have first dibs to buy the company outright at a later date. Validus previously raised at least $10 million from Oak Hill Ventures.
Validus DC Systems sells data center power supply systems, along with converters and data center gear, based on DC tech. DC technology is more energy-efficient than AC (there is less energy lost in the transmission) and is also less complex and the gear can be built into smaller spaces. Validus says its DC technology can cut down on the total cost of a data center — via both energy savings and space savings — by 30 percent.
In addition to energy efficiency, use of DC technology can make a data center more reliable because there are fewer times in the system when the power has to be converted from AC to DC. DC can also pull in solar and wind power directly, though few data center operators are yet utilizing all that much clean power.
ABB already sells data center power gear like power distribution and management systems, emergency back-up power tech, circuit breakers, surge protectors, motors and building control and automation systems. ABB also provides high-voltage DC lines for long distance power transmission and has supplied one of the longest HVDC lines in the world. Adding Validus’ DC products into ABB’s mix is a natural fit.
ABB has also been focused on energy efficiency of data centers in particular. In September, ABB announced it had invested into Valley startup Power Assure, which makes software that can ramp up and down the power consumption of data centers to coincide with server usage. ABB is also working with Emerson and IBM (s IBM) on data center energy efficiency.
More and more data center operators and Internet companies are starting to focus on reducing energy consumption as a way to reduce costs. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), data centers account for over two percent of energy consumption in the U.S., and that number is set to grow as more and more people buy up always-on gadgets and constantly connected computers.
You’re probably wondering why, if DC technology is so much more energy-efficient than straight AC, don’t most data center operators use this. Basically, the data center world is slow-moving and cautious, and has been using traditional tech for decades. However, now that ABB has substantially supported the technology, you can expect to see a lot more DC data centers out there.
Image courtesy of The Planet.


HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Shazam is the #1 movie in the US; latest box office figures show the super hero adventure brought in about 25-point-1 million dollars -- putting it at number 1. Coming in second was the comedy “Little” bringing in 15-point-5 million dollars for Universal Pictures. “Hellboy” -- featuring Daniel Dae Kim-- debuted at number three with 12 million dollars.
The final season of winter has arrived for the Game of Thrones. This past Sunday night, HBO’s Game of Thrones begans its six-episode march to the end after nearly two years off the air. Last year the premiere pulled in 30 million viewers in the US alone, but it was illegally downloaded more than one billion times. Grace Lee gives us her take on the first episode of the final season.
There are pictures of a couple of celebs in town including George Clinton, Owen Wilson and Hugh Jackman.
Those working include The Rock, Kevin Hart and Jack Black here in Hawaii for Jumanji2.
Beth Chapman posted a picture on her Instagram for Palm Friday.
Finally, Hawaii resident Daniel Dae Kim has his premiere of “Hellboy” here in Hawaii and gives back to the Aloha Cancer Society with a fundraiser last night at the Ward Theatres. He also had a Q&A Session!
Watch the report to get the full details on a very busy weekend in Hawaii!
TV, Radio and Hawaiian Entertainment Host and Emcee; 35 years in the business.


In its latest State of the Climate overview, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) reaffirmed that the last four years had been the hottest on record – figures previously announced in provisional drafts of the flagship report.
Last year also saw new heat records for the ocean's upper 2 000 metres, but data for that range only goes back to 2005.
About 93% of excess heat – trapped around the Earth by greenhouse gases that come from the burning of fossil fuels – accumulates in the world's oceans.
Some models predict the temperature of the top 2 000 metres of world's oceans will rise nearly 0.8°C by the end of the century if nothing is done to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to Science.
The thermal expansion – water swelling as it warms – is expected to raise sea levels 30cm, above any sea level rise from melting glaciers and ice sheets, according to the research published in Science.
"There is no longer any time for delay," he warned, stressing that nations needed to come to his Climate Action Summit in September with "concrete, realistic plans" to reduce emissions.


Late news: Mystery Solved (mostly)Still the same behavior on my Bloglines subscription to the NYTimes as reported in the updates to the original posting. To Mark Fletcher (Bloglines): can you illuminate the behavior described below?
Still the same behavior on my Bloglines subscription to the NYTimes as reported in the updates to the original posting. To Mark Fletcher (Bloglines): can you illuminate the behavior described below?
To the vigilant folk(s) from blogyourway.com, who asked whether people should update their links to mistaken information, as long as the orignal poster does so and a link exists, the "damage" will heal itself.
I'm still from Missouri on this one--something has changed for me in Bloglines, on the NY Times Business RSS feed among others, on two separate Macs, on both Safari and Firefox, on the same Comcast cable modem connection going through a Speedstream router and WiFi network. As J.D. Lasica requests, I remain concerned.
My Rojo beta account came back online and I just tried this scenario in that UI. Same behavior: the first story from seven days ago is successfully served, while the last story from eight days ago is redirected to the pay-per-view archive.
I'm now leaning strongly toward the scenario that the Times doesn't want server-based aggregators such as Bloglines and Rojo to consistently allow permalink access beyond seven days. Given Mark Fletcher's comment to Mary Hodder's NetNewsWire crash suggesting she recover her subs via Bloglines, inquiring minds want to know if Martin Niesenholtz and company at New York Times Digital decided that wasn't going to work moving forward if Mary wanted to recover NYTimes permalinks.
But since no one has yet duplicated this and notified me, I'm still, but even more, concerned.


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The breed is awe-inspiringly helpless—saucer-eyed and slack-jawed in a way that always seems jolly or afraid. They are probably the only living creature that looks exactly like a Margaret Keane portrait, and we find it impossible not to like them.
Each year for the past 16 years, the Oregon Humane Society has held a block-long parade of pugs as a fundraiser, as it will do again May 22—a tradition begun not by OHS but by the pug's many fervent fans, whose ardor is legend. Your own pocketbook is likely also defenseless against a 100-strong army of the adorable.
Viewed another way, though, a parade of pugs is an unspeakable cruelty.
The big eyes and almost noseless face of the pug come from generations of selective breeding for qualities we find endearing. But as it turns out, those traits also make it very, very difficult to function as a dog. There's at least one leading veterinary professor, a German named Dr. Gerhard Oechtering, who argues that all short-nosed dogs should be forcibly bred with long-nosed dogs to destroy their inferior genetics.
Driven by demand for adorably wrinkled dogs with humanlike features, breeders flattened pugs' faces until their sockets were too shallow for their big, round eyes—and until their palates were adorably compacted into their nasal passages, which they would otherwise use to breathe.
From a pug's very first year, it may have to fight for every breath. That lovable snuffle? The poor dog is drowning in plain air, a lifelong snore that infects every breath. Some pugs are so hard up for oxygen they just fall over and faint sometimes.
Meanwhile, their spines and hips are so weirded up that many of them lose the use of their rear legs late in life. Most can't give birth naturally, so they have to do it like Caesar's mom did—under the knife.
Many pugs are born deaf. And their vision may be fleeting. When a pug sneezes or experiences a sudden impact, there's also a chance their eyes will pop out of their sockets. Not to mention chronic dry-eye from exposure to the air, and irritating rashes amid the face wrinkles.
The same exact qualities that make you love them also causes them to suffer—they're like Kurt Cobain or something.
But one cannot blame the pugs for their misfortune. They are adorable. And even though they have trouble recovering from exercise—which makes even a short march a bit like a suntan contest among the Irish—we will smile warmly when we see them pass by. After all, this year they'll be dressed up as Star Wars characters.
GO: The Pug Crawl is at Portland Brewing Company Taproom, 2730 NW 31st Ave., oregonhumane.org/pugcrawl, on Sunday, May 22. Noon-4 pm; parade starts at 2 pm. $10, kids under 10 free.


