of cameras and sensors. But even here these kinds of protections are largely ineffective against the new cyber threat. A few hundred metres west of the CSOC building is the site of the massive new ASIO headquarters. It's been designed to hold nearly 2,000 staff as ASIO has benefitted from the post 9/11 spending boom that saw the tripling of its budget. Shrouded by tatty blue fencing, the new building was meant to be in operation in 2012. But there's been delay and a cost blow out $630 million so far, and it's still not finished. Four Corners has learned one reason for the delay in ASIO moving into the new building. And it's more than a mere inconvenience. Someone has stolen the blueprints, not just of theworld. It's here in the murky world of electronic eaves dropping that the tools of cyber attack used to gather intelligence and steal business secrets are crossing over to a new level, the potential for cyber war. Former Deputy Chief of the RAAF, John Blackburn, is a national security consultant with research institute, the Kokoda Foundation.

JOHN BLACKBURN, DEPUTY CHAIR, KOKODA FOUNDATION: It has started and we have already lost ah certain phases of that cyber war. It's pretty clear that with the amount of intellectual property theft and data that's been taken out of ah company systems globally that um we've been a sort of a bit asleep whilst the war was already started.

ANDREW FOWLER: What kind of impacts could the worst case scenario have on Australia?

JOHN BLACKBURN:


Astrium, using the French Spot satellite, show the plant when a virus called Stuxnet hit the nuclear facility's control systems.

DES BALL: The Stuxnet virus in its first incarnation was developed to get into Siemens ah electronic systems which are used in large numbers of applications but just so happened to be ah, used in the Iranian enrichment program.

GARY WATERS: Not only were those control systems attacked in such a way to render them useless, they were attacked in such a way that the information they were giving off, was that they were operating under normal tolerance, within normal tolerances. So it was a very, very sophisticated capability.

ANDREW FOWLER: The Stuxnet attack slowed the Iranian's uranium enrichment operation temporarily. The finger of suspicion pointed to the United States anda specific military unit, a specific city block and a specific people of people based in China. Download the report.

Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2013 | US Dept of Defense | 2012 - The annual report to Congress from the US Secretary of Defense. The report states; "In 2012, numerous computer systems around the world, including those owned by the U.S. government, continued to be targeted for intrusions, some of which appear to be attributable directly to the Chinese government and military." [PDF 3.24Mb]

Cyber crime and security survey report 2012 | Centre for Internet Safety (CIS) | 26 Feb 2013 - The Cyber Crime and Security Survey: Systems of National Interest was designed and conducted to obtain a better understanding of how cyber


incidents are affecting the Australian businesses that form part of Australia's systems of national interest, including critical infrastructure... The findings from this survey provide a picture of the current cyber security measures these businesses have in place; the recent cyber incidents they have experienced; and their reporting of them.

The 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report | Verizon | 2013 - The annual Verizon report offers stats on the percentage of espionage-related attacks and security breaches on organisations around the world.

Strong and Secure: A Strategy for Australia's National Security | Australian Government | 23 Jan 2013 - The Strategy provides the overarching framework to guide Australia's national security efforts over the next five years.

The Cyber Crime and Security Survey Report | CERT | 2012 - The inaugural Survey was designedto obtain a better understanding of how cyber incidents are affecting the businesses that form part of Australia's systems of national interest... The findings provide a picture of the current cyber security measures these businesses have in place; the recent cyber incidents they have experienced; and their reporting of them. Download the report here.

Inquiry into allegations of inappropriate vetting practices in the Defence Security Authority | IGIS | Dec 2011 - On 16 May 2011 three former contractors who had been employed as data-entry operators in Defence Security Authority's Brisbane-based vetting operation made allegations on the ABC Lateline program of inappropriate vetting practices. The Prime Minister requested the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security to inquire into the allegations. Read the report.

Optimising Australia's Response to the Cyber Challenge |


Kokoda Papers | Feb 2011 - This paper focuses on the cyber security environment in the 2020 to 2030 timeframe, exploring the likely future cyber environment and the challenges, threats and vulnerabilities facing Australia and western societies in that timeframe. By John Blackburn and Dr Gary Waters. [PDF 3Mb]

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WATCH: Cyber crime wipes out millions of dollars and a thriving internet business | The Business | 20 May 2013 - Distribute IT was a small web-hosting and domain registry business which had captured a sizeable chunk of the Australian market. But two years ago its systems were hacked for no apparent reason, causing millions of dollars in losses and years of anguish for the business's owners and staff. Watch this report.

US GOVERNMENT: Chinese Hackers Have Stolen InformationFrom 'Almost Every Major US defence Contractor' | Business Insider | 7 May 2013 - For the first time the Obama administration has explicitly accused China's military of hacking into computer systems of the U.S. government and its defence contractors.

LISTEN: Hackers target Bureau of Statistics | The World Today | 26 Apr 2013 - The Australian Bureau of Statistics has confirmed that cyber hackers have recently attempted to break through its security systems to get hold of potentially market sensitive information. While the ABS says none of the attempted attacks were successful, there are growing concerns that intelligence about Australia's economy is being eyed by either governments or individuals abroad.

The Year in Hacking, by the Numbers | New York Times | 22 Apr 2013 - Security experts like


to say that there are now only two types of companies left in the United States: those that have been hacked and those that don't know they've been hacked.

WATCH: Hackers attack RBA | Lateline | 11 Mar 2013 - The Reserve Bank has been targeted by cyber hackers trying to gain access to sensitive information. Watch this segment.

WATCH: Google building hackers say Australian offices at risk | ABC News | 8 May 2013 - US security researchers who hacked into one of Google's Australian offices say hundreds of other buildings around the country are vulnerable.

Chinese hackers using Australia | The Australian | 20 Feb 2013 - Australia is one of 13 countries being used by Chinese hackers linked to the People's Liberation Army to launch cyber attacks oncommercial organisations around the world. A comprehensive report by US security firm Mandiant claims the hackers utilise a distributed network of servers across the globe to ensure their virtual footsteps cannot be traced.

Media Release: Cyber attacks on Australian business more targeted and coordinated | Attorney General's Office | 18 Feb 2013 - New national survey results from more than 250 major businesses shows cyber attacks are becoming increasingly targeted and coordinated, with one in five experiencing an electronic attack in the last year.

Chinese hackers suspected in attack on The Post's computers | The Washington Post | 2 Feb 2013 - A sophisticated cyberattack targeted The Washington Post in an operation that resembled intrusions against other major American news organizations and that company officials suspect was the work of


Chinese hackers, people familiar with the incident said.

WATCH: Gillard vows to fight 'malicious' cyber attacks | ABC news | 24 Jan 2013 - Prime Minister Julia Gillard has warned of a decades-long war against the growing risk of malicious cyber attacks and promised to set up a new national centre to combat the threat.

New York Times Hacked Again, This Time Allegedly by Chinese | Wired | 1 Jan 2013 - In a dramatic announcement late Wednesday, the New York Times reported that hackers from China had been routing through the paper's network for at least four months, stealing the passwords of reporters in an apparent attempt to identify sources and gather other intelligence about stories related to the family of China's prime minister.

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Ukraine Reinstates State Film Funding

The amount available will be roughly half of the original sum, with one proposal calling for a tax that Internet providers would have to pay to boost the available financing.

MOSCOW – The Ukrainian government has decided to bring back state funding for the film sector, but the amount will be cut almost in half this year.

Meanwhile, local parliament members have proposed an extra 3 percent tax that would be levied on Internet providers as a source of additional funding for the film sector. They are also suggesting a 5 percent tax on film exhibitors and distributors.

According to a government document published by Ukrainian newspaper Kommentarii, the country for now plans to spend $5.7 million (67.6 million hryvnas) on funding the


national film industry this year, down from the originally earmarked sum of $9.7 million (115 million hryvnas).

However, the move is still seen as good news for Ukrainian filmmakers as they haven't collected any money at all since state funding stopped following the revolution that toppled former president Viktor Yanukovych in February. The state funds are for film production.

Lack of state cash, on which the Ukrainian film sector has heavily depended for the last few years, put the industry into a state of uncertainty for several months, causing some projects to be put on hold.

Meanwhile, the position of the head of the state film agency remains vacant since Katerina Kopylova, who was credited for launching major reforms in the sector, was sacked in February. Many in the industry fearpolled in Ohio in March. The firm found on March 10 that Kasich had a 54 percent approval rating, compared to 36 percent who disapproved.

The erosion in Kasich's approval ratings seems to be driven by a drop in support among Ohio Republican voters -- the March poll found that 73 percent of Republican voters approved of his job performance, while Monday's poll found that number was 58 percent.

Kasich is trailing in a distant third in the Republican presidential race, and for weeks has been mathematically eliminated from the race. But he continues to campaign on the message that he is most able to win a general election, betting that Republicans will select him at a contested GOP convention in Cleveland.

Kasich said last week in Oregon, which will hold


A Closely Guarded Secret: When the Camels Go for a Walk

The three camels starring in a Christmas show Nativity scene, from left, are Ted, Gabby and Carol.Credit
Michael Appleton for The New York Times

Walking down 51st Street on Thursday morning, Brenda Clarke talked to herself out loud — just once — when she was halfway between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. “What, no camels today?” she said, pouting a bit.

Robert Monegan, standing on the street with his partner, Thaddeus Williams, spotted a kindred spirit.

The camels are in the cast of a Christmas show at a famous theater, and word has spread that they take morning constitutionals along 51st Street, though representatives of the theater seem to regard this pleasant fact as a national security secret.

