the animal flopped in a seething rage off of the dugout's roof and into the Phillies' crowded inner sanctum, coming snout-to-snout in mid-air with second baseman Chase Utley.

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At this point, the dugout cleared. The delicate Utley, who in his later years has become better known for his tendency to easily injure than his on-field performance, thankfully was unharmed beyond light bruising and an allergy to fur.

The squirrel had last been traced to a crawl space down in the media camera well, according to the Comcast Sports Net Philadelphia broadcast, which will no doubt earn numerous awards for its coverage of the events preceding.

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The achievement gap between white students and students of color has been vexing Connecticut educators for some time.

Many educators are working hard to correct this disparity. In fact, our own Dr. Miguel Cardona (1998 Alma Exley Scholar) has led a legislative commission that has addressed the issue and offered recommendations. He has also worked with the State Department of Education to help develop a statewide approach to the achievement gap. But the problem persists.

Disparities Facing Black and White Students

Now Connecticut Voices for Children, a New Haven-based research and advocacy group, has published a report that describes in detail the disparities that face black and white students as they go to school each day. The report decries the disparate educational outcomes and prescribes a number of


to the idea that students of color benefit from having teachers with whom they can identify. During this period, studies have emerged that have supported this idea.

The most recent to come to my attention was an academic study published by the Institute of Labor Economics. WSHU-FM, a public radio station in Southern Connecticut, recently aired a report on the study.

The study, by professors at American University, University of California-Davis, and Johns Hopkins University, examined the long-term impact of teachers of color on their demographic counterparts.

The professors acknowledged findings that black primary-school students with a same-race teacher perform better on standardized tests, but they went further. They concluded that a black male student with a black teacher in the third, fourth, or fifth grade is much less likely tojob applicants received offers, whereas 77 percent of white applicants received offers. Black teachers were more likely to receive job offers from schools with black principals. And black teachers were more likely to by hired by schools with high rates of low-income and minority students.

The district hired Hispanic and Asian-American applicants at rates proportional to the number of applicants. The imbalance was unique to black teachers.

The study author and researcher, Diana D’Amico, said the school district was shocked by the results of the study. The district prided itself on its efforts to recruit minority applicants. Administrators had attributed the lack of black teachers to a paucity of black applicants.

The Huffington Post reported on the results of this study on April 12, 2017.

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other in the end at new years. I feel sorry for Rob because he hardly gets to see his family, he probably misses them a lot. That's why I'm glad he's got Kristen by his side in America so he won't feel so lonely especially in the beginning when it was all new to him. His friends and Kristen are like his second family but I think he still misses his parents and his sisters sometimes. I think he needs to be with his family and Kristen because he will be further away from them next year when he comes to Australia and then he goes to Iraq they love him too. I know Kristen wouldn't be upset if he went to London without her because she knowsRob needs his family and they love him although I'm sure Kristen would go with him, because I think she might feel a bit caught in the middle with her family she wouldn't know who to have Christmas with her mother or her father and will they fight. She didn't spend thanksgiving with them she stayed with Rob and his family. People Report that she's not going because his family don't want her too but I think that's silly Lizzy and Victoria and Rob's parents forgave her when they went to London for Thanksgiving and they saw just how happy Kristen is making Rob and how well she treats him

Nice to see Rob. I am not worried at all about Rob and Kristen. They seem to be doing


Lunt Roman Fort

Close to the Air Museum in Baginton, is the Lunt Roman Fort, once inhabited by the Roman Army. This ancient site provides a fascinating snapshot of Roman military life.
The Lunt is a partial reconstruction of a First Century Roman Fort and dates from AD 60, the time of Boudica's rebellion. In AD 64 it was adapted to become a cavalry training centre and is unique in Britain as it is the only fort with a gyrus, a wooden ring used for training horses and riders. A replica granary houses the Museum of the Roman Army.EXCLUSIVE: Dean-Charles Chapman has been set to star in Breathe for director Andy Serkis, opposite Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy. The film is based on the true story of Robin (Garfield), a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed. Foy will star as Robin’s devoted and determined wife Diana. Together they refuse to be imprisoned by his suffering, traveling the world and transforming the lives of others with their humor, courage and lust for life. William Nicholson (Gladiator) has written the script. Jonathan Cavendish, Serkis’ partner in The Imaginarium Studios, is producing. Embankment is selling international and co-repping domestic rights with CAA. BBC Films is co-financing.

Chapman most recently wrapped the sixth season of the Emmy Award-winning HBO series Game


Kasaragod/Thiruvananthapuram: A college professor in Kerala has courted controversy with his remarks that women wearing jeans and shirts "will give birth to transgenders."

The state government said it planned to initiate legal action against the professor, Rajith Kumar, and bar him from government-sponsored awareness classes in schools and colleges.

"Rajith Kumar has not withdrawn his controversial statements so far. The government is mulling initiating legal action against him," health minister K K Shylaja said in a statement.

"He has been propagating superstition and making anti-women remarks continuously," she said.

Rajith Kumar, a botany professor at Sree Sankara Sanskrit university in Kalady, during an awareness class for students in Kasaragod, reportedly said that women wearing jeans, shirts and dressing up like men "will give birth to transgenders."

There are over 6 lakh transgenders inKerala, he said.

He also said that children of parents who are not of good character turn out to be "autistic and suffer from cerebral palsy."

Earlier, he had made disparaging remarks against girl students while addressing them at a women's college in the state capital, following which a student had booed him and walked out in protest.

"If mothers wear jeans and shirts and dress like men, they will beget children who are transgenders."

"Children suffering from autism and cerebral palsy are born to parents who are not of good character," Rajith Kumar had said.

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400 _l_. upon any one who should refuse to be a candidate for sheriff, and a fine of 600 _l_. upon any person who, after being elected sheriff, refused to serve. Then they went to work and elected a lot of Dissenters, one after another, and kept it up until they had collected 15,000 _l_. in fines; and there stands the stately Mansion House to this day, to keep the blushing citizen in mind of a long past and lamented day when a band of Yankees slipped into London and played games of the sort that has given their race a unique and shady reputation among all truly good and holy people that be in the earth.

The girl's case seemed strong to me; the bishop's case was justwalk a little way with you, and explain which direction I think they would try to take. If they were merely resisters of the gaballe or some kindred absurdity I would try to protect them from capture; but when men murder a person of high degree and likewise burn his house, that is another matter.'

The last remark was for the king – to quiet him. On the road the man pulled his resolution together, and began the march with a steady gait, but there was no eagerness in it. By-and-by I said:

'What relation were these men to you – cousins?'

He turned as white as his layer of charcoal would let him, and stopped, trembling.

'Ah, my God, how knew you that?'

'I didn't know it; it was a chance guess.'

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high in fact or only high in name. I could remember how it was in the time of our great civil war in the nineteenth century. In the North a carpenter got three dollars a day, gold valuation; in the South he got fifty – payable in Confederate shinplasters worth a dollar a bushel. In the North a suit of over-alls cost three dollars – a day's wages; in the South it cost seventy-five – which was two days' wages. Other things were in proportion. Consequently, wages were twice as high in the North as they were in the South, because the one wage had that much more purchasing power than the other had.

Yes, I made various acquaintances in the hamlet, and a thing that gratified me asight of it paid me well for the interruptions which my sleep had suffered. The king had slept just as usual – like the dead. The Marcos could not thank him for their clothes, that being forbidden; but they tried every way they could think of to make him see how grateful they were. Which all went for nothing: he didn't notice any change.

It turned out to be one of those rich and rare fall days which is just a June day toned down to a degree where it is heaven to be out of doors. Toward noon the guests arrived and we assembled under a great tree and were soon as sociable as old acquaintances. Even the king's reserve melted a little, though it was some little


with him.”2 While one who forgoes all condemnation for what is plainly wrong in what he hears from some of them, abandons the commanding of good and forbidding of evil.’3

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فَمَا أَحلَى تَصُوفَ الصَّحَابَة وَالتَّابِعِيْنَ! مَا خَاضُوا فِي هَذِهِ الخَطَرَاتِ وَالوسَاوِسِ، بَلْ عبدُوا اللهَ، وَذَلُّوا لَهُ وَتَوَكَّلُوا عَلَيْهِ، وَهم مِنْ خَشيته مُشفقُوْنَ، وَلأَعدَائِهِ مُجَاهِدُوْنَ، وَفِي الطَّاعَة مُسَارعُوْنَ، وَعَنِ اللَّغو مُعرضون

‘How beautiful was the sufism of the sahabah and tabi‘un! They never probed into such phantasms or whisperings. Instead, they worshipped God, humbled themselves before Him and relied upon Him. They had immense awe and fear of Him, waged jihad against His foes, hastened to His obedience and shunned vain talk.’4

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بَلَى، السُّلُوْكُ الكَامِلُ هُوَ الوَرَعُ فِي القُوتِ ، وَالوَرَعُ فِي المَنْطِقِ ، وَحِفْظُ اللِّسَانِ، وَمُلاَزَمَةُ الذِّكْرِ ، وَتَرْكُ مُخَالَطَةِ العَامَّةِTwente (Twenthe), a district in the southeast of the Dutch province of Overijssel, close to the German border. Anabaptists were found here from the 16th century; in 1544 two noblewomen of Beckum suffered martyrdom at Delden in Twente. Until 1625 the Mennonites in this area could not live freely and worship without hindrance as they could elsewhere in the Netherlands, for the Spanish domination permitted only Catholicism. Before 1626 there were in Twente several secret Mennonite congregations. Enschedé is mentioned in 1580; Almelo, though there is no literary information about this congregation before 1601, obviously also existed ca. 1580; besides these there was the congregation meeting at Twekkelo, and at Goor there were also Mennonites.

