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Washington (CNN) -- President Obama will welcome Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for an official state visit Tuesday. The two leaders will discuss a range of global, regional and bilateral issues, the White House said. Those discussions are likely to center on Afghanistan, climate change and nuclear energy cooperation. Singh has been quoted as saying that a Taliban victory in Afghanistan would be disastrous for Central and South Asia. Singh's visit will be the first state visit hosted by the administration, the highest honor extended to a foreign dignitary. It will be Singh's second visit to Washington; he has also met with former President George W. Bush. Grammy- and Oscar-award-winning singer and actress Jennifer Hudson will entertain the black-tie crowd, several sources involved in the planning outside the administration said. Hudson, raised in Chicago like first lady Michelle Obama, sang the National Anthem at the Democratic National Convention in August 2008 at the request of the Obama campaign, when Obama became the Democratic presidential nominee. Singh arrived Sunday for his five-day visit. On Monday, he attended a luncheon hosted by the U.S.-India Business Council and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He addressed the Council on Foreign Relations later in the day. Obama will receive the prime minister at the White House on Tuesday, and Singh and his wife will be the guests at an official state dinner Tuesday night. On Wednesday, Singh will meet with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates and will later attend a reception for the Indian community hosted by Indian Ambassador to the United States Meera Shankar. Singh will leave Washington Thursday morning and fly to Port of Spain, Trinidad, to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government summit. Singh, 77, is a Cambridge- and Oxford-educated economist who was governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1982 to 1985 and the nation's finance minister from 1991 to 1996. A member of the Congress Party, he is serving a second five-year term as prime minister. He was sworn in as prime minister in May 2004 and again this past May. He and his wife of 51 years, Gursharan Kaur, have three daughters.

Yuri is probably 5'5". Monika and Sayori's height are at least one inch below Yuri's height. Natsuki is maln- I mean, the shortest one. Edit: I checked the wiki and it said the SPECTULATED height of Monika was 5'3" Yuri's was somewhere in 5'4" to 5'7" and Natsuki was 4'11" to 5'2".

According to a clinical psychologist, having recurring dreams about the same person shouldn't be taken too literally, whether they are your best friend or a sworn enemy. ... These dreams may not mean that you are obsessed with this individual, but may symbolise your feelings and worries.

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In the 15 years since releasing its breakthrough debut, the San Francisco band Counting Crows has become one of the most popular and easily identifiable rock groups in America. The band followed its 1993 smash August and Everything After with a string of successful tours (alongside Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, and others) and follow-up albums. Counting Crows will perform a concert from WXPN and World Cafe Live in Philadelphia. After selling more than 20 million CDs worldwide and remaining commercially visible on high-profile movie soundtracks, Counting Crows will release its seventh album, Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings, next month. Listen to last week's Live Fridays concert, featuring Bob Mould.

Are you a hoarder with heaps of old newspapers? Did your girlfriend dump you and now you want to do something artistic and destructive with her love letters?

Trivia Sudoku - SuJoku Jun 20, 2013 ... Machines are forbidden in this remote land, the subject of an 1872 satire by Samuel Butler. WORKBENCH. Original Hand-Crafted Puzzles...

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Stories: 1) 'Family': Fundamentalism, Friends In High Places 2) Assessing The State Of The (Republican) Nation 3) 'Public Enemies': Michael Mann's Mobster Waxworks

Welcome. Essentials in Writing is a video based homeschool writing curriculum in which students learn how to effectively communicate with readers in written language and become confident writers. The study of language and writing is much more than dissecting sentences and committing a list of grammar rules to memory. It includes learning rules for writing, but it also encompasses learning the concepts that are critical to effective written communication.

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Plumbing Present-day water-supply systems use a network of high-pressure pumps, and pipes in buildings are now made of copper,[25] brass, plastic (particularly cross-linked polyethylene called PEX, which is estimated to be used in 60% of single-family homes[26]), or other nontoxic material. Due to its toxicity, most cities moved away from lead water-supply piping by the 1920s in the United States,[27] although lead pipes were approved by national plumbing codes into the 1980s,[28] and lead was used in plumbing solder for drinking water until it was banned in 1986.[27] Drain and vent lines are made of plastic, steel, cast-iron, or lead.[29][30]

Manchester United have pencilled in two dates towards the end of January as possibles for a lucrative overseas friendly. With United not playing in Europe this season, the club are keen to make up some of the lost revenue by arranging an exhibition game overseas, more than likely in the Middle East. UEFA rules forbid such a game taking place in a week when European competition is taking place as they don't like members clubs staging friendlies that may shift focus away from the Champions League and Europa League. VIDEO Scroll down to watch United scoring against LA Galaxy in recent overseas friendly . Manchester United are eyeing up two dates in January for a lucrative overseas friendly . Louis van Gaal was not happy about the pre-season tour to America but isn't opposed to January friendlies . *TV dates yet to be anounced . January 1: Stoke (h) TBC: FA Cup third round . January 10: Southampton (h) January 17: QPR (a) TBC: FA Cup fourth round . January 31: Leicester (h) However, United have identified the weeks beginning January 19 and January 26 as potential dates. These are the weeks the Capital One Cup semi-finals will be played and are free for United as Louis van Gaal's team have already exited the competition. United have said that they will not plan anything without the agreement of Van Gaal and are aware that the issue is a sensitive one in the wake of the Dutch veteran's complaints about too much travelling during the club's pre-season tour of America. However, Van Gaal has subsequently said he would not be opposed to the idea. The United boss insisted: 'I agree with that idea. 'We (the club and I) have spoken last week with each other and also (chief executive) Ed Woodward, so I fully agree. 'It's good because I like to play games against high-level opponents.' United are likely to seek a game somewhere like Dubai or Qatar and may even to return to Saudi Arabia, where Sir Alex Ferguson took his team for warm weather training several years ago. Wayne Rooney and Danny Welbeck celebrate after a goal against Los Angeles Galaxy in July . Darren Fletcher and the United team enjoyed their pre-season tour and they could be on the road again . VIDEO Premier League to explore playing matches overseas .

Authorities are investigating a pilot's claim that three green laser beams shone into his cockpit as he approached Teterboro Airport late Wednesday.

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I can answer half of this question, I think. Clouds are water (H2O) in vapor (gaseous) form. Water floating in a classroom? Its still H2O but you'll need to get either a plumber or an HVAC technician to answer that!

April 24 (Reuters) - Africa Energy Corp: * AFRICA ENERGY ANNOUNCES CONTEMPLATED PRIVATE PLACEMENT AND APPLICATION FOR SECONDARY LISTING IN STOCKHOLM * AFRICA ENERGY CORP - INTENDS TO UNDERTAKE AN EQUITY ISSUE, ON A PRIVATE PLACEMENT BASIS, OF $40 MILLION IN NEWLY ISSUED SHARES OF CO * AFRICA ENERGY CORP - APPLIED FOR A SECONDARY LISTING OF COMPANY’S SHARES ON NASDAQ FIRST NORTH STOCKHOLM * AFRICA ENERGY CORP - CO’S SHARES ARE EXPECTED TO TRADE ON NASDAQ FIRST NORTH STOCKHOLM UNDER TICKER SYMBOL “AEC” STARTING ON OR ABOUT MAY 4, 2018 Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:

Not 5" as advertised! This thing was a little over 2.5" wide and 1.5" in height! Very disappointing!