Earlier in the week, a spokeswomanis set between the surface(s).
U.S. Pat. No. 4,008,347 describes a laminate of polystyrene foam and unoriented polyolefin film, e.g., unoriented polypropylene film, in which the film is secured to the foam using as a heat-sensitive adhesive a vinylic polymer such as ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer or vinyl acetate maleate copolymer, or polyamide resin, which is dispersed in an emulsion or solvent carrier. The film is coated with the adhesive emulsion/solvent solution which is permitted to dry before laminating the film to the foam under heat and pressure. The laminate is formed into a receptacle such as a cup, picnic plate, container or closure employing vacuum-thermoforming. The use of oriented polyolefin films, including biaxially oriented film, is avoided in the construction of the laminate since, according to the patent, such


network Channel 31 in 2003. The concept of the show stemmed from Ado and Ben Wah's newfound interest in dirt biking, following years of playing in bands together and dabbling in music journalism. They had the idea that Australian television needed a more "bloke friendly" program, and set about completing six episodes of a show that combined the dirt biking theme with pole dancing, discussion on all matter of trucks and cars, and various other "blokey" subjects. The episodes were then submitted to Channel 31, in hopes that a late-night slot could be secured. When Channel 31 suggested that six more episodes be made in order to constitute a full series, Ado and Ben Wah moved production into the former's Queensland home and took odd jobs to makeThough the organisers stressed that the event was well-organised and in accordance with public liability, security and OHS regulations, Brisbane City Council had given in to political pressure from individuals and groups such as the Young Women's Christian Association to stop "Blokesworld Live" from going ahead. The event was rescheduled to nearby Ipswich at the start of October.

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older sample back to its' glorified state. Speaking of glorified state, I've gotten back to my M83 kick. While I try to maintain M83 mashes to a minimum (mainly because the seemingly only used sample is "Midnight City"), but even I have to pay respect to mashes that use "Midnight City" well. In this case, I present Mada's "Midnight City Diamonds" and Yoni's "Our City". The former mashes Rihanna's new "Diamonds" track, while the latter mashes Taylor Swift's "Our Song" with M83. My preference is Yoni's mash, but Mada definitely gives him a run for his money. If you want more Taylor, then check out Yoni's Taylor-Made EP as well as the strangely addicting popped-and-screwed mash by Scott Melker titled "Me & My Bitch Are Never Ever Gettingthe swamplands and peek out from the trees like mushrooms. It is rumored that the local ogre tribe toss these from their caves thus sprinkling the area like mushrooms.

Percy’s Pride King Percimus Caledona XXII was the last royal of the Caledona family and was beheaded for his frivolous attitude towards his people and his obsession with a flawless heart-shaped diamond. He carried this diamond with him until his execution. The diamond is also known as Percy’s Block signifying that the diamond was the catalyst for his head on a chopping block.

Queen’s Crown An uncut emerald, this gem is jaggedly shaped like a tiara. Though not wearable by itself, some collectors have had the gem placed into a crown setting and offered them to royalty.

Spiderweb Lapis A very dark


explosive force, causing significant injury to any nearby.

It was the most unworthy of crystals, that claimed the biggest prize and the title of Master Jeweller last year. Possessing the hardness of a true gem, it is too ugly: a thin layer of the fine material is wrapped around a chunk of ore. Most craftsmen ignore it, or use strips of it to set into cheapest jewelry for peasants. Miners keep some as oddities.

But a few of them have more layers. A crafty student has studied them in deepest detail. He drilled a tiny hole into the crystal, and washed it out with an acidic solution, dissolving the ugly stone. It took him weeks. And then he made the ultimate gift for king's little baby: a rattle of naturaldeterred VanVleet — he has always remained confident in his abilities and patient for his opportunity.

Which brings us back to the journal, to that list of goals, and to this past season.

It began as VanVleet anticipated it might. He was summoned sparingly, inserted to provide a quick spark off the pine, but usually popping in and out. An injury to Delon Wright afforded VanVleet more time, and he took full advantage. At merely 6-0, he played with an edge and energy that inspired former coach Dwane Casey to rely on him down the stretch of games. Fred relished being a pest on defense, and with his knockdown perimeter shooting, had several scoring outbursts.

“He’s giving us a lot. Most of all his toughness,” Casey said, after VanVleet erupted for


Episode 129 – Tech Expert Dan Fedor

February 1st, 2017

Garry learns about all of the amazing gadgets that made their debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with technology expert Dan Fedor with Nauto. Meanwhile, Carrie Fisher had a special request for when her death is recognized at the Oscars. Plus, the renegade, drug kingpin-fighting President of The Philippines is back in action.What Are Your Goals for Your #Association in 2015?

Membership growth, higher visibility in the association's industry or field, and increased member participation remained consistent as respondents' top three functional priorities in 2013 and 2014.

Compared to 2013, the 2014 respondents attached somewhat more importance to advocacy, event attendance, and higher visibility in the field, and somewhat less to revenue growth. Event attendance has grown steadily as an association priority over the three years of Pulse Report Research, from 36.7% in 2012, to 39.9% in 2013, to 43.8% in 2014.

The "Other" category revealed the deeper texture of individual associations' criteria for success including member participation and satisfaction, membership or industry growth, effective service delivery and public protection, interest in certification, effective service delivery or business plan execution, and policy influence.


for their "religion" -- they are tormenting others of the LGBT community because they have deep-seated issues of their own to contend with. And to elaborate on that notion -- the wife also stated that not only did she have lesbian feelings at one time, but if she was "still a lesbian", she would definitely try to be with a good friend of hers who is also an online speaker. She has also stated that as a therapist, that she would deny any services to anyone of the LGBT community.

See, repression brings on anger. Repression due to what I call, "Catholic guilt", in this case, "Christian guilt", results in unforeseen hypocrisy. Look at how many conservative Christian politicians were caught with their pants down or seen on gaySpecial guest, ‘Siege at Jadotville’ author Declan Power (centre) with Joe and Cllr. Carmel Kelly

Fr. Colm Swan, Ciaran Spring

Ken and Charlie Redmond

Kieran O’Keeffe, Willie Noone

Ronan and Graham Liddy

The journalist, author and security advisor Declan Power was in Sallins recently to discuss his book, 'The Siege of Jadotville'.

The event was hosted by Sallins Book Club in the Community Centre and was well attended by locals and a good showing of people with military experience.

Mr Power is a former soldier himself and spoke with formidable knowledge of the background and context to the events of that time.

He spent most of his talk outlining the background to why the Irish troops were sent into a small pocket of the Congo in 1961 in the first place.

Mr Power's book was the subject


of a Netflix produced film of the same name.

He explained that, for the purposes of dramatising what is a complex historical and politcal background, some of the events or people were not depicted entirely accurately.

And the episode at the end of the film, where a senior officer was punched, never happened, he revealed.

The siege took place over the course of six days in September 1961 when a lightly armed company of Irish soldiers were attacked by a mixture of French and Belgian mercenaries and local native Katangan soldiers.

Despite a repeated onslaught from a far greater number of troops with far greater resources at their disposal, including a fighter jet, none of the Irish soldiers were killed.

Their Comandant Pat Quinlan is widely acknowledged as having saved the lives of155 men. He surrendered when all of their ammunition had run out and when it became clear that his original mission (which was to protect the local people) was no longer relevant.

The men were held for several weeks until their release was negotiated.

For a variety of reasons - the surrender and the dubious political medling and strategy, it was an embarrassing episode for many, including the UN and the Irish government. And for that reason, the heroism and bravery of the Irish soldiers was not acknowledged or publicised.

The background to why the men were there was that nobody quite knew what was going to happen in the Congo.

At that time, a mineral rich section of the Congo, Katanga, had broken away from the rest of the country and


established itself as a new nation.

This had lead to a confluence of agendas - the mining companies, the political leaders of Katanga, the political leaders of the rest of the Congo and the UN, who feared that the uranium, a vital mineral in the growing nuclear arms race, was in danger of being grabbed by competing world powers.

The Irish soldiers (along with Swedes and Indian soldiers) were sent in to protect the Katanganese citizens, but the Katangan leader Prime Minister Moise Tshombe portrayed their arrival in the country as backing up the Congo's military and invading his country.

Mr Power outlined the failings in the military planning and strategy involved, and spoke of the ineptitude of the nascent UN organisation at the time.

The UN, he explained, “was not asstable as it is now”.

Although obviously sympathetic to the Irish soldiers who found themselve under fire, he poked holes in the much vaunted, and smug assumption that Ireland and Irish troops had never engaged in colonisation - arguing that perhaps Ireland had effectively played a part in the colonisation of Katanga.

He asked the audience the provocative question if, perhaps, Katanga should have been allowed to remain independent, although he admitted that hindsight was 20.20 vision.

As regards the battle itself, he spoke of the attempt to reinforce the company which failed. He noted that while it failed it was a genuine attempt, under fire, to do so. And similarly so with the brave attempt by the helicopter pilots.

Continued below...

Actor Jamie Dornan played Comdt Pat Quinlan in the film adaptation


A Furniture Salesman Got Hit in the Head and Turned into a Math Genius

A furniture salesman got attacked outside a karaoke bar by a pair of unknown assailants. A few days later, he realized he could see complex geometrical equations everywhere he looked.

Before Jason Padgett was attacked in 2002, he was a jock and party animal who had stopped taking math after a pre-algebra class. "I cheated on everything, and I never cracked a book," he told Live Science.

But a few days after doctors sent him home from the hospital with a severe concussion and a bleeding kidney, Padgett noticed the world looked different.

Soon after the attack, Padgett experienced PTSD and debilitating social anxiety. But at the same time, he noticed that everything looked different. He describes hisof law to apply, the Court finds that Ohio law should be applied. In particular, the Court finds that the factors of certainty, predictability and uniformity of result, and ease in the determination and application of law to be applied, as set forth in Section 6 of the Restatement, warrant the application of Ohio law to this case.

