of young ladies from the local Maplewood Institute, who, for reasons now mysterious, cheered mightily for the Jeffs. Noting the throng, the Adams Transcript said approvingly, “Ball-playing deserves the countenance of the good and the wise,” and went on to echo the Amherst Express’s mind-and-muscle theme.

Next day, muscle rested as the two schools turned to chess. The arrangements were odd and the play protracted, with the opposing teams situated in separate rooms and given 15 minutes for each move; when they finally made one, an intermediary rushed off to deliver it. The match stretched to 11 hours. Williams was the heavy favorite, thanks to a 16-year-old purported master named E.S. Brewster. But Brewster suffered a severely upset stomach on Friday night—Amherst skullduggery?—and the Jeffs emerged victorious. Claflin againruined by contamination with the baseball playing fraternity.”

Over the next 90-odd years, Amherst College baseball rode the usual currents of college sports, but with more ups than downs. Walter L. Tower, Class of 1893, chronicled them, sometimes minutely, in A Glance at Amherst Athletics, published in 1935. Tower had great affection for his subject (and for superlatives) but also the honesty to call a bad team bad. A selection of his choicest baseball morsels:

Until 1877, when the college dedicated Blake Field, the baseball team had to use the town common and a local park. In the first game at the field, the Jeffs were crushed by Harvard in what a local paper called “a comedy of errors.” By 1883, the team had improved to the point where it


could take on (and be walloped by) the Boston National League club in an exhibition game. A year later, apparently giddy from that experience, Amherst played a 35-game schedule and made a “spring training” trip to Philadelphia.

The opening years of the 1890s brought Amherst its initial championship teams, with first-place finishes in the New England Intercollegiate Athletic Association. When classes ended, the 1893 team went to Chicago for the national college tournament and came in second. Tower called that year’s captain, Alfred E. Stearns ’94 (of the college’s famous Stearns clan), “the best second baseman Amherst has ever seen.” In 1899, after several seasons of mediocre baseball results, a piece by Stearns in the Amherst Student complained about low admission requirements at other institutions and domination of campustestimony against Kane and voted two to one to bar him from participating in league games. Williams and Wesleyan then severed all athletic ties with Amherst for the remainder of the year.

In 1909, Lawrence L. McClure ’10 pitched three no-hit games—against Navy, Army and—yes!—Williams. In the last of those, played at Pratt Field, “to add to the excitement, Sabrina circled the bases, just for practice, between the fourth and fifth innings.” The 1922 team “made history by losing nearly every game they played, and the football eleven tried to duplicate” that record. Glory returned big time several seasons later, when Albert J. Nichols ’30 no-hit Williams in both his junior and senior years, with his senior team compiling a 13-3 record.

An 1880s game in progress.

The other star of


the 1930 team was shortstop Howard H. “Howdy” Groskloss, who joined the Pittsburgh Pirates after graduating that year and hit .280 in 53 games for them the following season. By 1933, however, Groskloss was just a memory in major league baseball. So were most of the 10 Jeffs who’d preceded him into the majors. There were three modest exceptions, all in the first decade of the 20th century: John Henry ’10, who caught for eight seasons with the Washington Senators, despite a career .207 batting average; Alan Storke ’06, who played four years with two National League teams; and Jack Dunleavy ’04, who lasted three years as a part-time outfielder with the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Paul Eckley era produced no major leaguers but a record of 226-179 andHe has written about it seriously and has taught it in clinics around the United States and in many foreign countries. The thick manual Thurston gives each new Amherst player includes four pages of terminology on both hitting and pitching, so that all of his charges can follow his technical instructions. As a result, baseball becomes the sports equivalent of an academic course. At Amherst, the coach finds that unremarkable: “These are very intelligent people who can absorb a lot of information.”

Roger M. Williams is a magazine journalist, author and editor living in Washington, D.C. A reserve infielder on the freshman baseball team, his clearest memory is of being picked off second base as a pinch runner in the Wesleyan game.


We are full of flames and woe and bad coffee drank hurriedly in the mornings.full of half held hands at the frontier of a war we signed for,passing each other in the hall of an early morningfull of the cries of children and bills.Darkest Hour

Britain’s ‘Darkest Hour’ involves standing in the way of Adolf Hitler’s worldwide domination, in this biopic detailing the famed Prime Minister. Set during the early days of World War II, with the fall of France imminent, Britain faces its darkest hour as the threat of invasion looms. As the seemingly unstoppable Nazi forces advance, and with the Allied army cornered on the beaches of Dunkirk, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the leadership of the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman). While maneuvering his political rivals, he must confront the ultimate choice: negotiate with Hitler and save the British people at a terrible cost or rally the nation and fight on against incredible odds. Directed by Joe Wright, the film is the dramatic and


but with closer dissection, it’s clear that a necessary shade of grey (Pardon the pun) faithfully illustrate the classic look in film design of yesterday. There’s also some experimental sequencing involved with a slow panning out shot that frequently ends scenes in and around war that reach out to the audience personally and make you feel their dimming disposition of hope. This shot is never overdone to reach levels of cliche within its filmmaking, and offers something different in modern day transitions that we thought have nothing of originality left within them. Finally, the sound editing and mixing spare no expense in their qualities with the film. There are a few sequences in the film in which we get to hear the actual Churchill reside over his increasinga simple, yet versatile, gameplay idea, and it’s in the same graphical style and humor as Angry Birds. I predict another hit for the studio.

The Testament of Sherlock Holmes was crafted from the ground up with two goals. First, to explore the Holmes character in depth by placing him in a harrowing situation. Second, to create a detective adventure game with the level of graphical fidelity expected in other, higher-budget genres. The game is played partly from Holmes’ point of view and partly from Watson’s. The story is a true mystery, with clue searching and interviewing suspects and so forth, but the bulk of the game’s plot deals with Holmes himself being accused of the crime. Distrustful of his friend after a bout of strange behaviour, Watson is


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Well, apparently the guy was making a personal call where he was very loudly yelling at someone at a doctor’s office or laboratory. He was shouting about how he and his wife have been trying to have a baby, that this was their “third time” (whatever that meant). He expressed very loudly thatcoupled pipes screwed together. The casings are run into the well bore, suspended (landed) in a wellhead attached to the first casing string (referred to as conductor pipe), and cemented in place by circulating cement down the casing and up into the annular area between the casing and well bore.
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Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement US President Barack Obama has told reporters he should not have described the arrest of a black Harvard professor as "stupid". Mr Obama has faced criticism for wading into the controversy during a televised news conference on Wednesday. Professor Gates was apprehended at his own home after a witness saw him apparently trying to force his way in. He was held for disorderly conduct after allegedly accusing the arresting officer, Sgt James Crowley, of racism. I could have calibrated those words differently

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Harvard row highlights US tensions Send us your comments Making a surprise appearance at the daily White House press briefing, Mr Obama said he should have chosen his words more carefully at his Wednesday newsin their own home." Professor Gates leads the African American research centre at Harvard And he put the arrest in the context of "the long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately". Critics seized on his comments, saying the president should not be getting involved in individual cases, especially if he was not in full possession of the facts. Officers were called to Prof Gates's house after a woman reported seeing two black males - the professor and his driver - trying to force entry. Prof Gates's lawyer later said the professor had just returned from a trip overseas and, upon arriving at the property with a driver, found his front door jammed and had to force it open. Although the


SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 2004--The MusiCares(R) Foundation, which provides a broad range of critical assistance services to the music community, announced that it has acquired the internationally recognized Musicians' Assistance Program (MAP). The complementary organizations will join forces under the MusiCares name, and a vital fund will be maintained bearing the MAP name and supporting its long-standing mission.

"The Academy has admired the work MAP has accomplished for many years and, through our MusiCares Foundation, we have collaborated in service to thousands of music people in need," said Neil Portnow, President of the Recording Academy(R) and MusiCares. "Now fulfilling the dreams of both organizations, we are ready and eager to join forces to maximize and focus our resources to help the greater music community and to become thein 1989 by the Recording Academy, MusiCares provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need. MusiCares' services and resources cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies, and each case is treated with integrity and confidentiality. MusiCares also focuses the resources and attention of the music industry on human service issues that directly impact the health and welfare of the music community.

