Stand Up for Children (Workshop)

Part of Halifax Comedy Festival

Please note: this event has already taken place.

In The Workshop

Stand-up for children is a Halifax first! Stand-up isn't normally thought of as entertainment for children, but there is a growing movement dedicated to introducing young people to the joys and playfulness of stand-up comedy. Why should the kids miss out on one of the world's most popular forms of theatre and entertainment?The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued a final rejection of the French study linking genetically modified (GM) maize and Roundup herbicide with increased cancer risk, saying it had serious defects and failed to meet scientific standards.

“The authors’ conclusions cannot be regarded as scientifically sound because of inadequacies in the design, reporting and analysis of the study as outlined in the paper,” EFSA said in a statement.

EFSA’s final evaluation of the paper – in line with evaluations from six member states – comes two months after a team of researchers led by Professor Gilles-Eric Séralini of the University of Caen sparked a global fracas by linking GM maize and Roundup herbicide consumption with increased incidence of tumours in rats in a paper published in Food and Chemical


In his three-year career, New England Patriots guard Joe Thuney has often shown up when it matters most. His rookie campaign was full of the expected pitfalls most young offensive linemen endure, and up until the Super Bowl that season, he had surrendered the third-most quarterback pressures (47) among guards.

But then New England’s matchup with the Atlanta Falcons was suddenly on the doorstep, and Thuney either had to grow up fast or get eaten alive by the Falcons’ defensive line in primetime. He chose the former.

He outshined all expectations, playing all 99 snaps while allowing just two pressures and no sacks in a furious comeback attempt that eventually proved successful. He subsequently earned a season-high grade (75.9) for his efforts.

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As depicted in the "Soaked in Bleach" trailer premiere above, one of the main proponents of the latter theory is Tom Grant, a former police detective-turned-private investigator hired by Cobain's wife, Courtney Love. In the days before Cobain's body was discovered on April 8, 1994, Love hired Grant to locate her missing husband.

[Related: Nirvana's Top 10 Songs, 20 Years After Cobain's Death]

Grant soon realized the story "just didn't add up," as he says


in the trailer. "This woman's husband had just been found dead, and there didn't seem to be any sadness whatsoever. And there was more to this than what I was being told."

Grant discovered so many "red flags" — alleged time discrepancies involved in the investigation, disturbing phone recordings from Love, inconsistencies in Cobain's suicide note — that the man Love hired to find her husband ultimately ended up accusing her of foul play, which she has denied over the years.

The name of the film is a reference to the second verse of Nirvana's "Come as You Are," written by Cobain: "Come doused in mud, soaked in bleach, as I want you to be." Like many of Cobain's lyrics, the meaning is ripe for interpretation. But if read inOur new issue, “After Bernie,” is out now. Our questions are simple: what did Bernie accomplish, why did he fail, what is his legacy, and how should we continue the struggle for democratic socialism? Get a discounted print subscription today !

At the end of April, the brutal attack on Stanislav Serhienko attracted attention in Ukraine and internationally. The left-wing activist and student was ambushed near his home in broad daylight. Two unknown assailants beat and stabbed him, leading to hospitalization and surgery. Serhienko had publicly criticized both Russia-backed separatists and the Ukrainian army, which had allied with far-right battalions in the war in the country’s east. He also spoke out against the Ukrainian state’s nationalistic agenda, namely the Institute of National Memory and its head Volodymyr Viatrovych. During


the 2013–14 Maidan protests, Serhienko belonged to Borotba, a leftist, Euroskeptic organization. The group gained influence during the Antimaidan demonstrations in Kharkiv before its leaders backed the pro-Russian rebels and separatist movements. At that moment, Serhienko and other activists ended their involvement. Nevertheless, the right-wing media enthusiastically spread photographic evidence of his participation after he was spotted at an anti-austerity action in September 2016. His sudden notoriety sparked a wave of online bullying and physical harassment that culminated in the bloody attack. While it remains unclear who actually attacked him, most agree that the assault was an instance of far-right violence: it took place on April 20 (Adolph Hitler’s birthday), the attackers filmed it , and they did not rob their victim. The day after the attack, thean unarmed student.

Bad Cop Unfortunately, this gruesome case fits right into Ukrainian politics today. Far-right violence has been rising for the past seven years, intensifying after the Svoboda party first entered parliament in 2012. Despite having played an important role in the Euromaidan protests of 2013–14, the far right actually lost ground in the 2014 parliamentary elections — Svoboda won only six seats, compared to thirty-seven two years prior. After this electoral failure, these nationalist forces resorted to more violent means of political participation, both online and in the streets. They do not restrict their animus for the Left: journalists and activists from across the political spectrum have become victims of threats, harassment, and violence. Two high-profile murder cases illustrate this point. In April 2015, journalist and writer


broadcasting license. Apart from media sources with supposedly pro-Russian views, the Ukrainian far right also targets opposition social movements, especially those that express antiwar views or criticize the country’s nationalist agenda. Right-wing militants have attacked both peaceful, antifascist demonstrations and conservative events. In 2016, a memorial march for Anastasia Baburova and Stanislav Markelov, the Crimean journalist and Russian human rights advocate (respectively) killed by neo-Nazis in 2009, was interrupted by counterprotesters believed to be connected to the original murders. That same year, the far right sabotaged the “Ukrainians Choose Peace” gathering, which the Union of Orthodox Women, a conservative organization, had planned. Human rights demonstrations, such as LGBT or feminist marches, also face disruption and violence. Last year, organizers of the Lviv “Equality Festival” — a series ofnegatively affected the country’s economy, which depends on coal from the east. The prime minister estimated that it could cost Ukraine up to 1 percent of GDP annual rise and bring the energy sector to the brink of collapse. Despite this, the National Security and Defense Council supported the action, and the state is now carrying it out. The far right also engaged in clashes on May 9, Victory Day, in cities across the country. Hoping to avoid images of violence from spreading to international — and especially Russian — media, the state wanted to keep far-right discontent as peaceful as possible, but, when the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists started throwing smoke bombs at the march-goers from their office, the police raided the building. As officers tried to


gruesome battery, torture, kidnapping, rape, and child molestation. The far right presented the rogue paramilitaries as political prisoners and staged protests during the trial. Supporters, including at least one MP, hurled tires at the court. Nonetheless, all twelve combatants were found guilty. The group’s leader received the harshest sentence – eleven years in prison and three hundred dollars in court fees. Four militants received only probationary sentences. Another open conflict between the government and the far right broke out in Mukachevo, a town on the Hungarian border. There, the Right Sector served as oligarch Viktor Baloha’s hired militia in a dispute over the control of contraband. After gunfire began, the ministry of internal affairs intervened to put an end to the confrontation. Court proceedings are ongoing, but theThe Dow Jones industrial average (INDU), S&P 500 (SPX) and Nasdaq (COMP) futures were little changed ahead of the opening bell. Stock futures indicate the possible direction of the markets when they open at 9:30 a.m. ET.

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Three men were killed when a car exploded in Pennsylvania's third largest city Saturday night, drawing a massive response from local and federal law enforcement to what was dubbed a "criminal incident."

At a news conference Sunday afternoon, authorities repeatedly described the explosion in Allentown as an "isolated incident." Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin said investigators had a "high degree of confidence that the perpetrator was probably killed."

There was no immediate word on the identities of the victims, nor was there any explanation of a possible motive or cause of the blast. Investigators said they did not believe there was any additional threat to the community.

The explosion happened at approximately 9:30 p.m. on a downtown street and could be heard and felt across the city located about 60miles northwest of Philadelphia.

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Being on a "pause" from writing, I've been reading quite a bit. One of the books I read last week was Sara Zarr's Story of a Girl, Sara's debut novel.

As the novel opens, we learn that three years ago, Deanna Lambert was caught in flagrante delicto with Tommy Weber in the back of his Buick. By her father, who has since refused to meet her eyes or speak with her, despite her numerous attempts to apologize. As she lives and attends school in the small town of Pacifica, California, everyone in her school quickly learns about the incident, with various false slants by Tommy, and hence she's considered a slut, notwithstanding that Tommy was her one and only trysting partner. And that he's been overchoice she did in the first place -- not for love, certainly -- and why she hasn't been able to let it go. Her yearning for a return to a happy relationship with her father, who she remembers from the time before he was layed off from the job he loved (long before Tommy's Buick), permeates the book. Her yearning to feel worthy of love and respect will ring true with teen readers, even if they haven't experienced Deanna's particular losses. And that particular desire extends to her relationships with everyone else around her -- her brother and his girlfriend, who have a young child together; her friend Jason, who she introduced to her one true girlfriend, Lee, the two of whom are now dating; and even Tommy


starts to move forward into the rest of her life.

