open letter published by Houstonia magazine, the organizers of Houston's Drag Queen Story Time said they are shuttering the controversial program after recent news that one of their readers had previously sexually assaulted an 8-year-old child.

The organizers, Trent Lira and Devin Will, penned the letter, claiming that anti-LGBT groups had been threatening library employees and participants in the story time.

Albert Garza, a 32-year-old registered sex offender, participated in the program under the name Tatiana Mala-Niña, according to the conservative anti-LGBTQ group, MassResistance. That happened before the Houston Public Library started performing background checks on readers.

The library system has since apologized.

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Endemol has acquired the international drama production company Artists Studio, which produces “The Fall,” BBC Two’s most successful drama to-date.

Endemol will globally distribute Artists Studio productions including the second season of “The Fall,” which has been commissioned for production this year, as well as numerous projects commissioned and in development for U.K. and U.S. broadcasters.

Based in South Wales and with offices in London, Artists Studio also incorporates sister company Far Moor Media, which provides executive production services including pre-sales, deal structuring, rights management and casting for international drama producers.

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CALEDONIA Six Nations community members are mourning two fathers who died in a crash between a stolen pickup and a transport truck.

Provincial police said John Hill, 29, and Peter Bomberry, 33, both of Six Nations, were killed in the crash around 1:45 a.m. Monday at Highway 6 and Fifth Line.

Hill was driving the pickup and Bomberry was the front-seat passenger.

The pickup truck was registered to a New Brunswick address and was reported stolen in Halton Region on Aug. 21.

Haldimand County OPP said speed, not wearing seatbelts and not stopping at a stop sign are being considered as possible factors in the crash.

According to their obituaries posted at RHB Anderson Funeral Homes, both men had sons and leave behind large extended families.

Bomberry's 28-year-old wife, Brandi, died in a carcrash in June 2012.

Six Nations Chief Ava Hill was not available for comment.

However, council spokesperson Chelsey Johnson called the crash a tragedy, adding that many people in the community are grieving.

Police say the transport was southbound on Highway 6 when it was hit broadside by the eastbound 2005 Chevy pickup. The impact sent the pickup into the south ditch and the transport truck into the shoulder of Highway 6.

Fifth Line is controlled by stop signs in both directions.

OPP Constable Mark Foster said it appears the pickup didn't stop.

None of the occupants was thrown from the pickup.

OPP previously said none of the truck occupants was known to police.

Josh Burnham, 30, also of Six Nations, had to be extricated from the back of the pickup and remains in serious condition


in Hamilton General Hospital.

Burnham's family declined to comment to The Spectator through hospital staff.

The driver of the transport truck, 56-year-old Ted Rowe of Glencoe, just west of London, was not injured.

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Police have interviewed one witness, but ask that anyone with information come forward.

A funeral service for Hill is at the Lower Cayuga Longhouse Wednesday at 11 a.m. Bomberry's funeral is scheduled for the Johnsfield Baptist Church on Thursday at 11 a.m.
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UNITED STATES
v.
GAUBERT
No. 89-1793.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Argued November 26, 1990.
Decided March 26, 1991.
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
*317 Assistant Attorney General Gerson argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Acting Solicitor General Roberts, Deputy Solicitor General Shapiro, Paul J. Larkin, Jr., Anthony J. Steinmeyer, and John F. Daly.
Abbe David Lowell argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Max Hathaway and Eugene Gressman.[*]
JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.
When the events in this case occurred, the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, 12 U. S. C. §§ 1461-1470,[1] provided for the *318 chartering and regulation of federal savings and loan associations (FSLA's). Section 1464(a) authorized the Federal Home


*319 FHLB-D are within the "discretionary function" exception to the liability of the United States under the FTCA. The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit answered this question in the negative. We have the contrary view and reverse.

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This FTCA suit arises from the supervision by federal regulators of the activities of Independent American Savings Association (IASA), a Texas-chartered and federally insured savings and loan. Respondent Thomas M. Gaubert was IASA's chairman of the board and largest shareholder. In 1984, officials at the FHLBB sought to have IASA merge with Investex Savings, a failing Texas thrift. Because the FHLBB and FHLB-D were concerned about Gaubert's other financial dealings, they requested that he sign a "neutralization agreement" which effectively removed him from IASA's management. They also asked him toFSLIC, seeking $75 million in damages for the lost value of his shares and $25 million for the property he had forfeited under his personal guarantee.[5] That same day, the FSLIC assumed the receivership of IASA. After Gaubert's administrative claim was denied six months later, he filed the instant FTCA suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. His amended complaint sought $100 million in damages for the alleged negligence of federal officials in selecting the new officers and directors and in participating in the day-to-day management of IASA. The District Court granted the motion to dismiss filed by the United States, finding that all of the challenged actions of the regulators fell within the discretionary function exception to the FTCA, found in


to the practicability of the Government's fertilizer program." 346 U. S., at 42. Gaubert relies upon this statement as support for his argument that the Court of Appeals applied the appropriate analysis to the allegations of the amended complaint, but the distinction in Dalehite was merely description of the level at which the challenged conduct occurred. There was no suggestion that decisions made at an operational level could not also be based on policy.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A top Republican state senator has emerged as the leading - and right now the only - candidate to become the next president of Florida State University.

In an unusual move, a FSU search committee voted Wednesday to interview John Thrasher, who also chairs Gov. Rick Scott’s re-election campaign, and then decide whether to offer him the job. FSU has been without a permanent president since Eric Barron left to lead Penn State University.

The vote came after search committee members heard that FSU was having trouble attracting quality candidates because of the perception that Thrasher was going to get the job due to ongoing media reports.

Bill Funk, the search consultant hired by


that he will get the job and called it one more step in the “overall process.” He said he still plans to run for his state Senate seat and will remain with the Scott re-election campaign.

Several Florida politicians have made the jump to university president in the last two decades. And some search committee members, including former politicians or those with political ties, defended the decision to interview Thrasher now.

Allan Bense chairs the FSU Board of Trustees and is a former House speaker. He said the school will need the Legislature’s support if it wants more money.Market Place

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Richard E. Clark Sr.

He was born July 26, 1930, in Sterling, the son of Merriet David and Elva (Karr) Clark, and served in the Air Force from 1951-1955, during the Korean War. He married Doris I. Linton. He later married Ilzita T. “Ziggy” Zakle. She preceded him in death.

Throughout his career, Richard worked at Simpson-Powelson Lumber Co.; as a draftsman at


RB&W Co. and for Eclipse Lawn Mower Co. in Prophetstown; at the Eureka Co. as a lead applicator; at Northwestern Steel & Wire Co. and Parrish-Alford. From 1962-1982, he was a police officer for the city of Sterling, and he finished his career from 1982-2002 working for the Sterling Park District. For more than 39 years, Richard owned and operated Clark’s Sharpening Service.

Richard was a member of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sterling; the Sterling American Legion Post 296; and was a former member of Sterling Family Moose.

A gathering of friends and family will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sterling. Memorial services follow at 10 a.m. Saturday at the church with the Rev. Mark Oehlert officiating. Burialin such forests for generations ? by granting primary power to determine forest rights to the village assembly.

The Draft National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill focuses on land acquisition processes and compensation for land acquired for projects such as hydro‐electric dams. This facilitates acquiring commons land for infrastructure development.

Unfortunately, implementation of these policies has at times contradicted the needs and knowledges of forest dwellers in India. In the state of Sikkim, the valuation of land, commons, rivers and ponds as economic commodities contrasts with the nature‐based spiritual beliefs of the region?s tribal people, and has compromised people?s rights by threatening spiritual and holy places. In Orissa state, forest assemblies have often not been adequately consulted, and so the most marginalized have not participated in decision‐ making


to the regional level, and has led to a well‐developed network of paved roads, rural electrification, water distribution, a new market, and a regional transport system.

This example illustrates that addressing social drivers of inequality and valuing diverse knowledges can have successful outcomes for green economy and sustainable development.

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Bangladesh: Green jobs in the off‐grid solar energy industry

In Bangladesh, Investment is flowing into rural off‐grid renewable energy programs, creating a large number of ?green jobs? that aim to preserve or restore the environment while also being decent, inclusive and gender‐sensitive. Since the off‐grid solar industry began in 1996 more than 800,000 off‐grid solar home systems have been installed and 60,000 jobs have been established, including many for disadvantaged rural women.