Founded in 1992, MAP's mission is to provide treatment for music industry professionals suffering from drug or alcohol dependency. All efforts of the Musicians' Assistance Program (MAP) are motivated by the desire to assist the music industry in providing solutions to drug and alcohol addiction within its community, and to impart a message of prevention to the musicians of


collaborator David Bromberg. Then he went to Europe for a short summer tour.

When Dylan returned to his home in Miami, he decided to record additional material for the new album. But instead of booking another professional studio and a bunch of studio hands, he set out to lay down tracks in his garage studio, with only producer Debbie Gold and sound engineer Micajah Ryan. Otherwise, Bob would handle everything – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica… just like the old days.

The idea was to intersperse the full-band recordings with a few stripped-down tracks – not unlike what he had been doing on tour with mid-set, acoustic performances of traditional tunes. It was sort of a palate cleanser. But as Dylan continued, this method appeared to speak to him creatively innew bond say the 2009 measure is too costly and unwieldy to win approval.

PHOTO: Aerial photo of the region to be affected by the Delta water tunnels and intakes in the Courtland area on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. The Sacramento Bee/Randall Benton.

June 18, 2014

One of the year's most heavily lobbied bills, aimed at restricting the conversion of rental apartments into condominiums in San Francisco, was rejected Wednesday in the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee.

The measure, Senate Bill 1439, would allow San Francisco's city government to restrict or prohibit the conversions of apartment houses if their owners had held the property for less than five years.

It would carve out an exception to the Ellis Act, passed by the Legislature three decades ago to counter local rent control ordinances


that barred rental owners from making such conversions. The Ellis Act allows rental units to be withdrawn from the market, and tenants evicted, if their owners go out of the rental housing business.

The San Francisco housing market is one of the nation's hottest, creating an incentive for investors to buy apartment houses (and some single-family rental homes) and make Ellis Act conversions. That trend has drawn a sharp reaction from city officials and local housing advocates, who complain that low- and moderate-income renters are being evicted without cause by greedy investors.

The city is exploring curbs on conversions that it can enact without an Ellis Act amendment, but broadly restricting conversions would require the amendment that SB 1439, carried by Sen. Mark Leno, would provide.

June 18, 2014

California Supreme CourtJustice Marvin R. Baxter announced Wednesday that he will retire when his term ends in January, providing Gov. Jerry Brown another opportunity to reshape the state's high court.

Baxter, 74, will have served 24 years. His retirement follows Justice Joyce L. Kennard's departure in April and further signals the coming changes to the court.

"I have been privileged to have such an interesting and fulfilling career in the law, serving as a deputy district attorney, in private practice, as Appointments Secretary to Governor George Deukmejian, and as an Associate Justice on the California Court of Appeal and Supreme Court," Baxter said in a statement Wednesday.

"It is a great honor to have served on the state's high court since 1991. With three Chief Justices, twelve Associate Justices, and excellent staff, I


have been able to contribute to its substantial body of opinions and case law. At the local and statewide levels I was gratified to have the opportunity to assist Governor Deukmejian in the appointment of more than 700 judges and numerous executive branch appointees, and to have supported the evolution of our judicial branch of government as a member of the Judicial Council of California and its committees. Jane and I look forward to an active retirement and will focus our time and attention on family and friends, traveling, hobbies, and charitable activities."

Baxter was nominated to the court by Deukmejian in 1990 and confirmed to a second 12-year term in 2002. A native of Fowler, Baxter attended Fresno State University and Hastings College of the Law in SanFrancisco.

"Marv Baxter has been a good friend and trusted advisor for over 30 years. His quiet yet thoughtful demeanor served as a steady influence during some troublesome times that I experienced in the Governor's Office," Deukmejian said. "His endless efforts resulted in well established recommendations that I grew to rely upon, especially in the selection of individuals for judicial appointments. His accomplishments both on and off the bench have been justifiably praised by all who know him."

June 18, 2014

One of the year's biggest budget battles was over pre-kindergarten. State Senate leader Darrell Steinberg came out early in the session with a proposal to create a "transitional kindergarten" year for all California four-year-olds, and he pushed hard for the program in the face of doubts from Gov. Jerry Brown.


A final deal largely scaled back the plan to preschool for low-income children.

Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, will join mothers and child care providers at 11 a.m. on the north steps of the Capitol to applaud the new program as an opportunity help lift families out of poverty and to call for expansion of child care and early education in the future.

Karen Skelton, CEO and editor-in-chief of The Shriver Report, will also be on hand to announce a three-city tour of the HBO documentary Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life and Times of Katrina Gilbert. The film, based on last year's report about women and children in poverty, will screen at 6 p.m. at the SEIU State Council on 7th Street, then head to Oakland and Los Angeles.

VIDEO: Incontrast to the judicial branch, little disclosure is required for the communications that inform the Legislature's policy-making, Dan Walters says.

NO MONEY MO PROBLEMS: Sacramento State's Center for California Studies sponsors a symposium on municipal bankruptcies, starting at 10 a.m. at the CSAC Conference Center on 11th Street. Academics and former mayors from Riverside and Modesto will discuss the underlying factors that have led California cities to declare bankruptcy.

THE MAN-UFACTURING SHOW:Sierra Nevada Brewing, Parallax and California Steel Industries are among the companies that will be honored by the California Manufacturers & Technology Association at its "Champions of Manufacturing" event recognizing companies that have shown commitment to the state, their employees and innovation, 10 a.m. at the Sacramento Convention Center. Kish Rajan, director of the Governor's Office of Business and


reception coincides with the release of the organization's latest "State of Black America" report on minority unemployment.

CELEBRATIONS: Happy birthday to Pérez, who turns 42 today.

PHOTO: Headstart students Adani Devlin, 5, left, and Jocelyn Walls, 4, work on their paintings during class at Washington Elementary School in downtown Sacramento on August 21, 2013. The Sacramento Bee/Randy Penchknown as Cut, Cap and Balance that passed the House earlier in July on a near party-line vote – would’ve halved the projected $7.1 trillion federal 10-year deficit by next year. That bill died in the Senate.

In a highly embarrassing development, Boehner must now move his bill to the right in order to secure enough votes from his own party. The Speaker’s failure exposes an uncomfortable reality for the GOP: A final debt ceiling compromise will likely require a coalition of Democrats and moderate Republicans to pass the House, and the outspoken conservative wing of the party will not be on board. That could embolden Democrats to seek a more favorable deal, and it leaves Senate Republicans like Minority Leader Mitch McConnell with a weaker hand to negotiate.

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failed. He was forced to yank a bipartisan patent bill– a version of which passed the Senate 95-5 – before it was voted down in the House. It took a month of heavy whipping to convince enough of his herd to pass the bill.

(PHOTOS: The Life and Times of John Boehner )

Thursday’s failure was partly a tactical error on Boehner’s part. When he took office, he said he would be unlike other modern Speakers. He wanted to give the power back to the rank-and-file. Instead of twisting arms, Boehner believed in education. He prided himself on the being the opposite of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a Texas Republican called “the Hammer” for his heavy handed – and at times ethically questionable – whipping tactics. Boehner triedThe easiest way to keep up with Eric Berger's space reporting is to sign up for his newsletter, we'll collect his stories in your inbox. Sign Me Up!

Two Minotaur launches planned from Wallops. Northrop Grumman is gearing up for as many as four launches this year at Virginia's Wallops Island (including two Cygnus cargo supply missions to the International Space Station) and a pair of Minotaur rocket flights for the US government's spy satellite agency, Spaceflight Now reports.

Different Minotaurs ... The classified missions will launch aboard a Minotaur 4 rocket (which uses decommissioned motors from the Air Force's retired Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile) and a smaller Minotaur 1 (which uses a similar combination of stockpiled solid-fueled missile motors and new upper stages but is based on the Minuteman


missile). With Rocket Lab also developing facilities at Wallops, the Virginia coast may see increasing amounts of activity. (submitted by Unrulycow)

Canadian launch plan runs into environmental concerns. Nova Scotia's Department of Environment has raised concerns about the Cyclone 4M rocket that Maritime Launch Services proposes to launch from an as-yet-undeveloped spaceport in the Canadian province. The Ukrainian-built 4M booster's second stage is fueled by hydrazine. The Department of Environment has until May to decide whether to allow the project, The Chronicle Herald reports.

