England T20 captain Stuart Broad ruled out for rest of West Indies tour

Stuart Broad will miss the rest of England's T20 international series with West Indies due to ongoing knee troubles.

Last Updated: 11/03/14 10:50am

England's captain in the shortest form of the game appeared to be struggling throughout the 27-run defeat in Barbados on Sunday and later confirmed he was suffering with patellar tendonitis, commonly referred to as 'jumper's knee'.

With the World Twenty20 just around the corner, the seamer confirmed he will sit out the next two matches against West Indies in order to lead his side in Bangladesh.

"(The knee is) okay, I've had knee patellar tendonitis for a while now, throughout the winter, with the workload," Broad told Sky Sports.

"It just gets a bit stiffer and stiffer, andsomething I need to act on now to make sure I'm fit and firing for that World Cup."

Spin trouble

Broad admitted England were caught out by the pitch after they were once again undone by slow bowling, raising questions about how suited they will be to the spin-friendly conditions in Bangladesh.

Leg-spinner Samuel Badree took 3-17 from four overs, while Marlon Samuels added two scalps with his off-spin, with England's seamers having earlier struggled.

"(The pitch) definitely played different. There was quite a bit of grass on the wicket and we saw that all the seamers went at about eight an over or more and all the spinners got wickets with low economy rates," he added.

"Whether that's to do with the batsmen not playing the spin particularly well or whether it's


A senior Chinese banking executive has warned against the proliferation of off-book wealth management products, comparing some to a Ponzi scheme in a rare official acknowledgment of the risks they pose to the Chinese banking system.

China must "tackle" shadow banking, particularly the short term investment vehicles known as wealth management products, Xiao Gang, the chairman of the board of Bank of China, one of the top four state-owned banks, wrote in an op-ed in the English-language China Daily on Friday.

He warned of a mismatch between short-term products and the longer underlying projects they fund, adding that in some cases the products are not tied to any specific project and that in others new products may be issued to pay off maturing products and avoid a liquidity squeeze.

China's newslowing economy to the next administration, a blemish to his otherwise great performance over the last ten years," said Liu Li-Gang, an economist in Hong Kong at Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ), who previously worked at the World Bank. Liu said the central bank needs to cut lenders' reserve requirements.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's central bank trimmed the key interest rate Thursday for a second time this year, as Asia's fourth-largest economy faces mounting threats from the protracted debt crisis in Europe and the slowing growth in the world economy.

Analysts expect that the Bank of Korea, which revised down its outlook for South Korea's economy to 3 percent in July, will further reduce its growth forecast for 2012 and 2013 in its scheduled


is where the US was in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and where Japan was in the late '60s and early '70s, but China does not have the luxury of growing supplies of $10-$15 oil as did Japan.

Banking crises historically occur following demographics-induced credit and unreal estate booms/bubbles. China, Australia, and Canada are next in line for an unreal estate bust and banking crisis.

Demographic drag effects will hereafter begin to occur in China, Korea, and the Asian city-states, especially for China after '14 into the mid- to late '20s. Attempts to increase lending and "stimulus" with a debt overhang will encounter the same structural demographic constraints as in Japan since the mid- to late '90s and the US since '08.

China's growth boom is over, which means thatTransit System, Inc. for their portion of the costs.
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The Mercy Stone was founded by guitarist and composer Scott Grady, and is a 12-piece ensemble which goes into the unknown and unexplored territories evolving around Experimental Rock, Jazz Fusion and Classical Music.

Pounding, incessant martial rhythms and a truly big bass guitar sound drive forward a true rock opera — that is the ensemble’s debut album Ghettoblaster — in the most literal sense of the word, with wind instruments that behave as a classical brass section rather than a jazz horn section, providing harmony and occasionally introducing melodic themes. The mood is bombastic, grandiose, grim, and violent. Grady’s guitar here is very much a supporting instrument, played in a jazz idiom with a clean tone, providing mostly basic comping and some brief


came before and a musically interesting departure. The marriage of Wagnerian motivic development and psychedelic histrionics works beautifully, and by keeping the whole thing fairly brief it’s made much more listenable than an actual Wagner opera, with very little fat.

Ghettoblaster is strange, off-kilter, obtuse, but also beautiful, a tapestry of weird and wonderful musical imagery and a masterwork of composition. It is not for everyone, perhaps not for most people, but for those who get it, there is little else in the entirety of recorded music that can so powerfully and completely transport you to another time, another place, another state of mind. Highly recommended for fans of progressive rock, jazz fusion, and challenging, advanced music in general.and a near two-to-one advantage among voters not affiliated with either major political party.

DeSantis leads among men and middle-aged voters. Gillum has the advantage among women, younger voters and seniors.

The African-American mayor of Tallahassee, Gillum, has 75% of the black vote and leads among other minorities. DeSantis has a double-digit lead among Hispanics. Whites are evenly divided.

Gillum is viewed favorably by 50% of voters in the Sunshine State and unfavorably by 36%. This includes 28% with a Very Favorable opinion of him and 26% with a Very Unfavorable one.

DeSantis, a U.S. congressman, earns favorables of 45% and unfavorables of 42%, with 28% who see him Very Favorably and 32% with a Very Unfavorable view.

When Florida voters are given a list of eight issues and asked which is most


The devastated owner of a cat which she claims was savagely killed by two of Peter Doherty's dogs says the rocker turned up at her home today - and invited her to go and see the animals.

Retired nurse Penny Ward, 70, said the singer's two huskies took her eight-year-old cat Archie while off their lead and killed it.

The Libertines frontman, 39, was walking his Siberian huskies near his home in Margate, Kent on Monday morning when they allegedly lept over a garden wall and snatched the pet.

Witnesses said they saw one of the dogs running around with the cat in its mouth before the other tried to prise it away with its teeth.

Penny, 70, said losing Archie was like losing a child and she said she would neverget over his death.

She said the Libertines star visited her at her neat basement flat inside a mansion block in Margate, Kent but did not say sorry.

Pete Doherty's dogs (pictured with him) savagely killed a pet cat on walk, it was claimed last night

Pete Doherty's dogs killed a cat, according to Penny Ward age 70. Pictured, Penny with one of her remaining cats Be-Bee at her home in Cliftonville Near Margate

Archie the cat that was killed in Kent on Monday when it was 'savaged by two dogs belonging to Pete Doherty'

The Libertines frontman, 39, was walking his Siberian huskies near his home in Margate, Kent on Monday morning when they allegedly lept over a garden wall and snatched a cat

A bus driver who saw the incident told The


Sun: 'The dogs were tossing the cat around like it was a bag.'

A witness claimed the mauling went on for ten minutes and Doherty did nothing to stop it.

Penny said: 'It was not on a lead, he had no control over the dog what soever.

'One minute he was saying he normally takes the dogs out between four and five in the morning because they like to chase and play with other dogs. Yeah right.

'They were not on a lead.

Penny said the singer barely apologised and that she is concerned for the safety of children near his pets

'In one breath he was saying he had two cats at home and that they had never attacked his two cats but his next breath he's telling me he's put the catslawyers said it is likely no crime was committed. He did not comment on the incident.

Devastated Penny added: 'My friend brought the cat back and it was dead. My friend has an allotment and he buried him under the flower bed.

'I could not believe it. It does not matter who it had been. It was irresponsible. It should have been on a lead. He (Doherty) said himself they are pack animals and naturally hunters.

'If he knew all that why did he not have it on a lead. My friend saw it happen. He said he (Doherty) stood and watch it happen. He did nothing to stop the dog.'

She said when the rocker arrived at her home this morning he seemed 'completely vacant'.

Seventy-year-old former nurse Penny Ward with another


Penny Ward, fumed: 'It is disgusting that he should be taking powerful and aggressive dogs like that for walks off their leads. Pictured: Doherty with his dog

Pete Doherty and Kate Moss at the 2007 Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset

Famous for his wild days of drug taking and dating Kate Moss, Doherty has recently turned his attention to revamping his hotel in Margate.

The Palm Court Hotel, which closed last year, was one of the country's worst guesthouses with shocking reviews.

Before being purchased for £500,000 by The Libertines last year, the hotel earned just one star out of five on TripAdviser from unhappy guests.

Since then Doherty and his bandmates including Carl Barat, 40, have spectacularly revamped the hotel's exterior giving it a trendy black and gold look,What we'd do to give those chubby little cheeks a squeeze! These snaps will definitely be the sweetest thing you see all day...

It's official. Baby North West is one of the cutest tots we've ever clapped eyes on.

Mummy Kim Kardashian has shared snaps of baby North West and she's no stranger to a camera lens, but this is one of the first times mother and daughter have been snapped publicly together - and it's melted our hearts.

Reality royalty and proud parent Kim was spotted shuffling through customs at Los Angeles International airport ahead of Valentine's day to join hubby-to-be Kanye West in Baltimore, and lucky for us the brunette star was joined by her eight-month-old bundle of joy Nori.

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Yummy mum Kim was spotted entering the airport wrapped


up in a fur lined brown coat, before removing it to reveal an all-black outfit, while her adorable style-savvy daughter was wearing a taupe coloured dress, matching tights and a huge smile.

The twosome were on their way to see daddy Kanye who kicked off the second leg of his Yeezus tour.