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TRIPOLI, Libya (CNN) -- When Libya's National Transitional Council set up shop in the capital, Tripoli, it found the cupboard was bare. "We only had $13.5 million in the Central Bank of Libya," according to Ali Tarhouni, the oil and economy Minister and one of the first senior officials of the NTC to arrive in the capital. Moammar Gadhafi was on the run, but an acute shortage of Libyan dinar -- the national currency -- threatened to stop the revolution in its tracks. "I was willing to do anything to get the urgent needs to the Libyans," Tarhouni said last week. "We used parallel markets in the exchange of the money." "Parallel markets" meant wealthy currency dealers in Benghazi, who apparently had many more dinar at their disposal than Gadhafi's Central Bank in Tripoli or the rebels' own Central Bank in Benghazi. With names like Golden Dinar and Sahara International, they became the financial lubricant of anti-Gadhafi forces. The NTC's financial arm, the Temporary Financing Mechanism, had by then already tapped into this informal network of foreign exchange dealers, but not without some controversy. Early in August, according to one source familiar with the TFM's dealings, it exchanged $10 million at a rate of 1.45 dinar to the dollar. The source said that was less than the prevailing market rate of 1.55 dinar, suggesting that the dealer involved did exceptionally well. Another transaction later in August also appeared to be at less than the market rate. "On what basis did they choose those dealers and those exchange rates?" the source asked. One currency dealer in Benghazi, Ibrahim Salaby, said the TFM's dealings smacked of favoritism.. The TFM says all its dealings have been transparent. It says it had to use the "parallel" market and was sanctioned to do so by the rebels' "Central Bank," which was established in Benghazi soon after Gadhafi's forces were ejected from the city. TFM officials said the central bank simply did not have the available funds to exchange large sums of cash, so it designated exchange dealers to be used. E-mails obtained by CNN suggest that those dealers drove a hard bargain with the TFM. One wrote in August that he was withdrawing an offer to exchange at a rate of 1.45 dinar to the dollar because "no transfer was made, with situation changing in Libya. ... Therefore we had to change the ex-rate to be 1.3LD/US." In the chaos of the uprising, there was plenty of cash floating -- and flying -- around Libya. Much of it came from the Gulf and went to groups and fighters beyond the NTC's control. On one occasion, according to the TFM's director, Mazin Ramadan, a currency trader arrived at Benghazi airport short of 20,000 dinar. The money was due to leave on a flight to aid civilians in the western mountains who hadn't received salaries and pensions. Time was short, and a TFM official who had previously spent his own cash on a project was told to take an equivalent sum from a stockpile of cash held on board the plane. A guard thought he was stealing and reported the incident. "It was a bad judgment call on his part," says Ramadan of the official, "and I paid for it through the gossip channels." "It was a big mistake not communicating every step of our work. We were too busy getting things done," Ramadan says. But he insists the TFM has had plenty of oversight. "We have a steering board which includes a representative from the governments of Qatar and France. We have an independent financial managing agent....They have to approve every transaction, every exchange and every project we do," he told CNN in an e-mail. As for the shortage of Libyan dinar, that has eased, in part thanks to the Royal Air Force. At the end of August it flew banknotes worth 280 million dinar to Benghazi, part of a stock of 1.86 billion dinar that had been frozen in the United Kingdom with the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1970.

A Felony is forever - or as long as you live whichever comes first.\nIt would take a VERY good lawyer to get it Expunged and even then you would have to keep your nose clean, demonstrate you already are active and have been active in doing things for the community etc, etc..\n\nIf you want it expunged - DON'T hang with other felons or felons in the making. Get started right now doing things for your community - volunteer for things.\n\nAfter a year of doing these simple things proving your worth - you can hire a lawyer who would love you for making his work easier and the Judge would take that fact heavily into consideration.\n\nIf you've done nothing to convince a Judge you're a changed, honest and good person, he is not even going to consider it. \n\nDo good things for good people - thats all it takes. Of course you must take an interest in doing good or you wont last long.

It was the sixth time the 27-year-old had been caught driving while banned. Sean Peoples, from Annan, was spotted driving erratically and failed to stop for two patrol cars. He was chased along Shakespeare Street, the Whitesands and Buccleuch Street and overtook a line of vehicles at a red light. He was jailed for nine months, fined £400 and banned for three years. Dumfries Sheriff Court heard that Peoples, who had changed his name from Ballard to try to put a series of crimes behind him, wanted to be imprisoned to allow his continued rehabilitation. He admitted driving dangerously and driving while banned and without insurance. Solicitor David Finnie said Peoples had a catalogue of offending over the years and had changed his name, taking on his mother's maiden name, in a bid to reform. The court was told his mother was also helping him and had put him under a personal curfew at her home in a bid to keep him out of trouble.

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The selenographical names can perhaps be viewed as appositions and would as such not be ungrammatical (Latin appositions may be incongruent in number or gender, like urbs Athenae). In that case both parts would have to be declined in parallel, e.g. Videsne Montes Agricolam? In my opinion one should take this as scientific terminology based on Latin, not actual Latin. The correct term for the Apennine mountains here on Earth is simply Appenninus or Mons Appenninus, where mons stands collectively for a mountain range, not a single mountain. (I would note that Johannes Hevelius, who probably coined the name, wrote Apenninus Mons in his Selenographia.) In general, a mountain range can be: Singular: Appenninus, Caucasus, Libanus, Iura Plural: Alpes, Dolomiani, Pyrenaei (but also Pyrenaeus saltus or Pyrene) The noun mons or montes is often added, e.g. Caesar writing about Mons Iura in De Bello Gallico. A single mountain or hill is generally in the singular. It is possible there could be a plural name as occasionally happens with cities, but I am not aware of such a case. I would expect it to work like plural city names. Examples: Capitolium (or Mons Capitolinus), Palatium (later on: Mons Palatinus), Mons Aventinus, Collis Quirinalis, Collis Viminalis, Mons Esquilinus, Mons Caelius (the seven hills of Rome) Argenteus Mons (silver mountain, at the source of the river Baetis = Guadalquivir, according to Strabo)

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Martin Dempsey said the shipment "will embolden the regime and prolong the suffering" that has killed 80,000. The sophisticated anti-ship missiles could be used to counter any future foreign military intervention, US officials told The New York Times. Some 1.5 million people have fled the conflict, says the UN refugee agency. Most have fled to Jordan and Lebanon, but not all have been registered yet, meaning the true total is likely to be far higher, according to the UNHCR. Meanwhile, Syria's national production has dropped by 40% and the number of people living below the poverty line has risen from two million to five million in just two years, according to the man in charge of the UN's plans for reconstructing Syria after the conflict. Abdullah al-Dardari, a former deputy prime minister in President Bashar al-Assad's administration, told the BBC that rebuilding what has been destroyed would cost up to $80bn. Gen Dempsey's description of Moscow's decision to send missiles to Syria as "ill-timed and very unfortunate" comes amid growing alarm that chemical weapons may have been used in the country, something US President Barack Obama has said would be "a red line". Statistics: IISS Why Russia sells Syria arms Russia is one of Syria's few remaining allies and a long-term arms supplier to the Assad regime. Over the years, in contracts worth billions of dollars, it has sold thousands of tanks, artillery units, aircraft, helicopters and defence systems to Damascus. In 2007, the two countries signed a deal on the supply of Yakhont missiles which, with a range of 300km (200 miles), could prove a threat to warships in the Mediterranean. Although there have been growing calls for arms to be channelled to the rebel fighters in Syria, there has so far been very limited enthusiasm in the West for outright military intervention. But there is concern that the presence of sophisticated Russian-supplied weaponry will make it much harder to agree and carry out such intervention, implement a blockade or conduct targeted airstrikes in the future. Without confirming reports of the missile shipment, Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said the supply of missiles did not break any international rules. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met Mr Lavrov in Sochi on Friday to discuss plans for an international conference to try to find a way of ending the Syrian conflict, which would aim to bring together the Syrian opposition and members of Mr Assad's government. The UN estimates that 80,000 people have died in the uprising, and that some 4.25 million people have been displaced within the country. The simmering conflict has raised tensions on Syria's borders: On Friday, Turkish state media reported at least 10 people were killed when a fuel tank exploded in the southern town of Altinozu in Hatay province, where car bombs killed 50 people last week. The fuel tank was set alight by smugglers during a raid by police, officials said. Frustrated by the lack of international consensus on Syria, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has had talks this week with President Obama in Washington where he was expected to call for a more assertive stance. Mr Erdogan said on Friday the UN should discuss imposing a no-fly zone inside Syria at the international conference being mooted. "With respect to a no-fly zone... it is not a decision that could be taken between the United States and Turkey. It is something that would have to come through the UN Security Council," he said.