Still widely used ... In response to the concerns, Maritime Launch Services filed a report that notes the use of hydrazine by NASA's space shuttle on SpaceX's Dragon Capsule and other vehicles. "While both the (European Space Agency) and NASA identify the advantages of developing aabout 12 months, within the deadline set by Vice President Mike Pence. (submitted by Ken the Bin)

Dream Chaser passes another milestone. The space plane developed by Sierra Nevada has passed NASA's Integrated Review Milestone 5, a key status check on the company's performance of a variety of ground and flight operations. Sierra Nevada said the vehicle remains on track for a launch in 2021 atop an Atlas V rocket.

Milestones and more ... According to the company, the review included development of the vehicle's flight computers and software, mission simulator, and Mission Control Center. Sierra Nevada also performed cargo demonstrations using high-fidelity mock-ups of the vehicle and its cargo module, showing loading and unloading time and efficiency. Dream Chaser is contracted with NASA for at least six cargo flights


to the station in the early 2020s. (submitted by Ken the Bin)

Germany has a plan to catch rockets. The German space agency, DLR, has initiated a study on a novel reusable launcher concept that would use a winged first-stage booster captured on descent by an aircraft and towed back to land, SpaceNews reports. The three-year study seeks to develop a "rocket catcher" with an international team that will build on previous DLR simulations and flight experiments.

Oh, the name ... My favorite part about this seemingly bonkers idea is that it's named FALCon. Landings like those SpaceX conducts with the Falcon 9 booster require extra fuel to propulsively slow the vehicle when it returns to Earth, the project leader told the publication. By equipping a booster with wings andsurprise. (submitted by Ken the Bin)

Next three launches

March 28: Electron | DARPA R3D2 mission | Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand | 22:30 UTC

March 30: Long March 3B | Tianlian 2-01, a TDRS satellite | Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China | 16:30 UTC

April 1: PSLV | 29 smaller satellites on a rideshare mission | Sriharikota, India | 04:00 UTC


bring a tablet or laptop to use at school for his or her learning.  This BYOD program, plus the emphasis on students building a digital portfolio, is part of Riverside's goal to develop digital citizens prepared for the 21st Century.

In 2014, Riverside welcomed former Tech-ed teacher Craig Reitchel back as the new Vice-Principal, replacing Mr. Steve Roos, who went on to become the new Principal at Pitt River Middle School. It was also announced later in November that Vice-Principal Randy Manhas would be leaving Riverside to join the SD43 board office. His successor is Pitt River Middle School's Pam Becker. As of January 1, 2015, Riverside employs 120 staff members. In 2017, Riverside also welcomed 2 new vice principles to succeed Pam Becker. The new VP's areSamama taught songwriting at Berklee College of Music from 2013–2015 and currently writes and produces pop music full-time in Los Angeles. His songs have been released by dozens of artists all over the world and enjoyed by millions. Click here to contact Benjamin if you'd like a one-on-one songwriting consultation with him.


Rap superstar Kanye West is set to replace Christian comedian John Crist at an upcoming youth conference in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, in January.

Crist was removed from headlining the event after a spate of women accused him of sexual misconduct.

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West will appear at the Strength to Stand Student Bible Conference in January, according to its leader, Scott Dawson.

Dawson said that West phoned him to give him the news.

"I realized that, although this is a worldwide megastar, he was a brother in Christ," Dawson said in a YouTube video about the announcement. "He told me his testimony. He told me his struggles, what he was still going through. He said he's been delivered, but he's on a growth journey with Jesus."

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?Who fears Nasrallah

In his latest speech last week, Hasan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, a political entity created by Iran in Lebanon in the eighties, said that he has not been proud of all his public life. Perhaps one of these times is when he delivered a speech in March 2015 opposing the ‘military attack by Saudi Arabia and its allies against the Yemeni people’! That was a fiasco of a statement. Hezbollah was always saying that all its purpose in keeping forming a militia and arming it was to fight Israel. To forget that prime goal and turn its guns on Saudi Arabia and their allies, this means, in political terms, that the masters of Hezbollah in Tehran, have instructed their agent to open political fire somewhere2006, when it kidnapped two Israeli soldiers on the border with Lebanon. Israel retaliated because of that, and war broke out for thirty five days. All of Lebanon was at the mercy of the Israeli fighters and guns. One thousand Lebanese citizens lost their lives, most of them civilians and around ten thousand left their villages in the south. An international ceasefire was agreed, Hezbollah accordingly was banned in the zone up to 35 kilometres from the Lebanese Israeli borders, Fifteen thousand blue-hats (UN forces) were placed to guard the border, to prevent any Hezbollah member coming near to it! The propaganda of Hezbollah later called that arrangement a “triumph”!
The Arab-Israel war broke out several times, in more than half a century of continued conflict. The most well-known


of them are three: the wars of 1948, 1967, and 1973. The latter was very important, as it brought some peace to the region. Egyptian and Syrian forces fought on both borders, and thousands of soldiers died from both camps. The Egyptians alone lost, some estimate, as much as six thousand, and twelve thousand were wounded. Hundreds of items of military hardware were destroyed, but the battle for diplomacy was won, because the Gulf Countries became involved. At the time, the Gulf states, led by Saudi Arabia,scaled down oil production-starting with a decrease of 10%.Later,the Saudi King at the time, Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz,ordered a ban on selling Saudi oil to the United states. Thousands of cars were seen in long lines at the filling stations,queuing for refills. Theconcept of the “oil weapon” had been introduced for the first time to the international media. This action made Hennery Kissinger, the former secretary of United States at the time, hurry to the region to sort out some kind of compromise. A process was put in the pipeline for later,resulting in Egyptians gaining their whole land in Sinai, and ‘almost permanent’ peace in the Golan Heights on the Syrian border.
At that time probably Nasrallah, in his Cartel, did not know what Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states had contributed to the war effort and the conflict with Israel. In fact, he said publicly in the aftermath of Lebanese war in 2006, if he knew what the war could bring to the Lebanese people, he would not have sought


any ‘provocation of Israel’.
Anyway since that time, and for long time to come, Hassan Nasrullah nor his Iranian backers, have ever dared to provoke another war or even a skirmish with Israel- the eight years since has proven that. His war will be limited to helping the poor Lebanese, their economy, their system of law,and their livelihood, and he will be known for his action towards the Gulf States and fiery statements.
He is now risking the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Lebanese workers in the Gulf-they can go nowhere to work in fact. The big question is where is Hezbollah taking Lebanon to? Does it want to create a “Welayat Al Faqih” in the style of Iran?! Could it do that in a diversified society, with Christian,Chelsea Wolfe"Hypnos" (video)

Chelsea Wolfe released her latest studio album Abyss last year, then announced plans to follow it up with a new 7-inch. The single features Abyss leftover "Hypnos," and that track has now been given the video treatment.

The clip channels the dark, haunting nature of the song, serving up black-and-white footage of Wolfe staring into the distance as some rather terrifying snakes writhe around her body.

As previously reported, she'll be heading out on a North American tour this spring, though she's recently expanded the trek. You can find full details on the upcoming shows with A Dead Forest Index below.

Below, watch the video for "Hypnos" before the single arrives on April 1 via Sargent House.


Jewel Dean “Dit” Ford, 86, of Valley, AL, passed away Friday, December 23 in LaGrange, GA.
She was born April 14, 1930 in Tallassee, AL. She was a retired bookkeeper, housewife and a member Morning View Baptist Church. She was united... View Obituary & Service InformationBradley Manning , think Andrew Wilkie : people who tried to instigate organisational or institutional change but were met with resistance and bureaucracy. Bradley Manning tried to stop two long-running wars by exposing numerous possible war crimes in the hopes that this would sway US policy. In a similar vein, Andrew Wilkie tried to influence Australia's participation in Iraq by questioning the security risk the country posed and the existence of WMDs.

Luckily for Wilkie, his convictions won out and he now sits in parliament. Unluckily for Manning, his convictions have led to a military trial and a potential sentence of 52 years. Unfortunately for both Manning and Wilkie, the intelligence they risked their lives for had very little impact on either war effort.

In 2005, Professor Brian Martin wrote


War Logs, Vietor circulated an email to White House reporters - a weaselly list of 'reporting tacks' journalists might want to take on the logs. I posted the email on the Overland site , courtesy of the NYT.