"Nothing better than being with my love on Valentine's day! Happy Vday dolls," she wrote.

Later she posted a picture of rapper Kanye on stage together with the caption: "My date with Yeezus tonight."Prime minister Nawaz Sharif assured the UK a six-year moratorium on carrying out executions would remain.

British aid money is assisting the execution of prisoners accused of drug smuggling in Pakistan, it was claimed yesterday.

Nearly £13million of taxpayers’ money has been used to fund anti-narcotics operations, according to human rights campaigners, who fear the aggressive crackdown has seen those found guilty being hanged.

Capital punishment is legal in Pakistan, but last year prime minister Nawaz Sharif assured the UK a six-year moratorium on carrying out executions would remain.

But after the Taliban murdered 132 children at a school last December he reinstated the death penalty for terrorism. However, some of those to be executed are only guilty of drug offences, says Reprieve.

Some of the prisoners issued with ‘black warrants’ – a


relations with Pakistan and hamper the work of Britain’s spy agencies. Now the charity has appealed.

Reprieve says there is ‘strong and overwhelmingly compelling public interest’ in revealing whether the UK has followed the guidance.

Maya Foa, a director at the charity, said: ‘The British public deserves to know how much of its money is funding hangings in Pakistan, particularly as the country continues its aggressive execution spree.’

Mr Sharif reinstated the death penalty for terrorism after the Taliban murdered 132 children at a school (pictured) last December

But Foreign Office lawyers said publishing details would expose a ‘lack of confidence’ by the UK in Pakistan, which would have an ‘adverse effect’ on bilateral relations.

Some 8,000 people are on death row in Pakistan, including 23 Britons. It said several Britons, including oneintent is applicable where the crime intended is of a lesser degree than the crime charged. We find the doctrine applicable and affirm.
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*379 argument ended abruptly after the appellant "threw a hit," striking the baby in the face, and the baby began to cry. The appellant ran into the front yard and was followed by Patricia. He began crying and said he was sorry he had struck the baby and that he was drunk. He then left on foot. Patricia and the baby were taken to a hospital by ambulance. The appellant returned to the house about 45 minutes later and told the police that he had accidentally hit the baby while trying to hit his girlfriend. The baby developed a bruise on her face that remained for a week, but suffered no permanent injuries.
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He was a dark, tall, well-built, handsome man.

"I can make you feel like a woman," was his reply.

He started walking slowly down the isle to the woman, who was now shaking with anticipation. One by one he started unbuttoning his shirt buttons, revealing his rippling stomach muscles. He quickly took his shirt off, slowly reached for her trembling hand, looked in her eyes and said...major
international orchestras, such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony,
Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and the leading orchestras of the
Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Asia. She has worked with the illustrious conductors Vladimir
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Kalmar. As Artistic Director of the Camerata Bern, Ms. Weithaas will collaborate this
season with Tabea Zimmermann and Jörg Widmann, among others. As Artist-in-Residence at the
Bochum Symphony Orchestra, she performs the Beethoven and Widmann violin concertos and
directs the orchestra in several programs.

Ms. Weithaas is particularly active in the field of chamber music. Her musical partners
include Christian Tetzlaff, Tanja Tetzlaff, Clemens Hagen, Silke Avenhaus, Sharon Kam, and
Lars Vogt. She is a member of the Arcanto Quartet, along with Daniel Sepec, Tabea
Zimmermann, and Jean-Guihen Queyras. The quartet has performed


at the Berlin Philharmonie,
Wigmore Hall in London, Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Kölner
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Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele and the Edinburgh, Helsinki, Rheingau, and Montreux
festivals. Having already toured Japan twice, the Arcanto Quartet introduced itself to
North American audiences in October 2010. The ensemble has released three albums on
Harmonia Mundi, with repertoire by Bartók, Brahms, Ravel, Dutilleux, and Debussy. Ms.
Weithaas has released several highly praised solo recordings of sonatas by Brahms and
Mendelssohn, in addition to works by Schubert, Saint-Saëns, Ravel, and Fauré on AVI
Music.

Ms. Weithaas began playing the violin at age 4, and later studied at the Hochschule für
Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin with Werner Scholz. She won the International Fritz Kreisler
Violin Competition in Graz in 1987, theInternational Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in
Leipzig in 1988, and the Hannover International Violin Competition in 1991. After teaching
at the Universität der Künste Berlin, Ms. Weithaas became a professor of violin at the
Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in 2004. She plays on a 2001 Peter Greiner violin.

Known for his musical integrity, technical assurance, and intelligent
interpretations, Christian Tetzlaff is internationally recognized as one of the most
important violinists of his generation.

From the outset of his career, Mr. Tetzlaff has performed and recorded a broad spectrum of
repertoire. In high demand as a soloist around the world, he has performed with the
orchestras of Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, and Los Angeles, as well
as the Berliner Philharmoniker, Vienna and Rotterdam philharmonic orchestras, Orchestre de
Paris, and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, among many others. A


dedicated chamber
musician, he collaborates with distinguished artists, including Leif Ove Andsnes and Lars
Vogt, and is the founder of the Tetzlaff Quartet, which he formed in 1994 with violinist
Elisabeth Kufferath, violist Hanna Weinmeister, and his sister, cellist Tanja
Tetzlaff.

Born in Hamburg, Mr. Tetzlaff began intensive study of the violin at age 14, and
attributes the establishment of his musical outlook to Uwe-Martin Haiberg, his teacher at
the conservatory in Lübeck. He also studied with Walter Levine at the University of
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and spent two summers at the Marlboro Music
Festival.

As a 2010-2011 Carnegie Hall Perspectives artist, Mr. Tetzlaff appears with the
Orchestra of St. Luke's, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble ACJW with Sir Simon
Rattle, the Tetzlaff Quartet, and in a duo-recital with violinist Antje Weithaas. In
addition, he leads a Professional Training Workshopfor young violinists and
pianists.

Mr. Tetzlaff's season also includes appearances with the National and Toronto symphony
orchestras; New World Symphony; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; the London
Philharmonic Orchestra in Leipzig, Helsinki, and London; and a European tour with the San
Francisco Symphony. He performs Bach's complete sonatas and partitas in Lisbon, Dresden,
and at the University of California at Berkeley, and performs Beethoven's sonatas with
pianist Alexander Lonquich in Tokyo and with the Tetzlaff Quartet throughout North America
and Europe.

Mr. Tetzlaff's highly regarded recordings include recent projects with the Russian
National Orchestra and Kent Nagano, the Tonhalle-Orchester and David Zinman, Mitsuko Uchida
and the Ensemble Intercontemporain led by Pierre Boulez, and Leif Ove Andsnes. Upcoming
recording collaborations include the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Mr. Boulez, and the
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and Paavo Järvi.

Mr. Tetzlaff lives near Frankfurt with his


wife, a clarinetist with the Oper Frankfurt,
and their three children. He performs on a violin modeled after a Guarneri del Gesù made by
Peter Greiner. In honor of his artistic achievements, Musical America named him
Instrumentalist of the Year in 2005.

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Bartók 44 Duos for Two Violins

András Keller, Violin; Jaós Pilz, Violin

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At a Glance

JEAN-MARIE LECLAIR Sonata in D Major, Op. 3, No. 6
Leclair is one of the sources of the great French tradition of violin playing that flowed through Bériot to Ysaÿe and beyond. The violinists of the French and Belgian school were known for their suavity of tone and suppleness of phrasing, in contrast to the sharp-edged brilliance favored by the Italians. These qualities are reflected in Leclair’s elegantly crafted Sonata.

BÉLA BARTÓK Violin Duos, BB 104
Although his chosen instrument wasthe piano, Bartók wrote with special sensitivity for the violin. His 44 short duos, designed (like his better-known Mikrokosmos for piano) as student pieces in progressive order of difficulty, grew out of his lifelong interest in the folk music of Hungary, Romania, and other eastern European countries.

CHARLES-AUGUSTE DE BÉRIOT Duo Concertant in G Minor, Op. 57, No. 1
Remembered today chiefly for his sparkling Scène de Ballet, Bériot was one of the preeminent violinists of the mid-19th century. Among the many bravura solo pieces that he wrote, primarily to show off his own mastery of the instrument, are 10 concertos and this brilliant, concerto-like duo.

EUGÈNE YSAŸE Sonata for Two Violins in A Minor
Like Bériot, Ysaÿe is better known as a violinist than as a composer. But some of his


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Part of a series of memoir pieces by Judt on the New York Review of Books's NYRBlog, the infelicitously titled meditation discusses sexual politics through the lens of Judt's own life. Some of Judt's recollections are amusing (like his description of early-sixties women's underwear). Others just seem myopic — he writes of a professor who "followed [a graduate student] into a supply closet and declared his feelings" only to suffer a career-ending censure for sexual harassment. Referring to the graduate student, he puts dismissive quotes around both "victim" (because being followed into a closet by a superior apparently isn't scary


speaks from a position of privilege. But his memories are colored by past privilege — he implies that his status as "chairman of the History Department at New York University-where I was also the only unmarried straight male under sixty" made him uniquely vulnerable to sexual harassment claims, but doesn't acknowledge that this was in large part because of his relative power. Perhaps this doesn't seem like "actual power" to him — and given that he's a leftist academic in the early 21st century, it's hard to blame him. But the power to fight back against unwanted sexual attention, to demand a workplace in which one is judged on work and not attractiveness, and to expect a certain level of respect in the speech of one's colleagues —-An Australian senator on Friday released a shockingly Islamophobic statement after a horrific attack on two mosques in Christchurch left 49 people dead.