Immune cells not only destroy pathogens but might also cause collateral injuries to normal tissues. The surprisingly low incidence of post-inflammatory complications is explained here by a ‘danger-sensing' physiological mechanism that ensures the tissue-protecting negative feedback inhibition of overactive immune cells. We focus here on immunoregulatory influences of ‘non-immune' signaling molecules in physiological and pathophysiological tissue microenvironments. We propose that hypoxia-associated accumulation of extracellular adenosine might be an important immunoregulatory signal. A2 receptors for extracellular adenosine might act as both primary sensors of excessive collateral tissue damage during an immune response and triggers of the emergency downregulation of overactive immune cells. Regulation by extracellular adenosine would protect normal organs from injury and/or re-direct immune responses.

Ideogram An ideogram or ideograph (from Greek ἰδέα idéa "idea" and γράφω gráphō "to write") is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept, independent of any particular language, and specific words or phrases. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.

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We report herein our experience with bilateral inguinal hernia surgery for a patient who had previously undergone a Y-shaped vascular graft for an abdominal aortic aneurysm and then right axillary-bilateral femoral artery bypass surgery. Preoperative physical examination and imaging revealed a subcutaneous vascular graft passing from the right axilla through the right flank region and branching at the lower abdomen to reach the femoral areas on both sides. As repair surgery by inguinal incision was considered difficult, we performed laparoscopic surgery. Bilateral direct hernia was observed on intraperitoneal observation. Essentially no intraperitoneal organ adhesion to the abdominal wall was present, and the previous surgery was also confirmed not to have reached the inguinal preperitoneal space. Transabdominal preperitoneal repair was therefore performed, yielding favorable results.

Cisco has developed a range of new networking and wireless applications to help a Hong Kong university.

Do Cockroaches Lay Eggs? Do cockroaches lay eggs? Yes, they do. In fact, they actually “lay” many eggs at a time. Roaches produce an egg sac, called an ootheca, that holds a bunch of eggs. The ootheca is basically a protective case. It’s a protein layer that hardens to become a protective case for eggs within. The exact number of eggs in a roach egg sac varies depending on what kind of cockroach you are dealing with. I’ll cover the four most common roaches that are pests to us. The American cockroach lays about 16 eggs in one case.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Samuel Moyn, a law and history professor at Yale University, about potential court reforms some progressives support.

Ninety-nine years ago today, President Woodrow Wilson signed legislation creating the National Park Service. Today, the service celebrates its birthday with a list of “99 Ways to Find Your Park” and by offering free admission to its 408 national parks. We revisit Jeremy Hobson’s April conversation with U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell about how the park service can continue to bring in visitors and embrace 21st century technology. Guest Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior. She tweets @SecretaryJewell.

NPR's Diplomatic Correspondent Ted Clark reports President Clinton is preparing for separate meetings at the UN tomorrow with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, in hopes of finding a way to resolve the impasse in the peace process.

about 2000 years ago Israeli ppl moved out of Palestine went to Europe and migrated all over the world, so Palestinians moved in instead and lived peacefully for 2000 years, up till the Nazis decided to burn the Jews, so they said ohh lets move back home where we left 2000 years ago! but of course the Palestinians where there so they decided to kill them so they can get their homes back, their homes that they left 2000 years ago!

A cheeky seal took time out from battling Britain's stormy seas - by hopping onto his favourite fishing boat. The whiskered mammal, nicknamed Sedrick, was caught on camera as he hoisted himself onboard for a well-earned rest. He has become a regular sight at Fremington Quay in Banstaple, Devon, where he regularly hops on and off the red-hulled vessel. The whiskered mammal has been nicknamed Sedrick and is often seen hopping into the fishing boat . Give us a lift: The remarkable video was shot by Maureen Bennett, a customer visiting the popular Fremington Quay Cafe . Hopping a ride: The seal jumps into his favourite fishing boat off the coast of Banstaple in Devon . The grey seal normally uses his floating home as the perfect fishing spot, peering over the side then diving off to catch fish. The remarkable video was shot by Maureen Bennett, a customer visiting the popular Fremington Quay Cafe, which overlooks the harbour. The footage was posted on the cafe’s Facebook page where it generated hundreds of likes. Owner Paul Duffy said: 'He has been a resident for the best part of the last two years. He has become a regular sight at Fremington Quay in Banstaple, Devon, where he regularly hops on and off the red-hulled vessel . 'It depends on the tide as to when he comes. He always jumps on the exact same boat. 'He really helps us out because it is a long winter when the tourists aren’t around but to have something like that does wonders for the business.' Last week a seal swam 20miles inland into the country market town of Monmouth in Wales after the river Wye burst its banks in the storms. The seal which has been named Ron by surprised locals has also been spotted on flooded playing fields in the town. Unexpected visitor: The seal swam into after the river Wye burst its banks in the storms . The seal, which has been named Ron by surprised locals, has been spotted on flooded playing fields in the town .

French President Nicolas Sarkozy was forced into a cabinet rethink on Monday after losing a senior minister in a parliamentary election that gave him an unexpectedly small majority, but his reforms remained on track.

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By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—A LARGE quantity of fake Kiwi Polish worth about N30 million has been destroyed in Anambra State following an order by an Onitsha High Court presided over by Justice I U Ndigwe. The court upheld an earlier agreement made out of court by the parties involved in the matter for the destruction of the fake Kiwi Polish. The fake products, which filled two trailers, were evacuated from a warehouse on the bank of the River Niger in Onitsha by the Nigeria Police following a tip off and packed at the Central Police Station, Onitsha since last year. Alleged importers of the product, Hyginus Chukwuma and Uju Anike, later went to court to challenge the confiscation of the products and following the judgment by Justice Ndigwe, security operatives and Chief Sam Anyanwutaku, whose company, Asco Investment, is the sole agent for Kiwi in West Africa, agreed to destroy the fake products. The execution of the court order which was carried out at the weekend was supervised by the police and officials of SC Johnson, manufacturers of the Kiwi brand of polish in West Africa. Speaking after the destruction, which took place on the outskirts of Awka, the Managing Director of SC Johnson in charge of the West African sub- region, Mr. Oghale Elueni accused regulatory agencies of frustrating the efforts of manufacturers by willingly refusing to act when complaints against fake product importers were brought before them. He said: “When you take a report to them (the agencies), you find out that it takes as long as six months before they work on your complaint, at which time the importers of the products would have been alerted.”

In GTA, the enviornment is loaded onto the screen based on what the player can see. If you look far enough into the distance, you can sometimes see a "fog" effect. That's the limit of what a free-roaming game can generate around the player. In GTA IV and V, draw distance isn't an issue, but there can only be so much loaded in terms of pedestrian/traffic activity. If you look into the distance on foot for example, you'll notice cars popping out from the distance. A lot of times, it looks realistic because it's coming from the horizon, but other times, it just looks like they are being generated from thin air. When you're in the air on plane, the city can look pretty empty because cars can't spawn at such a great distance and scale of view, but Rockstar alleviates this issue somewhat by spawning light effects at night.

Father Mulryne, who is reported to have once earned £600,000 a year, has also taken a vow of poverty. He was ordained in Dublin on Saturday by Archbishop Joseph Augustine Di Noia, who had travelled from Rome for the ceremony. Fr Mulryne had been ordained a deacon in October last year. Belfast-born Fr Mulryne won 27 caps for Northern Ireland in a career that included spells with Norwich City and Leyton Orient. He made his debut for Manchester United in 1997 after progressing through the youth team. Unable to forge a lengthy career with the Premier League club, he moved to Norwich City in 1999, but his time at Carrow Road was plagued by injuries. He officially retired from football in 2009 and began his journey to ordination, entering the Diocesan Seminary of Saint Malachy's Belfast. He spent two years studying philosophy at Queen's University in Belfast and at the Maryvale Institute before going to the Pontifical Irish College in Rome to study theology for one year at the Gregorian University. He entered the Dominican Novitiate House in Cork in 2012.