Jamal Crawford scored 29 points and the host New York Knicks beat the Washington Wizards, 105-93, last night to give them consecutive victories for only the third time this season.
Zach Randolph and Nate Robinson added 14 points apiece for the Knicks, who will go for their first three-game winning streak of the season tonight at New Jersey.
Two nights after an 89-65 victory over the Detroit Pistons, the Knicks built a 22-point lead in the first half, then turned back every push by Washington, which had won three straight.
Both Knicks victories came without starting point guard Stephon Marbury, who has bone spurs in his left ankle and will also miss tonight's game. He is scheduled for a magnetic resonance imaging tomorrow that could determine whether he needs surgery.
Caron Butler scored 24 points and Antawn Jamison had 21 for the Wizards, who have played most of the season without All-Star Gilbert Arenas and last night had to go without his replacement, Antonio Daniels, who had a sore right knee. Roger Mason started at point guard and scored 20 points.
The Wizards were coming off Monday's 88-83 victory at Boston, their second win over the league-leading Celtics in three nights, that had moved them a season-high four games over .500. Coach Eddie Jordan stressed that it was important his team not feel too content with those accomplishments.
"It means that we've got to keep it going," Jordan said. "You just can't rest on your laurels and think that your work is done. If they're signature wins, then it has to catapult us to keep being consistent and not be satisfied about it."
But the Wizards were flat at the start and had to play from behind all night. The Knicks jumped out to a 17-5 lead behind Quentin Richardson, who hit his first five shots and scored 10 points in the opening quarter.
The lead grew to 18 later in the period, and New York was up 30-14 after one - Washington's worst opening quarter of the season.
The Knicks (11-26) won their second and third games of the season - probably the only time they will have a winning record this season - then beat the Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz on Nov. 24 and 26.
Cavaliers 132, Grizzlies 124 -- LeBron James scored a season-high 51 points, including 25 in the fourth quarter and overtime, to lead visiting Cleveland over Memphis. James made 18 of 28 shots and also had nine assists and eight rebounds as the Cavaliers handed their Grizzlies their fifth straight loss.
Hawks 104, Nuggets 93 -- Joe Johnson scored 22 points and host Atlanta held off a late rally by Denver for a victory. The Nuggets, who trailed by 25 early in the third quarter, cut the lead to 101-93 on a fadeaway by Carmelo Anthony (Towson Catholic) with 1:50 left. But Denver's Allen Iverson and J.R. Smith were ejected with 38.9 seconds left, and the Nuggets could get no closer. Anthony scored 36 points, Iverson had 27 and Smith 21.
Magic 102, Bulls 88 -- Rashard Lewis scored 26 points and Dwight Howard added 15 points and 11 rebounds to help host Orlando rout Chicago. Brian Cook, playing for only the second time in the past 14 games, had 14 points in just 13 minutes off the bench. Keith Bogans added 15 points for the Magic, which had lost five of its previous six games. The Bulls were outscored 32-10 in the third.
Pistons 103, Raptors 89 -- Richard Hamilton scored a season-high 39 points as Detroit rebounded from an embarrassing loss with a victory over visiting Toronto. Hamilton hit 16 of 22 shots in the Pistons' first game since losing, 89-65, to the last-place Knicks on Sunday. Chauncey Billups added 20 points for Detroit, and Antonio McDyess had nine points, 12 rebounds and a career-high seven steals. Chris Bosh, who averaged 39 points in the Raptors' previous two games, was held to 16 by the team that passed on him for Darko Milicic in the 2003 draft.
Warriors 105, Timberwolves 98 -- Baron Davis had 22 points, nine assists and a season-high five steals to lead Golden State over host Minnesota. Antoine Walker had season highs with 26 points and 10 rebounds off the bench for the Timberwolves.
76ers 111, Rockets 107 -- Andre Miller scored 26 points, Samuel Dalembert added 19 points and blocked a shot in the final seconds, and visiting Philadelphia rallied from 16 points down to beat Houston.
First-half lead for the Knicks, who made the best of a strong start and forced the Wizards to play from behind throughout the game.


LONDON (Reuters) - Roger Federer was handed the Sunday night prime time slot for the opening match of his 16th ATP Finals but fluffed his lines in an error-strewn 7-6(4) 6-3 defeat by Kei Nishikori.
After Kevin Anderson had beaten Dominic Thiem in the day’s supporting act, the crowds packed into the O2 Arena and settled in for another Federer masterclass.
What they got instead were 34 unforced errors flying off the Swiss great’s frame as his timing fell apart, and the sight of a tetchy Federer falling out with the umpire.
To sum up Federer’s night, he received a warning from umpire Damian Steiner in the 12th game of the opening set when he bashed a ball into the crowd.
“He thought I was angry. I wasn’t. Now I’m angry because I lost,” Federer, who will face Thiem on Tuesday in a match he will need to win to revive his hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the event for a 15th time.
Federer was far from his best but still looked to have Nishikori where he wanted him during the early exchanges in a match dubbed the “Uniqlo derby” after his recent switch to the same Japanese clothing supplier as his opponent.
Federer lacked his usual panache and dropped serve again to trail 4-2 and Nishikori calmly held at 5-3 for victory — his first over Federer since 2014.
“I’m glad to win, it is never easy to play with my idol, it is always a big challenge against him, so it was great to win today,” world number nine Nishikori, who will face Anderson next, said on court.
Wimbledon runner-up Anderson was arguably the day’s most impressive performer as he became the first South African since Wayne Ferreira in 1995 to qualify for the ATP Finals.
He repelled a fierce Thiem fightback, saving a couple of set points in the second set tiebreak before clinching a debut win with his 13th ace — celebrating by inviting the crowd to join in a verse of “happy birthday” to his watching wife Kelsey.
The Gustavo Kuerten Group, featuring world number one and tournament favorite Novak Djokovic, Marin Cilic, Alexander Zverev and American debutant John Isner, begins on Monday.


A Hunger seder held Sunday in Eugene was sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council, among others. A City/Region story Monday incorrectly identified the Jewish Council for Public Affairs as lead sponsor. Also, seder leader Rae LaMarche is affiliated with the relations council. A quote that appeared on Page One on Monday incorrectly affiliated LaMarche with Temple Beth Israel.
The curves in the Oregon portion of the Pacific Crest Trail make it 76 percent longer than a straight shot. Bob Welch�s March 14 column incorrectly stated that they make the trail 43 percent longer.