IV. ANALYSIS

A. Duty of Good Faith
The Defendant first argues that the complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted because there is, in fact, no duty of good faith owed to an independent contractor under Ohio law. The Plaintiffs allege in their Complaint that they were independent contractors, and not employees, of Willard Industries. The Defendant primarily relies on one Ohio Court of Appeals case for the


Erik Buell Racing Is Back

Erik Buell Racing will not go down without a fight. From Harley to EBR, Erik has been put through the ringer in the motorcycle industry. Now back again, EBR announced that they would resume production as Erik Buell Motorcycles, LLC. It sounds like they’ll be moving forward in 2016 with the 1190RX and 1190SX with the first bikes scheduled to be off the line by March 17 according to Road Racing World.

The public, Buell Nation, and EBR fans are invited to attend the EBR launch party on March 18 at the EBR motorcycle factory on Buell Drive in East Troy, WI. There will be free food, an EBR team ‘meet and greet,’tours of the production line, and other events at venues in the historicA dozen doctors have lost their positions after a Honolulu hospital switched to a new employment contractor, officials said.

The Queen's Medical Center physicians belonged to Medical Specialists of Hawaii, which has held a contract with the hospital to care for surgical patients for the past decade, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Sunday.

The hospital has hired Envision Healthcare Corporation of Nashville, Tennessee, one of the nation's largest physician-staffing companies, which is owned by private equity firm KKR & Co. Inc.

Patient care and physician coverage are not expected to be impacted by the change, said Rick Bruno, hospital vice president for patient care.

"All of the affected physicians working under MSH were offered employment through Envision or the Queen's Medical Group," Bruno said. "All of them remain active members of our medical


The new £50 note could become the UK’s first to feature someone from an ethnic minority, as the Bank of England begins its call for submissions from the public.

Historians and politicians are among those who have called for the first British Muslim Second World War heroine, Noor Inayat Khan, to be the “face” of the highest-denomination note, which will be reissued in plastic from 2020

The campaign, started by activist Zehra Zaidi and backed by historian and BBC presenter Dan Snow, as well as Tom Tugendhat MP and Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, had already gathered hundreds of supporters in its first day.

Ms Zaidi said: “Noor Inayat Khan was an inspirational and complex woman who was a Brit, a soldier, a writer, a Muslim, an Indian independence supporter, a Sufi, afighter against fascism and a heroine to all. She navigated complex identities and has so much resonance in the world we live in today.”

A Muslim Sufi pacifist, who began her career as a children’s writer living in Paris with her family, Ms Inayat Khan was perhaps an unlikely candidate to spy for Britain against the Nazis.

However, after escaping to Britain following the fall of France, she trained for the Women’s Auxiliary Airforce and was later recruited as a secret agent for the Special Operations Executive (SOE). She became the first female radio operator sent into Nazi-occupied France in 1943 - aged just 29.


Inside the Upcoming Purple Reign – Rolling Stone

One Monday in April 2016, Tyka Nelson received a call from her brother, Prince. Tyka worked for Prince in the last four or five years of his life, and he would routinely bounce ideas off her for projects he wanted to get off the ground. That day, he was in search of family information – “more information about Daddy’s side of the family,” Nelson says. “It was the beginnings of his book.”

Three days later, Prince was found dead, in an elevator at his Minnesota compound, from an opioid overdose, including what authorities called “exceedingly high” levels of the drug fentanyl. But the book will still see release. Spiegel & Grau is preparing to publish Prince’s posthumous memoir, possibly this fall. Princecreator services, was named the estate’s latest entertainment adviser. In turn, Carter hired Michael Howe, a former Warner Bros. A&R executive who worked with Prince during his last few years, to start digging into Prince’s storied vault. In May, a Minnesota court ruled that Prince’s only heirs are his six siblings and half-siblings, giving them a bigger say in the estate’s assets.

Those moves, combined with deals set in place before the family officially took over, have paved the way for an upcoming deluge of Prince products. Starting in the fall, fans will finally be able to hear unreleased music, wear newly commissioned Prince clothing, buy tickets to see an orchestra playing Prince material, and hear Prince songs in movies and TV shows. There’s even preliminary talk of a


Family lawyers came and went, as did two initial entertainment advisers, Charles Koppelman and L. Londell McMillan. Universal Music bought the rights to the music Prince started making in the mid-Nineties, after his tenure with Warner Bros., only to pull out of the deal when it was revealed the company wouldn’t be able to release any of that material until years later than it was told.

Meanwhile, expenses are piling up. Last year, Comerica Bank and Trust, a Dallas-based bank, took over from Bremer Trust, which had been appointed as a temporary special administrator. To date, the estate has paid Comerica at least $5.9 million in legal fees and expenses. Sharon, Norrine and John Nelson, three of Prince’s half-siblings, have been openly critical of the bank, accusing it ofDeejay, born Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon, 53 years ago today on 17 January 1966, in Sturge Town, St. Ann. The genre of reggaeton, now a billion-dollar business, was spawned by his 1990 song 'Dem Bow', produced by Bobby 'Digital' Dixon. The Dem Bow riddim became so popular in Puerto Rican freestyle sessions that early reggaeton was simply known as 'Dembow'.


market share last year at the expense of Flipkart and Snapdeal by outspending its rivals on discounts, advertising and logistics. This, despite the fact that Flipkart and Snapdeal were flush with funds.

Things have changed dramatically this year for Flipkart and Snapdeal and both companies are struggling to raise cash at their preferred valuations, Mint reported on 14 April. To conserve cash, Flipkart and Snapdeal have cut spending on discounts since late last year and are trying to persuade sellers to fund a larger part of the discounts on their sites.

Meanwhile, Amazon has seriously stepped up its pace of spending. Amazon Seller Services Pvt. Ltd (Amazon India) nearly doubled its authorized capital to ₹ 16,000 crore in February, exceeding its capital commitment of $2 billion made in July 2014.

AfterDespite the family of President Donald Trump having had a jam-packed schedule on their visit to the UK earlier this month, Tiffany Trump still managed to fit in a diamond shopping spree - shelling out £500,000 for a bracelet.

The 25-year-old socialite picked up a diamond 'friendship' bracelet when she was browsing a Knightsbridge jewellers with her boyfriend Michael Boulos.

The loved-up couple were also spotted browsing the engagement ring section of at the Samer Halimeh New York store.

Law student Tiffany and her finance student partner Michael spent 45 minutes in the store during the three day state visit to the UK, which was also attended by her siblings Donald Jr, Eric and Ivanka.

Tiffany and boyfriend Michael were pictured in the store during the state visit earlier this month

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from the main collection

Tiffany and Michael (pictured above) are both students with Tiffany studying law and Michael finance

Based in Manhattan, the store, which boasts celebrity clientele from Naomi Campbell to Elton John, first opened its flagship London store at 161 Knightsbridge two years ago.

Tiffany has been studying law in Washington at Georgetown Law School since 2017 and was first seen with her boyfriend – who is studying at City University London, in September last year.

Her American-born beau is of Lebanese and French descent but grew up in Nigeria, where his family owns one of the country's biggest trading conglomerates.Torrential rain sweeps across Korea, leaving one dead

Torrential rain, accompanied by lightning and thunder, battered the country Sunday, with at least one person dead, several roads closed, trains halted and houses flooded.

Seoul, Incheon and cities in Gyeonggi Province were the hardest hit, with more than 100 millimeters of rain pouring down till Sunday afternoon, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration.

A 96-year-old man died at his home when it was flooded in Incheon at around 10 a.m. He was found floating on the water inside the house. He was immediately taken to the hospital, but died.

There were about 128 reports of houses flooded in Incheon alone, according to fire departments. In Seoul, there were 20 reports.

As of 3 p.m., Goyang had received the most rainfall at 155.5 mm per


than 180 mm of rain is expected in the next 12 hours.

A street in Incheon is flooded after a heavy downpour swept across South Korea on Sunday. (Yonhap)

A part of Cheonggye Stream in central Seoul and Jeungsan Bridge in northwestern Seoul were shut down, police said. Traffic was also restricted in parts of Gaehwa-dong, Incheon, and of riverside road Jayuro near Goyang, Gyeonggi Province.Heavy rains accompanied by thunder and lightning led to blackouts in some areas of Gyeonggi Province.Seven workers at a subway station in Incheon, west of Seoul, were rescued after they were marooned when a construction site was flooded.Some 125 people were trapped in a camping site in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, after a bridge was destroyed due to the downpour.According to Korea Railroad Corp., the state-runrailway operator, trains connecting Bupyeong Station and Incheon Station were halted in both directions due to an electrical malfunction after a lightning hit the tracks.The Ministry of Public Safety and Security sent a warning text message for Koreans to refrain from outdoor activities and residents in areas at risk of flooding and landslides to evacuate.Meanwhile, unaffected by the monsoon front, heat wave continued in the southern part of the country, with the temperature reaching 35 degrees Celsius in Gwangju and Daegu.By Ock Hyun-ju ( laeticia.ock@heraldcorp.com


Praise Gorbachev - But Don't Overdo It

ByJohn HughesMay 21, 1992

MIKHAIL GORBACHEV, that man without honor in his own country, has been cutting a curious swath through the world of celebrities, and politicians, and professional fund-raisers in the United States.

Back in Moscow he has no job and a tiny pension. That pension will buy very few groceries in the disastrous economy that is the legacy of Mr. Gorbachev's rule. Ask any Russian what he thinks of Gorbachev and the answer is a sniff of disdain.

But if Gorbachev may be short of a job, and praise and cash, in his own country, he need not fear. In America he is lauded and promised mega-checks for a Gorbachev Foundation that will do something grand but unspecified.