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

"I promise this to the people of Darfur: the United States will not avert our eyes from a crisis that challenges the conscience of the world." President George W. Bush.

From the AP:

The sanctions target government-run companies involved in Sudan's oil industry, and three individuals, including a rebel leader suspected of being involved in the violence in Darfur.

"For too long the people of Darfur have suffered at the hands of a government that is complicit in the bombing, murder and rape of innocent civilians," the president said. "My administration has called these actions by their rightful name: genocide.

Friday, May 25, 2007

With Memorial Day weekend here in the United States, accompanied by warm weather almost country-wide, folks willColin Firth in the 1995 P&P). And with each failed actual romance, she drifts ever further into her fantasy world. When her great-aunt sniffs out Jane's obsession, poor Jane is left feeling as if she's been caught outdoors in her knickers. And when that great-aunt's legacy to Jane is an all-expense paid trip to Austenland, a three-week playacting/wish fulfillment place in England, Jane debates whether to go or not.

And I am so happy that she chose to go, where she exchanged her everyday panties for a set of cotton drawers, and traded her jeans for an empire-waist gown. Now known as Jane Erstwhile, she's expected to spend her time in character as a Regency era heroine, although with a comfy mattress and working bathroom facilities. Two other "young"


sing of greater things". Taken together, I believe that Wordsworth took his earlier nature poem about rejoicing in nature, and started thinking more carefully about the two ideas raised in the poem -- rejoicing in nature, and the idea that childhood influences later adulthood. Certainly those are topics explored in "Intimations of Immortality".

The Ode is essentially in three parts. Stanzas I through IV, which were written at least two years before the remainder of the poem, convey the poet's wistful sense that something has been lost. Stanzas V through VIII speak of resistence to the idea of growth or aging. Stanzas IX through XI reflect the acceptance of what remains, that there is still beauty in the world, and "strength in what remains behind": sympathy, empathy, faith and&emsp And by the vision splendid&emsp &emsp Is on his way attended;At length the Man perceives it die away,And fade into the light of common day.

VIEarth fills her lap with pleasures of her own;Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind;And, even with something of a Mother's mind,&emsp And no unworthy aim,&emsp The homely Nurse doth all she canTo make her Foster-child, her Inmate Man,&emsp Forget the glories he hath known,And that imperial palace whence he came.

VIIBehold the Child among his new-born blisses,A six years' Darling of pigmy size!See, where 'mid work of his own hand he lies,Fretted by sallies of his mother's kisses,With light upon him from his father's eyes!See, at his feet, some little plan or chart,Some fragment from his dream of human life,Shaped by himself


with newly-learnèd art;&emsp A wedding or a festival,&emsp A mourning or a funeral;&emsp &emsp And this hath now his heart,&emsp And unto this he frames his song:&emsp &emsp Then will he fit his tongueTo dialogues of business, love, or strife;&emsp But it will not be long&emsp Ere this be thrown aside,&emsp And with new joy and prideThe little Actor cons another part;Filling from time to time his 'humorous stage'With all the Persons, down to palsied Age,That Life brings with her in her equipage;&emsp As if his whole vocation&emsp Were endless imitation.

I hope you enjoyed the reference to Shakespeare's As You Like It in the seventh stanza, to the little Actor playing parts on a humorous stage. It's a reference the soliloquy which begins "All the world's a stage",nature and the divine. At least, that's my reading of it. The middle four stanzas deal almost exclusively with the aging process and its effect on the soul. Stanza number 9, the longest stanza of the Ode by far, represents the "turn" in this work, where Wordsworth takes all the "facts" he's presented, and begins to make his "argument", that even with things fallen away, he can raise songs of thanks and praise knowing that somewhere in him is a soul that remains connected to the source from whence it came. Stanzas 10 and 11 return to nature and to appreciation for nature,

One more quote from the poem, the tenth stanza of which includes these lines:

What though the radiance which was once so brightBe now for ever taken


from my sight,&emsp Though nothing can bring back the hourOf splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower;&emsp We will grieve not, rather find&emsp Strength in what remains behind;&emsp In the primal sympathy&emsp Which having been must ever be;&emsp In the soothing thoughts that spring&emsp Out of human suffering;&emsp In the faith that looks through death,In years that bring the philosophic mind.

Yes, movie-lovers, this portion of the poem is quoted in the movie, Splendor in the Grass, starring Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty. It is also, in many respects, the key point Wordsworth makes in the entire Ode.

According to many sources (including Harold Bloom), this poem is one of the most important poems in the English language. At the very least it was tremendously influential over afound wedged behind the woodpile where she'd attempted suicide, stays with me because of Hemphill's poem, which describes not only the scene, but also how Sylvia's body betrayed her -- she'd taken the pills, but vomited.

My 14-year old daughter, S, caved in to my pressure to look at it. She read the first poem and was okay with it. She read the second and third, then considered putting the book down, because it's all in poetry, and she's not usually that into reading a lot of poetry (I know, I know -- the irony of it all). But she couldn't let the book go. Those three poems had been enough to hook her into reading a little more. And then she couldn't put the book down. And when


she was done with it, S, like her mother, was blown away by the writing as well as the story.

So, on this sunny, breezy Monday morning in May, my pick for Wicked Cool Overlooked Book is Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath by Stephanie Hemphill.

Friday, May 04, 2007

Late in the day, but just on time for the season, here are two poems by Robert Herrick, a 17th-century English poet (not to be confused with the American novelist Robert Herrick, who lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries).

First, one written in iambic pentameter using rhymed couplets from Hesperides, a work dedicated to Charles, Prince of Wales (later King Charles II).

The Argument of his Book.

I sing of Brooks, of Blossomes, Birds, and Bowers:Of April, May,outside beneath the October stars and hold hands in the cold, cold air. The dim light from neighbor's windows wishes us well. No cars drive by because there aren't that many people in Eastbrook, Maine driving around at eleven, a sad fact but true.

The repetition of cold in the second sentence is echoed throughout the rest of the scene, and serves as a reminder of the coldness creeping into Belle's life as her perfect boyfriend unravels their relationship -- the relationship that started in 8th grade. The "ever-after" kind of relationship that first love brings.

The book takes place in the span of a single week. On Saturday night, Dylan breaks the news (and Belle's heart). On Sunday, Belle and her best friend Emily (Em) talk it over. By


Monday, word of Dylan's sexual preference is all over this small Maine town, and by midweek, Dylan's being threatened and Belle is being bullied because her exboyfriend turned out to be gay -- she's called a "fag hag", among other things. But along the way, Belle receives steady support from Em and from Tom Tanner, yummy soccer star and son of the police chief. And Belle learns that saintly Dylan wasn't so saintly after all (which is where my personal dissonance with the backcopy comes from) and that most people are essentially good (including some of the adults in the book -- most notably her science and German teachers). The novel concludes on the following Friday night at a school dance.

The actual story is about how Belle getsPreserving presidential history

Manuscripts, mementoes of national leaders are on display this holiday weekend

Joe Baldwin's experience with U.S. presidents started early. On a cold and rainy March 4, 1933, his parents brought him to Franklin Roosevelt's first inaugural parade.

Lifting him up above the crowd, they hoped the toddler would be able to catch a glimpse of the man who later became America's longest-serving leader.

Baldwin turned a casual interest in American presidents into a passion years later in Palo Alto, in 1980. He began collecting presidential autographs and correspondence, starting with an original George Washington letter he bid on at Sotheby's, the New York auction house.

Though he said his active collecting days are over, the fruits of his decades of accumulation will be on display this President's Day weekend at


All Saints Episcopal Church in Palo Alto. The signatures of all 44 U.S. presidents, along with letters, notes and other assorted manuscripts, will be available for public perusal.

"It's a labor of love," he said of the free exhibition, which will have the presidential artifacts arranged in reverse chronological order so that visitors can "step back in time" from Barack Obama all the way back to George Washington.

"I hope people get an appreciation for history — and some of the same awe and wonderment I get that it is possible to see this stuff," he said.

The "crown jewel" of Baldwin's presidential collection is a 1799 letter from George Washington — sent via John Adams from Washington's home in Mount Vernon, Va. — to a European military officer who askedpaid for a letter James Madison wrote toward the end of his life, in which the arthritis-suffering fourth president characterized himself as "old and sick."

Baldwin, a Palo Alto resident since 1973, was born in the nation's capital, grew up partially in Virginia, graduated from George Washington High School and returned to the commonwealth for law school. He admitted he is partial to "all the Virginians"; standout Virginia-born presidents include Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe and James Madison.

Madison also holds a special appeal for Stanford University professor Jack Rakove, who is currently working on a book about him. He said historical artifacts such as those in Baldwin's collection "connect us directly to the past; knowing they physically hand-signed those documents is a great stimulus to the historical imagination," he


said.

