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The best thing for the baseball writers to do is elect Craig Biggio unanimously and show those who took steroids — and send a message to those considering using them — that going against the game’s rules, not playing naturally can, and will, hurt your career. It’s clear Bonds had his issues with steroids and Sosa came forward confessing he used them during the peak of his career.

Biggio is just the best choice of the top four popular names on the list anyway because no one played with more effort, more heart and more dedication than him. Clemens was a great competitor, so was Lee Smith — who had a great career as a closer and is also highly favored on the ballot — butleague, at the very end of his career, in Games Started (25) and HR allowed (30 in 130 IP). Impossible not to see the connection.

EDIT: I had to go back and make sure I was right, but they did play together. And they played with Luis Gonzalez (roder) Tony Eusibio (roider) Curt Schilling (AHole) Gary Cooper (actor) Jerry Jones (NFL spy) and Darryl Kile (Dead guy). That 91 Astros team needs to be investigated...

There is no reason to suspect Jeff Bagwell of PEDs and not Craig Biggio. That's ridiculous.

This. Biggio had a big power spike at about the same time as did Bagwell (a year earlier, actually), adding 100 points to his SLG. And after two subpar years in 2002 and 2003 he jumped back up, having his


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The long wait is almost over. The Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts kick off the preseason with the Hall of Fame Game Sunday night to begin a stretch of six straight months of NFL action before a champion is crowned in Houston next February.

Three tiers of teams head into the campaign: the likely contenders, the muddled middle and the long shots. What's intriguing about this season is the lack of a clear-cut favorite, at least for now, and the increased size of the middle of the pack outside of the top seven or eight teams.

So let's check out an initial set of power rankings before the preseason gets underway. That's followed by a closer look at the top squads as the new season inches closer.

Preseason


as the Broncos figure out how to attack on offense without Manning's long track record of success looming over the decision-making process. But once Denver finds a comfort zone, the team as a whole should be just as dangerous as it was last season.

2. Carolina Panthers

The Broncos' star-studded defense overwhelmed the Panthers in the Super Bowl. Aside from that, though, Carolina was downright dominant for most of the campaign, as it went 15-1 during the regular season before beating the Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals in the playoffs.

Like Denver, a high-profile departure created the biggest question mark. Carolina took the franchise tag off corner Josh Norman and let him walk in free agency. It's going to put a lot of pressure on Bene Benwikere and Robert McClain tofill the void.

That said, the Panthers still have their two stalwarts at the linebacker level in Luke Kuechly and Thomas Davis. They also have a couple of players on that side of the ball who are ready for major breakthroughs this season in Kony Ealy and Shaq Thompson, so the defense is still full of potential.

Meanwhile, the offense is in the dynamic playmaking hands of Cam Newton, and he's set to get his top target back, as Kelvin Benjamin returns from injury. So unless you believe Norman was the linchpin for everything the Panthers did on defense, there's no reason to expect a serious drop-off.

Fullback Mike Tolbert doesn't foresee any major issues. Joseph Person of the Charlotte Observer noted the veteran replied in the affirmative when asked whether


certain values,” said FRANCE 24 correspondent Clovis Casali from Ho Chi Minh City.

France fought Viet Minh fighters between 1946 and 1954, before being forced out of its former colony by the armed insurgency. Vietnam’s national holiday on September 2 commemorates its declaration of independence from France.

Impressive military ceremony as #vietnam leader welcomes French Pdt Hollande to the palace #Hanoi pic.twitter.com/9RA6FEQOox — clovis casali (@cloviscasali) September 6, 2016

Hollande is only the third French president to visit Vietnam since independence, and the first in 12 years. “He stressed the need to strike a new partnership with Vietnam, especially on the economic level,” Casali added.

Hollande said the "very important deals" in the aviation industry deepened ties with Vietnam, where France's legacy remains ubiquitous – from the country's colonial-era buildings to French-influencedcuisine.

The French president was also expected to meet with French entrepreneurs in Ho Chi Minh City, including some from Vietnam's burgeoning tech sector.

Big planes for a growing economy

Earlier, as Hollande met his counterpart Tran Dai Quang in the capital of Hanoi, Vietnam airlines announced it had bought 40 jets worth $6.5 billion from France's Airbus.

The deal is the latest move by Vietnamese aviation firms to boost fleets and feed demand from a mushrooming middle class with money to burn on air travel both at home and abroad.

Low-cost private airline VietJet, famous for its bikini-clad hostesses, also bought 20 planes for a total of $2.39 billion.

Another regional budget carrier, Jetstar Pacific, also bought 10 airplanes, according to an Airbus Asia spokesman.

The three carriers are making a major move into


the lucrative Southeast Asian aviation sector.

With a GDP growth rate of 6.7 percent last year, an ever-increasing chunk of Vietnam's 90 million people have spending power that airline and other industries are keen to tap.

Maritime disputes

Hollande also spoke to President Quang about maritime freedom, a key issue for Hanoi, which is locked in an increasingly testy bitter row with Beijing over competing claims in the South China Sea.

"The president and I committed to respect the rule of law in the seas and oceans, reaffirming the commitment to maintain freedom of maritime and aviation," Quang said.

"The two sides stressed the importance of solving disputes by peaceful means, not to use or threaten to use violence on the basis of international laws."

A UN-backed tribunal ruled in July that China's claimsThe DUP has attacked Sinn Fein for meeting militant Palestinian group Hamas in an attempt to "wrongly glorify their own past".

In a departure from recent attempts to show a greater show of Executive unity, the DUP warned that Sinn Fein had regularly tried to use the international stage to justify its past violence.

Diane Dodds MEP also said the example of Northern Ireland showed terrorism could not win.

But Sinn Fein insisted its support of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination would not waver.

Republican contacts with groups in the Middle East stretch back decades, with the party's MEP Martina Anderson also due to visit the central West Bank city of Ramallah later this week.

In 2005, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams met members of Hamas - the largest militant


group in the region - in the Palestinian parliament and laid a wreath at the tomb of the former president Yasser Arafat.

The latest delegation to Istanbul at the weekend was headed by Sinn Fein's national chairperson Declan Kearney who met one of the main Hamas leaders, Musa Abu Marzouk, among others.

Mrs Dodds said: "These developments will not come as a shock to many. Sinn Fein have regularly sought to use the international stage to wrongly glorify their own past.

"The reality is that those they met in Istanbul have as their number one goal the destruction of the State of Israel. As recently as three weeks ago, Hamas are reported to have welcomed an attack on three Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint in Ramallah.

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The Rev Philip Potter, a former general secretary of the World Council of Churches, has been honoured by the South African government for his determined commitment to combatting racism and apartheid in the 1970s and 1980s.


Peterhouse, the Royal Society and molecular biology.
The term molecular biology was coined by Warren Weaver, a mathematician who was head of the natural sciences section of the Rockefeller Foundation, in his report to the president of the Foundation in 1938. The origins of the subject may be located in various places or periods, but Sir Peter Medawar used to argue that it was Sir William Bragg and W.T. Astbury at the Davy Faraday Laboratory in London who began it, when they investigated the structures of materials such as silk, wool and hair by X-ray diffraction. Others say that J.D. Bernal was the progenitor. Peterhouse, a Cambridge college, was a hothouse of the subject.of the parents are worried due to the discomfort their babies suffer due to different reasons of which colic is an important factor. The pain due to colic, which is the trapped wind, is released by proper application of the oil.

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allowing examination of the direct effects of acidification on particular species, but also potential changes in interactions among species. Moreover, FOCE methods provide precise control of pH, while allowing many other parameters to vary naturally. Like mesocosm studies, FOCE methods exploit the advantages of studying a natural community under mostly natural ranges of environmental variability.

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DFB Team Manager Oliver Bierhoff Says German National Team Has Room To Grow

March 4, 2014

German Football Federation (DFB) Team Manager Oliver Bierhoff believes that the German national team "has growth potential in the areas of sponsorships and int'l marketing," according to Kaufmann & Renner of HANDELSBLATT. Bierhoff said that Asia and the U.S. "provide the biggest growth potential for the national team in terms of int'l marketing." He said, "Adidas is selling more and more jerseys abroad. In China, we are by now the most popular team. And if I look at the income from general sponsorships then we certainly will have room to grow our sponsorship revenue after the end of our contracts in 2018." Bierhoff added that the DFB "knows what it has in its partners."Ghost Ballads

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The theme of the relay is "Journey of Harmony".
The theme embodies the Olympic ideal of 'placing sport at the service of the harmonious development of man, with a view to promoting a peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity'. 'Harmony' boasts strong Chinese characteristics, and expresses the traditional Chinese philosophy in pursuit of a balance between man and nature, among people and between man's body and soul. It also supports Chinese people's wish of building a harmonious society of enduring peace and common prosperity.

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is the capital of the most populous country in the world, the People's Republic of China. It was also the seat of the Ming and Qing dynasty emperors until the formation of a republic in 1911. As such it is richin historical sites and important government institutions.
The city is well known for its flatness and regular construction. There is only one hill to be found in the city limits (in Jingshan Park to the north of the famous Forbidden City). Like the configuration of the Forbidden City, Beijing has concentric "ring roads", which are actually rectangular, that go around the metropolis.

Validated by IOC, the Olympic Flame will be lit in Olympia, Greece according to tradition on March 24, 2008. From March 24 - 30, the Torch Relay will travel across Greece, ending at the Panathinaiko Stadium, the site of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. After the handover ceremony in the stadium, the Olympic Flame will arrive in Beijing on March 31, 2008. In Beijing, a ceremony


will be held for the arrival of the flame into China and Beijing 2008 Olympic torch relay will commence.