Fraser Anning, who was elected as a Queensland senator in 2017, released a statement after an attack was carried out against Muslims, and it includes exactly one sentence condemning the violence followed by seven paragraphs suggesting Muslims themselves are to blame, per CNN's Jim Sciutto.

Anning writes that the attack "highlights" a "growing fear within our community" of "the increasing Muslim presence," and he claims that the "real cause" was "the immigration program which allowed Muslim fanatics to migrate to New Zealand in the first place." Anning goes on to write that "the entire religion of Islam" is a "violent ideology" and that Muslims are not "blameless."

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incredible: As 49 Muslim worshippers lay dead in New Zealand, a sitting Australian senator blames “the immigration program which allowed Muslim fanatics to migrate to New Zealand”. pic.twitter.com/13w7aAK8IR — Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) March 15, 2019

This is hardly a first-time offense for Anning, who has advocated for ending Muslim immigration and in 2018 delivered a Senate speech calling for a "final solution to the immigration problem," evoking the infamous phrase referring to Nazi extermination of Jewish people, per BBC News. Anning refused to apologize for these comments even as he was condemned by members of Parliament.

Anning's statement was similarly condemned all around on Friday, The Washington Post reports, with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison saying his comments are "disgusting" and "have no place in Australia, let alone the Australianbetween 1955 and 1959, and the majority of residential construction was done between 1970 and 1990 (although the streets north of 115th Street, east of Central Avenue and south of what is now Rossmo Road were on city street maps as early as 1961). The housing stock is composed mostly of low-density, single detached houses and multiple-unit apartment buildings. Forest Grove School was opened on October 15, 1984, partially on the site of the former Sutherland Park Drive-In theatre, and St. Volodymyr School opened on March 1, 1989.

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Katrina: Looking Back Four Years Later

August 31, 2009

(Lauren Kelley is a staff writer for Philanthropy News Digest. This is her first post for PhilanTopic.)

There's been a lot of talk the last few days about the recovery effort in New Orleans -- the benchmarks that have been met and how much work there is to be done. While the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is a natural opportunity to take stock of those efforts and to look ahead, I can't help but remember the immediate aftermath of the storm, which I experienced secondhand through my parents’ dispatches from the flooded city.

When Katrina first formed and began to pick up strength in late August 2005, my parents had lived in New Orleans a couple of years, having moved there frommy hometown of Dallas. My mom, a native Floridian, was no stranger to hurricanes. When she was growing up in Miami, her family and friends would have "hurricane parties" -- they’d board up the windows, play cards by candlelight, run outside during the eye of the storm, and then go back in until the storm had passed.

But of course Katrina was no ordinary hurricane. When the storm’s size and strength became evident and the orders to evacuate (finally) came down, they knew that riding out the storm in their house was not an option.

At the time, my stepfather was the restaurant manager for a luxury hotel in downtown New Orleans, and because the hotel sat on relatively high ground, it was fully booked with New Orleanians and tourists


who, for whatever reason, had not evacuated. Needing hands to keep the operation running, the hotel management offered rooms to any employee and his family who agreed to stay. Thinking the hotel would be a pretty safe place to be, my parents took the hotel up on its offer, packed a few days’ worth of clothes, and left their house without so much as taking the milk out of the refrigerator.

As it turned out, the hotel was a good place to be, as the edge of the storm passed over the city. It was an incredibly strong hurricane -- a few times, my mom belly-crawled from the bathroom to look out the hotel room window and, as she later told me, was treated to a scene right outparents saw the water making its way up Canal Street toward the hotel, and that's when they knew it was time to go. And so they left, making it out on the one un-flooded highway headed for Dallas.

They weren't able to stop by their house before they left; their neighborhood, Gentilly, had been closed due to the breach of the nearby London Avenue Canal. So for days they sat in Dallas watching the devastation unfold, having no idea whether they would have a house to go back to. And even if they did, what kind of city they would be returning to.

When they were finally given the okay to return, six weeks after the storm made landfall, it was an occasion for both relief and sadness. On the


one hand, their house was one of only two on the block that hadn't been flooded. A few minor repairs and the house itself was livable. On the other hand, their neighborhood was in shambles -- and other areas of the city were every bit as bad, if not worse. A house down the street, where an older woman had lived by herself, had flooded to the rafters. They didn't know whether the woman evacuated or not, but they never saw her again. In fact, most of Gentilly was empty and quiet. There were no streetlights. They had to use a generator for electricity. Hardest on my mom were the constant reminders of how much worse the outcome had been for others -- the marks on front doorsleft by rescue workers looking for bodies, the overpass near their house with SAVE US spray painted on the side.

Despite all the aid and money that subsequently poured into the city, redevelopment efforts in my parents' neighborhood moved at a glacial pace, and before long they decided they could no longer wait for things to get better. So they sold their home (an un-flooded house in post-Katrina New Orleans turned out to be something of a commodity) and went back to Dallas to pick up the pieces and make a new life. It was hard, to be sure, but their network of friends and family helped make it possible.

It's impossible to say how many of their neighbors were as lucky. Who knows what stories they have to tell,


Albert Podell, a former editor of Playboy magazine, did what all of us fantasize about but very few achieve: He traveled to all 196 countries on Earth.

It took him 50 years. On the way he was chased by water buffalo, broke a few bones, ate weird foods, and was arrested, robbed, and almost lynched. But he lived to tell the tale in a new book, Around the World in Fifty Years: My Adventure to Every Country on Earth.

Talking from his home in New York, he addresses the thorny issue of what constitutes a country, pinpoints the best place to eat barbecued mice, explains why smartphones are making young people less adventurous, and tells us why his favorite place is still the United States. (Take a quiz created byIndia.

I wanted to take some photographs. There was this wonderful building situated catty-corner across the street with wide balconies and a balustrade I could hide behind to take photos. So I ran across the street, up four floors, got out on the balcony, and was about to start taking pictures when I was grabbed by two soldiers. It turned out the building was the Pakistani Ministry of Defense. [Laughs]

They dragged me into a room where there were about 40 civil defense workers chanting, “Indian spy! Indian spy! Hang him! Hang him!” Then the janitor went out. He came back with a stout rope, threw it over a rafter, fashioned a noose, and put the noose around my neck. That looked like it was going to be the end.

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attachable to an arm of the pivotal motor support apparatus when the motor is in the operative or stowed position. The demountable handle assures that the operating cord will always be readily accessible to the operator in the boat to either raise the motor from its operative position or lower it thereto from its stowed position on the deck. The handle is demountably secured to one of the pivot arms of the motor support apparatus by frictional engagement between the legs of an elongated U-shaped slot in the handle and the lateral faces of the pivot arm.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,002,509, which issued to Uroszek on Mar. 26, 1991, describes a trolling motor mount. The mount is for use in mounting an outboard trolling motor on the outboard driveTHE GUARDIAN – Cricket – First with the bat and now with the ball, the Indian seamers have put their country in a strong position to be able to force a win in the first Test should they prove sufficiently bold at this early stage of the series.

The match, which had seemed dead in the water as Sam Robson and Gary Ballance, with a half-century apiece, chiselled out an unspectacular but efficient unbroken century partnership during the morning – 125 to be precise – was turned on its head quite spectacularly during the middle session, which saw six wickets fall for the further addition of 74 runs, including one processional spell of three for five in 10 balls when the England batsmen performed their well rehearsed impression of


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Thursday, September 29, 2011

One on One with Darrius Barnes

Darrius Barnes has had an impressive three years in Major League Soccer. He entered the league in the 2009 SuperDraft. He was drafted by the New England Revolution and has remained a stalwart defender from day one. In his first season, he played every minute. That’s no small feat for any player, let alone a rookie. This good form has continued despite various nagging injuries here and there, Barnes has earned an impressive reputation of consistency and poise on the back line.

Despite the troubles that the Revolution have endured over the past few years, Darrius Barnes remains a bright spot. Positive play and a work-rate that matches his 'never give up' attitude have served him well. We caught up withToll-free Holiday Traffic Ends in Gridlock

As China commenced a week-long National Day vacation known as Golden Week, authorities decided to do car travelers a favor and make the roads toll-free. With train tickets for the long holiday selling out fast, and an increasing number of Chinese families now owning cars, more and more people take to the roads for holiday travel. The result of this week’s largesse: gridlock traffic across the country. Photos posted on Sina Weibo and elsewhere showed passengers stuck in miles of parked traffic passing the time by exercising, playing tennis, and walking their dogs. In Tianjin, a tour bus reportedly carrying caught fire, killing at least six people including five Germans. The Telegraph reports on the extent of the gridlock:

Long tailbacks were reported across


his space: Cyril, who takes care of the day-to-day business of living, and his mother, who is dead but ever present.