Gorbachev, after all, is the manwho unveiled glasnost and perestroika in the then Soviet Union. Margaret Thatcher thought he had possibilities. Ronald Reagan liked him.

He is the man who kept the occupying Soviet military forces reined in as one after another of the East European satellites broke with Moscow in pursuit of freedom. Had he been intemperate, World War III might have been upon us.

He deserves praise for all this.

But though Gorbachev talked change and reform, he was hardly a Jeffersonian democrat.

It was Gorbachev, let us not forget, who permitted the savagery of his Russian shock-troops against the brave people of the Baltic states. Gorbachev who backpedaled on glasnost and muzzled Russian press coverage of the assault.

It was Gorbachev who pandered to his right-wing supporters, including the KGB and the military.

And if Gorbachev


seems comfortable today in the corporate cloisters of capitalism, he is a very new convert. A year ago, he was seeking to reinvigorate communism and make it work better. His goal was to preserve the system created by Lenin, not abandon it.

It was Boris Yeltsin, the man Gorbachev sought to expel from politics and destroy, who foresaw that communism was discredited and had to go.

In San Francisco, and Washington, and New York, there is a simplistic view that Gorbachev somehow orchestrated the demise of the cold war. Certainly he played an important role. But many others share the credit.

It was a travesty to let Gorbachev stand in the shadow of Churchill at Fulton, Mo., as though to claim credit for ending the cold war Churchill had warned againstmore than 45 years earlier in his historic "Iron Curtain" speech.

Churchill, with his force and resolve, stood as the giant who had vanquished fascism.

Gorbachev is the manipulator and compromiser who accidentally brought down communism.

The cold war was won by many, particularly leaders like Mr. Reagan and Mrs. Thatcher and others who stood fast against the deployment of new Soviet nuclear weapons in Europe; who kept Western defenses strong when spending on military hardware was not universally popular; who thwarted Soviet international adventurism in such places as Afghanistan, and Africa, and Central America.

Behind them stood the majority of the people of America and other democracies who had the physical will and moral fortitude to stand up to Soviet threats.

Not least of all was the courage of the peoples of


Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. They longed for freedom although they had not known it for nearly half a century.

Where Gorbachev dithered in his plans for the Soviet Union, tinkering with a Marxist-Leninist system that had failed and brought misery to his people, the Andrei Sakharovs and the Lech Walensas and Vaclav Havels were clear in their commitment to democratic values and free enterprise economies. While Gorbachev was climbing the political ladder as a Communist Party functionary, they had paid for their beliefs with restriction and imprisonment.

Gorbachev is entitled to his niche in history. So are many others who helped bring the cold war to an end.chest pain center, wound care and hyperbaric...

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Of Italian keyboard composers before Scarlatti, the
general music lover will probably remember the name of Frescobaldi;
he may then remember that Giovanni Gabrieliís works include a number
for organ and that his uncle Andrea had cultivated that instrument assiduously.
Mention the name of Giovanni Maria Trabaci even to an Italian and he
will perhaps just look at you blankly.

Of course, back in the early 17th Century
the term "Italian" was a misnomer anyway, for the Italian
peninsula was a string of little kingdoms. Just as in the world of painting
there were distinct schools in Rome, Venice, Florence, Lombardy, Naples
and many other cities, kingdoms and dukedoms, each with its own particular
individuality, so did each political unit have its own school of music.
It often comes as a surprise to those who know modern Naples to discover
thatthe renaissance school of painting there was the darkest, severest
and most austere of all, worlds apart from the flamboyant style of Venice
or the sweeter contours of Florence or Rome. But those who have found
this out will not be surprised to learn that some of the severest and
most erudite weavers of counterpoint were to be found in the Kingdom
of Naples; and first among them was the Royal Chapel organist Giovanni
Maria Trabaci.

When he published his first volume of keyboard music
in 1603 he used the system of notation favoured by the Neapolitan school;
the music did not appear in organ intavolature but as a score in four
parts. He described it as "to be played on any instrument desired,
but proportionally on organs and harpsichords". The editor of what
was promised as a complete edition,


evidence for this is somewhat flimsy
when Trabaci advertises himself on the title page as an organist and
lists the organ before the harpsichord as quoted above. But to be fair,
the introduction to his 1615 volume describes the pieces as "suitable
for all instruments, but especially for harpsichords and organs",
so perhaps he came to prefer the harpsichord as time went on. The opposite
view to Mischiatiís would be that the use of four staves (adopted on
occasion by Frescobaldi but particularly characteristic of the Neapolitan
school) did not imply a non-keyboard destination; the composer simply
wished that his contrapuntal expertise should be seen as well as heard.

Whatever Trabaciís intentions he unwittingly made life
difficult for posterity. Commenting on the example of the first volume
held by the G. B. Martini music library of Bologna, their 19th
Century archivistnot something which becomes less confusing as a result
of practice and certainly proves that performers as well as composers
truly thought contrapuntally Ė horizontally Ė in those days.

In 1964 the first instalment of a modern complete edition
appeared, dedicated to the 12 "Ricercate" (as "Ricercari"
were called in Naples in Trabaciís day) from the first volume, published
jointly by Paideia of Brescia and Bärenreiter and edited by the
aforesaid Oscar Mischiati. Scrupulously prepared and beautifully printed,
it seemed that Trabaciís problems of inaccessibility were over. A second
instalment appeared in 1967, containing the Canzoni francesi, Capricci
and Canti fermi of the first volume. Unfortunately we are still awaiting
further instalments, of which I estimate that another six would be required
to complete the work. Meanwhile a photographic reprint of the original
edition (of which only two examples survive) was


issued by SPES of Florence
in 1984, and a few pieces have appeared in anthologies. The player wishing
to perform works only available in the SPES edition can at least obtain
them, but is practically obliged to make his own transcription.

Is it worth the bother? I would say yes. We know that
the Italian ricercare is one of the ancestors of the fugue but,
unlike most, Trabaciís subjects have a melodic profile that stays in
the memory, and when a ricercare has more than one fugue subject,
he contrasts them well. He allows a higher level of dissonance in his
counterpoint than the other Italian schools were wont to, and this makes
the music more interesting to our ears. In the Canzoni francesi,
which lend themselves to more extrovert treatment, he often explodes
into passages of dashing virtuosity. Hisoccasional harmonic experiments,
in Consonanti stravaganti for example, can sound weird even today.
In short, he is a master and those who enjoy music of this period should
get to know him.

Vartolo included five of these pieces on a disc which
I reviewed with severe misgivings (K617039) that were not limited to
the truly appalling translation of the booklet essay. He is certainly
an enthusiast and writes with authority and accessibility. Of the four
instruments used, three are his own property. The odd thing is that
his notes also state that he uses a copy of a sixteenth century regal
and, besides the Giovanni Cipri organ, two other organs of Bologna,
by Lorenzo da Prato and Baldassare Malamini, but these are in fact not
used. I am also puzzled as to why, having carted the whole works to
the Church


sneer at earlier generations
who dressed up old music in elaborate orchestrations to make it palatable.
Will people one day sneer at the age of rubato-fiends who sought to
"improve" the old masters through the fire of their interpretative
genius?

Instruments. I have already stated my belief that Vartolo overestimates
the role of the harpsichord in these works, but I cannot deny that
it was one of Trabaciís approved solutions. Four of the five pieces
which Vartolo recorded previously on the organ, are here played on
the harpsichord, so readers can check out their preferences. Every
logical consideration points to the ricercate, with their sustained
harmonies, and the toccatas, which begin with long held notes that
die away on the harpsichord, not to speak of the canti fermi,
of which we will simply not hear the cantus firmus if it isSvetlana and the Delancey Five

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MUSIC REVIEW BY Michael Steinman, Jazz Lives

SVETLANA and the DELANCEY FIVE MAKE "SOCIAL MUSIC" I wrote about the singer Svetlana Shmulyian and her band, the Delancey Five, more than two years ago here, and I am happy to report their first full-scale CD, NIGHT AT THE SPEAKEASY, is more than pleasing. I found it an engaging session, balancing more contemporary originals and lively versions of venerable jazz and pop classics. In his notes to the CD, Will Friedwald points out that both Svetlana and Jonathan Batiste prefer the term "social music" to "Hot Jazz" or Swing," and this CD lives up to that definition: friendly, engaging, warm improvisations in many moods, music that welcomes listeners in. As you can hear


TWO, and two Ellington favorites, DO NOTHIN' TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME and JUST A SETTIN' AND A ROCKIN', are refurbished and shined-up. Svetlana and the band give a warm quirky embrace to GOD ONLY KNOWS from the Beach Boys, and BECAUSE from the Beatles. There are also originals - ALL I WANT, TEMPTATIONS, DANCE IN BETWEEN THE RAINDROPS (Rob Garcia's neat composition which should easily become an anthem for the crowds who come to see the band whether it's south or north of Fourteenth Street), and Svetlana's lovely acknowledgment of her Russian heritage, trumpeter Eddie Rosner's YOU ARE LIKE A SONG, sung in her native tongue. Whatever the language and whatever the material, she swings in admirable ways. As does that band!and its escort forces.