Most of the Mennonites in Twente earned their living by farming and weaving; they


had probably mostly moved in from elsewhere; many old families in Twente are known to be of Westphalian origin. The idea found in old books and defended by P. Beets that in 1520-30 Anabaptist weavers emigrated from Flanders, Belgium, is not right, though occasionally in a later period of the 16th century a few weavers from Flanders may have settled in Twente. A number of the Mennonite weavers gradually achieved great prosperity and laid the foundations for the big textile industry for which Twente now is known. (Families of ten Cate, Blijdenstein, and others.)

Persecutions or at least suppression lasted as long as the Spaniards were in power in Twente. In 1612 a mandate was issued by the governor Unico Ripperda against the "wederdopers oft tibben", threatening the Mennoniteswith disturbing their meetings and arresting their preachers. Thereupon the Mennonites of Twente addressed the (Protestant) magistracy of Deventer asking their aid and intercession in the States of Overijssel (letter of 10 October 1612). The difficulties with the governors in Twente, however, lasted until the Spanish troops were forced to leave in 1625. Originally all the Mennonites in Twente formed more or less one congregation, of which there were local groups in the different towns. So this letter to Deventer was a petition of "de gemeente, diemen Manisten noempt, residerende in desen lande van Twenthe."

In the 17th century most Mennonites of Twente belonged to the conservative Groningen Old Flemish branch; only Almelo took a somewhat different point of view, joining the Flemish and later on the Zonist Conference.


A comprehensive cooperative project for children with renal diseases in Nicaragua.
In low-income countries renal diseases generally and chronic kidney disease (CKD) in particular represent a wide-spread and often underdiagnosed clinical problem. The aim of the cooperative project between the pediatric nephrology units of Milan, Italy, and Managua, Nicaragua was to improve the diagnosis and treatment of renal diseases and CKD in Nicaraguan children. When the project started, in 2000, there were many constraints in human and material resources in the Children's Hospital in Managua. Since 2001, a specialized Unit of Pediatric Nephrology and Urology has developed, offering free of charge basic clinical assistance to hospitalized children, and training abroad of the whole staff. Shared protocols, renovation of infrastructure and an information technology (IT) program were implemented. In 2003,renal replacement therapy (RRT) for selected children was initiated, along with a network of six department hospitals in 2005 and, in 2007, a CKD prevention program in the most peripheral Health Units, so that 61% of the Nicaraguan pediatric population is now covered by the project. To ensure implementation of the project, applications for funds to Italian private and public institutions were made and a Nicaraguan charity foundation was activated. The Nicaraguan Ministry of Health and the hospital directors were always involved in the plans of the development of the project and accepted the progressive transfer of the costs to the government, throughout the 9-year duration of the project. The IT program, inclusive of a database of children with kidney and other urinary tract (UT) diseases and a


In this April 27, 2018, photo, owner Dennis Hof sits in front of the Love Ranch brothel in Crystal, Nev. A coalition of religious groups and anti-sex trafficking activists have launched referendums to ban brothels in two of Nevada's seven counties where they legally operate. Hof, who has half a dozen brothels operating in the two counties and starred in the HBO adult reality series "Cathouse,” is challenging incumbent Assembly member James Oscarson of Pahrump in a Republican primary Tuesday, June 12. (AP Photo/John Locher)

In this April 27, 2018, photo, owner Dennis Hof sits in front of the Love Ranch brothel in Crystal, Nev. A coalition of religious groups and anti-sex trafficking activists have launched referendums to ban brothels in two of Nevada's seven counties where they legallyoperate. Hof, who has half a dozen brothels operating in the two counties and starred in the HBO adult reality series "Cathouse,” is challenging incumbent Assembly member James Oscarson of Pahrump in a Republican primary Tuesday, June 12. (AP Photo/John Locher)

PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) — A state marketed as a place where people can indulge in all manner of sins is confronting its status as the only place in America where you can legally pay someone for sex.

A coalition of religious groups and anti-sex trafficking activists has launched referendums to ban brothels in two of the seven Nevada counties where they’re legally operating. The effort dovetails with a campaign by the state’s most famous pimp for a seat in the state Legislature.

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Dennis Hof, who has half a dozen brothels


the brothel, a 23-year-old with pale skin and long blond hair who goes by the name Azalea Love, said she previously worked as a prostitute in Las Vegas but feels safer since she moved to the brothel three months ago.

“You have people around you if something goes wrong,” she said.

Though Hof said he’s never had problems at the brothels until he started running for office, allegations of misconduct have been leveled at the pimp and his clients before.

In 2003, a prostitute at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch in Lyon County accused Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil of grabbing her by the neck and throwing her against a wall.

Neil later pleaded no contest to a battery charge, but Hof has said he thinks the woman made up the story.

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Disgraced former Chicago Ald. Daniel Solis still receiving $95,000 public pension

The FBI detailed sex, drugs and corruption involving former Chicago Ald. Daniel Solis, but he is still receiving a nearly $95,000 public pension after cooperating with their probe.

A former Chicago alderman is getting a nearly $95,000 lifetime public pension after corruption allegations turned him into a central witness in the federal probe of City Hall.

Former Chicago Ald. Daniel Solis, 25th Ward, is receiving a pension of about $95,000 annually from his two decades on the City Council, according to the Chicago Tribune. Solis cooperated for two years in a federal corruption probe after the FBI developed evidence that he solicited campaign contributions, Viagra and prostitutes in exchange for political favors.

The FBI spent two years investigating corruption by Solis,they are on the hook for Solis’s retirement income, despite his cooperation with the FBI.

Solis made $119,000 in each of his final years in office. He and other Chicago aldermen retire with 80% of their average salary after 20 years of service. Regular city employees receive 70% of their final salary and must work for 30 years. If he were convicted of a felony related to his public service, he would lose his pension benefits as would any city worker.

Despite a six-figure income, Solis’ finances have been shaky. Foreclosure was filed on his home and he borrowed from friends, his campaign and city contractors. Loans total $330,000 since 2004 from his campaign fund, according to the Tribune. He paid a $15,000 debt to the IRS with borrowed funds.

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PSC is a joint effort of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh. Established in 1986, PSC is supported by several federal agencies, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and private industry and is aNearly two dozen women told BuzzFeed News they went to Mormon church leaders after suffering abuse at home and were counseled to remain in their relationships. Some were warned their eternal salvation could be jeopardized if they left their violent partners.

George Frey / Getty Images A statue of a mother and her children near the World Headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah.

As Jodi read the news this week that a top aide to President Donald Trump had allegedly abused his two ex-wives, she was sitting at work trying not to cry.

Rob Porter, the White House staff secretary, resigned over the allegations, but for Jodi, a California woman who asked to be identified only by her first name, one of


to blame for their marital problems. Though some reported positive experiences with church leaders, every woman who spoke with BuzzFeed News for this story said there are widespread inadequacies in the way local Mormon leaders handle reports of abuse and domestic violence. BuzzFeed News has agreed to use only the first names of the women, some of whom are involved in ongoing litigation related to divorces, or has granted them anonymity in order to protect their identities from their abusers. Each of their accounts was independently confirmed by family members or friends who were made aware of the abuse.

George Frey / Getty Images The Mormon Tabernacle Choir sings in the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Utah.

Rebecca, a 48-year-old Utah woman, said she suffered years of abuse, including an incidentthat I had been living in this marriage for decades that was terrible and demeaning and degrading, and then I was being told that if I left it I was ruining my children.”

The comment alludes to an LDS church doctrine of eternal families. Mormons believe that marriages and parental relationships continue after death. But the opportunity to be with family members after death hinges on a person's righteousness, and requires them to be married in an LDS temple, a rite known as “sealing.” The belief especially complicates abusive relationships, and many women who spoke to BuzzFeed News said their local church leaders counseled them that divorce could have eternal repercussions, jeopardizing both their own future and that of their children in the world to come. Rebecca speculated that


such comments weren't meant to be malicious, but stemmed from a lack of training.

“I think that they meant well, but neither were trained or understood the dynamics of domestic violence,” she said.

Andrew Lichtenstein / Getty Images A statue of Jesus stares down at visitors at the Mormon Church's Visitors Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

A 34-year-old Colorado woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said that while attending an LDS church-run university in the early 2000s a man she was dating physically assaulted her. When she went to her bishop about the incident, the woman said she was told she “forced him to act in this way” and “needed to repent.” “He said that it was a very serious situation, that I needed to repent, and told me I1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to semi-automatic firearms, and more specifically to barrels and takedown levers for semi-automatic firearms.
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Some semiautomatic pistols utilize a short-recoil mechanism, where both the barrel and slide move together rearward upon discharge of the firearm. Prior to firing of the cartridge, the barrel is engaged to the slide by a locking mechanism, in some embodiments including a locking block. After firing, the recoil force drives both the barrel and the slide rearward, but since they are in engagement, the extraction of the casing has not started. After the initial recoil period has passed, an actuator (in some embodiments an upper projection of the locking block that engages with a portion of the barrel) begins to


disengage the barrel from the slide. The rearward movement of the barrel is arrested, while the slide continues rearward and begins extraction of the casing using its kinetic energy and the residual gas pressure in the barrel. The slide continues until full rearward travel is reached.
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In some firearm configurations, the takedown lever is also involved in the firing process. In some takedown lever designs, the internal portion of the takedown lever can interact withFormer Italian international player Roberto Baggio (centre) and coach of the Italian legends Glorie Azzurre team poses for photographs with players prior to a football exhibition match against Japan's J League Legend team at the National Stadium in Tokyo on June 9, 2013

Italian football legends attracted tens of thousands of spectators when they gathered in Tokyo Sunday for an exhibition game with their Japanese counterparts celebrating the 20th anniversary of the country's J-League.