One of the highlights of this leg will be the attempt to bring the Olympic Flame to the highest peak in the world Mt. Qomolangma. During the arrival ceremony for the flame into China on March 31, 2008, one of the lanterns with the Olympic Flame will be kept aside. The torchbearer team will then attempt to take the Flame to the highest peak on a day in May that presents the best climatic conditions for the ascent. Design
The design of the Torch takes advantage of Chinese artistic heritage and technological expertise. The design of the aluminum torch features traditional scrolls and "Lucky Cloud". It stands 72 centimeters high andOlympic Values of excellence, respect and friendship. They inspire us to be the best we can be in all that we do," added IOC President Jacques Rogge. "The magnificent design of the torch for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay will also add a very unique Chinese flavour to the relay, as the 'Clouds of Promise' carry the Beijing Games' message to the world."
The Torch casting was designed by the Lenovo Creative Centre and the burning system inside the Torch was designed by China Aerospace Science and Industry Group.

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The Worldwide Partners for Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay are: Coca-Cola, Samsung and Lenovo, which will provide financial and service support for the smooth operation of the torch relay. They are the highest tier


my Big Thing tonight. And I am surprised that it seemed to be an unplanned statement from the lead singer in the band. He was talking about the staff at his church and that the men held each other accountable. Then he mentioned that they were reading a book called "Jim and Casper Go to Church" and discussing it. Briefly, it's about a preacher (Jim Henderson) and an atheist (Matt Casper) who visit churches together and exchange impressions. At some point in the book, the atheist makes the observation that this Jesus that they talk about is a man of action, not just talk. He's always DOING something.

That grabbed me. We, as Christians, are supposed to be DOING things, not just waiting for God to do something. AndRelated links:

Cyclones and Anti-cyclones

The Earth's spin causes the wind to curve. This is called the
Coriolis Effect. The wind in the northern hemisphere curves to the right
and the wind in the southern hemisphere curves to the left.
When the wind swirls counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere or
clockwise in the southern hemisphere, it is called cyclonic
flow. When the wind swirls clockwise in the northern hemisphere
or counter-clockwise in the southern hemisphere, it is called
anticyclonic flow. An example of cyclonic flow is the
flow around a low pressure area while an example of anticyclonic flow is
the flow around a high pressure area. A hurricane is a cyclone.

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Wind is moving air. Warm air rises, and cool air comes in to take its place. This movement creates different pressures in the


Jared Woodfill, the former Harris County Republican Party leader who successfully championed the fight against the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance by proclaiming "no men in women's restrooms," is representing a man in court who has admitted to taking photos of women changing clothes without their knowledge—in a bathroom.

Ten years ago, at a pool party at a private home, seven women went into the master bathroom to change into their bathing suits. Following them were three drunk men, including local tech-company owner BJ Farmer, who sat in the shower, took out their cell phones, and began snapping pictures while the women changed. Earlier this year, one of those women, Andrea Villarreal, sued Farmer after his ex-wife found the pictures on his laptop, shortly before their divorce proceedings, and broughtan unconscious nude woman at another party.

Woodfill, who is defending Farmer in the lawsuit, is the same man who managed to convince 61 percent of Houston voters, more than 160,000 people, to vote against HERO with one simple message: "No men in women's bathrooms."

Defending his client, Woodfill has called the lawsuit against Farmer—which he says in legal filings is "frivolous," "harassing" and "brought in bad faith"—nothing more than an attempt by Farmer's ex-wife to obtain full custody of their children by slandering her ex-husband's reputation.

Woodfill wrote in one filing that Villarreal had “full knowledge” of the photographs Farmer took of her, even though Farmer already said on record that he "did not know" if Villarreal was aware of the photos and that he never told her he had


them. At another point, Woodfill jumps into the apparent slut-shaming portion of Farmer's defense: the woman was asking for it.

“Surely if it bothered her, she would not have been in front of multiple other people, including men,” Woodfill writes in one filing. “If she was so concerned about her privacy, she would not have been an active participant."

Woodfill did not respond to questions from the Houston Press. In an email, he referred us to his associate Kristen Coleman, saying she was handling the lawsuit against Farmer. Half of the defense filings in the case carry Woodfill's signature as the attorney representing Farmer.

After Woodfill and Coleman ignored two court orders to turn over evidence in the case—such as the photos themselves and passwords to the computer they were on—Villarreal'sattorney, Tommy Hastings, filed a motion for sanctions because of Farmer's counsel's "callous disregard for the responsibility of discovery."

Woodfill filed his response, still fighting the court order, three days after the Texas Supreme Court ordered that Houston repeal the equal rights ordinance or put it to a vote—a decision prompted by a lawsuit against Mayor Annise Parker that Woodfill himself had filed. But unlike with the legal challenge against HERO, Woodfill didn't win. The judge ordered that, if Farmer wasn't going to give up his password, he'd have to pay for an expert to hack into his computer.

Four months later, a small crowd at the anti-HERO election night party would applaud Woodfill for his efforts to keep Houston safe from bathroom predators. At the podium, he said, "Houston


Reindeer return for Lancaster Christmas Lights switch on

After a couple of years without their crowd-pulling attraction, Lancaster's retailers have decided to bring back Santa's reindeer as part of their Christmas Lights switch on later this month.

On Thursday 22nd November Santa's reindeer will be on view in Market Square, once again arriving courtesy of The Cairngorm Reindeer Herd (who of course work with Santa on a regular basis).

Wiggins the Cairngorm Reindeer The reindeer won't be used in a procession as they have in past years, because the success of those appearances in terms of bringing in enthusiastic shoppers wanting to see them raised some safety concerns.

"We aren't doing the procession, simply displaying them from mid-afternoon until the lights switch-on at 7.30," St. Nicholas Arcades boss Jerry North told virtual-lancaster.

"I'veIt’s utter Nintendomination in the Japanese sales charts this week.

As you may have expected following reports of it selling out, Octopath Traveler is a big hit. The newest Japanese charts for video game hardware and software sales, courtesy of Media Create, have revealed that the game was the number one selling game in the country last week, with 110,111 copies sold- this, in spite of it only having been on sale for three days in the tracking period, and having run into shortages.

The other big Switch release of the week, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, came in at second place, selling a bit over 41,000 units (the 3DS version, which also launched last week, came in at sixth place with slightly over 14,500 units sold- collectively, the 3DS and


Switch version represent a bigger debut than the Wii U version’s launch in 2014). Elsewhere, Switch games continued to leg it out on the software charts, with Super Mario Odyssey, Minecraft, Mario Tennis Aces, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Kirby Star Allies, and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze all seeing strong holds, and Splatoon 2 and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, incredibly, seeing sales rise week over week. Whew, lad.

On the hardware side of things, buoyed by so much strong software, the Switch came in first, with over 50,000 units sold. PS4 came in at second place, with a bit over 17,500 units sold last week, continuing its trend of a week-on-week decline. Finally, 3DS, with a bit over 7,000 units sold, was last place- unlesson the ground in a pool of blood. Glenda died shortly thereafter.
Five days later appellant returned to the same area, where he picked up another prostitute. Appellant asked the woman about the condition of Glenda, who told him that she had died. Shortly thereafter, the woman was seen running into a nearby bar, where she called the police to report appellant for Glenda's murder. He then picked up another prostitute, Tonya Smith, who happened to be the sister of the murder victim. Appellant became very nervous upon learning Tonya's identity. During an argument between appellant and Tonya over whether he could pay her for her services, appellant pulled out a gun. Tonya escaped from the car and ran to a nearby police officer who chased appellant until appellant


solely out of passion in response to a provocation that would have caused a reasonable person to act as he did. Smith v. State, 271 Ga. 507(2), 521 S.E.2d 562 (1999). Appellant did not testify that he was angry when he shot Glenda. Rather, appellant testified that he was trying to calm Glenda down by demonstrating that the gun would not fire. In doing so, appellant testified he pointed the gun at the windshield and pulled the trigger, thinking the gun would not fire until the trigger was pulled a second time. Appellant testified that as he pulled the trigger, Glenda jerked his hand away toward her, and the gun fired. Thus, in the absence of evidence of provocation and passion, the trial court did not err inmurder, felony murder, and two counts of aggravated assault on September 27, 1994. A jury trial was held on June 17 through June 19, 1996. The jury found appellant guilty of felony murder and both counts of aggravated assault. The jury was not able to reach a verdict on the malice murder count. On June 21, 1996, appellant was sentenced to life in prison on the felony murder count and a concurrent ten year sentence on one count of aggravated assault. The other aggravated assault charge was merged into the felony murder charge. Appellant filed a motion for new trial on July 19, 1996 and an amended motion for new trial on February 29, 2000. The amended motion for new trial was denied on March 23, 2000. Appellant


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Carcharodontosaurus

Quick Carcharodontosaurus Facts

Could swallow a human in one bite

Could run about 25 MPH

As long as four car links

Weighed as much as 2 Asian Elephants

Teeth as long as a butcher knife

About Carcharodontosaurus

Carcharodontosaurus is a dinosaur that lived approximately 100 million years ago during the mid- Cretaceous Period. It was first discovered in 1927 by Charles Depéret and J. Savornin in Northern Africa. When it was first discovered, it was originally named Megalosaurus saharicus, but was later changed by Ernst Stromer von Reichenbach to Carcharodontosaurus in 1931. This was done because the teeth reminded him of the teeth of the shark genus Carcharodon. It’s name literallymeans “shark toothed lizard.”

The original fossils found during the 1930s were eventually destroyed by bombing during World War II and paleontologists had to rely on the written descriptions of these animals. However, that changed when another fossil of this creature was discovered in 1996. This specimen was even larger than the original one was.

Carcharodontosaurus is believed to have been a fearsome predator. It was about 44 feet long, 13 feet high at the hips and could weigh as much as 7 ½ tons. While its huge size gave it a predatory advantage, the really fearsome aspect of this dinosaur is its head. It had a head that was almost as long as the average human male was tall—about 5 feet long—and was filled with 8 inch razor sharp


I was only a child when Dr Carleton Gajdusek, Michael Alpers and Shirley Lindenbaum conducted research on kuru in the South Fore. They patrolled around the villages and saw how many of our people were dying of kuru and the number of orphans in our villages.

My late brother, Mr Animo Kaguya, was the only member of our family involved in the early research on kuru; he assisted in carrying equipment, transporting specimens and locating kuru patients. He was living happily with his family when he started to show signs of kuru in 2002; later, Michael came and examined him and confirmed that he did indeed have kuru.