Ed Whitlock is hardly hibernating after setting a new world record in the 85- to 89-year-old age category Sunday in the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon.
The distance specialist is busy conducting interviews with media from around the globe as reporters vie for sound bites from the octogenarian, who ran 42.195 km in three hours, 56 minutes and 33 seconds.
1. How does your body feel in the week after running a marathon at age 85?
EW: Not too bad. No different really than how I felt after marathons in the past. My legs are a bit stiff.
2. How do you deal with the discomfort?
EW: I just wait for it to go away. That’s my secret recipe for all my aches and pains. In general, most therapies don’t seem to work for me. If I have a massage, for instance, I spend 15 minutes on the table and it feels better for 15 minutes after. And then you’re back to where you were before.
3. What’s it like to be an international star with media outlets like CNN and the Times of London calling for interviews?
EW: I’ve sort of done this before. Been there, done that. It was kind of like that when I ran my best marathon allowing for age when I was 73. I did it in two hours and 54 minutes, and there was a fair amount of consternation created over that. In my mind, realistically, my performance this weekend is not really as good as that one was. I’m over an hour slower in 12 years, and I don’t think I should have to go down hill that fast. My preparation for this marathon was not ideal. I did not make my mind up to run it until two weeks before the race. I only thought I was marginally prepared for it due to various aches, pains, and issues that caused me to miss time training this year. So I had about two months of decent marathon training, whereas ideally I would want six months. If I had six months of good training and if the weather was perfect, I think I could take a substantial amount of time off what I ran on Sunday.
4. How many world records do you own?
EW: They keep asking me that, and I’m embarrassed to say I’m not really sure. There are two outfits that I know of keeping world records. One is the World Masters association. They keep track of records and the only road record they keep is the marathon. With them, I believe I have 16 and five pending ratification now. And then there’s another outfit called the Association of Road Race Statisticians, who keep records for road races including the marathon. I think I have about 20 road records with them.
5: How many marathons have you run?
EW: I’m embarrassed to say I don’t know that, either. Just over 40. Maybe 41 or 42. I did my first marathon at age 46. So I’m averaging about one a year.
6: What are your favourites?
EW: Well, I don’t pay much attention to the scenery when I’m running. I’m more worried about my own misery than anything else. But I like courses that basically start and finish at the same place. I don’t like one-way races. That’s one of the reasons I’ve never run Boston, because it’s a one-way race. There are issues about what your performance is really worth depending on whether the wind is with you or against you. I also want a course that’s flat. I’m not a strong hill runner. So ideally, I like something that’s pancake flat. I also like one that doesn’t have any wind. I’m not a very good runner against the wind. So given all those things, I suppose maybe the best course I’ve run on is Rotterdam in Holland. I think it’s a little flatter than the Scotiabank one in Toronto. I’ve run Scotiabank a lot of times, and it’s one of my favourites. It’s also one of my favourites because it’s local, it’s easy to get to and there’s no travel involved. Less hassle.
7: Where do you train for the marathon?
EW: I train in a cemetery about 100 yards from my house.
EW: There’s a number of reasons. No. 1 is the drivers in there are a lot more of a docile lot than the ones you typically meet on the Milton streets. Also, the footing in the winter is typically better than the sidewalks in Milton. They do a pretty good job of clearing in there, whereas some people clear their sidewalks in Milton and others don’t. The other thing is, in the cold weather if you run around and around in a circle, you don’t have to face the cold wind for too long. And if there are any ice spots, you know where they are. You’re prepared for them. And in the summer, I can run in the shade for most of the time. I guess the primary reason, really, is I don’t count the number of laps I run, and I don’t time the laps I run. That way, I don’t get into competitions with myself. If I run around the town for a set distance, I always say, ‘Oh my goodness, that was a bad run today.’ Or ‘I better pick it up to try and do as well as I did yesterday.’ I don’t want to get into that stuff.
9: How did you start running marathons in the first place?
EW: It was accidental. My youngest son was into running at that time in school, and he had been running every day for more than a year at that point without a break. He was bound and determined he was going to run a marathon. He was only 14 then. And so we did our best to deter him, but he’s an awfully determined character. So reluctantly, I ran it with him.
10: Do you do any other sports?
EW: Certainly not now. I used to muck around. I played badminton and tennis and stuff, but that was years ago. I was never any good at those sorts of things. I don’t have any hand-eye coordination. Basically, all I can do is run.
11: Most distance runners have a laundry list of injuries. Have you ever experienced anything serious?
12: Do you have any other health issues?
EW: Not that I know of. I’m not on any medication. My wife says I don’t look healthy, because I’m so emaciated. I’m 5-foot-7, and on Monday morning after the marathon I was 101 pounds.
13: What do you eat? What kind of diet do you follow?
EW: I don’t pay any attention to that. I’m really quite non-scientific with all of this stuff. I basically eat what I want to eat, and my wife says she can’t understand why I’m so thin when I eat so much. But then, I run a lot of it off. I certainly take more sugar than would be recommended. I eat more butter and fats than would be recommended. Carbohydrates are quite high. I’m not a vegetarian, but I don’t eat a lot of meat. But I really don’t pay any attention to that.
14: What kind of engineering work did you do?
EW: I was trained in Britain as a mining engineer and I came to Canada to work in the mines in Northern Ontario. Then, I graduated from there to being a desk jockey in management in the extractive industry.
15: Did you have any tough moments during Sunday’s marathon?
EW: Oh yes. At halfway, I thought things were going to become very, very ugly. I was having serious concerns then to the point of not being able to complete it. I’ve never dropped out of a marathon, but I thought it might happen with this one. I wasn’t feeling at all good. In hindsight, I ran too fast in the first half of the race. So I got very down on myself. I thought, ‘Oh my goodness. This is going to be terrible.’ I concentrated on conserving energy to make sure I at least finished the race. But then surprisingly, I didn’t drop off as much as I anticipated I was going to. I really thought after halfway, with me consciously slowing down, I didn’t think I would get under four hours. I wasn’t concentrating on my time and splits anymore. So I was quite surprised when I was five kilometres from home and realized sub-four was still possible and, in fact, quite probable. That gave me a lift. I was very relieved and quite a bit happy when I crossed the finish line there in sub-four.
16: How did you celebrate?
EW: I really didn’t. I just came home on the train, had supper with my wife. We had a bottle of wine and watched the TV. That was it.
17: Any other runners in your family these days?
EW: My eldest son still runs, but he’s injured at the moment and hasn’t run since the indoor season earlier this year. My younger son gave up on competitive running about the time he left school. He decided it was all silly. All he does now is a bit of jogging in the winter.
18: What about your Brooks shoes? How old are they?
EW: I’m not really sure how old they are. They’re about 20 years old, the pair I wore on Sunday. I’ve been wearing them for about 20 years. But I have other pairs of the same model. So they’re not the only shoes I’ve used for racing, but they are the ones that are the most worn down. I like them in comparison to modern racing shoes. Modern racing shoes seem stiffer. Mine are much more flexible, not just because of wear but because they were designed that way. I ran without socks Sunday, and that was the first time I did that for a marathon. My feet were very comfortable, and I don’t have any blisters to show for it. I didn’t want to have soaking wet socks.
19: Can you further reduce the record in subsequent marathons?
EW: I doubt it, because when you get to my advanced age, the ability to do any better leaks out quite rapidly with every day that passes. So I won’t be able to run another marathon until at best next spring. By that time, another half a year will have passed and a bit more potential leakage would have occurred. But it could be possible. If I had the ideal preparation for this marathon, I could have run faster.
20: What advice do you have for people striving to stay active as they get older?
EW: I don’t give people advice. I believe everybody has to decide what is best for them. I don’t believe I know what is best for anybody else. I’m not too sure I know what’s good for me, but I certainly don’t know what’s good for anyone else. I’m always willing to talk about what I do. If anybody else is idiot enough to want to do that, that’s fine. But I wouldn’t recommend it to anybody else.
This has been edited for length and clarity.


In today's news: More tornadoes in the Midwest, gas prices are still slowly descending, Toyota doesn't listen to anyone, a nasty fight is brewing over consumer protection, and IBM bests Microsoft.
The reasons for Toyota’s rash of recalls can be explained by management, not engineering. “Toyota has concentrated too much decision-making in Japan and failed to listen to customers and others when it comes to warnings about safety in its vehicles,” USA Today reports.
Microsoft and IBM both seem like titans of tech, but for the first time since 1996, IBM is worth more. “International Business Machines surged past old rival Microsoft Corp in market value for the first time since April 1996,” MSNBC reports.


EXCLUSIVE: Coming off a three-season starring turn on the ABC comedy Suburgatory, Jeremy Sisto is returning to his drama roots with a lead role opposite Mark Pellegrino and Kevin Alejandro in Carlton Cuse’s 10-episode A&E drama series The Returned. An adaptation of the acclaimed French series, Returned, from A+E Studios and FremantleMedia, focuses on a small town that is turned upside down when several local people who have been long presumed dead suddenly reappear, bringing with them both positive and detrimental consequences. Sisto plays Peter, a psychologist who runs a grief support group for people in the town who are struggling with the loss of loved ones from a bus accident four years ago. Law & Order alum Sisto, repped by Gersh and the Schiff Co., will segue to Returned after wrapping Fox International’s genre movie The Other Side Of The Door. He recently co-wrote, produced and starred in the indie Break Point, which premiered at SXSW.


Lorenzo Cruz Blas, also known as “Larry," "Encho,” familian Balaku, of Mangilao, formerly of Asan died Sept. 2 at the age of 78.
Nightly Mass will be held 6 p.m., no Mass Sept. 6 and 13. Rosary will be prayed after the 6 p.m. Mass on Sept. 12 at Santa Teresita Catholic Church in Mangilao.
Last respects will be held from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sept. 14 at Santa Teresita Catholic Church in Mangilao.