Former Azzurri superstars Roberto Baggio, Christian Vieri and Franco Baresi were among those making an appearance at the National Stadium.

Baggio, 46, joined various ceremonies at the game but did not play due to a knee injury despite the entreaties of fans.

But Vieri, 39, scored twice early on in the game.

Kazuyoshi Miura, at 46 the oldest professional


player in the J-League, netted a header before half-time to make it 1-2.

To enliven the show, Miura -- picked as Asian Footballer of the Year in 1993 -- emerged after the break in a blue Italian strip to play for the opponents.

Salvatore Schillaci, 48, a former Juventus striker who played in the J-league in his final career years, meanwhile joined his former Asian colleagues.

The final scoreline was 2-2 after midfielder Takashi Fukunishi equalised in the second half.Conducted by Pier Giorgio Morandi, Juan Pons stars in Nabucco, live from the Teatro Antico, in Taormina, Italy. Since its construction in 7th century BC, audiences have feasted their eyes on the views of the Ionian Sea and Mt. Etna that… MoreConducted by Pier Giorgio Morandi, Juan Pons stars in Nabucco, live from the Teatro Antico, in Taormina, Italy. Since its construction in 7th century BC, audiences have feasted their eyes on the views of the Ionian Sea and Mt. Etna that provide a dramatic backdrop for this stunning arena stage.


it messes with metabolism. Everything that happens during the weeklong program is focused on vanquishing it: a diet free of foods that might cause digestive stress, a strict no-devices policy meant to keep guests from thinking about work, and lots of physical exertion to produce endorphins and other feel-good hormones that counteract it. (Oh, and also to burn fat.)
Pauline Potter, 47, became the Guinness World Record holder for heaviest woman last year when she weighed in at 700 pounds, but she's managed to lose nearly 100 pounds in the last year by rekindling her romance with her ex-husband Alex. Married for three years, they split in 2008 but reunited when he heard about her Guinness title. It didn't take long for them to land in bed together -Devil's Dyke clean up after rave causes 'years of damage' Published duration 28 May 2014

image caption The National Trust believes it will take five to 10 years for the grassland to recover

An operation to clean up a South Downs beauty spot where about 2,000 people attended an illegal rave and caused "years of damage", has begun.

The site on Summerdown, near the Devil's Dyke, is strewn with rubbish including beer cans, broken glass and pressurised nitrous oxide cylinders.

Rave organisers had tried to clear some of the litter after Sunday's event.

However, the National Trust said untold harm had been done to the habitat that would take years to recover from.

The organisation has appealed for volunteers to help clear up the chalk grassland site which is one of the busiest long


distance paths in Britain.

'Britain's tropical rainforest'

Police had received reports of the event at about 01:00 BST on Sunday and it finished early on Monday.

Officers estimated up to seven sound systems had been used at the rave and about 400 vehicles were present.

Fires and barbeques were also lit across the area.

image caption Pressurised nitrous oxide cylinders were among the rubbish abandoned at the site

image caption The area is popular with walkers, cyclists and people riding horses

image copyright Eddie Mitchell image caption Officers estimated some 2,000 people were present at the height of the rave

National Trust spokesman Charlie Cain said that while some objects had been removed, large amounts of rubbish had been left including glass bottles that had been trampled into the ground.

"Two thousand people's good weekend has affecteda lot of people for an awful lot longer than a weekend," he added.

The organisation is also concerned about the damage caused to the local habitat, which they believe could take five to 10 years to recover.

They said chalk grasssland had been called "Britain's tropical rainforest" by biologist David Bellamy because of the high concentration of plant and animal species in the area.

But an organiser of the rave, who gave his name as Dave, insisted the grass would grow back and many people cleared their own rubbish.

Sussex Police has faced criticism for not stopping the event.

They said the decision not to was based on darkness, rain, the numbers present and the officers available at the time.


A French minor arrested for taking "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows" translation into his own hands

Before the release of the seventh and final installment of
the Harry Potter series, the frenzy for die hard fans to acquire the
759 page novel became more intense than ever before. But not everyone
could have the pleasure of holding the literature gold in their hands on launch
day. A 16-year-old boy in France found himself locked up for taking the
French translation delay into his own hands.

The unnamed French 16-year-old translated the entire book in a matter of days and posted in online for public
view. The authorized publisher of the French translation, Gallimard
Jeunsesse, is said to have taken up to several months to release a copy, only
because he was not able to get his handsWorld's biggest pop-up book displayed at Marin County Fair

When Miko Lee says books loom large in the lives of the students at the education nonprofit Youth in Arts, she isn't kidding. With the help of Marin County fairgoers and professional artists, the students created the world's unofficial largest pop-up book — 48 feet long by 6 feet high.

The book, titled "Travel the World," was a work in progress all five days of the fair at the Exhibit Hall, and was finished Sunday night. The book, made of huge sheets of cardboard with drawings, paintings and collages affixed to them, depicts mountain ranges, volcanoes and icons such as the Empire State Building.

"Every day of the fair, about 150 people, mostly children, worked to create the book," said Lee, who


has been the San Rafael group's executive director for seven years.

While the pop-up book hasn't yet been officially certified as the world's largest, its measurements give it a much larger area than the current recordholder. That book, "My Word," created in 2010 for a television commercial for a Belgium-based company, was 13 feet and 1 inch by 19 feet, 8 inches.

Children as young as 2 worked on the project, which involved ripping up old books that were donated to Youth in Arts and using them to create a collage, Lee said. Suzanne Joyal, the group's director of Artists in Schools, was in charge of the project.

Lee said 33,000 children in Marin and Sonoma counties are involved in the education nonprofit, which was founded in 1970. Youth in Artswas born in Haslemere, Surrey, England on September 27, 1933. During his acceptance speech for the 1979 Caldecott Medal for The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses (Bradbury), Goble said his fascination with “all things Indian” began very early in his boyhood. His mother would read Native American tales to Goble and his brother, and he would collect pictures from magazines and books about the Plains Indians of North America, a people who especially captured his imagination. A copy of Notes on the North American Indian was one of Goble’s most treasured childhood Christmas gifts, and was the first book in what became an extensive library of Native American culture. Goble has said in his autobiography that Lakota holy man Black Elk is a figure he greatly admired, and


a leader who influenced his studies, artwork, and personal philosophy.

Goble served in the British military from 1951 to 1953, where he was a sharpshooter for the army. Later, he earned his National Diploma in Design, with honors, in 1959 from the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. The summer after he graduated, he embarked on a tour of Sioux and Crow reservations in South Dakota and Montana. During that trip, Goble became an adopted member of Yakima and Sioux tribes as was given the name Wakinyan Chikala, translated as Little Thunder.

In 1960 he married author and industrial designer Dorothy Lee, and the couple were raising two children while Goble did freelance industrial design and taught at Ravensbourne College of Art and Design, and the pair collaboratedon several children’s book titles. Throughout the 1960s and early 1970s he would travel to the U.S. and spend the summers (often with his son Richard in tow) with the Sioux in South Dakota and the Crow in Montana. By 1977, Goble had published four picture books, written with his wife, and had decided to move to the Black Hills to become a fulltime author and illustrator, accepting a position as the artist-in-residence at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. He and Dorothy divorced in 1978.

Goble had a prolific work period from the late 1970s up until roughly 2003, often publishing multiple books in a year. Popular works from this era include Buffalo Woman (Bradbury, 1984), Iktomi and the Boulder: A Plains Indian Story (Orchard, 1988) and several additional tales


starring the trickster character Iktomi, and Crow Chief: A Plains Indian Story (Orchard, 1992). Over time, Goble has donated a large body of his paintings to the South Dakota Art Museum, which now owns 500 pieces of original artwork from his books.

In a 1988 interview with Publishers Weekly, Goble explained his research for his books, which consisted of evaluating various versions of the same original tale before creating an adaptation, and striving to present his version of the traditional myths and legends in a poetic style that echoes the oral tradition of the Indians.

Goble published many of his books with Richard Jackson during Jackson’s tenure at both Bradbury Press and Orchard Books. Jackson shared this remembrance, inspired by one of the earliest projects they worked on together. “PaulGoble was an Englishman, in spite of his Rapid City, S.D. address. His words sounded British in conversation. I remember asking him early in our time together—Bob Verrone, my late partner in Bradbury Press, had found his work in England and convinced Marni Hodgkin of Macmillan in London that we should publish Lone Bull’s Horse Raid. Shortly after, I happened to ask Paul about skies in his paintings—for he had up to then always placed his distinctive figures and earthscapes on white pages. ‘Hmmm. I must think about that,’ he said. Next came the remarkable spread in The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses: black cliffs against black sky. Skies became an important element in all his work thereafter except in the Iktomi books, which were visual comedies.”