Woodcock’s delicate balance could perhaps be maintained if he were an ascetic, but Anderson has also given him a reverence for the female form and a gift for seduction. In a restaurant near his country house, he picks up a charmingly clumsy waitress named Alma (the Luxembourg-born Vicky Krieps), who has the body type he likes (tall, small-breasted, a hint of a belly) and a tantalizing way of holding his eyes. (“If you want to have a staring contest with me, you will lose,” she tells him.) On their first date he takes her measurements. Soon after, she has practically moved in. Like his other lovers, Alma isAvera Twin Register Growing Through Online Consenting and Survey Collection.
The aim of the Avera Twin Register (ATR) is to establish a prospective longitudinal repository of twins, multiples, siblings and family members' biological samples to study environmental and genetic influences on health and disease. Also, it is our intention to contribute to international genome-wide association study (GWAS) twin consortia when appropriate sample size is achieved within the ATR. The ATR is young compared with existing registers and continues to collect a longitudinal repository of biological specimens, survey data and health information. Data and biological specimens were originally collected via face-to-face appointments or the postal department and consisted of paper-informed consents and questionnaires. Enrollment of the ATR began on May 18, 2016 and is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota,


a rural and frontier area in the Central United States with a regional population of approximately 880,000. The original target area for the ATR was South Dakota and the four surrounding states: Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota and Nebraska. The ATR has found a need to expand that area based on twin and multiple siblings who live in various areas surrounding these states. A description of the state of the ATR today and its transition to online data collection and informed consent will be presented. The ATR collects longitudinal data on lifestyle, including diet and activity levels, aging, plus complex traits and diseases. All twins and multiples participating in the ATR are genotyped on the Illumina Global Screening Array and receive zygosity results.Friday, February 20, 2009

Robin #183, The Final Issue

"Robin Dies at Dawn"

Well he doesn't actually die, of course. He simply has a dawn meeting with the unbeatable Lady Shiva, who is irritated by his presumption at assuming the role of Gotham City's protector in Batman's absence. (Being one of his earliest mentors, and one of Bruce's as well, it seems she has that right.)

Before their Wild West showdown Robin takes care of business around the city and in the Cave, tying up loose ends and doing what he does. ("Stop eleven muggings. Six bodega hits. Three bank robberies.") He finally ends his ill-fated romance with school mate Zoanne Wilkins. He relays Bruce's final message to Jason Todd, flexing his muscles but giving him another chance. He chats on the


brawn with detection, foresight and intelligence. He tracked her movements well before she contacted him, and dosed her hotel chocolates with heart-rate activated paralytic poison. (His only gamble was that her heart rate would go up four beats while fighting him, which explains the out-of-character pre-fight threat of "before I kick your ass..." as an attempt to rile her up.)

He proves her wrong, saying "It's only presumptuous if I can't protect Gotham."

Nightwing is in the shadows, which Robin also knows, his constant ally and brother. As he swings off into the early sunlight of Gotham City he acknowledges that Gotham needs a Batman. "The obvious candidate will step up soon enough" he says, humbly voicing the nearly unanimous fan opinion that Dick is the only one who trulydeserves the mantle of the Bat. Until then, Gotham has Robin, a stronger, more mature, more Batman-like Robin.

Fabien Nicieza wrote a fantastic final issue. (100 times better than the penultimate one, and far superior to the majority of issues in Robin's surprisingly long run.) He gives Tim's solo title a send-off it deserves, with a clearly defined individual who does not exist in the shadow of his mentors, but under the weight of his own expectations and ambition. Even Freddie Williams manages to draw Tim as more of a grown-up, rather than the mini-Robin so often seen in the animated series or the main Batman titles. In his final pages Tim has poise and presence, and judging from the art leaked by Tony Daniel this will continue in


Battle for the Cowl.

The extra unexpected pleasure was the Origins & Omens backstory, which dealt with Obeah Man, the Haitian terrorist who killed his mother years ago (with poison) within the reach of a fighting Batman, before he was officially even Robin. I have often wondered about this villain, about his whereabouts and if he would resurface. The story of Tim's mother's death was a strong and haunting one, and hugely defined his early progress. (He was busy tracking down the original Anarky while Batman went to Haiti to save his parents. Talk about full-circle, villain wise.) To see Tim confront him, to infiltrate Obeah Man's base with ease, to shake off his cheap (and often overused) attempt to bring Tim down with dark memories of his tragicBrief History

Clarence Jordan

Koinonia Farm was founded in 1942 by Clarence and Florence Jordan and Martin and Mabel England in 1942 as a “demonstration plot for the Kingdom of God.” For them, this meant an intentional community of believers sharing their lives and resources, following the example of the first Christian communities as described in the Acts of the Apostles. Other families soon joined, and visitors to the farm were invited to “serve a period of apprenticeship in developing community life on the teachings and principles of Jesus.”

Koinonians shared not only faith and resources, but also work. We farmed the land for our livelihood, and sought ways to work in partnership with the land, “to conserve the soil, God’s holy earth” (Clarence Jordan). We preached, taught, and were members


of local churches. From the beginning, Koinonians emphasized the brotherhood and sisterhood of all people. When we could afford to hire seasonal help, Black and White workers were paid a fair, equal wage. When the community and its guests and workers prayed or ate a meal, we all sat together at the table, regardless of color. Our commitment to racial equality, pacifism, and economic sharing brought bullets, bomb and a boycott in the 1950s as the KKK and others attempted to force us out. We responded with prayer, nonviolent resistance, and a renewed commitment to live the Gospel. We created a mail-order business, which continues to sustain our community today.

Grapes and pecans

As the threats of violence dwindled, we focused on the poor quality of local housing and begana project to build decent, affordable homes for our neighbors. Clarence Jordan also focused on a passion he held to pen a version of the New Testament from the original Greek to south Georgia vernacular. From his writing shack nestled in one of our pecan orchards, he wrote the Cotton Patch Version, prepared for nationwide speaking engagements, and, in 1969 while working on a sermon, it is where he died suddenly.

Florence Jordan

The Koinonia community carried on Clarence’s legacy. The housing ministry evolved into Habitat for Humanity International under the leadership of Millard and Linda Fuller, who were members of Koinonia. When they left Habitat in 2005, Millard and Linda made certain that the first board meeting of their new organization – The Fuller Center for Housing – took


A Toronto harm reduction advocate says she's angry with police for not disclosing the overdose death of one of its drug squad officers sooner.

Const. Michael Thompson, 37, was found in medical distress at his home in Durham Region on April 10, police say. He was rushed to hospital, where he died three days later.

Toronto police released a statement about the officer's death Thursday — more than seven months after it happened.

Meaghan Gray, a spokesperson for Toronto police, said Durham Regional Police started a sudden death investigation back in April. The results of that investigation came back in July, concluding Thompson died of a fentanyl overdose.

In a written statement Thursday, police said the quantity of fentanyl in his system was too large to have been caused by casual contactwas involved in. Some of those cases come forward as early as next week.

"There will be some consequences in the justice system when it comes to cases he was involved in," Gray said. "That's just the inevitable outcome when something like this happens."

Thompson was hired by Toronto police in 2006. He was assigned to the drug squad in 2014.

In the statement, police offered their condolences to his colleagues, family and friends. He was single and did not have any children.

"Everybody is devastated," said Mike McCormack, president of the Toronto Police Association (TPA). "We were devastated when we had to bury him in April. Too young, too early. It's a tragedy."

Mike McCormack, president of the Toronto Police Association, said Thompson was a dedicated police officer. (CBC)

McCormack said officers on


The Aljafería Palace (Arabic:قصر الجعفرية Qasr Aljafariya, Spanish: Palacio de la Aljafería) is a fortified medieval Islamic palace built during the second half of the 11th century in the Moorish taifa of Zaragoza of Al-Andalus

The University of Al-Karaouine or Al-Qarawiyyin (Arabic: جامعة القرويين) (other transliterations of the name include Qarawiyin, Kairouyine, Kairaouine, Qairawiyin, Qaraouyine, Quaraouiyine, Quarawin, and Qaraouiyn) is a university located in Fes, Morocco. Founded in 859, as a religious school, the university is one of the leading spiritual and educational centers of the Muslim world. It is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest degree-granting university in the world.

Sorry, alexa, but you've got it a bit askew.
The word classic/classical originated to describe the peak period of Ancient Greek architecture which is dividedinto 3 general variations of the style and called in chronological order: Archaic, Classical or Hellenic & Hellenistic. The Classical/Hellenic is considered the peak of achievement of the style. The Ancient Romans adopted and adapted the Greek Style so the style of art and architecture is also considered 'Classical'.

Later styles based on the classical ideas of art & aesthetics are also considered 'Classical'.

The Italian Renaissance ('rebirth' of classical art, ideas and learning) revived the style albeit making changes and adapting it to contemporary needs and ideas. This continued through the Mannerist Period (aka Late Renaissance) in Italy, on into the Baroque Style, a more robust, emotional and theatrical version of the classical.

Through the efforts of the Roman Catholic Church, primarily, the Baroque spread to other countries in Europe,


especially, France, Germany, Spain & England. The Baroque had a decorative variation called 'Rococo', very popular in the period of Louis Quatorze/XIV in France & in England.

Spain in particular, spread a version of the Baroque style, classical in derivation but much more exuberant, decorative and dramatic in character and form to the 'New World', the Americas.