With the Siidim defeated, Rachel travels ahead of the expedition, discovering that Khar-Toba is in fact an ancient starship, surrounded by an ancient city buried in the sand. The expedition sets up a scanner network around the wreck to better direct the Taiidan weapon satellite in orbit, and face the K'Had Sajuuk, commanding a unique flagship-style carrier. The Coalition forces destroy the Gaalsien flagship in a heated battle; as his ship is consumed in the explosion, the K'Had Sajuuk warns that Kharak would be destroyed by fire from the sky (prophetically referencing the events of Homeworld) as a result of the Coalition's actions. At the end, Rachel reflects that her brother had believed the salvation of their people to be found in the desert as


about ten feet each, that the road was free of snow and ice, that traffic at about 5:00 P.M. was light, that the automobile operated by Storm was operating westerly toward a knoll in the road, and that the vehicle struck the boy on the bicycle approximately at the top of a five percent grade in the road. At the time of the incident, the deceased and his parents were traveling single file on their bicycles at the edge of the road in an easterly direction. The order of their procession was the deceased's father first, followed by the deceased and his mother. There was conflicting testimony regarding the speed limit on Lower Hampden Road. Some witnesses testified that traffic control signs placed the speed limit at twenty-fivemiles per hour while other witnesses suggested that the speed limit was forty miles per hour. Storm's speed was estimated by the deceased's father, when Storm passed him, at approximately fifty miles per hour and by other witnesses, including Storm, at approximately twenty-five to thirty-five miles per hour.[3] Storm testified that his vision was not affected by the sun as he approached the knoll, that he had seen the deceased's father stopped on his bicycle at the side of the road, and that, apart *332 from taking his foot off the accelerator, he did not attempt to brake or slow his vehicle down as he approached the bicyclists and the rise in the road.
After Storm's vehicle hit the deceased, the brakes locked the wheels, and the automobile skidded


of an automobile in the circumstances facing Storm, could first have seen the boy's cap at a distance of 203 feet. Storm's deposition testimony, introduced at trial, was that he first saw the boy on his bicycle about thirty to sixty feet away as he ascended the rise in the road, that the boy suddenly turned his bicycle toward the center of the road into the path of Storm's vehicle, and that he (Storm) simultaneously hit the brakes and turned his automobile to the left to avoid the collision. This testimony was disputed by Mrs. Petras and another eyewitness, both of whom testified that the decedent was going in a straight line when he was hit.
There was further evidence that Storm had consumed two martinis for lunch; thathe had drunk according to his testimony one and one-half bottles of beer at a club a short time before the accident, but that according to testimony of other witnesses he had consumed two full bottles of beer at the club; that he had used a bathroom in a house at the scene of the accident and urinated all over the bathroom floor; that to the owner of that house, who had an opportunity to observe him, Storm appeared unsure of what he was doing; that Storm chewed something right after the accident which he testified was a Rolaid; and, according to Storm, that he had not seen the boy *333 until his vehicle just came over the crest of the hill less than a second before the


Q:

What is the oldest movie theater in the US that has been in continuous use as a movie theater?

It appears from Wikipedia that the oldest theater in continuous use is in Denmark, but since so much of the film industry is dominated by Hollywood, I was wondering what is the oldest movie theater in the United States.

A:

The Scenic Theatre in North Dakota claims to be the oldest continually operating theatre on its website. From their website footnote

The oldest continually operating theatre in America*
  * Based on Box Office Magazine's published article on what they credited as the oldest in America & it was 17 years newer than the Scenic Theatre.

They claim they opened in 1911.
The Newtown Theatre also claims to be the oldest.

The Newtown Theatre hasan extensive history dating back to 1831. It is, in fact, the oldest movie theater in the United States with it's first movie being shown in 1906. Originally built to be a hall for town gatherings and a "non sectarian" church for traveling ministers, it soon became a center of entertainment in Newtown.

If true this would make it older than the Scenic Theatre.
Both of these however, don't say whether they regularly showed movies to the public in the early days or not.
The Nickelodeon Theatre in Pittsburgh was the first genuine movie theatre in the US. It opened in June, 1905 so you're not going to get any earlier than that. It shut down in the 1910s, I think.

A:

The Park Theatre in Estes Park, CO is the oldest continually


operating theatre west of the Mississippi that was originally built as a motion picture theatre. Its owners now believe that all theaters east of the Mississippi that were older and originally built to be motion picture theaters have closed down in recent years
It started playing first run pictures in June of 1913 and just upgraded to digital this year for its 100th year anniversary
Sorce: former employee
Additional source: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Theatre_(Estes_Park,_Colorado)
Also see the theatre's website: http://www.historicparktheatre.com

A:

The Graham Opera House, now known as the State Theater, in Washington, IA has been showing movies since 1894. At that time a local couple (Frank & Indiana Brinton) toured 35mm nitrate cellulose films and magic lantern slides around the Midwest in what were called 'Tab Shows'. The movie industry at that time was not takenseriously and was sometimes considered questionable entertainment. The couple were part owners of the Graham Opera House.
The Graham Opera House showed both movies and live plays/operas up through the depression. Sorry, I do not know the exact date it switched to only showing motion pictures or when it became known as the State Theater.
The State Theater still maintains it's opera house look as it did when it was first built in the 1890's.
I am not claiming this is the oldest continuously run movie theater in the US, but I would say that it is at least in the running.
Very little is mentioned about Frank Brinton's Tab Shows online. Here is a link from the Washington County Historical Society that mentions his "moving pictures" in


San Francisco police have identified the police officers who shot a man in the Mission District last week.

Officers Craig Tiffe and Eric Reboli shot and killed a man identified by community members and friends as Amilcar Perez-Lopez, a 21-year-old Guatemalan, on the night of Thursday Feb. 26, according to police.

According to police, the night of the shooting, a 911 call came in at 9:44 p.m. and the reporting party told a 911 dispatcher that a male was running with a knife, heading down Folsom Street toward 25th Street. The witness told the dispatcher that the person was chasing after another male.

Police said two plainclothes officers arrived on scene at 9:46 p.m., at which point they allegedly saw a man armed with a knife. The two officers drew theirSeattle Center, the city’s central playground of culture and engagement in Uptown, could be headed for an update to its governing master plan. Future redevelopment of property owned by Seattle Public Schools has injected a renewed interest in comprehensively planning for the cultural district, which could significantly change its future course of evolution and reinvention. Created in the early 1960s out of a residential neighborhood for the 1962 World’s Fair, Seattle Center has constantly been redefining itself ever since then, with many iterations reflecting the Seattle around it.

The last master plan of the main campus and district, known as the Seattle Center Century 21 Master Plan, was adopted in late 2008. Some aspects of the Century 21 Master Plan have subsequently been realized like the Seattle Center Parking


Garage on 5th Ave N and redevelopment of former Mercer Arena–which is now underway.

However, much of the plan has not been achieved and there were some significant deviations from implementation. For instance, an amphitheater opposite the Space Needle and a view corridor and pedestrian connection from Broad Street to Fisher Pavilion were planned. Those plans though never came to fruition because the Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum was built right in the middle of those planned features. The August Wilson Way connection, an open field in place of Memorial Stadium, replacement of the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, and new buildings just north of KeyArena (Seattle Coliseum) also all remain to be realized.

Seattle Public Schools operates an alternative high school geared to education in the arts at the Armoryas well as Memorial Stadium. The school opened in 2001, about 20 years after the closure of Queen Anne High School–which was shuttered for about five years before being sold as condominiums. Last year, the school district expressed an interest in rebuilding Memorial Stadium and constructing a new high school at Seattle Center to serve growing student enrollment in Queen Anne, Magnolia, and Downtown.

The school district owns a total 14 acres at Seattle Center, which comprise the area around Memorial Stadium and the adjacent parking lot on 5th Ave N. A new stadium and high school would likely be built on the same property.

Interest by the school district to redevelop their properties necessitated a public process to gather feedback and direction from the public on how to align


the overall vision for Seattle Center with new objectives from the school district. In September, the City of Seattle and Seattle Public Schools held a joint workshop to do exactly that. More than 100 individuals participated in the workshop developing differing approaches to how Seattle’s cultural civic center should once again redefine itself as the city and region boom.

As a planning exercise, participants were asked to break out into groups to develop specific plans for the northeast quadrant of Seattle Center. Participants presented a variety of ideas to recreate and improve the area, which, among others things included “new community centers, a market promenade with music, art, and food; shared use of new buildings for education, community, and cultural uses; and even a new dog park,” according tothe Seattle Center What’s Next report. “Participants tried to balance civic and cultural uses with revenue-generating development.” Key planning themes were largely backed by multiple groups, including:

Building underground parking as part of all new development (a major change from the past with above-ground structured parking);

New housing set aside for resident artists on Mercer Street (a means to realize the arts district concept north of Seattle Center);

Additional cultural facilities dedicated to the performing arts, local community, and Native Americans; and

A brand new recreation and open space to the east of the International Fountain (in the area of Memorial Stadium).

But other changes are on the way for Seattle Center. KCTS, the local public television broadcaster, will vacate its studios in the northeast quadrant of Seattle after its lease expires, which


Family and friends are paying tribute to an inspirational DailyMail.com executive who was tragically run down and killed during a Thanksgiving vacation to Thailand.

Manuela Ruiz, 31, who lived in New York, was traveling in the capital Bangkok with her friend Shaniqua Nicole Hecks, when she was hit while crossing the street on November 25. She was killed instantly.

Her sister Daniela, 28, recalled the moment she's received the life changing phone call from Manuela's stricken friend to tell her about the accident.

'It was devastating,' she told DailyMail.com. 'We were very, very close.'

'My dad had to go to the hospital when he heard the news because of his blood pressure. We are very sad.'

Incredibly, even in the midst of their grief, the family have been able to find forgiveness forthe motorist who killed their daughter.

Family and friends, who are still reeling from the loss of DailyMail.com executive Manuela Ruiz (pictured) described her as vibrant, and incredibly smart and driven

Manuela Ruiz, 31, who lived in New York, was traveling in the capital Bangkok with a friend when she was hit and killed while crossing the street on November 25

Her sister Daniela, 28, recalled the moment she's received the life changing phone call from Manuela's stricken friend to tell her about the accident. 'It was devastating,' she told DailyMail.com. 'We were very, very close.'