In 1978,


Goble married Janet Filler, whom he had first met during his trips to South Dakota when she worked at her father’s store in Custer. They had one son, Robert, who survives his parents and lives in Rapid City with his daughter and fiancée. Goble is also survived by his son Richard, daughter Julia, and several grandchildren, all living in England. Janet Goble died in 2014.

For the past several years, Goble has been not the creator, but the subject, of a new book—Paul Goble, Storyteller (South Dakota Historical Society Press) by biographer Gregory Bryan, a children’s literature professor at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. Bryan’s book launches later this month.

As Goble’s illness progressed, Bryan made sure that the author-illustrator received a rushed advance copy of the book lastTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man pleaded guilty to his part in a trafficking scheme in which live water monitor lizards were stuffed into socks and concealed inside electronics to be smuggled from the Philippines to the United States.

Akbar Akram, 44, pleaded guilty in Tampa federal court Wednesday to one count of wildlife trafficking in violation of the Lacey Act and the the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species Treaty, court records show.

Akram admitted to illegally importing more than 20 live water monitor lizards from the Philippines in 2016, a U.S. Justice Department statement said. He avoided customs authorities by placing the lizards in socks, which were sealed closed with tape and concealed inside electronic equipment and shipped under a false label. The equipment was transported


through commercial carriers to Akram’s associate in Massachusetts.

As part of his plea, Akram admitted that he knew the monitor lizards he received had been taken in violation of Philippine law and that the import violated U.S. law, according to the statement. Akram also admitted that upon receiving the monitor lizards, he sold some of them to customers in Colorado, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Approximately 70 monitor lizard species are characterized by elongated necks, heavy bodies, long-forked tongues, strong claws and long tails. Water monitor lizards are native to South and Southeastern Asia. The yellow-headed water monitor, the white-headed water monitor and the marbled water monitor are found in the Philippines.a first metal mold 101 and an opening 103 of the cavity 102 is covered with a lid (not illustrated), the first metal mold 101 is put in a heating furnace heated to a temperature close to the melting point of the first plastic powder, and the entire first metal mold 101 is heated in the heating furnace for 20 to 30 minutes to sinter the first plastic powder in the cavity 102. As a result, a cylindrical first plastic sintered body 104 is formed. In the first plastic sintered body 104, interconnected minute voids are formed between particles of the first plastic powder.
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in June that Edmonds' allegations ranged from shoddy transcriptions by unqualified translators to suggestions that one interpreter with a relative who works at a foreign embassy may have compromised national security.

The translator program has played a significant role in interpreting interviews and intercepts of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network since Sept. 11.

After her firing, Edmonds filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act seeking records about herself, her personnel file and her whistle-blower allegations. She asked that the request be expedited, but the FBI refused, arguing that "the documents that she seeks have nothing to do with any wider concerns of the American public."

But in a ruling Dec. 3, Huvelle disagreed. She cited reports by the AP, The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune and television news programsSouth India is always known to be one of the leading hubs for the quality education system. the city of Chennai earlier known as Madras, emerged as front runner in this regard and having the best schools in Chennai for both primary and higher secondary education. If you check the list of schools in Chennai then you will find there are 100's of schools in this city known for offering best in class education. Top schools in Chennai are recognized as the best schools of India.

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People watch a television news screen showing pictures of US President Donald Trump (C) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (R) at a railway station in Seoul on November 29, 2017.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that sanctions on North Korea are "beginning to have a big impact" following news of proposed talks between Pyongyang and South Korea.

"Perhaps that is good news, perhaps not — we will see!" Trump tweeted about the possible dialogue between the neighbors.

Trump tweet: Sanctions and "other" pressures are beginning to have a big impact on North Korea. Soldiers are dangerously fleeing to South Korea. Rocket man now wants to talk to South Korea for first time. Perhaps that is good news, perhaps not - we will see!

The United States and allies including South Koreaand Japan have put increasing economic pressure on Kim Jong Un's rogue dictatorship amid its nuclear and missile development. North Korea conducted its sixth nuclear test last year. In November, Pyongyang conducted the latest in a string of missile tests, and the device flew farther than any of its previous missiles.

In his New Year's Day address, Kim said "the entire United States is within range of our nuclear weapons, a nuclear button is always on my desk." Despite the threat, he floated the possibility of talks with South Korea when the country hosts the Winter Olympics next month.


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A galleon among battle galleys, and dreadnought of the waters of Ashpool.

This oversized battle galley with a tendency to stun its prey by ramming it with its sharp, pointed jaw, was named after a legendary steam-powered ship built by the Holy See to patrol the waters of the Bloodbrine Sea.


in my answer to her, I expressed my fears on that head.

I now know from the information I obtain upon the spot, that the impressions that then distressed me, for I was proud of America, were but too well founded. She was turning her back on her own glory, and making hasty strides in the retrograde path of oblivion. But a spark from the altar of Seventy-six, unextinguished and unextinguishable through the long night of error, is again lighting up, in every part of the Union, the genuine name of rational liberty.

As the French Revolution advanced, it fixed the attention of the world, I and drew from the pensioned pen of Edmund Burke a furious attack. This brought me once more on the public theater of politics, andoccasioned the pamphlet “Rights of Man.” It had the greatest run of any work ever published in the English language. The number of copies circulated in England, Scotland and Ireland, besides translations into foreign languages, was between four and five hundred thousand.

The principles of that work were the same as those in “Common Sense,” and the effects would have been the same in England as that had produced in America, could the vote of the nation been quietly taken; or had equal opportunities of consulting or acting existed. The only difference between the two works was that the one was adapted to the local circumstances of England, and the other to those of America.

As to myself, I acted in both cases alike; I relinquished to the people of


The Bulawayo branch of the Movement for Democratic Change formation of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said ZANU-PF supporters were cleaning out supermarket supplies of maize meal, a Zimbabwean staple

Militants of Zimbabwe's former ruling ZANU-PF party were said to have raided supermarkets in Bulawayo and seized imported foodstuffs in the name of indigenization, leaving neighborhoods in the country's second-largest city short on basic goods.A South Carolina mother charged with killing her newborn son by putting him in the refrigerator for several hours was expected to appear before a judge on Tuesday.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A South Carolina mother charged with killing her newborn son by putting him in the refrigerator for several hours was expected to appear before a judge on Tuesday.

Angela Blackwell was expected to have a bond hearing at 2 p.m. at the Chester County jail, according to Sheriff's Chief Deputy Robert Sprouse.

Blackwell, 27, was arrested by State Law Enforcement Division agents on Monday on a charge of homicide by child abuse. Deputies say Blackwell was at her home on February 27 when she put her 4-day-old son in the refrigerator and shut the door. After three hours, she


took him out and sought medical attention.

First-responders did CPR on the boy and took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to an incident report. The boy, William David Blackwell, died from hypothermia with asphyxiation from being placed in the cold, according to Chester County Coroner Terry Tinker.

Authorities haven't said what they think may have led Blackwell to act as she did, and there was no phone number listed for the home where she and her family live.

According to an online obituary for her infant son, Blackwell has another child. A Facebook profile that appears to belong to Blackwell shows photos of her posing with a toddler and a newborn, posted the day after William's birth.to find out if there were any survivors and help them. As he approached, a brick flew toward him. Then another. “What the hell?”

He threw himself flat as a section of collapsed wall heaved itself up and away from the rest of the wreckage. He looked up to see something golden and flowing emerging from the hole. “G-Godiva?”

The golden-tressed heroine rose unsteadily to her feet. She had several cuts on her bare arms and legs, and her costume was torn in places, almost exposing one of her breasts, but she looked more or less intact. “Who’s there?” she said.

The sergeant rose to his feet. “It’s me — Detective Sergeant Harris,” he said. “Are you all right, miss?”

As he reached her, she gratefully allowed him to support her. He


to grasp a long sliver of wood from the remains of the door and hurl it at the now-huge disc. The wood rebounded, denting the disc but not disabling it. “Damn!” she swore, and grabbed the door frame with her hair, wrenching it out from the plasterwork and thrusting it out before her like a shield.

The Bard smirked in triumph, but then a plate glass window behind him shattered, and through it swung two figures garbed like characters from an Errol Flynn movie. As they landed, the larger, armoured newcomer whipped out a sword, while his younger, doublet-clad companion unclipped a short club from his belt and extended it to the length of a quarterstaff.

The Bard, however, was not unprepared for this. He held up another alien device,another one was desecrated in January.

{article_photo:751791:'Russian communists compare Lenin statue demolition in Ukraine to zombie movies':'left':'50'}Bringing down Lenin statues

A wave of Lenin monument demolitions hit south-eastern Ukraine over the past week. On September 28, participants of a rally for unity in Ukraine in Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city, toppled a 20-meter monument with the use of cables and a crane.

On the same night, another monument to Lenin was torn down in the eastern Kharkiv region’s Dergachi, close to Ukraine’s border with Russia.

The latest wave of Lenin statues being pulled down comes following a similar spree across Ukraine this winter. The fall of a massive Lenin monument took place in Kiev in early December during the Euromaidan protests.

The Lenin statues continued falling down in the country this summer. At


least three statue demolition incidents were reported in Kharkiv in August, and another three Lenin monuments were destroyed in the Odessa Region.