Ready or not, here comes Saint West!
Kim Kardashian shared some photos of her son being as playful as can be on Sunday. Her pictures, which were all in black and white, showed Saint laying down in a ball pit in a variety of positions. In some instances he's laying on his stomach with his head covered, and in others he's flashing the biggest smile. His little sister Chicago West made a brief cameo in one of the pictures, too.
Those two have always been "inseparable" as Kim puts it, and playtime is clearly no exception.
It seems like Saint's gallivanting in the ball put has earned him a new nickname: "the king of hide and seek." Saint of the ball pit, perhaps?
He's already an expert ball player, too. In September, he joined his dad Kanye Westto throw the first pitch at a Chicago Cubs-Chicago White Sox baseball game. Game results aside, Saint's MLB debut made him the clear winner of the day.
The KKW Beauty owner posts no shortage of sweet images of her kids. Just yesterday she shared a funny one of Chicago chatting up a storm with her cousin True Thompson.
"I can't wait to hear what they talk about lol," she captioned it.
On Feb. 19, she posted a picture of Saint with a lollipop in his hand and called him "my whole heart." Plus, he happens to bear a striking resemblance to his dad.
"These two melt my heart," she wrote on Instagram of the father-son duo.
Although Saint is the only male child as he's sandwiched between big sis North West and Chicago, it won't stay that way much longer.
E! News confirmed in January that Kim and Kanye are expecting baby number four together. Baby West will also be born via surrogate, just like Chicago. The 38-year-old spoke about the happy news publicly for the first time a few weeks later while on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen alongside Khloe Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian.
It turns out that the information slipped out during their Christmas Eve party after she "got drunk" and "told some people."
As the family eagerly awaits their newborn—a baby boy who is due in the spring—Kim and Kanye have been getting their home ready to meet him.
"Kim and Kanye are really excited about the new baby!" a source told E! News recently. "It's a bright spot right now given everything else that's going on in the family. At this point they've been working on the baby's nursery at their home and putting all that stuff together."
There's work being done outside the home, too. The source added, "With four kids, two adults and a couple nannies, they definitely need to invest in a car that suits the entire family so that's an ongoing discussion."


State police said a 35-year-old woman stabbed her boyfriend with a knife early Saturday morning in Dover.
State police said troopers were sent to the 100 block of Kentwood Drive around 4 a.m. and learned a 32-year-old man there had been stabbed. State police said his girlfriend, 35-year-old Lenquesha Whitehurst, stabbed him after an argument.
A 13-year-old was home at the time, state police said.
Whitehurst was charged with first-degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child. She was released on a $21,000 unsecured bond.


A Northeastern University report shows that many black and Latino students are being prevented from attending some of the top public schools in Boston.
A new report shows that many black and Latino students are being prevented from attending some of the top public schools in Boston.
Dan O'Brien, the lead author of a new Northeastern University report, presented his findings to the School Committee on Monday night, which show that Boston has been unsuccessful in creating equal access to high quality schools.
Boston Public Schools member Regina Robinson says the presentation led to a "yup" moment.
The report found a computerized system the city uses to assign students to schools is only making segregation among the city’s schools—worse.
"Black students most so and Latino students as well saw less opportunity for access to quality schools than their white and Asian counterparts,” O'Brien said.
The study found that more than 80-percent of kindergarten students in Boston's affluent and historically white neighborhoods like Charlestown and Back Bay attend high-quality public schools with higher test scores compared to only 5-percent in the historically black neighborhood of Mattapan.
“As a result, as you noted, those students who are lucky enough to attend a tier one school they have to travel to get there,” O'Brien said.
Those students commute almost twice the distance traveled by white and Asian students.
Members of the community expressed their concern following the report.
“Maddening. Why is it maddening? Because that report speaks to a huge failure in our system to provide equitable access to education and it’s a failure that didn’t need to be,” Kevin Murray said.
So what’s next? Northeastern University offered several recommendations.
"Two of them were straight forward and had to do with modifications to the algorithm and its implementation,” O'Brien said.
The third had to do with the quantity and geographic distribution of quality schools in the city.
During the meeting, public school officials said this discussion is far from over. They say they now plan to work with the mayor's office and the community to find ways to address the problem.
Boston School Superintendent Tommy Chang stepped down last month. His three-year tenure was marked by several controversies, including racial tension at Boston Latin, an IRS audit into financial issues and an attempt at changing school start and bus times that left many parents angry.
More recently, attorneys with the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice filed a lawsuit against Chang and the school system after school officials allegedly sent information about a student to ICE. Chang denied that the school system shared student information with the agency.
Mayor Marty Walsh recently named Laura Perille, the head of the educational nonprofit EdVestors, as the interim superintendent. She will serve in the role until a new, permanent superintendent is chosen.


With Rovers firmly in mid-table, and all but certain to be playing Championship football next season, Tony Mowbray admits their poor form has prevented him from experimenting as much as he would have hoped.
Rovers are 11 points clear of the bottom three ahead of the visit of Stoke City, but have won just once in their last 10 matches. Mowbray had hoped to hand opportunities to more young of the club’s promising youngsters with seven games remaining, but is reluctant to do that given their current form.
While many fans’ thoughts have already turned to next season, Mowbray admits there is still work to do to finish off this campaign and make sure it doesn’t take a bigger downturn.
However, he believes whether or not the perception of the season would change with a poor finish is for other people to decide.
“I think so, I think that’s where we are,” Mowbray said of the inability to experiment more.
“We have to dig really deep. I know we beat Wigan in our last home game, and our home form has been generally good over the last two years, but we went on a run of losing three home games 1-0 to Preston, Middlesbrough and Bristol City. It shows how attritional this league, how difficult it is.
“When you’re on a run, the fine margins, or a little bit of confidence or belief can make a huge difference from winning 1-0, to losing 1-0.
“Those statistics add up and before you know it you can be on a run like we are of one win in 10.
“Mentally it can be damaging on the team. But watching the team, they’re working extremely hard, they’re in every game, it’s a bit frustrating that we’re not turning these really tight games in to points.
“I’m sure if we’re working as hard as we are then it will turn for us.
Rovers’ season has taken a disappointing turn since those four consecutive wins in January saw them threaten to the top six.
As to whether this run has affected how the season will be viewed, the boss added: “That’s for other people to decide.
“As a group of players and staff we have to keep working as hard as we can.
“Early season we might have nicked some points when teams were playing pretty well against us.
“We are very much on the same level, I don’t feel as though the level of the team has dropped off. I think the energy of the team is very much the same, yet the results haven’t fallen away.
“It’s difficult to put your finger on why, but we’re not the only team that has had this kind of run.
“Aston Villa have won five on the bounce, yet they had a spell when they won two in 15. Who’s to say we don’t win five of our last seven and finish ninth and everyone goes ‘wow’?