The classical was again revived in Europe, first as Neo-Classical then later, along with the Gothic and other styles in the C19th in Europe in the Revivalist (it has several names!) period which persisted into the early C.20th. This revivalist style occurred all over the Western world, the Americas, Australasia & even in Africa. It is usually referred to and identified as 'Neo-', as in 'Neo-Baroque'.

The words 'classic' & 'classical' have gained extendedThe damaged windows on the 32nd floor room that was used by the shooter in the Mandalay Hotel.

An injured person is tended to during the after the massacre in 2017.

A $735 million settlement has been reached in lawsuits stemming from the 2017 Las Vegas massacre, lawyers said Thursday.

MGM Resorts International agreed to pay the whopping amount to resolve claims that it did nothing to prevent Stephen Paddock from entering the Mandalay Bay hotel with a cache of assault-style weapons.

Paddock opened fire on the crowd of 22,000 concertgoers at an outdoor country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip on Oct. 1, 2017, from his 32nd-floor room, slaughtering 58 and injuring hundreds.

He killed himself as cops closed in. Authorities later found 23 assault-style weapons in his room, many equipped


on their favorite Cars characters.

Disney Planes blu-ray is an upcoming direct-to-video animated film of Cars, not produced by Pixar Animation Studios. This film is produced by DisneyToon Studios. And gets dvd and blu-ray release in 2013. PLANES takes off with an international cast of the fastest air racers around, in a comedy packed with action and adventure starring Dusty, a small town dreamer who longs to enter the most epic around-the-world air race ... despite his fear of heights. With the help and support of a fleet of new and hilarious characters, Dusty wings his way into the biggest challenge of his life.

Air Mater
A tow service leads Mater in the world of planes. Amazed by all these flying machines, Mater gets interested to learn to fly. With Mater,new custom paint job you make tracks to Ramone paintshop.

Cars is the seventh of twelve films made by Pixar. The story is about rookie racecar, Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson), who gets lost on the way to a tiebreaker race in the Piston Cup and ends up in a little town called Radiator Springs on Route 66, that had since been forgotten because the Interstate was built. He accidentally wrecks the road and is sentenced to fix it. During his time, he goes tractor tipping with his new best friend Tow Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) and goes on a drive with his future girlfriend Sally Carrera (Bonnie Hunt). After McQueen fixes the road, Doc Hudson (Paul Newman) no longer wants him in town, so he calls the news


crew to take McQueen to Los Angeles, but it doesn't take long for Doc to realize how much he's helped Radiator Springs, so he goes back to being the Hudson Hornet and becomes McQueen's crew chief, while most of the Radiator Springs folks become his pit crew. McQueen is about to win the race, but helps The King (Richard Petty) cross the finish line after Chick Hicks (Michael Keaton) crashes him and wins the Piston Cup after being in third on the last lap, but is booed by everyone as comeuppance. Despite his loss, Lightning is offered to be the new face of Dinoco, but he decides to stay with Rusteze. He does, however, arrange for Mater to ride in the Dinoco helicopter just like McQueen promised. TheHe is based on the real John Lasseter, who is the creator and director of Cars and Cars2. These two cars are 1/55 scale diecast measuring 3 inches long, John's headset is not removable and made of plastic.

Cars 2 is a 2011 American computer-animated action film produced by Pixar, and it is the sequel to the 2006 film, Cars. In the sequel Lightning McQueen, his pit crew and his new crew chief, Mater, head around the world for the "Race of Champions" taking place in five different countries: Japan, Austria, Italy, a 24-hour race in France and the United Kingdom. However, Mater, involved in a case of mistaken identity, saves the life of a British secret agent named Finn McMissile, meet The Queen, save England and rescues Holley


Shiftwell.

This film is directed by John Lasseter, co-directed by Brad Lewis. The film was presented in Disney Digital 3D and IMAX 3D, as well as traditional two-dimensional and IMAX formats. The film was a huge box office success, ranking #1 on its opening weekend in the U.S. and and Canada and topping international success of such previous Pixar's works as WALL-E, Cars, Monsters, Inc, Toy Story 2, A Bug's Life and Toy Story. With a budget of $200 millions this movie has grossed over $550 millions. Cars 2 will arrive on Blu-ray and DVD on November 1 with previously unreported bonus: a brand new Cars Toon entitled Air Mater and also a Toy Story Toon Hawaiian Vacation

The film will be released on Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, DVD, and itunestires, repairs, mechanical adjustments, a driver change, or any combination of the above. The pits usually comprise a pit lane which runs parallel to the start/finish straight and is connected at each end to the main track, and a row of garages (usually one per team) outside which the work is done. Pit stop work is carried out by anywhere from five to twenty mechanics (also called a pit crew), depending on the series regulations, while the driver waits in the vehicle (except where a driver change is involved). In American racing series, a pit lane consists of a number of pit stalls and a concrete pit wall which separates the pit lane from the infield, with the garages on a separate road in the infield; European racing


and it is the sequel to the 2006 film, Cars.
In the sequel Lightning McQueen, his pit crew and his new crew chief, Mater, head around the world for the "Race of Champions" taking place in five different countries: Japan, Austria, Italy, a 24-hour race in France and the United Kingdom. However, Mater, involved in a case of mistaken identity, saves the life of a British secret agent named Finn McMissile, meet The Queen, save England and rescues Holley Shiftwell.

The film is directed by John Lasseter, co-directed by Brad Lewis. The film was presented in Disney Digital 3D and IMAX 3D, as well as traditional two-dimensional and IMAX formats. The film was a huge box office success, ranking #1 on its opening weekend in the U.S. and and CanadaCars 2, and Mater's Tall Tales. The film will also be released as a Movie Download option in both standard and high definition HD from itunes. Disney has fully detailed the release.

Carlo Maserati is this really nice 1/55 scale diecast all painted in burgundy color, based
on the real-life Carlo Maserati, the eldest of the Maserati brothers. He is number 25 from the Pixar Cars 2 diecast collection. Curiously, the diecast of Carlo has blue-green eyes, but the image on the box has him with brown eyes. The real Carlo Maserati was an Italian bicycle and automotive engineer, the eldest of the Maserati Brothers.

Pinion Tanaka is a character in Cars 2. He is a gold-painted micro van and a professional Sumo wrestler from Tokyo, Japan, who's always a menacing


sight in the ring in his signature teal mawashi. Disney Pixar Cars 2 Pinion Tanaka Sumo Wrestler #7 Deluxe Edition from Mattel.

A mawashi is the belt these sumo wrestlers use in training and competition.

Mattel made this exclusive item for the D23 Expo event held in Anaheim, CA, on August 19-21, 2011. It is identical to the retail version, except for the packaging. It also came with 3 extra wheels in the box. Also included with this Finn was a "blue Ransburg" Finn McMissile packaged in a separate black envelope with the words "Top Secret" across the front, along with the Cars 2 logo.

Available exclusively at Disney's D23 Expo, this version of British Master Spy Finn McMissile has the gadgets to prepare for any mission- even if it's underwater!Commemorate the iconic scene from Cars 2 when Finn McMissile transforms himself into an underwater Submarine to escape Professor Z and his Minions. This D23 exclusive features a 1:55th scale, die cast Submarine Finn McMissile with double ransberg paint for an extra special look. The diorama package brings the underwater scene to life with Finn in his submarine mode and his ejected tires floating to the surface.

British Master Spy Finn McMissile has the gadgets to prepare for any mission — even if it's underwater! Commemorate the iconic scene from Cars 2 when Finn McMissile transforms himself into an underwater Submarine to escape Professor Z and his Minions. This D23 exclusive features a 1:55th scale, die cast Submarine Finn McMissile. The diorama package brings the underwater scene to life


with Finn in his submarine mode and his ejected tires floating to the surface.

Finn McMissile
He is a master British secret spy agent who recruits Mater, whom he mistakes for a cleverly disguised American agent, to help in his mission. Though charming and eloquent, intelligence and years in the field that enable him to thwart unexpected attacks from bad guys, making quick daredevil escapes. Finn's design is sleek and timeless, but he's also prepared for any tricky situation with an arsenal of ultra-cool gadgets and weaponry, including front and rear grappling hooks, a missile launcher, deployable magnetic explosives and a holographic disguise emitter. As a seasoned professional in the game of international espionage, Finn believes there is a conspiracy brewing during the World Grand Prix. His clandestine work surroundingPopemobile is a 1:43 scale die-cast deluxe truck with clear windows, a ramp and painted-red carpet inside. His job is to protect and transport Pope Pinion IV.

The Pope is a white car and the leader of the Catholic Church. For his public appearances the Pope uses the Popemobile, a truck transporting him in a glass box. During the film, Pope Pinion is seen in his popemobile at the Word Grand Prix race in Italy.

Popemobile (Italian: Papamobile) is an informal name for the specially designed motor vehicles used by the pope during outdoor public appearances without having to employ the antiquated and often impractical sedia gestatoria. The Popemobile was designed to allow the pope to be more visible when greeting large crowds. There have been many different designs for


Climb. His cool British refinement makes him an imposing presence on the World Grand Prix courses.
Nigel Gearsley competed in all three races of the World Grand Prix, and at the Radiator Springs Grand Prix. During the race in Italy, Nigel is the second car to have his motor exploded by the lemons' electromagnetic pulse cannon and the fifth car in general to be hit by the pulse.