Atlanta (CNN)As Bobbi Kristina Brown remains hospitalized, her father's attorney said "we are currently investigating the events that led to (her) hospitalization." Attorney Christopher Brown also said Tuesday that the 21-year-old daughter of singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown "is not and has never been married to Nick Gordon," contrary to some reports. Bobbi Kristina Brown was found facedown in a bathtub over the weekend. Her family has been tight-lipped about her condition, but her R&B singer father issued a statement through his lawyer Tuesday night. "We continue to request privacy in this matter. Please allow for our family to deal with this matter and give Bobbi Kristina the love and support she needs at this time," Bobby Brown said in the statement. After she was discovered unresponsive in her home in the Atlanta suburb of Roswell, Brown was rushed to a hospital, where doctors placed her in a medically induced coma. As of late Monday, she remained on a ventilator in the intensive care unit, a source close to the family said. On Tuesday, she was moved to Atlanta's Emory University Hospital, sources close to the family said. The status of her brain function won't be known until sedatives are reduced, the source told CNN. "Bobbi Kristina is fighting for her life and is surrounded by immediate family. As her father already stated, we are asking you to honor our request for privacy during this difficult time," the Houston family said, thanking her supporters. The source close to the family told CNN that Brown's eyes opened and closed a few times Monday, but that doctors told family members not to read too much into that movement. Doctors were trying to reduce the sedatives to check Brown's brain function but decided to keep her in the coma for now, the source said. The source added that Brown had seizures Monday. It was not immediately clear what medical significance these reported events have in Brown's case. Bobbi Kristina, in her own words . She "was not breathing" when Nick Gordon and a friend, who's been identified as Maxwell Lomas, found her Saturday morning inside her townhouse in the Atlanta suburb. They called 911 and performed CPR until emergency crews arrived and took over, police spokeswoman Lisa Holland said. The spokeswoman said when Brown was found, she was "unresponsive, meaning not breathing, no heartbeat." In scanner traffic, emergency services could be heard describing an "ECHO-level response" -- urgent and life-threatening -- with "possible cardiac arrest." "Twenty-one-year-old female in the bathtub, facedown. PD's (police department's) en route." On Monday, a source close to the family told CNN that Brown was in "really bad shape." Everyone is "hoping for the best, preparing for the worst" and "praying for a miracle," the source said. Nobody knows what caused Brown's unresponsiveness, Holland said, but police consider it a medical incident at this time. She said investigators had found nothing to indicate it was drug- or alcohol-related. The incident report referenced a drowning. Police had been to Brown's residence recently. Somebody reported a fight there on January 23, but nobody answered the door and officers found no evidence of an altercation, Holland said. Almost three years ago, Whitney Houston was found dead in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton hotel near Los Angeles, hours before she was to attend a pre-Grammy Awards party. A coroner ruled her February 11, 2012, death an accidental drowning, with heart disease and cocaine use listed as contributing factors. Brown is her only child. "She encourages me and inspires me," Houston once said of her daughter. "When I look at her eyes and I see myself, I go, 'OK. I can do this. I can do this.' " Brown was born in 1993 during Houston's marriage to R&B singer Bobby Brown, which ended in divorce in 2007. The daughter of music royalty became a public figure during the mid-2000s reality show "Being Bobby Brown," in which she frequently appeared alongside her parents and often had a front-row seat to their marital fireworks. Mother and daughter performed together on national TV in 2009, when the two sang "My Love Is Your Love" in Central Park on ABC's "Good Morning America." Given the pair's close relationship, it's no surprise that Houston's death was a major blow. Days after her mother's body was found, a grieving Bobbi Kristina -- then 18 -- was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center because she was "overwhelmed," family friend Kim Burrell said. "She loves hard," Burrell said then of Bobbi Kristina. "She's going to be OK, and we're going to see to it." After Houston's death, Bobbi Kristina talked of pursuing a career in acting and music, just like her mother. In 2012, she reportedly lobbied for a role in a planned biopic of her mother's life. Lifetime's "Whitney," which was directed by actress Angela Bassett, debuted in January 2015, but the Houston family was not involved. Brown did make her acting debut in 2012 on Tyler Perry's show "For Better or Worse." Her performance in the small role won praise from Perry. "She did a fantastic job," he said at the time. "And that kid has such a future. She's such an actor. " Even before her mother's death, videos of Brown singing surfaced on YouTube and were quickly criticized by fans who felt her talent did not live up to Houston's. Concerns that she may have substance abuse issues, as her mother did, intensified in July 2014 after a picture was posted on her Instagram account showing a young woman who looked like Brown appearing to be smoking from a bong. The image had previously made the media rounds two years prior. The caption read: "This picture may be inappropriate but I want to make a connection with you all. Don't worry this picture isn't recent just hear me out. Do you know what I feel? I feel strange I can't feel any pain anymore. I don't take any drugs as of recently. Things just happened. But then there is some situation that force me to do things and the impact I'll feel pain. I did and I do. I was hurt." Brown later denied that she posted the photo and tweeted that it was done by someone attempting to tarnish her image. Brown appeared on episodes of Lifetime's brief reality show "The Houstons: On Our Own," which followed her life after Houston's death. One of the show's story lines revolved around Brown's relationship with Nick Gordon, who had lived with Houston and her daughter since he was 12 years old. Brown reportedly got engaged to Gordon, and in January 2014, she tweeted out a picture of wedding rings along with the words, #HappilyMarried• SO#Inlove." However, Bobby Brown attorney Christopher Brown said Bobbi Kristina was never married to Gordon. "(Houston) made me promise several times to look after Krissy ... and, Mom, I will never, ever, ever break that promise," Gordon told the entertainment show "Extra" afterward, saying Houston "just treated me like she gave birth to me." It was unclear whether Gordon and Lomas came into the home Saturday morning to find Brown in the bathtub or if they had been in another part of the house overnight, said Holland, the police spokeswoman. The whereabouts of another man who was in the house when Brown was found, Maxwell Lomas, are also unclear. But in response to several media outlets reporting Lomas' lengthy rap sheet, attorney Philip Holloway issued a statement Tuesday saying his client is a cooperative witness and Lomas' most recent arrest in January has nothing to do with Brown's hospitalization. Holloway also told CNN Wednesday that his client was the one who actually found Brown and called 911. Holloway's comments came after he met with Roswell police for two hours; his client was not at the meeting, he said. On January 15, Lomas was booked on charges of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of alprazolam (aka Xanax, an anti-anxiety drug) and possession of a firearm or knife during the commission of or the attempt to commit a felony, according to Fulton County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Tracy Flanagan. CNN has also learned from Fulton and Dawson county authorities that Lomas was arrested at least three times in 2011 and 2012 and charged with a host of crimes, including battery and alcohol, weapons, drug and probation violations. Holloway did not mention the previous arrests in his statement. "Mr. Lomas' widely reported recent arrest is completely unrelated to the incidents that occurred at Ms. Brown's residence and there is absolutely no relationship between the events. He has pleaded not guilty to those charges," it said. "Mr. Lomas has not been accused of anything in connection with Bobbi Kristina Brown's injuries." Police obtained a search warrant to look through Brown's house, but that's standard procedure, Holland said. Concern for Brown came from many in the entertainment world. Music director Michael Bearden sent along "healing energy to the daughter of a late great friend." Songwriter Diane Warren tweeted, "I hope Bobbi Kristina gets the help she needs." "Poor thing," Warren wrote. "Almost 3 yrs to the day her mom passed and the same thing almost happened to her." CNN's Carolyn Sung, Lisa Respers France, Eliott C. McLaughlin, Sunny Hostin, Nischelle Turner and Nick Valencia contributed to this report.