"We historians get used to it after a while, but we still have some fun."

Madison is particularly intriguing to Rakove because, although he is often maligned as a poor statesman, he was quite popular upon leaving office, he said.

"Americans understood that Madison tried to wage the war (of 1812) constitutionally," rather than try to gain greater executive power. The conflict between the Constitution and presidential power remains an issue today, Rakove said.

The modern presidents, too, are present in Baldwin's personal collection in various ways. A note from Ronald Reagan to a friend is signed, simply, "Ron," while a 1969 Gerald Ford letter, dating from his time as House Minority Leader, assures a Grand Rapids, Mich., constituent that then-President Richard Nixon is an "honorable man." That same "honorable" manthat it undertook a fair, open, rigorous and transparent procurement process following the best international practices in this field. However, the decision to award the contract to an international bidder has come under fire from Unifor and Quebec politicians who would prefer to have seen a Canadian supplier win. In defence, VIA claims that the Siemens bid was far superior to all other bids in schedule, quality and price. Meanwhile, Bombardier Canada has benefited from numerous orders for its highly successful bi-level commuter equipment, both from Canadian and US transit agencies, including an order for up to 999 cars for New Jersey Transit worth as much as $3.6 billion, clearly demonstrating that Canadian workers also enjoy the advantages of bilateral trade in the rail industry.

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SALDANA
v.
UNITED STATES.
No. 176.
Supreme Court of United States.
Argued March 20, 1961.
Decided April 3, 1961.
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT.
Stephen R. Reinhardt, acting under appointment by the Court, 364 U. S. 807, and Herbert A. Bernhard, by special leave of Court, pro hac vice, argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.
Solicitor General Cox argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Acting Assistant Attorney General Foley, Beatrice Rosenberg and Theodore George Gilinsky.
John T. McTernan, A. L. Wirin and Fred Okrand filed a brief for the American Civil Liberties Union, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.
PER CURIAM.
The petitioner was convicted on four counts of a five-count indictment charging offenses under the narcotics laws. 21 U. S.


in advantage despues, so that Carles Pérez and Jordi Alba added to a party in which there was only goals of left-handed. Arturo Vidal and Loren closed the marker with both derechazos to the square.

The culés learnt of his trip in Saint Mamés, and jumped to the lawn of the Camp Nou with win to eat to his rivals. In each balloon divided and in the pressure after loss bit to recover the spherical, what caused that the Andalusians were mere viewers of his attacks in the first compasses of the clash, in which little pudiero do more than defending .

The ones of house supported in Rafinha Alcántara and in his trident of left-handed to forget to Leo Messi, and soon accumulated dangerous occasions. Carles Pérez left onlyto Frenkie of Jong in the penalty spot and east controlled when it had it everything to shoot, and shortly after that they stole him the leather, Griezmann launched a shot poisoned that went out by little after touching in Sidnei. It repeated the one of Macon with a toneless attempt and centred, before it jumped the surprise in the City Condal.

In his first opportunity, the heliopolitanos atinaron in one against lethal of Nabil Fekir. Sergio Busquets failed a pass in the centre of the field -although afterwards resarció inflating to steal balloons- and Sergio Channels mounted the offensive, that accelerated Loren to leave only to the lionés. This advanced metres and did not leave intimidate by Gerard Hammered, and defined with a zurdazo crossed to surpass to


Marc-André ter Stegen.

The guion did not change after the target visitor, because the Barcelona continued dominating. They looked for roads of water in the defence bética and put fear to basic combinations in speed, but by moments did not attain to test to the cancerbero. Rafinha Attained it after the classical confined of Jordi Alba, but with Dani Martín already defeated, appeared Sidnei again in extremis to force a kickoff of corner.

In the arreón final of the venues arrived the first so much of Griezmann, that took out a spine in a party to frame. This time showed much more active and integrated the Frenchman, that took advantage of a played launched of his to finish a pass hammered of Sergi Roberto. There was suspense because it struckwith the blackhead and the goalkeeper touched before the leather rebasara the line of put, but at the end there was celebration of the terracing.

The left-handed lead to the Barça in the Camp Nou

It did not brake the Barça after the go through changing room, and in his exit in a torrent sentenced the crash. Three goals in ten minutes sufficed not to happen difficulties and so that the Estadi enjoyed with the golazos that were for coming, and with a Masia reverdecida with Carles Pérez and with Ansu Fati, that turned into the second debutante younger in all the history of the club. And it did it leaving details of quality and remaining ready to annotate.

Griezmann Left clear very soon that is had to be determinant, and


put to the Catalans in advantage. If it is not Leo Messi, the right has to be his band, because has the ideal profile to show to goal and finish, as it did in the played of the 2-1. It remained in the balcony of the area, stepped and launched a shot with thread in front of which could not answer the archer, to the that touched him take out the balloon of the meshes.

Shortly after a special celebration, the thrilled Carles Pérez premièred with the first team, in a second half in which it noticed him something anxious for marking. Another left-handed and another confined from the right, with a diagonal in which it resisted the pressure of his mark to plant with a finish soft andraso the 3-1 in the electronic.

Still there was time for more, and is that Jordi Alba also wanted to say his. The enésimo theft advanced of Busquets turned into a pass of gold for the left side, that advanced metres, look for to Messi, and as it did not see him opted for kicking to goal, with an attempt bitten that certified that this traced back went to finish with three points in the zurrón.

After the festival of left-handed appeared two derechazos to the square, work of Arturo Vidal and Loren and practically followed. It had raised the Barça the foot of the accelerator and took advantage of it to breathe the Betis, although first it carried another reverse of the Chilean and afterwards applauded with affection a


zapatazo from the distance of the malagueño, that put the brooch of gold to a duel of a lot of carats.

Between chispazos of quality and illusion passed the last minutes, adorned for a champion that already knows that it is to win in LaLiga. It remains a lot of work for revalidate the title, but this time the debuts of Carles Pérez, Ansu Fati or Junior Firpo, that had some minutes in front of which went his club, separated all the demas. First victory and triumph for the hope in the Camp Nou.#BookReview - The Moon Inside

Ella loved the daytime - the fun things she could do, the birds chirping, and the bright sunshine. Best of all, her favorite color, yellow, was everywhere during the day. But every night when darkness came, Ella grew afraid.

Each evening, as darkness approached, Ella would lead her mother from room to room, and turn on as many lights as she could. It was her attempt to keep the darkness out of the house as long as possible. Ella wanted her favorite color, and the sun that shared that color, to stay because yellow made her happy. But darkness was scary.

Ella's mother decided it was time to help her daughter get over her fear of the dark. With gentle guidance, she brought her daughter outside


gun blueprints using the language of the digital-music economy: "I'm happy to become the iTunes of 3D guns if I can't be Napster," he declared.

Wilson maintains that he's still in compliance with the July court order. He believes that "any American has the right to download the prints."

'Canadians can't buy them'

That may be true for any American. But he won't be able to distribute to Canada or anywhere internationally — even though Wilson says Defense Distributed, which also peddles 3D printers for making guns, has received "a lot" of inquiries from Canada.

"Look, the judge has kept Canadians safe," he said, adopting a sardonic tone. "Canadians can't buy them. They can't download my files. Canada can sleep soundly tonight."

Gun-control activists have noted logistical holes in the argument that Wilson'sThe number of plague cases has more than doubled to a total of 805 in Madagascar in the past week, according to Madagascar’s Office of National Risk and Emergency Management.

At least 74 people have died of the curable disease so far this year. There were 320 suspected and confirmed cases as of last Tuesday.

While plague is endemic in the island country of Madagascar, which typically sees 400 or so cases in the September-to-April outbreak season, this recent outbreak has several differences.

First, the infections began earlier in the season, with the first case in August. And, crucially, more than 70 percent of infections have been pneumonic, meaning they are airborne and spread person to person via saliva droplets when an infected person coughs, making them far more infectious and


a precaution, and hundreds more who were on his flight have been monitored.

Manhes, who is based in Tana, says the country has not seen massive exits at the airports or from the city yet, and overall there is less risk of international contamination since Madagascar is an island. However, this could affect the end of tourism season in the next month or so. Manhes also stressed that people who have the plague are not contagious until they start exhibiting its flu-like symptoms.

But the people in Tana are scared, according to Pedro Pablo Opeka. The Catholic priest, who goes by Father Pedro, was awarded the Legion of Honor for his work creating a 60,000-plus community for the poor called Akamasoa on the outskirts of Tana.

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York billionaire-turned politician is «not only unqualified for the job, but he may well pose a threat to our national security».