Bronx Alehouse owner James Langstine claims he already was paying the majority of his employees what is now the minimum wage of $15 an hour for businesses like his, even before it rose from $13 on Dec. 31. Langstine sees it as one way he can help offset the city’s high cost of living — and hold on to a skilled, experienced staff.
Mina Muñoz, bartender at the Bronx Alehouse in Kingsbridge, pours a drink. The cozy burger-and-brew spot had to comply with the state’s minimum wage hike that went into effect Dec. 31, requiring most businesses to now pay at least $15 an hour. But Alehouse owner James Langstine says it wasn’t a huge adjustment for him, since he already pay the majority of his employees that much.
The Bronx Alehouse — a comfortable Kingsbridge watering hole closing in on a decade in business — has adjusted just fine to a minimum wage increase that took effect Dec. 31, owner James Langstine said. To compensate for the hike — from $13 to $15 an hour — he’s tried to scale down costs of beer, liquor and food, sometimes buying in bulk, and looking for ways to save on energy.
Mina Muñoz, left, and Scarlett Nuñez serve up drinks at the Bronx Alehouse on West 238th Street. The establishment had to adjust to statewide minimum wage legislation that took effect Dec. 31, fattening paychecks for some of the state’s lowest paid laborers.
Chris Cordiano — tall and lean — glided across the North Riverdale Dunkin’ to grab customer orders during the afternoon rush. And he’s doing it probably a little less hungry than he was just a couple weeks before.
That’s because minimum wage employees are welcoming heftier paychecks, the latest in a series of increases thanks to legislation Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed as part of his 2016-17 state budget. The biggest increase this year — which actually took effect Dec. 31 — came in New York City, where employees working at companies with more than 10 employees, including fast-food establishments, are seeing their lowest legal pay jump by $2 to $15 an hour. Employees at smaller companies in the city, meanwhile, are getting a bump of $1.50, to $13.50 an hour.
In Westchester County and Long Island, rates are climbing from $11 to $12, while the rest of the state increases from $10.40 to $11.10.
And all of it is still well above the federally mandated rate of $7.25 — unchanged since 2009.
Wage boosts here have pushed New York into the thick of a movement to raise the minimum wage across the United States, according to the National Employment Law Project. In fact, the state is among seven others — Arizona, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri and Washington — phasing in minimum wage increases that eventually will climb to between $12 and $15 an hour, while 13 cities and counties were set to reach or exceed $15 by the start of the new year.
“I think it’s good for employees, bad for customers,” Cordiano said of his fatter paycheck, now that regulars have to shell out slightly more for coffee and doughnuts as he said Dunkin’ raised prices to compensate.
Still, along with more food, the wiry barista also is looking forward to going to the movies — a luxury he’ll probably splurge on occasionally now that he’s raking in more.
“Hopefully it all works out well, because I don’t want to see too many people complaining that prices are too high now,” Cordiano said.
Some — like for a small black coffee — actually are quite nominal, jumping just a few pennies. “But that’s for one item,” Cordiano said. “Imagine you’re getting five items. The change adds up,” like for dozens of doughnuts — whose price leapt a dime apiece.
Asif Khan, Cordiano’s colleague at the West 259th Street Dunkin’, is grateful he can now afford some necessities that may have been out of reach before his wage increased.
Nor does he think customers are all that irked about paying modestly more for a sugar-and-caffeine jolt.
Yet, minimum wage workers aren’t the only ones affected, as businesses small and large also have to contend with compensating for paying staff more.
In fact, Langstine claims he already paid the majority of his employees at least $15 an hour, even before the new minimum wage went into effect, meaning it wasn’t a huge hit for his West 238th Street establishment.
“For the last couple years, we’ve found ($15) was kind of the minimum where you could keep and retain a good, skilled staff anyway,” Langstine said. “Skilled people didn’t want to work for” less.
As far as curbing spending in other areas, it hasn’t been anything drastic, Langstine added. “There’s some little tweaks here and there,” including focusing more on managing cost of goods — beer, liquor, food, napkins — sometimes buying in bulk, as well as reining back energy costs where possible.
Hence, keeping the alehouse well-staffed means customers may eventually have to fork over a bit more for a brew, if spending less on ingredients and energy can’t make up the difference.
But that’s something Langstine claims he’s already used to, from minimum wage — which has risen annually since 2016 — to rent, which has gone up every year since the alehouse opened in 2009.
Eventually, the city’s $15 minimum wage could take effect statewide, according to published reports. And while some critics claim that could nudge small businesses to greatly `raise prices, slash staff or even shutter, none of that’s been the case at either the Bronx Alehouse or Dunkin’ — so far.
“You can’t live in this city on $12 an hour, anyway, so we don’t really have complaints about the law itself,” he said.


It’s been a massive 22 years since Tom Cruise first brought Mission: Impossible to the screen. That’s more than two decades of suspending from wires, running at high speed and blowing things up. Mission: Impossible – Fallout is the sixth and latest addition to the franchise – and it’s as big as they come. The film follows Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and his team of spies as they attempt to prevent a terrorist organisation from detonating a series of nuclear weapons. The twisty plot sees Hunt once again come into contact with MI6 agent Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson) and their mutual enemy Solomon Lane (Sean Harris). Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames are back as Benji and Luther, though fellow team member Brandt (Jeremy Renner) fails to make an appearance. Also returning to the franchise is Hunt’s wife Julia (Michelle Monaghan) – her first appearance since a cameo in the fourth film. There are a few notable additions to the cast this time around. Angela Bassett plays Erica Sloan, head of the CIA and Vanessa Kirby plays the enigmatic White Widow, who may or may not be the daughter of Vanessa Redgrave’s character in the first film. But the newbie with the biggest impact – figuratively and literally – is Superman himself, Henry Cavill. Cavill is truly a beast of a man and towers above Cruise in his somewhat adversarial role as CIA agent Walker. The action in Fallout is top-notch. Cruise has never shied away from crazy stunt work – scaling the Burj Khalifa and hanging onto the outside of a plane during takeoff spring to mind – and this film is no exception. There’s a frenetic, intense car/motorbike chase through the busy streets of Paris – including the multi-lane roundabout surrounding the Arc de Triomphe – a dizzying HALO jump, a high-speed foot chase on London rooftops (including the incident which resulted in Cruise breaking his ankle) and a daring helicopter pursuit in the Himalayan mountains. Fallout is entertainment plus and fans of the franchise will not be disappointed. Ranking the films is a difficult task, but Fallout probably comes third behind MI3 and Ghost Protocol.
It’s been a massive 22 years since Tom Cruise first brought Mission: Impossible to the screen.
That’s more than two decades of suspending from wires, running at high speed and blowing things up.
Mission: Impossible – Fallout is the sixth and latest addition to the franchise – and it’s as big as they come.
The film follows Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and his team of spies as they attempt to prevent a terrorist organisation from detonating a series of nuclear weapons.
The twisty plot sees Hunt once again come into contact with MI6 agent Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson) and their mutual enemy Solomon Lane (Sean Harris).
Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames are back as Benji and Luther, though fellow team member Brandt (Jeremy Renner) fails to make an appearance. Also returning to the franchise is Hunt’s wife Julia (Michelle Monaghan) – her first appearance since a cameo in the fourth film.
Back again: Tom Cruise leads Henry Cavill and Rebecca Ferguson in the action-packed Mission: Impossible - Fallout, rated M, in cinemas now.
There are a few notable additions to the cast this time around.
Angela Bassett plays Erica Sloan, head of the CIA and Vanessa Kirby plays the enigmatic White Widow, who may or may not be the daughter of Vanessa Redgrave’s character in the first film.
But the newbie with the biggest impact – figuratively and literally – is Superman himself, Henry Cavill.
Cavill is truly a beast of a man and towers above Cruise in his somewhat adversarial role as CIA agent Walker.
The action in Fallout is top-notch.
Cruise has never shied away from crazy stunt work – scaling the Burj Khalifa and hanging onto the outside of a plane during takeoff spring to mind – and this film is no exception.
There’s a frenetic, intense car/motorbike chase through the busy streets of Paris – including the multi-lane roundabout surrounding the Arc de Triomphe – a dizzying HALO jump, a high-speed foot chase on London rooftops (including the incident which resulted in Cruise breaking his ankle) and a daring helicopter pursuit in the Himalayan mountains.
Fallout is entertainment plus and fans of the franchise will not be disappointed.
Ranking the films is a difficult task, but Fallout probably comes third behind MI3 and Ghost Protocol.


COSHOCTON – Seven members of the Cardinal Chorale and Encore! Honors Choir will present the concert One Enchanted Evening: A Musical Theater Showcase at 7:30 p.m. June 12 at Ridgewood High School, 602 Johnson St., West Lafayette.
Singing are Matthew Downing, Haley Evans, Peter Hampton, Erin Jobes, Chad Putka, Joshua Senn and Jennifer Sper. Songs will be from “Wicked,” “My Fair Lady,” “Les Miserables” and other Broadway musicals.
Tickets are $5 for students and children and $8 for adults, which can be purchased at the door. Proceeds will benefit the Cardinal Chorale. For more information, call 740-623-0554, email thecardinalechorale@gmail.com or go to encorehonorschoir.com.


David Ortiz finished the best April of his career with a pair of solo homers, Mike Aviles hit a three-run shot and the Boston Red Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 11-6 tonight.
Darnell McDonald had a two-run homer and Marlon Byrd drove in a pair of runs to support a decent start by Clay Buchholz, who held Oakland to one run until he gave up five in his last inning.
Ortiz hit .405 in April with six homers and 20 RBIs. He hit .543 in Fenway Park (19 for 35).
It was Boston's seventh win in eight games, coming off a 6-1 road trip.
Former Red Sox outfielder Josh Reddick hit a three-run homer for Oakland, which dropped its third straight.