Co‐benefits between green jobs and social outcomesAs the US-Chinese trade war continues, hundreds of US firms are looking to shift their manufacturing base from the Asian giant in order to avoid further dips in their profits — with India a potential benefactor.

Leading the effort to aid the relocations is the US-India Strategic and Partnership Forum (USISPF), a US-based advocacy group who has been discussing potential moves with as many as 200 US firms with manufacturing operations in China. The group has also drawn up a list of recommendations for the victors of India’s ongoing general election on how to make the most of the potential relocations.

“We need to understand how we can attract those companies,” said the group's president, Mukesh Aghi, in a recent interview with the Press Trust of India. He called for


potential actions for the Indian government is expected to be ready by the time India’s lengthy election process ends on May 19.

News of a potential exodus of US manufacturing from China to India follows an October 2018 survey of US companies with bases in China, conducted by the American Chamber of Commerce in South China. Of the 219 firms surveyed, one-third of which were involved in manufacturing, 64 percent said they were considering switching production lines from China to other countries. However, only 1 percent said they would move their operations back to the US, favoring new bases in South East Asia.

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The day is not only for horse racing and sporting event but also comes alongside with fashion, where women are all dressed up in very elegant and stunning fashioned clothing on the field. From stylish head to toe fascinators, outrageous prints and bright colour outfits, its all here and there is also a winner for whoever had the best dress in. The main prize goes to the national women’s racewear champion, while there are also honours for designers, milliners and a people’s choice award. With all the people gathered around, enjoying champagne while watching and betting for their favourite horses, you can spot some celebrities hanging around too. The first fashion on the field competition at Flemington wasjoin the race. Some horses joined the race came from different side of the world. This year the winner is Fiorente with jockey Damien Oliver, with Red Cadeaux in second, and Mount Athos in third, Simenon in fourth. Gai Waterhouse is the owner of the horse has finally won her first Melbourne Cup, last year she was in second.

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The time is right for a return to Zero Hour, and Tony Bedard is focusing on two of Earth's legendary Green Lanterns, though neither of them are in the greatest of emotional states.

Convergence: Green Lantern/Parallax, the two-issue tie-in to DC Comics' main Convergence event written by Bedard and illustrated by Ron Wagner, features Kyle Rayner as a rookie and Hal Jordan as a guilt-ridden jailed hero.

Convergence brings cities from important timelines and stories throughout DC's long history to the living planet Telos in order to pit them against one another and see who survives. And the crossover tracks the history of Bedard's experience first as a reader going back to Crisis on Infinite Earths in the 1980s and on


through current day.

"I've been through all these moments where they rebooted the universe and experienced all of these versions of the DC Universe," the writer says. "Just for me personally, it's neat seeing them all thrown together on the same battlefield."

As a Green Lantern fan who's written Green Lantern Corps and Green Lantern: New Guardians in recent years, the story surrounding Zero Hour was always a favorite. The 1994 crossover centered on Jordan, who lost his sanity after stealing all the power of the Green Lantern Corps following the destruction of Coast City, turned into Parallax, murdered his fellow cosmic cops and the Guardians of Oa, and was determined to remake the entire DCU.

The Metropolis seen in Bedard's Convergence series (debuting Wednesday) is plucked away before Zero Hourgoes down, and due to the dome that's put up around it, everyone's superhuman powers are gone. For Jordan, that means realizing the death he's caused, although Rayner, who's been visiting the greatest of all Green Lanterns for a good year in prison, tries to convince him that he was under an evil influence at the time.

"It's a different setup for their friendship," Bedard says. "For a long time, Kyle was basically just defined by feeling like he couldn't fill Hal's shoes. I remember as an editor on JLA (in the late '90s), we struggled with that, getting him past that moment and letting him shine on his own merits."

Convergence also revisits these characters at two controversial moments in their lives in '94 when Ron Marz was writing


Green Lantern.

Hal's Parallax transformation split the fan base, Bedard recalls. "Some of them felt like it really violated the character, others felt like it made him interesting for the first time in a long time."

At the same time, Kyle was still hurting from the murder of his girlfriend Alex DeWitt, brutally killed by Major Force and stuffed in a refrigerator. (The incident became infamous in comic circles later as the first instance of the "Women in Refrigerators" trope, where a female character's death is used to further the plot of a male hero.)

"It got very real for Kyle suddenly and that worked in the right way for me — I actually was surprised that it rubbed people the wrong way that it did," Bedard says. "I've always lookedPrediction of dairy bull fertility from field data: use of multiple services and identification and utilization of factors affecting bull fertility.
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According to Howard Poznanski, when he first met Smadar Hameiry, she told him that she
wanted to abduct the children to Brazil and ask him how to get away with this without
being charged with the crime of International Parental Kidnapping.

Howard Poznanski told her exactly what to do, and later on, assisted her in providing
false information to the police in order to prevent a police investigation, and then
assisted Smadar Hameiry in providing false information to the Florida Court in order
to stop the divorce proceedings taking place in Florida. But why did he do it?

The official version is that Smadar Hameiry fooled him into assisting her in the
abduction of the three children to Brazil. She was probably able to fool him
because she came recommended to him


by Rivka Denburg of the Hebrew Academy.

!!! SMADAR HAMEIRY NEVER PAID ANY MONEY TO HOWARD POZNANSKI !!!

According to Howard Poznanski, during the month of June 2007, following a request
of the children's father through his divorce attorney, he advised Smadar Hameiry
to immediately and unconditionally allow the children to talk to their father over
the phone everyday. This is very important from a legal point of view, as preventing
the children from talking to their father is considered an act of Parental Alienation
upon the children and this could be considered by the Court as child abuse.
Smadar Hameiry rejected this advice and told Howard Poznanski that her Brazilian
attorney had advised her not to let the children talk to their father.

On July 17, 2007, Howard Poznanski told the children's father that Smadar Hameiry lied
tohim from the beginning, and that if he had known what he knows today about her, he
would have refused to assist her. He also said that the immigration attorney, Diana
Levy, was the one who provided Smadar Hameiry with all the documentation necessary
to leave the country with the three children. And that Rivka Denburg of the Hebrew
Academy was the one who came up with the idea of abducting the children to Brazil.

Howard Poznanski was not the first nor the last person to tell the children's father that
Rivka Denburg was the one who came up with the idea of kidnapping the children to Brazil.

So why did Howard Poznanski assist Smadar Hameiry in abducting the children to Brazil?
Was it because he was helping Rivka Denburg get rid of Smadar Hameiry? Or


Boyfriend stalker facing prison

Predatory risks to women online have been highlighted by a girl who discovered her internet stalker was her boyfriend of over three years.

Shane Webber pretended to be 22-year-old Ruth Jeffrey’s former school friends, sending her sexually explicit photos and videos. He also took on her identity and sent her friends and family inappropriate images.

On one occasion he messaged a male student in her name, sending him her home address. The recipient then turned up at her home.

Their relationship continued throughout the intimidation although he knew she was suffering from depression and taking antidepressants.

Ruth, a student at Loughborough University in the UK, had known Webber for ten years.

Webber, 22, admitted causing harassment, alarm or distress and will be sentenced next month.

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The Paducah Gas Diffusion Plant (PDGP) is a sprawling industrial plant located on a 3,425-acre tract of land in western Kentucky. It was built by the federal government in the early 1950s as part of an initial foray into uranium processing. Although the Department of Energy (DOE) retains full ownership of the plant, the PGDP has been managed since its construction by three successive operators, all who have been named as defendants in this suit. They are Union Carbide (formerly known as Carbide and Chemicals Company, 1950-1984), Martin Marietta (and its subsidiary Martin Marietta Utilities Services, 1984-1995), and Lockheed Martin Utilities Services (1995 to


of 2.14 million years. Plutonium-239 is even more dangerous, being 89 times as radioactive as neptunium-237, with a half-life of 24,065 years. Elements such as neptunium-237 and plutonium-239 do not exist in nature and are known in the scientific community as "transuranics."

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As a consequence of receiving and processing spent uranium, the PGDP became contaminated with these toxic transuranics. Tests conducted by the DOE and other organizations confirmed the existence of neptunium and plutonium at the PGDP as early as 1959, only a few years after the plant's opening. Monthly tests of air quality and annual or biannual reports provided further evidence that dangerous quantities of these substances were present at the PGDP. Recent reports have concluded that approximately 18.4 kilograms of neptunium-237 and 330 grams of plutonium-239 werereceived at the PGDP. Both quantities are well beyond the amount considered safe for a plant the size of the PGDP.