Jerome Whitfield and his colleagues from the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research approached our family and we agreed that theyShare “South Korea captures soldier accused of...”

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean army captured a soldier Monday who it says killed five comrades and then fled into the forest where he holed up with a rifle for two days before shooting himself as pursuers closed in.

A wounded South Korean soldier who killed five comrades in a shooting incident on a stretcher is carried from an ambulance upon arrival at a hospital in Gangneung, South Korea, Monday, June 23, 2014. The South Korean army captured the soldier Monday who it says killed five comrades and then fled into the forest where he holed up with a rifle for


two days before shooting himself as pursuers closed in. The massive manhunt ended when the 22-year-old sergeant, surnamed Yim, shot himself in the upper left chest as his father and brother approached, pleading with him to surrender, a Defense Ministry official said. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Lee Sang-hack) KOREA OUT

The massive manhunt ended when the 22-year-old sergeant, surnamed Yim, shot himself in the upper left chest as his father and brother approached, pleading with him to surrender, a Defense Ministry official said. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of department rules, said Yim was taken to a hospital but his life wasn't in danger. He didn't elaborate.

Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said the soldier would be handed to military investigators later. Soldiers retrieved Yim's rifle and ammunitionat the site.

South Koreans have worried about public safety in the wake of an April ferry disaster that left more than 300 people dead or missing. And some in Seoul have questioned the discipline and readiness of South Korea's military in the face of near-constant threats from North Korea, which has recently staged missile and artillery drills, traded fire with the South at sea and threatened South Korea's leader.

Troops had been chasing Yim since authorities said he killed five fellow soldiers and wounded seven Saturday night. He then fled his frontline unit with his standard-issue K2 assault rifle.

He fired Sunday on the soldiers chasing him, injuring a platoon leader. On Monday, officials said a South Korean soldier was wounded by suspected friendly fire.

Earlier Monday, troops surrounding Yim in


the forest tossed him a mobile phone so he could talk to his father. They also threw him bread and bottled water. His parents went to the area to try to persuade him to surrender.

It wasn't clear what triggered the rampage; there was no indication that South Korea's bitter rival, North Korea, was involved.In its actual historical context, it hardly seems fair to call the Reformation a "mistake." In 1517, the Church was in need of a spiritual and theological reform. The issues raised by Renaissance humanism - and by the profound corruption of the Church's leaders, the Avignon papacy, and the Great Schism in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries - lingered unresolved. What were key theological problems that led to the Reformation?

Theologian Matthew Levering helps readers see these questions from a Catholic perspective. Surveying nine key themes - Scripture, Mary, the Eucharist, the Seven Sacraments, monasticism, justification and merit, purgatory, saints, and papacy - he examines the positions of Martin Luther and makes a case that the Catholic position is biblically defensible once one allows for the variety of biblically


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President Nicolas Sarkozy, who currently holds the EU's rotating presidency, and attended by his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, comes two months after EU leaders condemned Russia's recognition of two breakaway Georgian regions as "unacceptable" and demanded in vain for it to be reversed.

At the time, the leaders said that EU-Russia relations had "reached a crossroads." As late as Nov. 5, the European Commission wrote that the conflict had "cast a serious shadow" over EU-Russian relations.

Feelers out ahead of G20 meeting

Leaders will discuss proposals to reform the global finance system this weekend

But the summit also comes just one day before the leaders of the world's 20 greatest powers -- including the French and Russian presidents -- meet in Washington to discuss the reform of the world's financial system.

Given thatSarkozy was the first to call for such a summit, and has since conducted frantic diplomacy to get EU backing for his plans for global reform, diplomats say the Georgian conflict is simply not the focus of Friday's talks.

The summit's keynote result is expected to be the announcement of a timetable for talks on the so-called "New EU-Russia Agreement" -- talks the EU froze in protest at Russia's occupation of Georgia, but which it decided on Monday to restart.

Medvedev is also widely tipped to spend time outlining his own proposals for a "new Euro-Atlantic security architecture," an as-yet vague concept which he first mentioned in June.

Speculation is also growing in Brussels that Sarkozy will push for Russian endorsement of a set of four key principles of financial reform


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SUB IN by TAYLOR,BRIANNA SUB IN by TAYLOR,BRIANNA

07:38 SUB OUT by ATKINS,ARIEL SUB OUT by ATKINS,ARIEL

07:12 MISS JUMPER by FIELDS,NIRRA MISS JUMPER by FIELDS,NIRRA

-- REBOUND DEF by BOYETTE,IMANI REBOUND DEF by BOYETTE,IMANI

06:50 FOUL by FIELDS,NIRRA FOUL by FIELDS,NIRRA

06:50 SUB IN by BURKE,KENNEDY SUB IN by BURKE,KENNEDY

06:50 SUB OUT by HAYES,KELLI SUB OUT by HAYES,KELLI

06:40 MISS JUMPER by DAVENPORT,EMPRESS MISS JUMPER by DAVENPORT,EMPRESS

-- REBOUND OFF by BOYETTE,IMANI REBOUND OFF by BOYETTE,IMANI

06:37 54 58 (+4) GOOD LAYUP by BOYETTE,IMANI(in the paint) UT 54-58 (+4) GOOD LAYUP by BOYETTE,IMANI(in the paint)

06:32 FOUL by MCCARTY,BROOKE FOUL by MCCARTY,BROOKE

06:31 MISS LAYUP by BURKE,KENNEDY MISS LAYUP by BURKE,KENNEDY

06:31 BLOCK by BOYETTE,IMANI BLOCK by BOYETTE,IMANI

-- REBOUND OFF by BURKE,KENNEDY REBOUND OFF by BURKE,KENNEDY

06:11 MISS LAYUP by DRUMMER,LAJAHNA MISS LAYUP by DRUMMER,LAJAHNA

06:11 BLOCK by BOYETTE,IMANI BLOCKby ATKINS,ARIEL SUB IN by ATKINS,ARIEL

04:39 SUB OUT by TAYLOR,BRIANNA SUB OUT by TAYLOR,BRIANNA

04:28 56 62 (+6) GOOD JUMPER by ATKINS,ARIEL UT 56-62 (+6) GOOD JUMPER by ATKINS,ARIEL

04:28 FOUL by BILLINGS,MONIQUE FOUL by BILLINGS,MONIQUE

04:28 56 63 (+7) GOOD FT by ATKINS,ARIEL UT 56-63 (+7) GOOD FT by ATKINS,ARIEL

04:28 SUB IN by TAYLOR,BRIANNA SUB IN by TAYLOR,BRIANNA

04:28 SUB IN by RODRIGO,CELINA SUB IN by RODRIGO,CELINA

04:28 SUB OUT by ATKINS,ARIEL SUB OUT by ATKINS,ARIEL

04:28 SUB OUT by HIGGS,LASHANN SUB OUT by HIGGS,LASHANN

04:19 MISS LAYUP by CANADA,JORDIN MISS LAYUP by CANADA,JORDIN

-- REBOUND DEF by BOYETTE,IMANI REBOUND DEF by BOYETTE,IMANI

03:51 MISS 3PTR by HIGGS,LASHANN MISS 3PTR by HIGGS,LASHANN

-- REBOUND DEF by BILLINGS,MONIQUE REBOUND DEF by BILLINGS,MONIQUE

03:29 FOUL by TAYLOR,BRIANNA FOUL by TAYLOR,BRIANNA

03:29 GOOD FT by CANADA,JORDIN 57 63 (+6) UCLA 57-63 (+6)