Here's the unboxing of two new packages from Disney Pixar "Cars 2 Color Changers" called Ramone and Sherif. Also gonna be showing other color changers from cars and cars2. Each vehicle changes color with warm and icy cold water immediately for double the fun. NO waiting time! Kids can take their favorite cars from the film and with a quick dunk, watchAsylum seekers from Africa disembark a Libyan coast guard boat as they arrive at a naval base in Tripoli after being rescued in the Mediterranean Sea on August 28th, 2017. (Photo: Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty Images)

On November 15th, CNN published a video of a slave auction in Libya. The salesman repeatedly emphasized the strength of the black men for sale. "Does anybody need a digger?" he asked. "This is a digger, a big strong man, he'll dig." One of the enslaved men being sold was Nigerian. According to the International Organization for Migration, Nigerians constituted the largest group of Africans who arrived in Italy in 2016, marking the first time the country of 186 million had surpassed the previous leading country of origin for asylum seekers, Eritrea, a country of


year and a half later, new articles detail the extent of overcrowding and neglect at the zoo. "These migrants often don't have access to doctors, and even when a condition is life-threatening, they can be denied care. There's scabies and TB," says the head of the Tripoli division of the World Organisation Against Torture. In 2017, a Libyan woman rescued from a group of boats in the Mediterranean complains about having to wait while black asylum seekers are also rescued by MSF's ship Aquarius. "'They will give me scabies,' she says, referring to a parasitic skin disease common in those who have spent time in Libyan detention centers. The Aquarius staff, accustomed to this kind of racism among the rescued, ignore her pleas." Anti-blackness in Libya and thebodies. In 2012, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu campaigned aggressively on his commitment to Israel's security, pointing to the razor-wire fence that Israel built along the length of the Sinai to keep black asylum seekers from entering Israel; in 2010, the prime minister referred to them as "a concrete threat to the Jewish and democratic character of the country." The fence worked: Few asylum seekers entered Israel after its completion. Years later, in a tweet dated January 28th, 2017, Netanyahu applauded President Donald Trump's desire to build a wall to keep refugees from Mexico and Central America from crossing into the United States. "President Trump is right," Netanyahu said. "I built a wall along Israel's southern border. It stopped all illegal immigration. Great success. Great idea." Most of


the articles written about the tweet focused on the resulting outrage of the Mexican government. Africans were erased from the narrative completely.

In January of 2017, a 22-year-old Gambian man drowned in Venice's Grand Canal while onlookers filmed the episode on their phones. Lifesavers were thrown, but he appeared not to reach for them. Some speculated that the man wanted to die. Few asked what his reasons might have been. I'll never know, but I can imagine his fingertips breaking the surface for the last time, his eyes stinging from the salt, and I can guess at least a few.

While most migration in Africa is within African countries, after Israel's fence went up, many asylum seekers turned to Libya and the sea. Meanwhile, all asylum seekers who'd arrived inIsrael beforehand continued to be referred to as infiltrators, a word Israel has used for decades when describing Palestinians. Many of the Africans were rounded up and sent to Holot, a detention center in the Negev Desert, where they were held indefinitely, on the principle that they would stop seeking asylum and voluntarily return to their country of origin. Unable to kick asylum seekers out, thanks to the mandates of the 1951 Refugee Convention, in 2013 Israel offered asylum seekers $3,500 per person to leave. More recently, Netanyahu and his cabinet voted to close the Holot detention center and deport the remaining 40,000 African asylum seekers. "This removal is taking place thanks to an international agreement I reached that enables us to remove the 40,000 infiltrators remaining, remove


them without their consent," Netanyahu told his ministers.

In May of 2017, Libya's coast guard fires upon a humanitarian rescue ship. "The Luventa, a vessel operated by German charity Jugend Rettet, was among the vessels deployed by maritime commanders in Rome to help around a dozen refugee ships carrying more than 1,800 people on Tuesday," the Independent reported. The Libyan coast guard arrived in speedboats and began firing shots, first at the German boat, then at the jeopardized refugee boat. Roughly 100 black people jumped into the sea. "The idea of blocking humanitarian ships flying foreign flags from returning to Italian ports has been discussed," an Italian government source told Reuters a month later. By mid-July, an anti-immigrant group had raised over $100,000 for the purpose of hiring aship and crew to obstruct the humanitarian organizations rescuing asylum seekers and migrants in the Mediterranean. Though they had life jackets, I can't stop thinking about those 100 bodies. The cold shock of the sea against their skin. All the money and energy that has gone into keeping people like them—and those who would see them live—back, back, back.

The number of asylum seekers reaching Italy's shores plummeted in 2017, but as recently as 2013, Italy was running a highly successful rescue operation called Mare Nostrum. Implemented after the Lampedusa tragedy that resulted in 359 African asylum seekers drowning in the Mediterranean, the program saved over 150,000 lives. Italy asked the E.U. for funding to keep the rescue program operating. The E.U. declined, and Italy was forced to end


Mare Nostrum. Instead, beginning in November of 2014, the E.U. expanded its border control operation, known as Frontex, and launched Operation Triton, a rescue operation in name alone that patrolled the areas of the Mediterranean where asylum seekers were least likely to be. As the Guardian reported, "rather than replicating the Italian mission, which carried out proactive search and rescue across 27,000 square miles of sea, Triton will focus on border surveillance and operate only within 30 miles of the Italian coast."

A rescue team member takes a baby aboard a rescue ship during an operation off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Sea on November 5th, 2016. (Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images)

To date, asylum seekers' best hope for rescue lies with the humanitarian vessels patrolling the Mediterranean. In theat the time; other asylum seekers, including many from Africa, were stuck in the unstable purgatory of the undocumented. What emphasis some have placed on the role religion plays during these considerations, such as the severity of anti-Muslim attitudes in countries like Germany, fail to take into account the considerable number of asylum seekers from African countries like Somalia, Sudan, Eritrea, and Nigeria who, in addition to being black, are also Muslim. In 2016, Germany's Interior Ministry proposed intercepting refugee boats in the Mediterranean and returning them to Africa. Germany is now offering up to €1,000 to rejected asylum seekers in the country who agree to return home.

In 2016, several articles spring up about slave auctions in Libya. A year later, video of an auction goes viral. Black


Fultondale Rails to Trails is part of the Five Mile Creek Greenway which will eventually extend over 27 miles. This segment of the Five Mile Creek project is over three miles and is ideal for walking...

The Horse Creek Trail spans just over 3 paved miles between Dora and Sumiton, two small communities northwest of Birmingham. As the trail was built on a former railroad bed, it's a flat, easy walk or...

The Jones Valley Trail near downtown Birmingham stretches a half mile along 1st Avenue South from 25th Street to 32nd Street. Following a former railroad corridor, the paved, tree-lined rail-trail is...

Birmingham's much anticipated Rotary Trail opened April 2016. At its entrance, the trail features a 46-foot-tall sign which reads: "Rotary Trail in the Magic City." It is modeledafter the historical...

The Sumiton Trail begins at City Hall in the heart of the community of Sumiton, which lies northwest of Birmingham. The mile-long paved trail heads west out of town and ends with a connection to the...

The Horse Creek Trail spans just over 3 paved miles between Dora and Sumiton, two small communities northwest of Birmingham. As the trail was built on a former railroad bed, it's a flat, easy walk or...

Fultondale Rails to Trails is part of the Five Mile Creek Greenway which will eventually extend over 27 miles. This segment of the Five Mile Creek project is over three miles and is ideal for walking...

The Sumiton Trail begins at City Hall in the heart of the community of Sumiton, which lies northwest of Birmingham. The


mile-long paved trail heads west out of town and ends with a connection to the...

The Jones Valley Trail near downtown Birmingham stretches a half mile along 1st Avenue South from 25th Street to 32nd Street. Following a former railroad corridor, the paved, tree-lined rail-trail is...

Birmingham's much anticipated Rotary Trail opened April 2016. At its entrance, the trail features a 46-foot-tall sign which reads: "Rotary Trail in the Magic City." It is modeled after the historical...

The Horse Creek Trail spans just over 3 paved miles between Dora and Sumiton, two small communities northwest of Birmingham. As the trail was built on a former railroad bed, it's a flat, easy walk or...

Fultondale Rails to Trails is part of the Five Mile Creek Greenway which will eventually extend over 27 miles.This segment of the Five Mile Creek project is over three miles and is ideal for walking...

The Sumiton Trail begins at City Hall in the heart of the community of Sumiton, which lies northwest of Birmingham. The mile-long paved trail heads west out of town and ends with a connection to the...

The Jones Valley Trail near downtown Birmingham stretches a half mile along 1st Avenue South from 25th Street to 32nd Street. Following a former railroad corridor, the paved, tree-lined rail-trail is...

The Sumiton Trail begins at City Hall in the heart of the community of Sumiton, which lies northwest of Birmingham. The mile-long paved trail heads west out of town and ends with a connection to the...

The Horse Creek Trail spans just over 3 paved miles between Dora


and Sumiton, two small communities northwest of Birmingham. As the trail was built on a former railroad bed, it's a flat, easy walk or...

Fultondale Rails to Trails is part of the Five Mile Creek Greenway which will eventually extend over 27 miles. This segment of the Five Mile Creek project is over three miles and is ideal for walking...