The hoary, old scare-theme of «national security» is being rehabilitated as the criterion for electing Clinton. It also has the disturbing connotation of an increasingly militarized totalitarian regime that the United States is becoming.

While showering Clinton with glowing praise, the former CIA spymaster trounced Trump with a litany of flaws, including «self-aggrandizement, his overreaction to perceived slights, his tendency to make decisions based on intuition, his refusal to change his views based on new information, his routine carelessness with the facts, his unwillingness to listen to others and his lack of respect for the rule of law».

Morell’s «coup de grace» for Trump was that he was a «nationalsecurity danger» owing to his alleged indifference towards the US-led NATO military alliance and European security, and unwillingness to confront Russia.

After accusing Trump of being «careless with facts», Morell makes this reckless, sensationalist claim: «In the intelligence business, we would say that Mr Putin had recruited Mr Trump as an unwitting agent of the Russian Federation».

This is a breath-taking interference in the nominally civilian sphere of US politics by unelected military-paramilitary elements, whereby a candidate for presidency is accused of being a foreign puppet. It is a throwback to the Cold War witch-hunting days of McCarthy and «Un-American activities».

This very public intervention by a top CIA figure in the US presidential election is an extraordinarily brazen affront to constitutional norms. Traditionally, the American military and intelligence apparatus has


always been careful to assume a neutral relation with regard to Washington politics – at least in public.

In the 2016 election, however, the boundaries between civilian politics and the military powers are being flagrantly jettisoned. The military and the Deep State cabal are, in effect, moving to preordain the White House occupant. This situation has barely perceptible difference from a military coup appointing a civilian junta to administer.

John Allen at DNC (–Paul Hennessy/Polaris/Newscom)

At the Democrat National Convention in Philadelphia last week, the endorsement of Hillary Clinton by military top brass was conspicuous. One of the main Pentagon cheerleaders was Four-Star Marine General John Allen, who gave a bloodcurdling and ranting speech declaring how «our enemies will fear» an America led by Clinton.

This rush to partisan politics by theUS military has even led to unease among certain Pentagon quarters. Only days after the DNC’s militaristic rally, General Martin Dempsey, who was formerly Chairman of the Joint Staffs, took the unprecedented step of publishing a cautionary article warning: «Keep Your Politics Private, My Fellow Generals and Admirals».

Dempsey did not mention General Allen or others by name, but it was clear to whom he was referring and the jingoistic display in support of Clinton. And it was also clear that Dempsey saw the open embrace of partisan politics by the Pentagon as a worrying development undermining democracy in the US. He feared «the erosion of civil-military relations».

What is that qualifies Hillary Clinton for such support? Former CIA boss Morell listed these «attributes» as «her belief that America is


an exceptional nation that must lead in the world for the country to remain secure and prosperous; her understanding that diplomacy can be effective only if the country is perceived as willing and able to use force if necessary; and, most important, her capacity to make the most difficult decision of all – whether to put young American women and men in harm’s way».

In other words, what is most appreciated is how Clinton is prepared and willing to take America into ever more wars. Despite the horrific legacy that she is already responsible as Secretary of State in the Obama administration (2009-2013) when she prosecuted wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and, covertly, in Syria and Ukraine.

And yet, ex-CIA chief Morell, who served alongside Clinton in these disastrous wars,not only a harbinger of the militarized totalitarian state administered from Washington; it is also a signal that the United States is moving openly to a policy of unabashed, unrestrained permanent war against any foreign country it so deems.

Former Georgia Senator Mack Mattingly, wrote the piece below, published in the Daily Caller, “Trump is Right Again on NATO”

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“In 1998, fifteen former colleagues and I — eight Republican and eight Democrat former U.S. Senators — co-authored a letter to the Senate, that was intended to dissuade what appeared at the time to be a post Cold War zeal to expand the NATO alliance, even as we were building new relationships with Russia. Along with the others who signed, I knew the subject well after serving from 1987-1990


as Assistant Secretary General for Defense Support at NATO.

To put that letter in perspective, both then and now, it should be noted that when the Cold War ended, the mission of NATO—a 16 nation alliance formed at the end of WWII specifically to provide collective security against the Soviet Union (Warsaw Pact)—was both successful and complete. NATO was no longer justified under its original mandate. The proper path would have been to create a new treaty outlining a new purpose for the alliance, not just to keep the club together. The EU, including its U.S. Ambassador, was already present in Europe, and some in the EU also had a military alliance created by the Treaty of Rome. Multiple layers of government doing the same tasks is nothing morebrief window after 1991 when the former Soviet Union opened up to the West. William Perry, who was President Clinton’s Defense Secretary from 1994 to 1997, recently recounted this opening during a speech in London: “In the last few years, most of the blame can be pointed at the actions that Putin has taken. But in the early years I have to say that the United States deserves much of the blame. Our first action that really set us off in a bad direction was when Nato started to expand, bringing in eastern European nations, some of them bordering Russia.”

…

When my former colleagues and I came together to write that bipartisan letter back in 1998, we could see that NATO had the potential to become less of a


experiments in exporting democracy to parts of the Middle East and North Africa. Every man and his dog talks about this now. It would be funny if it were not so sad, and if it were not the cause of so many tragedies.”

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According to Fox Sports, the Padres have targeted Phillies slugger Maikel Franco as a potential trade target before the July 31 deadline.

San Diego (35-44), currently 9 1/2 games behind the Diamondbacks in the National League West, has been collecting young talent over the years, and Franco still possesses upside.

Franco is slashing .255/.297/.425 this season with nine home runs and 37 RBIs. He collected 49 home runs and 164 RBIs the two previous seasons, proving he has some untapped power.

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Luck not on Juventus' side with Champions League draw, says Nedved

The Italian side were paired with Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid in the last 16 of the competition, much to the dismay of the vice-chairman

Pavel Nedved lamented Juventus' misfortune after the Bianconeri were paired with Atletico Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League on Monday.

Juve continue to blaze a trail domestically - they have won the last seven Scudetti and already established an eight-point lead at the summit this season after 16 games - but have not been crowned European champions since 1996.

They recruited Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid to bolster an already imposing squad but Nedved was relatively downbeat when asked to assess the clash with the defending Europa League champions.NASA HQ support specialists to join IFPTE

Professional support specialists at NASA’s Washington, D.C., headquarters on Aug. 12 voted to form a union. The Federal Labor Relations Authority conducted the election.

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Aug 13, 2014

Professional support specialists at NASA’s Washington, D.C., headquarters on Aug. 12 voted to form a union. The Federal Labor Relations Authority conducted the election.

Ninety-seven percent of the 320 NASA workers eligible to vote in the election cast ballots in favor of joining the NASA Headquarters Professional Association (NHPA), Local 9 of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers.

NHPA currently represents about 200 NASA engineers and scientists in Washington, bringing the total number under IFPTE representation to more than 500 employees. IFPTE also represents engineers and scientists at NASA labs and research facilities.

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SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leaders of North and South Korea pledged at a historic summit on Friday to work for “complete denuclearization” of the Korean peninsula, but U.S. President Donald Trump said he would maintain pressure on Pyongyang through sanctions ahead of his own unprecedented meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.

The meeting between Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in produced a day of dramatic images and a sweeping declaration of goodwill. But it was short on specific commitments and failed to clear up the question of whether Pyongyang is really willing to give up nuclear missiles that now threaten the United States.

Meeting at the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone that has divided the Koreas for more than six decades, Kim and Moon announced they would work withto give up his full nuclear capability, considering it vital to the survival of his family dynasty.

In past negotiations, North Korea has demanded the United States withdraw its troops and remove its “nuclear umbrella” of support for the South.

The United States stations 28,500 troops in South Korea.

On Friday, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the United States would seek to build trust with North Korea through confidence building measures, but deferred to diplomats questions about the future U.S. military presence under any peace treaty.

Kim, widely regarded by many Americans and South Koreans as a brutal dictator, appeared to use the summit to soften his international image.

He became the first North Korean leader since the Korean War to set foot in South Korea after shaking hands with Moon over


of peace, from the starting point of history,” Kim wrote in Korean in a guest book in the South’s Peace House before talks began.

In a private session, Kim told Moon he came to the summit to end the history of conflict and joked he was sorry for waking Moon up with his early morning missile tests, a senior South Korean presidential official said.

Moon and Kim continued their talks into a dinner banquet and later, with their wives, watched a music performance and held hands as they watched a montage of photos from their summit set to a K-pop song that included the words “be a family again.”such as spaghetti and macaroni and cheese are allowed on mechanical soft diets. Meats in the pasta sauce should be chopped or ground.

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Just four months ago, James Moberg wasn't sure whether he would have to put his dream of playing professional soccer on hold.