An 8-meter monument to Lenin, built in 1987, was brought down in Mariupol, in south-eastern Ukraine.relations with Cuba.
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"We still have differences with the Cuban government that I will raise directly. America will always stand for human rights around the world," he tweeted. "Next month, I'll travel to Cuba to advance our progress and efforts that can improve the lives of the Cuban people."
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The last sitting U.S. President to visit Cuba was Calvin Coolidge in 1928.
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Speaking at CNN's GOP town hall on Wednesday night, presidential candidate Marco Rubio slammed the announcement.

The Florida senator said that if he were president, he would not visit the island nation -- unless it were a "free Cuba."
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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, whose father emigrated from Cuba, also disparaged the prospect of a presidential visit.

"I think it's a real mistake. I think the President ought to be pushing for a


free Cuba," Cruz said at the same town hall. "My family has seen firsthand the evil and the oppression in Cuba. We need a president who stands up to our enemies."
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Last week, U.S. air carriers entered a bidding war to secure routes to Cuba after both nations signed an agreement to resume flights between the island and the United States.

U.S. travelers, who previously were required to adhere to strict conditions for visits to Cuba, are now able to apply for a broad range of travel licenses, included trips for cultural exchanges and humanitarian work.

But travel purely for tourism won't be allowed until the U.S. Congress lifts a longstanding embargo, which also restricts most trade with Cuba.

Instead, Castro opened a joint news conference with U.S. President Barack Obama witha laundry list of why his country and the United States would never see eye to eye. And he ended it with complaints about taking one more question than was previously agreed.

Castro spoke before Obama for roughly 15 minutes, detailing the technocratic fruits of thawed diplomacy, namely the restoration of postal service and travel between the two countries, and urging the removal of the decades-old trade embargo between the two countries.

"This cooperation is beneficial not only for Cuba and the United States but also for our hemisphere at large," Castro said, referring also to cooperation in dealing with the spread of Zika virus in the region.

The Cuban president touted his country's progress on communications and medication, remarking that "much more could be done if the U.S. blockade were


lifted." The steps forward to remove restriction are "positive, but insufficient," Castro said.
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Castro also urged the return of "illegally occupied" Guantanamo Bay, later taking shots at the United States' "political manipulation and double standards" with respect to human rights, as well as its lack of universal health care and other social programs for its citizens.
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“Cuba is sovereign and rightly has great pride, and the future of Cuba will be decided by Cubans, not by anybody else" Obama said. But he vowed to "do as wherever we go around the world" and "speak out on behalf of universal human rights, including freedom of speech and assembly and religion."

Obama said he looked forward to "hearing from Cuban civil society leaders tomorrow."

"But as you heard, President Castro has also addressed aswhat he views as shortcomings in the United States," he said, "and we welcome that constructive dialogue as well. Because we believe that when we share our deepest beliefs and ideas with an attitude of mutual respect, that we can both learn and make the lives of our people better."

The cruise ship Adonia of the Fathom company, an affiliate of Carnival Corporation, arrived at Havana this Monday to open the first cruise line between the United States and Cuba in more than half a century.

The ship, with 704 passengers aboard including a dozen Cuban-Americans, has sailed into Havana Harbor to dock at the Sierra Maestra cruise ship terminal in the historic center of Havana.
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The program of this cruise that will sail from Miami to Cuba every other week


lets T-Mobile users make calls, text, and use data while traveling in Cuba, starting this summer.
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Sprint and Verizon started offering roaming in Cuba last year, but it's not cheap.

The first scheduled commercial passenger flight from the United States to Cuba in more than half a century landed on Wednesday, opening another chapter in the Obama administration's efforts to improve ties and increase trade and travel with the former Cold War foe.

A JetBlue Airways Corp passenger jet arrived from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in the central Cuban city of Santa Clara. The route may be a commercial challenge, at least initially, but it is the first of a plethora of new flights by various U.S. airlines to destinations on the Communist-ruled island.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, JetBlue Chief Executive OfficerRobin Hayes, other officials and journalists were aboard the 150-seat plane. Regular travelers, including some of Cuban descent, occupied nearly half the seats on the flight to Santa Clara, a city with a population of about 200,000 that is known for its monument to revolutionary leader Ernesto "Che" Guevara.

The US State Department is pulling out all families of employees and nonessential personnel from Cuba, after a string of mysterious sonic attacks against US diplomats, according to two US officials.

The American embassy will continue to operate with a 60% reduction in staff. The officials said the US will stop issuing visas in Cuba effective immediately because of the staff reductions and the decision is not described as a retaliatory measure. Officials say there will still be consular officials in


the embassy available to assist US citizens in Cuba.

The State Department is also issuing a travel warning, urging Americans not to travel to Cuba because they could also be at risk as some of the attacks against diplomats have taken place at hotels where Americans stay, a senior State Department official told reporters Friday.
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At least 21 US diplomats and family members have been affected by the incidents that began in November, causing a baffling array of maladies from hearing loss to dizziness to concussions.

US officials say there may have been as many as 50 attacks, a senior US official told CNN, the most recent in August. Some victims have had long lasting symptoms and, in at least one case, permanent hearing loss.
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Investigators haven't determined the cause of theincidents, but US officials told CNN they are convinced someone has targeted American diplomats in Havana with a sophisticated device never deployed before, at least not against US personnel.

Canadian diplomats have suffered similar health problems, according to US and Canadian officials.

"The world is suffering more today from the good people who want to mind other men's business than it is from the bad people who are willing to let everybody look after their own individual affairs." - Clarence Darrow

The US State Department is pulling out all families of employees and nonessential personnel from Cuba, after a string of mysterious sonic attacks against US diplomats, according to two US officials.

The American embassy will continue to operate with a 60% reduction in staff. The officials said the US will stop


issuing visas in Cuba effective immediately because of the staff reductions and the decision is not described as a retaliatory measure. Officials say there will still be consular officials in the embassy available to assist US citizens in Cuba.

The State Department is also issuing a travel warning, urging Americans not to travel to Cuba because they could also be at risk as some of the attacks against diplomats have taken place at hotels where Americans stay, a senior State Department official told reporters Friday.
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At least 21 US diplomats and family members have been affected by the incidents that began in November, causing a baffling array of maladies from hearing loss to dizziness to concussions.

US officials say there may have been as many as 50 attacks, a senior USis that Cuban intelligence, or an intelligence agency with a close relationship with Cuba, is beaming microwaves at the buildings to power very small electronic eavesdropping devices implanted inside.

Canada has confirmed a 14th case of unusual health symptoms experienced by some Canadian diplomatic staff and their family members posted in Havana, Cuba, according to a government statement Wednesday.

The country has also decided to reduce by up to half the number of Canadian employees posted to Havana.
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The statement said that after the last confirmed case of unusual health symptoms in November 2018, a number of Canadian diplomatic staff in Cuba underwent additional medical testing.

"These tests confirm that an additional employee has symptoms consistent with those of previously affected employees. This brings the total number of affected Canadian employees, spouses


and dependents to 14. All affected people will continue to receive medical attention, as required."
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According to a study published in the medical journal JAMA in March 2018, a majority of 21 affected patients reported problems with memory, concentration, balance, eyesight, hearing, sleeping or headaches that lasted more than three months. Three people eventually needed hearing aids for moderate to severe hearing loss, and others had ringing or pressure in their ears.

In early January, a British and an American scientist released research theorizing that the sound stemmed from noises made by the Indies short-tailed cricket. The research has not been peer-reviewed.

The White House is tightening a decades-old embargo on Cuba, but delaying a decision for another month that could put foreign companies invested on the island in legal jeopardy.

Titlenow, Title III has been suspended on a rolling basis every six months, but the administration last issued a 45-day waiver, which expires on March 19.

The Trump administration is reimposing limits on the amount of money Cuban Americans can send to relatives on the island and ordering new restrictions on U.S. citizen, nonfamily travel to Cuba, national security adviser John Bolton said Wednesday.

The new measures, outlined by Bolton in a Miami speech, follow an announcement by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the administration will lift restraints that have prevented lawsuits from U.S. citizens seeking compensation for property expropriated by the Cuban revolutionary government that seized power there six decades ago.

Bolton also announced new sanctions against Venezuela and Nicaragua that will bar parts of their banking systems from


more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.” - John Stuart Mill, Inaugural Address Delivered to the University of St Andrews, 2/1/1867

The Trump administration has announced new steps to further restrict Americans' travel to Cuba, including banning group tours and cruise ship stops to the island nation.

The changes are meant to tighten the economic pressure on the Cuban government, which Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross called "one of our historically most aggressive adversaries." The goal is to "restrict non-family travel to Cuba in order to hold the Cuban regime accountable for its repression of the Cuban people and its support of the Maduro regime in Venezuela," his agency said in a statement.

"Veiled tourism has served to line the pockets of the CubanThe UN Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution allowing European Union troops to use force in the Central African Republic and threatening sanctions against those blamed for the country's strife.

The EU has pledged 500 troops to help African and French forces already in the country trying to end clashes between rival Christian and Muslim militias.

The resolution allows the reinforcements to use "all necessary measures" to protect civilians in the country which has been in near anarchy since its president was overthrown by rebels 10 months ago.

Michel Djotodia, who replaced the ousted president, resigned this month along with his prime minister after failing to check the religious violence.

Following the resignation, Catherine Samba-Panza, the mayor of Bangui, the capital, was elected interim president of the Central African Republic, making


her the first woman to hold the post.

The UN resolution allows for sanctions against the ringleaders of groups blamed for massacres and human rights abuses, but did not name initial targets for measures.