'We didn't want to press charges because we know that it's an accident,' Daniela said. 'There was no alcohol involved, she's just 24 and a student. But by local law, she's going to jail.'

'She was very


sad,' she added. 'She went to the police station, met my aunt and she asked for the forgiveness of the family.

'We spoke with her on the phone and we said, "We know it was an accident and we forgive you".

'It's a tragedy for all of us, including her.'

Her family, who are devout Christians, are distraught but believe the accident 'could have happened anywhere.'

'It was her time,' they said.

Family and friends, who are still reeling from the loss of Manuela, described her as vibrant, and incredibly smart and driven.

Born in Medellin, Colombia, she was the top of her class and scored top in the Colombian national test when she graduated school, according to her family.

Her family (pictured together above), who are devout Christians, are distraught but believe the accident'could have happened anywhere.'

When she was just 17, she bravely left her family and friends behind and moved to Miami, and at 18 she enrolled at the prestigious School of Visual Arts in New York.

While she was still in school, she landed the job of art director at Liquid Entertainment development and production company.

'She was very talented and smart,' her mother Maria, said in Spanish, through her daughter Daniela. 'She was a very good daughter and a good sister.

'She was very independent, fearless and had lots of goals and dreams. She knew she was going to do big things.

'But she still had a childlike innocence about her.'

Daniela said that her sister was known at home as Manu or Red for her natural red hair - a rarity in


Colombia.

'My mom said she was bright both because of her hair and her talent,' she said.

Manuela's proud family said she'd achieved an incredible amount in her 31 years, was 'very successful at what she did' and 'was in a very high place in her career.'

Friends and colleagues of Manuela, who joined DailyMail.com two years ago, are also mourning the loss of the 'incredibly talented' individual.

'She was one of the bravest people I ever met,' said Ron Elliot, a freelance editor who has worked with Manuela at DailyMail.com and at her first job out of college.

Born in Medellin, Colombia, she was the top of her class and scored top in the Colombian national test when she graduated school, according to her family.

When she was just 17, she bravely lefther family and friends behind and moved to Miami, and at 18 she enrolled at the prestigious School of Visual Arts in New York

'I like people with integrity and that really shone through with her.'

DailyMail.com Publisher Martin Clarke said: ‘Everyone was extremely fond of Manuela who in her time here made a huge contribution to the business.

‘She was hard-working and talented and I have no doubt that she had a very exciting career ahead of her.’

DailyMail.com's chief revenue officer, Alicia Muntzner, also said: 'She was an incredibly talented individual who made a significant contribution to the business. We will miss Manuela immensely and we are keeping her family in our thoughts and prayers.'

Many said that Manuela had spotted hidden talents within others that they may have never discovered


immensely and we are keeping her family in our thoughts and prayers.'

While she was committed to her job, Manuela was also incredibly close to her family, who she would send money back to her little sister in Colombia when she could. She also flew home to spend last Christmas surrounded by her loved ones back home.

'She was very proud of my little sister (Camila, 19) she got into med school,' Daniela said. 'They had an amazing relationship.'

Manuela, who lived with her beloved dog Coco in New York, was also known for her bold and quirky style which encapsulated her outlook in life.

With a tattoo that read: 'Mi vida loca' or 'my crazy life', friends and family say she was 'fearless.'

'She had her own style and her own wayto see life,' her sister said. 'There will never be another person like Manuela.'

'She was the type of person that, if she thought something was unfair or someone was being mistreated, she would jump to their defense.'

Daniela said Manuela, who was divorced, had been very exited to visit Thailand after the rest of her family went last year.

'She loved to travel, she's been all over; to Europe, Mexico, Paris... but this was her first time in Asia.

'She was extra excited to go to Thailand, we went there last year and we told her how amazing it was.

Manuela had arrived on November 22, with her friend, for a week-long Thanksgiving vacation.

Manuela was crossing a street in Bangkok (file picture of Bangkok) when she was run down. The female driver,


a student in Bangkok, was arrested

They were four days into the trip when the DailyMail.com senior creative director went to get some cash out of an ATM in Bangkok on the morning of November 25. As she stepped out to cross the street, she was hit and killed by a car.

The female driver, a student in Bangkok, was arrested.

While the family were not certain of her name, yesterday, a woman called Ying Treenapongnukul, who attends Rangsit University in Bangkok, Thailand, posted an apology to 'Manuela Ruiz' on Facebook, writing: 'I ask to forgiveness for her.

'Sorry for on that day and so sorry for everything . #RIP Miss. Manuela Ruiz Carvajal'.

Manuela was due back in the US on Wednesday this week.

Now her aunt, and brother-in-law have flown out toThailand to bring back her remains. A cremation was held in Bangkok for Manuela, attended by her family and friend, and her ashes are due to be returned to Colombia on Wednesday.

Her dog Coco is also being brought back by her family.

A funeral service will be held in the South American nation next week.

Her friends are now planning to hold a small memorial in New York while Manuela's family are holding a service in her home country of Colombia.

There will be a tribute to celebrate the life of Manuela Ruiz on Thursday, 6:30pm at the District Social 252 W 37th St New York, NY 10018. All are welcome.


In Years Past

January 1, 2013

In 1913, two women of the gypsy type struck Jamestown and commenced the old fortune telling game and got themselves in trouble and in the police station. The names of the two women as inscribed on the police blotter were Mary Coroncoats and Katherine Poola. Their operations as outlined to the police consisted of extracting about half a dollar in charge from the pockets of F D. Moore. It was the old story, a pretense to tell the victim's fortune and clever pocket picking. It was stated they tried the same game on George Jeffries of the Star garage but failed to get any money. The women next visited the offices of the Broadhead Mills but failed to secure any money and when leavingthe building they were nabbed by the police.

The annual charity ball for the benefit of the Warner Home for the Aged in the state armory was attended by between 150 and 200 couples. The conditions for dancing were made perfect through the efforts of the committee and the ball was one of the prettiest parties of the season and was thoroughly enjoyable in every detail. The number present was not as large as at the ball a year ago and the fact that the floor was not so crowded made dancing more enjoyable and eliminated the congested condition which had prevailed in former years. The spacious drill shed was elaborately decorated with Christmas greens and national colors. Several hundred Christmas trees were banked about the walls of the


hall with a very pleasing effect. Above this background, American flags were hung in profusion. The 13th Separate Company band furnished excellent music for a program which started at 8:30 o'clock and ended shortly after 1 in the morning.

75 Years Ago

In 1938, the reins of Jamestown's city government passed from the hands of the city's veteran chief executive, Samuel A. Carlson, on this morning to be taken over by Harry C Erickson, chosen by the electorate of this city at the Nov. 2 election to serve as mayor during 1938 and 1939. The ceremony was simple but touchingly impressive as Mayor Carlson, a city official over a period of nearly 45 years, formally retired from public life with a wish of God speed and success for his successor.The ceremonies were conducted before an audience which jammed the narrow confines of the Council chamber. The overflow crowd extended far out into the lobby.

Dominic Zimbardo, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clement Zimbardo, 522 Crescent Street, Jamestown, was at the Jamestown General Hospital recovering from the effects of inhaling gas fumes from an open water heater in the bathroom of his home Friday afternoon. His condition was reported satisfactory this day. The youth was unconscious when found in the bathtub by his parents, who summoned aid which was rendered by the inhalator squad of the fire department.


                    ________________________

                                        (June 6, 2011)

Before HULL, MARTIN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

         Alfredo Berrio appeals his 130-month sentence, imposed within the

applicable guideline range, after pleading guilty to a single count of conspiracy to
import cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963. Before Berrio pled guilty, he fled

the country and failed to appear at his initial plea hearing. The district court then

issued awarrant for his arrest. In 2003, after Berrio was arrested in Brazil for an

unrelated offense, provisional warrants were issued for Berrio’s extradition to the

United States. On direct appeal, Berrio argues that he should be given credit for

the time he served in prison in Brazil from the time he was served the provisional

arrest warrants in 2003 for the instant charge until the time his United States

sentence commenced.

      The Attorney General through the BOP, and not the district courts, is

authorized, under 18 U.S.C. § 3585(b), to compute sentence credit awards after

sentencing. Dawson v. Scott, 50 F.3d 884, 889 (11th Cir. 1995). The Attorney

General delegated his authority in this area to the BOP. United States v. Lucas,

898 F.2d 1554, 1555-56 (11th Cir. 1990). We have held


'Why haven't you written to me once? Please come to visit me in Pyongyang soon'. Picture: 5th Channel Siberia

The Siberian man holds a special place in the history of reclusive North Korea after saving the life of the ruling dynasty's founder Kim Il-sung. Novichenko flung himself on a grenade that was thrown at 'Great Leader' Kim il-Sung in 1946, and his heroism was not forgotten on his 100th birthday.

The country's ambassador to Russia, Kim Yong Jae, and other officials laid wreathes and bowed their heads to this 'national hero of North Korea'.

The event was marked at the village of Travnoe, some 300 km south-west of Novosibirsk.

Novichenko's act of heroism completely saved Kim il-Sung, enabling his family's dynastic rule of the state, but the Siberian man suffered to seriouswounds, though survived. He, in turn, was saved by a book strapped underneath his belt.

'I think this was hard to believe because people almost never survived after a grenade explosion. So it was hard for many of us to believe that his was a true story,' said his son, Ivan.

Novichenko flung himself on a grenade that was thrown at 'Great Leader' Kim il-Sung in 1946. Pictures from the Soviet Union made documentary, as shown by 5th Channel, Siberia

Novichenko lost an arm, and suffered wounds to his eyes, gaining lifelong friendship of the Kim family, and what is said to be the only personality cult devoted to a non-Korean in the country.

Viktor Zakovryashin, head of Travnoe village's administration, said: 'He was a very modest man, and his real glory


was realised and recognised by the people who lived close to him only after his death.