The University of Washington midfielder had entered the 2015 season as one of the top college prospects in the nation. But just six games into his senior season, the 21-year-old sustained the first major injury of his career, spraining the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) in his knee during a collision with the Harvard University goalkeeper. The injury kept Moberg out for the last half of his senior season.

But the midfielder never stopped working to get back on the pitch, and on Sunday morning, Moberg happily sprinted up and down the field at the MLS Player Combine in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, intent on showing MLS coaches that hewas back to full health and ready to make the jump to the pro level.

"I know I'm lucky to be playing in these games and getting this shot," Moberg said. "A lot of people never get this opportunity... Every single day I'm working as hard as I can because you never know when it's going to be your last game or practice."

Moberg was one of three former Portland Timbers U23 players invited to compete in the MLS Player Combine from Jan. 7-12. The annual showcase featured 72 college and international prospects and gave MLS teams one last chance to scout potential draft picks ahead of Thursday's MLS SuperDraft.

Former Timbers U23 players Dennis Castillo, who was named the 2015 PDL Defender of the Year during his time with the


Timbers U23s, and Todd Wharton, who was named to the 2015 PDL All-League team during his time in Portland, also competed in the combine.

All three former Timbers U23 players are expected to be drafted in the first two rounds of Thursday's MLS SuperDraft and some analysts have all three going in the first round.

The Timbers will pick No. 20 in the first round of the draft and Portland could use that pick to take a gamble on one of their former U23 players.

"Getting an opportunity is all I can ask for," Wharton said. "I've just been trying to work as hard as I can and show well for the coaches. This is something I've dreamed about my whole life. I'm ready for the next step and hopefully Iget an opportunity."

In the past few weeks, Wharton said that he has leaned on the advice of his friends and former teammates that have already made the jump to the pro level, including T2 forward Kharlton Belmar, who the Timbers took with the No. 34 overall pick in 2015.

The three former Timbers U23 players have also drawn on their experience in Portland for confidence as they've tried to prove that they are ready for MLS.

Castillo said competing in Portland gave him a sense of what an MLS environment would be like. He even had a few chances to train with the first team and get a glimpse of the competition level in MLS.

"I couldn't ask for a better environment to be in during the summer as a college


athlete," Castillo said. "Being with a successful MLS team, like the Timbers, gave me a sense of what the professional experience is like."

Castillo came to the United States from Costa Rica in 2011 after being recruited by the Virginia Commonwealth University soccer program. He was excited to earn his degree in the United States, but the midfielder also never lost sight of his goal of one day playing professional soccer.

"I'm taking everything day-by-day," Castillo said. "I just want to make the transition to the next level."

Even as they are on the cusp of earning their shot in MLS, all three former Timbers U23 players recognize that getting drafted would be just the first step in trying to earn a roster spot with an MLS team.

Moberg is especially readyabout 21 prominent Gettysburg citizens to establish the cemetery. This committee held regular meetings and facilitated subscription sales, prepared the charter and constitution, and created regulations for the cemetery.

McConaughy was later named president of the cemetery’s board of trustees. In late 1855 the cemetery gatehouse was built, and the first superintendent, Peter Thorn, was named and lived there with his wife Elizabeth.

The name Evergreen was created during the Victorian rural cemetery movement where large, beautifully landscaped properties were developed to provide inspirational “green space” in cities. Town cemeteries were more than just burial grounds—they were a place to talk to the deceased, honor them with flowers, and even have a family picnic.

2. The Evergreen Cemetery saw live battle action.

The battle’s impact here is best described by one Union


war, she took on the role of superintendent and mother and buried nearly 100 Union soldiers’ remains in Evergreen.

When the Soldiers’ National Cemetery was ready, 50 bodies buried by Elizabeth were exhumed and reinterred into their new plots. The families of the remaining buried in Evergreen did not wish for their soldiers to be moved.

Today, there is a statue of a pregnant Elizabeth, which serves as a memorial to her and all women who offered service and support during the battle and its aftermath.

4. The Gettysburg Address was delivered in Evergreen Cemetery.

President Abraham Lincoln came to Gettysburg in November 1863 to dedicate the Soldiers’ National Cemetery. His remarks at this dedication are now famously known as the Gettysburg Address. Because he was in town for the Soldiers’ Nationalwidespread havoc the battle left on this small town.

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1. Blake Griffin

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Griffin has been playing out of his mind as of late, and with a less than 100 percent Chris Paul, he has clearly emerged as the best player for the Los Angeles Clippers right now. Griffin continues to dominate at his position despite being targeted by so called “NBA bullies” around the league. Seriously, whats not to like about him? Since the NBA All-Star break, he has been on a rampage and has arguably played like the best power forward in the NBA. The Clippers are now one of the best teams in the west thanks in part to Blake Griffin. The All-NBA first team caliber player deserves the nod for MVP.

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I’m not sure if Kevin Durant is the blame for his decline in the MVPstandings or if Russell Westbrook has temporarily ruined the chemistry of what was once the No. 1 team in the Western Conference. Despite the Thunder going 5-5 out of the last 10 games, Durant remains the best scorer in the league and continues to put up huge numbers as the Thunder are only a single game behind the San Antonio Spurs for the best record in the Western Conference. In the end, the MVP race will ultimately be a close contest between Durant , LeBron James, and Blake Griffin.

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Since dropping 61 points against the Charlotte Bobcats earlier this month, LeBron James has experienced a scoring slump and the Miami Heat have lost four of the last five games including a loss at home to the Brooklyn Nets. On


scoring numbers and offensive style of play isn’t exactly “electrifying”, Noah has emerged as the leader and ultimate motivator for his team, as a result, the Bulls are currently one of the top four teams in the Eastern Conference.

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The Pacers may have the best record in the Eastern Conference but they have not been playing like one of the elite teams in the league, as it appears that Paul George has offensively “cooled off” since the All-Star break. George has been nursing a sore back, which could be part of the reason the Pacers dropped four games in a row including winnable loses to the Charlotte Bobcats and Golden State Warriors. On a positive note, the Pacers have an easy schedule in March which could mean more restunder the skin.

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proud to be here with Senator Lamar Alexander, as well. (Applause.)

A little later on, I'm going to talk about a key component of the competitive agenda, and that is to make sure our folks are educated for the jobs of the 21st century. And I will tell you that Lamar had a lot to do with planting this in my mind. He's, as you know, made his fame here in Tennessee for being a great education governor. You'll be pleased to hear he's carried over that passion into the halls of the United States Senate. And so in case I forget to give him credit later on, he deserves a lot of credit for making sure that we're competitive in the 21st century. (Applause.)

I appreciate the members ofof our guys that worked for us. They got lost -- (laughter) -- in one of the 14 lobbies in this fantastic facility. It's a wonderful place.

I want to thank those of you who wear our nation's uniform who have joined us today. (Applause.) I particularly want to recognize Lieutenant Colonel Dan Epright. He's in active duty, U.S. Air Force. He's on a two-week leave from Iraq, where he's stationed in the International Zone in Baghdad, as the American Forces Network Iraq Commander. He's in his 20th year of active duty. I don't know where Colonel Epright is, but wherever you are, thanks for serving. Welcome back. Epright. (Applause.) Thank you very much. Is that your wife?

I knew exactly where Epright was -- I just forgot. (Laughter.) And


organization. Our choppers were flying rescue missions in Pakistan after the devastating earthquake. In my judgment, an active foreign policy, one that aids the suffering and helps the poor, is one that is in the interest of the United States of America, both short-term and long-term. (Applause.)

And finally, if we were to withdraw, not only would we cede ground to the terrorists and endanger this country, we would miss a fantastic opportunity to help spread liberty. In my speech I mentioned Roosevelt and Kennedy, Truman and Reagan. I did so because I wanted to remind the American people that these leaders were one that acted in confidence in our values. They understood when America led, not only was America better off, but the world was. And we spreadingfreedom now.