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The rank-and-file PGDP employees were apparently kept ignorant about the presence of transuranics at the plant. One manager testified during a deposition that, despite his ten-year tenure, he could not recall whether workers were ever informed about the presence of either neptunium or plutonium. Company documents also reveal a disregard for worker safety. A 1960 memo written by a medical researcher, for example, noted that management hesitated to have approximately 300 workers examined because of the "union's use of this as an excuse for hazard pay." The same researcher noted that he had "watched one man push up his mask and smoke a cigarette using potentially contaminated hands


divided into four classes. Class I is comprised of current and former PGDP employees who assert claims against all of the defendant-operators. Those in Class II consists of employees who worked at PGDP between 1984 and 1988 who were never employed by Union Carbide, but are suing the company on the basis of its "radioactive legacy." Class III consists of those employees who worked at the plant between 1952 and 1998 and who assert claims against GE because it supplied the PGDP with spent uranium containing the transuranics. Finally, Class IV consists of the family members of the plaintiffs in the first three classes.

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A pub landlord who said he fought off four muggers while holding fish and chips has been fined for lying to officers, police said.

John Wood, 37, said he was stabbed with a screwdriver near Frank's fish and chip shop in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

He was fined £80 for wasting police time, Cambridgeshire Police said.

Mr Wood insisted "the attack did happen" but he withdrew his statement when police asked if his fiancee had attacked him or he had "self-harmed".

'Had enough'

He said: "They fined me £80 because I said I wanted to withdraw my statement.

"I wanted to withdraw the statement because they were beginning to question whether my fiancee had done it. Then they said 'was


it you who was self-harming?' I'd just had enough of it.

"The attack did happen but because they (the police) didn't have a camera pointing at that exact spot it was a case that they were saying it didn't happen."

Det Insp Dave Murphy said: "This man not only wasted police time, but he also raised the fear of crime in the local community.

"I hope this serves as a lesson to anyone who thinks they can lie to the police and get away with it."

Mr Wood, who runs a pub in Marshland St James, Norfolk, was fined on Tuesday, police said.

'Kick in knees'

Previously he had claimed he was approached by four young men as he walked down an alleyway close to Lynn Road at about 21:00 GMT on 7 February.

"Theyof the American wars of aggression of the past 30 years were waged under such pretexts, Sanders’ response should raise the alarm among working people and young people who have rallied to his campaign thinking that he was a genuine opponent of war.

The administration of George H. W. Bush launched the 1991 Persian Gulf war on the pretext of opposing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait. The administration of Bill Clinton bombed Serbian targets in Bosnia and later bombed Serbia itself, citing acts of aggression by Serbian forces against Bosnian Muslims and Kosovars as a pretext.

The administration of George W. Bush invaded Afghanistan claiming this was a necessary response to the September 11 terrorist attacks against the United States. It employed the same pretext, on an even


has seen the emergence of a new model of scientific publishing called open access. In this model, the author - or more likely their institution or funding body - pays for the administrative costs of peer review and the published research is made freely available to all.

The issue has become more acute in recent years with all research papers now potentially available online. Most commercial publishers have a "pay-wall" requiring a fee before allowing access to the research material.

Last year the Science Minister David Willetts set up an independent working group led by Dame Janet Finch of Manchester University to examine how to expand access to the peer-reviewed publications that arise from research undertaken both in the UK and in the rest of the world.

Bob Campbell, a seniorJeremy Shockey will miss the last game of their season against the Redskins after injuring his ankle. The team spokesman said that Shockey didnít travel to Washington for the game. He was seen limping in the locker room and he was favoring his left ankle. If the Giants win this game they will virtually make […]

Oklahoma State beat Alabama in the Independence Bowl 34 to 31. It was Oklahoma Stateís first bowl game win since 2002. In the 4th quarter Oklahoma State almost gave away the game. Javier Arenas of Alabama returned a punt 86 yards for a touchdown to pull them within a touchdown. On the kickoff Grant Jones […]

Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets injured his ankle during the game against the Seattle Supersonics. This


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The Florida Gators destroyed the Ohio State Buckeyes. The number five Gators beat the number three Buckeyes eighty-six to sixty. Al Horford of the Gators had eleven points and eleven rebounds good for a double double. He led a second half run and proved that his ankle is just fine. Greg Oden of the Buckeyes […]

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James H. Poole, Orange, Cal., for Tustin.
Zalkin, Rodin & Goodman, New York City, for secured lenders.
C. ALBERT PARENTE, Bankruptcy Judge.
Lafayette Radio Electronics Corporation together with its affiliated corporations (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Lafayette"), as debtor-in-possession in Chapter 11 proceedings, seeks, pursuant to § 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, to assume the unexpired lease under which it is a tenant of premises located at 1988 North Tustin Avenue, Orange, California. The present proceeding represents but one of many executory lease assumptions in Lafayette's plan of reorganization.
The stated objective of the debtor is to generate a "stream of income" byassuming the leases of the vast majority of its locations and then subletting the same at a higher rate of rent.
The landlord of the shopping center premises in question, Tustin Square, objects to the attempted assumption on the grounds that: (1) the debtor has not and cannot meet the requirements of § 365; and (2) it would be inequitable to permit assumption.
The lease in question was entered into on April 19, 1974, by the predecessors-in-interest of both the landlord and the tenant. The original term of the lease is ten years with two options to renew for a period of five years in each instance.
The debtor operated a retail store at the location until financial difficulties forced its closing more than one year prior to the filing of


subtenant which may be used to defray any costs it might encounter.
The second fold of Lafayette's assurance is that the subtenant of the premises sought to be assumed is in a financially sound position. A personal financial statement in evidence indicates that one of the individuals who comprise the unincorporated subtenant, James Kavanagh, has a personal net worth far in excess of the rental obligation. Since the sublease expires on July 30, 1985, and the main lease expires on July 31, 1984 (subject to two five year options to renew), the period of rent obligation under the main lease is entirely covered by the term of the sublease. In light of the subtenant's substantial investment in the premises, there is no reason to believe that the subtenant willDuring the clip I saw, he broke down and put his head in his hands, breaking his upright position and exposing the ghostly white chair behind him.

This is not a statue in the usual sense. It is an image of Mohammed el Gharani, a former Guantánamo Bay detainee, that is being live-streamed from a studio in West Africa onto a giant plaster-and-styrofoam chair, the central work of art and agitation in “Habeas Corpus,” a remarkable installation by Laurie Anderson at the Park Avenue Armory in New York this weekend.

But this statue is in color, in a T-shirt and khakis, glasses, and sneakers with neon laces, a digital watch on his wrist. This statue scrunches his mouth, interlaces his fingertips, and taps his foot.

A disco ball spins slowly, speckling


the U.S. government.

In this context, “Habeas Corpus” is startling and effective. What better answer to this persistent censorship and political morass than a larger-than-life, speaking, smiling, living man?

In an essay about the project, Anderson wrote that she originally envisioned the work as one of “silent witness.” In the late ’90s, she once projected the wordless image of a convicted Italian bank robber. But for her Guantánamo project, Anderson (who I met with earlier this year to discuss the legal and ethical dimensions of the installation) decided that Gharani’s persona was too remarkable to keep silent.

The son of Chadian camel herders who had immigrated to Saudi Arabia, Gharani went to Pakistan looking for work and schooling in 2001, at the age of 14. Pakistani forces arrested him and handedhim over to U.S. forces, who sent him to Guantánamo in 2002. He would remain there for seven years. Despite the fact that he was only a child, the U.S. government accused him of having been an al Qaeda fighter and member of a terror cell in London. A federal judge rejected those claims in 2009, dismissing the government’s evidence as a “mosaic of allegations” based largely on dubious statements by other detainees, and ordered Gharani released.

Gharani’s story stands in for hundreds of voiceless Guantánamo prisoners and the uncounted silent casualties of the American wars since 9/11. He speaks on their behalf in the way that Henry Louis Gates Jr. wrote that slave narratives “came to be a communal utterance” that “at once testified against their captors and


Ground-edged axes like this one were found at a site near Windjana Gorge in the central Kimberley. Credit: Chris Langeluddecke

Purposely sharpened or 'retouched' stone axes evolved in Australia thousands of years before they appeared in Europe according to researchers studying the south-east Asian archaeological record.