'We had never heard the Korean language here, but now we see people coming from thousands of miles away'.

The North Korean diplomats were surprised at the modest grave of a man they revere, and also the simple house in which he had lived.

Novichenko's daughter evidently struggled to explain to members of the delegation why such an extraordinary man had only a small grave stone.

'Here in the village it's not good to jump above others' heads; we need to be like others, this is why we made my father's grave stone like this,' she said.

Now a new monument covered in wreaths brought by the North Koreans.

The ambassador said: 'It was Kim Jong-un who saidwe should celebrate Yakov's 100th birthday and do it properly. He sent a delegation to Siberia, as well as wreaths and words of support to the family of Novichenko. Thanks to his care we were able to erect a new monument on our hero's grave'.

North Korea's Ambassador to Russia Kim Yong Jae commemorates 100 years since Yakov Novichenko's birth. Picture: 5th Channel Siberia

The Great Leader and his wife personally honoured this foreigner after the attack.

While recovering in hospital, Kim Il-sung sent Novichenko a cigarette case inscribed: 'To hero Novichenko from the chairman of the People's Committee of the DPRK, Kim Il-sung.'

According to Novichenko, the leader's wife Kim Jong-suk, also a notable heroine in North Korean propaganda, was the first person to visit him in hospital and brought food


she had personally prepared.

'Officer Yakov Novichenko belonged to that generation of Soviet people who would willingly sacrifice their lives for the Fatherland, the Party, and the Leader,' Leonid Petrov, a Korean studies expert at the Australian National University, told NK News.

'The cost of human life in Stalinist Russia was cheaper than sand, but the level of patriotism and sense of duty were extraordinarily high. By saving Kim Il-sung's life in 1946, Novichenko was simply doing his job, as it would have been done by any other Soviet officer in northern Korea at the time.'

A statue of 'Novichenko the Internationalist' was built in 1987. Below - pictures of Yakov and his house in Siberia. Pictures: 5th Channel Siberia

During a visit to the Soviet Union in 1984, Kim Il Sungstopped his train for half a day in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.

At the train station, Novichenko greeted Kim Il-sung and the two hugged. The North Korean leader asked Novichenko: 'Why haven't you written to me once?', adding: 'I have been busy with the affairs of state but you could have found time to write. Please come to visit me in Pyongyang soon'.

The Russian was presented with North Korea's highest award - Hero of the Republic.

North Koreans named their children Yakov in his honour.

A statue of 'Novichenko the Internationalist' was built in 1987 and the film 'Eternal Comrades' was devoted to him in 1985.

Yakov Novichenko died in 1996, two years after the death of Kim Il-sung.


In many of her biggest races, Katie Ledecky is leading before she even touches the water.

In the 800-meter freestyle finals at the 2012 London Olympics, which produced her first Olympic gold medal; in six of her nine individual swims at the 2015 world championships, where she pulled off an unprecedented sweep of the 200 through 1,500 freestyles; in the 800 free finals at the 2014 Pan Pacific championships, a world record; and the finals of both the 400 and 800 free at 2012 U.S. Olympic trials — in all of those races, and in many others, Ledecky was the first swimmer off the blocks, her “reaction time” (the interval between the starter’s gun and the instant her feet leave the blocks) fastest in the field, at anywhere fromyoung woman to be the best.”

As Ledecky prepares to launch herself into the U.S. Olympic trials in Omaha, with the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics looming just six weeks in the distance, she already may be the most dominant athlete in sports, as measured by the gap between her and everyone else in her discipline. At the 2015 worlds, against the best competition the globe could offer, she won the 1,500 freestyle by more than 14 seconds and the 800 free by more than 10. When she set the most recent of her 11 world records, in the 800 free at a meet in Austin in January, her margin of victory was 17.81 seconds.

Usain Bolt is occasionally beaten. Serena Williams doesn’t win every Grand Slam title. Stephen Curry


distance champion Rebecca Adlington, a two-time Olympic gold medalist who lost to Ledecky in London. “Katie has this power I could never find. She has reset the bar.”

Gemmell long ago abandoned hope of finding female swimmers who could push Ledecky in practice, so she trains at home almost exclusively with men. That arrangement may be the closest thing to a “secret” behind her success. Great athletes often rise to the level of their competition, and Ledecky’s daily competition features some of the best male distance swimmers in the country.

Though she sometimes loses to them, she also sometimes beats them — and more to the point, the outcome matters to her. It has made her perhaps the most ruthless closer in the sport.

In races, at least at the longerZnelArts, the digital artist who brought the world La Douche, is working on a new project. His next program will be using Apple’s latest ARkit technology to bring your favorite CGI models right into your living room.

The Trailer

The Origin

Augmented reality is still in its infancy but this isn’t preventing ZnelArts from experimenting with the new medium. During his recent visit to Apple’s WWDC 2017 event, ZnelArts got the chance to witness some of AR’s amazing capabilities first hand and immediately recognized its potential. After the conference, ZnelArts was eager to begin developing his own AR software and contacted a friend from Unity to teach him the fundamentals of ARkit.

The first prototype was finally released this week and the demo looks amazing.

The Prototype

The demo starts out with footage of


a busy marketplace where swarms of people rush past the camera. In the center of the scene is a gorgeous CGI model who is carelessly dancing in the street. Although the model seems to be perfectly at home in her surroundings, she is not really there. She is just an AR projection being cast into the scene from ZnelArts’ recording device. Everyone in the surrounding area is completely oblivious to the sexy woman in their midst as the CGI character moves and shakes through the entire town square.

The character dances across the city, making her way through public swimming pools and subway stations – even riding an escalator despite a “slippery when wet” sign. In true AR fashion, the model’s graceful movement highlights not only her own beautyA Carlisle takeaway owner has been jailed for 15 years for attempting to recruit young girls into prostitution and running a brothel from his curry house. Azad Miah was found guilty yesterday of 10 offences, following a trial at Carlisle Crown Court.

He paid for sex with vulnerable underage girls, some had drug or alcohol addictions or chaotic home lives. He also used the rooms above the former Spice of India takeaway on Botchergate as a brothel, when men paid as little as £10 for sex with the girls who were as young as 15.

He pursued one girl and sent her dozens of texts despite knowing she was just 12 years old. Sentencing him the judge said:

A court has heard how a former take away owner accused of running


a brothel involving under-age girls has claimed he was being framed for money.In evidence from police interviews, Carlisle Crown court was told that Azad Miah denied knowing that one of his alleged victims was 14.

Miah said he believed the girl was over 18 when he began a sexual relationship with her.

He said he only gave her money as "presents" and ended the relationship when he learned she was a drug addict.

He said her accusations were a way of blackmailing him because he was a family man with a wife and four children. He denied any sexual contact with another girl who claims he made advances to her when she was 16.

He said she caused a violent scene in his take away when he stopped one of his chefsfrom seeing her. He also denied having sex with another of his alleged victims who was 14 at the time and he denied knowing the others who have made allegations against him.

He faces charges of paying for sex with a child, inciting child prostitution and running a brothel at his former take away, The Spice Of India on Botchergate in Carlisle.He denies all the charges against him.


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In the history of Europe, the first earthquake is referred to was in the year 580 B.C. but the first clearly described is from the mid sixteenth century. The oldest of the earthquakes we have
historical documentation such as photographs or detailed description occurred in Mexico in the late fourteenth century. Although five hundred years is nothing in geological time scale but long
enough for a human life span.can be improved only after a more painstaking analysis of the underlying semantic fields. The postulation of such semantic fields is an indispensable requirement, even in the case of other semantic approaches such as the one proposed by Bierwisch (1970), who analyzed lexemes in this way:

/father/ = X parent of Y + Male X + (Animate Y + Adult X + Animate Y) /kill/ = Xs Cause (Xd Change to (-Alive Xd)) + (Animate Xd)

(v) When analyzing verbs a particular series of denotative markers should represent the arguments of an n-places predicate, according to an inventory of _roles_ or 'cases'. Those cases are semantic _octants_ (in the sense of the _"analyse actantielle_ " proposed by Greimas) rather than morphological cases (see also the suggestions of Fillmore, 1968 and


digitally commands a plotter which restores the image by 'analogical' means (Soulis and Ellis, 1967:150-151). Cralle and Michael (1967:157) further explain that "When we wish to plot something, we also have to say where to plot it. The addressing scheme normally chosen is obtained by imagining a two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, superimposed on the screen of the CRT. In both the horizontal (x) and the vertical (y) directions we can assign integers for each point to which the electron beam may be digitally deflected". Experiments of 'iconic' reproduction by means of computers, such as those carried out in the Bell Telephone laboratories by Knowlton and Harmon, by the Japanese Computer Technique Group, show that the digital programming of 'iconic' signs can by now achieve in future high degreesthey become undoubtedly a semiotic matter; see the case of the ideological and economical motivation of an ideological discourse, in 3.9., which were made explicit by the same form assumed by a series of judgments about the Alpha-Beta System, or by previous rhetorical premises, stated or presupposed in the course of a persuasive discourse. When these extra-textual 'drives' are not displayed by the text as an activity of _'écriture',_ then I cannot see a way to assume them into a semiotic framework.

In this sense a threshold-trespassing semiotics could be conceived, which the present book does not dare to take into account, and it is not by chance that Kristeva found it necessary to call such a research not 'semiotics' but _'sémanalyse'._

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TODOROV, T., AND DUCROT,decrease in light touch sensations and discrimination of fine sensations may impair performance during certain activities. These deficits are important problems that should be investigated in future studies.