I loved my Sharkbanana. It was so cute and menacing, all in one package. Unfortunately, my coworker's dog loved it, too. One day when we left him to his own devices, he grabbed my sharkbanana off my desk and tore it to pieces. I found banana peel and shark fin bits all over the office :(

they were a founding member of the new south wales rugby league and one of the most successful in the history of the premiership with eleven titles in 1999 they formed a joint venture club with the neighbouring western suburbs magpies club to form the wests tigers for competition in the national rugby league nrl they no longer field any senior teams in the lower divisions at the time of the joint venture only south sydney rabbitohs and the st george dragons had won more titles than the tigers the club s home grounds are at present leichhardt oval in lilyfield and t g milner sportsground in marsfield the distinctive black and orange colours of their 1908 thin striped jerseys led their fans to quickly nickname them the tigers in 1908 australia s first season of rugby league began in sydney and the balmain club were one of nine foundation clubs one of the club s founders was future premier of new south wales john storey their home ground was birchgrove park balmain reached their first grand final in only the second year in the competition against the previous year s champions south sydney but would protest as the match

Martha Kalifatidis and Michael Brunelli Martha Kalifatidis and her MAFS husband Michael Brunelli are one of only two couples to have stayed together after the show ended and more than 12 months later the glamorous couple are still going strong.

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Buckle up, here comes the rant-\n\n"Hollywood culture" is proof that the rich and famous are completely out of touch with reality/normalcy. The sort of money they spend on inconsequential things (bling-blinged cell phones and Louis Vuitton doggy accessories), the crazy things that they name their kids (Apple? Suri? Banjo?!?), their idea of normal family life (nanny raises children), etcetera.\n\nThe most disturbing thing about it all, though, is that mainstream America have begun to try to hold themselves up to this bizarre, shallow standard. Why else would 16-year-olds be getting boob jobs? \n\nNo wonder the world regards Americans with such contempt. Eek. Too depressing.

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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Accompanying the routine payments and price forecasts sent to some Northeast dairy farmers last month were a list of mental health services and the number of a suicide prevention hotline. The Agri-Mark dairy cooperative got the resources out to its 1,000 farmers in New England and New York following the suicide of a member farmer in January, and one the year before. “I know there’s a number of farmers out there that are under such tremendous stress that we’re worried about that same thing happening,” said Bob Wellington, an economist for Agri-Mar Inc., which owns Cabot Creamery. Farmers are facing their fourth year of payments well below their cost of production, due in part to a national and global oversupply of milk, he said. Prices paid to farmers hit an average of $24 per hundred pounds of milk in 2014, the highest price since at least 2000. They quickly dropped to an average of about $17 per hundred pounds of milk in 2015, $16 in 2016 and $17 last year. “They’re really getting frustrated, getting concerned and in some cases they’re getting almost desperate about how they’re going to pay their bills, how they’re going to support their families,” Wellington said. The farm prices have no direct correlation with what consumers pay for milk. According to a 2016 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report , people working in farming, fishing and forestry had the highest rate of suicide. Agri-Mark is also creating its own assistance program for its members and isn’t alone in its concern. “Financial duress magnifies some of the personal issues like depression, or anxiety, or something else that’s underlying can be triggered by a severe economic downturn in the dairy industry,” said Ed Staehr, executive director of NY FarmNet, a free confidential service for New York farmers that offers personal and financial consulting at their homes. Vermont has a similar program called Farm First. Minnesota has set up a free, 24-hour confidential help line as stress, anxiety, depression, financial burdens, and other mental and emotional problems continue to affect farmers and other rural residents. It also provides workshops for people who work with and serve farmers, such as bankers and suppliers, to understand mental health. Since the department started promoting the help line in early October through December, 39 calls came in including from a few suicidal farmers and others who called about fights with a spouse, anxiety or physical manifestations of stress, like not sleeping, said Meg Moynihan, a dairy farmer and adviser for the Minnesota Agriculture Department. “At this time of year, people are doing their taxes and starting to go in for operating loans, and it’s kind of terrifying to say, ‘Am I going to be able to farm again for a year?’” she said. Calls have poured in to FarmNet in New York since the end of December. The service is seeing more severe cases in recent months, with farmers realizing they’re stressed out. Some lenders are not letting certain farmers have a line of credit, so FarmNet is encouraging farmers to work with their suppliers. Social worker Erica Lewbner’s load has jumped from one new case a month to at least one new case a week, she said. “Farmers are very proud,” said Lewbner, of Marietta, New York. “They typically do not reach out for help.” Beth Kennett, of Liberty Hill Farm in Rochester, Vermont, said she and her family make decisions every day to keep the farm going, something they want to do for future generations. In addition to dairy farming, they offer farm vacations to visitors. “Faith and fortitude will get us through this difficult time,” she said. Although gut-wrenching, the Agri-Mark letter sparked conversations among farmers and farm families and words of support from the community, she said. “I think it really initiated conversations on multiple levels within the family individually, but within the farm community, as well,” she said, “recognizing that we all are family and we really have to reach out and care for each other.”

Militants from Hamas threaten to overrun Gaza security positions belonging to Palestinian rivals Fatah.

Joseph Pearce, 40, died from a single stab wound. His body was found at a property on Churchill Close, Burnham-on-Sea. Dominic Lacey, 21, of Newham Place, Patchway, and James Hobbs, 43, of Churchill Close, Burnham-on-Sea, are due before Taunton magistrates on Saturday. They remain in custody, Avon and Somerset police said. A 22-year-old man and three women, aged 24, 38 and 54, arrested in connection with the investigation have all been released without charge.

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In many Western countries, the tradition of wearing an engagement ring on the fourth finger on the left hand, (the left ring finger on the ring finger guide below), can be traced back to the Ancient Romans. They believed this finger had a vein that ran directly to the heart, the Vena Amoris, meaning 'vein of love'.

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CAIRO (AP) — A top Egyptian rights lawyer says at least eight protesters were detained and accused of "association with a terrorist organization" after joining a small protest in Cairo over the Trump administration's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Khaled Ali says the protesters were arrested on Saturday in front of the Egyptian Press Syndicate in downtown Cairo after rallying against President Donald Trump's move. It wasn't immediately possible to reach the prosecutors on Monday for a comment. Ali says those detained, including a female activist, are accused of links to the Muslim Brotherhood group, Egypt's onetime largest Islamist group which was outlawed after the ouster of the Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in 2013. Advertisement Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is a close ally of Trump, whose announcement triggered protests across the world.

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Dorothy Chambers, lead steward with Colquitz River fish fence, describes the mating behaviour of Coho salmon Wednesday as the local Salmon count in Colquitz River is about to start. Wolf Depner /News Staff Dorothy Chambers, lead steward with Colquitz River fish fence, cannot wait for the weather to turn rainy, as salmon spawning season approaches. “Right now, it [Colquitz River] is too shallow, and it is too clear,” says Chambers, as she speaks to a group of students from Spectrum Community School, who have gathered on the observation bridge of the Colquitz River Fish Counting Fence near Tillicum Shopping Centre. “So they want some good rains, and they want the turbidity of the water, the cloudiness of the water [to be higher], so they can be hidden, as they come upstream.” They are salmon, who left the Colquitz watershed for the northern Pacific, when they were one year old. Three to five years later, they have gathered in Portage Inlet to await the final leg of their life journey: come home to the place where they were born to spawn, then die. About one kilometre into this cradle-to-grave journey up the Colquitz River, they will run into the fence where Chambers and her audience stand. It will funnel them into a wooden box, where volunteers will then lift them out the water to count and categorize them. “Every day [during spawning season] we are down here,” said Chambers. “We net the fish out, and we want to know their gender, what is the species, are they coho, are they chum, are they something else? We are now looking for Atlantic salmon because of the big Salmon farm escape that happened in the United States,” she said. As volunteers assess, they also look for sea lice and injuries from predators, like otters and seals. Volunteers then send them on their ways. This counting helps scientists and conservationists assess the state of the fish population, as well as the eco-system that sustain them, and continues a tradition that dates back to 2000. Chambers herself joined this effort in 2006 as part of personal mission dating back decades to revive and restore the river through her involvement in groups like the Salmon in The City project. Last year’s count was down from the preceding year, and this year’s count takes place against the backdrop of rising concerns about the general health of the Pacific salmon population in the face of climate change and commercial fish farming practices that stand accused of undermining Pacific salmon stocks. Protesters last week occupied the constituency offices of Saanich South MLA Lana Popham, who is responsible for fish farms as minister of agriculture, in solidarity of a fish farm occupation in northern B.C. Concerns about the potential effects of development in Saanich such as a proposed highway berm on the Colquitz River add a local dimension to this tableau. None of these concerns openly intruded as Chambers described and discussed the complex procreation of Coho salmon. As Chambers wrapped up her impromptu presentation, and the students along with their teacher returned to class, it was not hard to notice that they appeared genuinely impressed by what they heard about the salmon, its plucky resilience, and unbreakable determination to get home. Chambers urged them to come back once the salmon start arriving and many promised that they would. Now the weather to has to cooperate.