GOOD FT by CANADA,JORDIN

03:29 GOOD FT by CANADA,JORDIN 58 63 (+5) UCLA 58-63 (+5) GOOD FT by CANADA,JORDIN

03:29 SUB IN by BURKE,KENNEDY SUB IN by BURKE,KENNEDY

03:29 SUB OUT by KORVER,KARI SUB OUT by KORVER,KARI

03:29 SUB IN by HIGGS,LASHANN SUB IN by HIGGS,LASHANN

03:29 SUB IN by ATKINS,ARIEL SUB IN by ATKINS,ARIEL

03:29 SUB OUT by TAYLOR,BRIANNA SUB OUT by TAYLOR,BRIANNA

03:29 SUB OUT by RODRIGO,CELINA SUB OUT by RODRIGO,CELINA

03:17 MISS LAYUP by BOYETTE,IMANI MISS LAYUP by BOYETTE,IMANI

-- REBOUND OFF by ATKINS,ARIEL REBOUND OFF by ATKINS,ARIEL

02:48 MISS JUMPER by BOYETTE,IMANI MISS JUMPER by BOYETTE,IMANI

-- REBOUND OFF by RODRIGO,CELINA REBOUND OFF by RODRIGO,CELINA

02:47 MISS JUMPER by RODRIGO,CELINA MISS JUMPER by RODRIGO,CELINA

02:46 BLOCK by CANADA,JORDIN BLOCK by CANADA,JORDIN

-- REBOUND DEADB by TEAM REBOUND DEADB by TEAM

02:44 SUB IN by KORVER,KARI SUB IN by KORVER,KARI

02:44SUB OUT by HIGGS,LASHANN

01:32 MISS JUMPER by ATKINS,ARIEL MISS JUMPER by ATKINS,ARIEL

-- REBOUND DEF by BURKE,KENNEDY REBOUND DEF by BURKE,KENNEDY

01:24 MISS LAYUP by CANADA,JORDIN MISS LAYUP by CANADA,JORDIN

-- REBOUND DEF by RODRIGO,CELINA REBOUND DEF by RODRIGO,CELINA

01:07 TURNOVER by DAVENPORT,EMPRESS TURNOVER by DAVENPORT,EMPRESS

01:05 STEAL by FIELDS,NIRRA STEAL by FIELDS,NIRRA

01:03 MISS LAYUP by FIELDS,NIRRA MISS LAYUP by FIELDS,NIRRA

-- REBOUND OFF by CANADA,JORDIN REBOUND OFF by CANADA,JORDIN

01:01 FOUL by DAVENPORT,EMPRESS FOUL by DAVENPORT,EMPRESS

01:01 GOOD FT by CANADA,JORDIN 59 65 (+6) UCLA 59-65 (+6) GOOD FT by CANADA,JORDIN

01:01 GOOD FT by CANADA,JORDIN 60 65 (+5) UCLA 60-65 (+5) GOOD FT by CANADA,JORDIN

01:01 FOUL by DRUMMER,LAJAHNA FOUL by DRUMMER,LAJAHNA

00:57 FOUL by CANADA,JORDIN FOUL by CANADA,JORDIN

00:57 MISS FT by MCCARTY,BROOKE MISS FT by MCCARTY,BROOKE

-- REBOUND DEADB by TEAM REBOUND DEADB by TEAM

00:57 60 66


SUB OUT by DRUMMER,LAJAHNA SUB OUT by DRUMMER,LAJAHNA

00:24 MISS 3PTR by CANADA,JORDIN MISS 3PTR by CANADA,JORDIN

-- REBOUND DEF by BOYETTE,IMANI REBOUND DEF by BOYETTE,IMANI

00:22 FOUL by KORVER,KARI FOUL by KORVER,KARI

00:22 MISS FT by BOYETTE,IMANI MISS FT by BOYETTE,IMANI

-- REBOUND DEADB by TEAM REBOUND DEADB by TEAM

00:22 62 69 (+7) GOOD FT by BOYETTE,IMANI UT 62-69 (+7) GOOD FT by BOYETTE,IMANI

00:22 TIMEOUT TEAM by TEAM TIMEOUT TEAM by TEAM

00:22 SUB IN by HAYES,KELLI SUB IN by HAYES,KELLI

00:22 SUB OUT by BURKE,KENNEDY SUB OUT by BURKE,KENNEDY

00:22 SUB IN by TAYLOR,BRIANNA SUB IN by TAYLOR,BRIANNA

00:22 SUB OUT by ATKINS,ARIEL SUB OUT by ATKINS,ARIEL

00:16 FOUL by RODRIGO,CELINA FOUL by RODRIGO,CELINA

00:16 GOOD FT by CANADA,JORDIN 63 69 (+6) UCLA 63-69 (+6) GOOD FT by CANADA,JORDIN

00:16 GOOD FT by CANADA,JORDIN 64 69 (+5) UCLAGov't allocates additional $150 million for chik-V response

The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) is reporting that the government has allocated an additional $150 million to fund Jamaica's response to the Chikungunya virus.

The response includes a "massive" clean-up campaign aimed at destroying and removing mosquito breeding sites.

Following a ministerial meeting on Wednesday, the Local Government Minister, Noel Arscott, said $140 million had been set aside for Jamaica's public cleansing agency, the National Solid Waste Management Authority.

Earlier today, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller held a technical meeting with some of some of the key Government agencies involved in the ongoing chik-V response.

The OPM said, during the meeting, Simpson Miller mandated those involved to be thorough and consistent in the planning, implementation and public communication of the ongoing national response.

In


When Kaitlyn MacDonald entered Landmark Cinemas in Kingston this summer, she started to cry.

It was the first time since her Diabetes diagnosis in January that she’d seen a safe place to dispose of her insulin needles. The $8,000 pump was prohibitively expensive and she chose needles to inject her insulin, unaware of the surrounding accessibility issues.

MacDonald, ArtSci ’19, said Queen’s prides itself on its accessibility—it’s why she was surprised to struggle finding accommodation.

On campus, there were no empty, clean spaces to inject her needles, and MacDonald had nowhere to dispose of them. She injected each time she ate, requiring her to uncomfortably lift her shirt in public multiple times a day.

For MacDonald and other students living with invisible conditions—limiting a person’s movements, senses or activities—campus accessibility can haveplace, students who need them simply go without.

In some cases, her classmates remarked how lucky she was to have accommodations that get her notes written out for her.

"There is still a lack of understanding as to how difficult it is for people with disabilities to succeed in class," Leavitt said. "People sometimes see accommodations as taking the easy way out."

When the first term of the class ended, Leavitt tried again to get her professor to wear the system.

"He tried to say that I didn’t need it for the next term because there would be better acoustics in the classroom," she said. "But I insisted, because it’s more important for me to have access to the information than [for him to be comfortable]."

The FM system provided by the school


them not to get too full of themselves. After all, they're not the ones supporting the tree. That's a job for the Jewish roots. Anyway, they only got a spot on the tree because some of the branches fell off. They should be grateful they're even on there. God didn't go easy on the original branches. Thank you www.shmoot.com

Mort Zachter, author of Gil Hodges: A hall of Fame Life will talk about the All Star firstbaseman and manager Gil Hodges, from his days as a Brooklyn Dodgers to managing the New York Mets.

In the second hour, John C Skipper will talk about his book Showdown at the 1964 Democratic Convention. The cast of principal players at the 1964 convention include LBJ, Fannie Lou Hamer, Miss state Democratic partyGarrett Swasey. University of Colorado Colorado Springs The police officer killed during the Planned Parenthood shooting in Colorado Springs has been identified as Garrett Swasey.

Swasey was shot to death by alleged gunman Robert Lewis Dear when responding to initial reports of an active shooter at the clinic.

Swasey was married and the father of two young children. He was also the co-pastor of his church.

Swasey joined the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs police department six years ago.

The White House on Saturday released a statement from President Obama that praised the officers courage.

“May God bless Officer Garrett Swasey and the Americans he tried to save — and may He grant the rest of us the courage to do the same thing," President Obama said.

University chancellor Pam Shockley Zalabak posted


a short statement following the officer's death: "It is with great sadness that I share that the tragic events today at the offices of Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs have touched the campus of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs."

The statement says Swasey responded to reports of an active shooter at about 11:40 a.m. on Friday.

"UCCS officers are sworn, state-certified police officers. Officer Swasey was on duty at the campus and responded in support of Colorado Springs Police," the statement adds.

A short bio on his church's website says Garret and his wife Rachel have been attending Hope Chapel since 2001.

Rachel serves as a "behind the scenes" leader and watches over children in the church's nursery. Swasey provided oversight to the church's Care Groups and served as a co-pastorBenchetrit, who exited the main draw of the Australian Open on Tuesday when losing in straight sets to Yuichi Sugita, was involved in the contentious moment during his qualifying match against Emil Ruusuvuori.

Australian Open Five 'bubbles', 400,000 fans and full prize money at 2021 Australian Open 12/08/2020 AT 04:20

Benchetrit ate one banana during a change of ends, before gesturing to a ball girl that he wanted another, asking her to open it for him.

Umpire scolds Benchetrit for asking ball girl to peel banana

She proceeded to do so, before umpire John Blom told Benchetrit that he should do it himself, prompting a lengthy exchange between official and player.

The incident went viral on social media, leading the legendary Martina Navratilova to tweet that Benchetrit was “entitled”.

Benchetrit’s behaviour was also labelled


to people who live with discrimination every single day” is essentially an admission that he simply wasn’t listening—mostly because whiteness, which only hears what it wants to, meant he didn’t have to. Outcry over blackface wasn’t new in the early 2000s. In fact, black Canadian opposition to blackface dates back to the mid-19th century, as academic and writer Cheryl Thompson notes in a piece titled The Complicated History of Canadian Blackface:

In 1841, travelling American circuses came to Toronto for the first time and blackface came with them. According to University of Toronto theatre professor Stephen Johnson and historian Karolyn Smardz Frost, members of Toronto’s black community petitioned City Council annually until 1843 to prohibit these acts. But every year Council rejected their pleas to censor these blackface actorswas skillfully shut down by pro-Black Santa advocates. Hall’s Santa was celebrated by those users for steering clear of the traditional image of the jolly, round and White version of Santa that has been deeply embedded in American culture. Of course, viewers wanted to know exactly where Hall found the Santa that breaks stereotypes, as the statues are not readily available in popular retail stores.

The history of these representations is also still a mystery to many Americans.

Stories of Black Santas began circulating in the early 1900s. Tap-dancing legend Bill “Bojangles” Robinson became Harlem’s “first [Black] Santa Claus” during a Christmas Eve party for underprivileged children in 1936, according to BBC News.

Darker-skinned Santas became associated with the civil rights movement in the 1960s, BBC also reported.

Fast forward to now,


As China President Xi Jinping (習近平) woos world leaders in Beijing, the Xinhua news agency has announced strict rules for how Chinese journalists should refer to dozens of sensitive issues.

Xinhua, China’s main news agency, has issued a notice outlining the required and prohibited conventions covering topics from people with disabilities and senior party officials, to Taiwan independence and the South China Sea.

According to a Chinese-language copy of the notice, there are 45 directives. Thirteen of those cover terminology restrictions for territory and sovereignty issues, including Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and Xinjiang, as well as the disputed Spratly and Senkaku Islands.

Translation of Xinhua’s “Banned phrases that refer to Chinese territory, sovereignty and Hong Kong and Taiwan”

Hong Kong and Macau are special administrative regions, and Taiwan is a province ofconveyor systems were suspension systems with loads suspended from trolleys or carriers operating in the free track and with the power track disposed above the free track. These suspension systems have reached a high degree of sophistication and can include features such as the ability to stop and accumulate free trolleys in specific accumulating areas and transfer zones which include intersections where loads can be transferred between non-synchronous conveyor systems.
More recently, in response to the specific requirements of the automobile industry, floor mounted or "inverted" power and free systems have been developed. In these inverted systems, the power track and the free track are disposed beneath the floor of the factory, with the free track positioned above the power track. A plurality of trolleys operate within the free


31 January 2019

update (06 February 2019): The Kenya Aviation Workers Union (Kawu) has called off the strike that was scheduled to start today.update (05 February 2019): According to a tweet by Kenyan low cost-carrier Fly540, the strike at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) in Nairobi is set to start on 06 February 2019 and not today (05 February 2019). We'll keep you posted!