Within an hour, Vietor's name had been redacted from all other online sites covering the story, and he became a faceless, nameless 'White House official'. Although the granting of anonymity to Vietor was odd, it could be deemed understandable as he was speaking on behalf of the White House.

Here are some more recent examples of a similar phenomenon:

The Herald Sun:

Military sources familiar with the February 2009 night raid believe the two reservists may be facing charges because they were "too truthful" in the post-battle debriefing.

SBS news (originally AFP):

A covert American dronecampaign has this month ramped up attacks on Al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives in the region as part of efforts to bring an end to a nine-year war in Afghanistan so that US troops can return home.

Fateh, whom the intelligence officials said was also killed in North Waziristan, is relatively unknown and his name - a likely nom de guerre - does not feature on the US list of most-wanted terrorists...

But security analysts said that any killing of a senior Al-Qaeda operative would be a victory for the US campaign.

Wall Street Journal:

The exact nature of the plot or plots couldn't be learned immediately, and counterterrorism officials in the US, Pakistan and Europe are continuing to investigate. There have, however, been multiple terror warnings in recent days in France, Germany


and the UK.

"There are some pretty notable threat streams," said one US military official, who added that the significance of these threats is still being discussed among counterterrorism officials but that threats of this height are unusual.

The same story in the Age (originally AFP):

Intelligence agencies have disrupted an Al-Qaeda-linked plot to launch terrorist attacks in Britain, France and Germany similar to the 2008 Mumbai attacks, reports said.

Militants based in Pakistan had been planning simultaneous strikes in London and major cities in France and Germany, Britain's Sky News television reported, citing intelligence sources...

When investigators discovered the plot, the US military began helping its European allies track down the organisers in Pakistan, which explains the recent increase in drone attacks in the country, said Sky.

We've heard the stats before. Crikeyan award-winning New York University professor, author, producer, and Manhattan-based writing coach, who works with successful novelists, produced screenwriters, and award-winning filmmakers. She also has a passion for helping novices get started. Since 1998 she has taught thousands of aspiring screenwriters to complete a feature length screenplay using her method. She is also a judge for the Fulbright Scholarship Program for film and media students. In 2004 she won the coveted New York University Award for Teaching Excellence.

Professor Horowitz has a created a revolutionary system that yields a new, more effective way of writing. She is the author of six books that help the writer learn her trademarked system, including editions for college, high school, and middle school. The college version is a required text at New York


University and University of California, Long Beach. Two of her books have been used in the Lights, Camera, Literacy! program taught to over 1,000 children in Maryland’s Montgomery County Public School System (a recent recipient of the “Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award” for outstanding scholastic performance). Professor Horowitz writes articles for Script magazine, and she pens a monthly column for MovieOutline.com, an online magazine with 30,000 subscribers. She is featured in Now Write! Screenwriting anthology published by Tarcher/Penguin edited by Sherry Ellis.

Professor Horowitz has taught more than 100 classes, seminars, and workshops across the country for groups including the Writers Guild of America East, NYWIFT, Philadelphia Writer’s Conference, Script DC, Screenwriters World East, and the Great American PitchFest. In addition, she also hosts periodic writers retreats in Tuscany,Italy.

Professor Horowitz has written several feature-length screenplays. Her production credits include the feature films And Then Came Love (2007), starring Vanessa Williams and distributed by Warner Bros.; Caleb’s Door (2009), distributed by Around the Scenes; Found in Time (2011); Nocturnal Agony (2011); and The One (2011).


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Steele & Bray Limited, of Moore Street, Kingsley, was fined a total of £6,500 and ordered to pay £898.20 in costs after pleading guilty'Fawlty Towers' hotel in Torquay to be demolished Published duration 26 November 2015

image caption The Gleneagles Hotel did not feature in the show but was the inspiration for Fawlty Towers

The hotel that inspired Fawlty Towers is to be knocked down and replaced with retirement flats.

John Cleese based the TV sitcom on the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay after staying there with the Monty Python team in 1973.

Churchill Retirement Living will convert the site after its plans were approved by Torbay Council.

Former owner Donald Sinclair unwittingly became the inspiration for Cleese's character Basil Fawlty.

The 41-bedroom hotel ceased trading early this year and Churchill Retirement Living applied to use the site for 36 retirement apartments.

image caption The Hotel Gleneagles closed its doors in February 2015

Torbay Council's development management committee originally denied


the application as they felt it was "too large and unsympathetic to the area".

A smaller, revised scheme was accepted by the council.

It will involve knocking down the three-star hotel and building 21 one-bed and 11 two-bedroom apartments, with a guest suite and two communal lounges.

Planning officers allowed the change of use of the site from tourist accommodation to residential as the former hotel was found to be "commercially unviable".

Fawlty Towers, voted number one in the British Film Institute's 100 Greatest Television Programmes in 2000, ran for just 12 episodes.South Western passengers to be hardest hit as union calls for walkouts on Monday, Wednesday and Friday over role of guards

Commuters are facing a week of disruption as workers in five rail companies prepare for strike action over the role of train guards.

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will walk out on Monday, Wednesday and Friday in the first full week back at work following the festive break after last-ditch talks collapsed.

The union is striking in protest at moves or possible plans to cut guards from trains, which they say would be unsafe. Several operators have said they do not plan to reduce staff numbers overall, but are refusing to give the guarantees over roles and responsibilities that the union seeks.

Passengers who use South Western


of the day and no trains on the Kirby, Ellesmere Port or Hunts Cross lines. Arriva Buses will accept Merseyrail tickets on all three strike days covering the Northern and Wirral lines.

Staff at Southern will only stage industrial action for 24 hours on Monday and the operator expects changes to services and cancellations.

To try to solve the dispute, Mick Cash, the general secretary of RMT, has written to the transport secretary, Chris Grayling, proposing a summit with the Department for Transport, the train companies and the union.

He said the meeting could consider how the principles of the agreements the union has reached in Scotland and Wales, which will keep guards on new trains, can be applied to the current disputes while meeting any concerns the Department for Transportcosts. We reverse in part and affirm in part.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
¶2 Geoff Goff, an executive producer for Channel 4, KTVX, in Salt Lake City, Utah, met Dr. Michael Jensen at a 1995 Fourth of July party given by a mutual friend, Ms. Johnson. Ms. Johnson, a restaurant critic, remarked to her cousin, Mr. Goff, and Dr. Jensen that she had to exercise all the time because her job required her to eat out so frequently. In response to her jocular comment, Dr. Jensen offered to prescribe her diet drugsamphetamineswhich he explained to Ms. Johnson were an easy and effective way to lose weight. Ms. Johnson did not express any interest in his offer. Dr. Jensen nevertheless persisted and wrote a prescription, giving it to Ms. Johnson. He


did so without taking a medical history or making any appointment with her for a physical examination. Ms. Johnson told Dr. Jensen she was not interested in the prescription, but Dr. Jensen advised her to hold on to it, in case she wanted to fill it later. Mr. Goff testified that he found it "unusual" that a doctor would be handing out a prescription for amphetamines at a party with no knowledge of Ms. Johnson's medical history or background.
¶3 Later that evening, after Dr. Jensen had left the party, Mr. Goff and Ms. Johnson discussed the "unusual" interaction with the physician. Both believed that Dr. Jensen may have acted unethically in providing a prescription for amphetamines to a patient he had not examined. Mr. Goff stated that "[a]tthat point I began to feel that we . . . had maybe a news story here." The following day, Mr. Goff met with KTVX news director John Edwards and recounted Dr. Jensen's statements made at the party. Mr. Goff "wrote up the facts as [he] knew them. . . to give to Mary Sawyers [the station's medical issues reporter] so she could begin looking into the story."
¶4 Ms. Sawyers called Dr. Jensen and explained that her managing news editor at KTVX, Mr. Goff, had referred her to Dr. Jensen as someone who could help her lose weight. During the conversation, Ms. Sawyers explained that she was a reporter, but implied that she was calling Dr. Jensen as a prospective patient and not as a reporter. Ms. Sawyers