They found 30,000-year-old flakes from ground-edged axes at a site near Windjana Gorge in the central Kimberley.

In a recent paper with Professor Sue O'Connor, UWA archaeologist Jane Balme says the evidence collected challenges common assumptions about paleolithic innovations.

"The suggestion that all innovation has to come from the Old World is not true because clearly ground-stone axes were created here," Prof Balme says.

She notes that they were also made in Japan at a slightly later date, by people who would have had no contact withas those in the old world," Prof Balme says.

"The point of the paper was to discuss how something that looks simple is actually very complicated."

She says archaeologists often over-rate, durable and easy to find stone's importance.

"Stone is not the only technology when we are thinking of those sorts of societies.

"In the early societies most of the technology was probably made from plants."

She gave the example of spears which were probably made out of wood.

"If in Australia the first people that came here came from an island technology, fishing was probably a very important part of their economy," she says.

"So string is going to be important for people who want to exploit those resources, whereas it might not be somewhere else."

"We have to be aware that stone was such


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OAKLAND -- Madison Bumgarner will strike a blow, at least the Giants expect him to, for pitchers everywhere on Thursday when manager Bruce Bochy will place him in the batting order against the Oakland A's.The Giants thus will become the first team to opt against using a designated hitter when

OAKLAND -- Madison Bumgarner will strike a blow, at least the Giants expect him to, for pitchers everywhere on Thursday when manager Bruce Bochy will place him in the batting order against the Oakland A's.

The Giants thus will become the first team to opt against using a designated hitter when it has one at its disposal since 1976, when the Chicago White Sox allowed starter Ken Brett, Hall of Fame third baseman George Brett's brother, to hit for himself.

Bochywere carried out, which was aimed at searching for Soviet submarines. The main threat from the Soviets in the Atlantic came from the Soviet Northern Fleet and in early 1965 most of the Command's units were concentrated in No. 18 Group RAF, based in Scotland to monitor their activities. No recorded confrontation took place between Coastal Command and Soviet naval forces during this time, although both the Shackletons from RAF Ballykelly and frigates operating out of Londonderry would 'ping' the Soviet submarines carrying out surveillance off the mouth of Lough Foyle. In at least one instance, a Ballykelly-based Shackleton lost its radome when making a mock attack on the Russian sub.

In 1969 the special-purpose Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod, based on the de Havilland Comet airliner, was introduced into RAF service


2012 Toyota Camry with first image out

There have been numerous spy shots of the new 2012 Toyota Camry floating on the Internet, and these photos show the new Toyota Camry in camouflage. Our last video footage of the new 2012 Toyota Camry didn’t give us a clear picture of the front fascia, but this new official image released by Toyota gives us a glimpse of what to expect in the new Camry.

The first official image of the 2012 Toyota Camry was released via Toyota Twitter. And so far, we can tell that the new Camry is more aerodynamic with its sharp edges.

The new 2012 Toyota Camry is scheduled to launch this fall, and we’ll keep you posted as more details emerge near launch date.been given a “heads up” by Attorney General Jeff Sessions that the Justice Department was filing a brief in support of the lawsuit.

But in a letter announcing his support of the lawsuit dated June 7, 2018, Sessions said he was making his decision “with the approval of the President of the United States.”

The letter goes on to detail the administration’s position in support of the lawsuit, and explicitly names the provisions that guarantee people with pre-existing conditions cannot be discriminated against.

The lawsuit argues that those provisions are unconstitutional because a provision in the GOP tax scam, which Trump signed, eliminated the financial penalty in the ACA’s individual mandate.

In the past two months, Trump has ramped up his lies about health care, insisting that Republicans “want to protect Americans


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in patient records, alongside a corresponding increase in the recorded incidence of anxiety symptoms over the decade 1998--2008. The incidence of panic attacks has been more stable over time. The recorded incidence of all five sub-groups of anxiety was approximately twice as high in women as men. For anxiety diagnoses, anxiety symptoms and mixed anxiety and depression the recorded incidence was highest in the middle aged to pre/early retirement group (45--64years). Panic disorder and panic attacks, however, were more commonly recorded in younger people (25--44years) and the incidence fell in later life (those aged 65 years or more). The recorded incidence of all sub-types (including panic) was increased in those living in more deprived areas.

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North Korea – the sort of trickery that he witnessed up close as a Tenet favorite during the early excesses of the “war on terror” and the run-up to the invasion of Iraq.

After all, Iran has been a front-burner issue for the past several years. It beggars belief that Brennan has forgotten the key judgment of the National Intelligence Estimate of 2007 in which all 16 U.S. intelligence agencies concurred, “with high confidence,” that Tehran had halted its nuclear weapon design and weaponization work in 2003 – a judgment reaffirmed every year since by the Director of National Intelligence in sworn testimony to Congress.

Careful Distinctions

Brennan also can hardly claim memory lapse. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta reiterated that judgment as recently as Feb. 3 on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”a tell-it-like-it-is conclusion that played a huge role in thwarting plans by President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney to attack Iran in 2008, their last year in office.

Since the Estimate marked such a sharp departure from earlier assessments of Iran’s nuclear program it was considered a sure bet to leak, so, on White House orders, the authors prepared an unclassified version of the key judgments for publication. Once that hit the streets, with the understandable public reaction at home and abroad, the effect was to fortify the longstanding opposition of the most senior military officers to war on Iran.

It became politically impossible for Cheney and Bush to have their war with Iran. Bush admits as much in his memoir, Decision Points, in which he laments


“Orange Terror Alert” over Christmas 2003.

Not long after Tenet left the U.S. government in 2004, Brennan followed in 2005, moving on to high-paying intelligence-related jobs in the private sector. He supported Barack Obama in Campaign 2008 and was considered a top choice to become CIA director after Obama’s victory. But the nomination was scrapped because of questions about Brennan’s work for Tenet. Instead, Brennan filled a White House post as President Obama’s counterterrorism adviser.

Former colleagues of mine who were at the CIA during the lead-up to war on Iraq assure me that, given his protégé-mentor relationship with then-CIA Director Tenet and also Brennan’s very senior position as deputy executive director, it is almost certain that Brennan was aware of what Sen. Jay Rockefeller later called the “uncorroborated, contradicted,political appointee, is going as far as he can in presenting a frightening case regarding Iran, yet – unlike Brennan – is staying within the parameters of the less alarming assessment of professional intelligence analysts.

Brennan instead edged past that line with his rhetorical sleight-of-hand – lumping Iran in with North Korea – the sort of trickery that he witnessed up close as a Tenet favorite during the early excesses of the “war on terror” and the run-up to the invasion of Iraq.

After all, Iran has been a front-burner issue for the past several years. It beggars belief that Brennan has forgotten the key judgment of the National Intelligence Estimate of 2007 in which all 16 U.S. intelligence agencies concurred, “with high confidence,” that Tehran had halted its nuclear


Tenet made Brennan his chief of staff in 1999 and then elevated Brennan to be the CIA’s deputy executive director in March 2001. In 2003 and 2004, Brennan also served as director of the Terrorist Threat Integration Center, which was criticized for distributing politicized threat assessments, such an infamous “Orange Terror Alert” over Christmas 2003.

Not long after Tenet left the U.S. government in 2004, Brennan followed in 2005, moving on to high-paying intelligence-related jobs in the private sector. He supported Barack Obama in Campaign 2008 and was considered a top choice to become CIA director after Obama’s victory. But the nomination was scrapped because of questions about Brennan’s work for Tenet. Instead, Brennan filled a White House post as President Obama’s counterterrorism adviser.

Former colleagues of mine who wereat the CIA during the lead-up to war on Iraq assure me that, given his protégé-mentor relationship with then-CIA Director Tenet and also Brennan’s very senior position as deputy executive director, it is almost certain that Brennan was aware of what Sen. Jay Rockefeller later called the “uncorroborated, contradicted, or even non-existent” nature of the intelligence conjured up to “justify” war with Iraq. Rockefeller made this public comment on June 5, 2008, when, as chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, he announced the bipartisan findings of a five-year committee investigation.