The Kenya Aviation Workers Union (Kawu) has issued a 7-day strike notice in opposition to planned takeover of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi by Kenya Airways. Members of the union, including the airport's ground staff, are expected to boycott their duties from 05 February 2019. Duty-free shops, inflight functions and cargo operations are also expected to join the strike action. According to the Kawu,they fear that the takeover will render most its members joblessKenya Airways has proposed the formation of a subsidiary dedicated to managing operations at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) for a concession period of 30 years.

Cape Town'sTable Mountain Aerial Cableway will be closing for scheduled annual maintenance from 08 July 2019 to 18 August 2019. This year's shutdown will last for six instead of the usual five weeks. The renovations will include the replacing of cable car ropes and more. You can still hike up Table Mountain at your own risk during maintenance shutdown, but cable cars and all facilities, including the Cableway's restrooms, eateries and shops will not be open.

The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway is one of Cape Town's most popular tourist attractions with approximately 800,000 people


a year using it to visit the top of Table Mountain. The Cableway offers visitors a variety of experiences, including meals with a view at the Table Mountain Cafe, free WiFi at the WiFi Lounge and free thirty-minute guided walking tours.

30 January 2019

Ethiopia's flag carrier, Ethiopian Airlines,
will extend its free transit tour to global passengers as of 01
February 2019. The new complimentary city tour package takes transiting
passengers with 6 to 8 hours' time in Addis Ababa
on a journey through one of the landmarks of the city, the National
Museum, accompanied with a taste of Ethiopian Coffee and souvenir
shopping and make them experience the unique flavors of the political
capital of Africa during their brief stay. The city tour package is
organized by ET Holidays, the tour operator wing of Ethiopian Airlines.

Accordingno human provocation of the shark" and provoked attacks as incidents where "a human initiates interaction with a shark in some way. These include instances when divers are bitten after harassing or trying to touch sharks, attacks on spearfishers, attacks on people attempting to feed sharks, bites occurring while unhooking or removing a shark from a fishing net, etc." [src.]

The International Shark Attack File (est. 1958) is housed at the Florida Museum of Natural History and is the only scientifically-generated database that documents and monitors shark attacks on a global basis.

*South Africa has an annual average of four total shark attacks and one fatality.

29 January 2019

Namibia's flag carrier, Air Namibia, has announced schedule changes that will come in effect on 30 March 2019. The airline will increase capacity


Town in the highest possible quality and size! Kudos Brendon!

update (04 February 2019):South African Airways (SAA) has resumed flights between OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in in Johannesburg and Chileka International Airport (BLZ) in Blantyre, Malawi. The resumption of operations follows the conclusion of audit and inspection processes at Chileka International Airport in Blantyre relating to the condition of that airport.South Africa's flag carrier, South African Airways (SAA), plans to resume flights between OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in in Johannesburg and Chileka International Airport (BLZ) in Blantyre, Malawi, on 02 February 2019. On 18 January, SAA took a decision to cancel flights between the two cities after the audit process which confirmed that the airport was not fully compliant with minimum standards required for South African Airwaysto operate in line with its licensing conditions.SAA will confirm the date for the reinstatement of the service as soon as the South African Aviation Authority (SACAA) has granted permission to resume flights. We'll keep you posted!

South African regional carrier Airlink just announced that all flights between OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg and Mthatha Airport (UTT) in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape are suspended forthwith as there are no emergency services available at the airport, as notified by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA). With immediate effect, the airline will close all flights for sale until the SACAA is satisfied that Mthatha Airport has addressed its shortcomings and the airport is open again for scheduled services. The suspension is directly attributable to the airport and


therefore no flights can operate.

update (01 February 2019): The Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve has been reopened today!CapeNature, the public institution with the statutory responsibility for biodiversity conservation in South Africa'sWestern Cape, has informed the public that the Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve has been closed until further notice due to the Groenlandberg fires. This includes overnight huts, hiking trails, ziplining and kloofing. The public is urged to steer clear of the area.The 70 000-hectare Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve is located in the Hottentots Holland Mountains, about 90km south-east of Cape Town. It stretches from Elgin in the south to beyond Villiersdorp in the north and from the Stellenbosch Mountains in the west to the Groenland Mountains in the east.

25 January 2019

South African regional carrier Airlink just announced that itwill resume flights betweenOR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg and Mthatha Airport (UTT) in Mthathaon 28 January 2019. Due to the airport downgrade from Category 4 to Category 3 (Rescue and Fire Fighting Services) by the South African Aviation Authority (SACAA) earlier today (25 January 2019), the airline will temporarily provide three daily return flights using its 29 seat Jetstream 41 aircraft with restricted capacity. Affected passengers are advised to contact Airlink for further information. We'll keep you posted!

update (25 January 2019): Airlink to resume flights to Mthatha using a smaller aircraft! More info >>

The South African Aviation Authority (SACAA) has downgraded Mthatha Airport (UTT) in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape from 25 January 2019 following a negative audit finding against it. This means that the airport


is currently unable to accommodate safe scheduled passenger air services. Due to the downgrade, South African regional carriers SA Express and Airlink have both temporarily suspended flights between OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg and Mthatha Airport. Affected passengers are advised to contact the airlines for further information. We'll keep you posted!

24 January 2019

The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) just released a media statement regarding South African regional carrier Cemair. According to the statement the Johannesburg High Court has dismissed Cemair's urgent application to overturn SACAA's suspension and grounding notice on 23 January 2019. This means that Cemair'sAir Operator Certificates (AOCs) remain suspended until such time. Due to the suspension of the AOCs, CemAir cannot operate as an airline in South Africa. The SACAA grounded Cemairon 11 January 2019 due to concerns over the systematic failure of the airline's maintenance controls.

Due to protest action along the R538 between White River and Hazyview, South African National Parks (SANParks) yesterday (23 January 2019) decided to close Kruger National Park'sNumbi Gate (Hazyviewside) for the entire day. The gate is open again today (24 January 2019), but SANParks still advises visitors to use alternative gates such as Phabeni Gate or Paul Kruger Gate to access or exit Kruger National Park. We'll keep you posted!

update (21 February 2019): Remember that entrance to the SA Jewish Museum and Cape Town Holocaust Centre complex requires ID (ID book, driver's license, passport, etc.).There'll be a few food trucks in the Company's Gardens, and there are a handful of restaurants that have


shown their support for Museum Night.This event does NOT include any of the Waterfront museums (Zeitz MOCAA etc.). It is in the city centre only. Please note that the following 3 museums will open from 6pm, not 5pm: Iziko SA National Gallery, Iziko SA Museum + Planetarium, and Iziko Slave Lodge.

The famous "Museum Night" returns to Cape Town in a few weeks. The next edition of the popular event will take place on 21 February 2019 between 17:00 - 22:00. "Museum Night" is a multi-institution after hours cultural experience. For one night, the public is invited to explore Cape Town's museums and cultural institutions after-hours and free of charge. No tickets are required. Participating museums and institutions include the Iziko South African National Gallery, Iziko South African Museumperiod (29 January 2019 - 01 March 2019).

22 January 2019

update (23 July 2019):Kenya Airways will adjust the schedule of its new Nairobi- Geneva- Rome- Nairobiservice. Effective 27 October 2019, the airline will will operate 4 weekly flights instead of 2 weekly and 2 weekly in opposite direction.

Kenya's flag carrier, Kenya Airways, is set to lauch flights from Jomo Kenyata International Airport (NBO) in Nairobi to Rome–Fiumicino International Airport "Leonardo da Vinci" (FCO) in Rome and Geneva Airport (GVA) in Geneva on 12 June 2019. The airline will operate four weekly flights on board a Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 between the three destinations. Kenya Airways previously operated flights to Romeuntil June 2012. With the resumption of this route and the addition of Geneva, this will bring the airline's European destinations


to five and 55 worldwide.

The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) is no longer charging fees for guided nature walks to view the Sempaya hot springs in Semuliki National Park in Uganda. Visitors to the hot springs will only have to pay the usual park entry fees; no further charges will be levied. Other products, such as birding and nature walks, will be paid for according to UWA tariffs, available on the official website of the Uganda Wildlife Authority [pdf].Semuliki National Park is located in westen Uganda. The Park's Sempaya Gate is 59 km from Fort Portal, while the headquarters of the National Park at Ntandi is 6 km further along the road. Semuliki National Park was founded in 1993 and covers an area of 220km². It is one ofthe richest areas of floral and faunal diversity in Africa and home to 441 recorded bird species and 53 mammals.

We have scrapped guided nature walk fees to view Sempaya Hot springs in Semuliki National Park. Visitors will only pay park entrance fees and no further charges to view the hot springs. We hope this will improve visitor experience in the park.

update (24 January 2019): According to South African Airways (@flysaa_care), flights between Johannesburgand Blantyre"are still suspended till further notice" [src.].

South African Airways (SAA) just announced that it has extended its flight cancellations to include operations on Wednesday (23 January 2019) between OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg and Chileka International Airport (BLZ) in Blantyre, Malawi. According to a travel advisory by the airline, the extended cancellation is


due to the implementation of the corrective action plan following audit findings at Chileka International Airport in Blantyrerelating to the condition of the airport. Last week, South African Airways announced a flight cancellation for Saturday and Sunday respectively (19 and 20 January 2019). We advise affected travellers to contact South African Airways for further information!

South African regional carrier Airlink has introduced enhancements to its service between Cape Town International Airport (CPT) in Cape Town and Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (MQP), located about 60km north east of Nelspruit in Mpumalanga. Since 14 January 2019, the airline's early morning flights depart Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport at 07:00 and arrive at Cape Town International Airport at 0925. Late afternoon flights depart Cape Town at 16:30 and arrive at Kruger Mpumalanga InternationalAirport at 18:45. These flights are operated from Mondays to Fridays. On Saturdays a new early morning departure leaves Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport at 07:40 and arrives in Cape Town at 10:05.

17 January 2019

South Africa's flag carrier, South African Airways (SAA), has improved luggage through-checks for passengers across the SAA brand and its codeshare partner airlines. Passengers on codeshare flights are now able to through-check their baggage to the final destination when booked on South African Airways' "SA code" all the way, connecting between SAA, Mango, SA Express, Airlink and other codeshare partner operated flights.