It also calls on the Central African Republic's interim government to speed up moves towards new elections.

A transitional accord between rival groups set a deadline of February next year for elections. The council said polls should be held in the second half of 2014 if possible.

'New stage'

Gerard Araud, France's UN ambassador, said the resolution was "a new stage" in efforts to help the Central African Republic out of the strife in which thousands are feared killed and more than 900,000 people have fled their homes.

"There is an incredible amount of resentment and hatred between the twocommunities," he said of the clashes between Muslim and Christian groups, but added that there are signs of improvement.

Separately, thousands of jubilant residents took to the streets of Bangui to celebrate on Tuesday after peacekeepers escorted dozens more rebels from military bases in the latest sign the fighters are losing their grip on the country.

Their departure from Camp Kasai comes a day after others left the hillside Camp de Roux in central Bangui for another base on the northern outskirts, witnesses said.

Other top brass from the Seleka movement were escorted by peacekeepers north of the capital on Sunday, and were believed to be heading towards neighbouring Chad.

"We are liberated! This is our New Year!" the crowds shouted as the rebels left under the protection of French and African


To mark the 225th anniversary of Mozart’s death, Decca and Deutsche Grammophon are releasing the most authoritative, complete and scholarly box set ever devoted to the work of a single composer. The 200CD Complete Edition was created in partnership with the Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation and Mozart expert Professor Cliff Eisen of King’s College London, and will be released worldwide on 28 October 2016.

The box set comprised 100 volumes featuring 72 pianists of the 20th century, each volume with two CDs and a booklet about the life and work of the featured pianist. The set contains a variety of composers from different eras, from Baroque to Contemporary classical.

Mozart Edition: The Complete Works will make a great gift this Holiday season for the music lover in your life or someonedevoted to the man and his work.The Complete Wagner Operas offers the best of Deutsche Grammophon, two operas each from Decca and the BBC and EMIs Rienzi.

In Uruguay in the early 1970s, an official of the US Agency for International Development (a group used as a front for training foreign police in counterinsurgency methods) is kidnapped by a group of urban guerillas. Using his interrogation as a backdrop, the film explores the often brutal consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government and the leftist Tupamaro guerillas.

Scarcely anything to do with Krautrock per-se, Pentagon were in fact a "not bad" blues-rock band, most obviously inspired by American blues, and such people as John Mayall or Steamhammer. Pentagon's sole LP only existed as a test-pressing (only two tracks appeared as


a single), and was never properly released until the recent CD issue. This presents a competent, largely instrumental band, exploring much more than blues, drawing in folk and progressive elements…

Returning from a long sea voyage Sinbad finds himself stripped of his home and possessions by the crazy Caliph - ruler of Bagdad. He falls in with a pair of rogues whose incompetence leaves all three drugged and sold into slavery on the high seas…La Sibilla Mallorca - València (1400-1560). Montserrat Figueras, Jordi Savall, La Capella Reial de Catalunya Alia Vox 9806, 1999.
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the famous Loop district. On this train patrons can ride all the way to Midway Airport; from the Roosevelt Stop the trip is about thirty minutes. You can get straight on it from the Red Line by accessing a tunnel and escalators to go up to the Orange Line stop.

Yesterday the peace of patrons on the Orange Line was shattered when armed assailants burst into the cars, announced a robbery and took things from riders. Apparently they got on at the Halsted stop and got off at the Roosevelt stop and took off. Now with the number of people at the Roosevelt stop and the amount of activity there it is hard to believe that someone did not yell out that there was a problem and that thesold-out crowd of 41,149 attended the Braves' first regular-season game at SunTrust Park, a 5-2 win against the San Diego Padres. But the venue, where the city meets the suburbs in Cobb County, isn't all that's new. Thanks to public funding and the available land around it, a community is being constructed from the ground up, taking "ballpark development" to another level.

"I'd like to welcome you to baseball's newest gem," MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said to fans during the pregame ceremony.

In addition to Jones, Braves legends Hank Aaron, Bobby Cox, Tom Glavine, Dale Murphy, Phil Niekro, John Smoltz were present. They were honored as theirs and other retired numbers were unveiled. Aaron threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Cox. A prominent fan, former President Jimmy Carter, also


was in attendance.

Braves starter Julio Teheran threw the first pitch of the game, which resulted in Manuel Margot flying out to center fielder Ender Inciarte. Inciarte, who led off for Atlanta in the bottom of the first inning, had the first hit, reaching on an infield single. He'd later score the first run, as Nick Markakis drove in Inciarte and Freddie Freeman with a double. Inciarte also hit the first home run, coming in the bottom of the sixth inning. It was his third home run of the season.

"I'm not going to lie, I had a good feeling about tonight," Inciarte, who hit three home runs all of last year, said.

The action wasn't just limited to the field. An area geared toward children has a zip line anda climbing wall. The three-story Chop House bar was packed full of patrons, some holding beers that were aged with baseball bat wood . In the hands of many were their phones, which could help locate the nearest concession stand or bathroom.

Just another day at the ballpark in the year 2017.

"It's just amazing what they did with this ballpark," Inciarte said. "It's beautiful."

From downtown to the suburbs

No longer in downtown Atlanta, the Braves (who technically still have an Atlanta address) now are northwest of the city.

They announced they were moving to the suburbs in 2013. At the time, Braves Club President John Schuerholz said that Turner Field, where the team played from 1997 until the end of last season, needed "hundreds of millions of dollars of upgrades." (The


Braves, in their 52nd season in Atlanta, played at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium from 1966-1996.)

Around the same time, city money was allocated for another stadium in downtown Atlanta, for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons and MLS club Atlanta United. That venue, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, is scheduled to open this summer.

Photos: The history of Major League ballparks Boston's Fenway Park, which opened in 1912, is one of the "jewel box" ballparks, a style that was popular from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. Hide Caption 1 of 10 Photos: The history of Major League ballparks Wrigley Field in Chicago, which opened in 1914, is the only other stadium from the jewel-box era that is still in use. This is a view from the grandstands in 1927. Hide Caption 2 of 10Photos: The history of Major League ballparks The 1960s ushered in multipurpose stadiums, which MLB teams commonly shared with NFL teams. The only one still in use is in northern California, where the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum is used by MLB's Oakland Athletics and the NFL's Oakland -- though soon to be Las Vegas -- Raiders. Hide Caption 3 of 10 Photos: The history of Major League ballparks The Astrodome, former home of MLB's Houston Astros and the NFL's Houston Oilers, opened in 1965 and was the first fully enclosed sports stadium. It was also the first MLB park to use artificial turf. Hide Caption 4 of 10 Photos: The history of Major League ballparks Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles signaled the "modern" era in building ballparks specifically for


baseball. Built in 1962, it's the third-oldest MLB stadium still in use. Hide Caption 5 of 10 Photos: The history of Major League ballparks Kauffman Stadium, home of the Kansas City Royals, is another modern ballpark. It opened as Royals Stadium in 1973. Hide Caption 6 of 10 Photos: The history of Major League ballparks The first retractable-roof venue was the SkyDome (now called the Rogers Centre), which opened in 1989 for MLB's Toronto Blue Jays. Hide Caption 7 of 10 Photos: The history of Major League ballparks Oriole Park at Camden Yards opened in 1992 to rave reviews, and it brought in a new era of baseball stadiums. These stadiums blended the old-fashioned, intimate feel of parks that were built in the early 1900s, but they alsoadded modern and luxury amenities. Hide Caption 8 of 10 Photos: The history of Major League ballparks Oriole Park spawned several imitators, such as Turner Field in Atlanta, which was the home of the Atlanta Braves from 1997-2016. Hide Caption 9 of 10 Photos: The history of Major League ballparks SunTrust Park is Atlanta's new ballpark. Its first event was an exhibition game between the Braves and the New York Yankees on March 31. Hide Caption 10 of 10

While one stadium construction started in downtown, the Braves started their plans.

In September 2013, the franchise created Braves Real Estate Development, LLC, the real estate holding company established by and operated as a subsidiary of the team. The Braves authorized BRED to acquire various parcels of property to build the


proposed stadium and mixed-use development. The funding from Cobb County was approved not by a public vote but instead by county commissioners.

The new surrounding neighborhood, still a work in progress, is called The Battery . The Braves tout that the area, which includes housing, restaurants, a live music theater and retail, as "the first of its kind -- a destination that will simultaneously build and integrate a state-of-the-art Major League Baseball ballpark with a multi-use development and community."

The stadium has earned positive reviews from Braves players.

"I think it's a lot more intimate," Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman said. "When you're out there playing, it feels like the fans are kind of right on you, which at Turner Field, it was more relaxed. They were pushed back a littleIf one thing is certain, genre fans are loyalists to the core that would love to see the original actor return as the legendary Robocop.

Just a few weeks ago it was announced that Neill Blomkamp would be revamping and retconning the original series with a new movie that would be a direct sequel to the Robocop 1 and 2. Yet, he never stated if we'd really be seeing Peter Weller come back for the next entry. In his mid-'70s, a highly physical role could be a challenge. But now it appears that Blomkamp has his eyes on the prize. He took to Twitter earlier today with a response Tweet that many may have not been expecting. It looks like he might be bringing back Weller in the role


Today Will Be Different; Where’d You Go, Bernadette; and This One is Mine. She is a former writer for the TV shows 90210, Mad About You, Arrested Development, and others. Her book Where’d You Go, Bernadette spent over a year on the New York Times bestseller list and was made into a film.