For those of you who are young, I want you to watch the spread of freedom in our world. It's amazing to see, when you think about it. The vote in Afghanistan was part of freedom's march. The vote in Iraq is part of freedom's march. People in Lebanon want to be free from Syria, and we're working -- the Palestinians voted. Now, that election was an important election because it said what the people on the street wanted. They wanted clean government. They want people to pay attention to the education needs and their health needs. In order for us to -- and Hamas, by the way, now has a choice to make. If they want to work with the United States of America, they must


necessary to do their job. Right after September the 11th, members of both political parties came together and said, let us make sure that we make sure that we tear down walls between intelligence-gathering service and law enforcement services in America so they can share information to connect dots and protect the people. And so they passed what's called the Patriot Act. The Patriot Act is an important piece of legislation, in my judgment, because it says to folks, here's some tools that we use in other areas of law enforcement now applicable to intelligence, to protecting you. For example, some of the tools in the Patriot Act were already being used by people fighting off drug lords, or Medicaid fraud, interestingly enough. The Patriot Act had safeguardstestified he based his measurements on a map he obtained at city hall from the city engineer.[5] We conclude, based on Foreman's testimony, that a rational person could have found that the day-care center was licensed, certified, or registered.
In the alternative, Haagensen argues the State failed to prove the offense occurred within 1,000 feet of the day-care center. Haagensen argues the record only establishes the offense occurred in the yard of some unidentified house on East Price Street. Foreman testified the transaction occurred in the yard of the house to the east of the third house on East Price Street. Foreman estimated the location was approximately 950 feet from the property line of the day-care center's parking lot and testified it was "well within" the 1,000-foot circle of


at least one of a position and an orientation of at least a part of a virtual object located in the virtual space, in accordance with an input performed by a user on input means. The virtual object image generation means generates a virtual object image by taking, by the virtual camera, an image of the virtual object of which the at least one of the position and the orientation has been changed by the virtual object change means. The superimposed image generation means generates a superimposed image in which the virtual object image generated by the virtual object image generation means is superimposed on the real image obtained by the real image obtaining means. The storing means stores the superimposed image in storage means in accordance withabove, the orientation of the first part with respect to the second part can be limited within the first range. For example, when the body and the face of the virtual object are defined, the direction of the face can be controlled such that the direction of the face is prevented from being unnatural with respect to the direction of the body.
In still another feature of the present invention, when an input is performed by the user on the input means, the part change means repeatedly may change the orientation of the first part such that the first part of the virtual object is turned to the virtual camera, until the photographing instruction is provided.
According to the above, when the user performs an input, the orientation of the


a left eye and a virtual object image for a right eye by taking, by the left virtual camera and the right virtual camera, images of the virtual object of which the orientation of the first part has been changed by the part change means. The superimposed image generation means generates a superimposed image for a left eye in which the virtual object image for a left eye is superimposed on the real image for a left eye, and a superimposed image for a right eye in which the virtual object image for a right eye is superimposed on the real image for a right eye.
According to the above, a stereoscopic image in which the virtual object is superimposed on a taken image of the real space canwisdom and analysis.

Wednesday, 25 February 2015

There are a few items on Frank Searle that have built up, so I would like to put them under this one article. As ever, anything about the most infamous of monster hunters always generates more than average interest.

Firstly, I got back to Paul Harrison, author of The Encyclopaedia of the Loch Ness Monster, asking about his book on Frank Searle. Some readers may recall a previous article in which it was stated that Paul had tracked down Frank to his home in Fleetwood before he died and conducted a series of interviews. Frank Searle died on the 26th March 2005, having previously spent fifteen years camped at Loch Ness in pursuit of the Monster.

Paul now tells me that the book will be


be Frank's wish to see it receive a wider readership.

After all, having by then spent eight years at Loch Ness, you would expect some degree of knowledge from the man. Judge for yourself, but I am leaving the main judgement until Paul's book comes out.

Monday, 23 February 2015

I note a piece of Loch Ness history is on sale for the mere price of around £450,000. It is the Foyers Lodge just outside of the village of Foyers on the south side of the loch. Holding twelve bedrooms, it has been a hunting lodge, a hotel and a house to let.

But, as I recall, and others may correct me, this was where Tim Dinsdale lodged during the week he captured his famous film footage and I do believe Petermy way along to take part in proceedings. The event was organised by Gordon Rutter and Charles Paxton, who had previously done the successful "Nessie at 80" event at the same venue in 2013. Gordon organises the regular, monthly meetings of the Edinburgh Fortean Society which I often attend.

DARREN NAISH

First up was Darren Naish, well known author at the popular Tetrapod Zoology blog. He spoke on "The Evolution of Sea Monsters in Terms of What people Report". Darren spoke of the four phases of Sea Serpent cryptozoology, starting with the classic exploratory stage in Victorian time when biologists such as Huxley and Owen would debate living plesiosaurs.

From there is was onto Oudemans and his pinnepedial Megophias and then onto Bernard Heuvalmans' more complex classification system of up to


this case had recently appeared on British TV.

As it turns out, Roger's explanation that the crash noise was actually a magnitude 3.5 earthquake made sense. The interpretation that the lights seen in the area were poachers' car lights and/or meteors was more open to debate. I asked him at the end whether such an earthquake instead could have produced light energy as well as sound energy. I offered that theory with Paul Devereux's Earth Lights theory in mind. Roger did not think so in this case, but was open to it happening in other cases (such as one in Lincoln in 2008).

BETTINA BILDHAUER

Dr. Bildhauer from St. Andrews University next spoke on "Monsters in Medieval Manuscripts". That world was a world of all manner of strange beasts including unicorns,Just to show these people were not all crusty sceptics, they were asked which Fortean phenomena they gave credence to. Darren Naish said out of place cats, Mike Dash had a penchant for poltergeists, Charles Paxton was still open on large, undiscovered creatures in the oceans and I am not sure what Bettina and Roger said.

My only question to the panel was for Roger the seismologist. I recalled reading a book on an earthquake in Inverness at the start of the 20th century and how the author described seeing the waters of Loch Ness boiling like a cauldron.

Roger said this was in 1901 and was one of the largest recorded earthquakes in Britain. The effect on Loch Ness was perfectly explicable as a giant standing wave shaking the


Sotheby's: Important Atlases And CosmographiesLondon Thursday 11 March

Hammer prices quoted (with 15% buyer's premium).

Sotheby's: Important Atlases And Cosmographies London Thursday
11 March

Hammer prices quoted (with 15% buyer's premium).

The first major London atlas sale of the year, Sotheby's sale of 'Important
Atlases And Cosmographies Property of a Gentleman' was composed of 85 lots,
a very small number for a single sale, but with the pre-sale estimates
totalling £1.1 (lower) to £1.5 million (upper estimate), sufficient
to justify its own catalogue. The items were an odd assemblage, with
the principal nucleus being travel books and geographies of the Holy Land
and Eastern Mediterranean, supplemented with a selection of world atlases
and cosmographies, dating from 1482 to 1827, and a smaller group of sea-atlases
and coasting pilots. The important thing was that each section contained
at least one really choice itemone exception - Sotheby's
can be very happy with the results.

To start first with the only real failure of the day: the "Medici Atlas",
a portolan atlas, apparently drawn by Giovanni Battista Cavallini,
circa 1635, for Ferdinando II de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. The
atlas contains 13 double page charts, including one of the world, the Mediterranean
spread over three sheets, and 9 charts of the principal Mediterranean islands,
including Cyprus, Malta, Rhodes, Sicily and the Balearics. Its last
public offering was in Sotheby's sale 'Highly Important Maps And Atlases',
of April 14th 1980. A late example of the genre, so principally a decorative
piece, and without detailed coverage of North America or the Middle East,
its fate was always going to be precarious. Sotheby's did their best, illustrating
10 charts and 4 details in colour, and one


black and white, although the
colour reproduction did not do full justice to the original, a recurrent
problem in the catalogue. On the day, the atlas was unsold at £220,000
(est. £300,00-500,000), without attracting a single bid.
The atlas obviously represented a sizeable portion of the pre-sale estimate,
but by the time the atlas failed, the success of the sale was assured.

More successful was a portolan chart of the Mediterranean World, probably
drawn in Sicily in the first half of the seventeenth century. Although
also a late example of the genre, it was a particularly decorative example,
with the colours still remarkably bright. Estimated at £15,000-20,000,
it fetched £22,000.

Sotheby's catalogue was arranged alphabetically, but the
results are here organised by category.

ATLASES

The earliest item in the sale was Francesco Berlinghieri's Geographia,
published in Florence in 1482, which is considered tobe the third printed
atlas. Unfortunately the atlas lacked the final leaf, with the printer's
colophon, but contained the full complement of 27 Ptolemaic maps and four
modern maps - Spain, France, Italy and Palestine, the first engraved maps
of each of those countries. Without the colophon leaf, the volume
could not be regarded a complete but, nevertheless, the final hammer of
£54,000 (est. £35,000-40,000) seemed a reasonable purchase
in terms of some of the other results achieved.

The sale contained four Ptolemaic atlases, including two editions with
Lorenz Fries' maps. The first, published in 1525, sold for £17,000
(est. £12,000-18,000), despite some worming. The second, and
superior example, was published in 1541, and sold for £23,000 (est.
£15,000-20,000). Sebastian Munster's edition of 1552, the only
edition with maps set within separately printed latitude and longitude
borders, and containing his set of


maps of the four known Continents sold
for £13,500 (est. £8,000-10,000). The fourth, a late
edition containing Gerard Mercator's maps which were first published in
1578, here re-issued in 1698, was unsold at £ 2,200 (est. £
3,000-5,000).