Almighty and everlasting God, behold I come to the Sacrament of Thine only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ: I come as one infirm to the physician of life, as one unclean to the fountain of mercy, as one blind to the light of everlasting brightness, as one poor and needy to the Lord of heaven and earth. Therefore I implore the abundance of Thy measureless bounty that Thou wouldst vouchsafe to heal my infirmity, wash my uncleanness, enlighten my blindness, enrich my poverty and clothe my nakedness, that I may receive the Bread of Angels, the King of kings, the Lord of lords, with such reverence and humility, with such sorrow and devotion, with such purity and faith, with such purpose and intention as may be profitable to my soul's salvation. Grant unto me, I pray, the grace of receiving not only the Sacrament of our Lord's Body and Blood, but also the grace and power of the Sacrament. O most gracious God, grant me so to receive the Body of Thine only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, which He took from the Virgin Mary, as to merit to be incorporated into His mystical Body, and to be numbered amongst His members. O most loving Father, give me grace to behold forever Thy beloved Son with His face at last unveiled, whom I now purpose to receive under the sacramental veil here below.


Drug Control Police claim to have dismantled a drug-trafficking gang with links to the Mexican Sinaloa cartel.
After raiding homes in Santa Ana, southwest of San José, and the southwestern Hatillo neighborhood, police announced the arrests of a Tico, last name Guillen, the alleged ringleader, and a Cuban, last name Lizazo. The men are also known as “Pelón” and “Manny,” respectively. Lizazo is now a naturalized U.S. citizen.
According to a Public Security Ministry press release, Lizazo and Guillen, 40, reported to an unidentified woman in Mexico who is linked to the Sinaloa cartel.
Public Security Vice Minister José Torres said the gang brought drugs from Panama, stored them for a short time in Costa Rica and then shipped them to Mexico, with the United States as final destination.
Authorities began investigating the gang in February and achieved their first results when they arrested two Mexicans, last names Amezquita and Sánchez, in April after seizing 299 kilograms of cocaine stored in a remodeled house in El Tejar de El Guarco in Cartago province east of the capital (TT, May 9).


Marc Martel stars in “The Ultimate Queen Celebration” April 27 at Governor’s State University.
The unseen artist behind some of the Freddie Mercury vocals in the award-winning movie “Bohemian Rhapsody” will bring Mercury and his music to life at “The Ultimate Queen Celebration” April 27 at Governors State University.
After six years and more than 160 shows with the tribute band, Martel has created his own version of a Queen tribute and taken it on the road.
“The Ultimate Queen Celebration” features 23 renowned Queen songs performed by Martel, including "Radio Gaga," "Tie Your Mother Down," "Fat Bottomed Girls," "Killer Queen," "Somebody to Love” and the iconic "Bohemian Rhapsody."
Lana Rogachevskaya, executive director for GSU’s Center for Performing Arts, said there was no question that the Center would take the opportunity to showcase Martel after hearing him sing.
“When I received an email from Marc’s agent and then listened to his sound and then shared it with our team, everybody told me ‘Lana, this is the real deal,’” she said.
Rogachevskaya said the audience of more than 1,000 people will be in for a “spectacle” at GSU’s “cozy venue with a big, spectacular sound.” The Center will rent additional equipment to enhance their existing state-of-the-art equipment, she said, so the audience will get the full Mercury-Martel effect.
Ticket holders who can’t get too much of a good thing can add a VIP Package for an additional $54, getting a bit of personal time with Martel, GSU patron manager Jane Cox said.
The package includes Martel singing some of the “more popular” songs during “an authentic sound check” at 4:30 p.m., offering participants “a behind-the-scenes” experience, Cox said. A reception with appetizers and a concert-themed complimentary drink will be part of the package, as well as a meet-and-greet with Martel at 7 p.m. which includes autographed CDs and posters and photos taken by a staff photographer.
“From what I understand from his agent, Marc is very, very warm with his fans…,” Cox said.
A silent auction for all ticket holders will take place in the lobby from 6 to 7:30 p.m. with rock and roll memorabilia, including autographed posters of the Rolling Stones and Beatles, a photo booth with vintage props and a cash bar.
Etc.: VIP Package for an additional $54 includes events and reception beginning at 4:30 p.m.
Ginger Brashinger is a freelancer for the Daily Southtown.


The Week of the Young Child is an annual celebration sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. The purpose of the Week of the Young Child is to focus public attention on the needs of young children and their families and to recognize the early childhood programs and services that meet those needs.
The 2012 Week of the Young Child is April 22 to 28, and the theme is "Early Years are Learning Years."
Young children in the Texas Panhandle deserve the best that we can give them. We can show our support for early learning in our community by promoting early literacy programs, thanking teachers who care for our children, and working to ensure that our public policies support early learning for all young children.
The Week of the Young Child is a time to remind us the years from birth to age 8 are an important stage of life. When families and communities invest early in educational opportunities and enriching experiences, young children are much more likely to have lifelong success.
The Panhandle Association for the Education of Young Children invites you to help us celebrate young children!


A full day of marches, rallies and events were held in New York City on Sept. 17, the fourth anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, to demand an end to racism, gentrification and police brutality. Called by the Brooklyn Anti-Gentrification Network, the day’s events involved early morning rush-hour visibility and information actions and a midday protest in front of the New York City Housing Authority’s management office in Farragut Houses complex in Brooklyn, called by Families United for Racial and Economic Equality. It also included an action at the New York City Department of City Planning to “fight the rezoning of our communities,” a march across the Brooklyn Bridge and, finally, a speakout and sleepout at City Hall Park in Manhattan, called by Voices of Community Activists & Leaders.
In an email announcing the event, BAN states, “The corporations, banks, real estate developers and de Blasio administration are hell-bent on destroying the cultural, economic and social diversity of New York City. We must disrupt business as usual and take back our communities.


Hundreds of the Bay Area’s Tibetan refugees and their supporters rallied in Berkeley and San Francisco this month to commemorate the 52nd anniversary of the peaceful uprising of the Tibetan people against China’s occupation of Tibet.
More than 1,500 Tibetan refugees from India, Nepal and Tibet live in the Bay Area, according to the Tibetan Association of Northern California.
Yangchen Lhamo, 25, has been politically active in the movement since her high school days. She sits on the board of Students for a Free Tibet, a Tibet support group. Lhamo was part of the group that organized monthlong demonstrations that took place in the Bay Area during the Beijing Olympic torch relay in 2008.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, issued a statement in support of the Dalai Lama’s plan to devolve his political authority and give it to the future prime minister of the Tibetan Government in Exile.
He said steps toward selecting a new leader would begin next week.
“Regardless of the outcome as to which candidate will now shoulder the responsibility of navigating our cause, we will need guidance at this crucial juncture in our history. As such, I strongly feel that (the Dalai Lama) should defer his retirement for a period of about a year “… to minimize any chaotic situations,” Tulku-la said.


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The township’s board of zoning appeals Monday night voted to grant a request for Safe Ward Inc. to open a facility on Eckley Boulevard, despite opposition from neighborhood residents.
The BZA granted a conditional use for the facility, allowing it to operate a home for males 12 to 17.
The BZA’s decision can be appealed to Montgomery County court.
A plan to have a group home for youths in a Miami Twp. neighborhood is set to go before a zoning board tonight.
An exception to locate a community oriented residential social service facility on Eckley Boulevard is scheduled to be reviewed by the township’s board of zoning appeals.
The BZA has said it is looking into whether the site of the proposed facility to house up to six males, ages 12 to 17, fits within township guidelines to be granted a conditional use.
Among those guidelines for the proposal by Safe Ward Inc. is that “no other community oriented residential social service facility is issued a conditional use certificate within 1,500 feet of the property” at 2600 Eckley.
BZA members said last month they held off on a decision about the Eckley site to allow time to verify its location in relation to other possible similar sites.
Choices in Community Living owns the property at 2201 Brahms Blvd., about two blocks east of the Eckley house, Montgomery County records show.
That organization’s website indicates the house is a “supervised group home living for up to four individuals’ in personalized living spaces,” a resident told board members last month.
Safe Ward’s request attracted about 40 residents at the BZA last month. Safe Ward co-operator Rachica Ward said the non-profit corporation started in 2016 is required to have a residential home for the facility before receiving its Ohio license.