Example: Customers can now through-check all the way from Durban-Johannesburg-Frankfurt-Stockholm when travelling on the "SA code" on a Mango operated flight from Durban – Johannesburg, then on an SAA operated flight from Johannesburg to


Frankfurt and further on the "SA code" on a Lufthansa operated flight from Frankfurt to Stockholm.

Please not that all international arriving customers, with their final destination in South Africa, still need to collect their baggage at the first port of entry as per customs regulations. However, travellers booked on flights with South African Airways' "SA code" can make use of the conveniently located South African Airways and Mango re-check facility at the international arrivals hall for their onward domestic connections.

Mango is a South African low-cost airline and a subsidiary of South African Airways. SA Express, a regional airline from South Africa, is operationally independent of South African Airways, but its flights are incorporated within the strategic alliance with South Africa's flag carrier. SA Airlink, also a regional airlinefrom South Africa, has code-sharing and schedule co-ordination agreements with South African Airways and South African Express.

update (17 January 2019): Greyhound just announced that services to/from Zimbabwe - as well as to Malawi- have resumed!

Intercape, one of South Africa's largest and most popular luxury coach transport service providers, has resumed services to/from Zimbabweand Malawi on 17 January 2019. The services were suspended due to the political unrest in Zimbabwesince 14 January 2019. The services of Greyhound, another popular luxury coach transport operator in South Africa which also canceled services to/from Zimbabweon 14 January 2019, remain canceled. We'll keep you posted!

16 January 2019

update (14 June 2019): The Bulkraal Picnic Site has been re-opened in April.

The Bulkraal Picnic Site in the Karoo National Park is temporarily closed until further notice.


According to South African National Parks (SANParks), the popular spot is closed due to the water crisis in Beaufort West, and also due to a water pipe that needs to be repaired. Situated off the Lammerjiesleegte loop in the eastern part of the Karoo National Park, Bulkraal is a lovely picnic spot that features numerous braai sites and a swimming pool. Ablution facilities are also provided. Beaufort West, known as the "Capital of the Karoo", is located next door to the Karoo National Park.

15 January 2019

According to global travel site Big 7 Travel, which forms part of Big 7 Media, South Africa is the fifth most instagramable country worldwide. Australia was named the World's most instagramable country, followed by Hong Kong, Canada and Indonesia. To create the listof the most instagrammable countries 2019, Big 7 Travel used a comprehensive scoring system that analysed the amount of hashtags per destination, survey results of about 1.5-million Big 7 Media readers, and votes cast by a panel of travel experts.

Greyhound and Intercape, two of South Africa's largest and most popular luxury coach transport service providers, have both temporarily canceled all services to/from Zimbabwe due to the current political unrest in the country. This includes all coaches departing on 15 January 2019. Intercape has also canceled all services to/from Malawi. We advise to contact Greyhound or Intercape in case your travels are affected by the cancellation of services. We'll keep you posted!

14 January 2019

Fastjet (Zimbabwe) has canceled all flights to and from Hararefor the remainder of the day (14


January 2019) due to the current unrest affecting travel on the streets of Harare, and in particular to and from Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport (HRE). Affected customers will be allowed to change their bookings to a later date as long as travel is completed before 22 January 2019. Change fees will be waivered. Airfare differences may apply if the same fare is not available. We recommend to contact Fastjet(Zimbabwe) in case your flight in affected. [src.]

South Africa'sNational Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) has published a new and updated South African Malaria Risk Map (December 2018). In South Africa,
malaria transmission occurs in the north-eastern part of the country,
mainly in the low altitude (below 1 000m above sea-level) areas of Limpopo, Mpumalanga and northern part of KwaZulu-Natal. Limited localtransmission may occasionally occur in the North West Province and in the Northern Cape along the Molopo and Orange rivers. Kruger National Park and Mapungubwe National Park are the only two National Parks in South Africa
that are situated in malaria risk areas. The risk of malaria in both of
these parks is usually low, even in the summer months. Malaria is
distinctly seasonal in South Africa, with the highest risk being during the wet summer months (September to May).


about is getting revenge on Loris Raknian and Kendra. In response to this, Lashonna explains that he should really have a peek at Heskin and his new friends. She produces a small lock of hair tied with a gold wire on a fine gold chain—she explains she “procured” this bit of hair from Heskin’s barber—produces a scroll of greater scrying from her desk. The party watches along with her as she scries on Heskin.

Scrying on Heskin and His New Friends
A tumultuous scene fades into view in the middle of the room for all to observe, along with the howling sound of an oceanic tempest. The image clears to show a deathly pale man lashed to a ship’s mast with several coils of rope. Although details beyond a ten-foot-radiusaround Heskin are hazy and unclear, it’s obvious that the ship is caught in a tremendous storm—the decks are awash in foamy water as both waves and driving sheets of rain torment the terrified man. Sounds of gruff sailors shouting commands and curses in Orc can be heard under the raging tumult of the storm, and now and then, frantic orc sailors move quickly into view and then back into obscurity as they busy themselves at securing the ship.

At one point, two lithe, cloaked figures drop to the deck from the rigging on either side of Heskin. They are identically dressed in tightly wrapped silken scarves, small devilish horns sprouting from their heads. The cloaked figures spare condescending glances at Heskin, their eyes glowing faintly with infernal fire


drizzle. However, a maelstrom of hurricane force winds rages all around the area outside a circle of about 400 feet in diameter, including above at a height of about 60 feet.

Shipwreck Beach
The beachhead is littered with driftwood and the splintered ruin of well over a hundred ships. These skeletal wrecks crowd the rocky shoreline, a veritable city of barnacle-claimed vessels peopled with dead sailors. Broken skeletons wrapped in threadbare rags hang out of yawning breaches in the ships’ hulls, and tattered sails whip in the fierce winds sweeping the shoreline. Beyond the shore, the rocky beach angles up
slightly to an ancient maze of ruined walls and standing stones.

Not liking the looks of the beach one bit, the party dimension doors (or dimension hops or something) right into theThe case has evoked memories of the battle over Elian Gonzales

The girl was taken into custody when her mother attempted suicide after moving to the US. Her father, Rafael Izquierdo, wants her to return to Cuba.

Florida officials argue she should stay with her wealthy foster parents, former baseball agent Joe Cubas and his wife.

The case has evoked memories of the highly publicised custody saga of Cuban castaway Elian Gonzalez.

Elian was five years old in November 1999 when he was rescued at sea after a boating accident that killed his mother and other Cubans trying to immigrate illegally to the United States.

Rafael Izquierdo insists his daughter needs to be with him

Elian's great-uncle in the US fought unsuccessfully to keep the child in Miami despite court rulings. He was eventually


seized in a pre-dawn raid by US agents and returned to his father in Cuba.

Florida officials on Monday argued that Joe Cubas and his wife should be allowed to start adoption proceedings for the girl, who has not been named.

They said Mr Izquierdo, a farmer from the central Cuban village of Cabaiguan, had abandoned his child by allowing her to come to the US and was negligent in failing to send financial support.

A lawyer for Mr Izquierdo said he had let his former girlfriend take the girl to the US when she was granted a visa in 2004 because he wanted a better life for his daughter.

The girl's mother says the child should go back to Cuba

He could not have predicted that the girl's mother would attempt suicide,Highway 19, travels in a northerly direction through this residential area. In 1960, and up until 1965, Crockett Road consisted of only two lanes, but subsequently it was widened into a four-lane road with a parking lane on each side. Also commercial-type street lights were added to the highway.
The property in issue is an area 620 feet by 420 feet or approximately 4.1 acres and rectangular in design. It is located at the southwest corner of Crockett Road and Huffsmith Street. Huffsmith Street is an east-west street which intersects Crockett Road from the west. The 4.1 acre track is found south of the Huffsmith Street and Crockett Road intersection on the west side of Crockett Road. The property itself is a vacant parcel of land, covered by weeds,


bushes and tall grass. The area fronting upon Crockett Road is relatively level but as it progresses to the west there is a gradual downward sloping. Backing the property on the west is a row of moderate size houses. To the north is Huffsmith Street and a group of trees which separates the 4.1 acre tract from the residence of one of the appellants in this case. To the east, across Crockett Road, residences are present, but none face the property. To the south there is a small area of undeveloped vacant property. There are residences adjacent to this vacant property. This 4.1 acre tract is generally located in the southwest part of the southeast quadrant of the city. The central business district is located approximately ten blocksto the north past a railroad overpass. Six blocks to the south is another railroad overpass. Residences are found for seven blocks to the north, six blocks to the south, five to six blocks to the west and ten to twelve blocks to the east. No commercial or business property is found within the *573 area described, with the exception of a church and a small beauty shop. The church is located on the east side of Crockett Road several blocks to the south of the property in question. It existed prior to the passage of the first comprehensive zoning ordinance in 1960. The beauty shop which is operated from a residence is five blocks from the 4.1 acre tract and is located on a side street running