Two editions of Abraham Ortelius' Theatrum were offered, a contemporary-coloured
example of the 1575 Latin edition, with 70 map sheets, and an uncoloured
example of the 1595 Latin edition, with 147 map-sheets. The former
sold for £18,000 (est. £20,000-30,000), the latter for £31,000
(est. £25,000-30,000). While there is a premium for good contemporary
colour, it is the expanded geographical coverage of later editions that
catches the attention.

Lot 6 proved to be the first surprise of the day, and really set the
tone for future proceedings: a French text example of Blaeu's Atlas Maior,
1667, with a distinguished provenance - from Chatsworth House -but otherwise
only a reasonable example of a relatively common atlas. Hardly anyone
could have guessed that intense competition would drive the price to £205,000
(quite possibly the highest price paid for an example of the atlas at auction),
or that moments after the sale, a second example would be offered to disappointed
underbidders by a resourceful dealer ! What price the next one ?
It is hard to see it reaching the same dizzy heights.

In terms of colour, a Dutch composite atlas from the 1690s was one
of the most attractive lots in the sale, although some of the early maps
were creased from careless handling. With the pre-sale estimate of
£20,000-30,000 always looking low, brisk bidding took the volume
to £42,000.

Another interesting atlas was the 1636 English text edition of the Mercator-Hondius
Atlas, translated by Henry Hexham.


Although uncoloured, and with
damage to several of the maps, the hammer price of £24,000 (est.
£20,000-25,000) seemed very reasonable on the day. Not least
of the appeal is having the text in a comprehensible language, and a part
of the text on Virginia is illustrated here.

Another volume interesting for its text was Samuel Purchas' Purchas
His Pilgrimes, First Edition, First Issue of 1624-1626 "one of the fullest
and most important collections of early voyages and travels in the English
language", containing upwards of 1200 separate narratives. The volume
contains the set of maps first used in Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor (1607),
with 7 maps from English sources, including the infamous Briggs map of
North America, one of the first maps to depict California as an island.
Always a popular work, it was not surprise bidding quickly passed estimate
(£10,000-15,000)to reach £27,000.

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Lot 51 was a lovely example of Moll's large world atlas, the World
Described, containing 28 maps, each on two sheet joined and, as usual,
folded down to the tall narrow folio format favoured by Moll. The
folds were in unusually good condition, the paper strong, and with the
maps in bright original colour. All in all, one of the nicest examples
of the atlas one is likely to find. On the day two bidders evidently
agreed with me. Estimated at £12,000-16,000, the atlas quickly
progressed to £28,000, an astonishing price, nonetheless.

COSMOGRAPHIES

Although highlighted in the title of the sale, the Cosmography section
was among the smallest groups in the sale. The main items were two
editions of Sebastian Munster's Cosmographia: the First French edition
of 1552, and the second Italian edition from 1575. The two volumes
had


sold for £61,000, just over double the top
estimate (£25,000-30,000).

Two very similar Venetian Isolarios were offered. The first, without
title and circa 1570-1575, contained 54 maps and engravings from the stock
of Giovanni Francesco Camocio. Despite being in poor overall condition,
it sold for a surprising £7,200. The second collection, also with
54 maps and plates from Camocio's stock, but with the title-page of Simon
Pinargenti dated 1573 (although possibly supplied at a later date) fetched
only £8,000, despite being a much better example. A near contemporary
Venetian Isolario, 1576, by Tommaso Porcacchi with 47 engraved maps set
in text, reached £4,600 (est. £2,500-3,000), while an example
of Benedetto Bordone's L'Isole, published in 1547, with 112 woodcut maps
set in the text sold for £6,200 (est. £5,000-7,000).
Late examples of the genre included Boschini's L'Archipelago, with
3 folding and 46 full-pagemaps devoted to the Greek islands, which fetched
£3,200 (est. £3,500-4,000), and volume II only of Coronelli's
Isolario, with 91 maps and 20 globe gores sold for £16,000 (est.
£10,000-15,000).

COASTING PILOTS

The sale featured a strong selection of coasting pilots, including the
first with sea-charts, by Lucas Jansz. Waghenaer, with 45 elaborately engraved
charts. Although the charts were fine impressions overall, (the general
chart was trimmed as usual), the atlas reached only £14,000 against
an estimate of £15,000-20,000.

The rarest of the pilots was Willem Blaeu's Sea-Mirrour, in the First
English Edition of 1625. Here also the provenance was good - from
the Horblit Collection. The pre-sale estimate (£50,000-70,000) reflected
the extreme rarity, and distinguished provenance, but still seemed bullish.
Not so on the day, although the winning bid was only the low estimate £50,000.

Jacob Colom's L'Ardante ou Flamboyante Colom de


la Mer (1662) also attracted
attention, at least in part for a rare four sheet map of the North Atlantic
that it contained. It fetched £18,500 (est. £10,000-15,000).
Pieter Goos' De Nieuwe Groote Zee-Spieghel (1668) sold for £17,000
(est. £15,000-20,000), and the second edition of Levanto's Specchio
dal Mare, revised by Vincenzo Coronelli in 1698 (est. 10,000-15,000) reached
£18,000.

SEA-ATLASES

Among the atlases in this category was the first Dutch sea atlas - in
the real sense of the word - published by Johannes Janssonius in 1650.
The atlas contained 22 charts, and also the section of classical maps sometimes
included. The charts were in contemporary outline colour, but with
browning of the paper throughout, the atlas struggled, fetching £5,500
on a pre-sale estimate of £6,000-8,000.

In contrast, the very next lot was a van Keulen sea-atlas, 1684-1689,
with the five volumes togetherin one, with 136 charts in full contemporary
colouring. The atlas seemed to be among the most popular items in
the pre-sale viewing, and may well be considered the outstanding single
lot of the day, on account of the quality of the colouring. Here
again the colour reproduction in the catalogue was poor. The colour
seen on some of the European maps was simply breathtaking.

A very scarce English sea-atlas was offered - the Atlas Maritimus et
Commercialis, 1728. The volume divides into two sections, the first
an introductory text, unsigned but frequently attributed to Daniel Defoe,
on account of similarities with his political views. The second section,
compiled by Nathaniel Cutler, with the assistance of Edmund Halley, contained
54 double-page maps drawn by John Senex, John Harris and Henry Wilson.
While a superior sea-atlas to the English Pilot, published


by Mount and
Page, and with complete coverage of the oceans of the World, it seems not
to have been very successful, as it was never reprinted. A fine example,
it sold for £12,000 against an estimate of £5,000-7,000.

The most important of the sea-atlases on offer was Joseph Frederick
des Barres' Atlantic Neptune, 1778-9, which was intended to give complete
coverage of the coastal waters of Eastern North America, for use by the
Royal Navy. Des Barres started with Canadian waters but, unfortunately,
work had to be abandoned during the Revolutionary War. The principal
content of the 'Neptune' is Canadian, but there is detailed coverage of
New England south to New York, and then more general coverage of the coast
south to the Gulf of Mexico. The atlas was in standard condition - which
means that it was inattractive contemporary hand colouring (particularly
for the vignette views), but with general offsetting of ink and colour,
with some cracking of the green colour, the paper brittle in places, and
the bindings worn. Nevertheless, examples of this very important
sea-atlas turn up so rarely on the market that this was not greatly to
its detriment. Estimated at £70,000-90,000, it sold for £120,000.

ASTRONOMY

Among the oldest items in the sale were two little astronomical texts.
The first, in catalogue sequence was the First Edition of Guido Bonatti's
Decem Tractatus Astronomiae, 1491. The text is illustrated by a series
of woodcut maps of the constellations and drawings of the signs of the
Zodiac, all hand-coloured. A nice item, but lacking 15 leaves, it
sold for £5,200 (est.£2,000-3,000).

From a similar period came Caius Julis Hyginus' De Mundi, first published
in 1482, here in


an edition of 1517, with 47 astronomical woodcut illustrations
set in text. Estimated at £800-1,000, it brought a bid of £1,900.
Johann Gabriel Dopplemayr's Atlas Novus Coelestis, 1742, contained 20 celestial
charts and diagrams, in full contemprary colour. An attractive item,
it fetched £9,500 (est. £7,000-9,000). However, the most
visually appealing of this category was Julius Schiller's Coelatum Stellatum
Christianum, the First Edition of 1627, with 51 star-charts. On an estimate
of £5,000-7,000, it sold for £9,800.

The final category is itineraries and books relating to the Eastern
Mediterranean and the Holy Land, which will be discussed in the next issue,
in conjunction with Sotheby's sale 'The Holy Land and Middle East'.Persian, European, Arab and Turkish cuisines. Saffron gives a beautiful yellowish-orange color and a fresh fragrance to the food and is obtained by drying the stigma of the flower from the plant saffron-crocus.