John Roderick is the songwriter and singer/guitarist of the band The Long Winters. Widely acclaimed as one of America’s preeminent artists, credited with resurrecting Seattle’s moribund music scene and bringing new life to the rock genre, John also writes his own press bios.

Presented by Town Hall Seattle.their own temptations, they can be tempted by slander, and therefore used to slander people, to smear them, this above all in the world of politics," he said. "They can be used as means of defamation..."

"No-one has a right to do this. It is a sin and it is hurtful," he said.

He described disinformation as the greatest harm the media can do because "it directs opinion in only one direction and omits the other part of the truth," he said.

The pope's comments on disinformation followed widespread debate in the United States over whether fake news on the internet might have swayed voters toward Republican candidate Donald Trump.

(Reporting by Philip Pullella; Editing by Tom Heneghan)


key supporting character or will get to stretch his acting legs as the movie’s main villain.In regards to the individual Russell may end up playing, it was recently rumored that he might be a heavily adapted Mar-Vell , but that was later debunked by Gunn. All we know for sure is he is the member of an ancient alien race, something that the Nova Corps "had never seen before." He was also conversely described as an "angel" by Peter’s mother Meredith and a "jackass" by Yondu, who was hired to bring Peter back to his father, but decided to keep him with the Ravagers. Russell has proven before he can channel "jackass" well, so now would be his opportunity to do so in space.2015 has been an eventfulWeekly College Roundup

As the collegiate lacrosse regular season comes to a close, competition remains stiff and there have been plenty of fireworks in the finale(s) so far.

For Loyola, runs of both six and seven unanswered goals were the key to trouncing Hobart, 19-11 on the road in their ECAC regular season finale on Saturday, April 20. Going on the attack early, Mike Sawyer (Charlotte) put up six points four goals and two assists with three ground balls, as he led the attack unit to a combined 10 goals and 15 points total. Midfielder Josh Hawkins (Hamilton) also contributed heavily for the Blue Jays, tallying two goals in addition to four ground balls and two caused turnovers, while Scott Ratliff (Boston) led the way on defense with three points


on two goals and one assist, plus seven ground balls and three caused turnovers.

Despite it being Senor Day, things did not go as well for Colgate, who dropped a 13-8 game to Bucknell at home on Saturday. First overall selection Peter Baum (Ohio) was held to just one assist and three ground balls, as the Raiders could not hold onto a second-half lead that saw them score four straight goals for the second straight week. Now seeded fourth in the upcoming Patriot League Tournament, Colgate faces Lehigh on Friday night, while the Bison (ranked second) face Army in the tournament opener earlier that day.

After a long six-game losing streak seemed to dishearten the University of Virginia, the Cavaliers bounced back on Saturday to pick up a 12-7 victorywhile Kevin Cooper (Chesapeake) registered two assists for the day, putting him at 19 multi-point games for his career. The Terps will have to continue their winning ways and cement their status as no. 1 in the ACC when they take on Virginia in the first semifinal game this weekend.

In a dominant performance, Johns Hopkins trounced Navy 15-4 at home in Baltimore, as John Ranagan (Rochester) contributed two tallies on the day. Their defense was on point as well, evident by the scarce amount of goals Navy was able to register, and Lee Coppersmith (Boston) and Mike Poppleton (Hamilton) were largely to thank in picking up 13 ground balls total between them.

This past week saw Syracuse split their games, as the Orange fell to Hobart, 13-12 at home


and had their six-game home winning streak snapped. Despite the loss, JoJo Marasco (New York) looked good for Syracuse, contributing three points on two goals and an assist, with two ground balls and a caused turnover to go with them. Meanwhile, Brian Megill (Denver) also chipped in a ground ball and caused turnover, but it was not enough to give the Orange a victory. The following Saturday, Syracuse met Georgetown in a Big East match-up and redeemed themselves with a 9-8 victory in another close game. Marasco again had three points, this time on one tally and two helpers, while also scooping up two ground balls to add to Megill’s three. The Orange will close out their regular season this Saturday, April 27 against Notre Dame at the2013 Konica Minolta Big City Classic in MetLife Stadium.

Last year’s first overall selection Rob Pannell (New York) registered three points on two goals and an assist, setting the Ivy League record for individual career points as he lifted Cornell over Brown, 13-7. Max Von Bourgondien (Charlotte) also registered three points for the Big Red on one goal and two assists, as well as three ground balls while Jason Noble (Hamilton) scooped up one GB as well. Cornell secured the Ivy League crown with their victory, and will host the tournament for the third time in four years.

The Ohio State was able to slip past Air Force, 10-9 this past Saturday in Colorado thanks in large part to Logan Schuss (Ohio). Schuss had five points on four tallies and


one assist, plus a ground ball, increasing his record of career goals for the Buckeyes to 133, as well as his career points total to 216. Schuss’ co-captain Dominique Alexander (Ohio) also put up five points on the day with two goals and three assists, and scooped up two ground balls of his own. With the victory, Ohio State clinched a berth in the ECAC tournament for the third-straight year.

After getting out to a big lead early, the University of North Carolina never faltered as they cruised to a 20-8 victory over High Point on Saturday. Marcus Holman (Ohio) had two goals and two ground balls on the day, extending his consecutive games streak with a goal to 28, breaking the school record of 27 set by Macearly deficit and score less than a minute into overtime for the upset. Denver closes out their regular season this Saturday as they host Michigan.

In another upset, the University of Massachusetts rallied for a 9-8 win over Hofstra on the road, as Will Manny (Boston) contributed his sixth helper of the day to Colin Fleming (Ohio) for the game-winning goal with just six seconds of play left. Fleming finished the day with two goals total, while Jake Smith (Boston) picked up a ground ball. This Friday, April 26, UMass will host its Senior Day when they host Delaware, with hopes that it will not turn out as Colgate’s did.


falls onto torn envelopes, the accordions-in-progress of bank statements, Express ads quietly shaming me into an eating disorder and a straight shave. My cat rubs herself against my legs, chases after a bug, a ghost. She climbs on top of the refrigerator, talks to the cat upstairs.

Natalie didn't say anything as she followed me across the trail of dirty laundry, spent candy wrappers, flecks of faded receipts, leading into my bedroom, the black curtains hiding the detergent stains on the carpet. My father said they would keep the sunlight out when he put them up. I used them to hide the gap toothed grimaces of the blinds.

Every June 15, I come over to my father's place, drink boilermakers. We drag a mattress he bought from Goodwill, pour thethat Mkhwebane had filed a notice opposing the
challenges to her recommendation. Mkhwebane said she was
empowered by the constitution to intervene in such affairs.

On Monday, however, her offices said Mkhwebane would no
longer be putting up a defence of her recommendation in court.

"Having considered the legal advice from the Senior Counsel,
which advice she accepted, the Public Protector, Advocate
Busisiwe Mkhwebane has decided not to oppose SARB’s review
application," Mkhwebane's office said in a statement.

The rand was unmoved by the news.

Analysts say it is unclear what prompted Mkhwebane's
recommendation. It will now be up to the courts to decide
whether her mandate extends to the central bank. The SARB has
requested for a hearing of the case in August.

The ruling African National Congress has stated that it is
opposed to altering the mandate the central bank.

But its


will follow illustrated as the most downrange of trajectories from the nominal target, i.e., the downrange maneuver-limited boundary 41 of the maneuver cone 40. The downrange footprint 45 of the base of the maneuver cone 40 may be defined as the distance along the ground 30 from the uprange maneuver-limited boundary 42 intersection 43 with ground 30 to the downrange maneuver-limited boundary 41 intersection 44 with the ground 30. FIG. 1B is a planar depiction of a maneuver cone 50 of the guided device 10 of FIG. 1A, but later in the time of flight. The downrange footprint 55 of the base of the maneuver cone 50 may be defined as the distance along the ground 30 from the uprange maneuver-limited boundary 52 intersection 53 with ground 30Just months after the Fairfax name was removed from the family's former mastheads, John B Fairfax will reinvest in the news industry, announcing a new online site for investigative journalism.

Key points: John B Fairfax will launch a new Australian investigative news site

John B Fairfax will launch a new Australian investigative news site Mr Fairfax sold his remaining shares in Fairfax in 2011

Mr Fairfax sold his remaining shares in Fairfax in 2011 Nine took over the Fairfax brand in 2018

"It's not personal," Mr Fairfax told 7.30.

"We are seeing this as an investment and it's an interesting one, having being involved with the media myself for 50 years.

"You can't actually eradicate the ink that runs through the veins."

For generations, the Fairfax family published The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and


died at the Palais de la Légion d'honneur in Paris, on 11 November 1867. Her eldest daughter Emily, Dowager Marchioness of Lansdowne, succeeded as Lady Nairne and to her other English, Scots, and Irish titles.

Further reading
 Chaumont, Jean-Philippe (editor), Archives du général Charles de Flahaut et de sa famille : 565 AP : inventaire, Centre historique des archives nationales, Paris (2005)
 Scarisbrick, Diana, Margaret de Flahaut (1788–1867): A Scotswoman at the French Court, John Adamson, Cambridge (2019)

Notes

References

Allardyce's Memoirs of G. K. Elphinstone, 58, 418–19;
Gent. Mag. lxxxvii. ii. 81;
 The Times, 15 Nov. 1867, p. 7, col. 2;
Russell's Moore, iii. 98, 99, 104, 111, 112, &c., vii. 186, &c.;
see also Miss Ellis Cornelia Knight's Autobiography.