July of 1972, the 173rd District Court of Anderson County, in Cause No. 132, styled William Bible, et al. v. City of Palestine, held Ordinance No. 34-68 void insofar as it designated the 4.1 acres south of Crockett Road and Huffsmith Street as "PD-NS-2" on the basis of inadequate notice, and held that the same property was still "residential" under the City's 1960 comprehensive zoning ordinance. On August 17, 1972, the City of Palestine passed Ordinance No. 36-72 once again designating the area as "PD-NS-2." Subsequent thereto the City of Palestine approved plans for the building of a shopping center on the rezoned property. The suit which resulted in this appeal was filed on August 28, 1972. The question to be resolved on this appeal is whether Ordinancetract was residential in 1960, and remained residential in 1972, the date of the passage of the amended zoning ordinance now under attack. Although the 4.1 acre tract has enjoyed a residential classification since 1960, no new homes have been built on the property. There were two houses located on the property in 1960 when the first comprehensive zoning ordinance was passed, but these were removed around 1963. The evidence plainly shows that within a one-half mile radius of the property there is only one shopping center and this facility is located in close proximity to the central business district to the north. The testimony illustrates that this entire southeast quadrant, the largest residential area in the city, has no convenient shopping area within the quadrant itself. Also


there was testimony from two witnesses for the city that the 4.1 acre tract was not suitable for residential purposes because of its size, location, difficulties in excavation and problems with financing, all necessary in producing acceptable residential homes.
The most significant changes that have occurred between 1960 and 1972 are those involving the widening of Crockett Road. Crockett Road, as was stated earlier, is the most traveled artery through this southeast quadrant and for that matter the City of Palestine itself. In 1968 Crockett Road was widened from two lanes to four lanes, including a parking lane on each side of the road. Commercial-type street lights were also added. The curb and gutter along Crockett Road remained of a residential type but a commercial type of curb andmanufacturing; boarding or rooming house; office center; civic center and community center; and shopping center on tracts of three acres or more.
[2]  A traffic count was taken in 1967 and 1970. Counts were made approximately six blocks north of the area in question and approximately five to six blocks south of the area along Crockett Road. The results were as follows:

The north Crockett Road count-1967    8,090
                              1970   11,330
The south Crockett Road count-1967    4,010


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> Leaving behind a family and job in America for a commander's role on the front line in Iraq. Major General Najim al-Jubouri, asked by the Iraqi prime minister to help lead the fight against Islamic state. His decision to say yes was personal.>> Here in Mosul ISIS killed a lot from my tribe, and from my friends.

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If you saw the cage, when they would put people in the cage and put them in the water.>> In the cage?>> Yeah. They might catch them.>> Jubouri served in Saddam Hussein's army for decades, now trying to overcome the challenges of fighting IS in Mosul. Heavy weapons and tanks can't move through Mosul's narrow streets.

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IS use civilians as human shields to slow government advances.>> Our mission in Mosul like theteenager is currently living in a Syrian camp, where she is being held alongside around 40,000 other family members of Isis fighters.

Timeline of the Isis caliphate Show all 19 1 /19 Timeline of the Isis caliphate Timeline of the Isis caliphate ISIS began as a group by the merging of extremist organisations ISI and al-Nusra in 2013. Following clashes, Syrian rebels captured the ISIS headquarters in Aleppo in January 2014 (pictured) AFP/Getty Timeline of the Isis caliphate Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi declared the creation of a caliphate in Mosul on 27 June 2014 Timeline of the Isis caliphate Isis conquered the Kurdish towns of Sinjar and Zumar in August 2014, forcing thousands of civilians to flee their homes. Pictured are a group of Yazidi Kurds who have fled Rex


Timeline of the Isis caliphate On September 2 2014 Isis released a video depicting the beheading of US journalist Steven Sotloff. On September 13 they released another video showing the execution of British aid worker David Haines Timeline of the Isis caliphate The US launched its first airstrikes against Isis in Syria on 23 September 2014. Here Lt Gen William C Mayville Jnr speaks about the bombing campaign in the wake of the first strikes Getty Timeline of the Isis caliphate Isis militants sit atop a hill planted with their flag in the Syrian town of Kobani on 6 October 2014. They had been advancing on Kobani since mid-September and by now was in control of the city’s entrance and exit points AFP/Getty Timeline of the Isis caliphateResidents of the border village of Alizar keep guard day and night as they wait in fear of mortar fire from Isis who have occupied the nearby city of Kobani Getty Timeline of the Isis caliphate Smoke rises following a US airstrike on Kobani, 28 October 2014 AFP/Getty Timeline of the Isis caliphate YPG fighters raise a flag as they reclaim Kobani on 26 January 2015 VOA Timeline of the Isis caliphate Isis seized the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra on 20 May 2015. This image show the city from above days after its capture by Isis Getty Timeline of the Isis caliphate Kurdish forces are stationed on a hill above the town of Sinjar as smoke rises following US airstrikes on 12 November 2015 AFP/Getty Timeline of


the Isis caliphate Kurdish forces enter Sinjar after seizing it from Isis control on 13 November 2015 AFP/Getty Timeline of the Isis caliphate Iraqi government forces make the victory sign as they retake the city of Fallujah from ISIS on 26 June 2016 Getty Timeline of the Isis caliphate Iraqi forces battle with Isis for the city of Mosul on 30 June 2017 AFP/Getty Timeline of the Isis caliphate Members of the Iraqi federal police raise flags in Mosul on 8 July 2017. On the following day, Iraqi prime minister Haider Al Abadi declares victory over Isis in Mosul Getty Timeline of the Isis caliphate Members of Syrian Democratic Forces celebrate in Al-Naim square after taking back the city of Raqqa from Isis. US-backed Syrian forces declare victoryover Isis in Raqqa on 20 October 2017 after a four-month long campaign Getty Timeline of the Isis caliphate Female fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces celebrate in Al-Naim Square after taking back the city of Raqqa from Isis. US-backed Syrian forces declare victory over Isis in Raqqa on 20 October 2017 after a four-month long campaign AFP/Getty Timeline of the Isis caliphate Trucks full of women and children arrive from the last Isis-held areas in Deir ez-Zor, Syria in January 2019 They were among the last civilians to be living in the ISIS caliphate, by this time reduced to just two small villages in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor Richard Hall/The Independent Timeline of the Isis caliphate Zikia Ibrahim, 28, with her two-year-old son and 8-month-old daughter, after fleeing


of Iraq’s possible descent into the vicious pattern of sectarian killings that ravaged the nation during 2006 and 2007, when rival Shiite Muslim and Sunni Muslim death squads killed tens of thousands. Al Qaeda is a Sunni organization.

The violence slowed in 2008. But an uprising this year among the Sunni minority, which has seen large swathes of northern and western Iraq fall into the hands of an Al Qaeda renegade faction, threatens to open a new chapter of communal carnage.

Meanwhile, embattled Prime Minister Nouri Maliki warned of the existence of “an operations room” in the northern city of Irbil, in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region, staffed by “criminals from the remnants of Baathists, Al Qaeda, and Takfiris.”

The Shiite-led government in Baghdad has accused former loyalists of Saddam Hussein’s BaathistThursday, November 22, 2007

Today, I'm giving thanks for the loads of calories that I took in which will likely throw me cleanly back into the clydesdale club if I don't work my ass off on the bike in the next week or so. Talk about motivation!

Last year, I rode about 18 miles from my old apartment to my parents place for thanksgiving. That's Olathe to Stilwell, for those who know the Southern Johnson County part of the area here. It was the Sorrento's Maiden voyage, so to speak. It wasn't it's first ride, but it was a huge turning point for me. First off, it was the longest ride I'd ever been on since high school. Also, it was the first time in my adult life that I'd


until the store closed at 5:30. Ezell Blair Jr., Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil and David Richmond, who became known as the “Greensboro Four,” ignited a movement that would change the country.

Students from North Carolina A&T College [Photo Public Domain via the Library of Congress]

The next day, more than 20 black students joined the sit-in. As some white customers heckled them and the lunch counter staff refused them service, the students read books and studied or sat quietly. On day four, some 300 people took part in the sit-in. A week later, the sit-in movement spread to other cities in North Carolina and then to other major cities in the South.

The movement, while not the first sit-in, gained much media attention and showed that young African-Americans could peacefully protestbe able to adapt pretty easily: The Japanese aircraft are more maneuverable but more fragile, and the American aircraft are faster and tougher.

148Apps: Did you have any plans for Ace Patrol that didn’t make it into the game but may have made its way into Pacific Skies?SM: No, the plan from the beginning was to make the original Ace Patrol with a clearly defined scope, which let us move onto Pacific Skies, incorporating feedback from the players.

148Apps: How many missions can we expect from the game at launch and are there any new mission types?SM: There are about 180 missions, including some new ones including dive bombing, torpedo bombing, and ground attack. We also have a category of special missions, which have unique objectives or high-risk, high reward


the P-51 just as beautiful in-game as it is in real life?SM: My favorite is the Hellcat. A long time ago, one of the first games I made was called Hellcat Ace. The rest is history.

148Apps: How many types of aircraft are available in Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies?SM: Thirty – four each from the US Army, US Navy, Imperial Japanese Navy, and Imperial Japanese Army, as well as bombers, torpedo planes, and recon aircraft.

148Apps: What’s been your favorite moment in the creation of the Ace Patrol series?SM: It’s hard to say! For the first Ace Patrol, it was the first time the game was working and playable on phones. That was pretty amazing. For this current game, it was getting the shiny metal USAF planes into the game,best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. --Groucho MarxIt's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. --Mark Twain

I had seen something about this in the Czech papers DenikSport and Sportonoviny but was unable to get a good translation through internet translation sites. It did sound like he was pretty sick. If anyone knows how to read Czech and can translate them I will post the address to the few that I saw.

Yeah -- like RD said... Jim Neighbors has Hep C too. Is he still alive? I think he got a liver...

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A dog has the soul of a philosopher. --PlatoOutside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog


it's too dark to read. --Groucho MarxIt's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. --Mark Twain

If Hep A isn't treated early it can be serious. Everyone is different as to how they react to illnesses. Plus hockey is a vigorous sport and requires more recouperation time before he can get back in the game.

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"Why is a puck called a puck? Because dirty little bastard was taken."-New Jersey Devils Goaltender Martin Brodeur, of whom I am happy co-keeper with poohbear.His lean, limber muscles tensed under the skin are ready to contort his body into unnatural goal stopping positions. Tara Sullivan, Bergen Record.A person's a person, no matter how small. Horton the Elephant, "Horton Hears a Who"NEW JERSEY homeset/expansion that was produced. With the exception of the Premier edition, these cards were also embossed with Precedence's logo to confirm authenticity.[7]

In most cases these boosters were also "God packs" i.e. where every card in the booster was of rare rarity replacing the normal distribution of common and uncommon cards.

Promo Cards
Precedence also produced promotional cards for each of the sets/expansions. The cards were distributed as tournament prizes, box toppers, with hobby magazines such as Scrye and also by mail-in offers.