The founder of Sports Direct earns more than £929m after the retailer sets its share sale at the top of its price range.

Donning stilettos, lipstick and mascara, the young men take to the streets of one of Washington DC's most violent neighborhoods. But under their clothing - and in some cases, in their Louis Vuitton bags - they are carrying knives, brass knuckles and pepper spray. Meet some of the more than 200 members of Check It, the only documented gang of gay and transgender youths in America. The teenagers and young adults, who have faced discrimination throughout their entire lives, are the subjects of a new independent documentary. The film, also named Check It, explains how many of the youths have been stabbed or shot at, while others have served time in juvenile prisons . But now, the 'tight-knit' gang members, who are aged 14 to 22, are fighting to break the cycle of poverty and violence that they have grown up in. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO . Documentary star: This is one of more than 200 members of Check It, the only documented gang of gay and transgender youths in America . Impoverished area: The gang members, many of whom have been stabbed and shot at, have faced discrimination throughout their lives . Transformation: They are now the subjects of a new independent film, which tells of how some of them have served time in juvenile prisons . Dressing up: But now, the 'tight-knit' gang members (including this member), who are aged 14 to 22, are fighting to break the cycle of poverty and violence that they have grown up in. They are working on their own clothing label, putting on fashion shows and working stints as models . Contrast: The documentary describes how the gang members have to deal with violence and fights on a regular basis (left) but have now launched their own fashion label (right: a youth models for the label) in a bid to escape their 'often brutal' lives in Trinidad, Washington DC . They have set up their own clothing label and are putting on fashion shows in the north-east neighborhood, according to the film and an Indiegogo page. And some of them are even working stints as runway models. All the while, they are offering each other unconditional love and support. 'At its heart, the film explores the undying friendship that exists between these kids - an unbreakable bond that is tested every day,' the page states. However, amid their achievements, the youths often encounter setbacks, with the community they live in 'relentlessly trying to beat them down'. 'When The Check It are not taking small steps forward on the catwalk, they too often take massive steps backwards,' the page explains. The documentary follows the members, led by ex-convict Mo, as they get into fights, are ridiculed by passerbys and struggle with their fashion plans. In its trailer, Dana Flor, who co-directed the film with Toby Oppenheimer, says: 'A lot of times just being black, you have a lot of odds against you.' According to the Washingtonian, she continues: 'Being gay and black... it's like a nightmare waiting to happen.' Close: 'At its heart, the film explores the undying friendship that exists between these kids - an unbreakable bond that is tested every day' Hard life: Formed in 2005 by a group of 'bullied 9th graders', Check It now has more than 200 members, all of whom live a life that is 'brutal' Transgender: Because the youths - many of whom live transgender lives - are so close, their gang was difficult for filmmakers to infiltrate . Violence to fashion: Gang members are pictured getting into a fight (left), and participating in a fashion show (right) in the independent film . Formed in 2005 by a group of 'bullied 9th graders', Check It now has more than 200 members, all of whom live a life that is 'brutal' but also 'full of hope'. Because the youths - many of whom cross-dress or live transgender lives - are so close, the gang's structure was difficult for filmmakers to infiltrate. However, over a three-year-period, Ms Flor and Mr Oppenheimer gradually managed to immerse themselves in the members' lives in Trinidad. 'These kids have been let down by everybody in their life,' Ms Flor said. 'You have to assert them that you're for real, that you're not going to go away.' He added: 'The documentary will not only go into the challenges members face, but also depict their dream of launching a fashion line.' Actor Steve Buscemi, of New York-based Olive Productions, is producing the documentary, alongside Ms Flor and Mr Oppenheimer. Let down: 'These kids have been let down by everybody in their life... You have to assert them that you're for real, you're not going to go away' Raising money: Filmmakers are raising money to help fund the final editing stages of the film (pictured). They have so far raised $62,630 . They hope the film will expose the discrimination that the gang faces - and show the 'amazing things' the youths are capable of. They also hope it will 'encourage a similarly open-minded conversation about HIV, anti-gay discrimination, and poverty both nationally' and locally. Filmmakers are raising money to help fund the final editing stages of the film. On Saturday, they surpassed their $60,000 goal. Ten per cent of the donations will be given to the gang's fashion label. The fundraiser ends in only 10 hours; to donate, click here. For more information, visit Check It's (film) website or Facebook page.

Britain will withdraw nearly half its troops from Iraq by the end of the year if local forces can secure the southern part of the country, Prime Minister Tony Blair planned to announce Wednesday.Comment

NASCAR on TV: Channel finder for CNBC. By Staff report | NASCAR.com |. August 21, 2016 at 09.00 AM. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol was scheduled to resume at 1 p.m. ET Sunday on CNBC, although it is currently in a delay. See below for a channel guide. CHARLOTTE. DirecTv: 355. Dish: 208. Time Warner Cable: 205. AT&T Uverse: 1216.

There haven't been any realistic plans proposed, so you're asking for speculation. Most likely, most of the changes are rhetoric and will be dropped once the administration realizes just how hard it is to cut other things. There's basically 4 ways to pay for spending increases: Cutting something else Economic growth Tax increases Debt There's a broad belief that there is tons of "government waste" going on, which if we could only get rid of, we'd have tons of money left over. In reality, this isn't really the case and those gains never materialize (similarly, economic growth is 99.99999999% unlikely to hit the targets required to fund these). Not on the scale necessary for anything remotely closed to what was proposed. Higher taxes aren't even up for grabs. That leaves simply taking on more debt, which would be hard to sell (but not impossible) tldr: It won't be.

In California, a judge will use the length of time a marriage lasted to determine how long the receiving spouse will receive alimony. If the marriage is considered of long duration, meaning that the couple was married for 10 years or longer, the court may award alimony for an extended period of time.