Rockefeller all but said it outright. Not just “mistakes” – as Bush, Tenet and much of the mainstream news media insist – but outright intelligence fraud and a conspiracy to launch an aggressive war, what the post-World War II


and omission – it is an invitation for others to follow in their footsteps. It remains to be seen how closely Brennan will retrace the path marked by his mentor Tenet – one of cooking the intelligence to the tastes of the White House – this time to facilitate war with Iran.

The Senate Intelligence Committee got a sampling of how Brennan might add some jesuitical spices to such recipes when he proffered a crafty explanation of why it was fine for President Obama to release the legal opinion on Bush-era “enhanced interrogations” but not the legal justification for the lethal drone program.

The former activity, Brennan noted, was over, while the latter one was ongoing. Yet, why the American people should be denied the constitutional arguments for such executivewell served if you widened the discussion beyond violations of Resolution 1441, and beyond the circle of those advisers clearly bent on a war for which we see no compelling reason and from which we believe the unintended consequences are likely to be catastrophic.

Ray McGovern works with Tell the Word, a publication arm of the ecumenical Church of the Saviour in inner-city Washington, DC. He served at the CIA from the administration of John F. Kennedy to that of George H.W. Bush, and was one of five CIA "alumni" who created Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity in January 2003.


music itself was uniformly great, though the sound system was having issues here and there. Thankfully, GD chose to hire a live band, which offered the opportunity for intense rearrangements of many tracks. More often than not this included an aggressive injection of electric guitar to songs where you might not expect to hear it. This was a smart move from the production end of things, and beefed up his more spare material. Though primarily a hip-hop artist, GD has always carried himself as a rock star, so it made sense from a style standpoint as well.

The show kicked off with a few tracks from his first album, including a massive version of Heartbreaker. With a few exceptions, MOTTE moved through his discography in chronological order, providing athe Republican Party primary in the U.S. last year. Donald Trump, the eventual victor with a similar celebrity profile to O'Leary, received virtually no establishment support from the party — until his win began to look inevitable.

Scheer, Leitch and O'Toole in 2nd tier

Andrew Scheer ranks third in the index with 12.9 points, boosted in large part by his lead in endorsements (he has 29.5 per cent of points awarded so far).

Despite the Saskatchewan MP's strong establishment support, he trails the front-runners by significant margins in contributors and the polls. This suggests his support within the party hierarchy has yet to trickle down to the rank and file.

Andrew Scheer is flanked by Erin O'Toole, left, and Kellie Leitch at the Conservative leadership debate in Moncton, N.B., on Dec. 6.


both of these candidates are solidly in the middle of the pack, neither pushing up into the upper tiers where they could benefit from the effect of the preferential ballot, nor dipping into the bottom tier where they would drop off the ballot early.

Conservative Party leadership candidates Michael Chong and Lisa Raitt chat prior to a debate in Montreal on Feb. 13. Both are in the middle of the pack, according to the Conservative Leadership Index. (Paul Chiasson/Canadian Press)

The issue is that they don't perform particularly well in any of the four metrics. Chong is ranked fifth in endorsement points, fundraising and contributors, and is ranked sixth in the polls. Raitt is fourth in endorsements and fifth in the polls, but sixth in fundraising and ninth in contributors.

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Christmas Star -- in Spring?

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The Magi according to a 6th century mosaic in Ravenna, Italy. [Creative Commons license, photo by Nina Aldin Thune.]

Maybe the author of the Gospel of Luke, written sometime around the year 80, wasn't paying attention to his sources. Why else would this educated Greek writer get the date of the birth of Jesus so wrong, by linking it to both the census of 6 or 7 (he references Quirinius, governor of Syria from 6 to 12) and to the reign of Herod the Great, who died some 10 years earlier?

Astronomers trying to assign a natural cause for the Star of Bethlehem face many such ambiguities in Luke's and Matthew's accounts of the nativity. Not only is the date in question, but the word


"star" lends itself to various interpretations, as in: "wandering star," that is, a planet, or perhaps a conjunction of planets; "hairy star," i.e. a comet; "new star," meaning nova or supernova (short-lived outburst from an actual star); "falling star," or meteorite.

Perhaps the best explanation comes from taking Matthew literally when he implies there were actually two "stars." The first would have been visible to the Magi coming from the East at the start of their long journey, while the second would be the one shown in popular accounts of the nativity story, hanging over Bethlehem. Conjunctions of the two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, fit the story nicely. Here's how:

On August 12, 3 BCE, a close conjunction of Venus and Jupiter (just 12 minutes of arc apart, afifth of the diameter of the full moon) occurred in the eastern dawn sky of the Middle East. This is the one that prompted the Magi to set out on their quest.

The following June 17, 2 BCE, saw another conjunction of the two planets, only this time they were really close, less than a minute of arc apart. To the Magi, it must have seemed the two bright objects had merged into one. The idea is that they set out after seeing the first conjunction and were nearing Bethlehem at the time of the second one.

Of course, having Jesus born in the spring would mess up our December 25th tradition, but this came later anyway, when Constantine adopted Christianity as the official religion of the Roman empire. (The


December date may have been chosen by early Christians to coincide with the Roman festival of Saturnalia.) Luke tells us that the birth was celebrated by "... shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night." Again taking the story literally, it's unlikely they would have been up all night in chilly December; they'd have been more interested in tending their charges round the clock during the spring lambing season.

Which is about the best science can do with the ambiguous gospel nativity stories.

Barry Evans (barryevans9@yahoo.com) sends holiday greetings from Guanajuato, Mexico. He also lives in Old Town Eureka.

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Bio:Barry Evans lives in Old Town Eureka with his girlfriend (and wife) Louisa Rogers, several kayaks and bikes, and a stuffed gorilla named “Nameless.” A recoveringcivil engineer, he is the author of two McGraw-Hill popular science books and has taught science and history. His Field Notes anthologies are available...Barry Evans lives in Old Town Eureka with his girlfriend (and wife) Louisa Rogers, several kayaks and bikes, and a stuffed gorilla named “Nameless.” A recovering civil engineer, he is the author of two McGraw-Hill popular science books and has taught science and history. His Field Notes anthologies are available at local bookstores.more


reveal more about Wittgenstein, his aesthetic judgement, or his philosophical agenda than the significance or the literary quality of Shakespeare's work. In what follows I will first expose Wittgenstein's remarks and then focus on the ambivalent reactions they have evoked among scholars. Wittgenstein's remarks on Shakespeare Wittgenstein did not mention Shakespeare in the works he published or prepared for publication during his lifetime. In his entire Nachlass we find only seven remarks on the Bard, most of which were composed very late: the earliest one, where Wittgenstein puts down an idea he attributes to his friend Paul Engelmann (Wittgenstein (1998: 42)), is dated 1939–40; the six others were written between 1946 and 1950. All of them were selected by the editor G.H. von Wright to become part ofone remark, for example, with the statement that 'Shakespeare's similes are, in the ordinary sense, bad,' and suggested in the very next sentence: 'So if they are nevertheless good –& I don't know whether they are or not – they must be a law to themselves' (Wittgenstein (1998: 56)). Finally, (3) Wittgenstein never contextualized Shakespeare's work, nor did he contrast it with that of other poets. At one point he mentioned Milton, but he did so only to state that he trusts his authority in the assessment of Shakespeare's work (Wittgenstein (1998: 55)). In two passages he compares Shakespeare with Beethoven. The formal structure of Wittgenstein's observations is quite typical for his later work, which consists of short, sometimes even aphoristic remarks that stand in loose and unsystematic


connections to one another. Wittgenstein made no recognizable effort to systematically develop a unifying thought, a distinct hypothesis, or a comprehensive perspective on Shakespeare's work. He clearly did not aim at contributing to Shakespeare scholarship, nor did he aim at proposing a new reading of his work. In most of the remarks he confronted his own reaction to Shakespeare's work with that of others, acknowledging his own inability to open himself to the aesthetic quality or beauty of the work as well as his difficulty to 'read him with ease' (Wittgenstein (1998: 56)). He typically went on to examine themotives others might have had to admire Shakespeare's work, focusing on both the psychological and sociological mechanisms that bring people to express their appreciation – and in these contextsis great, then he can be so only in the whole corpus of his plays, which create their own language & world' (Wittgenstein (1998: 89)). Wittgenstein, thus, at least considered what could be regarded valuable in Shakespeare's work, but he also made clear that these motives did not convince him. In the sentence that follows he called Shakespeare 'completely unrealistic. (Like a dream)' (Wittgenstein (1998: 89)). In his last remark on Shakespeare – which is the only remark where he expresses a judgment of taste – he was more direct: 'And I understand how someone may admire this & call it supreme art, but I don't like it' (Wittgenstein (1998: 98)). Wittgenstein portrayed Shakespeare as cold and distant – this becomes particularly clear in the places where he