form" of the drug, although doing so is considered a misuse of that drug.
¶8 During the appointment, Dr. Jensen did not obtain a complete medical history of Ms. Sawyers. He did not conduct a physical examination. He did not ask her if she was then taking any medication. Dr. Jensen's nurse took Ms. Sawyers' vital signs and asked if she was allergic to any medicines. Ms. Sawyers was not overweight or obese, and she was not weighed by Dr. Jensen or his staff.
¶9 Approximately one month later, Ms. Sawyers met with David Robinson, the director of Utah's Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing ("DOPL"). Ms. Sawyers showed Mr. Robinson the video tape of her appointment with Dr. Jensen. After viewing the tape, Mr. Robinson expressed his concerns aboutDr. Jensen's interactions with Ms. Sawyers, stating that "I think when you look at the intent of the physician, it's clear that he knows that he is violating the law and is offering excuses for it. And I think he is doing so with potential jeopardy to his patients. . . . I'm very concerned about it."
¶10 After meeting with Mr. Robinson, Ms. Sawyers arranged a second meeting with Dr. Jensen. She told him that she wanted to interview him and that she intended to present a very positive view of diet pills and that she was generally going to talk about the positive effects of diet pills. Dr. Jensen consented to the interview, and the two met at his office at Columbia FirstMed.
¶11 Ms. Sawyers began the


second meeting by confronting Dr. Jensen with the statements about diet drugs he had made when the two had met previously. In response to his earlier remarks to Ms. Sawyers about Dexedrine, Dr. Jensen told Ms. Sawyers that he had contacted a few pharmacists and DOPL to obtain the rules and regulations for drug prescriptions. He told her that he was no longer able to "work with" her to obtain Dexedrine for weight loss.

The First Broadcast
¶12 On September 5, 1995, Channel 4, KTVX, and Ms. Sawyers aired the first report about Dr. Jensen.[1] The report featured what it labeled "miracle diet pills" and asked "are doctors prescribing these pills too freely?" Ms. Sawyers told viewers that Dr. Jensen prescribed weight loss medications to her without examining her orasking if she had high blood pressure or diabetes, conditions which could be aggravated by the drugs Fastin and Pondimin. The broadcast also showed the hidden camera footage of Dr. Jensen admitting to Ms. Sawyers that he would be "willing to work" with her using Dexedrine, even though it was "technically not legal for that reason." The report concluded by showing a portion of Ms. Sawyers' interview with Mr. Robinson at DOPL. Mr. Robinson was shown telling Ms. Sawyers that the division was "very interested in" looking into Dr. Jensen's license. Ms. Sawyers told viewers that the "State Division of Licensing and the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency [have] both opened investigations into Dr. Jensen's prescribing practices."
¶13 The next day, Columbia FirstMed terminated Dr. Jensen's employment and Mountain View


The second broadcast also reviewed the assertion made in the first, specifically, that Dr. Jensen had offered to "work with" Ms. Sawyers on illegally prescribing her Dexedrine.
¶16 Later that year, Dr. Jensen settled the DOPL complaint. He admitted that he had "failed to comply with some of the requirements" of Utah's Controlled Substance Rules. Dr. Jensen agreed to a public reprimand, to meet quarterly with professional licensing board members for one year, and to complete courses on proper prescribing practices and medical ethics.

The Third Broadcast
¶17 KTVX aired a third broadcast on November 6, 1996. This broadcast highlighted problems with "questionable doctors" in Utah and gave viewers instructions to find out which Utah doctors had been disciplined or who had received complaints for unprofessional conduct. The broadcast named threethe trial court. First, they assert that the one-year statute of limitations that barred Dr. Jensen's defamation claims based on the first and second broadcasts should also bar his false light invasion of privacy claims.
¶25 Next, they challenge the jury's false light invasion of privacy verdict stemming from the third broadcast on the grounds that all of the information disclosed in the third broadcast concerned Dr. Jensen's professional affairs and was, therefore, not actionable as an invasion of privacy.
¶26 For similar reasons, defendants take issue with the verdict awarding Dr. Jensen damages for intrusion on seclusion and violations of Utah privacy protection statutes, insisting that Ms. Sawyers' surreptitious taping of Dr. Jensen did not take place under circumstances that amounted to an invasion of Dr. Jensen's privacy.
¶27 Fourth,


they were referred to him by a friend. Instead the reporters worked with the Los Angeles District Attorney's office to get information about the plaintiff's practice and take pictures, which led to his arrest. The reporters also used a hidden radio transmitter to transmit the dialogue to a van. The pictures and a story about the plaintiff were subsequently published in Life Magazine. The Ninth Circuit held that this constituted an invasion of the plaintiff's privacy, writing, "It can hardly be concluded that plaintiff's activities in his house, whether in the presence of one or several people, are activities in the public view for the purpose of publication."). At the same time, as the Sanders court noted, the concept of privacy "is not a binary all or nothingthat implicates a "constitutional rule." 466 U.S. at 509. A statement that earned the label of libelous thereby joined obscenity, fighting words, incitement to riot, and child pornography as a category of unprotected speech banished from the protective embrace of the First Amendment. Because, however, the risk that any particular statement might be consigned to an unprotected category by a judge or jury insufficiently attentive to the First Amendment's broad protection of even offensive, caustic, and inaccurate statements, an appellate court is duty bound to act in its role as the guardian of constitutional protections to undertake searching appellate review of judgments affecting speech.
¶93 Justice Harlan aptly made this point when he noted in the context of obscenity:
The Court seems to assume that "obscenity" is a peculiar genus


related to the third broadcast by noting that "Dr. Jensen testified at length regarding the patients who refused to see him, lost hospital privileges, and the cut in his hours which resulted in his need to leave the Art City Medical Clinic in search of work elsewhere, namely nursing homes," and "[t]hese damages occurred after the November broadcast." He argued that as a result of the third broadcast, "now he works in nursing homes billing Medicare and Medicaid, working longer hours, and being confronted with death everyday." However, the record does not support these assertions. Instead, the testimony cited by Dr. Jensen's counsel fails to link these economic events to the third broadcast. Moreover in his response to defendants' motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, Dr. Jensenargues that "Media Defendants misstate that Dr. Jensen's entire damage theory was based on his removal from IHC physicians' panel." Yet nowhere in this motion does Dr. Jensen demonstrate any tie between the third broadcast and economic damages.
¶108 Dr. Jensen also contends that economic losses were limited to the third broadcast through the testimony of Mr. Stuart that "because Dr. Jensen was forced into nursing home practice, he is currently making less money than he would have been making if he were still in private practice." Yet Dr. Jensen likened his move from private practice to nursing homes to his loss of IHC privileges after the first broadcast. It is true that Dr. Jensen left his position at the Art City Clinic after the third broadcast. However, he


was not terminated from that position. Instead, when his hours were decreased at the clinicpossibly as a result of the third broadcast Dr. Jensen voluntarily left the clinic and sought work in the nursing home field.

B. Plaintiff's Testimony and Exhibits
¶109 Dr. Jensen admitted that the greatest blow to his income was caused by loss of IHC privileges a year before the third story aired. On appeal, Dr. Jensen attempts to redirect the source of his economic misfortune to the third broadcast. Dr. Jensen argues that the third broadcast made inevitable his termination from the Art City Clinic. Seeing his involuntary separation from the clinic coming, Dr. Jensen resigned to take a less desirable and lower paying nursing home practice.
¶110 However, the record does not support Dr. Jensen's perceivedto establish actual malice. It surely falls short of indicating personal malice rising to the level of hatred or ill-will on the part of defendants against Dr. Jensen.
¶122 Our independent review of the testimony by Ms. Sawyers and station manager John Edwards persuades us that there is insufficient evidence from which we could conclude they did not hold an honest belief that Dr. Jensen had offered or promised her Dexedrine, which is illegal for use in weight loss. The interaction between Ms. Sawyers and Dr. Jensen does square with the Black's Law Dictionary definition of promise"The manifestation of an intention to act or refrain from acting in a specified manner that another is justified in understanding that a commitment has been made . . . ." Black's Law


had already been taken against physicians in this state." Ms. Sawyers acknowledged that she did not believe that Dr. Jensen's conduct was as bad as the other physician she identified in the story, nor was he, at that time in "Questionable Doctors." She explained that her reason for including him in the broadcast was that "[Dr. Jensen] was an example of a doctor who had been investigated by the Division of Professional Licensing." Investigations by DOPL into physician conduct form the basis and content for editions of the book "Questionable Doctors." Ms. Sawyers added that even if she had learned of the resolution of the DOPL charges against Dr. Jensen, she still "would have said he is the one we caught on camera offering me illegal drugs" becauseshe believed this to be true. She also testified that the process of editing and preparing the third broadcast was a time-intensive and highly evaluative process which, she insists supports her position that the content of the broadcast and her conduct were not, nor would have been, made with knowledge that the broadcast was untruthful.
¶125 While clearly an aberration from "fair and balanced" journalism, the content of third broadcast leaves us unconvinced that it was the product of actual malice. We therefore vacate the award of punitive damages on the third broadcast.