Jang Dong-gun (born March 7, 1972) is a South Korean actor and musician. Spending his childhood in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, he later went on to the Hangook School of Arts, dropping out before obtaining a degree. He made his debut in the MBC drama Our Heaven.\n\n1994's drama "The Final Jump" was his breakout role. His popularity then grew rapidly, and he starred in other dramas including "Medical Brothers", "Model", and "All About Eve". Jang also pursue a singing career, releasing four albums.\n\nIn 1997, Jang made his film debut in Repechage, winning the Blue Dragon Best New Actor award. In 1999 he won the Best Supporting Actor Award in the Blue Dragon Awards again for his role as the dedicated cop in Nowhere to Hide. In 2000, he starred in the film Friend, which at the time was the highest grossing Korean film of all time. Jang gained widespread critical acclaim for his portrayal of a troubled high school student who joins the mafia, paving the way for him to star in the 2004 Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War, about the Korean War, which again shattered box office records. His portrayal of one of two brothers drafted into the war earned him a third Blue dragon award.\n\nStatistics\nHeight: 180 cm (5'11')' \nWeight: 68 kg (150lbs) \nBlood Type: O \nReligion: Buddhism \n[edit]\nDrama\nAll About Eve (MBC) (2000) \nSpringtime (MBC) (1999) \nGhost (SBS) (1999) \nReady! Go! (MBC) (1999) \nLove (MBC) (1998) \nModel (MBC) (1997) \nMyth of a Hero (MBC) (1997) \nThe Medical Brothers (MBC) (1997) \nIcing (MBC) (1996) \nThe Last Game (MBC) (1994) \nIl-ji-mae (MBC) (1993) \nOur Heaven (MBC) (1993) \n[edit]\nMovies\nTyphoon (2005) \nThe Promise (2005) \nTaegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (2004) \nThe Coast Guard (2002) \n2009 Lost Memories (2002) \nFriend (2001) \nAnarchists (2000) \nNowhere to Hide (1999) \nLove Wind Love Song (1999) \nFirst Kiss (1998) \nHoliday in Seoul (1997) \nRepechage (1997) \n[edit]\nAwards\n2004: Blue Dragon - Best Actor for Taegukgi \n2001: Blue Dragon - Most Popular Actor Award \n2001: Asia Pacific Film Festival - Best Supporting Actor for Friend \n2000: Blue Dragon - Popular Award \n1999: Blue Dragon - Best Supporting Actor for Nowhere to Hide \n1997: Blue Dragon - Best New Actor for The Repechage \n1997: MBC - Best Actor \n1997: Baeksang Art Awards - Most popular performer \n1994: Baeksang Art Awards - TV's best new actor

(CNN) -- The defense budget is going down. Thursday, President Obama personally announced a new strategy to align with the new limits created by the Budget Control Act of last fall. The announcement was light on the budget details to emphasize "strategy." But strategy documents come and go -- it's in budgets that we'll see actual change. The biggest change is a smaller Army — reports suggest troop numbers down to levels last seen in the late 1990s. This change is justified by the strategy's de-emphasis of stability operations like Iraq and Afghanistan and renewed focus on Asia, where naval and air forces are the main tool. If the strategy's blueprint is followed, we could see a fundamental change to our force structure and military posture—more airpower and naval, and fewer ground forces. But everyone Thursday went out of their way to hedge at every turn. Most notably, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey stressed that we weren't giving up the capacity to fight land wars. Deputy Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said his theme was reversibility. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said our military will never do just one thing. The President said our military will be ready for the full range of contingencies and threats. These statements don't sound like an overhaul in the Defense Department is imminent to reflect this new strategy. Rather, the administration will more likely make some marginal changes to meet the new budget realities. The Army will still prepare to fight high-intensity land campaigns. The Air Force will still prepare to achieve air superiority. The Navy will still prepare to maintain a presence on the seas. And the Marines will still prepare to land on the beaches. The world is an uncertain place and some hedging is a good thing to protect against surprises. But the United States has a dominant military capable of handling a lot of surprises and will maintain its strength even if we see much deeper cuts in the next decade— even cuts at the levels of previous big reductions in defense spending. The strategy was unveiled today to justify just shy of $500 billion in cuts over the next ten years, which would leave the budget in 2021 just 8% less than it is today compared to an average from previous builddowns of 30% less after ten years. The decline in war costs will account for some of that difference. But even at the levels of savings mandated by the sequester triggered by the supercommittee's failure to reach a deficit reduction deal, the base defense budget would decrease by less than 20% after ten years. If we were truly to tailor our force structure to a strategy, we could find significantly greater savings. If we embrace the current strategy document, the Army could be significantly smaller and still have a cadre to build upon if we needed to conduct another long-term stability operation. Of course, the point was raised in the press conference that we didn't plan on doing stability operations in Afghanistan or Iraq. If we instead accept that we will do more stability operations, we could cut back the Navy and Air Force to focus on the Army and still have plenty of forces to respond to events in the Pacific. It doesn't appear the administration will take the budget to the logical ends of the strategy rolled out today. We would have a better defense—at any spending level—if we actually made budget decisions based on strategy rather than by letting institutional concerns determine what makes up the budget. The press conference Thursday highlighted two key facts about the defense budget. The topline is determined largely by external events—like our economy and fiscal crises. But the budget that meets that topline is determined largely by the institutions within the Pentagon. We may be at an inflection point, as the president said, but it is unlikely that inflection will affect the Pentagon that much. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Russell Rumbaugh.

A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electronic signals and electrical power. It is composed of semiconductor material with at least three terminals for connection to an external circuit. A voltage or current applied to one pair of the transistor's terminals changes the current through another pair of terminals. Because the controlled (output) power can be higher than the controlling (input) power, a transistor can amplify a signal. Today, some transistors are packaged individually, but many more are found embedded in integrated circuits.

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The England international, 24, has been the subject of big money interest from rival Premiership clubs despite being sidelined for more than 13 months. "He is starting to get back to full training," Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill told 5 live. "We hope to see him on the field soon. It will be around Christmas time, early New Year." Samoa-born Tuilagi, who has won 25 caps for England since 2011, is out of contract at Welford Road in the summer. He has been offered a new deal by the Tigers, but is yet to confirm where his future lies. Meanwhile, Cockerill is confident England scrum-half Ben Youngs will remain with the club beyond this season following the arrival of head coach Aaron Mauger and addition of versatile Australia international Matt Toomua for the 2016-17 season. "We want Ben to stay - he wants to stay. We are working hard to making that work," Cockerill said. "He wanted to see how it worked with Aaron. Clearly we have set our intent with guys like Toomua coming in and hopefully there will be one or two others in that backline who will improve that backline even more. Ben wants to be part of that."

Just because you can get a hamburger at different restaurants doesn't mean they'll taste and look the same. Apples and oranges x265 and NVENC are two different encoder implementations that can output the same format, HEVC. What settings, options, and algorithms they use is up to the authors as long as the output conforms to the specs. Choose the right tool for the job These encoders are generally for different use cases. x265 may be slower, but it provides more quality per bit. NVENC is more suitable when speed is more important than quality or encoding efficiency, or when the CPU is not available or not up to the task, such as on a mobile platform where using the CPU would possibly consume more battery power and take a long time. Option mixup Also, you're mixing up options: -rc vbr_2pass -rc-lookahead 20 -gpu any are private options for nvenc_hevc, but you attempted to apply them to libx265, so they were ignored. There are two types of options: general and private. The private options are specific to each individual encoder. You can list private options such as with ffmpeg -h encoder=libx265. You'll have to experiment with the encoding presets (see -preset option for both encoders) and rate control methods to get an output that is acceptable for you. Waste of time? Lastly, unless your input H.264 files were encoded very inefficiently (or are lossless which is doubtful), or if storage space is of utmost importance, then re-encoding from H.264 to H.265/HEVC is a waste of time and effort.

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NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with political commentators David Brooks of The New York Times and E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution. They discuss Sen. John McCain's surprise vote that killed GOP health care repeal efforts early Friday morning and White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci's foul-mouthed call with a reporter about his foil, Chief of Staff Reince Priebus.

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After decades crafting funk, soul and disco hits with the seminal R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire, Maurice White died in his sleep on Thursday, according to his brother. He was 74. White revealed he’d been living with Parkinson’s disease in 2000, the same year Earth, Wind & Fire joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Ten years later, White was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, along with several of his bandmates. Earth, Wind & Fire Songs In This Segment “That’s the Way of the World” [Youtube] “September” [Youtube] “Shining Star” [Youtube] “Sing a Song” [Youtube] “Reasons” [Youtube]

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Sonepat, Apr 12 Hosts Haryana and Delhi entered the semi-finals of the 3rd Hockey India Sub-Junior Women's National Championship here today.

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Robert Battle is the artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, so music is a big part of his job. He shares the songs that move him for <em>Tell Me More</em>'s "In Your Ear" series.