compared him with Beethoven: 'Beethoven's great heart' – no one could say 'Shakespeare's great heart'. 'The supple hand that created new natural forms of language'would seem tome nearer the mark. The poet cannot really say of himself 'I sing as the bird sings' – but perhaps S. could have said it of himself. (Wittgenstein (1998: 96)) Finally, Wittgenstein concluded his last remark on Shakespeare with the words: 'someone who admires him as one admires Beethoven, say, seems to me to misunderstand Shakespeare' (Wittgenstein (1998: 98)). In sum, Wittgenstein used his occasional remarks on Shakespeare to express a clearly distanced stance towards the poet who symbolizes and represents more than anyone else WITTGENSTEIN'S ENIGMATIC REMARKS 199 the culture of the country in which he had chosen to live thegreat part of his mature life. Wittgenstein acknowledged the aesthetic quality of Shakespeare's work but did not keep it a secret that he had not succeeded in opening himself to this dimension. In addition, he hinted that Shakespeare did not exemplify his ideal of a poet. As he did not make any attempt to explain or justify his claims, however, his remarks remained enigmatic and have, in consequence, evoked very different reactions among scholars. How Wittgenstein's remarks have been read: accusations and exculpations All of Wittgenstein's remarks on Shakespeare have been included in Culture and Value, a posthumous selection of passages from Wittgenstein's notebooks that did not – as the editor, G.H. von Wright, explains in the foreword – 'belong directly with his philosophical works although they are


scattered among the philosophical texts' (Wittgenstein (1998: ix)). The volume was first published in 1977, in a period, that is, when Wittgenstein's philosophical works had already aroused a great interest not only among professional philosophers but also a broader audience and in particular among writers and artists (Huemer (2004)). This secured the book a high visibility, in particular because the title of the English translation – unlike the German Vermischte Bemerkungen [Miscellaneous Remarks] – promised reflections on questions concerning culture and value. It seems, however, that the observations contained in the volume, and especially the remarks on Shakespeare, could not live up to the high expectations of parts of the audience. In fact, most of the interpreters who commented on the latter seemed to struggle with the tonereports having seen performances of Shakespeare's plays: Cyril WOLFGANG HUEMER 200 WITTGENSTEIN'S ENIGMATIC REMARKS Barrett (1988: 387) lists Shakespeare among Wittgenstein's favourite authors, and Brian McGuinness (1988: 36) suggests that Wittgenstein was familiar with Shakespeare's work from childhood on. What, then, explains the distanced and negative tone of Wittgenstein's remarks? Several interpreters have attributed it, on the one hand, to the distance between the culture from which Shakespeare's work has emerged and, on the other, to the one in which Wittgenstein was acculturated. Both George Steiner and Marjorie Perloff have pointed out that Wittgenstein's ideal of the poet has been formed in a German-speaking country in the late nineteenth century. Steiner suggests that this cultural background led Wittgenstein to hang on to an ideal of the poet as


126)). Wittgenstein's critique of Shakespeare is, according to Steiner, based on a misreading that reveals that a 'great logician and epistemologist can be a blind reader of literature' (Steiner (1996: 127)) (for a critical discussion of Steiner's and Lewis's reading of Wittgenstein's remarks on Shakespeare, see Huemer (2012)). Unlike Steiner, Marjorie Perloff takes note of the fact that Wittgenstein did not aim at giving a new or comprehensive interpretation of Shakespeare's work and acknowledges that his remarks are 'fragmentary and diaristic' (Perloff (2014: 263)). When she alludes to Wittgenstein's cultural background, she does so by shedding light on the formation of his taste and his aesthetic preferences in late-nineteenthand early-twentieth-century Vienna: that is, in a cultural background that brought him to adopt a very particular perspective and raisedquite specific expectations for art and literature in him. 'Wittgenstein's mistrust was a function of his peculiar Germanic modernity, his lack of understanding for anything as remote as the English Renaissance, which has taken place four centuries earlier' (Perloff (2014: 264)). Perloff, thus, argues that Wittgenstein's difficulties to open himself to Shakespeare's work and to partake in the activities of those who – in Wittgenstein's eyes uncritically – admire Shakespeare's work is due to his cultural formation. Perloff's explanation is, in my view, much more plausible than the one offered by Terence Hawkes, who argues on much more generic terms that Wittgenstein's perception of Shakespeare was determined by the fact that in the UK Wittgenstein must have felt like a cultural outsider. 'No doubt Wittgenstein's alienated position as


a German-speaking Viennese Jew living in Britain urged – even required – him (whether or not at a conscious level) to see Shakespeare as he did' (Hawkes (1988: 60)). Wittgenstein had lived in the UK for many years; he went there as a student and returned to live and work – and die – there in his mature years. It is quite plausible to assume that he felt alienated by some aspects of English culture – and we have the testimonies of persons who knew Wittgenstein that he was very critical about it. Norman Malcolm, for example, mentions the 'great distaste he had for English culture and mental habits in general' (Malcolm (1984: 26f.)). It is equally plausible, however, 201 to assume that he would have felt alienatedown language and world. In Shakespeare's work,Wittgenstein suggests, everything seems wrong 'but is correct according to a law of its own' (Wittgenstein (1998: 89)). These affirmations have often been read as a critique and an expression of distance. Peter Hughes, on the other hand, (Hughes (1992), (1988)) has argued that they showWittgenstein's admiration of the Bard. Wittgenstein has realized, Hughes suggests, that Shakespeare (and Freud) have tried – very much like he had done himself – to create their own language games and to raise them to the status of a new reality. For Wittgenstein, thus, Shakespeare, like Freud, is a rival or great opposite. Both of them, in their different ways, have created on a grand scale Sprachspiele or language-games that attempt what he wants to attempt


intense debate that has focused not only on the question of whether his judgments were justified but also on what they tell us about the philosopher who formulated them. Shakespeare, it seems to me, was not among the persons who most influenced Wittgenstein. His judgement on the Bard, on the other hand, will continue to spur debate – on Shakespeare's standing, the culture in which he is admired, and on the philosopher who formulated it. Related topics 203 Steiner, G., 1996. A Reading against Shakespeare. In:No Passion Spent: Essays 1978–1996. London: Faber & Faber, 108–28. Steiner criticizes Wittgenstein for misreading Shakespeare, arguing that Wittgenstein's ideal of the poet was shaped by German aesthetics of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Wittgenstein's ideal of the poet was that of aCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has gained global fame for his likeable persona, open attitude toward welcoming refugees, and support of LGBT and women's rights.

He has also been named one of the "sexiest" men in politics, and he even made Vogue's "Sexiest Man Alive" list.

But little was known about his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, until she came under media fire last week when she posted a photo on Instagram for International Women's Day calling for ladies to post a photo of their "male ally" to "celebrate the boys and men in our lives who encourage us to be who we truly are, who treat girls and women with respect."

The Canadian prime minister has repeatedly called himself a feminist, and he has a diverse cabinet made up of men


and women.

Sophie has also campaigned for various gender-equality charities, and she is the national ambassador for Plan Canada's "Because I Am a Girl" initiative.

But what else is known about the woman standing beside one of the world's best-known politicians?

From extreme sports to meeting the Queen, scroll down to see the incredible life of Sophie Grégoire Trudeau.

This is 41-year-old Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, the wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Little is known about her in the global media, but she came under fire last week with an Instagram post about International Women's Day that asked women to "celebrate the boys and men in our lives who encourage us to be who we truly are, who treat girls and women with respect."

Sophie and Justin Trudeau (Facebook/@SophieGregoireTrudeau)

It went on to askwomen to post a photo with their "male ally."

According to the BBC, commenters described Trudeau's post as "tone deaf" and even "shameful."

With a famous husband who has repeatedly called himself a feminist, it's hard to imagine her post was anything but well intended. But with little known about her, it was easy to criticise. So who is Sophie Grégoire Trudeau?

She was born in Sainte-Adèle, Quebec, and raised in Montreal's Town of Mount Royal. She grew up the only child of Jean Grégoire, a stockbroker, and Estelle Blais, a former nurse.