Birmingham's much anticipated Rotary Trail opened April 2016. At its entrance, the trail features a 46-foot-tall sign which reads: "Rotary Trail in the Magic City." It is modeled after the historical...

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Chief Ladiga Trail

Chief Ladiga Trail, Nov 2018, *Excellent*

IUniversity and near a old train depot. With the sun beginning to set we finally made our way to the trail end in Weaver where friends and family greeted us with a celebratory bottle of champagne to commemorate a successful adventure.

Chief Ladiga Trail

Beautiful round trip - great trail

Started at the Chief Ladiga trailhead at Michael Tucker Park in Weaver / Anniston. As someone else mentioned, plenty of parking and clean, open bathroom facilities. Every bit of this trail is well marked and very well maintained. The buckles or bumps in the trail were marked with white paint.
Took the recumbent trike since this was a paved trail. And, while I wasn't planning to ride all the way to the AL/GA border and the link with the Silver Comet, the


ability could ride as much or as little of this trail as they like. Multiple places along the trail to park, all the road crossings are clearly marked and only one listed as "caution". Plenty of shade, especially in morning or late afternoon. All the bridges are in excellent shape.
Quite a gem.

Chief Ladiga Trail

A Perfect Day in Eastern Alabama

I started my ride at the trailhead in Anniston, a really good spot to begin the ride: a large parking-area directly on the trail, a lovely and well-kept park, and, what was a total surprise to my wife and me, it not only has public restrooms, but also showers, not locked but open for everyone, and with HOT water at that, and everything perfectly clean! We were enthusiastic! Considering thehot showers there, it might also be a very good end of a ride, of course.
In Jacksonville the former railway depot now is a well-maintained rest stop, with absolutely clean facilities. Water is also available there. And don’t forget to sign the guestbook for the trail.
The end, the spot where it connects with the Silver Comet Trail that is, has a nice rest area with benches and a Porta Potty which, after a 33-mile ride, might come in handy.
When I rode the Chief Ladiga Trail on May 19 this year, it was an absolutely fantastic day. It was quite warm, and the humidity wasn't half bad, but as the trail quite often lead under the thick leafy canopy of the trees and as I had the airflow around


me, it certainly was bearable. The air was gorgeously fresh, and smelled of every possible tree, shrub, and herb, and I kept thinking that here even the air one breathes was green. I didn't see any larger wildlife, but an abundance of squirrels and chipmunks. The small towns I passed through were some nice distraction – not that I had needed one as the trail showed enough variety: sometimes leading through open meadow, sometimes through green tunnels in a manner of speaking, and later with the wooded hills of Alabama in the background, with a blue sky and fluffy white clouds above. And in between again and again the green wetlands of a slowly meandering gurgling creek.
Finally, a remark about the state of the trail: absolutely fantastic –Piedmont is the heart of this trail. The round trip to Georgia's Silver Comet was the best part. There are views of the mountains to the sides of the trail. The state border has a nice rest area and great signage. As we went through Jacksonville there was trucks and equipment on the trail, they were cleaning up damage from the April tornado. On both sides of the trail you could see the destroyed buildings. The Jacksonville Train Depot was a high point, we used it for our last day start and end point. Then just down the street we found Struts where we celebrated completing our trails with great wings and beer. We would return to this trail.

Chief Ladiga Trail

A medical necessity

This trail has saved my life.


for a child with a life-threatening disease.
Jimmy Spagnolo, who goes by Jimmer after former BYU star player Jimmer Fredette, was...

Not many freshmen have made such an impact on a team quite like Koby Thomas. At the halfway point in his freshman year, Thomas is averaging 13.5 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. Thomas also has two double-doubles and has scored 20 or more points in a game six times this season. In order to understand...As known through natural reason  ("the God of the philosophers")

The problem stated

Formal anti-theism

Had the Theist merely to face a blank Atheistic denial of God's existence, his task would he comparatively a light one. Formal dogmatic Atheism is self-refuting, and has never de facto won the reasoned assent of any considerable number of men. Nor can Polytheism, however easily it may take hold of the popular imagination, ever satisfy the mind of a philosopher. But there are several varieties of what may be described as virtual Atheism which cannot be dismissed so summarily.

There is the Agnosticism, for instance, of Herbert Spencer, which, while admitting the rational necessity of postulating the Absolute or Unconditioned behind the relative and conditioned objects of our knowledge declares that Absolute to be altogether


departments of knowledge, or whether, in order to justify our belief in this truth, we must not rather rely on some transcendental principle or axiom, superior and antecedent to dialectical reasoning; or on immediate intuition; or on some moral, sentimental, emotional, or æsthetic instinct or perception, which is voluntary rather than intellectual.

Kant denied in the name of "pure reason" the inferential validity of the classical theistic proofs, while in the name of "practical reason" he postulated God's existence as an implicate of the moral law, and Kant's method has been followed or imitated by many Theists  by some who fully agree with him in rejecting the classical arguments; by others, who, without going so far, believe in the apologetical expediency of trying to persuade rather than convincemen to be Theists. A moderate reaction against the too rigidly mathematical intellectualism of Descartes was to be welcomed, but the Kantian reaction by its excesses has injured the cause of Theism and helped forward the cause of anti-theistic philosophy. Herbert Spencer, as is well known, borrowed most of his arguments for Agnosticism from Hamilton and Mansel, who had popularized Kantian criticism in England, while in trying to improve on Kant's reconstructive transcendentalism, his German disciples (Fichte, Schelling, Hegel) drifted into Pantheism. Kant also helped to prepare the way for the total disparagement of humanreason in relation to religious truth, which constitutes the negative side of Traditionalism, while the appeal of that system on the positive side to the common consent and tradition of mankind as the chief


theory becomes evident as soon as it diverges from or contradicts Theism. Whereas Theism, for example, safeguards such primary truths as the reality of human personality, freedom, and moral responsibility, Pantheism is obliged to sacrifice all these, to deny the existence of evil, whether physical or moral, to destroy the rational basis of religion, and, under pretence of making man his own God, to rob him of nearly all his plain, common sense convictions and of all his highest incentives to good conduct. The philosophy which leads to such results cannot but be radically unsound.

(b) The argument from design

The special argument based on the existence of order or design in the universe (also called the teleological argument) proves immediately the existence of a supramundane mind of vast intelligence,effort to overthrow man's belief in the existence of the Divine, and the fact that this belief has withstood repeated assaults during so many ages in the past is the best guarantee of its permanency in the future. It is too firmly implanted in the depths of man's soul for little surface storms to uproot it.

A priori, or ontological, argument

This argument undertakes to deduce the existence of God from the idea of Him as the Infinite which is present to the humanmind; but as already stated, theistic philosophers are not agreed as to the logical validity of this deduction.

As stated by St. Anselm, the argument runs thus: The idea of God as the Infinite means the greatest Being that can be thought of, but unless actual existence outside


God, their failure, it is implied, being due rather to lack of good will than to the incapacity of the humanmind.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and injustice of those men that detain the truth of God in injustice: because that which is known of God is manifest in them. For God hath manifested it unto them. For the invisible things of him, from the creation of the world, are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, his eternal power also and divinity: so that they are inexcusable.

It is to be observed that the pagans of whom St. Paul is speaking are not blamed for their ignorance of supernatural revelation and the Mosaic law, but for failing to preserveno less), and they pursue those goals tirelessly.

Freedom consists of the distribution of power, and despotism in its concentration.

I always thought a combination of the ACLU & NRA would make the perfrect civil rights organization.

Posted at 3:19 pm on Aug 11, 2019

At least the NRA is staying true to the rights it was formed to protect. Various ACLU chapters are starting to abandon free speech rights and freedom of religion rights, among others. They've lost their appetite for defending many "unsavory" (in their opinion) defendants, which is sad.

Freedom consists of the distribution of power, and despotism in its concentration.

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Dont worry ACLU absolutism is also alive and well. Take Charlottesville.

Posted at 9:58 pm on Aug 11, 2019

The City wanted to move the rally to another park away


which delineate a border whose distance from one end of the chromatograph relates to the amount of analyte present. By combining the label conjugate and sample in a solution and immunochromatographing the solution, or employing a combination of enzymes, one enzyme being the label and the other enzyme affixed to the chromatographic support, the position of the border defined by the label can be related to the amount of analyte in the sample solution. Preferably, an immunochromatograph is employed having both a specific binding pair member and an enzyme affixed to the support. A sample is chromatographed and the amount of analyte is determined by (1) contacting the chromatograph with a second enzyme conjugated with a specific binding pair member which binds to the chromatograph in proportion toAfter demanding for days that President Trump end the separation of illegal immigrant families at the border, Democrats responded to his executive order stopping the practice with only new appeals -- drawing GOP accusations that they're more interested in using the issue as a political cudgel.

The president, rarely one to back down from a fight, signed the order Wednesday allowing children to stay with parents caught crossing the border illegally. The move followed national outrage over the impact of the Justice Department's “zero tolerance” policy referring all illegal border crossers for prosecution. Children were separated due to a 1997 order and related decisions that forbid them from being detained with adults for extended periods.

For a solid week, the administration was pilloried by Democrats, journalists, activists and even members


those children still in Border Patrol custody, we are reuniting them with parents or legal guardians returned to Border Patrol custody following prosecution."