VII. DR. JENSEN'S CROSS-APPEAL
¶126 Dr. Jensen cross-appeals on the issue of fees. He argues that the trial court should have awarded him fees because his work on the claims substantially overlapped, because he did sufficiently allocate the


Potato, onion prices push up food inflation to 13.39 p.c.

The government on Thursday presented a more realistic picture of the price situation saying the inflation of food items shot up by 13.39 per cent during the week ended October 24 driven mainly by soaring prices of potato and onion.

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The only good thing about Obama's speech - and btw, is Obama paid by the word? - is that it will make entertaining reading the next time the Jews decide to make another unprovoked military attack on innocent civilians and the United States does nothing. The new 'weapons of mass destruction' is dubious reports of possible civilian deaths and possible future civilian massacres committed by the Libyan government (reports of massacres and atrocities by the rebels don't count, and don't even think about the civilian deaths caused by the Americans and their allies). Americans will lap up any war as long as it is accompanied by homilies about the unique morality of American slaughtering.

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"Assad's fall could deliver Lebanon to Iran and Hezbollah" I doubt reports that the Jews are behind the uprisings.

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The only good thing about Obama's speech - and btw, is Obama paid by the word? - is that it will make entertaining reading the next time the Jews decide to make another unprovoked military attack on innocent civilians and the United States does nothing. The new 'weapons of mass destruction' is dubious reports of possible civilian deaths and possible future civilian massacres committed by the Libyan government (reports of massacres and atrocities bythe rebels don't count, and don't even think about the civilian deaths caused by the Americans and their allies). Americans will lap up any war as long as it is accompanied by homilies about the unique morality of American slaughtering.

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One of the latest Ultrabooks to arrive at the CRN Test Center is the Samsung ATIV Book 9, one of a series of new ultraportables. We compare Samsung's new line with Apple's latest MacBook Air series, which launched June 10. It bears mention that Apple, always on the cutting edge, built its new line using a chip that was unveiled only a week


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Despite mounting concern over his own eligibility to assume the United States Presidency, former Senator Barack H. Obama (D-IL) is expected to nominate an ineligible person to be Secretary of State.

Obama, who has yet to provide legal proof of native birth, resigned from the Senate in November amid questions and lawsuits charging that he lacks the necessary qualifications to become President. Compounding his troubles was the Constitutional requirement that he could not hold both Executive and Legislative office at the same time.

But experts say that the same Constitutional Section (Article I, Section 6) requiring him to step down also precludes the appointment of a sitting Senator to a Cabinet post during the Senate term in which the post has had itsof whom lost their life savings in their fight to survive after 9/11.

He's also troubled by the uncertainty future first responders may face.

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William Deresiewicz was twenty-six when he first was introduced to the woman who would change his life. Jane Austen has taught William everything he knows about everything important and has made him the person he is today. But before he was an Austen scholar, William was a guy who looked down on Austen’s ‘chick lit’ and dreaded reading Emma in grad school. He was surprised to find wisdom in Austen’s words, and find a bit of himself in Emma. As he immerses himself in the world of Austen’s six novels, he finds that they share lessons that are relevant to his life. As he reflects on his life as he first discovered Jane Austen and how the books affected him, William explains how the important truths of lifeabout his life. I know a lot of people who are like the author who, as the book begins, is arrogant and confident in his opinions. To be honest, the author still seems to be arrogant but I liked him overall. It was interesting to see Austen from the perspective of someone who was prejudiced against her, and even didn’t like her work at first. Sometimes (especially towards the end) it felt like he was stretching things when tying each book with his life. While this is a simplified literary criticism, I enjoyed some of the author’s insights. The author is a professor, but you could tell that he wrote this book for people who don’t think like English majors. I found some of his ideas interesting, but


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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The moderator's chair on NBC's "Meet the Press" stood empty on Sunday in remembrance of Tim Russert, the man who had occupied it for 17 years.

The moderator's chair on NBC's "Meet the Press" stood empty Sunday in remembrance of Tim Russert. more photos »

As the show's host, Russert became a mainstay of television journalism's political talk.

He died Friday of apparent heart attack, according to the network. He was 58. The network said Russert collapsed while at work.

Colleague and former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw, who broke the news about the anchor's death, spoke on Sunday the familiar first four words of the news program, "Our issues this Sunday." He noted that those were the same words Russert had been recording for the show when he collapsedand died.

"Our issue this sad Sunday morning is remembering and honoring our colleague and friend," Brokaw said.

"He said he was only the temporary custodian," of this program, which he called a national treasure, Brokaw said. "Of course, he was so much more than all that."

Brokaw sat among some of Russert's other colleagues in the front of the show's set, including Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin and political analysts Mary Matalin and James Carville, who is also a CNN contributor.

"This is where you separated the men from the boys," said Matalin, who is married to Carville. "You weren't a candidate until you came on this show."

A montage of clips from past years showed various politicians -- former President Bill Clinton, President Bush, former presidential candidate Ross Perot, Homeland


Security Secretary Michael Chertoff -- sitting across the table from Russert. Watch politicians, journalists pay homage to Russert »

Some showed the politicians as they squirmed.

"Look, I was asked -- I shouldn't have said that," New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said on the show in May 2007.

Richardson had appeared on the show as part of the "Meet the Candidates 2008" series, and was grilled by Russert about his contradictory positions on numerous issues.

"So you're - I've been in public life for 25 years, you're going to find a lot of these; it seems you found them all here," he said, smiling somewhat sheepishly.

"I'm just trying to set the record and trying to give you a chance to respond, which is fair," Russert had responded.

In another clip at the endof an April 2006 show, Sen. John McCain told Russert, "I haven't had so much fun since my last interrogation."

Russert had appeared as an unlikely icon for television news, with his cherubic face and dimpled chin, but he was a prolific interviewer and tireless journalist, one with an intimidating breadth of political knowledge and insight.

"It was a very easy show to prepare for in the sense that you knew he was not going to ask you any questions out of left field; you knew his thing was going to be entitlements, you knew his thing was going to be past statements, you knew where he was coming from," Carville said Sunday of "Meet the Press."

Matalin countered: "It was simple in the fact that there was no 'gotcha,' but


it was not easy. Because you had to be 10 questions deep, because he was going to be 12 questions deep."

As news of his death hit the airwaves and Internet, tributes rolled in -- with nearly everyone praising his prowess as a journalist and as an interviewer.

Bush, in a written statement, called Russert "a tough and hardworking newsman."

"He was always well-informed and thorough in his interviews," Bush said. "And he was as gregarious off the set as he was prepared on it."

Longtime CBS news anchor Walter Cronkite said, "Broadcast journalism lost one of its greats today. Tim Russert was a giant in our field -- a standard-bearer of journalistic integrity and ethics. His masterful interviews and roundtable discussions are legendary. This is a tragic loss for journalism andfor all who were privileged to know him."

But colleagues who knew him best also praised his warmth, and described him as a mentor.

"I think it's so poignant that we're talking about Tim on Father's Day because he was a father to so many of us," said California first lady Maria Shriver, who once worked for NBC.

On Friday, NBC chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell said, "He was always teaching each of us to be as rigorous as he was in looking at all the facts, examining everything and then being as balanced and fair and down-the-middle as anyone could possibly be."

Washingtonian Magazine once dubbed Russert the best and most influential journalist in Washington, D.C., describing "Meet the Press" as "the most interesting and important hour on television."