She told Fashion magazine that her father and her uncle influenced "her early understanding of what it means to be a feminist" and "instilled in her a confidence in her body's physical strength and stamina."

She added that her time


with her father and her uncle "positively shaped the relationships she has with men."

She graduated with a bachelor's in communications from the prestigious McGill University in Montreal.

She found a job working in a newsroom before landing a position as a local television presenter. She went on to work as a reporter for Canada's biggest entertainment program, eTalk.

She has openly discussed how she struggled with bulimia from a young age, crediting the support she received from her parents for her recovery.

She formally met Trudeau in June 2003 when they were cohosting the Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix ball, a fundraiser for the Starlight Children's Foundation charity.

She had known the family since childhood and was friends with Trudeau's youngest brother, Michel, before he died in an avalanche in 1998 at age 23.

Shetold the Canadian magazine Chatelaine: 'We laughed, we joked, and there was a definite chemistry between us. And I sort of realised, OK, this is someone I have to take seriously.”

She emailed Trudeau a few days later, but he "wasn't ready to take anyone seriously" and never replied, according to Chatelaine.

But they bumped into each other later in the summer, and he asked her on a date. They went to an Afghan restaurant and to a "dingy karaoke bar to sing Elton John and Beatles tunes at each other in a private booth."

Trudeau told Chatelaine he knew she was "the one" on their first date.

"First of all, you've seen the pictures. She's absolutely gorgeous. But there's this sweetness to her and a realness, with this edge of an


intelligence that is very, very strong and anchored in some values that are unassailable," he told Chatelaine.

At the end of the night, he reportedly told her: "Well, it's about time you arrived. It's been 32 years and I was beginning to think you would never show up. I've been waiting for you all my life. You're it!"

The Trudeaus (Getty)

The pair married in May 2005 in what was called a "sweet and appropriately understated fairy-tale wedding."

Sophie rode to the church in a 2004 Rolls-Royce Phantom, and after the ceremony the couple drove Pierre Trudeau's iconic 1960 Mercedes-Benz 300SL roadster to their reception at the Montreal hotel Le St-James.

That same year, Sophie said of Justin's potential career in politics: "I know that it may be a path and it maynot. To me, it's too far away to put myself emotionally in that situation."

"But I have total faith that I will be able to handle it and adapt," she said. "I do agree that Justin has integrity, honesty, and amazing judgment, but sometimes I think he's just maybe too sensitive, and that's kind of scary."

She was beaming, however, when he was elected to lead Canada in 2015, becoming the country's second-youngest prime minister.

She has been by his side through everything, from meeting world leaders like Michelle and Barack Obama, to welcoming Prince William and Kate Middleton on their royal visit to Canada ...

... and even to meeting the Queen.

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Sometimes her duties are a bit


more lighthearted, like attending film premieres.

The couple have three children: Ella-Grace, Hadrien, and Xavier.

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Sophie is heavily involved in charity work involving causes including women's rights, mental health, and global clean-water efforts.

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She is the national ambassador for Plan Canada's "Because I Am a Girl" initiative.

She is a certified yoga instructor ...

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... and a keen painter.

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Together, the couple enjoy a range of sports, from biking ...

A post shared by Sophie Grégoire Trudeau (@sophiegregoiretrudeau) on Dec 3, 2016 at 9:13am PST

... to cross-country skiing ...

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... to canoeing.

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She appears to have made an impact in Canada, and she has even appeared beside her husband in the House of Commons.

In terms of her mark on the world, just like her husband, we're sure Sophie Grégoire Trudeau is just getting started.


Greg Gorden

Greg Gorden is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.

Career
Greg Gorden has worked for several gaming companies:
 For Victory Games he participated, during the early 1980s, in the design of the James Bond 007 role-playing game (1983).
 For Mayfair Games he was in 1985 the main designer of the DC Heroes role-playing game. Also for Mayfair Games, in conjunction with White Wolf, he designed D.O.A., but the game was never published.
 For West End Games Gorden brought help to Greg Costikyan and the WEG team in the design of all the editions of Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game (1987, 1992 and 1996). For the same game, in the supplements' list, he was the main author of The Star Wars Rules Companion (1989) and theIreland and Ulster centre Jared Payne has been forced into retirement at the age of 32, after almost a year out with a head injury.

The 20-times Irish International has been unable to recover from a concussion suffered on the British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand last summer, with his final game coming against the Chiefs on that tour, where he scored a try in a 34-6 victory.

The New Zealand native has dabbled in coaching during his time sidelined this season, and that experience will see him remain at Ulster, linking up with new head coach Dan McFarland as defence coach. In a statement released this morning, Payne says he's looking forward to beginning the second chapter of his career in Belfast.

"It's been a good ride but


play 78 times for the province, with his form earning him an Irish call-up upon qualifying on the residence rule in 2014. He made his debut in the 2014 against the Springboks, forming a brick-wall centre partnership with Robbie Henshaw.

It was the first of 20 appearances in the green shirt, the last of which came in the 2017 Six Nations win against England at the Aviva Stadium.

IRFU Performance Director David Nucifore has also paid tribute to Payne's playing career, adding that he will assist Ireland;s coaching team on the upcoming tour to Australia.

"It is unfortunate that Jared's playing career has been cut short as he was such a positive influence for both Ulster and Ireland. We are delighted that he has joined Ulster's coaching group as he hasdated August 26, 1985. Plaintiffs appeal as of right.
Trial on this matter commenced on June 12, 1985. Defendant, a general practitioner, was called under the adverse witness statute, MCL 600.2161; MSA 27A.2161. Defendant testified that she first saw Patricia Tringali on June 30, 1975. At that time, plaintiff was experiencing severe migraine headaches, probably caused by tension. Between June 30, 1975, and July 29, 1975, defendant saw *301 plaintiff four times. On July 29, 1975, defendant hospitalized plaintiff at Harrison Hospital until August 6, 1975.
On February 7, 1976, defendant prescribed Valium and Tylenol 3 for plaintiff's headaches. By October, 1976, plaintiff's blood pressure was up. Defendant gave her a physical examination, which was normal.
On February 28, 1977, plaintiff visited defendant complaining of numbness of the right hand and


has to move her bowel into a bag attached to her skin, because the rectum has no function at all.
Dr. Parnagian then took over plaintiff's principal treatment. Parnagian performed sigmoidoscopy exams on plaintiff several times in April and August, 1978. In December, 1979, Parnagian performed a sigmoidoscopy on plaintiff and that was the last time he saw her.
Plaintiff then testified in her own behalf. She stated that, prior to 1975, she was in good health. Plaintiff began going to defendant in the summer of 1975 for headaches and she was given medication, injections and was hospitalized for ten days. The headaches eventually subsided after the summer of 1975.
Plaintiff testified that she visited defendant through 1976 and 1977, and at no time did she ever refuse a sigmoidoscopy norwas she afraid or embarrassed to have the test done. In fact, plaintiff stated that defendant told her that a sigmoidoscopy was not necessary.
In November of 1977, plaintiff's condition had gotten worse and as a result she went to see Dr. Utarnachitt, who immediately hospitalized her. Dr. Parnagian performed surgery on plaintiff. After the surgery, plaintiff saw the huge incision and plastic bag filled with stool, and she felt crazy, dirty, became totally irrational, began throwing *304 things and yelling. Plaintiff refused to listen to lessons given on care of the colostomy bags, nor did she want to deal with it. Plaintiff saw a psychiatrist for a year and a half. She also received medication and could not care for the bag until a month after she went


An intensive deforestation is taking place in North of Thailand. Seua (Sorapong
Chatree), young man, is back to his native city and is looking for a job. He met Duang, a
former girlfriend. Priaw, Duang's brother, drives him to a neighbouring city, Mae Sot,
where job opportunities are soaring. Seua meets Pop, an old friend, in order to get job
recommendations. Seua is married but he comes alone. They have a drink in a bar.
Two interesting characters are working in the bar, i.e. lady Toi (แม่เพลิงไฟ) and ladyboy
(กะเทย) Aree, who is a musician and singer. Pop is shot while they are having a drink. A
Police inspector (สารวัตร) is investigating the murder but no clues can be found regarding
the murderer and cause. It seems to be linked to a corruption and bad influenceBEIJING (Sputnik) - China has maintained a PLA garrison in the special administrative region since the 1997 handover of Hong Kong by the United Kingdom. Locals rarely see PLA personnel since they are mostly staying in their bases and barracks. Their last outing came in 2018 when they were deployed to clear the damages left by Typhoon Mangkhut.