The call for family reunification became a bipartisan issue in recent days, and the administration may still face bipartisan pressure to ensure the children in custody are brought back with their parents.

But Republicans bristled at suggestions that the families should simply be released. Meanwhile, protesters signaled the executive order would do little to calm the tensions in the streets.

In Portland, ICE offices were to remain closed on Thursday due to left-wing protesters occupying the area outside the office.

In New York, demonstrators flocked to La Guardia airport after reports on social media that separated children might be arriving on flights. An American Airlines spokesman told The Newgets under way this week at Commerce Casino.

Without Frank, John Madden might have gone from coaching the Raiders to greeting customers at his wife’s bar in Oakland. Sports-rights deals might have continued inching along modestly rather than leaping forward with Calgary’s pact for the 1988 Winter Games; that seismic rights deal was almost four times greater than any previous Winter Olympics. And a long line of made-for-TV sports competitions might never have seen the light of day.

Frank found his second calling after attending Harvard Business School. He worked at CBS, ABC and J. Walter Thompson ad agency on his way to becoming executive VP of sports programming for IMG. Early on, he recognized the drama of sports, and the power that television had in delivering that magic.

Frank credits


says Frank, who considers the deal the highlight of his career. “Every time I see a new figure come out, I say it all started in 1983 in a room at the Palace Hotel in Lucerne.”

The legendary dealmaker has also guided the careers of sportscasters Bob Costas, Jim Nantz and Greg Gumbel over the years, counseling Madden that taking a year off after coaching would be death to his media profile. After mulling that prospect over a weekend, Madden changed his mind and asked Frank to get him a tryout as a network NFL analyst. That led to Madden’s lucrative career as a broadcaster, pitchman and videogame colossus.

Frank started producing made-for-TV sports franchises after seeing the potential for alternate programming as a network sports exec.

“In about 1967 orone-third of the nation’s African-American and Latino young men will not graduate.

In an era when there is virtually no legal work for dropouts, these young men face a bleak future. It is not news that the students who don’t make it out of high school largely come from our poorest neighborhoods, but the degree to which they are hyper-concentrated in a small set of schools is alarming. In fact, according to new research I conducted with my colleagues at Johns Hopkins University, half of the African-American boys who veer off the path to high school graduation do so in just 660 of more than 12,600 regular and vocational high schools.

These 660 schools are typically big high schools that teach only poor kids of color. They are concentrated in


Set in the Himalayan foothills of Simla but filmed in the jungles of Penang, Malaysia, Indian Summers depicts the decline of the British Empire. Series writer Paul Rutman focuses on the ordinary people – the civil servants, missionaries and businessmen – who struggled to recreate England in an exotic land.

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The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Sambucus racemosa and will be referred to hereafter by its cultivar name, ‘WALFINB’. ‘WALFINB’ represents a new cultivar of Elderberry, a deciduous shrub grown for landscape use.
The new Sambucus was discovered by the Inventors as a naturally occurring whole plant mutation in Liss, Hampshire, United Kingdom in 2000. It was discovered in a large garden that contained over 100 cultivars and unnamed seedlings of Sambucus and the parentage is therefore unknown.
Asexual propagation of the new cultivar was first accomplished by semi-ripe stem hardwood cuttings under the direction of the Inventors in Liss, Hampshire, United Kingdom in 2010. Asexual propagation by semi-ripe stem hardwood cuttings has determined that the characteristics of the new cultivar are stable and areawarded by the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., for NASA, under contract NAS 5-26555. JXP acknowledges support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) grant AST-1412981. Based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, obtained from the data archive at the Space Telescope Science Institute. STScI is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. under NASA contract NAS 5-26555. Some of the data presented herein were obtained at the W. M. Keck Observatory, which is operated as a scientific partnership among the California Institute of Technology, the University of California and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Observatory was made possible by the generous financial support of the W. M.


Cynthia McKinney opened the pre-march rally critiquing President Bush for his response to Hurricane Katrina and for the ongoing occupation of Iraq. [includes rush transcript]

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AMYGOODMAN: We turn now to Democratic Congress member, Cynthia McKinney from Georgia.

CYNTHIAMCKINNEY: A cruel wind blows across America, starting in Texas and Montana and sweeping across America’s heartland. It settled here in Washington, D.C. And despite our presence today, it continues to buffer, to buffet and batter the American people. This cruel wind blew disenfranchisement into Florida and Ohio. It blew hard-heartedness into the capital, division across our land and wretchedness in high places.

The American people have been forced to endure fraud in the elections of 2000 and 2004,"If women gain weight after menopause, it's more likely to be in their bellies," says Michael Jensen, MD, professor of medicine in the Mayo Clinic's endocrinology division. In menopause, production of the hormones estrogen and progesterone slows down. Meanwhile, testosterone levels also start to drop, but at a slower rate. This shift in hormones causes women to hold onto weight in their bellies. The good news: you can fight this process. Read on.
It's been proven by research too: eating attentively was shown to have a direct influence on the amount of food consumed, according to a recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. People who ate a meal while distracted ate a moderate amount more than non-distracted eaters—plus, the distracted eaters ate more food than


A GOOD AGE: Walking in John Adams' footsteps in Quincy

Nancy Dowling got hooked on President John Adams when she was raising her family in Quincy from 1982 to 2002 and trained for marathons. “As I ran, I would wonder if I was stepping on the path that John Adams followed,” she says. Now 58, Dowling is leading an effort to establish the John Adams Health Walk in the city.

Nancy Dowling got hooked on President John Adams when she was raising her family in Quincy from 1982 to 2002 and trained for marathons. “As I ran, I would wonder if I was stepping on the path that John Adams followed,” she says.

The legend of his walking four miles a day and living to nearly age 91 was family folklore.the work of students here – albeit from one of the most famous theatre schools in the world – because this demonstrates degrees of professionalism that would rival many of the biggest names in theatre.

Inspired by the real life story of chess grandmasters Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky, it’s the story of American chess player Freddie Trumper (Barney Wilkinson) and Russian player Anotoly Sergievsky (Jamie Pritchard) – and a rivalry that extends beyond the game, when Freddie’s long time muse, Florence Vassay (Daisy Ann Fletcher), becomes romantically entangled with Anotoly. Based around two world championships and presided over by The Arbiter (Emma Torrens) the stage is set for some human life subterfuge that mirrors the complexity of the central game.

It’s all masterfully done – the three lead actors


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The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include our accounts and the accounts of our wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated indue March 15, 2021 (the "2021 Senior Notes"). The 2021 Senior Notes bear interest at the rate of 6.75% per annum with interest payable semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year beginning on September 15, 2016. The net proceeds from the offering were used for general corporate purposes, including acquisitions and dividends. We incurred fees and expenses related to the 2021 Senior Notes offering of $8.1 million , which were capitalized during the first quarter of fiscal 2016 and is being amortized as interest expense over the term of the notes. The 2021 Senior Notes were sold in a private placement and will not be registered under the Securities Act. The 2021 Senior Notes were offered in the U.S. to "qualified institutional buyers"


segments includes significant retail operations with all Video Game Brands stores engaged in the sale of new and pre-owned video game hardware, software, accessories and collectibles, and Technology Brands stores engaged in the sale of wireless products and services and other consumer electronics. Our Video Game Brands segments also include stand-alone collectibles stores. Segment results for the United States include retail operations in 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam; our electronic commerce websites www.gamestop.com and www.thinkgeek.com; Game Informer magazine; and Kongregate, our leading web and mobile gaming platform. Segment results for Canada include retail and e-commerce operations in Canada and segment results for Australia include retail and e-commerce operations in Australia and New Zealand. Segment results for Europe include retail operations in 10 European countries andinternet connectivity and other entertainment capabilities beyond video gaming. The current generation of consoles from Sony and Microsoft include the Sony PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Xbox One, which were introduced in 2013. In 2016, Sony and Microsoft released refreshes to these consoles. Nintendo introduced its new console, Nintendo Switch, in March 2017. Additionally, Sony introduced its virtual reality hardware, PlayStation VR, in October 2016.

We expect that future growth in the video game industry will also be driven by the sale of video games delivered in digital form and the expansion of other forms of gaming. We currently sell various types of products that relate to the digital category, including digitally downloadable content ("DLC"), full game downloads, Xbox LIVE, PlayStation Plus and Nintendo network points cards, as well as


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build our award winning homes on 3 distinct lot sizes within the community. The Garden Homes, located on the 50' wide lots within the community, offer single family homes with two car garages. The Traditions, 70' wide lots, and The Estates, 80' wide lots , offer an included third car garage with the distinguishing factor being the location of the garage within the floor plan offered. Located among 787-acres around the scenic Lake Ray Hubbard, Heath Golf & Yacht Club offers luxury living with lake views and a future 27-hole championship golf course. Residents can enjoy a resort-style pool, 14,000 square foot clubhouse, tennis courts and walking trails! This community is part of the highly regarded Rockwall ISD, with the new Linda Lyon Elementary School bordering the community.Photos: 10 things you might not know about Lance Berkman

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10 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT LANCE BERKMAN: Lance Berkman may be knew to the Rangers, but he's certainly not new to Texas. As Berkman prepares for his first full season in the American League, here's a look at 10 things you might not know about the six-time All-Star.

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