In 2008,


Time Magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. His two books -- 2004's "Big Russ and Me" and 2006's "Wisdom of Our Fathers" -- were both New York Times bestsellers.Here is the worst response to the Ray Rice domestic violence incident yet:

Ex South Carolina Republican operative, Todd Kincannon took to Twitter on Sept. 9 to post an utterly tone-deaf reaction to the TMZ video showing NFL athlete Ray Rice knocking unconcious his then-fiancee Janay Palmer. While the Tweet has since been taken down, it wasn't before someone took a screenshot of the tweet in which Kincannon vilifies the victim by saying that the "dumb bitch" got what she deserved for starting the whole mess.

Kincannon's gross display of misogyny did not stop there. He decided to post more defamatory and chauvinistic statements regarding domestic violence:

In contrast to the national outcry over the Ray Rice scandal that ensued after the video's emergence, Kincannon chose to take the road less


his sights on Wendy Davis, the Texas Democrat who is currently in the midst of running her underdog campaign to become the next governor of the Lone Star State."

Kincannon's attacks leave no stone unturned, taking down people for being poor or liberal or for any sort of general flaw he sees in people online – his latest stunt is to take down a woman online for posting a picture that he claims show her with herpes.

The takeaway: Kincannon is full of vitriol and hate. He degraded what is at the heart of the Ray Rice domestic violence incident and has no remorse for it. Domestic violence is a serious issue layered with complexities, all of which has gone right over Kincannon's head.

Kincannon isn't the only GOP-member to takea poor stance on the issue. Republicans lined up to oppose the expansion of the Violence Against Women Act in 2013, which brought to light the GOP's apathy of violence against women. Kincannon's response coupled with the Republican indifference is a prime example of how the left's rhetoric on the issue needs a serious overhaul.

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I went to both the trade and consumer tastings. It was quite sobering. This was the first year I felt irrelevant in the kosher wine world. Royal now has a stable of top quality reds, and their higher end Chards have real character. Of the wines I tasted, there was little even remotely bad by any standard, among the main tables, with the possible exception of the Pacifica wines and Goose Bay regular Pinot (which were not bad in a winemaking sense, but rather totally unexciting and wimpy), and much of the French, and there was quite a bit to like or love. Mind you, I stayed away from entry level wines, for the most part. Even the Goose Bay reserve Pinot had decent character, and their Sauvignon/Fumethe voluntary sector in Canada

Orders of Reference

A committee’s order of reference is the Order of the Senate that authorizes it to examine a bill or to undertake a special study. Most committees require an order of reference before they can undertake such work. Three standing committees do, however, have permanent orders of reference, allowing them to undertake their work without waiting for a specific order of reference. These are the Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament (responsible for proposing amendments to the rules of the Senate, examining questions of privilege and consideration of the orders and customs of the Senate and privileges of Parliament), the Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration (responsible for the financial and administrative matters relating to the internal management of


expanding the tax base."

The water system grant was awarded to the Petroleum Valley Regional Water Authority, which represents every impacted municipality in the Petrolia area. The grant allows the authority to move forward with bidding and construction of the new system. The grant will cover the cost of installing a booster pump station, storage tank and distribution system totaling nearly 30 miles, including a 1,000-foot crossing under the Allegheny River. The construction phase is expected to last 12 to 15 months.by the presence of seven US military bases, the large-scale, long-term takeover by foreign multi-nationals of the country’s mineral and energy resources and the protection of indigenous and afro-Colombian communities from environmental depredation. The April meeting has been proceeded by mass gatherings, organized by popular councils, intent on breaking military, paramilitary and the landlords political machines’ control over the electorate.

There is good reason to believe that this political movement will succeed where others failed, in large part because of the width and breadth of the participants, the growing co-operation and unity in common struggles for land reform, participatory democracy, and near universal opposition to US backed militarism and the neo-liberal free trade agreement.

International Perspectives: A Promising Context

Never has the international climate, especially in Latin America, been so favorable


for the growth of Colombia ’s popular democratic initiative and the eventual political success of this “movement of movements”.

Throughout most of South America and the Caribbean a favorable historic moment ofregional autonomy has taken organizational form, backed by almost all the major countries in the region. ALBA( Bolivarian Alternative for Latin America) links a dozen Caribbean and Andean countries in a pact of regional integration led by the dynamic, democratic, anti-imperialist government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. UNASUR,(Union of South American Nations) MERCOSUR(Common Southern Market) and other regional organizations, are expressions of the growing political and economic independence of Latin America and a rejection of the US dominated OAS(Organization of American States). In practical terms, the growth of these independent regional organizations has meant a rejection of USColombia torealistically develop a new alternative development model centered on greater social equity.

The dynamic growth of Asian markets, especially China , provides Latin America with a historic opportunity to diversify its markets, increase trade and secure favorable prices for its exports. The advantage of Asian trade relations is that they are not encumbered by subversion by the CIA and the Pentagon – they are based on strictly mutually beneficial economic relations and non-intervention in the internal relations of each country. The diversification of trade is well advanced: China has replaced the US and the EU as the principle trading partner of Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru and the list is growing as Asia rapidly expands at over 8% and the US-EU economies wallow in recession.

Latin America is no longer


the so called Washington Consensus of 1996,and limited the freedom of action of an independent popular government, today, a free and independent Colombia would have an immensely more favorable international, political and economic environment.

The Decline of US Global Power

US influence is declining on a world scale: China and India have displaced the US as the major trading partners in Asia, Latin America, Africa and in major countries in the Middle East . Russia’s economy and military has recovered from the catastrophic pillage during the Yeltsin era and is pursuing an independent policy .This is evident in Russia’s military sales and petroleum agreements with Venezuela, its UN Security Council veto of the NATO backed mercenary assault of Syria and its closer ties with China.

Along with the emergence of agood life. In Greece , Spain , Portugal , Italy youth unemployment hovers between 35% to 50%; and overall unemployment approaches or exceeds 20%. In the EU and the US real unemployment and underemployment exceeds a quarter of the labor force.

Economic recession, financial crises and declining living and working conditions are the defining conditions of the US and Europe . In other words, the capitalist model in crises for five years offers no alternative for the great majority working in the ‘developed imperialist countries’ or the so-called “developing countries”.

This presents a golden ideological opportunity to demonstrate that a socialist society based on democratic participation is a viable alternative to crises ridden capitalism.

Class and National Struggles: The Emerging Reality

Throughout the world today, from Southern Europe to the Middle East,


from Asia to North America , mass popular revolts, have taken prime of place. General strikes, mass demonstration and street fighting rage in the capitals of Greece , Portugal and Italy . Mass democratic movements confront dictators in Egypt , Tunisia , Bahrain , and the Gulf States . ‘Occupy movements’ in the US and Spain spread to new countries, rejecting class based “austerity”. In the face of the recovery of profits at the expense of massive cuts in wages, public services, pensions, health care, new middle class sectors join the struggle.

Even in the high growth Asian capitalist countries, like China , the working class rebels against the inequalities and exploitation: over 200,000 strikes and protests in 2011 recall the popular rebellions of the Cultural Revolution against hierarchyand abuse. In summary the regional and world correlation of forces is very favorable to the emergence of a new dynamic unified political movement in Colombia . However, there are dangers and obstacles that need to be taken into account.

Obstacles and Challenges

The decline and decay of US power and influence does not lessen the dangers of direct Special Forces assassinations, indirect military intervention via local military proxies and economic destabilization.

Washington has developed a clandestine army of special forces, armed assassin operations, in 75 countries. The US retains 750 military bases around the world. As we saw in Honduras , the US still has leverage over the military and allies among the oligarchs to overthrow a progressive government. The US has a reserve army of local politicians and NGOs


ready to replace established dictators when they are overthrown.

Washington and NATO Europe provided air and naval support and supplied arms to local mercenaries and fundamentalists to overthrow independent leaders like Gadhafi in Libya.Today they provide arms to mercenaries to assault President Assad in Syria. The US and EU are building a military armada surrounding Iran and promoting economic sanctions to strangle its economy. More ominously Washington is encircling China and Russia with military bases ,missles and warships.

In other words, imperialism in economic decline still retains military options to deter the advance of a pluralist global political system. Imperial states do not surrender power unless they face unified regional alliances and, equally important, governments with united mass popular support.

The positive development of Latin American integration is a step towardcontributes to limiting the domination of the US, Colombian movements must also recognize the limitations and class contradictions of the ‘progressive’ countries in the region. Only Venezuela has pursued strong redistributive and nationalist policies.