Soldiers from the People’s Liberation Army of China (PLA) have appeared on the streets of Hong Kong on Saturday for the first time since anti-government protests began, media reported.

The soldiers wore plain shirts and shorts and did not carry any weapons, instead, they cleared debris and dismantled barricades set up by protesters, according to images posted by Hong Kong news outlet RTHK.

It took no more than 30 minutes for the approximately


400 soldiers to clear the Renfrew Road of all obstacles before they jogged back into their barracks, according to RTHK.

Hong Kong had been reeling from a violent week of protests which saw many key roads blocked and the seizure of the Chinese University of Hong Kong by demonstrators, who viewed the university as close to Beijing. In recent weeks, demonstrators have increasingly turned against institutions they believe are close to Beijing, with Bank of China branches and the Xinhua News Agency office attacked in recent weeks.

The massive protests began in Hong Kong in early June over a controversial extradition bill, which was officially withdrawn in October. Frustrated with the local authorities’ heavy-handed responses to the protests, the demonstrators expanded their demands to an independent investigation into alleged policeFeatures

Keigan's Valley Delight

Day To Remember For Mascot

Seven-year-old Young Seasider Keigan Nelson had a day to remember on Saturday when he led out the team at Charlton Athletic as the official team mascot.

Keigan, who has been a season-ticket holder from a few months old, attends matches with all his family but certainly won't forget his memorable experience at The Valley in a hurry.

"I had a fantastic day," he said after the game. "The best bit was walking out with Matt Gilks who was really nice to me."

Keigan's name was drawn at random to lead the team out as mascot from over 1,500 Young Seasider members. Other lucky winners this season have included:

Ben Winnemore - Preston NE

Abbie Carroll - Doncaster

Seth Valentine - Middlesbrough

Thomas Reed - Bournemouth

Sebastian Broome - Millwall

Finn Needham


Eric Bristow believes Phil Taylor's 16th world title will not be his last

Eric Bristow has tipped Phil Taylor to add to his remarkable haul of 16 world titles.

Last Updated: 02/01/13 2:36pm

Phil Taylor: kisses the Sid Waddell Trophy after collecting his 16th world title

Taylor twice came from two sets behind to clinch a superb 7-4 victory over Michael van Gerwen in a high-quality Ladbrokes World Darts Championship final on New Year's Day.

The 52-year-old collected the first prize of £200,000 and the new Sid Waddell Trophy, and Bristow believes it will not be the last for his former protege.

"He won't get to 20 but there most likely will be another one in him," said Bristow, who won five world titles in the 1980s and helped Taylor financially in the earlystages of The Power's career.

"He is getting on a bit now. And Michael van Gerwen is going to win a few, he's a brilliant darts player, he's the best of the rest of the bunch.

"It was great for darts. I think we have seen the newcomer coming through, who's going to take over from Phil, but not yet.

"He's just superb, he's very dedicated. He puts a lot of time into his sport. He plays four, five, six hours a day, even now, 30 years on.

"It was a great final, both of them played superbly. Phil went out there to win the title. Obviously he wanted to win the first ever Sid Waddell trophy, but once you're up on that stage you're playing the game.

"Now he's got the trophy


and he will undergo extended treatment "over the next two to three weeks". He's averaging 14.3 points on 47 percent shooting (23.1 percent from 3), 2.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists this season.

While, in the second game, Sindhu had to fight hard to ensure a win for herself as the Japanese was leading initially and was just few points away to push the match into a decider. It is a fine win considering the Japanese was seeded number five. She will next meet eighth seed Chinese Chen Yufei . However, Yamaguchi has the better current world ranking - 2 to Sindhu's 3 - and her most recent win over Sindhu was a sound thrashing 21-14, 21-9.

Taylor entered the game in the second half and finished the game with 15Holly Duchmann

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Dressed in the traditional beaded and tassled Native American regalia, dozens of members of local tribes filled the Wilbert Guillory Memorial Farmer’s Market in Opelousas in celebration of the Attakapas Opelousas Prairie Tribe and their shared culture together.

The smell of burning sage and the low beating of drums helped set the mood for the Third Annual Three Moons Festival, where tribe members from all over the country gathered, according to the Attakapas Opelousas Prairie Tribe Chief Nolan Gobert.

Festivals such as the annual Three Moons Festival help bring people closer together as friends and is an opportunity to dress in traditional regalia from people’s own tribe, as well as dance tribal dances, said Harvey Whiteford, also known as Many Night Man, a visitor from the Blackfeet Reservation in


Coronavirus: Serie A officials intend to finish 2019-20 campaign

Following reports that seven clubs are against the resumption of the season, Lega Serie A released a statement outlining their plans

officials remain committed to seeing out the season, even if it is behind closed doors amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The league was suspended indefinitely in March due to COVID-19 and the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has already stated that the 2019-20 campaign will not resume until the health and safety of all concerned can be guaranteed.

's minister for sport Vincenzo Spadafora is hoping to confirm a May 4 date for the return to Serie A training as soon as possible, with the current restrictions on movement and outdoor activities set to end on May 3.

There have been reports that seven clubs,210 A.2d 664. The plaintiffs offered evidence to prove and claimed to have proved these relevant facts: The investigating police officer, while speaking to the defendant in his cruiser at the scene of the accident shortly after it occurred, noted that the defendant had been drinking and smelled the odor of an alcoholic beverage on the defendant's breath. The defendant admitted to the officer that he had had a "few" alcoholic drinks. Mrs. Stone noticed a strong odor of alcohol on his breath, he seemed to be mumbling and kept repeating to the police: "Where did she come from?" The defendant was not hurt in the accident but Mrs. Stone was thrown out of her automobile onto the pavement and her passengers sustained lacerations and cuts about the


Niagara, Canisius set for postseason

The possibility of an All-Western New York Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference volleyball final exists, although defending champion Niagara and Canisius have some work to do if they want to meet in a match that would guarantee a local entrant in the NCAA Tournament.

Each closed its MAAC regular seasons Sunday with a pair of road losses.

Niagara, the three-time defending conference tournament champions, will be a No. 4 seed when the tourney begins Saturday. They will face top seed and host Fairfield. The Purple Eagles dropped a four-set decision to Iona on Sunday, 19-25, 25-23, 28-26, 25-20.

The Gaels built an eight-point lead in the third set and held off a late NU charge to snap their skid of nine straight losses to the Purple Eagles.

Ellen Senfled Niagara (15-13, 12-6) with 18 kills, while Amanda Wilken and Kari Honomichl each had 12. Michelle James led the way with her fourth 50-plus assists match of the season, finishing with 52. Allison Reis had 26 digs.

Canisius will be the No. 3 seed after it ended the regular season with a 26-24, 25-16, 26-16 loss to Fairfield. The Griffs enter the postseason 16-12 overall, 13-5 in the MAAC. The 13 wins in conference are second-most in Griffs history. They face No. 2 Siena in the second semifinal at Alumni Hall at 4 p.m.

Niagara brings a five-game unbeaten streak, which includes two overtime wins during the MAAC Tournament, into the NCAAs. The Purple Eagles are ranked first in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) North Atlantic


some other items missing. The theft was immediately reported to the police; an examination of the premises disclosed that entry had probably been accomplished by prying open a rest room window.
On February 8, 1969, appellant asked one Arthur Petro if he would assist him in selling a couple of saddles which he *679 claimed to have brought back with him from California. Petro agreed and they drove to Scottsburg, Indiana, where appellant sold the two saddles for a total of one hundred and twenty five dollars ($125). Both saddles were subsequently resold by the purchasing party in Scottsburg, but one was recovered and was identified as being one of the saddles stolen from the saddle shop.
Appellant, at trial, testified that he had originally purchased the saddles on theevening of January 31, 1969, from an individual he met in a bar on his way home from work. According to appellant, he purchased the saddles for one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) with the understanding that he was to keep them for a week to enable the man to redeem them; if they were not redeemed, the saddles were to be the property of appellant.
As pointed out by appellant, the evidence in this case is wholly circumstantial and, being of the nature that it is, appellant urges its alleged in sufficiency as cause for reversal. However, it has long been held that possession of stolen property shortly after the time of the theft is a circumstance from which a jury is entitled to draw an inference of