Two TDs have announced that they will not contest the forthcoming General Election.
Fine Gael MEP and TD Gay Mitchell and Independent TD Mildred Fox have confirmed that they will not be running in the election, which is expected next summer.
Mr Mitchell has held a seat for Fine Gael in Dublin South Central since 1981.
When he became an MEP two years ago, he said he would decide closer to the election whether to continue in Europe, or return full time to the Dáil.
This evening, he announced that after much thought, he is to opt for Europe, but he said he was confident Fine Gael would hold his seat, and that Fine Gael and Labour between them could win three of the five seats in the constituency.
His running mate in the last election, Catherine Byrne, has since had a year as Lord Mayor of Dublin, and would be seen as a strong candidate.
Meanwhile in Wicklow, Independent TD Mildred Fox has confirmed she will not run.
Ms Fox, who was elected to the Dáil in 1995 after the death of her father Johnny, told her local radio station she was not standing for 'family reasons'. However there is speculation that her independent organisation will still run a candidate.
She was one of the group of Independent TDs who supported the Government in the last Dáil, and the Taoiseach has said she has been a quality public representative and a sincere and kind-hearted person.
Strategists from all parties will be studying the implications of this evening's announcements, which will make Dublin South Central and Wicklow all the more interesting next summer.
But Fine Gael in particular will miss Gay Mitchell's undoubted appeal at the polls and his decision also follows Councillor Brian Walsh's decision not to run in Galway West.


Winning an Oscar is all well and good. Like everyone else in the world though, this year's awards recipients had to go back to work the following day.
For Spike Lee, winner of the best adapted screenplay award for his film BlacKkKlansman, that meant heading off to South East Asia at the first opportunity.
"I'm on a plane tomorrow morning to Thailand," the US film-maker told reporters on Sunday.
Thailand will stand in for Vietnam in Da 5 Bloods, which tells of African-American war veterans returning to that country to locate the remains of a fallen comrade.
Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther himself, will star in the project alongside Delroy Lindo and Leon's Jean Reno.
Here's what else this year's Oscar winners have in the pipeline and where we'll be seeing them next.
With the third and fourth series of The Crown shooting back to back, Olivia Colman will not have long to bask in the glory of her best actress triumph.
The Broadchurch star's filming commitments meant she had to miss a number of other awards events in the run-up to this year's awards - the price of landing the plum role of the Queen in Netflix's royal saga.
Colman will be back on our screens next week when Fleabag returns to BBC One on Monday. The second series of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's raunchy sitcom will see her reprise her role as the title character's far-from-beloved godmother.
This year will also see the release of Them That Follow, a drama set in the Appalachian Mountains in which she plays a member of a Pentecostal church that adheres to the religious practice of snake handling.
Best actor winner Rami Malek doesn't just have an Oscar on his mantelpiece for playing Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody. He also has a fourth and final season of Mr Robot in the can that will air at some point this year.
He will also provide the voice of a gorilla called Chee-Chee in The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle, a reboot of the old "talk to the animals" fantasy starring Robert Downey Jr that will arrive in cinemas in early 2020.
Regina King, winner of the best supporting actress statuette for If Beale Street Could Talk, also won't be giving up the small screen anytime soon.
The three-time Emmy recipient has a role in a new TV version of beloved comic book Watchmen that will see her act alongside fellow Oscar winners Jeremy Irons and Louis Gossett Jr.
Mahershala Ali, in contrast, appears to have nothing confirmed in the works, though he is working on a script that he may direct and has a development deal with HBO (Home Box Office).
The Moonlight and Green Book actor can currently be seen in the third season of HBO's True Detective, in which he plays an Arkansas police detective at three different ages.
HBO also seems the likely home for Ascension, a horror series about the creation of a cult that best director winner Alfonso Cuaron is reportedly set to write, direct and executive produce.
Little is known about the project, beyond the fact that Casey Affleck - an Oscar winner himself two years ago for Manchester by the Sea - is also attached to it.


Ghana’s only representative in continental competition, Kumasi Asante Kotoko has been beaten narrowly by one goal to nil by Sudanese giants Al Hilal Omdurman.
It was the side’s first outing in the Group phase of this year CAF Confederations Cup competition. They could however not finish the match with the result they would have wanted as they were beaten by the home side.
It took the efforts of Waleed Hamid who scored the only goal of the game for Al Hilal five minutes before the end of the first half. Both sides could not take any of their chances in the second half and the scoreline stayed the same at the end of the 90 minutes.
The Porcupine Warriors now has to return to Ghana and prepare for their second match of the group stage against Zambian heavyweight Zesco United. It is a match they will have to do everything possible to win to revive their chances of making it to the knockout stage of the competition.
In the other group c game played today, Zesco United beat fellow country team Nkana Red Devils by two goals to nothing. The victory puts them top of the group with more goals. Al Hilal is also placed 2nd with 3 points but only behind on goal difference. Kotoko is in third, with Nkana Red Devils occupying bottom of the table.
Kotoko’s game against Zesco United will be played on February 13, 2019. Kick off time for that match is 13:00 GMT.