The principle obstacles facing the new Colombian political movements are domestic: the entrenched oligarchy and its allies in the state, especially within the military and paramilitary forces. If the external environment is largely favorable, the internal political regime presents a formidable obstacle, especially the continued assassination of dozens of prominent trade union, peasant and human rights activists.

The de-militarization of civil society beginning with the dismantling of the US military bases, the discontinuation of Plan Colombia and the demobilization of the armed forces (over 300,000 plus private paramilitary gangs) are major steps toward opening political space


for the excrcise of democratic rights. The democratization of elections requires the termination of the state penetration and coercion of civil society.

The democratization of Colombia requires the growth of powerful independent social movements representing all popular sectors of Colombian society; judicial investigation and prosecution of ex narco-President Álvaro Uribe and his closest collaborators, for political homicides, needs to extend to the present Santos regime. The recent “free trade agreement” between Obama and Santos must be repudiated as it is an obstacle to domestic development and deepening more promising economic relations with Venezuela and the rest of Latin America and Asia.

Above all over 4 million displaced Colombians, forcibly dispossessed by the Uribe regime, must be mobilized to repossess their lands and provided with credit, loans and an opportunity toescape their current misery and squalor.

Colombia ’s current rulers cannot point to a single example of a successful neo-liberal model in Europe, Latin America or the United States . Neo-liberal Mexico and Central America are over-run by drug cartels,with 80,000 plus homicides over the past 5 years and the lowest growth rates in the region. The US economy stagnates with over 20% un and underemployed. The European Union is on the verge of disintegration. Clearly Marx’s critique of growing capitalist immiseration is being confirmed. It is time for the new political movements to consider a “Colombian road to socialism” built on public ownership of the commanding heights of the economy, agrarian reform, sustainable agriculture,and environmental protection under democratic control.

It is in this spirit of optimism and critical analysis


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starting in 1989.

But Faour concludes it's doubtful whether that priest, who can't be named under a publication ban, would have fully understood or believed the boys who reported similar horrors decades before.

"I do not doubt that the disclosures were made," Faour wrote, but said they must be put in historical context.

"The testimony and statements provided indicate only seven disclosures out of potentially hundreds of confessions heard by the priest during the relevant period."

"Several of the witnesses, including the plaintiffs, confirmed in their testimony that they were not even certain how to describe what had happened to them. All of them also indicated that it was unlikely they would be believed."

Judge cites context of the times

Faour concludes any duty to act must also be taken in the context ofever assessed by a Canadian judge.

The other three plaintiffs would have received amounts ranging from $80,000 to just over $415,000. They can't be named under a publication ban.

The judgment was a long time coming. A 31-day trial wrapped up in December 2016 as lawyers sought a total of $8 million in damages for the four lead plaintiffs in a civil lawsuit.

It alleged Roman Catholic church officials did nothing to stop the often sadistic sexual and physical attacks by Christian Brothers who preyed on vulnerable boys at the once-iconic orphanage in St. John's.

Mount Cashel was closed in 1990 and torn down two years later.

Mount Cashel, operated by the Christian Brothers, closed in 1990. (CBC)

Court heard how one plaintiff suffered as a brother beat him in the shower using a


on religious life sponsored by the Archdiocese of Naples on Wednesday.

He said, “The crisis experienced by certain religious communities, especially in Western Europe and North America, reflects the more profound crisis of European and American society. All this has dried up the sources that for centuries have nourished consecrated and missionary life in the church.”

“The secularized culture has penetrated into the minds and hearts of some consecrated persons and some communities, where it is seen as an opening to modernity and a way of approaching the contemporary world,” the cardinal added.

In November last year, Cardinal Rodé forthrightly said that it is feminism that has created the crisis in the religious orders. In an interview with Vatican Radio, he said he had been “alerted” by an unnamed representative ofare an enigma in themselves. Wetting the Sand: While wetting the sand, remember to one of which is paintings.

Born in Stony Brook, New York, Schweers graduated from the Ringling College of Art and Design and now lives in Annapolis. Her oil paintings are inspired by the complex simplicity of nature and our abstract views of the world. Meet the artist the opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday. Maryland Hall has opened three exhibitions that will be on display through June 30, with a reception for all three exhibits and Artist in Residence Open Studios from 5:30 to 7 p.m. May 11: Chaney Gallery: "Atelier Four: Recent etchings by Amy Georgia Buchholz, Bruce Muirhead, Jake Muirhead, and William Salzillo". The four printmakers create and exhibit together, and


are primarily based at Hamilton College. They view their output as a collective body of work playing off one another in technique, approach and content. Martino Gallery: "Freedom of Nature" by Maryland's First Lady, Yumi Hogan. Hogan's work "interprets the abstract vision of nature's harmony." Openshaw Gallery: "Youth and Milk & Honey" showcases recent photography by the Maggie Gialamas.

Related: Paul Keating says Australia's sycophancy to US damaging its own interests Abbotts intervention follows Turnbull signalling during a lightning visit to Iraq and Afghanistan for Anzac Day commemorations that Australia may build on its current role training military personnel if the US requests it. The former prime minister also used the opportunity of the radio interview to observe that his former chief of staff, Peta Credlin, would make anideal candidate in the event she wanted to enter federal parliament just not in Kelly ODwyers Victorian seat of Higgins. The controversy around ODwyer , the revenue minister, who is currently on maternity leave, has rolled on for several days and was kicked off by news that a group of millionaire Victorian party members wanted to draft Credlin to challenge ODwyer in Higgins. The plan to challenge ODwyers preselection was retribution for the ministers role in overhauling superannuation policy and implementing changes affecting the wealthy. Credlin has said she doesnt intend to challenge ODwyer but she has given comfort to criticism about the governments superannuation changes. On Wednesday, Abbott said the factional brawl in Victoria around the putative preselection challenge was tacky but he shared a glowing character


'silt', so that it's and Henri Rousseau is sculptor for hire some of the personalities who were included among his friends in Paris. The first ever known portrayal of Lady Justice blindfolded is the and tie it with a knot. The Greek Goddess themes holds the scales in her right hand, but Steel sculptor there are also numerous versions of Lady Justice holding size, collecting more water vapour on their way.

The sport's governing body put forward an improved offer, but the Australian Cricketers' Association called it a "win" for administrators, but a "loss" for cricket. CA has offered total potential pay for all players, including guaranteed and performance elements, of Aus$419 million over the next five-years, an increase of 35 percent. Men who represent Australia at international levelto enter that game over the next five years". Instead, the union proposed a modernised revenue sharing model with a "22.5/22.5/55 split of agreed revenue share to grassroots cricket, the players and CA respectively". CA chief James Sutherland said he was disappointed, but remained confident a deal could be struck before the current deal expires at the end of June.

Picking Convenient Systems For Wood Sculptor

Makoare, whose notable film roles include Hollywood films like James Bond'sDie Another Dayalongside Halle Berry and theLord of the Ringstrilogies has gone back to his first love, wood sculpting. "I fell into acting by mistake, so it's not something I studied for or went into drama school for. I started carving when I was 14 and that's when I fell in love with it,"


he says. He contemplated walking out of his last movie, the Maoriaction box office hit,The Dead Lands. "I was totally missing being creative. We had a film to finish, and as soon as we finished that film I made a decision to go back to it". Makoare is one of around 10 artists to attend Kawerau's Woodfest in the eastern Bay wood sculptor of Plenty, taking part in a carving symposium. The week-long carving conference attracts carvers from all over the country, showcasing their works of art in front of an audience. They live like nomads, swapping the comforts of home for a more rustic way of living. "They can be worse than kids and they're not used to cleaning up after themselves, you have to follow themto gain unfair advantage and deceive customers both in Europe and abroad. It would surely help to free the market of unfair competition.
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(HU) Thank you very much. It was a shocking experience to enter the Gaza Strip and come face to face with the everyday consequences of the occupation and blockade. 80% of the population is unemployed, the Israelis cut off the electricity and water supplies from time to time, many people only get to eat once a day, and the vast majority of the population have not been able to leave an area smaller than Budapest for years. As an Israeli professor said, Gaza is a prison, and its residents are prisoners from whom it is difficult to expect rational behaviour.
At the same time, it is