In the two-point discrimination test, the SScG showed higher scores for the "ulnar middle" and "little radial" tests on the right hand and for the "thumb radial", "ulnar thumb", "ulnar middle", "ring ulnar" and "ulnar little" tests on the left hand when compared with the CG. These differences reached significance for the "ulnar middle" and "little radial" on the right hand and for the "thumb radial" and "ulnar little" test on the left hand. For these points, a mean score of 6 mm was achieved in the SScG, which denotes fair sensitivity. In contrast, the CG exhibited normal sensitivity. The mean


The Lee 101 Spring/Summer 2013 Collection is Blue Collar

The Lee 101 Spring/Summer 2013 lookbook centers around a group of average young men who rely on denim as functional workwear and casualwear.

Lee 101 is a company that prides itself on manufacturing quality denim pieces and relaxed basics. The spring/summer 2013 collection is hip, youthful and blue collar worker appropriate. The chic lookbook features young models as they venture through a day in the life of a mechanic. Every shot is denim-clad and the looks are casual and layered. The infamous Canadian tuxedo makes several appearances in the laidback lookbook. The fit of denim ranges and the collection boasts finishes from chambray to dark indigo washes.desperate attempt to undermine our ability to challenge Israel's regime of apartheid and oppression."

Shurat HaDin has been behind a number of other attempts to stamp down advocacy for Palestinian rights around the world, often with harassing lawsuits that have no legal merit, that ignore a host of state and federal laws as well as the First Amendment protections of the U.S. Constitution. It has repeatedly threatened legal action against groups that have endorsed boycotts for Palestinian rights, including General Electric when the Union of Electrical Workers endorsed BDS, the Presbyterian Church, the Park Slope Food Co-op, young women in New Zealand who urged the pop star Lorde not to play in Israel, and, most recently, it filed a lawsuit against Airbnb for its decision to delist properties located


Malawi

Staff

Country Director

Arthur Nkosi serves as Director of CorpsAfrica/Malawi. He has worked within the service industry for Fortune 500 companies in the United States and has over twelve years of banking experience in micro-finance. As the Chief Human Resources Officer at Opportunity International Bank of Malawi, where he managed a workforce of more than 600 employees, his focus was on staff development and organizational behavior. Since that position, Arthur has worked as the Client Portfolio Director with Non-Government Organizations and Government entities in Malawi to build sustainable communities through financial services. Arthur has a BA in Marketing and Business Administration from the University of Indianapolis (US) and a PgD in Leadership and Change Management from Leeds Beckett University (UK). He lives in Lilongwe with his wife and two children.Email: ankosi@corpsafrica.org.

Program Coordinator

Sarah Kazira graduated from African Bible University in 2015, with a Bachelor of Arts in Christian Community Leadership. Soon after graduation, she started working with Makwelero youth organization, which she co-founded. In this role, she taught language literacy to primary school children, as well as computer literacy to teachers. She also volunteered at Student Driven Solutions as a mentor and helped in teaching financial literacy skills to adolescent girls and helped them in starting a small businesses. Sarah served as a CorpsAfrica Volunteer in Malawi’s Group 1, and was placed in Nsondole village in Zomba district. During her service, she worked closely with the local schools on mentoring, irrigated school gardens, youth empowerment, and girls clubs. She also served as a volunteer teacher. After service, Sarah


did a three-month internship with One Acre Fund where she was focusing on the organization’s growth and expansion. She is now pleased to be back with CorpsAfrica as a Program Coordinator. Email: skazira@corpsafrica.org.

Program Coordinator

Tusayiwe Sikwese is a Bachelor of Arts -Humanities degree (English Literature) holder from the University of Malawi. She worked as a Research Assistant for different organizations in Lilongwe, both during and after college. Tusa joined Trans-World Radio Malawi in June 2015 as a volunteer presenter for a youth program. She is an active member of the Rotaract Club of Lilongwe and serves on the Professional Development committee. Tusa successfully completed the 2014/2015 Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) Training in Zimbabwe (Chimanimani, Outward Bound). She served as a CorpsAfrica Volunteer in Malawi and was one ofthe 12 Volunteers of the first cohort to serve in her country. During her service, she worked closely with girls in her community. She mentored, counseled and trained them in re-usable pad making skills to help keep them in school and empower them with independent income generation. She also worked with the community to institute a goat husbandry project aimed at helping 420 people in the next five years. Tusa is currently working as a Program Coordinator for CorpsAfrica/Malawi. Email: tsikwese@corpsafrica.org.

Impact Assessment Coordinator

James Matipwiri graduated in 2015 with a Bachelor of Education Science Degree from University of Malawi, Chancellor College, with a major in physics/electronics and a minor in chemistry. He served as a CorpsAfrica Volunteer in Dedza East, where he worked in partnership with The Hunger Project-Malawi.


Before CorpsAfrica, he worked at Population Services International (PSI Malawi) as a Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant on the HIV Self Testing Africa (STAR) project, in collaboration with Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Trust. He has worked as an ICT Intern at Plant and Vehicle Hire Organization (PVHO)-Malawi during school breaks. James co-founded Shiftech Systems and worked as a Digital Engineer (part-time), which focused on developing websites for small business enterprises. He has also worked as a Research and Development Associate at Padoko Electronics, which focuses on solving energy problems in rural areas using low-cost bicycle-powered generators to power gadgets like mobile phones and flashlights. James is concerned about saving and preserving the natural environment, basic education, and sustainable energy development. He enjoys travelling and playing soccer during his free time.hold for Murray. His service is under scrutiny here - it was probably his weak link in Toronto last week when he reached the semi-final.

Murray 0-1 FedererMurray opens his shoulders and blasts a winner down the line. It seems to unsettle Federer, who makes an error and then serves a double fault. At break point, Murray has a glorious passing opportunity, but he squanders it and the world number one holds. A costly miss for Murray.

The players are out on court under hot and sunny skies. The world's best player (Federer) is up against the world's best teenager (Murray) for a place in the third round.

The only time this pair played was in Bangkok in the 2005 final of the Thailand Open. Federer won that meeting 6-3 7-5.


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Generally, there are two types of snoring. They are distinguished, depending on the localization of their origin. The first type of snoring, velar, is produced by the vibration of all of the structures of the soft palate including the velum, the interior and posterior arches of the tonsils and the uvula. Velar snoring results from a vibration of the soft palate created by the inspiratory flow of air, both nasal and oral, which makes the soft palate wave like a flag. The sound intensity of these vibrations is accentuated by the opening of the buccal cavity which acts as a sound box.
The second type, pharyngeal snoring, is a kind of rattle, including even horn whistling. It is caused by the partial obstruction of the oropharyngeal isthmus by theX-ROMANCE

X-ROMANCE was initially a project starting in 2015 as an offspring to the original band ROMANCE from 1988 founded by Anders "LA" Rönnblom & Thomas Widmark. In the fall of 2015, Anders was going through a box of old tapes and found the old ROMANCE recordings. He called up Thomas and because he thought that these tapes were too good to be put in a box and stored in a closet. In the following time, they went through all the tracks and re-recorded them. Widmark started to look for musicians in the Stockholm area. There were no problems to find guys who wanted be a part of this project; it was rather harder to find the right guys for the job. X-ROMANCE consists of an experienced line-up with


Gus van Sant Hub

A set of new stills from the upcoming film I Am Michael, about former gay rights activist turned "ex-gay" poster boy Michael Glatze and starring James Franco, Zachary Quinto, and Charlie Carver, gives us the first look at a three-way sex scene between the actors as well as other key moments.

Additional stills show the main characters at a rave party, Carver and Quinto together, Franco alone and despondent in what appears to be a tiled bathroom, Franco and Quinto kissing, and Franco embracing Emma Roberts.

New photos have been released showing actors Zachary Quinto and James Franco in their upcoming film Michael, produced by Gus van Sant, which follows the life of "ex-gay" activist Michael Glatze. As Attitude Magazine notes, Glatze was the "co-founder of [theshort-lived publication] Young Gay America and a strong advocate for gay rights, who later denounced homosexuality after a health scare." Glatze married a woman in 2013. Emma Roberts will play Franco's wife in the film.

We also learned just yesterday that Scissor Sisters' Jake Shears will be scoring the film. Shears made the announcement on Instagram: "Thrilled to announce that I have scored my first feature film with Tim Kvasnofsky."

We got our first look at him in his new role earlier this week. The film is based on a New York Times article by Benoit Denizet-Lewis and is being directed by Justin Kelly. Gus van Sant is an executive producer on the project.

Franco captioned the above photo with Zachary Quinto as "My new lover, SPOCK!" Quinto plays Glatze's ex-lover


in the movie.

AFTER THE JUMP another photo of Franco from the film's production - this one's a selfie of the actor sporting blond hair.

James Franco posted an photo today in his role as ex-gay activist Michael Glatze for the upcoming film Michael. The movie tells the story of Glatze, the founder of the (now shuttered) gay twink magazine XY and the short-lived publication Young Gay America who went "ex-gay" and became a poster boy for that movement.

Earlier in April we reported that James Franco had signed on to play Michael Glatze, founder of the (now shuttered) gay twink magazine XY and the short-lived publication Young Gay America who went "ex-gay" and became a poster boy for that movement.

Justin Kelly, a protege of Gus Van Sant, has set asummer start date for Michael, a film that Kelly will direct that will star James Franco. The pic is based on the Benoit Denizet-Lewis article “My Ex-Gay Friend,” published in The New York Times Magazine.

Van Sant is exec producing the film with Franco, Vince Jolivette, Scott Reed, Ron Singer and Joel Michaely as producers.

James Franco is set to play Michael Glatze, founder of the (now shuttered) gay twink magazine XY and the short-lived publication Young Gay America who went "ex-gay" and became a poster boy for that movement, according to the NY Post.

The $3.5 million film is being produced by Gus Van Sant and is set to start shooting in New York in July.