"Surprise"
The card "Surprise" was produced and printed as a test of the print process and of the card design and layout e.g. the placement of "marks".[8] It is the only card that was declared illegal to play in a tournament environment due, in the most part, to the illegal


James Tracy, a Florida Atlantic University professor who said that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was staged, has been given a notice of termination, the university said in a statement Wednesday. The FAU did not specify the reason for its decision, only citing the "university practice regarding personal issues."

“In accordance with the University’s Collective Bargaining Agreement with the United Faculty of Florida union, by which the University and James Tracy are bound, faculty who receive such notice are afforded a grievance process. James Tracy has 10 days to respond to the notice after which final action may be taken,” the university said.

Tracy has written several conspiracy theories on mass shootings in the United States on his personal blog Memory Hole. However, local newspaper Sun-Sentinel reported thatimagery and emotion reign supreme, where fact is often replaced by unsubstantiated claims and hearsay, the eventual result will likely involve mass fraud leading to a severe loss of our freedoms, perhaps eventual tyranny,” Tracy wrote on his blog Monday.

According to the Sun-Sentinel, the FAU had warned Tracy in 2013, soon after he claimed on his personal blog that the Sandy Hook massacre was staged. The university at the time said that he did not make it clear that his personal views in the post were not representative of the university.


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In a unique naming theme, all of Battle Tendency's soundtracks are named in German. This specific one, Leicht Verwendbar, means "easy to use", a mistranslation from English into German for "Light User". A more accurate title in German would be "Lichtnutzer". The German word "leicht" means "light" as in not heavy, whereas "Licht" is "light" as in a source of illumination.Pakistani city of Peshawar could fall to Taliban as fear and attacks grow

When the summer holidays end tomorrow, the parents of 1,400 pupils at the Badabher Government Girls' School will face a difficult choice.

Should they let their daughters go back to lessons in the rubble of their school, blown up by the Taliban in the middle of the night, or should they keep them safe at home?

Hashim, the caretaker who was held at gunpoint by masked gunmen, was warned that they would be back if the school is rebuilt. He fears that next time they could blow it up with pupils inside.

Yet this is not Kandahar, the Taliban capital of southern Afghanistan, but Peshawar - a city of 1.4 million people in neighbouring Pakistan, once celebrated as a


cultural haven for artists, musicians and intellectuals.

A year ago schools were considered safe in the city, the capital of North-West Frontier Province. But the Taliban insurgency that has been growing in the wild mountains that rise in the distance is spreading into urban Pakistan.

Clerics and political leaders critical of the Taliban have been kidnapped and shot dead, around 15 suicide bombers have attacked inside the city, and to escape kidnappers businessmen are giving up and moving to the capital Islamabad, two hours drive away, or overseas to Dubai if they can afford to.

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Musli Khan, a clerk who lives near the remains of the school, was disconsolately picking through the mess. The main building collapsed from the force of the explosion and the walls that were left wereeverywhere."

On the same morning that the school was blown up last week, America's chief diplomat in the province narrowly escaped assassination when her car was ambushed as she drove to work.

A day earlier four Pakistani employees of an international aid organisation were kidnapped.

The stuttering new government in Islamabad has promised a bold strategy to fight militants with new vigour, but their words were greeted with jaded sceptism by those who can't afford to leave the besieged and fearful city.

A protective ring of security checkpoints is supposed to hold back the anarchy in the mountains, at the edge of a huge swathe of the nation that the Government has lost to bandits and rebels, but the checkpoints are slowly retreating nearer to the city and some police stations are


now abandoned entirely at night.

Muhammad Asaf, president of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce, said that for the first time ordinary people are really scared.

"The Taliban is getting stronger day by day," he said. "They are more confident now – every time there is a suicide bomb they are on television claiming responsibility. They didn't used to do that."

Mr Asaf, whose daughter lives in Britain, counts himself as a friend of America but he blames the US for goading former president Pervez Musharraf into a bloody war with the Pushtun tribes around Peshawar, some of which support the Taliban and al-Queda. "The tribal people are peaceful but if you bomb their lands their families will want revenge," he said.

Sultan Agha, the head of a moderate Sufi religious sect anda man of influence who is consulted before a chief minister is appointed for the province, said he now travels no more than six miles from Peshawar's boundary.

"It is unsafe to say anything against the Taliban because they will come and kill you," he said over a cup of green tea, before listing the moderate clerics who have been murdered for speaking out against suicide bombers – now known as "suiciders" in Pakistani English.

"The Taliban are growing in number and it is quite possible that they could take control of Peshawar," he said. "The Government could stop them, certainly, but it is too preoccupied with political infighting."

Since Pervez Musharraf was forced from office a fortnight ago, the ruling coalition has fallen apart amid bitter recriminations, leaving Pakistan hovering


on the brink of violent political turmoil.

The former coalition partners, Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari, are now preparing to fight an electoral battle for control of the country - but their feuding has raised a disturbing question: can the eventual winner cope with the terrorism that threatens to destroy their troubled nation?

Britain and America, deeply alarmed at the deterioration, are throwing money at development projects in the almost lawless tribal areas, but in conditions of anarchy it is hard to know whether the cash is being well spent.

It is too dangerous for the influx of aid workers who have arrived in Peshawar's safer suburbs to get out and visit the projects, so they have no idea whether their efforts to build schools or drainage systems are winningover tribesmen.

More lethal Westerners are also said to be at large. Crew-cut, Pushtun-speaking Americans have arrived again in the big hotels, keeping themselves to themselves and reminding people of the 1980s when CIA operatives haunted Peshawar as they armed the tribesmen against the Soviets.

As Pakistanis never tire of pointing out, those same tribesmen are now fighting jihad once again, but this time against American soldiers on the other side of the border.

Taliban influence has even crept into Qissa Kawani, the street of the storytellers, in the heart of Peshawar's bazaars, where the mournful chanting of a Taliban CD was playing.

"I hate that noise," said Insanullah, the owner of a shop selling Pushtun music DVDs which he is now too scared to play.

Music store owners have been killed in


bombings and he receives threatening letters but said he will continue because he has invested all his money in his little shop and has no other livelihood. On the city outskirts most have closed down.

"People still like music, but they are afraid for their lives and business is terrible," he said.

One of the city's most famous singers, Baryali, moved to Kabul to be safe and another, Wazir Khan, was briefly kidnapped by the Taliban and has gone into hiding since his release.

The city's cinemas are almost empty because customers fear bombs and even Peshawar's poets are censoring themselves.

Taous Dilsouz used to write songs about the war against the Soviets, then about Pakistani politics, but these days he sticks to safe subjects. "No poets will write songs about whatof civilians killed in bombing raids. Dislike of the Taliban runs so deep that many want the government to continue the offensive nevertheless.

"We want to be part of Pakistan and we want the army to get rid of the Taliban," said one 18-year-old, who described seeing dogs eating the bodies of bombing victims lying in his village before he fled.

However, with ordinary people suffering in the air raids, a new generation is turning its anger on the government. It is a sign that the blunt instrument of the Pakistani army may sometimes be counter-productive.

Mohammad Ali, a 20-year-old man who was squatting in the middle of a flyblown camp rolling a lump of hashish in the palm of his hand said he could still hear the sound of the


Extreme Film and Sound: Stories from Antarctica

Tim Jarvis photographed during the making of 'Mawson: Life and Death in Antarctica’ (2007)
This exhibition celebrates 100 years of Australian Antarctic Expeditions and the anniversary of Sir Douglas Mawson's 1911-1914 Australasian Antarctic Expedition with blizzards, radio waves, penguins, gramophone records and filmmakers.
From Mawson's first expedition and the later establishment of Australia's Antarctic bases during the 1950s to the present, scientists, technicians, documentary makers, journalists, administrators, conservationists and artists have responded to the challenge of using film, sound and communication technologies in the world's harshest environment. See the results of their work.so despicable.”

It’s Esposito’s masterful performance that makes viewers connect with and, at times, feel sympathy for Gus, a man of few words who carefully folds his suit jacket before puking and thinks nothing of walking into a firestorm of bullets. Gus Fring was not originally designed to be as integral to Breaking Bad as he became; the character was created after big-bad villain Tuco Salamanca (Raymond Cruz) was killed and the writers felt there needed to be another nemesis for Walt and Jesse in the second season. Because Tuco was larger than life, Gilligan said they imagined the crime boss as reasonable and businesslike, an enigmatic drug lord pulling strings in the background who would appear in the series a few times. But Esposito, seeking to challenge himself


PrGM thanks Quingenti Lodge members

The members of Quingenti Lodge No 8516 – The Provincial Grand Stewards Lodge, welcomed the Provincial Grand Master, Tony Harrison as the principal guest at their installation meeting.

Pictured from left to right are: Tony Harrison, John Karran and Philip Gambrill.

Tony was accompanied by four Assistant Provincial Grand Masters, Stewart Seddon, Harry Cox, David Winder, and David Grainger and Past Assistant Provincial Grand Master, Raymond Martland, Tony was also accompanied by the Provincial Senior and Junior Grand Wardens John Astbridge and Peter Allen, Keith Kemp (Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies), Barry Fitzgerald (Deputy Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies), together many other grand and Provincial grand officers.

Over 100 brethren from across the Province and some from other Provinces who were attending the meeting for two reasons.

Thefirst was to watch the 13 newly appointed steward’s parade into the lodge room after their application to join the lodge had been balloted for as joining members.

John welcomes the 13 Provincial Stewards who joined the lodge.

The second was to witness the installation of the ‘Steward’ (master elect) John Karran. John was installed into the chair of King Solomon by the outgoing worshipful master, Philip Gambrill. After being installed in the chair of King Solomon John invested the lodge officers which included Brian Griffiths as Jjnior warden and Mark Matthews as senior warden.

Tony Harrison congratulates John Karran on attaining the chair of Quingenti Lodge.

Tony congratulated John on attaining the chair of Quingenti Lodge, which he said was done in a “distinguished and unique manner.” Tony also congratulated all