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(CNN)Again, so much expectation -- but again, not so much on show to live up to it. Ivory Coast came into their opening game of the Africa Cup of Nations as many people's tip for the title, but began the tournament in a fashion suggesting that expectation was again not sitting easily with them. The contest against Guinea, whose players have spoken of their determination to do well for a country devastated by the Ebola virus, showed the familiar frailties that have hindered an Ivory Coast team boasting star names such as Yaya Toure, Wilfried Bony and Gervinho. A lack of cohesion was apparent in both defense and attack, and a Guinea team that scored six goals in their final two qualifying matches -- played in Morocco because of the crisis -- took advantage in style. Mohamed Yattara thrashed in a stunning volley to open the scoring after 36 minutes of a first half in which the vast bulk of the energetic football came from the underdogs. Just before the hour mark, a bad situation for the Ivorians seemed likely to become worse when Gervinho -- who had shown more purpose than most of his teammates before the break -- was sent off for needlessly lashing out at Naby Keita. Seydou Doumbia came to the rescue when he rounded off a well-worked move to equalize after 72 minutes, steering his shot into the bottom corner after Bony's neat control and layoff. But there were more questions than answers for coach Herve Renard, who took over from Sabri Lamouchi after the team's failure to make it through the group stages of last summer's World Cup in Brazil, after this 1-1 draw. Renard is the latest man to attempt to end Ivory Coast's long wait for another African Cup of Nations success -- the most recent of those came in 1992. He showed that he was unafraid to make bold changes when he brought off Toure with five minutes remaining, with the Manchester City star looking decidedly unimpressed as he made way for Cheick Doukoure. Ivory Coast produced some of their better football when down to 10 men, but again they were less than the sum of their parts. With challenges against Cameroon and Mali waiting in the wings, Renard will be keen to see them harness their full potential sooner rather than later. The Frenchman is by no means the first coach of this squad to be left puzzling over just how to achieve that.

That's the Belgian War Cross. It was given to soldiers and civilians for showing bravery in actions against the enemy. On second sight: some things are off. The cross is not exactly the same (_URL_0_) and the middle figure should be a rampant lion or the Kings sigil (two stylised L's with a roman numeral 3). So it's likely a prop based on the War Cross.

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CRISIS OF REPRESENTATION. This phrase was coined by George Marcus and Michael Fischer to refer specifically to the uncertainty within the human sciences about adequate means of describing social reality.This crisis arises from the (noncontroversial) claim that no interpretive account can ever directly or completely capture lived experience.roadly conceived, the crisis is part of a more general set of ideas across the human sciences that challenge long-standing beliefs about the role of encompassing, generalizing (theoretical, methodological, and political) frameworks that guide empirical research within ...

Venture Beat reports: “Following a series of increasingly concrete 5G rollout announcements from AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, Sprint today committed to launching mobile 5G service nationally in the first half of 2019 — at somewhat higher prices. The commitment suggests that the fourth-place U.S. carrier may lag behind larger rivals AT&T and Verizon, which will begin 5G deployments later in 2018, but may beat T-Mobile, which is targeting 2020 for full nationwide 5G coverage.” Read more

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It's a creature like never, well according to one fisherman, seen before! So what it is? A shocked fisherman in Singapore is convinced he made have found an alien after he made an interesting and rather creepy discovery while fishing at his favourite spot on the island of Sentosa. Ong Han Boon, 54, was left scratching his head when he hauled up a strange creature from the water with moving tentacle like arms, something like a mutant octopus. He captured the bizzare find on video and as curiosity got the better of him decided to post it online to see if anyone, or his friends could add a little insight into what the creature was. SCROLL DOWN TO VIDEO . A shocked fisherman in Singapore is convinced he made have found an alien after he made an interesting and rather creepy discovery while fishing at his favourite spot on the island of Sentosa . 'When I pulled it out of the water, I was completely flummoxed by what I was looking at,' he told the Mirror UK. 'I've had quite a few odd things come out of the ocean, but I have never seen anything like this before in my life. It had all these arms waving around.' 'I thought it looked like some kind of alien or mutant.' 'So, if no one can't identify it then I guess I’m right - it’s either an alien or I’ve discovered a new species of mutant sea creature,' he told the Mirror . But it seems this creature is actually a known species. Sydney marine biologist Dr. Will Figueira says it is in fact a 'Basket Star'. 'They are in the same group as starfish and are most closely related to brittle stars,' he said. 'They use all those tentacles to move around and hunt for prey.' 'The group as a whole is famous for having some species which live in the deep ocean but many species are also commonly found as shallow as 30 - 50 metres.' 'When I pulled it out of the water, I was completely flummoxed by what I was looking at,' said the fisherman .

An ancient Greek drinking game enjoyed more than 2,000 years ago at social drinking parties has been replicated by researchers. The game, known as kottabos, involved men gathered in a circle flinging dregs of wine at a target in the centre of the room from a special cup known as a kylix. And now the game has been recreated using a 3D-printer to try and work out the best way to play it - with results suggesting throwing the wine like a baseball rather than a Frisbee is more successful. Scroll down for video . Dr Heather Sharpe from West Chester University of Pennsylvania examined the ancient Greek drinking game of kottabos. The game involved men setting on couches around a room. They would drink wine from a shallow cup known as a kylix (shown). When they reached the dregs they flung the wine to the centre of the room . Dr Heather Sharpe, an assistant professor of art history at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, carried out the study into the game. It is thought to have been played in ancient Greek parties when men would relax on couches in the andron, a male-only room for social events with food and wine. There are two variations, both of which involve throwing wine from their shallow cup, known as a kylix, into the centre of the room. People gather on couches around the edge of a room while drinking while from a dish-like cup called a kylix. In the centre of the room is either a disc on a metal pole, or a bowl of water containing floating dishes. When party-goers get down to the dregs of their kylix, they should fling the liquid (not the cup) towards the centre of the room. The goal is to either knock the disc down or fill the floating dishes with wine so they sink, depending on the variation played. In the first variation, drinkers threw dregs of wine to try and knock down a disc balanced on a tall metal stand in the middle of the room. The other variation instead uses dishes floating in a larger bowl of water in the centre of the room. People had to throw their wine and attempt to get the dishes to sink. The game was understandably very messy, and with slaves thought to be required to clean up the resulting spilled wine. The game of skill is thought to have been especially popular at Greek and Etruscan symposia (drinking parties) in the 5th and 4th centuries BC. A kylix, seen here, has looped handles on either side, making it ideal for the throwing technique required for the ancient Greek drinking game of kottabos . Apparently, when flinging wine, the player would also be required to say the name of the object or person he desired. The game is likely of Sicilian origin but it  spread throughout Greece. Despite the apparent element of luck in the game, it did also require a surprising amount of skill. Players who were especially good at kottabos were often said to be favoured in other regards too, such as love, and large wagers were often also placed on a game. In her research, Dr Sharpe created a 3D-printed kylix to replicate the conditions of the game. She found that throwing the liquid out of the cup overhead, like a baseball, was easier than trying to flick it with the wrist like a Frisbee. But she said it likely descended into quite a messy affair, no matter how skilled the players were. Pictured is a statute of Dionysus, known as Bacchus by the Romans, the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine. Dionysus was important in Greek culture as alcohol, particularly wine, played an important role in many activities and social events . ‘In a typical symposium setting, in an andron, you would have had couches arranged on almost all four sides of the room, and if you missed the target, you were likely to splatter your fellow symposiast across the way,’ Dr Sharpe told LiveScience. ‘You'd imagine that, by the end of the symposium, you'd be drenched in wine, and your fellow symposiasts would be drenched in wine, too.’ However, she noted that she only used diluted grape juice in her version of the game, as it was a university attempt. For the full experiment, she said it would probably be best to have one or two kylixes of wine. Kottabos is thought to have been played in ancient Greek parties when men would relax on couches in the andron, a male-only room for social events with food and wine. Pictured is the symposium scene from the Tomb of the Diver at Paestum, Italy .