Who is Yuriko Koike, the most powerful woman in Japan?
Tokyo's ambitious governor, whose supporters wave broccoli in honour of her green slogan.
“You idiot, you’re about to meet the governor!” In a surreal televised moment, one of Japan’s most celebrated film-makers – the winner of the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion in 1997 – emerged from a limousine dressed as Donald Trump, with a blond wig and red tie, on his way to visit the governor of Tokyo, a city of more than nine million people.
Takeshi Kitano, better known in Japan as the comedian “Beat Takeshi”, brushed off the scolding from his dark-suited sidekick waiting outside city hall and strode through the sliding glass doors to meet Yuriko Koike, Tokyo’s first female governor and Japan’s political star of the moment.
Koike, 65, is a former newsreader who last year broke ranks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to run as an independent for Tokyo governor – a position roughly equivalent to that of London’s mayor. She won in a landslide after promising to tackle corruption, empower women, clean up Tokyo’s environment and restore its lustre as a leading financial centre.
In July, she humiliated Abe again by taking on the LDP in the Tokyo assembly elections with her newly formed “Tokyoites First” party and guiding it to victory. Many now give her a fighting chance to succeed the long-dominant Abe, who has been in power since 2012, and become Japan’s first female prime minister.
Koike’s encounter with Kitano showcased the qualities that brought her to power in Tokyo and drew comparisons with France’s Emmanuel Macron, who also rode a wave of popular disgruntlement with the political status quo. The beaming governor glided into the room to greet a somewhat cowed-looking Kitano in English – “Hello, nice meeting you” – before cracking up into hysterics at the practical joke.
It was political theatre, staged and opportunistic. In the 20-minute conversation that followed, Koike outlined her reformist vision, stressing a commitment to cut the skyrocketing costs of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, while trading jokes with Kitano. Koike’s performance, mixing humour, an articulate command of policy and toughness, demonstrated why she has been able to go head to head with Abe and others in the male-dominated political arena.
Koike has built a life out of bucking convention, a lesson she learned from her trading magnate father, who told her when she was a young girl, “It’s shameful to do what everybody does.” After dropping out of university in Japan, she studied Arabic at the American University in Cairo. Back home, her fluent Arabic helped to secure her a job at a TV network, and as a news commentator she made her mark by challenging the views of the male host. She entered politics in 1992, joining the reformist Japan New Party during a period of political upheaval before switching to the LDP, and went on to become environment minister and Japan’s first female defence minister under Abe during his earlier stint as premier.
Though today she can be counted as a member of the establishment, Koike has successfully rebranded herself as someone who could uproot the clubby and collusive world of Japanese politics. During campaigning, she was swamped by crowds in Tokyo plazas, her more environmentally conscious fans waving broccoli and scallions in honour of her slogan “Koike Green”.
“Her predecessors were symbols of the old, male-dominated society. Koike was chosen as a reaction to that,” says Shoko Tanaka, a Tokyo clothing company employee.
Tanaka supports the governor for her pledge to help women balance their career and family, especially by addressing a chronic shortage of childcare places, which reflects the expectation that mothers will care for their children at home. With the world’s highest overall longevity, 83.7 years, and one of the lowest fertility rates, 1.43 births per woman, Japan sits on a demographic time bomb. One of the nation’s urgent priorities – to protect younger generations from a crushing pension-and-debt burden – is to create opportunities for women to pursue careers after childbirth, something that Koike vows to do in Tokyo.
In a rough-and-tumble neighbourhood, Teruyuki Sugimoto has run one of Tokyo’s best greengrocers for the past half-century. He has a salty way of talking, typical of parts of the city known as shitamachi, or “downtown”.
“We’ve been spitting into the heavens,” he says of the pollution that Koike promises to tackle, “and now the spittle’s falling right back into our face.” He respects Koike’s intentions, especially when it comes to taking on corruption – “The Tokyo assembly has long been a den of demons,” he says – but he is less confident about her chances of making a difference.
Koike’s predecessor, Yoichi Masuzoe, was also a popular TV commentator who promised sweeping reform. He was forced to resign last year amid revelations that he had raided political funds for holidays and fine dining. Koike enjoys an impeccably clean image but falls into a line of celebrity Tokyo governors, which has included a TV comic and a novelist, who ultimately delivered more talk than substance. “She’s good at manipulating the media,” Sugimoto says.
Takao Miyamoto, who runs an upmarket bar in Tokyo’s Nakameguro district, sees the Koike phenomenon as being largely about her seizing of the right political moment, as Abe suffers from personal scandals, such as allegations of abusing his influence to help friends, and voters sense that he has grown complacent from a big parliamentary majority.
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Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday said that he did not see a rise in white nationalism across the world after the accused in the New Zealand mosque terror attack called the president "a symbol of renewed white identity."
“I don't really think so. I think it’s a small group of people that have very, very serious problems,” The Hill quoted Trump as saying when asked if he saw a rise in white nationalism.
"If you look at what happened in New Zealand, perhaps that’s the case. I don’t know enough about it yet," he added.
Earlier, a social media account believed to be linked to the Australian-born suspect, who filmed himself, while carrying out the attack, had posted a lengthy manifesto, expressing anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim views.
Responding to the same, Trump said that he was yet to see the manifesto and called the mass shootings "horrible".
The 28-year-old suspect, identified as Brenton Harrison Tarrant appeared before a Christchurch court on Saturday on murder charges connected with Friday's terror attacks in Christchurch, which left at least 49 people dead. He was remanded in custody without plea until April 5.
The accused is an Australian-born citizen and is a resident of Dunedin, situated around 360 km south of Christchurch.
Earlier, Trump spoke to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and offered assistance to the country in the wake of the terror attack.
"Just spoke with Jacinda Ardern, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, regarding the horrific events that have taken place over the past 24 hours. I informed the Prime Minister that we stand in solidarity with New Zealand - and that any assistance the USA can give, we stand by ready to help. We love you New Zealand!" he wrote on Twitter.
According to the police, 41 people were killed at Al Noor mosque and seven at Linwood mosque while one injured died in a hospital.
Condemning the terror strike, Ardern had described it as a “terror attack” and said it “appears to have been well planned”. She asserted that New Zealand “will not and cannot be shaken” by this attack.
Several guns have been recovered from both mosques, while, two explosive devices were found on two vehicles at the scene, one of which was defused, the police confirmed.
Ardern vowed that gun laws "will change" in the wake of the worst terror attacks in the country's history.
The New Zealand premier, her cabinet ministers and opposition leader Simon Bridges flew to Christchurch from Wellington today morning in the wake of the terror attacks.
Upon her arrival, Ardern visited the Canterbury Refugees Centre, where she interacted with Muslim community leaders who were expressing their concerns about finding a place of worship after all mosques in the city were shut down in the wake of the shootings, according to New Zealand Herald.
Ardern assured the group that local council leaders were working tirelessly to provide alternative and safe places for worship, adding that security was beefed up to ensure safety.
Around 3,000 people from all walks of lives and representing different faiths gathered for a peace vigil in Aotea Square in Auckland to stand in solidarity with the victims of the Christchurch terror attacks.
Several events scheduled for today have been cancelled in the wake of the mass shootings in Christchurch.


THIS Sunday (7), a Herrison Hospital History Open Day is being held at Herrison Hall in Charlton Down, near Dorchester, from 11am to 4pm.
People will be given a chance to learn more about the history of the hospital and meet some of the people who were involved with it.
It was timely then to hear from Sally McMahon, who doesn't live locally but became aware of the open day after picking up a copy of the Echo when she was staying in Dorchester to visit the opening of the Tolpuddle Martyrs Remixed exhibition at the Shire Hall.
Some of Sally's relatives worked at or were patients at the hall and she has shared their records with us below after researching her family history.
1) Employment record - Samuel Hammett was a brick layer (1871-1881) who possibly worked on the construction of the building, but certainly worked as an attendant at The Dorset County Asylum from 1891-1911 and resided there. He was Sally's second cousin three times removed and the son of James Hammett Tolpuddle Martyr.
2) Patient record - Elizabeth Hammett, who died at the Dorset County Asylum in 1870. She was Sally's three times great grand uncle’s second wife and the step-mother of James Hammett, Tolpuddle Martyr and step-grandmother to Samuel Hammett mentioned in No 1 above.
3) Employment record for William Stroud(e) and his son John, who in 1861 are boarders in Charminster with the father a journeyman bricklayer, who possibly was involved in the construction of the hospital. William was married to Ursula/Prisilla nee Hammett, who was Sally's first cousin four times removed and the sister of James Hammett, Tolpuddle Martyr.
4) Patient record - Priscilla (Ursula) Stroude 1871, listed as a patient at the Charminster Dorset County Asylum. She was Sally's first cousin four times removed, wife of William (above) and sister of James Hammett, Tolpuddle Martyr.
Sally said she has also just noted another family connection to a man named Jacob Gibbons who worked at Charminster County Asylum in 1871 as a farm labourer. His son by the same name born at Charminster in 1875 married Lottie Puckett, who was Sally's half third cousin two times removed (half first cousin two times removed to James Hammett, Tolpuddle Martyr), and this son was the Titanic Survivor from lifeboat 11, who resided in Swanage.


Disability provider IHC says the Ministry of Education needs to act and shut down seclusion rooms, not simply say it is "working" with schools.
Education Minister Hekia Parata announced yesterday that seclusion rooms would be banned in schools under new laws proposed by the government.
Today, the ministry would not confirm or deny whether two schools were still using the rooms.
The move to make the rooms illegal follows revelations some schools have been placing disruptive children in locked, small, cell-like rooms.
Ms Parata told Parliament last month a Ministry of Education review found eight special schools had seclusion rooms.
A response to written questions by the Green Party has now revealed only six of the schools have agreed to stop using them.
RNZ understands the two schools in question were residential schools that operated 24/7.
IHC's Trish Grant said the response was a cop-out.
"I'm concerned that the ministry is using phrases like 'working with the schools'. I think the minister herself said this was intolerable and needs to stop now."
It was nonsense to blame the delay in shutting down the seclusion rooms on the high and complex needs of children, Ms Grant said.
Plenty of research showed other ways to deal with high-needs children without locking them away, she said.
Legislation to make seclusion rooms illegal had been included into an existing bill which was making its way through the House.
This meant the law might not come into force until next year.
Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft said, in the meantime, the rooms must be decommissioned immediately.
"Without underestimating the difficulty of the challenges of volatile young people, the answer has got to be desist now, stop now.
"I don't think this is a phase-out situation, this is a cease and desist situation."
The Ministry of Education has yet to report back on its review, which investigated the number of non-special schools that had or were using seclusion rooms.
What about the other two schools?
Ministry of Education Head of Special Education David Wales said these schools worked with children with some of the highest and most complex needs in the country, and staff constantly dealt with difficult and highly stressful situations.
"A small number, eight, told us they were using seclusion, and we have been working with them further to look closely at their practices," Dr Wales said.
"Of those, two turned out not to be using seclusion, a further four have discontinued the practice, and we are still working with the remaining two schools to discuss their practice and to establish how that fits in with the new guidance," he said.
Green MP Catherine Delahunty said the ministry response begged the question - what about the other two?
"All of us want to know that the rooms are not being used," she said.
"The minister needs to immediately decommission the usage of the seclusion rooms until we can get the law change she has announced," she said.
New Zealand First MP Tracey Martin said other schools, like the Salisbury residential school near Nelson, had not used seclusion rooms.
"They immediately took off all the doors in 2011 and said, 'we're not doing this anymore, we're working out a better way'," she said.