External links
 Burke's Peerage
 www.lyon-court.com

Keith, Margaret de Flahault, 2nd Baroness
Category:1788the unknown trio and, after a short conversation, the girls were invited to a party and agreed to go. The appellant and Joe Gamble got into V___'s car and gave directions to Joe Gamble's house, while Jack Gamble left in the other car to pick up his date.
The group drove to a house located in the Pleasant Grove area of Dallas County and upon entering, began to listen to music, strum the guitar and play with some puppies. Later, Jack Gamble arrived with his date, changed his shirt and announced he and his date were not staying. At this point A___ and V___ decided to leave, but discovered that V___'s car would not start. The appellant and Joe Gamble worked on the car, but were not successful and


the girls were persuaded to come back into the house and let the motor "cool." After some discussion about calling a mechanic, the appellant and Joe Gamble drew butcher *894 knives, pushed the girls into a bedroom and ordered them to undress. The appellant and Gamble then had numerous acts of sexual intercourse with each girl, performed rectal sodomy on the girls and forced them to perform acts of oral sodomy, and then forced the girls to commit oral sodomy upon each other. These acts took place over a three or four hour period.
After the girls had been allowed to dress, Jack Gamble returned from his date and V___ related she told him what had transpired. Subsequently, one of the men repaired V___'s automobile and the girls werepermitted to leave after being threatened they would be killed if they told what had happened and after they promised to remain silent.
About 5 a. m. the girls arrived at A___'s home in Mesquite and told A___'s mother they had been at the house of V___'s sister, but came home because the people at the sister's house had been called out of town. Upon awakening at 8:30 a. m., the girls related to A___'s mother they had been raped. The police were called. They pointed out the house in question to the police and were taken to the hospital for an examination.
The appellant did not testify, but called Jack Gamble, who testified that he returned to the house after 3 a. m. and found the girls fully clothed


and that, after a short discussion with V___, she went with him to the living room, where he pulled out a hideaway bed, laid on it with V___, kissing and was "starting to make out" when A___ came in and said she and V___ had to leave.
Dr. Robert Gardner, a defense witness, testified that he examined both girls and found no signs of trauma, bleeding, nor observed any anal irritation in either girl. He related he failed to find any evidence of sperm in their vaginas. The girls had testified that neither man had reached a climax during the numerous sex acts.
In rebuttal A___'s mother testified the doctor had told her he had found evidence of sexual intercourse.
It is appellant's contention that since the prosecutrixes' stories were severelyimpeached by the examining physician, and other facts, their testimony is not worthy of belief.
The prosecutrixes repeatedly testified that appellant had penetrated their private parts with his male organ. They were in the same room and corroborated each other's testimony. Although the examining physician expressed an opinion inconsistent with that of forcible rape, the jury was at liberty to believe any part of the testimony and reject the remainder.
It is true that the girls did not make an immediate outcry upon return to A___'s home, but they explained they were scared because of the threats upon their lives and were not sure what to do, and delayed their outcry for several hours.
The jury observed the witnesses, passed on their credibility, and chose to believe the girls' explanation, and


complains of the trial court's action in permitting the prosecutor to inquire of Jack Gamble, a defense witness, about extraneous offenses committed by the appellant.
On cross-examination Gamble was asked that if the appellant had told the girls "he had been up for rape before," would it be a true statement. A number of objections ensued and were overruled. Finally, the witness admitted that of his own personal knowledge he knew that appellant had been convicted of rape.
When the first question was asked, appellant's objection was that it was "highly prejudicial." At no time was the trial court's attention directed to the complaint now raised on appeal that the prosecutor was improperly seeking to elicit evidence of extraneous offenses. While the questions were improper under the circumstances, appellant's generalHurriyat G too holds protests

While addressing a protest rally, that was taken out in support of Article 35 A of Indian Constitution, at Lal Chowk Bund, Malik said that the state subject law and defending it is a matter of life and death for the people of Jammu Kashmir and no Kashmiri will sit silent on its abrogation or waning.

A spokesman of JKLF in a statement said that on JRL call, JKLF activists and leaders today staged protests at Budshah Chowk Lal Chowk and the Bund Lal Chowk. JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik addressed people at Masjid Bilal (The Bund) after which he led protesters at the bund. Holding placards against proposed abrogation of the state subject law and in favor of freedom, Protesters raised enthusiastic slogans on


It is based on DeLonge's Strange Times franchise, which includes fringe website, a graphic novel and sci-fi YA trilogy that DeLonge is co-writting with author Geoff Herbach, with Simon & Schuster having released the first book, Strange Times: The Ghost in the Girl, last October.

DeLonge co-wrote the script with Ben Kull. The duo worked together on the 2014 animated short film Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker.

“I grew up in Southern California as a disaffected young skateboarder who broke the occasional law or five, and I was always dreaming about the world around me, obsessively looking for the more unusual and imaginative experiences that life has to offer," said DeLonge.

He added: "That’s the inspiration behind Strange Times, which is about the tribe of broken youth and the restless spiritthat inspired me to form Blink-182 and seek out adventure."

The musician will also produce under his multimedia company, To the Stars. Stan Spry and Eric Woods from management-production company The Cartel and Russell Binder from Striker Entertainment are also set to produce.

DeLonge's band, Angels & Airwaves, will record new, original music for the film, which is slated to begin production in the fall.

DeLonge is repped by APA and Jackoway Tyerman.


Ginger and Black’s deadpan Extraordinary Life and Times of Harold fell flat this evening. Rescued only by a handful of well-developed characters and some great one-liners, this primary-school presentation for grown-ups was far less cohesive than I’d hoped. The show follows the story of ten-year-old Harold through the blitz - with a narrative strung together by intermittent songs, kitsch animations, and an inventive use of props, seeking to create a nostalgic presentation from the duo.

That sense of nostalgia is evoked nicely with all the tropes of great-British spirit and humour, and at times through the all-too authentic awkwardness of the narrators. But after a slow start, the sketches documenting Harold’s eccentric family and friends lacked the momentum needed to draw us in - despite a couple of wonderfullyImage: William Casey, CIA Director 1981 – 1987

Freedom House and the National Endowment for Democracy stress their commitment to freedom of thought and democracy, but both cooperated with a CIA-organized propaganda operation in the 1980s, according to documents released by Ronald Reagan’s presidential library.

One document showed senior Freedom House official Leo Cherne clearing a draft manuscript on political conditions in El Salvador with CIA Director William Casey and promising that Freedom House would make requested editorial “corrections and changes” – and even send over the editor for consultation with whomever Casey assigned to review the paper.

In a “Dear Bill” letter dated June 24, 1981, Cherne wrote:

“I am enclosing a copy of the draft manuscript by Bruce McColm, Freedom House’s resident specialist on Central America and the Caribbean. This


a hostile foreign country.

Raymond fretted, too, about the legality of Casey’s role in the effort to influence U.S. public opinion because of the legal prohibition against the CIA influencing U.S. policies and politics. Raymond confided in one memo that it was important “to get [Casey] out of the loop,” but Casey never backed off and Raymond continued to send progress reports to his old boss well into 1986.

It was “the kind of thing which [Casey] had a broad catholic interest in,” Raymond said during his Iran-Contra deposition in 1987. He then offered the excuse that Casey undertook this apparently illegal interference in domestic affairs “not so much in his CIA hat, but in his adviser to the president hat.”

As the Casey-Raymond propaganda operation expanded during the last halfNED — for the Republican and Democratic parties and for organized labor, creating enough bipartisan largesse that passage was assured.

But some in Congress thought it was important to wall the NED off from any association with the CIA, so a provision was included to bar the participation of any current or former CIA official, according to one congressional aide who helped write the legislation.

This aide told me that one night late in the 1983 session, as the bill was about to go to the House floor, the CIA’s congressional liaison came pounding at the door to the office of Rep. Dante Fascell, a senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and a chief sponsor of the bill.

The frantic CIA official conveyed a single message from CIA Director


Pennsylvania State University.

A Tag Team

From the start, NED became a major benefactor for Freedom House, beginning with a $200,000 grant in 1984 to build “a network of democratic opinion-makers.” In NED’s first four years, from 1984 and 1988, it lavished $2.6 million on Freedom House, accounting for more than one-third of its total income, according to a study by the liberal Council on Hemispheric Affairs that was entitled “Freedom House: Portrait of a Pass-Through.”

Over the ensuing three decades, Freedom House has become almost an NED subsidiary, often joining NED in holding policy conferences and issuing position papers, both organizations pushing primarily a neoconservative agenda, challenging countries deemed insufficiently “free,” including Syria, Ukraine (in 2014) and Russia.

Indeed, NED and Freedom House often work as a kind of tag-team withchoice to join Europe will accelerate the demise of the ideology of Russian imperialism that Putin represents,” Gershman wrote. “Russians, too, face a choice, and Putin may find himself on the losing end not just in the near abroad but within Russia itself.”

With NED’s budget now exceeding $100 million a year — and with many NGOs headquartered in Washington — Gershman has attained the status of a major paymaster for the neocon movement with his words carrying extra clout because he can fund or de-fund many a project.

Thus, three decades after CIA Director William Casey and his propaganda specialist Walter Raymond Jr. struggled to arrange funding for Freedom House and other organizations that would promote an interventionist agenda, their brainchild – the National Endowment for Democracy – was