Cardamom

Cardamom or elaichi is one of the oldest Indian spices and the third most expensive spice by weight. Daily consumption of some cardamom seeds after meals or with tea can keep cancer away. It is a natural food preservative and helps in the reduction of tumor by blocking the growth of extra blood vessels in the human body. It is a major source of iron and calcium and is widely used to treat glaucoma.

Cumin

Iran gave birth to the most common spice found in India. Today, India is the largest producer as well as consumer of cumin


Part of the Escambia County Jail that was damaged in the blast. Credit: NBC News

The explosion at a Florida jail may have been caused by the recent extreme weather in the region, a spokesperson has said.

"We have reports people heard an explosion and smelled gas. There was no fire," County spokeswoman Kathleen Castro said, adding that the blast may have been related to severe storms that have hit the southern United States.

"The facility did receive extensive flooding as a result of the rains yesterday," she said.

The wife of the man who was shot dead in a cinema row was struck by the same bullet that killed her husband when she put her hand in front of him as the gun was fired, Pasco County Sheriff’s Office said, accordingto The Tampa Tribune.

Nicole Oulson, 33, was treated for a gunshot wound to her hand and later released from hospital.

The couple were watching Lone Survivor at a cinema in Tampa, Florida, when a row over texting broke out with the alleged gunman, retired Tampa police officer Curtis Reeves Jr, and his wife.


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Based on the acclaimed novel by Michael Morpurgo, War Horse is the story of Joey, a Devonshire horse caught in the crossfire of World War I, and his former owner Albert’s quest to find him. Through Joey’s eyes, the true nature of war is revealed, from the terror of battle to touching moments of sacrifice and heroism.

With a story by a former children’s laureate and a production by the internationally renowned National Theatre, the magic of one of the greatest and recent plays in the West End can be enjoyed as one of our theatre breaks.

What to expect from Warconfirms the National's extraordinary knack of turning children's literature into the finest drama. Stunning.” - Sunday Times

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As part of research for the horses, the puppeteers stayed overnight with The King’s Troop, which is part of the Royal Horse Artillery, evening cleaning out the stables!

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The Weavers, one of the most significant popular-music groups of the postwar era, saw their career nearly destroyed during the Red Scare of the early 1950s. Even with anti-communist fervor in decline by the early 1960s, the Weavers' leftist politics were used against them as late as January 2, 1962, when the group's appearance on The Jack Paar Show was cancelled over their refusal to sign an oath of political loyalty.

The importance of the Weavers to the folk revival of the late 1950s cannot be overstated. Without the group that Pete Seeger founded with Lee Hays in Greenwich Village in 1948, there would likely be no Bob Dylan, not to mention no Kingston Trio or Peter, Paul and Mary. The Weavers helped spark a tremendous resurgence in interestin American folk traditions and folk songs when they burst onto the popular scene with "Goodnight Irene," a #1 record for 13 weeks in the summer and fall of 1950. The Weavers sold millions of copies of innocent, beautiful and utterly apolitical records like "Midnight Special" and "On Top of Old Smoky" that year.

And then it came to light that members of the group had openly embraced the pacifism, internationalism and pro-labor sympathies of the Communist Party during the 1930s. When word of their political past spread, the backlash was swift. The Weavers' planned television show was canceled, the group was placed under FBI surveillance and Seeger and Hays were called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. The Weavers lost their recording contract with Decca in


inaugural editorial, it would be a magazine “not just about music but also about the things and attitudes that music embraces.”

That scope—going beyond rock and roll to the larger cultural changes it symptomized—was crucial to RS’s success; up to then magazines devoted to pop music operated on the fanzine level of Tiger Beat. As co-conspirator and éminence grise, Wenner enlisted Ralph J. Gleason, 30 years his senior. Gleason was a widely admired jazz critic who himself had become besotted by rock and roll. His fascination led him to make the sartorial mistakes common in those days to the 50-year-old men who embraced rock culture and, they hoped, the young women who came with it. At Rolling Stone he dropped the hipster duds and acquired the bushy sideburns, thedeep thinkers. The first issue contained a grown-up exposé of the sketchy financing of the recently concluded Monterey Pop Festival, an event that even the straight press was celebrating as a hippie idyll. Popular music journalism had never seen anything with the heft and ambition of Wenner’s magazine.

From the first, Hagan makes clear, Wenner was as much a fanboy as a journalist, hoping to use his position as editor of a rising publication to bathe in the nimbus of his favorite rock-and-roll celebrities. The ambition often paid off editorially. Wenner’s obsession with John Lennon led to other early scoops and made Rolling Stone seem indispensable to anyone following the counterculture. In 1968 word came that Lennon and Yoko Ono had posed naked, front and back, for the cover


F. Buckley Jr. referred to the interview as “How I Wrecked My Own Life, and Can Help Wreck Yours.”

By this time Wenner was presenting himself as an intimate of the couple—such good pals indeed that Lennon bestowed upon him a pen-and-ink drawing of Yoko, naked with legs akimbo. The Lennon association gave Wenner and his writers credibility as they set out to woo other stars for profiles and interviews. The intimacy was surely exaggerated, but in any case it didn’t last long. Lennon quickly came to regret the interview with its multiple indiscretions, and he assumed that its one-time appearance in Rolling Stone would be the end of it.

He assumed wrong. Wenner knew editorial gold when he saw it. After promising Lennon never to reissue the interview inshambled, still upright but much the worse for wear, into the 21st. Both men became famous for the polymorphous perversity of their (semi-)private lives. Wenner, Hagan writes, told an employee in 1973 that “he had slept with everyone who had ever worked for him,” men and women alike, and Hefner . . . well, we know enough about Hef already.

Professionally, though, the comparison is inapt and unfair—to Wenner. Hefner was a humorless flesh-peddler, a pompous publicist. His method of editing was to pay high fees to first-rate writers who sent him their third-rate stuff. It’s an impressive achievement: Over more than 60 years Hefner managed to edit a magazine whose contributors included Nadine Gordimer, Marshall McLuhan, John Updike, Vladimir Nabokov, Eric Hoffer, and John Cheever and still failed


and multifarious career he produced his best work for Wenner’s magazine.

It was Wenner who sent Wolfe to Cape Canaveral in 1972 to write about a moon launch. When Wolfe came back with a different story—a long look at what made the first generation of astronauts extraordinary, titled “The Brotherhood of the Right Stuff”—Wenner understood what he had, and the book that grew from the piece and its sequels, The Right Stuff, is an indispensable work of Americana and of narrative journalism. A decade later, Wolfe got stuck trying to write a novel about New York City. Wenner offered to publish the book in installments, Dickens-style, on the hunch that the greatest magazine writer of his time might force himself to write against an immovable deadline. “I found thetypically would hole himself up in a hotel and postpone writing for as long as possible—he once compared his method to a jackrabbit on a highway, waiting till the last second to jump out of the way of the car. At last, fortified with bourbon and methedrine (often supplied by Wenner), he might begin his story in the middle or at the end. He sent the sections as they rolled from his typewriter, out of sequence and at all hours, across a Teletype-like device to the RS offices in San Francisco. With the deadline pressing in, Wenner and a deputy would man the machine round the clock, and as the pages tumbled out they tried to arrange them into a coherent whole. “This looks like an ending here,”


boardrooms of private foundations, were filled with baby boomers like him.

The key to the boomer elite has been rhetorical egalitarianism and functional elitism. Wenner wore his liberal opinions like a flak jacket, and the magazine struck all the proper poses. From the early ’80s to the late ’90s, his national-affairs correspondent was a veteran journalist named William “Good Writer” Greider, an elegant stylist who pressed the virtues of statism into the heads of the few people who read any of the 200 columns he wrote. The present national-affairs columnist, a man named Matt Taibbi, lacks Greider’s elegance but is just as economically illiterate. (In the HBO documentary Taibbi compares himself favorably to Hunter Thompson. He is mistaken.)

Meanwhile, you could find Jann lounging at one of his Manhattan townhouses,all the stories told about Wenner and his magazine in this year of celebration, I savor one most of all, because it captures so well the view of politics that has allowed him and his peers to thrive. In 2004, Wenner’s old friend John Kerry won the Democratic nomination for president. He was challenging the unspeakable George W. Bush. The country’s future was at stake. With his new friend Larry David, the TV star, Wenner resolved to leave the comforts of home, put himself on the line, and hit the trail to campaign for Kerry—on Martha’s Vineyard.

The Wenner-David mobilization was a spectacular success. Kerry won the Vineyard in a landslide.

Andrew Ferguson is a senior editor at THE WEEKLY STANDARD .